Cane River plot
Ambitious writer and hopeless romantic Peter - former athlete and scion of an elite Creole family - returns to his hometown and immediately falls for the breathtaking historical tour guide Maria. Maria's disenfranchised, dark-skinned family disapproves of Peter's family and condemns their budding romance while highlighting the painful legacy of colorism in their close-knit community. The lovers must come to terms with Peter's controversial family legacy as privileged, former slave-owning, light-skinned Creoles if they want their romance to survive.