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(Rap music playing faintly
over headphones)
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(Dove cooing)
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Get out of here!
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Her name is charnelle.
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She never knew her father.
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Her mother just disappeared
last year,
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and her brother overdosed
on drugs three months ago.
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Now shes living
with her grandmother,
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who loves her very much,
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but doesnt have any idea
how to talk to her.
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So charnelle is terribly angry.
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Yes, but shes
something else, too.
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Shes a survivor,
and she just needs somebody
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to help her find that out.
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Girl:
Charnelle.
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You miss one more day,
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theyll kick you
right out of school.
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Who cares?
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Im gonna be a rap star,
and im gonna make it.
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You cant even make it
to the tenth grade.
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You gonna pull out a Bible
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and start preaching
like my grandma?
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Your grandmas a nice lady.
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You treat her bad, girl.
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Shes all you got.
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I got my music.
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Man, just get out my face.
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I got as much right as you do
to take this bus.
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I aint waiting for no bus.
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Well, im going to the library
to finish my essay.
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What essay?
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Charnelle, its due tomorrow.
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We got to go
to the museum and...
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-(Car horn honks)
-Hey.
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(Rap music playing
over car stereo)
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-I got business to do.
-Charnelle,
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you shouldnt be doing
business with lamont.
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Renee, that aint
none of your business!
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Charnelle!
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You were supposed
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to come straight home
after school.
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I know, grandma,
but something came up.
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I got to go.
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Where?
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To the museum.
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I got to write a essay.
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Tell her about the essay, Renee.
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Hey, Mrs. Bishop.
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Everybodys supposed to find
a piece of themselves in history
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and do the research
at the museum.
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See, im telling the truth.
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Well, maybe youd like
to tell me the truth
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about what happened
to those $20 bills
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I had in my purse this morning.
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I dont know nothing about that.
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I want you to swear to me
on this Bible
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you didnt take my money.
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Okay.
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I swear.
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You think im stupid.
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You think because my eyes
are bad
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I cant see whats going on?
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But if I catch you
smoking marijuana
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one more time...
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Come on.
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I got errands,
and I want make sure you get off
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at that museum.
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Get on the bus.
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Out of my damn way.
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That is one very angry
young woman.
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-My assignment?
-Yeah.
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There must be a lot
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of pain and loneliness
underneath all of that attitude.
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Well, the only reason
that shes walking
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into this museum is to make
a drug connection.
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She has no intention
of going in here
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to research a school essay.
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Monica:
Oh, I think I know what this is.
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Yeah.
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Its gonna be hard on her,
but...
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She has to see it.
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Tess said shes a survivor.
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Oh, she is.
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But the drugs
that shes about to buy,
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they dont know that.
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Charnelle could be dead
by midnight.
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♪ When you walk
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♪ down the road
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♪ heavy burden
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♪ heavy load
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♪ I will rise
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♪ and I will walk with you
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♪ ill walk with you
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♪ till the sun
dont even shine ♪
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♪ walk with you
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♪ every time, I tell you
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♪ ill walk with you
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♪
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Walk with you
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♪ believe me,
ill walk with you. ♪
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Give me a break, lamont.
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What could I do?
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My grandma was standing
right there.
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You know what shes like?
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I mean...
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Yeah, I got the money.
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Okay, one hour.
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Theres a bench
near the entrance.
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Ill be sitting there.
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And hurry; Im running low.
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(Rap music playing faintly
over headphones)
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How am I supposed to compete
with headphones and rap music?
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(Rap music continues)
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Look at me.
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Why would she listen to me?
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Well... she probably wont.
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But she might listen
to lady day.
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Monica:
♪ ooh, ooh, ooh
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(Monica humming)
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Do you mind?
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Huh?
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Oh, hello.
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Im Monica.
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Charnelle, isnt it?
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Howd you know that?
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Says so on your backpack.
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What are you listening to?
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Something tells me
this aint your style.
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Oh, yeah?
Give US a listen, then.
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Oh!
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(Rap music playing)
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Oh.
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Its terribly angry, isnt it?
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It tells the truth, lady.
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So does mine. Billie Holiday.
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Never heard of him.
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She was a woman.
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A jazz singer.
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Look, I got to go.
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I got homework.
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(Lock clicks)
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Give me that back.
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I thought you had
homework to do.
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Thats my last joint!
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-Give...
-Good.
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Hey, give that back!
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-(Guard clears throat)
-I will.
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I dont keep things
that dont belong to me.
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I think ill hold onto it
until you finish your homework.
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You got to be kidding.
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Mm-mm. Actually, ill help you
finish your homework.
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From what I understand,
homeworks even harder
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(whispers):
If youre wasted.
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So, what is your
assignment anyway?
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Find a piece of yourself
in history.
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Well, that shouldnt
be difficult.
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Everyone has a history.
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You just have to look around
a little.
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You know, I wouldnt
be surprised
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if that exhibit over there
didnt get you going.
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Man:
Horrible thing...
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What is it?
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Maybe you should
see for yourself.
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I aint leaving this bench.
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Okay.
