Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in Los Angeles. Harry’s charming, down home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange effect on Gideon and his black, middle-class family.

Simmering with intergenerational tension, Charles Burnett’s folkloric masterpiece weaves magical realism into familial dispute, revealing the hidden conflicts of Black middle-class life. Enigmatic yet menacing, Danny Glover is the ultimate devil’s advocate who wreaks havoc with his terrifying charm.