1 00:00:01,335 --> 00:00:02,534 [man] previously on queen sugar. 2 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:05,270 [hollywood] we knew this day was coming and we pray for it, 3 00:00:05,306 --> 00:00:06,472 for their sake. 4 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:08,507 I just didn't know it would hurt so much. 5 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:09,691 They're calling a school board meeting 6 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:11,643 to vote on banning your work. 7 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:13,946 This is insane. We can't back down. 8 00:00:13,981 --> 00:00:16,015 -You raped me. -You really wanna out yourself? 9 00:00:16,050 --> 00:00:17,449 You did what you did 10 00:00:17,485 --> 00:00:19,118 and I will make sure that you pay. 11 00:00:19,153 --> 00:00:21,620 No, if you're saying that the summer with her 12 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:23,088 is the summer that changed everything. 13 00:00:23,124 --> 00:00:24,156 Hey. 14 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:25,791 I didn't think you want to hear from me. 15 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:27,676 I would love to catch up. 16 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:42,875 -You still go to skate country? -Skate country? 17 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:45,811 Not since tearing up the rink for billy. 18 00:00:45,846 --> 00:00:47,496 And you. 19 00:00:47,531 --> 00:00:49,498 You could barely skate, but please, 20 00:00:49,533 --> 00:00:51,050 -with those little booty shorts. -[laughs] 21 00:00:51,085 --> 00:00:52,451 don't treat me like that. 22 00:00:52,486 --> 00:00:55,154 By the end of junior year, I was putting y'all to shame. 23 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:57,790 It just took me a minute to get my legs. 24 00:00:57,825 --> 00:00:59,508 Okay, okay, if that's your story. 25 00:00:59,543 --> 00:01:00,876 It is 26 00:01:00,911 --> 00:01:02,211 and I'm sticking to it. 27 00:01:05,182 --> 00:01:06,682 Oh. 28 00:01:09,186 --> 00:01:11,220 You know when I look at you now... 29 00:01:12,523 --> 00:01:15,090 Feels like time stood still. 30 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:17,476 Like I'm a teenager all over again 31 00:01:17,528 --> 00:01:18,861 minus the press and curl. 32 00:01:18,896 --> 00:01:21,196 Oh, the press and curl was fire. 33 00:01:21,232 --> 00:01:22,815 Those little alia bangs. 34 00:01:22,867 --> 00:01:24,566 You look sexy as hell. 35 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:26,434 Thanks. 36 00:01:26,454 --> 00:01:28,654 But never will a hot comb torch my ears again. 37 00:01:28,706 --> 00:01:32,274 -Yeah. -Some things are better left in the past. 38 00:01:32,293 --> 00:01:34,877 I'm glad our connection is the one of them. 39 00:01:37,915 --> 00:01:39,414 I'm happy we're back in touch. 40 00:01:40,284 --> 00:01:41,633 Me too. 41 00:01:41,969 --> 00:01:43,418 Hmm. 42 00:01:44,305 --> 00:01:46,955 So you stay pretty close to home. 43 00:01:46,974 --> 00:01:47,890 Mm-hmm. 44 00:01:47,925 --> 00:01:49,424 You never wanted to move away? 45 00:01:50,060 --> 00:01:51,093 Not really. 46 00:01:52,146 --> 00:01:53,762 I love louisiana. 47 00:01:55,316 --> 00:01:57,733 There's something about this little piece of the world. 48 00:01:59,636 --> 00:02:03,471 The way the cypress trees sway and got that one rhythm. 49 00:02:03,491 --> 00:02:06,742 Big sky filled with 1000 stars at night. 50 00:02:06,777 --> 00:02:10,329 And people not always behaving the way you'd like, but... 51 00:02:11,448 --> 00:02:13,282 Loving you no matter what. 52 00:02:13,317 --> 00:02:15,834 I wish I saw this place the way you do. 53 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:19,171 And I love st. Joe, it's just... 54 00:02:20,624 --> 00:02:22,341 Didn't always love me. 55 00:02:25,296 --> 00:02:29,765 You know, I think that idea that this place 56 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,016 didn't always love you. 57 00:02:32,469 --> 00:02:34,353 It's a story you've told yourself. 58 00:02:37,107 --> 00:02:39,641 Maybe it's time you told yourself a new story. 59 00:02:41,028 --> 00:02:43,312 One where you're not the victim. 60 00:02:44,198 --> 00:02:45,531 You're the hero. 61 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:56,175 ♪ dreams never die, take flight as the world turns ♪ 62 00:02:56,210 --> 00:03:00,245 ♪ dreams never die take flight as the world turns ♪ 63 00:03:00,281 --> 00:03:02,080 ♪ keep the colors in the lines ♪ 64 00:03:02,116 --> 00:03:05,984 ♪ take flight dreams never die ♪ 65 00:03:12,176 --> 00:03:16,128 ♪ keep the colors in the lines ♪ 66 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:18,730 ♪ keep the colors in the lines take flight ♪ 67 00:03:19,967 --> 00:03:24,987 joaquin, I'm just glad that y'all are getting settled. 68 00:03:25,906 --> 00:03:28,190 What you remember what I told you? 69 00:03:28,225 --> 00:03:32,644 We're family. So you need anything, let us know. 70 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,148 We're here. Okay, hold on, hold on. 71 00:03:36,183 --> 00:03:37,482 Thank you. 72 00:03:38,352 --> 00:03:40,219 Joaquin, my man. 73 00:03:40,254 --> 00:03:43,171 Hey, don't forget to tell dante that I need 74 00:03:43,207 --> 00:03:45,707 y'all help getting true north back on that water. 75 00:03:46,093 --> 00:03:48,677 [laughs] yeah. 76 00:03:48,712 --> 00:03:49,995 All right. 77 00:03:52,516 --> 00:03:54,099 [sighs] 78 00:03:58,105 --> 00:03:59,271 come here, baby. 79 00:04:01,609 --> 00:04:03,525 Come here, my love. 80 00:04:05,279 --> 00:04:06,728 Yeah. 81 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:09,281 Yeah, I miss him too. 82 00:04:10,267 --> 00:04:12,734 I mean, it's ripe, you know? 83 00:04:13,537 --> 00:04:15,603 They're with their father. 84 00:04:15,623 --> 00:04:19,241 Lord knows they deserve to be a family again. 85 00:04:19,910 --> 00:04:23,829 It's just... [sighs] 86 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:27,082 I had given up all thoughts of having children 87 00:04:27,117 --> 00:04:28,634 and then the boys... 88 00:04:30,421 --> 00:04:33,238 Had me feeling things that I pushed down 89 00:04:33,274 --> 00:04:35,240 way deep inside of me. 90 00:04:35,743 --> 00:04:37,625 And those... 91 00:04:37,645 --> 00:04:40,595 Feelings have started to come back. 92 00:04:41,815 --> 00:04:43,098 Shae. 93 00:04:44,134 --> 00:04:46,234 You know it ain't got to be that way. 94 00:04:47,988 --> 00:04:50,939 All those empty spaces that you got, 95 00:04:50,974 --> 00:04:52,741 and they can be filled. 96 00:04:54,662 --> 00:04:57,696 Baby, you got a whole lot of loving. 97 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:59,915 There's children out there who need it. 98 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:05,270 Should we think about fostering again? 99 00:05:08,992 --> 00:05:11,493 I thought about it. 100 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:15,797 But no one that, we gotta let him go, that's hard for me. 101 00:05:17,134 --> 00:05:20,102 With blue, with the boys. 102 00:05:20,137 --> 00:05:21,470 They move on. 103 00:05:21,505 --> 00:05:23,722 Well, maybe. 104 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:28,293 Maybe you could take that love that you have for that one child 105 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:31,897 and give it to the next one. 106 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:35,901 And then after that, you give it to the next one 107 00:05:35,936 --> 00:05:40,072 and pretty soon you'll have a whole world of children. 108 00:05:40,124 --> 00:05:44,960 Knows what the love of violet bordelon-desonier feels like 109 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:48,130 and that should be enough to keep you going. 110 00:06:09,136 --> 00:06:10,769 Talked to blue this morning? 111 00:06:10,804 --> 00:06:12,020 Mm-hmm. 112 00:06:12,556 --> 00:06:14,473 He talked my ear off. 113 00:06:14,508 --> 00:06:16,158 He has a field trip later. 