When a baby is born to a couple in hospital they request that the attending nurse, Ruth, be reassigned because she is black. They don't want her to touch their baby. The hospital complies but later when the baby goes into cardiac distress Ruth happens to be on duty and, conflicted, hesitates before performing CPR. Her indecision ends in tragedy and Ruth finds herself on trial represented by a white lawyer who warns her not to bring race into the courtroom.
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