A 12 year-old black child flees his hometown of Columbus, Georgia in 1909, joins a band of Gypsies, becomes a jockey and then hops a freighter to Europe where he works as a vaudeville performer and prize fighter. Upon reaching Paris as a breakout young boxer, World War 1 breaks out. What follows is the stuff of legend: The French Foreign Legion, heroism at the Battle of Verdun and a glorious career as the world's first black fighter pilot in the famous Lafayette Escadrille. ACE: The Eugene Bullard Story is the breathtaking adventure tale of a local kid who overcomes the odds to become one of the most astonishing figures of the 20th century.