In 1932 Mississippi, gifted sharecropper-bluesman Sammie Moore wants to make a life in the blues beyond his preacher father's rules, but the opening night of his cousins' juke joint becomes a siege by a vampire offering the community belonging at the price of its freedom.

1. Scenes 1–15

   The legend and prologue frame Sammie's segregated Delta life under his father's church and the twins' shadow.

2. Scenes 16–18

   Sammie wants the freedom, recognition, and musical life he imagines beyond the plantation.

3. Just before
4. Scene 40

   Sammie surveys the emerging bar, gambling area, and dance floor with growing excitement.

5. Scene 41

   A labor party arrives by mule and wagon, and Smoke directs them where to park.

6. Scene 42

   Sammie and Delta Slim help the twins nail together the stage.

7. Scene 43

   This scene