114 00:06:16,193 --> 00:06:20,028 So, you know how much he loves his explorations. 115 00:06:21,315 --> 00:06:24,082 Like him being in the same city is at best. 116 00:06:25,068 --> 00:06:26,551 Don't sit right with me. 117 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:32,174 I know, but... He's okay. 118 00:06:32,209 --> 00:06:36,428 He will never find out what any of this. 119 00:06:37,765 --> 00:06:42,834 Not until or if we ever decide to tell him. 120 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:45,387 Maybe we should tell him. I mean, what if he finds out 121 00:06:45,422 --> 00:06:47,572 -on his own? -Not yet. 122 00:06:47,608 --> 00:06:50,942 -I mean, everything comes out eventually, darla. -Not now. 123 00:06:54,114 --> 00:06:55,080 [sighs] 124 00:06:59,052 --> 00:07:00,252 [exhales] 125 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:03,722 and he ain't say nothing about making him pay 126 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:05,657 for the part of the plant. 127 00:07:05,709 --> 00:07:07,359 He's not paying. 128 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:12,764 He's donating to the farmers, 129 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:16,218 to this community. 130 00:07:16,953 --> 00:07:18,720 He's not paying for blue. 131 00:07:19,473 --> 00:07:21,056 He's not paying me. 132 00:07:23,644 --> 00:07:25,277 And once a month, 133 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:29,247 I'll have to face what he did to me. 134 00:07:29,283 --> 00:07:30,599 [scoffs] 135 00:07:30,634 --> 00:07:32,951 I don't think he think about nothing but himself. 136 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:35,620 You might be right, but does it even really matter what he thinks. 137 00:07:35,656 --> 00:07:37,222 It matters what I think. 138 00:07:38,425 --> 00:07:42,777 And since that day, I've been thinking differently. 139 00:07:44,832 --> 00:07:46,264 I'm not afraid. 140 00:07:48,068 --> 00:07:49,768 I'm ashamed. 141 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:52,003 I'm here. 142 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:56,641 And all is well. 143 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:02,647 Well, I'm proud of you. 144 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,751 An orion's get together. 145 00:08:06,787 --> 00:08:09,054 We here to talk what we came to talk about. 146 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:11,223 That's all the most of y'all are in, right? 147 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:13,758 The real dads on duty, they started shreveport 148 00:08:13,794 --> 00:08:16,978 armed with nothing but fatherly love 149 00:08:17,531 --> 00:08:18,997 and dad jokes. 150 00:08:19,032 --> 00:08:20,799 And that may change lives. 151 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:23,118 Now I propose that we do something like that down here. 152 00:08:23,153 --> 00:08:24,452 Okay. 153 00:08:24,488 --> 00:08:26,854 And our kids, man, they're getting hit with way too much for us 154 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:28,657 not to be guiding them. 155 00:08:28,692 --> 00:08:30,675 You got the pandemic, you got black folks 156 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:33,861 dying on tape and being shown on tv with ease. 157 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:37,516 Got trump's foolishness, social media manipulation, 158 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:38,884 mass shootings. 159 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:40,852 Things have definitely gotten worse since I was in high school. 160 00:08:40,888 --> 00:08:42,587 And you know why? School was supposed to be 161 00:08:42,623 --> 00:08:44,789 a safe place, a safe environment to learn 162 00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:46,758 and to grow. Not to be seeing all of these fights 163 00:08:46,810 --> 00:08:47,875 and being bullied. 164 00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:50,545 Especially hard for the sensitive kids like blue. 165 00:08:50,564 --> 00:08:53,498 -All these kids be stressed, really. -Posttraumatic stress. 166 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:55,483 You know, we got them school board meeting's coming up. 167 00:08:55,519 --> 00:08:58,153 Tensions are high. We can be there to calm it down. 168 00:08:58,188 --> 00:09:01,889 Not for the parents, yes. But especially for the kids. 169 00:09:01,909 --> 00:09:04,776 And that principal over there, he ain't doing nothing 170 00:09:04,811 --> 00:09:06,678 but sitting around waiting for retirement 171 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:09,331 while kids like dante, and them other young 'uns 172 00:09:09,366 --> 00:09:11,883 over there suffering and losing they way. 173 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:14,052 Any kid shouldn't have to go through that at school. 174 00:09:14,087 --> 00:09:16,454 Or getting shot. You know, now getting a education 175 00:09:16,490 --> 00:09:17,589 has you in the line of fire. 176 00:09:17,624 --> 00:09:20,575 We should have kids at school thinking they're safe. 177 00:09:20,594 --> 00:09:22,210 One day they don't come home no more. 178 00:09:22,245 --> 00:09:23,795 -That ain't right. -That's a damn shame. 179 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,580 I'm about with whatever you're doing. 180 00:09:25,599 --> 00:09:27,532 -Count me in. -Count me in. I'm there. 181 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:28,800 Yeah, me too. 182 00:09:28,852 --> 00:09:31,886 Bottom line is, fellas, if we don't step up and show up, 183 00:09:31,921 --> 00:09:32,971 who will? 184 00:09:33,006 --> 00:09:34,973 We ain't gonna be waiting for nobody else. 185 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:37,058 No, we have to make the change. 186 00:09:37,093 --> 00:09:39,527 We are for change. 187 00:09:39,563 --> 00:09:41,046 -Right. -Who's with me? 188 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:42,581 -Hey, man. -Let's do it. 189 00:09:42,616 --> 00:09:43,848 Dads on patrol! 190 00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:45,383 [man] I'm down. 191 00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:48,903 So what did I miss at the last one of these? 192 00:09:48,938 --> 00:09:52,374 -Just give me the highlights. -Okay. Um... 193 00:09:52,409 --> 00:09:56,044 I went to college, traveled a little. 194 00:09:56,079 --> 00:09:58,713 Not as much as I wanted to, but I'd love to get a feel 195 00:09:58,749 --> 00:10:00,415 for the world, what's out there. 196 00:10:00,450 --> 00:10:01,583 Um... 197 00:10:01,618 --> 00:10:06,221 Then got real activated and settled on the ninth. 198 00:10:06,256 --> 00:10:08,757 Worked for a newspaper. Wrote a book. 199 00:10:08,792 --> 00:10:10,008 Hmm. 200 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:11,259 I read it. 201 00:10:12,629 --> 00:10:14,896 I'm glad you're still writing. 202 00:10:14,931 --> 00:10:16,898 I always said you were gonna be the next bell hooks. 203 00:10:16,933 --> 00:10:19,267 I don't know about that. 204 00:10:19,302 --> 00:10:21,603 I still have that book of hers that you got me. 205 00:10:23,106 --> 00:10:25,790 You used to read me passages out in the cane. 206 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:27,776 Looking up at the stars. 207 00:10:29,246 --> 00:10:31,079 "the moment we choose to love..." 208 00:10:31,114 --> 00:10:33,615 "...We begin to move towards..." 209 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:38,787 all right, your turn. Highlights, please. 210 00:10:38,822 --> 00:10:41,456 -[both laugh] -well, after high school, 211 00:10:41,491 --> 00:10:43,625 I worked in the store 212 00:10:43,660 --> 00:10:45,427 and I moved to st. Martin's. 213 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,629 I met my wife. 214 00:10:48,598 --> 00:10:50,098 Ex-wife. 215 00:10:50,133 --> 00:10:52,951 Pretty recent, it's been about two years. 