In 1932, a group of Harlem Renaissance artists, including Langston Hughes, sailed to the USSR to make a film about racial equality and workers rights. With the promise of expanded civil rights and a guaranteed good time on the Soviet's dime, the group set forth with dreams of stardom and revolution. Unfortunately, while the Soviet's are eager to use the Black artists to forward the cause of Communism around the world, they are not able to reconcile their ignorance with their ambition.