世界的にその名を知られる黒人医師ジョン(ポワチエ)はハワイで知り合った白人女性ジョーイ(C・ホートン)と人種の壁を越えて結婚を誓い合い、互いの両親の許しを得るためサンフランシスコのドレイトン家を訪れる。最初戸惑っていた母も、娘の喜ぶ様子を見て次第に祝福する気になるが、父マットの心境は複雑だ。

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

In California, a young Caucasian girl and a Japanese-American boy defy local prejudices and secretly marry on Dec. 7, 1941, minutes before Pearl Harbor is attacked.

Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed household is an improper place to raise the girl, the new husband fights for his parental rights in court, fighting against a judge who represents the prejudices of the era.

With intertwined life stories, this film starts from the questions: Is Ecuadorian society essentially mestizo? What is a mongrel? This documentary aims to bring to the fore issues that have been poorly resolved both in the way in which Ecuador defines itself as a country, and in the subjectivity of its inhabitants.