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We could just start
our research right here.
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You and me and Billie Holiday.
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She smoked marijuana, too,
you know.
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Not to mention...
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Well, youll see.
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(Mellow jazz music playing)
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Man:
Ladys never on time,
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but she is always
worth waiting for.
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Tears the place down
every night.
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Yeah.
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Even when shes all juiced up.
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Who says im juiced?
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I aint juiced, Leo.
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Not yet.
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Hey, Billie,
we got a song to rehearse.
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Hold your horses, boys.
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Hey, Leo.
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Give me a drink.
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Sorry, lady.
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You know im under orders.
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Who are you?
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Andrew.
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I heard that you needed
a piano player.
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(Laughs)
You look a little pale
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to swing with our kind of music.
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Really?
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See, I heard this was
an integrated nightclub.
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(Spits)
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Man, what kind of square
are you?
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This aint nothing
but ginger ale.
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(Laughter)
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What yall laughing at, huh?!
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Yall aint nothing but a bunch
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of deadbeats, the lot of you!
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Come on, Billie.
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You always feel better
when you sing.
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I aint singing!
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You know what, rehearsals over.
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Just pack it up.
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Pack your stuff! Just get, get!
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All of you, get out!
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Scram. Beat it.
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You know...
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With a shiner like that,
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I think theres been enough
beating for one day.
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If theyre gonna call you lady,
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they ought to treat you
like one.
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I guess I just got
bad luck with men.
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Always did.
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Even my daddy ran out on me
before I was born.
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(Sniffles)
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Whatd you say
your name was again?
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Andrew.
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Oh, man, that aint no name
for no piano man.
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Look, they call me lady day.
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And from now on, youre...
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My ginger man.
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Now let me see
how you mess with them keys.
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(Billie sighs)
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(Playing lively tune)
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(Band playing "them there eyes")
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♪ I fell in love with you
the first time I looked into ♪
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♪ them there eyes
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♪ and you have a certain
little cute way of flirtin ♪
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♪ with them there eyes
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♪ they make me
feel so happy ♪
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♪ they make me feel so blue
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♪ im fallin, no stallin
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♪ in a great big way for you
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♪ my heart is jumpin,
you started somethin ♪
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♪ with them there eyes
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♪ youd better look out,
little brown eyes ♪
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♪ if youre wise
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♪ they sparkle, they bubble
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♪ theyre gonna get you
in a whole lot of trouble ♪
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♪ oh, baby, them there eyes...
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Charnelle:
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Ho
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ld up.
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Hold up.
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I like music
that tells the truth--
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the uglier, the better--
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because thats the kind of music
im gonna sing someday.
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Then keep listening, charnelle,
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because the truth
isnt always so easy to speak...
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Or sing.
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Billie:
Hey, where is everybody?
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Up here.
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Youre on time.
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Wheres Andrew?
Were supposed to rehearse.
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Ah, now I know
why youre on time.
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Well, I dont.
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I dont get that cat.
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Hes a hit musician
and a gentleman.
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(Chuckles)
You mean hes not your type.
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Bingo.
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What are you doing?
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Stringing up Hitler,
like he deserves.
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I cant sing
with that thing in the room.
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Come on, Billie, were making
a political statement.
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Thats what we do in this joint.
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Take it down!
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Its giving me the creeps.
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Okay, okay.
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Lady, I need to talk to you.
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00:12:16,268 --> 00:12:17,937
Billie:
Hey, ginger man.
272
00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:18,904
What you got there for me?
273
00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:20,172
Song.
274
00:12:20,206 --> 00:12:22,575
And it was written...
Just for you.
275
00:12:22,608 --> 00:12:24,076
Ooh, a love song?
276
00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:25,544
Blues?
277
00:12:26,445 --> 00:12:28,581
Billie...
278
00:12:28,614 --> 00:12:30,983
Youve never sung
a song like this.
279
00:12:31,016 --> 00:12:32,885
Nobody has.
280
00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:35,121
Its called "strange fruit."
281
00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:37,256
What does that mean?
282
00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:39,191
Take a look.
283
00:12:50,002 --> 00:12:52,204
No.
284
00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:57,343
It was a song that
no one wanted to sing
285
00:12:57,376 --> 00:12:59,211
and no one wanted to hear.
286
00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:00,513
Some depressing love song?
287
00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:02,381
No, it wasnt about love at all.
288
00:13:02,414 --> 00:13:04,183
It was about hate.
289
00:13:04,216 --> 00:13:06,051
It was about
the terrible, ugly truth...
290
00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:08,120
In there.
291
00:13:19,598 --> 00:13:21,400
♪
292
00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:50,963
♪
293
00:14:05,177 --> 00:14:07,146
This is it, charnelle.
294
00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:10,449
The reason the song was written,
295
00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:13,352
and the reason
that it had to be sung.
296
00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:17,189
This is the strange fruit.
297
00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:21,093
So what?
298
00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:23,629
(Sighs)
299
00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:31,971
Charnelle, how can you just walk
away from something like that?
300
00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,973
Look, I got somebody
waiting for me.
