Motown Man

Bradley has worked hard to be a dependable loving man and capable automotive engineer. He much prefers debugging a new assembly line which might help preserve a withering way of life in his Midwest industrial town than grapple with the meaning of his black identity. As if he had a choice. Though there are consequences for violating societys mores hes hard-headed trusting his intellect and increasingly his gut. Its how he romances the woman of his dreams Abby who is also unafraid to challenge conventions. She falls for Bradleys charms and together they look to build a new life in a faded factory town rife with veiled racial tension marked uncertainty and on the edge of losing its identity. But to his younger brother James their relationship is a fools errand. ​During an unseasonably cold week in November 1991 the true value of their bonds are revealed and hardened