In 'White Tears', we follow the lives of two young New Yorkers, Seth and Carter, bound by a shared obsession with music. Seth, shy and introspective, yearns to forge ahead into the future, while the wealthy and charismatic Carter is drawn to the bygone eras of American music's history. Their passion takes a dark turn when Seth inadvertently records an anonymous singer, and Carter releases it as a lost 1920s blues track by the fictitious Charlie Shaw. Their playful deceit is shattered by a mysterious collector who insists that Charlie Shaw was real. Thrust into an exploration of America's gnarled legacy of race and music, Seth, Carter, and Carter's sister Leonie are pulled into a chilling journey that wades through the murky waters of the past and exposes the harsh realities of ambition, revenge, and exploitation.