It's the late 50s America. Actresses strive for fame and the attention of the powerful. Scientists experiment with bombs even deadlier than the one what ended the war. The red menace is looming over America and with it right-wing paranoia permeates society. Klansmen hold small towns in their icy grip - or turn them into burning hell. Beatnik poets start to show the middle finger to the conformist society while struggling jazz musicians are mingling with mobsters.