斯塔尔(阿曼德拉·斯坦伯格 Amandla Stenberg 饰)是一名16岁的黑人少女,就读于一家白人私立学校中,每一天,她都要在学校和家庭之间不断的切换自己的身份,肤色所带来的的困扰令她感到十分的之一。 一天,斯塔尔参加了一场朋友举办的派对,在派对上,她和自己儿时的玩伴哈勒利(阿格利·史密斯 Algee Smith 饰)重逢了。老友相见分外亲热,哈勒利开车载斯塔尔回家,哪知道在半路上遇到了警察的拦检。让斯塔尔没有想到的是,警察竟然因为一个小小的误会就开枪射杀了哈勒利,而自己是唯一的目击证人。在之后的听证会上,哈勒利被形容成为了一个贩毒的小混混,但斯塔尔知道,这一切都是谎言。Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.