When a black prisoner is leased to the Bronx Zoo to serve as special attendant at a controversial exhibition in 1906, he is surprised to learn it features a young Congolese boy put on display among the inmates of the Primate House. As he grows closer and closer to the captive he realizes he's caught between the freedom he seeks and the success of the exhibition. A Human Being, Of A Sort is based on the true story of Ota Benga, looking at the roots of racial prejudice, bolstered by both science and religion.