In the 1940s, a black girl gives her first piano concert. Her parents are proud to come and see her play. But a white couple arrives and asks them to give up their seats...

A moving story about segregation, inspired by a moment in Nina Simone's life.

Followed by a documentary file echoing the story: segregation and its links with the music of black Americans. The songs that slaves sang to give themselves heart to work and then those of civil rights activists shouting their desire for freedom.