A number of "housemates" live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, two of their fellow housemates are nominated for eviction. Only one remains and wins.
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.