301
00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:36,508
Why dont you go inside.
Ill catch up with you later.
302
00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:39,411
Hey.
303
00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:41,247
Yo, you kept me waiting.
Im a busy man.
304
00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,982
Im sorry.
But im here now.
305
00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:44,450
(Whispers):
I got the money.
306
00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:46,986
-(Scoffs) -And I dont want
none of that kid stuff, neither.
307
00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:48,487
-Oh, so you ready to graduate?
-Mm-hmm.
308
00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,390
Monica: Charnelle,
I need to speak with you.
309
00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:53,459
Hey, yo, cool out, snow white.
310
00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:55,027
You better go,
before the police
311
00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:56,662
start looking
for someone to arrest.
312
00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:58,564
Charnelle:
Aw, man!
313
00:15:00,165 --> 00:15:02,401
(Charnelle sighs)
314
00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:05,437
-Lamont, wait.
-Oh, you setting me up?
315
00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:07,072
It aint like that.
Ill get rid of her.
316
00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:09,275
-Please?
-Okay.
317
00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:11,510
Got some business
to take care of across town.
318
00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:13,212
Its gonna take a couple hours.
319
00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:15,514
Ill tell you what.
320
00:15:15,547 --> 00:15:16,749
Ill page you.
321
00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:19,218
When this thing beeps,
ill be waiting outside.
322
00:15:19,251 --> 00:15:21,186
All right?
323
00:15:21,220 --> 00:15:23,022
Dont worry, im gonna be here.
324
00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:24,590
Yeah, you better be here.
325
00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:26,058
Alone.
326
00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,605
Stay away from me, Monica.
327
00:15:39,638 --> 00:15:42,308
Just give me my joint
and walk on.
328
00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:44,043
I cant just walk away
from someone
329
00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:45,744
whos about
to throw her life away.
330
00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,012
What do you know about it?
331
00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:54,086
I know that people take drugs
to stop the pain.
332
00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:57,589
But sometimes pain is important,
333
00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:59,758
too important to ignore.
334
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:01,760
Like those pictures.
335
00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:03,796
A bunch of black people
hanging from trees.
336
00:16:03,829 --> 00:16:05,497
Whats it to you?
337
00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:08,300
The question is:
What is it to you?
338
00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:09,768
(Chuckles):
Oh, I get it-- im black,
339
00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,804
so im supposed to be
all weeping and wailing.
340
00:16:11,837 --> 00:16:15,307
Not because youre black,
because youre human!
341
00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:18,043
Those pictures go beyond color!
342
00:16:18,077 --> 00:16:21,680
All through the 19th
and 20th centuries,
343
00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:25,084
black Americans were
tortured and burned...
344
00:16:26,585 --> 00:16:28,354
And hung from tree limbs.
345
00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:30,622
There was a time
346
00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:33,592
when lynching black people
was a form of entertainment.
347
00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:38,464
Those images were used
on postcards.
348
00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:41,100
They were as common as ph...
349
00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:43,769
Photos of Niagara Falls.
350
00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:49,375
Yeah, well, all that happened
before I was born.
351
00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:52,378
What does it have to do with me?
352
00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,781
I seen death!
353
00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:00,252
I found my brother Wesley
lying in his room...
354
00:17:01,553 --> 00:17:03,689
Mouth like a scream...
355
00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:07,393
Eyes all...
356
00:17:09,595 --> 00:17:12,164
Now, we had a deal;
Give me back my joint.
357
00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:14,299
Your brother died
of an overdose?
358
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,802
I should think
359
00:17:16,835 --> 00:17:19,204
that you would be fighting
against drugs,
360
00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:21,306
not fighting to buy them.
361
00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:23,409
I dont fight for nothing
except my music!
362
00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,379
Look, if the drugs dont
kill me, something else will.
363
00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:32,084
Thats the way it is,
unless youre white.
364
00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:35,187
Or somebody special
like lady holiday,
365
00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:37,189
or whatever you call her.
366
00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,725
Her life wasnt any easier
than yours, charnelle.
367
00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:42,094
And she had a chance
to make a stand once,
368
00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:44,863
like you do now.
369
00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:49,201
And im not leaving here
until you understand that.
370
00:17:53,872 --> 00:17:56,208
Andrew...
371
00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:59,244
Ive been singing
since I was a kid--
372
00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:01,480
street corners, brothels, dives.
373
00:18:02,681 --> 00:18:06,218
But now people pay good money
to hear me sing,
374
00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:08,720
wear fancy clothes,
gardenias in my hair.
375
00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:13,292
They want to hear songs
about moonlight, dreams,
376
00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:17,563
stuff that makes them feel good.
377
00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:19,731
And here you come with this.
378
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:23,569
No colored person
would dare sing it.
379
00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:27,873
And no white person
would care to sing it.
380
00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:31,343
Why should I?
381
00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:33,545
Cause, lady...
382
00:18:33,579 --> 00:18:35,814
(Whispers):
People are dying.
383
00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:38,484
Every day.
384
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,922
When did all this happen?
385
00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:47,960
About the time your grandmother
was the age you are now.
