1997. Lucy and Nina pursue their artistic dreams while working at the Bump 'n Grind, a seedy strip club in downtown NYC. Take a look behind the g-string in the waning days of old-school NYC strip clubs and the rise of neo-burlesque.

An old Chinese woman is found wandering on the highway by a secondhand bookseller facing the loss of his shop and his entire way of life. Unable to cope with his own problems, he embarks on a quixotic attempt to find the old woman's family. Meanwhile, Grace confronts the past she renounced as she searches Chinatown for her missing mother.