216 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:56,488 But we're good. We never really stopped loving someone. 217 00:10:57,491 --> 00:11:01,008 And we share the kids. We got that right. 218 00:11:01,028 --> 00:11:02,677 How many kids do you have? 219 00:11:02,696 --> 00:11:05,630 Two. A boy and a girl. 220 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:07,348 [both laughing] 221 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:09,350 -the boy's just like you. -Oh. 222 00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:11,653 Just can't wait to get out of here. 223 00:11:13,623 --> 00:11:15,407 You got kids? 224 00:11:15,459 --> 00:11:18,660 No. Never felt like my path. 225 00:11:18,695 --> 00:11:23,131 But I love having kids around, I have two nephews 226 00:11:23,166 --> 00:11:24,499 and a baby niece. 227 00:11:33,627 --> 00:11:35,260 That last day I saw you... 228 00:11:35,312 --> 00:11:38,012 We were supposed to go to that graduation party. 229 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:41,766 Have our first dance in public. 230 00:11:41,802 --> 00:11:44,352 I'm sorry I never called. 231 00:11:44,387 --> 00:11:46,488 Or that I didn't show up. 232 00:11:47,074 --> 00:11:48,406 What happened? 233 00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:57,532 You were the best thing that happened to me back then. 234 00:11:58,652 --> 00:12:03,705 But I was outed to my father and, um... 235 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:07,025 He ain't never looked at me the same. 236 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:11,596 I mean up until then, 237 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,032 I adored him and... 238 00:12:15,084 --> 00:12:16,534 He adored me. 239 00:12:18,522 --> 00:12:20,054 And then... 240 00:12:20,590 --> 00:12:25,210 There was a sadness... 241 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:27,846 In his eyes. 242 00:12:27,881 --> 00:12:30,381 And it broke me. 243 00:12:31,952 --> 00:12:33,618 I'm sorry. 244 00:12:38,358 --> 00:12:41,576 Well, mr. Ernest would come by the store. 245 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:45,096 He always seemed like he wanted to talk, 246 00:12:45,132 --> 00:12:48,666 but then he'd just order number six 247 00:12:48,702 --> 00:12:50,635 and a strawberry cold drink. 248 00:12:53,390 --> 00:12:55,256 When he suggested that I call you. 249 00:12:57,227 --> 00:12:59,010 I wish I had it. 250 00:12:59,062 --> 00:13:01,095 [sighs] you don't know how much... 251 00:13:02,649 --> 00:13:06,651 It means to me that he said that to you. 252 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:17,929 That was a long time ago. 253 00:13:27,657 --> 00:13:29,057 What up, uncle wood? 254 00:13:29,092 --> 00:13:31,292 Here you go. [cooing] 255 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:34,095 come here. 256 00:13:34,130 --> 00:13:35,763 Oh, my gosh. 257 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:39,100 -She's growing like a weed. -Doctor says she gonna be tall like me. 258 00:13:39,135 --> 00:13:40,635 She at the 98th percentile. 259 00:13:40,670 --> 00:13:43,104 Ooh, look at you, supermodel. 260 00:13:43,139 --> 00:13:45,640 Ah, she gonna be a scientist. Ain't that right, baby? 261 00:13:45,675 --> 00:13:47,408 There ain't nothing wrong with being a farmer. 262 00:13:47,444 --> 00:13:49,110 -[laughs] -oh, baby. 263 00:13:49,145 --> 00:13:50,879 -[crying] -[tongue clicking] 264 00:13:50,914 --> 00:13:53,081 to be a farmer, that's why. 265 00:13:53,116 --> 00:13:54,249 A farmer... You gonna be... 266 00:13:54,284 --> 00:13:56,217 Tell mr. Prosper you don't like farming. 267 00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:57,886 [laughs] 268 00:13:57,921 --> 00:13:59,988 take these. We got to get some more dads out. 269 00:14:01,124 --> 00:14:02,724 I know technically I'm not a father, 270 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:05,059 but after watching dante come home. 271 00:14:05,095 --> 00:14:07,729 Being bullied at school, I just couldn't sit around and do nothing. 272 00:14:07,764 --> 00:14:10,198 You don't have to be a biological father to father. 273 00:14:12,335 --> 00:14:13,451 That's right. 274 00:14:14,704 --> 00:14:16,487 So, dig it, man. 275 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:18,806 I put in my paperwork to foster again. 276 00:14:18,842 --> 00:14:20,341 -Whoa, look at you. -Are you for real? 277 00:14:20,377 --> 00:14:22,844 -Yeah. -Yeah. 278 00:14:22,879 --> 00:14:25,079 -Whoo. -Anybody be lucky to call you dad. 279 00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:27,515 Yeah, you and vi gonna make good parents. 280 00:14:27,551 --> 00:14:29,183 -All right. -I'll see you in a second. 281 00:14:29,219 --> 00:14:30,818 I'll see you in a second, mr. Prosper. 282 00:14:32,022 --> 00:14:34,005 Just sit down for a minute, will you? 283 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:40,795 So, I mean how's everything with you and darla 284 00:14:40,830 --> 00:14:43,031 after everything, you know, went down last night 285 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:44,132 with chase? 286 00:14:47,070 --> 00:14:49,687 Ever think about therapy, wood? 287 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,889 I've never done it, but I know it does a whole lot 288 00:14:51,908 --> 00:14:53,658 of people a whole lot of good. 289 00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:55,710 Can't stop thinking about what he did to her. 290 00:14:57,530 --> 00:14:59,614 It's been on my mind, you know? 291 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:01,199 I get it. 292 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:05,286 And I remember when jimmy dale come by the house, 293 00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:08,339 you always hear people talking about snapping, but brother... 294 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:11,192 [exhales] I was so close. 295 00:15:11,227 --> 00:15:13,577 All I saw was just red. 296 00:15:13,597 --> 00:15:16,731 But, ralph, we gotta learn to let them things go. 297 00:15:16,766 --> 00:15:18,716 Nothing good ever comes from that type of thinking. 298 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:21,669 It only hurts you way more than it hurts them. 299 00:15:21,705 --> 00:15:23,538 And you're saying I should just... 300 00:15:25,375 --> 00:15:27,425 Let it go? 301 00:15:27,444 --> 00:15:29,677 How am I supposed to let it go, wood? 302 00:15:29,713 --> 00:15:32,080 What? I'm supposed to just move on? 303 00:15:32,115 --> 00:15:34,616 After he did what he did to the woman I love? 304 00:15:36,202 --> 00:15:37,885 To my wife? 305 00:15:41,224 --> 00:15:43,374 I can't wrap my mind around that one. 306 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:45,410 I sure as hell can't let it go. 307 00:15:48,398 --> 00:15:50,715 Listen, man. 308 00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:54,702 Your job is to protect and love your wife. 309 00:15:55,438 --> 00:15:58,406 Focus on her. Not on him. 310 00:15:58,441 --> 00:16:01,876 He's not worth your attention, your time 311 00:16:01,911 --> 00:16:03,645 or your energy. 312 00:16:05,115 --> 00:16:06,714 No, brother. 313 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,567 Change the way you think. 314 00:16:11,655 --> 00:16:13,054 He's not worth it. 315 00:16:16,826 --> 00:16:18,276 [exhales] 316 00:16:19,796 --> 00:16:22,613 these are photos I took for your insurance claim. 317 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:24,132 Thank you. 318 00:16:25,602 --> 00:16:27,318 All right. 319 00:16:27,337 --> 00:16:29,587 You know I wanted to talk to you about that one. 320 00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:31,272 I could barely stand. 321 00:16:31,307 --> 00:16:33,958 I would like to use this photo in our show 322 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:36,127 with your permission. 323 00:16:36,946 --> 00:16:38,829 You gonna hang this up like it's art? 324 00:16:38,848 --> 00:16:39,881 It is art. 325 00:16:39,916 --> 00:16:42,417 Some of the best photos I've ever taken. 