Ko na ulicah Gospel Hilla ustrelijo priljubljenega borca za človekove pravice, za zločin nikoli ni nihče obsojen. Trideset let kasneje se njegov sin John še vedno nahaja v popolni osami, za katero se je odločil po očetovi smrti in svojem neuspešnem boju za pravico. In medtem ko John tone čedalje globlje v obup in depresijo, se njegova žena Sarah trudi, da bi ustavila načrte pohlepnih rasističnih podjetnikov.
Gospel Hill is about haunted men, the former Sheriff of the southern town dealing with past sins, and the former civil rights worker withdrawn since the martyrdom of his father thirty years before. Their final confrontation comes when a corporation descends on the town, echoing a struggle thirty years old.