The bayou is a dark and frightening place. A little girl named Lee, living in Mississippi in 1933, discovers that firsthand when she dives into its murky depths to recover the body of a friend. Underwater, she finds it, but then she sees something more, a person…or maybe an evil spirit. Magical realism gets a new turn in this journey through our southern history of racism and oppression, that's also filled with hope and optimism.