326 00:16:42,452 --> 00:16:45,219 This photo can bring to life the real burden 327 00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:46,688 that black farmers face. 328 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,090 Storms are getting crazy. 329 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:52,060 Talk about climate change and the real people 330 00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:53,111 that it affects. 331 00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:56,481 -And you see all that in this picture? -I do. 332 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:57,815 And when it sells, 333 00:16:58,985 --> 00:17:01,486 I want to donate all the proceeds to the co-op. 334 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:06,541 If it weren't for the co-op, I wouldn't be here. 335 00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:08,443 Ronnie, youngblood. 336 00:17:09,512 --> 00:17:10,628 Thank you. 337 00:17:10,980 --> 00:17:12,046 Yeah. 338 00:17:15,218 --> 00:17:16,751 Mike... 339 00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:18,953 What's up? 340 00:17:18,988 --> 00:17:22,173 Remember when you had your picture hanging up here, 341 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:24,258 -at the... -Mm-hmm. 342 00:17:24,294 --> 00:17:29,480 You and your friend. I had no business running my mouth about it. 343 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:33,101 It's clear that you have vision, you can see things I don't see. 344 00:17:33,136 --> 00:17:36,187 See, when I was coming up, it was a different time. 345 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:39,440 But it still don't make it right. 346 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:41,892 So I'm just glad that you don't gotta live like that, 347 00:17:41,911 --> 00:17:44,212 -young blood. -Thank you. 348 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:47,014 Thank you. I appreciate you saying that. 349 00:17:47,050 --> 00:17:49,050 -I love you, boy. -I love you too. 350 00:17:56,860 --> 00:17:57,925 Where'd that come from? 351 00:17:57,961 --> 00:18:00,561 An old mill over in houma is selling off some parts. 352 00:18:00,597 --> 00:18:02,063 We could probably fix up the harvester. 353 00:18:02,098 --> 00:18:03,531 Yeah, I think we should try it. 354 00:18:03,566 --> 00:18:04,899 I mean, it can only increase the value. 355 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:18,913 Thank you for coming. 356 00:18:18,948 --> 00:18:20,248 Thank you for calling. 357 00:18:21,684 --> 00:18:23,818 I haven't been here for so long. 358 00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:26,404 Charlie was so driven to make this happen. 359 00:18:27,957 --> 00:18:29,991 I want to talk to you about your book and your movie. 360 00:18:30,043 --> 00:18:32,577 Uh... [stutters] I already told the publisher 361 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:34,879 that it's not happening. The movie is dead. 362 00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:36,030 I promise you, darla. 363 00:18:36,065 --> 00:18:38,166 No, no, no. 364 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:40,735 I see now what you were trying to do with your books. 365 00:18:41,905 --> 00:18:43,371 I don't like how you did it. 366 00:18:43,406 --> 00:18:45,606 You told my story without my permission. 367 00:18:47,110 --> 00:18:51,345 But you also put light into what I hid too long 368 00:18:51,381 --> 00:18:53,564 -in the dark. -And I didn't intend to hurt you. 369 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:58,436 But I did. Deeply. 370 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:00,905 And I'm sorry. 371 00:19:01,641 --> 00:19:02,924 I believe you. 372 00:19:04,227 --> 00:19:06,794 And I forgive you. 373 00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:12,667 After seeing chase here, where I live, where I fell in love. 374 00:19:13,436 --> 00:19:16,103 Or I died and came back to life. 375 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:21,375 I realized that he has no power over me that 376 00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:22,944 I don't allow him to have. 377 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,615 He didn't break me. I took him down. 378 00:19:28,801 --> 00:19:32,303 That's what I want people to know. 379 00:19:33,957 --> 00:19:36,357 Your book ended in the middle of my story. 380 00:19:38,361 --> 00:19:39,627 I won. 381 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,699 Add that to your movie and you'll have my blessing. 382 00:19:57,931 --> 00:19:59,163 ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 383 00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,898 ♪ I'm a boss now in the way I walk ♪ 384 00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:01,999 ♪ the way I walk ♪ 385 00:20:02,035 --> 00:20:03,634 ♪ I'm a boss now in the way I talk ♪ 386 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:04,669 ♪ the way I talk ♪ 387 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:06,470 ♪ I'm a boss now droppin' 50 grand ♪ 388 00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:09,006 ♪ I'm a boss now bottles in my hand ♪ 389 00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:11,475 ♪ I'm a boss now in the way I walk ♪ 390 00:20:11,527 --> 00:20:12,610 ♪ the way I walk ♪ 391 00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:14,028 ♪ I'm a boss now it's in the way I talk ♪ 392 00:20:14,063 --> 00:20:15,680 all right, fellas. 393 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:18,316 Y'all enjoy the calm before the storm. 394 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:21,252 These kids be getting out of class in an actual minute. 395 00:20:22,121 --> 00:20:23,221 Steel yourselves. 396 00:20:23,256 --> 00:20:25,056 I'm ready to go. 397 00:20:25,091 --> 00:20:26,891 Sounds like we're going to war. 398 00:20:26,926 --> 00:20:28,659 Feel like it sometimes. 399 00:20:28,711 --> 00:20:31,045 I don't know the last time you was in school. 400 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,830 Was school problematic for you? 401 00:20:32,882 --> 00:20:34,298 How about he was the problem? 402 00:20:36,419 --> 00:20:38,903 Look, I had my moments trying to balance school life 403 00:20:38,938 --> 00:20:41,939 and home like a tug of war. 404 00:20:41,975 --> 00:20:44,675 Either withdrawal or act out. 405 00:20:44,727 --> 00:20:45,960 Yeah, and neither one is good. 406 00:20:45,979 --> 00:20:47,178 -That's right. -Yeah. 407 00:20:47,230 --> 00:20:48,963 [school bell ringing] 408 00:20:48,982 --> 00:20:50,564 here we go. 409 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,433 [all clamoring] 410 00:20:52,468 --> 00:20:54,101 good afternoon, kids. 411 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:59,607 Hey, man, what was that? 412 00:20:59,642 --> 00:21:01,976 -I didn't see him. -Oh, come on, man. 413 00:21:01,995 --> 00:21:03,811 I got eyes, you expect me to believe that? 414 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:06,030 -What's your name? -Kyle. 415 00:21:06,082 --> 00:21:07,331 Kyle. 416 00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:10,418 My main man, kyle. Now, look, my name is hollywood, all right? 417 00:21:10,453 --> 00:21:12,987 And there's a simple rule that good people like me and you have 418 00:21:13,006 --> 00:21:14,372 to always follow. 419 00:21:14,424 --> 00:21:18,259 If you do something like that, you got to stand by it. 420 00:21:18,294 --> 00:21:19,877 If you can't stand by those actions, 421 00:21:19,929 --> 00:21:21,545 then just don't do it. 422 00:21:21,581 --> 00:21:22,813 All right? 423 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:25,466 All right. 424 00:21:25,501 --> 00:21:27,585 -I'll be seeing you around, kyle. -Okay, mr. Hollywood. 425 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:28,686 All right, man. 426 00:21:32,475 --> 00:21:34,225 You think he was picking up what I was putting down? 427 00:21:34,260 --> 00:21:36,560 I don't know, but I felt like I got a life lesson. 