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. Scenes 19–46

   He leaves the plantation with the twins, enters the wider Delta, and helps build their juke joint.

4. Scenes 47–58

   Sammie learns the blues is sacred, meets the room's people, and tries to claim a place among musicians and lovers.

5. Scene 59

   His performance unites the juke with ancestral music and gives him the belonging and voice he wanted.

6. Just before
7. Scene 59

   Sammie's blues performance unites the room with ancestral spirits as the mill burns in a surreal vision.

8. Scene 60

   Remmick, Joan, and Bert arrive outside, drawn to the juke's music and community.

9. Scene 61

   Sammie and Pearline slip into the back room and have sex while the party continues.

10. Scene 62

    This scene