386
00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:51,597
(Sighs) Its kind of hard
to think of her as being young.
387
00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:53,465
Perhaps you two have
more in common than you know.
388
00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:56,568
Nah. Grandmas from down south.
389
00:18:56,602 --> 00:18:58,504
I wonder if shes
ever heard this song.
390
00:18:59,438 --> 00:19:00,806
No one would have heard it
391
00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:04,176
if lady day hadnt found
the courage to sing it.
392
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,483
(Quiet chatter,
jazz music playing in distance)
393
00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:15,888
(Knocking, door opens)
394
00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:16,889
(Sighs)
395
00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:18,991
Hey, ginger man.
396
00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:20,759
You want some?
397
00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:22,361
Ginger ale.
398
00:19:22,394 --> 00:19:25,597
No. Im gonna ask Leo
to put some coffee on.
399
00:19:25,631 --> 00:19:27,266
Oh, no, I dont want java.
400
00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,801
Or booze.
401
00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,438
I cant sing that song.
402
00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:34,907
Not tonight.
403
00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:37,309
Not no night.
404
00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:40,846
Unless... you help me.
405
00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:42,915
(Knocking)
406
00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:44,416
Leo:
Five minutes, miss holiday.
407
00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:45,751
Okay!
408
00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:48,654
Lady...
409
00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:50,622
(Chuckles softly)
410
00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:53,392
Let me freshen up your lapel.
411
00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:54,593
Ooh! Hey, hey, hey, hey.
412
00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:56,795
(Laughs):
Oh, boy!
413
00:19:56,828 --> 00:20:00,299
Guess I just cant do
nothing right tonight, huh?
414
00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:01,800
That song.
415
00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:03,835
Wont let go.
416
00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:07,806
Man, I just
cant stop remembering
417
00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,942
what it was like down south.
418
00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:13,278
I was the black singer
with the white band,
419
00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:16,348
sneaking through the back door,
420
00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:18,450
drinking from
the colored-only water fountain.
421
00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:23,522
I saw things
out of that bus window...
422
00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:27,826
I just cant get it
out of my mind.
423
00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:32,631
I saw... strange fruit hanging
424
00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:35,734
from the poplar tree.
425
00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:39,471
Oh, ginger man...
426
00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:40,739
Please help me.
427
00:20:42,774 --> 00:20:44,810
(Whispers):
I need some reefer.
428
00:20:44,843 --> 00:20:47,512
Lady, no, no, no.
429
00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,047
You dont need that stuff.
430
00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,716
Oh... come on, man.
431
00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:54,319
Dont be such a square.
432
00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:56,822
See, lady always re...
433
00:20:56,855 --> 00:20:59,725
Relies on her piano man
to hook her up.
434
00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:05,664
(Sighs)
I cant do it.
435
00:21:05,697 --> 00:21:07,633
Man, youre just a dumb,
sweet old white boy!
436
00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:11,670
You dont know what a lynchings
really like, do you?
437
00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:14,106
Yes!
438
00:21:14,139 --> 00:21:16,308
Yes, I do.
439
00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:20,512
Well, then help me, please.
Please?
440
00:21:20,545 --> 00:21:21,580
Billie, Billie. Come on.
441
00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,348
Man, cause if you wont,
442
00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:26,351
I swear im gonna go out there
and ill find someone who will.
443
00:21:26,385 --> 00:21:27,552
(Knocking)
444
00:21:27,586 --> 00:21:28,920
Leo:
Miss holiday?
445
00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:31,423
(Whispers):
Okay.
446
00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:33,892
All right, see?
447
00:21:33,925 --> 00:21:36,094
You... you just give me
what I need.
448
00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:38,997
(Exhales)
449
00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:41,800
Then billies gonna sing
that song real pretty for you.
450
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,870
Please?
451
00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:47,773
Promise?
452
00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:54,112
I just want to know one thing.
453
00:21:55,647 --> 00:21:58,083
Did she end up like my brother?
454
00:21:58,116 --> 00:22:01,386
Billie Holiday did eventually
die from drug abuse,
455
00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,522
-but thats not the point
im try... -Give me my joint!
456
00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:04,956
Charnelle, no,
let me finish my story!
457
00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,525
I already know how it ends.
458
00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:09,728
How it always ends.
459
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:12,898
Whats the difference
460
00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:15,901
between being strung out
and strung up?
461
00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:19,571
(Grunts)
462
00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:21,406
Slow down, young lady.
463
00:22:29,147 --> 00:22:30,716
Oh, no, you dont. Now...
464
00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:32,084
Let me go.
465
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:33,919
Now, youre coming with me.
466
00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:35,754
Let me go!
467
00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:38,890
Let me go!
468
00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:47,666
Man: Yeah, were gonna
have to check it.
469
00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:49,167
Your grandmothers on her way.
470
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,869
Oh, man!
471
00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:52,104
Who told him about her?
472
00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:53,872
You sell me out?
473
00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:55,874
No. They found some I.D.
In your backpack.
474
00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:58,009
But you should be grateful
475
00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,445
that the museum called her
and not the police.