428 00:21:36,612 --> 00:21:39,430 Yeah, I was getting ready to go to my locker and write that down. 429 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,265 -Ain't no locker. Come on. -[all laughing] 430 00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:42,833 fellas. 431 00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:45,619 I stand here tonight, 432 00:21:45,655 --> 00:21:47,738 asking members of the school board 433 00:21:47,790 --> 00:21:49,740 to please... 434 00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:52,159 Do the right thing. 435 00:21:52,194 --> 00:21:54,578 [clapping] speak, sis! 436 00:21:54,630 --> 00:21:56,163 You got this. There's no way 437 00:21:56,198 --> 00:21:57,999 they're gonna ban your book after that speech. 438 00:21:58,034 --> 00:21:59,633 [squeals] 439 00:21:59,669 --> 00:22:01,886 oh, this reminds me of old times. 440 00:22:02,672 --> 00:22:04,338 What did you think? 441 00:22:04,724 --> 00:22:06,507 As a parent? 442 00:22:06,542 --> 00:22:09,143 Oh, um, as a parent, I just... 443 00:22:09,178 --> 00:22:11,178 I just want what's best for my kids. 444 00:22:12,515 --> 00:22:16,300 But some of those parents aren't gonna see it like that. 445 00:22:17,136 --> 00:22:19,503 So he's into it. 446 00:22:20,073 --> 00:22:21,539 Pour some sugar on it. 447 00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,374 You mean tone it down? 448 00:22:25,227 --> 00:22:26,644 Subtle. 449 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:28,279 It's not really my thing. 450 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:29,547 Hmm. 451 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,183 I got you. 452 00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:40,324 Hello. Can I get you some coffee to start? 453 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:44,512 Sure. And I'd like to try one of each of your pies, please. 454 00:22:44,547 --> 00:22:48,132 Well, baby, you must be hungry because that's seven slices. 455 00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:49,467 I'm gonna try them all. 456 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:51,402 I'll have one here and the rest of to go. 457 00:22:51,437 --> 00:22:52,503 You choose. 458 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,639 All right. 459 00:22:55,675 --> 00:22:57,675 Uh, simone, baby. 460 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:00,361 Come and package up this order please. 461 00:23:00,396 --> 00:23:06,384 And my friend, you get our last slice 462 00:23:06,419 --> 00:23:08,719 of today's apple pie special. 463 00:23:08,755 --> 00:23:09,787 Thanks. 464 00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:12,523 -You enjoy it. -Thank you. 465 00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:20,664 Wow. 466 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,266 Mmm, mmm, mmm. 467 00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:23,734 [laughs] 468 00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:26,070 interesting's right. This is pretty spectacular. 469 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:31,208 [camera shutter clicking] 470 00:23:31,244 --> 00:23:33,944 who on earth is demetrius and what is this about? 471 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,295 Let me show you something. 472 00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:37,615 Yo, yo, demetrius here. 473 00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:39,784 What in the world? You're ms. Violet, right? 474 00:23:39,819 --> 00:23:42,436 -Yes. -My daughter showed me this gal on tiktok. 475 00:23:42,471 --> 00:23:44,688 He reviews everything. 476 00:23:44,724 --> 00:23:47,224 And he is crazy about your pies. 477 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:48,976 My daughter and all her little friends stand in line 478 00:23:48,995 --> 00:23:50,628 at the farmers market for an hour 479 00:23:50,663 --> 00:23:52,163 just to get a slice before it sells out. 480 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:55,132 Well, I ain't never met this man. 481 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:57,968 -Here you go. -Oh, I love demetrius. 482 00:23:58,004 --> 00:24:00,037 He's so funny. He loves you, ms. Violet. 483 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:02,573 -You know about this? -Everyone knows about him. 484 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:04,158 He's got, like, a million followers. 485 00:24:04,177 --> 00:24:05,443 I told you. 486 00:24:06,112 --> 00:24:07,244 Martin henderson. 487 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,282 I am a buyer for hayes farm fresh foods. 488 00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:12,883 And we've got two stores here in louisiana, 489 00:24:12,935 --> 00:24:15,136 but we've got them in every state too. 490 00:24:15,171 --> 00:24:17,354 I want to talk to you about getting your pies in our stores. 491 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:20,825 Well, thank you, martin. 492 00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:22,643 Uh... 493 00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:24,511 It's flattering, indeed 494 00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:30,317 and I would need to discuss this with my business partner. 495 00:24:30,352 --> 00:24:33,971 And then we'll get back to you about our interest. 496 00:24:34,006 --> 00:24:35,272 Of course. Of course. 497 00:24:35,308 --> 00:24:39,793 -Here you go. -Well, I look forward 498 00:24:39,829 --> 00:24:41,028 to hearing from you. 499 00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:42,746 Enjoy your pies. 500 00:24:42,782 --> 00:24:44,548 -Thank you. -Thanks for stopping. 501 00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:51,021 [door opens and closes] 502 00:24:51,057 --> 00:24:52,823 [exclaims] 503 00:24:55,628 --> 00:24:58,395 don't mind me. Don't mind me. 504 00:25:00,016 --> 00:25:03,350 Lord have mercy! 505 00:25:06,289 --> 00:25:07,254 You're poisoning our kids' minds. 506 00:25:07,290 --> 00:25:08,989 You're the ones that are teaching hate here. 507 00:25:09,025 --> 00:25:11,542 I'm done with it. Let's keep the politics out of it. 508 00:25:11,577 --> 00:25:13,861 I don't need a bunch of books teaching my kid 509 00:25:13,896 --> 00:25:16,997 -he was born a racist. -[all agreeing] 510 00:25:17,049 --> 00:25:18,666 quiet down. 511 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:20,251 [woman] that's right. 512 00:25:20,286 --> 00:25:23,137 Nova bordelon, you have three minutes. 513 00:25:26,142 --> 00:25:28,726 We may not share the same point of view, 514 00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:31,762 but I'm hoping that you listen with an open heart. 515 00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:35,566 I know what it's like to be blinded by anger. 516 00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:37,601 I know what it's like to be made to feel small 517 00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:39,954 and judged by outside perceptions. 518 00:25:39,989 --> 00:25:41,638 Which is why it is so important that 519 00:25:41,657 --> 00:25:43,941 we fight for the truth. 520 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:47,811 Not my opinion. Not a theory. The truth. 521 00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:50,147 No matter how ugly or harsh, we need to face the truth. 522 00:25:50,166 --> 00:25:53,634 Brainwashing our kids into hating themselves. 523 00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:56,971 Baby, my niece is speaking. She listened to you, 524 00:25:57,006 --> 00:25:58,339 please let her talk. 525 00:25:58,374 --> 00:26:00,241 It's her talking to our kids that got us here in the first place. 526 00:26:00,276 --> 00:26:03,777 With all due respect, these are good kids. 527 00:26:03,813 --> 00:26:05,579 You're gonna sell your son short. 