Son of a slave and French aristocrat, Joseph Bologne has reached the top of his game – music teacher to Marie Antoinette and Europe’s fencer to beat. But when a bedridden Mozart is carried into his kitchen, he attracts the attention of a secret police force returning people of colour to slavery.
As Paris hurtles toward revolution, Bologne is forced to choose between his creative freedom and the crusade for equality. This is the true story of three immigrants – Marie Antoinette, Mozart, and Bologne – conflating the French Revolution with the Resistance against authoritarianism unfolding today.
