It’s the story of two strong women, women who bucked societal norms and forged a powerful, if not unlikely friendship. A free black woman and the white wife of a preacher. Of course, not just any preacher, but Joseph Smith, prophet and founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I’m talking, of course, about Jane Manning James and Emma Smith, subjects of the new film, “Jane and Emma.”
In an era still a couple of decades away from the start of the Civil War, racism was rampant, including among members of the new church.