In a dreamlike reimagining of 19th-century America, a young Abraham Lincoln and those around him navigate forbidden love, societal expectations, and personal identity, as their intertwined fates unravel in a world of passion, tragedy, and resilience.
In the 1960's, when the baby of an unwed teen is sold at birth to the highest bidding infertile couple, the humiliated mom relentlessly searches for her son despite few clues and forged birth records.
The hardships Sidnie and his mother, Hattie endured during his adolescence thread themselves in his every action, paving the way for the heartbreak he goes through when he has to fly home to NY after finding out she's terminal with cancer.
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