476
00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:03,582
ID rather spend a night in jail
than listen to her preach.
477
00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:06,585
Thou shalt not this,
thou shalt not that.
478
00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:08,053
I cant do nothing right
around her.
479
00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:10,188
Maybe shes just worried
480
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,090
youre going to die
like your brother did.
481
00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:14,860
Probably will.
482
00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:16,561
But what about your dream?
483
00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:17,996
What dream?
484
00:23:18,029 --> 00:23:19,598
Being a singer.
485
00:23:19,631 --> 00:23:21,767
(Scoffs)
486
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,969
It takes a lot of courage
to carry on, charnelle,
487
00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:26,705
when life is hard,
488
00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:29,007
but drugs dont
give you courage.
489
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,710
They drain it away.
490
00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:35,013
Billie Holiday knew that
better than anyone.
491
00:23:35,046 --> 00:23:38,617
Thats why her great act
of courage almost didnt happen.
492
00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:43,922
(Upbeat jazz music playing)
493
00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:46,258
-(Glass shatters)
-Billie: Get out! Get out!
494
00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:48,560
You and your lousy song.
495
00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:50,729
-Billie: I said get out!
-You deal with her!
496
00:23:54,699 --> 00:23:56,835
(Jazz music continues playing
in distance)
497
00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:58,804
(Knocking)
498
00:23:58,837 --> 00:24:02,073
(Crowd cheering,
chattering outside)
499
00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:04,676
Billie?
500
00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:08,246
What you got there?
501
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,150
Gardenias?
502
00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:13,618
Man, wheres the stuff?!
503
00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:14,886
Its on the way.
504
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,822
What do you mean, on the way?
505
00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:19,791
I mean that a friend of mines
bringing it.
506
00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:21,626
Give me this, okay?
507
00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:25,297
Gonna cut yourself.
508
00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:26,932
Cut myself?
509
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,168
Man, every word,
510
00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:33,738
every note of that songs
a piece of sharp glass
511
00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:36,074
tearing at my guts.
512
00:24:38,276 --> 00:24:42,113
And I cant sing it
unless I get some help.
513
00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,249
Now, you said youd help me,
ginger man.
514
00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:47,953
I believed you.
515
00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,054
(Knocking)
516
00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:53,058
Good evening, lady.
517
00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:57,863
This is my friend, Tess.
518
00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:00,632
(Song ends,
applause and cheering)
519
00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:01,967
Shes the one?
520
00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:04,936
Im...
521
00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:07,772
Gonna leave you
with Tess for a while.
522
00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:10,809
I believe you have some
private business to attend to.
523
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,349
(Door opens)
524
00:25:17,382 --> 00:25:18,717
(Sniffles)
525
00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:19,885
(Door closes)
526
00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:21,086
You got the stuff?
527
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,287
I certainly have.
528
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,655
(Sighs)
529
00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:24,856
How much you got?
530
00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:26,791
As much as you need,
531
00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:28,994
but I have to warn you, lady,
its very powerful.
532
00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:32,097
Whew, its that good? (Laughs)
533
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:34,165
Heaven on earth,
but you cant drink it,
534
00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:38,637
or sniff it
or shoot it in your arms.
535
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:42,274
What?
536
00:25:42,307 --> 00:25:43,808
Are you jiving?
537
00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:46,778
God is not jive.
538
00:25:46,811 --> 00:25:48,346
-God?!
-(Knocking)
539
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:49,714
Leo:
Five minutes, miss holiday.
540
00:25:50,148 --> 00:25:51,383
(Sighs)
541
00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:53,251
Five minutes is all ill need.
542
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:07,732
Charnelle:
543
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:07,732
Ho
544
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:07,732
ld up. Hold up.
545
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:07,732
Charnelle:
546
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:07,732
Ho
547
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:07,732
ld up. Hold up.
548
00:26:07,766 --> 00:26:10,302
You mean to tell me,
lady was waiting for a fix,
549
00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:13,405
and all she gets is that
Tess woman tripping about god?
550
00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:17,342
Maybe my grandma will believe
a story this wack, but not me.
551
00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:24,249
(Sighs)
552
00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:28,954
Charnelle, im waiting
for an explanation.
553
00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:31,656
Dont have one.
554
00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:38,730
You took my money
out of my purse, didnt you?
555
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,765
Just like
your brother Wesley used to.
556
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,069
God help you.
557
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:47,339
Yeah, we was just talking
about god.
558
00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:51,042
Im Monica. You must be
charnelles grandmother.
559
00:26:51,076 --> 00:26:55,013
Yes, my name is Georgia.
How do you do, Monica?
560
00:26:55,046 --> 00:26:58,283
Under different circumstances,
ID be pleased to meet you.
561
00:27:00,051 --> 00:27:02,354
Charnelle,
im at the end of my rope.
562
00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:04,723
Monica:
I dont mean to
563
00:27:05,390 --> 00:27:06,825
interfere, but...
564
00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,727
Since when?
565
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,864
Charnelle has to write an essay.
566
00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:15,834
Her assignment is to find
a piece of herself in history.
