WHITE DOG

1968. The United States is on the edge of imploding. Martin Luther King has been assassinated and racial tensions are wreaking havoc on the country. Romain Gary, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Jean Seberg, takes in a stray dog. Quickly finding its place in the house, the dog is obedient and affectionate with everyone — except Black people. Indeed, they soon find out that the dog has been trained to attack Black protesters. For Seberg, who is very active among the Black Panthers, this racist dog must be put down. For Gary, who sees it as a victim of the racism that plagues the entire country, it should be saved. He entrusts it to Keys, a Black dog trainer, in the hope that he will be able to cure his dog of the hate pounded into his very being by White men. Weighted down by his own tragedies, Keys will not do the job halfway.