This intimate documentary explores the careers of two influential figures: Carmen de Lavallade, a California dancer and choreographer who joined Alvin Ailey in New York and helped shape modern dance in America, and her husband Geoffrey Holder, a Trinidadian choreographer, set and costume designer, painter, and prominent figure in the arts, known for productions like The Wiz. The film includes interviews and performance footage featuring friends and colleagues including dancers Judith Jamison, Gus Solomons, Jr., Dudley Williams, Ulysses Dove, and Alvin Ailey.