In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
Keywords: 1970s , alcoholism , college-professor , coming-out , death , death-of-parent , family , father-son-relationship , funeral , gay-muslim , gay-relationship , gay-theme , grief , homophobia , interracial-relationship , lgbt , male-homosexuality , new-york-city , road-trip , suicide , uncle , uncle-niece-relationship