528 00:26:05,615 --> 00:26:08,449 -Isolation is not the answer. -Don't tell me how to raise my kids. 529 00:26:08,484 --> 00:26:10,684 -[all clamoring] -quiet down. 530 00:26:11,971 --> 00:26:14,455 I'm asking you to raise your children 531 00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:17,291 knowing that truth is not the enemy. 532 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:21,345 We're willing to give our kids a gun before a book. 533 00:26:21,364 --> 00:26:23,998 -Something's broken. -Now she wants to take away our guns. 534 00:26:24,033 --> 00:26:25,933 That is not what she said. 535 00:26:25,968 --> 00:26:28,953 -Stop putting words in her mouth. -Everybody, please. 536 00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:32,473 Miss bordelon still has the floor. Let her continue. 537 00:26:34,110 --> 00:26:35,626 I'm saying... 538 00:26:35,661 --> 00:26:40,464 Arm your children with knowledge, not weapons. 539 00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:43,284 The great angela davis said I am no longer accepting 540 00:26:43,319 --> 00:26:44,318 the things that I cannot change-- 541 00:26:44,353 --> 00:26:45,452 you know, I'm not gonna sit here 542 00:26:45,488 --> 00:26:47,821 and listen to you preach at me. You need to shut up. 543 00:26:47,857 --> 00:26:49,857 You know what, watch your mouth. 544 00:26:49,892 --> 00:26:50,924 I'm about tired of your ass. 545 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,644 -You need to be quiet. -I'm sorry, ms. Bordelon. 546 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:57,998 We're out of time, we need to vote. 547 00:27:06,175 --> 00:27:08,375 [all speaking indistinctly] 548 00:27:21,157 --> 00:27:23,757 by a vote of three to two, 549 00:27:24,927 --> 00:27:30,364 the board has ordered a ban of all texts with mentions 550 00:27:30,399 --> 00:27:33,067 to race, sexuality. 551 00:27:33,102 --> 00:27:35,235 [all clapping] 552 00:27:35,271 --> 00:27:37,338 they can't do this. 553 00:27:37,373 --> 00:27:40,441 They're erasing our, our stories. 554 00:27:41,243 --> 00:27:42,409 Our history. 555 00:27:43,696 --> 00:27:45,713 Oh, I'm sorry, baby. 556 00:27:47,249 --> 00:27:49,883 You're the only one in there that made any sense. 557 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:52,753 Most of our greatest things have been banned at some point. 558 00:27:52,788 --> 00:27:54,438 Consider yourself in good company. 559 00:27:54,457 --> 00:27:56,023 There's got to be more we can do. 560 00:27:56,058 --> 00:27:59,243 I knew they were mad, but I hope they wouldn't take it that far. 561 00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:01,395 Yeah, well, the loudest man in the room 562 00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:02,880 is the weakest man in the room. 563 00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:06,083 It was two to two and the last man just gave up. 564 00:28:06,952 --> 00:28:08,502 Who's gonna take his place? 565 00:28:08,537 --> 00:28:10,671 We'll have to schedule a special election. 566 00:28:10,706 --> 00:28:14,041 I just hope we don't end up with one of those maga zealots. 567 00:28:15,111 --> 00:28:16,810 And what you gotta do to run? 568 00:28:19,248 --> 00:28:20,748 You interested? 569 00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:24,385 Somebody's gotta do something, right? 570 00:28:24,420 --> 00:28:26,220 Well, you love kids. 571 00:28:26,822 --> 00:28:28,389 And these ones need you. 572 00:28:28,424 --> 00:28:30,090 I think it's a perfect idea. 573 00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:32,809 You will need 1000 signatures to get on the ballot. 574 00:28:32,828 --> 00:28:34,228 That's doable. 575 00:28:34,263 --> 00:28:37,464 Between the diner, real spot and co-op. 576 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:39,700 Local hands on work. 577 00:28:39,735 --> 00:28:41,201 -That's the key. -That's right. 578 00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:44,238 People focus on the president, senators, congress people 579 00:28:44,273 --> 00:28:46,874 but the day to day decisions of the local school boards, 580 00:28:46,909 --> 00:28:48,809 police boards, district attorneys, 581 00:28:48,844 --> 00:28:51,712 city councils. That's the stuff that really affects our lives. 582 00:28:51,747 --> 00:28:52,963 You got that right. 583 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:55,082 Baby. 584 00:28:55,117 --> 00:28:58,385 Mel and nova and others out here fighting for these kids 585 00:28:58,437 --> 00:29:01,522 only to be shut down and banned over politics. 586 00:29:04,326 --> 00:29:06,593 -Count me in. -All right. 587 00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:19,323 Congratulations. 588 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:20,857 You sold it. 589 00:29:20,876 --> 00:29:22,626 It's a big deal to sell something like this. 590 00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:26,079 I sort of can't believe it. You know, it just feels good. 591 00:29:26,132 --> 00:29:28,315 This is the direction I want to go with my work. 592 00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:29,950 Yeah, it's dynamic. 593 00:29:29,985 --> 00:29:33,153 Your voice. You're finding it. You're fighting for it. 594 00:29:33,189 --> 00:29:35,422 We're hot. Good to see you. Dope show, man. 595 00:29:35,458 --> 00:29:37,157 We should definitely incorporate a few of these pieces 596 00:29:37,193 --> 00:29:38,192 in our next campaign. 597 00:29:38,227 --> 00:29:39,660 What the hell are you doing here? 598 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:42,162 Bro, you're selling these... Dude, this is, this is good. 599 00:29:42,198 --> 00:29:43,497 We could make a lot of money off of this. 600 00:29:43,532 --> 00:29:45,532 Do you hear yourself? 601 00:29:45,568 --> 00:29:48,035 Look, it's not a big deal, all right? 602 00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:49,369 We just need to get back in the game. 603 00:29:49,405 --> 00:29:52,372 -I know an investor. -That's not how I want to do this. 604 00:29:54,176 --> 00:29:55,509 What so, that's it? 605 00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:57,978 You're just got to drop me after I put you in the game? 606 00:29:58,013 --> 00:30:00,347 -Yo, what you gonna do without me? -I'll figure something out. 607 00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:02,816 You ever heard the phrase, "be the change you want to see"? 608 00:30:05,254 --> 00:30:07,020 Aw, that's cheesy as hell. 609 00:30:07,056 --> 00:30:10,190 I want to thank you actually for showing me 610 00:30:10,226 --> 00:30:11,992 everything I never want to be. 611 00:30:12,027 --> 00:30:15,796 Up close and personal, the greed, the desperation, 612 00:30:15,848 --> 00:30:17,264 the hollowness. 613 00:30:18,067 --> 00:30:20,300 I want to feel full. 614 00:30:20,336 --> 00:30:23,370 If that's cheesy, then so be it. 615 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,281 Felt good being back at school with the other dads. 616 00:30:35,784 --> 00:30:37,401 Took me all the way back. 617 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:39,203 I hated high school though. 618 00:30:39,238 --> 00:30:40,737 What were you like? 619 00:30:41,624 --> 00:30:44,124 -Chip on my shoulder. -Why? 620 00:30:45,578 --> 00:30:48,445 My ma and pop just wanted me to excel. 621 00:30:48,464 --> 00:30:51,415 He's some kind of a student. He's nothin' like blue. 622 00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:53,450 You felt like you disappointed him. 623 00:30:53,469 --> 00:30:54,784 Definitely. 624 00:30:54,803 --> 00:30:57,070 [machinery powering down] 625 00:31:02,211 --> 00:31:03,677 it works. 626 00:31:03,712 --> 00:31:05,879 That's going to add a lot to the property value. 627 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:09,716 I thought you said all these parts came from 628 00:31:09,752 --> 00:31:11,018 a shuttered mill. 629 00:31:11,070 --> 00:31:13,353 That's what he said. 630 00:31:13,389 --> 00:31:15,022 That the owner's selling off the parts. 