This screenplay is a drama/biography. It is a fictionalized telling of real events.
IN 1905 when career jobs for women are unheard of  Belle Da Costa Greene, a cultured, fair-skinned black woman in her mid-twenties is living in New York City with dreams so big she hasn't even imagined them yet!
Unfazed by her family dynamic, which is complicated by her negro, civil rights, fighting father, and fair-skinned upwardly mobile mother, Belle has plans to succeed. She realizes she must take matters into her own hands and tells her mother that they must declare themselves white in the next census to increase their chances in life.
With some planning and a bit of luck, she is introduced to J.P. Morgan, who requires a private librarian, and her new life begins.
The two of them embark on crazy buying sprees taking Europe by storm, ransacking valuable collections, and terrorizing dealers.
Before long Belle becomes the muse to many and is living La Dolce Vita, going to the Opera, (in J. P.'s private box), Attending gallery shows and plays, while running circles around the men in her profession. Belle likes to surprise others by saying, "Just because I'm a librarian does not mean I have to dress like one."
She builds an enviable collection for the Morgan Library and never gives up the secret of her identity. On hearing the news of his death, in 1913 she burns all her correspondence and journals and continues to build the legacy of the library for another thirty seven years, remaining ever devoted to him and her career.
In the closing scene, as she attends her gala retirement party, she has a conversation with a young black elevator operator. He reveals he wants to be a writer, and she tells him to "stay true to your dreams, for they are a map to the future. You can trust me on this".