 Sylvia Walton of Harlem inherits a Jamaican banana plantation and returns to manage it. Since her arrival, there s been no sign of her disinherited half-sister Isabelle, who ran the plantation until their father s death. But Sylvia, her two rival suitors, and her comic- relief servant Percy are disturbed by the constant, growing sound of drums. Meanwhile, in hiding, Isabelle schemes to regain her former place by manipulating local  obeah  superstition. All-black cast.