631 00:31:15,057 --> 00:31:17,791 Landry selling his parts to a mill? 632 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:19,910 That don't sound right. 633 00:31:20,963 --> 00:31:23,463 We should take it over there, see what's up. 634 00:31:23,499 --> 00:31:24,798 Come on. 635 00:31:36,779 --> 00:31:38,812 This is where he got the spare parts. 636 00:31:40,332 --> 00:31:42,549 That's the edge of landry's land right there. 637 00:31:42,585 --> 00:31:44,251 [darla] what's up with the property lines? 638 00:31:44,286 --> 00:31:46,002 [ralph] construction markers. 639 00:31:46,021 --> 00:31:49,122 If we let him sneak us this time, that'll be it for the co-op. 640 00:31:49,158 --> 00:31:51,758 Surround us in concrete and block our water. 641 00:31:51,794 --> 00:31:53,677 [camera shutter clicks] 642 00:31:53,696 --> 00:31:55,562 we need to figure out what they're planning. 643 00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:56,763 Asap. 644 00:32:02,204 --> 00:32:05,772 Well, now, that's nice. 645 00:32:05,808 --> 00:32:07,774 What do you think, hollywood? 646 00:32:07,810 --> 00:32:09,810 Sharp as a tack just like the rest of him. 647 00:32:09,845 --> 00:32:13,029 I don't know, just. My sleeve's gonna need the alteration 648 00:32:13,048 --> 00:32:14,581 and the pants too. 649 00:32:14,617 --> 00:32:17,250 I mean the jacket's a little snug around the shoulder. 650 00:32:17,286 --> 00:32:19,186 I don't think this my color. 651 00:32:19,221 --> 00:32:21,922 Prosper, you have tried on five suits. 652 00:32:21,957 --> 00:32:23,340 You need to make the choice. 653 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:26,026 -The wedding's in a few days. -Yeah, well, I know. 654 00:32:27,663 --> 00:32:29,763 Hell, I might as well say it, I'm nervous 655 00:32:29,815 --> 00:32:31,164 and I want it to be perfect. 656 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,651 Well, marrying the woman you love is gonna be perfect, baby. 657 00:32:34,687 --> 00:32:37,104 You know, it's... 658 00:32:37,139 --> 00:32:39,206 It's been a while since I've had to live up 659 00:32:39,241 --> 00:32:40,890 to somebody else's expectations. 660 00:32:40,909 --> 00:32:43,610 I mean, I love sandy leflore. I love that woman. 661 00:32:43,646 --> 00:32:44,695 But... 662 00:32:46,181 --> 00:32:50,117 You know, I wonder if I still have enough left 663 00:32:50,152 --> 00:32:51,201 to give. 664 00:32:51,236 --> 00:32:53,069 Oh, prosper denton, 665 00:32:53,088 --> 00:32:56,906 you are a good man. One of the best I have ever known. 666 00:32:56,925 --> 00:33:01,461 You're kind, honest. Your heart is full of love. 667 00:33:01,497 --> 00:33:04,214 Not a mean bone in your body. 668 00:33:04,249 --> 00:33:07,300 You have all that. That's a full tank. 669 00:33:07,336 --> 00:33:10,387 And that's everything a woman really wants. 670 00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:12,389 You are more than enough, my brother. 671 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,341 Sandy should be lucky to have you. 672 00:33:14,376 --> 00:33:16,209 Amen. Now... 673 00:33:16,245 --> 00:33:20,180 You go on back in there and keep trying on these suits 674 00:33:20,215 --> 00:33:22,733 and we're gonna find the right one. 675 00:33:22,768 --> 00:33:23,917 Yes, ma'am. 676 00:33:23,952 --> 00:33:25,752 [knocking at door] 677 00:33:25,788 --> 00:33:28,121 -what's up, mr. Prosper? -Dylan, how you doing? 678 00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:32,192 All right. 679 00:33:33,696 --> 00:33:35,862 -What's wrong? -So we drove by landry's 680 00:33:35,898 --> 00:33:37,164 and we saw construction markers. 681 00:33:37,199 --> 00:33:38,899 Feel like they planned this out. 682 00:33:43,439 --> 00:33:46,106 -This is betty's land. -It sure is. 683 00:33:46,141 --> 00:33:47,374 -Who? -Betty. 684 00:33:47,409 --> 00:33:48,642 Parker's mama. 685 00:33:48,677 --> 00:33:50,560 Let 'em on the land, you don't want nobody to know about it. 686 00:33:50,596 --> 00:33:54,181 -That's her indeed. -But he don't have no right to do anything there. 687 00:33:54,216 --> 00:33:57,684 I mean, if this is one of sam's schemes, 688 00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,519 she'd have no part in it. 689 00:33:59,555 --> 00:34:01,071 All right, she then keep up with the land 690 00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:02,439 the landry's to handle it. 691 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:03,690 I doubt she knows anything. 692 00:34:03,726 --> 00:34:04,791 But it's her. 693 00:34:04,827 --> 00:34:06,526 Yeah, well on paper. Yeah. 694 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:09,062 I can check with the parish and review the land records. 695 00:34:09,998 --> 00:34:11,231 We need to find out. 696 00:34:11,266 --> 00:34:13,133 Baby, you sure you want to open up that though? 697 00:34:13,168 --> 00:34:14,468 The whole lot back there. 698 00:34:14,503 --> 00:34:17,254 I've let her be. I respected her choices. 699 00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:20,457 But this is different now. This isn't just landry. 700 00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:25,429 You see that school board? Their voices, their faces. 701 00:34:25,464 --> 00:34:29,216 What they did? Banning books. 702 00:34:29,251 --> 00:34:30,751 Stealing land. 703 00:34:30,786 --> 00:34:34,170 No, I was here when it was bad. 704 00:34:34,189 --> 00:34:36,389 We cannot let it back slide. 705 00:34:36,442 --> 00:34:38,425 -You're damn right. -I know her. 706 00:34:38,460 --> 00:34:40,260 She would help if she can. 707 00:34:40,295 --> 00:34:41,762 She knew better. 708 00:34:41,797 --> 00:34:46,783 And that's why I need to see her face to face myself. 709 00:34:46,819 --> 00:34:48,135 Because I know her. 710 00:34:48,170 --> 00:34:50,570 And I know she would help if she could. 711 00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:51,655 I just need to find her. 712 00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:53,323 Well, I got some people who can help with that. 713 00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:04,885 All right, everybody. 714 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,587 Just want to say thank you all for coming out tonight. 715 00:35:07,623 --> 00:35:12,775 Those images at the showcase, they really mean a lot to me. 716 00:35:12,795 --> 00:35:14,427 It's definitely a turning point 717 00:35:14,463 --> 00:35:16,263 in how I've been thinking about things 718 00:35:16,298 --> 00:35:19,800 and I just want to say thank you for inspiring me. 719 00:35:20,302 --> 00:35:22,035 Um... 720 00:35:22,070 --> 00:35:26,239 My family is from a small town just outside of new orleans. 721 00:35:26,275 --> 00:35:28,875 -Kiki's from there too. -Shout out to st. Joe. 722 00:35:28,911 --> 00:35:30,443 Shout out to st. Joe. 723 00:35:30,479 --> 00:35:34,514 Um, and I've been thinking about how the people from st. Joe never give up. 724 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:36,750 I was just a part of this collective 725 00:35:36,785 --> 00:35:38,752 that sold nfts recently. 726 00:35:38,787 --> 00:35:42,756 I'm talking private jets, trips around the world. 727 00:35:42,791 --> 00:35:44,391 Yeah, it was cool. It was cool. 728 00:35:44,426 --> 00:35:45,775 But... 729 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,195 I don't know, it didn't feel right. 730 00:35:48,247 --> 00:35:52,032 And it didn't last, the business crashed. 731 00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:54,317 I feel like the stuff that they were selling, 732 00:35:54,336 --> 00:35:56,203 it wasn't a part of the solution. 733 00:35:56,255 --> 00:35:58,271 It was disposable. 734 00:35:58,307 --> 00:36:00,106 It's a temporary high. 735 00:36:00,142 --> 00:36:02,075 That's why... 736 00:36:02,110 --> 00:36:04,477 I want to make something with each of you 737 00:36:05,013 --> 00:36:06,963 that lasts. 