| Synopsis: |
When Pee Wee Poston - a highly talented saxophonist - and his wife Beulah are offered the chance to swap New York for London, they jump at the chance as they can be close to their son Julius, a diplomat at the American Embassy. As war looms, the warmth of their neighbours counters the anti-black feeling they discover elsewhere. As Hitler launches his bombing campaign on London Pee Wee and his band play on in defiance of the air raids. And then in the middle of the tragedy, Julius plays one of his father's records, Moonlit Eyes, and asks Ellie to dance... |