Kammala wannan magana: Fim din ya faru ne bayan
karshen yakin Vietnam. Ya ba da labarin wani ɗan Vietnamese, Son, wanda aka haifa wa mahaifiyar Vietnamese, da mahaifin Ba'amurke ɗan Afirka wanda ke yaƙi a yaƙin amma tun daga lokacin ya koma gida zuwa Amurka. (Sunan 'Dust of Life' yana nufin kalmar Vietnamese ga yara irin wannan dangin Amerasian da aka gauraya.) An cire ɗa daga mahaifiyarsa kuma an tsare shi a sansanin aiki, inda rayuwa take da wuya kuma damar samun 'yanci kaɗan. Tare da wasu yara maza daga sansanin, Son yayi ƙoƙarin tserewa.