567
00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:17,902
Now, the museum is closed,
but I think
568
00:27:17,936 --> 00:27:20,171
I could make special
arrangements for you to see...
569
00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:22,007
I dont need to see
no more pictures of
570
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,174
black people hanging from trees.
571
00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:25,710
What?
572
00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:29,414
There are pictures of...
Lynchings in a museum?
573
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:30,148
Charnelle:
Yeah, a bunch of them.
574
00:27:30,181 --> 00:27:32,317
Who needs to see
stuff like that?
575
00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:34,252
Maybe you do.
576
00:27:34,986 --> 00:27:35,820
For what?
577
00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:37,856
Because youre alive,
578
00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:40,058
and you dont seem
to appreciate that.
579
00:27:40,091 --> 00:27:41,359
(Mutters)
580
00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:42,961
(Grunts)
581
00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:51,202
I cant make out what it says.
582
00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:55,407
Read it to me please, baby.
583
00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:01,212
"Lynching of lige Daniels,
584
00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,181
August 3, 1920, center, Texas."
585
00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:06,284
God rest his soul.
586
00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:08,753
Can we go home?
587
00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:11,423
Not until youve seen
every last one.
588
00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,195
Is that... a woman?
589
00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,831
Monica:
It says here,
590
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:22,534
its Laura Nelson, who was hung
591
00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:25,036
alongside the son
that she tried to save.
592
00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:27,472
My feet are tired.
593
00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:37,882
How dare you complain.
594
00:28:37,916 --> 00:28:39,317
How dare you not cry.
595
00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:42,153
Okay, its sad,
596
00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:44,389
but I got my own business
to be sad about.
597
00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:50,995
This is a human being,
598
00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:53,465
born with the god-given right
to love, laugh,
599
00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:56,935
and be remembered,
just like you.
600
00:28:56,968 --> 00:28:59,370
Look at him closely, charnelle.
Tell me what you see.
601
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:02,440
Charnelle:
A black kid
602
00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:04,442
hanging from a pine tree.
603
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:06,845
A bunch of white kids watching.
604
00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:09,314
A little girl
in some stupid sailor dress.
605
00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:16,221
A white sailor dress?
606
00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:24,329
Shes smiling like
shes at a picnic or something.
607
00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:26,998
Theres a man with her.
608
00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:29,434
Hes all dressed up, too.
609
00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:32,504
In a straw boater hat.
610
00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:35,440
Thats her daddy.
611
00:29:38,309 --> 00:29:39,577
The boy has the...
612
00:29:40,345 --> 00:29:42,547
Face of an angel.
613
00:29:44,883 --> 00:29:46,251
Grandma?
614
00:29:47,218 --> 00:29:48,486
His name was...
615
00:29:49,387 --> 00:29:51,923
Earl.
616
00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:56,261
But it says here, "lynching
and spectators unidentified."
617
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:01,933
How come you know his name?
618
00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:06,938
Because, charnelle,
619
00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:10,341
youre not the only one
in our family to lose a brother.
620
00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:31,196
Well, I guess I finally found
that piece of myself in history.
621
00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:34,632
You happy now?
622
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:38,336
No, but I believe
this was supposed to happen.
623
00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:46,945
How come you never
told me about this?
624
00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:48,646
I dont know.
625
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,217
Maybe because youre already
so full of hate.
626
00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:56,020
And look what happens
when that takes hold.
627
00:30:57,488 --> 00:30:59,991
You see, he was
more than my brother.
628
00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:03,328
He was my teacher
and my best friend.
629
00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:05,330
(Laughs)
630
00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:08,600
I guess I was as close to him
as you were to your brother.
631
00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:10,535
You still miss him?
632
00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:13,204
Every day.
633
00:31:13,238 --> 00:31:16,040
But Earl gave me a great gift.
634
00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:18,676
You see, daddy and mama never
had time for schooling,
635
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:21,246
but Earl learned to read.
636
00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:23,581
(Chuckles)
637
00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,550
And he taught me.
638
00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:26,985
(Sighs):
Oh!
639
00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:30,288
He was so smart!
640
00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:33,057
Everyone in town said so.
641
00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:38,329
That girl in the picture--
642
00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:41,599
Annabelle-- I used
to jump rope with her.
643
00:31:42,634 --> 00:31:44,636
The man in the hat--
644
00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:46,638
thats her daddy, Mr. Scaggs.
645
00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:50,275
He... he owned the pharmacy,
and Earl ran errands for him.
646
00:31:50,308 --> 00:31:52,277
He... he mowed his lawn,
shined his shoes.
647
00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:54,445
(Laughs)
648
00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:56,748
Turns out, he was trying
to build up enough credit
649
00:31:56,781 --> 00:31:58,449
to-to buy me a birthday present.
650
00:31:58,483 --> 00:31:59,684
(Chuckles)
651
00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:02,487
And after Earl earned
every penny,
652
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,390
Mr. Scaggs let him
bring it home.
653
00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:09,227
Then, um,
he started telling folks...
654
00:32:10,628 --> 00:32:13,064
Earl had stolen it.
