Thevan, a folk singer of the Paanan caste, has a fateful encounter when escaping slavery, leading to him discovering an ancient traditional mansion altering his destiny.
A widowed doctor escorts a freed slave and her daughter across the West to find a distant faith healer, battling the mother's belief of possession and the doctor's suspicion of disease as everything the child touches dies.
After receiving 40-acres, an ex-slave family battles man and myth to uncover the truth behind their land.