Through a blend of documentary and drama, the film explores the experiences of a real-life man, black civil rights worker and musician Jim Collier, who is married to a white woman. In the film, Collier discusses how his fantasies and desire for beautiful white women eventually led him to marry one, with whom he has had a child. He reveals his mixed feelings of lust, shame, desire and love, and his occasional concern that he has betrayed his own people by marrying someone of another race. He talks about the conflicting emotions that he and his wife have brought into the marriage, such as their opinions about each other's race, and about societal obstacles that an interracial couple must overcome to maintain a good union. Using interviews, film footage and staged situations with actresses portraying Collier's wife and other women, director Lionel Rogosin explores the sexual issues related to racism, myths about the races and the love-hate feelings between the peoples. Another character whose point of view is explored is a black woman, who admits to jealousy of a white woman being preferred by a black man. Also included in the film is footage from previous films Rogosin made about South Africa and the New York Bowery, which deal with issues of civil rights. ...