655
00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:16,100
But he didnt.
656
00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:20,104
I turned seven years old...
657
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,642
On that terrible day.
658
00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:29,213
Earl gave me my present.
659
00:32:29,647 --> 00:32:31,215
(Laughs)
660
00:32:33,584 --> 00:32:36,187
But before I could open it,
661
00:32:38,222 --> 00:32:41,159
our house was surrounded
by yapping dogs
662
00:32:42,293 --> 00:32:46,397
and men with picks
and crowbars and guns.
663
00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:50,702
And I-I started to cry,
"here it is. Take it back."
664
00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:53,271
But those men said
they wanted nothing
665
00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:57,141
after... after colored hands
had touched it.
666
00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:01,713
And as they...
667
00:33:01,746 --> 00:33:05,183
As they dragged him away...
668
00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:09,721
...Earl made me promise
669
00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:12,690
ID hold onto
his birthday present
670
00:33:13,624 --> 00:33:16,794
and remember every word!
671
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:20,498
Every word of what?
672
00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:23,401
Georgia:
I didnt understand, until I...
673
00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:28,172
Opened his present.
674
00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,378
Oh.
675
00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:37,415
I found this.
676
00:33:39,283 --> 00:33:40,551
This.
677
00:33:42,553 --> 00:33:44,122
This is...
678
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,792
This is what gives me peace.
679
00:33:49,827 --> 00:33:52,263
This... is what taught me
680
00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:55,400
how to forgive.
681
00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:57,769
You forgive them
because it says so in here?
682
00:33:58,736 --> 00:34:01,739
Because he says so...
683
00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:05,510
...in here.
684
00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:16,120
I hate white people.
685
00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:46,851
Im leaving,
and no ones making me stay.
686
00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:49,487
Fine. Walk away
and leave everything
687
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:50,855
that happened here today
behind you.
688
00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:52,890
You bet I will.
689
00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:54,725
Just know this:
690
00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:58,529
The drugs that lamont will
sell you tonight will kill you.
691
00:34:58,563 --> 00:34:59,697
I never told you his name.
692
00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:01,232
Youre a narc.
693
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:03,701
No, im not.
694
00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:06,204
But I do know
that youre about to graduate
695
00:35:06,237 --> 00:35:09,440
into much harder drugs
and a much, much shorter life.
696
00:35:10,274 --> 00:35:11,809
Okay, whats your point?
697
00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,212
I want you to have
all the information you can
698
00:35:14,245 --> 00:35:16,280
before you make your choice.
699
00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:19,484
Just like Billie Holiday heard
the truth before she made hers.
700
00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:25,890
(Mellow jazz music playing)
701
00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:31,662
Billie:
I cant do it, Andrew.
702
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:33,231
Yes, you can.
703
00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:35,233
You just remember
what Tess told you, lady.
704
00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:36,501
God is here.
705
00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:37,802
Hes right here.
706
00:35:37,835 --> 00:35:39,871
You are never gonna walk alone.
707
00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:41,906
Youre never gonna
sing alone.
708
00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:52,884
(Music ends,
cheering and applause)
709
00:36:02,026 --> 00:36:05,963
Thank you very much,
ladies and gentlemen.
710
00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:09,700
For my last number,
I want to sing something new.
711
00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:11,269
(Piano playing "strange fruit")
712
00:36:11,302 --> 00:36:14,272
Something I have been...
713
00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:19,710
...inspired to share with you.
714
00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:23,848
Its called "strange fruit."
715
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,664
♪ Southern trees
716
00:36:39,697 --> 00:36:42,867
♪ bear a strange fruit
717
00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:46,837
♪ blood on the leaves
718
00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:51,042
♪ and blood at the root
719
00:36:51,075 --> 00:36:53,978
♪ black bodies swingin
720
00:36:55,613 --> 00:36:59,283
♪ in the southern breeze
721
00:37:00,585 --> 00:37:02,653
♪ strange fruit hangin
722
00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:06,357
♪ from the poplar trees
723
00:37:16,434 --> 00:37:19,570
♪ Pastoral scene
724
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:23,007
♪ of the gallant south
725
00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:28,012
♪ the bulging eyes
726
00:37:28,045 --> 00:37:31,482
♪ and the twisted mouth
727
00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:35,953
♪ scent of magnolia
728
00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:40,691
♪ sweet and fresh
729
00:37:41,826 --> 00:37:44,362
♪ then the sudden smell
730
00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:46,764
♪ of burnin flesh
731
00:37:48,799 --> 00:37:51,969
♪ here is a fruit
732
00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:55,906
♪ for the crows to pluck
733
00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:00,478
♪ for the rain to gather
734
00:38:01,912 --> 00:38:04,882
♪ for the wind to suck
735
00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:08,819
♪ for the sun to rot
736
00:38:09,887 --> 00:38:12,657
♪ for the tree
737
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:17,461
♪ to drop...
738
00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:23,834
♪ Here is a strange
739
00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:30,374
♪ and bitter...
740
00:38:33,444 --> 00:38:38,015
♪ Crop...
