The true story of a friendship...

Union, based on a true story, reveals how two children, who have no fear of each other, sustain a friendship through the respect and love they had for each other in spite of the surrounding racial turmoil. The film shows how their friendship changes their community forever. The story of Union is set in the tiny community of Gallatin, Tennessee, during the tumultuous years leading up to integration in the 1960s. Even though the town still practiced racial segregation, they embark on its long journey of healing. 

It’s the last semester before integration finally comes to the local schools and tensions are high. By chance the segregated black and white high schools, having never played each other in the past, face off in the basketball district finals. The city is tense. All the latent racial fear and anger bubbles right below the surface. Bill and Eddie, captains and star players of their respective teams, have to navigate the delicate and potentially violent road ahead. Their friendship and strength teaches the town a lesson it will never forget.

In the last scene after the basketball game is over, Eddie and Bill exhibit the most God-like expression of love. It is in this single moment that everyone realizes it is about forgiving and loving. The viewer is encouraged to forgive and love. They are encouraged to take on the task of making a change and a difference in their community and in the world.