So, picture this: it's 1925 in Chicago, the city of jazz. And in the midst of all the glitz and glamour, there's a joint called Dreamland Café, the place to be if you want to feel like you've made it. Now, Honoree Dalcour, she's a sharecropper's daughter, but she's determined to dance her way to the top. She's got big dreams, and Dreamland seems to offer a way to reach them. Not only does she get to rub elbows with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Oscar Micheaux, but it also promises a taste of the good life.
But let me tell you, Chicago ain't all shiny lights and smooth tunes. It's a city drowning in bootleg whiskey, gambling, and gangsters. And when you're a young woman with a hunger for success, well, you might just find yourself risking more than you bargained for.
Fast forward to 2015, where we meet Sawyer Hayes, a film student who's at the end of his rope after suffering a devastating loss. And here he is, standing by the bedside of Honoree Dalcour, who's now a whopping 110 years old. Sawyer's counting on this old woman to fill in the gaps in his research, the missing pieces that could give him the breakthrough he needs for his thesis. He's desperate to begin a new chapter in his life, and he's staked all his hope on Honoree.
But let me tell you, the connections Honoree makes for Sawyer are far from what he expected. As she starts unraveling her past and revealing her secrets, Sawyer finds himself fighting tooth and nail to keep his own hidden. It's a tale of audacious ambition, the sizzle of hot jazz, and scandalous passions that shouldn't see the light of day.
And as the past intertwines with the present, Honoree realizes that this might be her final chance to truly be heard, to truly be seen, before it all slips away. So, she takes it, no matter the cost.
