As police killings, national politics and social media splinter the country, American society continues to grapple with finding and implementing effective ways to repair and improve relations among races.

The unlikely story of the middle class Chicago suburb of Park Forest — the planned post-World War II community analyzed by historians and national media such as Time and Look magazines — offers an approach to thinking about the dilemma that is not commonly part of the debate today.

The two-time All-American City provides a real-life story of the challenges of achieving racial harmony in a once entirely segregated community during a turbulent time in U.S. history.

The film’s characters recall how the experience normalized their interracial relationships and impacted their perception of race today, all while reconsidering how imperfect that so-called utopia was.