Príbeh Cecila Gainesa, ktorý pracoval ako komorník v Bielom dome a obsluhoval sedem prezidentov medzi rokmi 1952 až 1986. Počas tohto obdobia v Bielom dome bol pri tom, keď sa tvorili dejiny USA, od vojny vo Vietname a hnutia za občianske práva až po atentát na Martina Luthera Kinga a Johna F. Kennedyho. Okrem toho, že zastával práva afroamerických zamestnancov Bieleho domu, bojuje celé roky svoj súkromný boj i na rodinnom fronte: musí znovu nájsť cestu k odcudzenej manželke i k svojmu synovi, ktorý odmieta otcovu „pracovnú“ profesiu.

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.

As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.

Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.

Mikey and Rose are professional assassins. They are also lovers, and once upon a time Rose also knew Mikey's father. During an elaborate hit job for a malicious gangster, Rose fails to kill the main target, the gangster's pregnant girlfriend. Instead, she delivers her baby and convinces Mikey to help her protect them both. As Rose weakens from cancer, Mikey becomes breadwinner for this unusual family. But tranquility will not last.

The story of three people who strive to realize their dreams. Brothers Carter and Ellis set out on a road trip to their childhood home in a desperate search for their estranged father, who may hold the key to their future.