741
00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:43,020
(Music ends)
742
00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:52,963
(One person applauding)
743
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:58,436
(Others applauding)
744
00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:02,573
So, she sang the song--
I mean, big deal.
745
00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:04,542
It was a big deal.
746
00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:08,579
Night after night, people came
to hear her sing that song.
747
00:39:08,612 --> 00:39:11,749
She always finished
with "strange fruit."
748
00:39:11,782 --> 00:39:14,518
She wanted to make sure
that people went home thinking
749
00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:17,555
of the killing that no one
could stop or even talk about.
750
00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:20,491
That song became her anthem.
751
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:24,795
That first night that she sang
"strange fruit,"
752
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:28,532
she had no idea
how the audience would respond
753
00:39:28,566 --> 00:39:30,601
or even if shed sing
the song again.
754
00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:33,738
Till one person had
the guts to clap?
755
00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:37,541
She never found out who it was,
but she always said
756
00:39:37,575 --> 00:39:40,144
it was the one gesture
that changed everything.
757
00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:42,813
Bet it wasnt no white person.
758
00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:44,682
Youre right.
759
00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:46,951
(One person applauding)
760
00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:03,467
(Others applauding)
761
00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,111
(Cheering and applause)
762
00:40:17,114 --> 00:40:18,716
Yeah, right. That was you.
763
00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:19,483
(Scoffs)
764
00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:21,685
Yes, it was.
765
00:40:28,125 --> 00:40:29,093
Oh, man.
766
00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:30,661
Whats going on?
767
00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:32,596
Im-im freaking out here.
768
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:35,599
No, charnelle,
youre talking to an angel.
769
00:40:36,634 --> 00:40:39,136
Youre an angel?
770
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:43,774
God sent me a white angel?
771
00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:48,179
God sent you a messenger
in human form with white skin.
772
00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:51,215
He doesnt want you
to look at me,
773
00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:53,684
he wants you to listen to me.
774
00:40:53,717 --> 00:40:55,119
And what are you gonna say,
775
00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:57,721
quit doing drugs
and love white people?
776
00:40:57,755 --> 00:40:59,824
Quit hate and love all people.
777
00:41:01,592 --> 00:41:03,861
For god made them all
778
00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:06,597
and he loves them all,
mistakes and all.
779
00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:09,567
And he loves you, too,
charnelle.
780
00:41:10,267 --> 00:41:11,869
Why?
781
00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:15,172
Because youre his little girl.
782
00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:16,640
I dont belong to nobody.
783
00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:18,642
Thats not true.
784
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,679
He created you.
785
00:41:21,712 --> 00:41:24,915
You are his and he is yours,
786
00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:29,286
if youd only hold onto him
787
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,155
instead of the hate
and the drugs.
788
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:35,025
You have every reason
to be angry,
789
00:41:35,059 --> 00:41:39,096
you know,
but when anger turns to hate,
790
00:41:39,129 --> 00:41:41,265
it becomes a noose
around your own neck.
791
00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:47,004
The more you hate,
the tighter it becomes.
792
00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:52,142
You talk about
what others have done to you.
793
00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:55,746
What about what you are doing
to yourself
794
00:41:55,779 --> 00:41:58,082
every time you use drugs?
795
00:41:58,115 --> 00:41:59,950
(Crying):
Im just trying to get by.
796
00:42:01,118 --> 00:42:03,220
Hold onto a dream.
797
00:42:03,254 --> 00:42:05,890
Until what?
Until you kill yourself?
798
00:42:07,791 --> 00:42:09,793
Your grandmothers brother
was your age
799
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:11,195
when his life was ripped away.
800
00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:13,931
He had no choice.
801
00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:16,800
But your brother did
and so do you.
802
00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:19,770
God wants you to choose life,
803
00:42:19,803 --> 00:42:22,239
and then to live
to testify that you did.
804
00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,009
Testify?
805
00:42:25,042 --> 00:42:29,313
Billie Holiday told the truth
for her generation.
806
00:42:29,346 --> 00:42:33,617
God wants you
to do the same for yours.
807
00:42:33,651 --> 00:42:37,288
How can somebody like me
make a difference?
808
00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:40,324
Billie didnt think that
she could make a difference,
809
00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:43,260
but with gods help she did,
and so can you.
810
00:42:43,294 --> 00:42:45,896
You mean,
I can really be a singer?
811
00:42:46,430 --> 00:42:50,100
Oh, yes, yes.
812
00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:52,236
And you can do much more
than Billie did.
813
00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:54,738
You can survive.
814
00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:57,942
(Sniffles)
815
00:42:58,876 --> 00:43:00,911
(Pager beeping)
816
00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:09,086
Its time for you to make
your decision, charnelle.
817
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,215
So, you ready to graduate,
young lady?
818
00:43:38,248 --> 00:43:40,284
Forget it. I got homework to do.
819
00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:43,887
Hey, charnelle,
dont walk away from me.
820
00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:46,390
Where you going?
821
00:44:00,738 --> 00:44:02,406
Lets go home, grandma.
822
00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:35,406
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