738 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:10,317 Our own collective, for us by us. 739 00:36:10,352 --> 00:36:12,936 One that centers people of color and women 740 00:36:12,971 --> 00:36:16,389 of all kinds, queer people, all those people 741 00:36:16,425 --> 00:36:19,826 who have been on the outside of that popular box. 742 00:36:20,495 --> 00:36:21,945 People who never give up. 743 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:24,898 -That's the dream. -It could be a reality. 744 00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:28,134 Yeah. He's been kinda showing me the ins and outs. 745 00:36:28,170 --> 00:36:33,073 I've learned a lot. But it starts right here. 746 00:36:33,108 --> 00:36:38,745 In this moment, in this room, we can do this. 747 00:36:38,797 --> 00:36:41,681 But I feel like we can raise this thing up 748 00:36:41,717 --> 00:36:43,817 with our love of the game. 749 00:36:43,852 --> 00:36:45,619 You know, see how far that gets us 750 00:36:45,654 --> 00:36:47,621 and then figure out the rest. 751 00:36:53,495 --> 00:36:54,628 -Cheers. -[glasses clinking] 752 00:36:54,663 --> 00:36:56,363 cheers. 753 00:36:56,398 --> 00:36:57,831 Cheers. 754 00:36:59,801 --> 00:37:02,202 -[knocking at door] -I got it. 755 00:37:10,746 --> 00:37:12,078 It's mr. Randolph. 756 00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:14,864 Come on in. 757 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:18,051 Thank you. 758 00:37:20,422 --> 00:37:23,223 Hey, is everything okay with our loan? 759 00:37:23,258 --> 00:37:27,327 No. But I want you to hear this from me. 760 00:37:27,362 --> 00:37:30,030 I was fired today in retaliation for helping y'all. 761 00:37:30,065 --> 00:37:31,731 -Fired? -Mm-hmm. 762 00:37:31,767 --> 00:37:33,833 You're being punished for doing your job. 763 00:37:33,869 --> 00:37:37,003 In that house, helping black farmer ain't part of the job. 764 00:37:37,039 --> 00:37:38,905 Miller's been taking advantage for years. 765 00:37:38,941 --> 00:37:41,141 Every time I report him, I get demoted. 766 00:37:41,193 --> 00:37:42,592 He gets moved up. 767 00:37:42,611 --> 00:37:47,147 But I knew this was coming, so I started making a copy 768 00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:49,149 of all of these a few months back. 769 00:37:49,201 --> 00:37:50,533 Take a look at these. 770 00:37:54,406 --> 00:37:56,656 These are all the applications 771 00:37:56,708 --> 00:38:00,160 miller's been sitting on. These are all black farmers. 772 00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:02,278 Here's ms. Christina's. 773 00:38:02,297 --> 00:38:05,932 Darla, I'm so sorry. I should have spoke up soon. 774 00:38:05,968 --> 00:38:08,084 But I figured if I gotta go, 775 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,370 we'll make some noise on my way out. 776 00:38:10,405 --> 00:38:13,590 So, and look at this. This is sam landry's file. 777 00:38:16,945 --> 00:38:19,112 -Sam landry? -Mm-hmm. 778 00:38:21,616 --> 00:38:24,417 They haven't made payments in their loans in almost 18 months. 779 00:38:24,453 --> 00:38:27,020 That's what he's saying. You got farmers begging for more time, 780 00:38:27,055 --> 00:38:29,356 when landry gets a pass? 781 00:38:29,391 --> 00:38:31,257 Nonetheless he slide 'cause he can 782 00:38:31,293 --> 00:38:33,643 and then they slide him a few dollars in return. 783 00:38:33,662 --> 00:38:35,862 -They bribe him. -Exactly. 784 00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:39,632 These people in a bad way. They're desperate. 785 00:38:39,668 --> 00:38:42,369 They carry a lot of debt, a whole lot. 786 00:38:42,404 --> 00:38:44,537 Always have. 787 00:38:44,573 --> 00:38:46,239 It's not what it looked like from the outside. 788 00:38:46,274 --> 00:38:48,942 We found out they've been selling their mills for parts. 789 00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:53,813 Desperate people do desperate things. 790 00:38:53,849 --> 00:38:55,448 They don't want to get caught in that fire. 791 00:38:55,484 --> 00:38:57,784 It will make me want to start one of our own. 792 00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:06,443 So is this where you'd sit with my dad? 793 00:39:06,478 --> 00:39:08,361 Usually took it to go, but... 794 00:39:09,197 --> 00:39:10,864 Sometimes we'd sit out here. 795 00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:13,817 That's just... Wow. 796 00:39:15,654 --> 00:39:18,338 Just the thought of him driving out here, 797 00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:20,790 having a burger. 798 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:22,809 Hanging with you for a little. 799 00:39:22,844 --> 00:39:25,945 Wanting to connect somehow. 800 00:39:26,498 --> 00:39:28,481 That just blows my mind. 801 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:33,503 It makes me feel closer to him. 802 00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:35,705 You know, all these years I wonder what would happen 803 00:39:35,724 --> 00:39:37,157 if he didn't find out. 804 00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:40,677 If I hadn't been scared. 805 00:39:41,730 --> 00:39:44,297 So I did what I wanted to do. 806 00:39:44,332 --> 00:39:46,533 I'd have gone to that graduation party. 807 00:39:47,836 --> 00:39:50,854 Dance with you back then in public. 808 00:39:51,973 --> 00:39:53,573 Who knows? 809 00:39:54,810 --> 00:39:56,860 Might have led to a completely different life. 810 00:39:58,747 --> 00:40:00,180 Yeah. 811 00:40:00,215 --> 00:40:02,048 That's something else when you think back to times 812 00:40:02,084 --> 00:40:04,117 it could have been turning points. 813 00:40:04,152 --> 00:40:07,020 Most of the time, we don't even recognize them as that. 814 00:40:07,055 --> 00:40:09,189 There's so many decisions we make every day 815 00:40:09,224 --> 00:40:12,208 that lead us to the steps on our path. 816 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:18,348 And I just... I have to believe that 817 00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:21,217 we all are where we're supposed to be 818 00:40:21,770 --> 00:40:23,436 at any given moment. 819 00:40:24,039 --> 00:40:26,206 Even the tough ones, 820 00:40:26,241 --> 00:40:29,709 especially the beautiful ones. 821 00:40:34,916 --> 00:40:38,384 You know what? Bump that. 822 00:40:39,538 --> 00:40:41,454 No use wondering anymore. 823 00:40:42,257 --> 00:40:43,907 It is our time. 824 00:40:44,693 --> 00:40:46,025 Let's take it back. 825 00:40:49,264 --> 00:40:50,597 Let's dance. 826 00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:53,800 [laughs] okay. 827 00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:56,703 -Let me see. -["weak" by swv playing] 828 00:40:58,573 --> 00:41:00,006 it's perfect. 829 00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:01,608 Yeah, it's perfect. 830 00:41:01,643 --> 00:41:03,109 Hey... 831 00:41:03,145 --> 00:41:09,215 ♪ I don't know what it is that you've done to me ♪ 832 00:41:10,785 --> 00:41:12,235 oh. 833 00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:16,606 ♪ but it's caused me to act in such a crazy way ♪ 834 00:41:19,327 --> 00:41:20,777 mm-hmm. 835 00:41:20,829 --> 00:41:24,414 ♪ whatever it is that you do when you do what you're doing ♪ 836 00:41:25,834 --> 00:41:31,254 ♪ it's a feeling I want to stay ♪ 837 00:41:34,659 --> 00:41:37,260 our timing's off again. 838 00:41:37,295 --> 00:41:39,629 This is our time then, nova. 839 00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:43,266 I just want to dance with you. 840 00:41:43,301 --> 00:41:44,601 That's all. 841 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:51,107 Let's just be here now. 842 00:41:51,142 --> 00:41:55,562 ♪ I get so weak in the knees I can hardly speak ♪ 843 00:41:55,614 --> 00:42:00,400 ♪ I lose all control and something takes over me ♪ 844 00:42:00,452 --> 00:42:03,786 ♪ in a daze your love's so amazing ♪ 845 00:42:03,822 --> 00:42:08,124 ♪ it's not a phase I want you to stay with me ♪ 846 00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:11,244 ♪ by my side, I swallow my pride ♪ 847 00:42:11,296 --> 00:42:19,085 ♪ your love is so sweet it knocks me right off of my feet ♪ 848 00:42:19,137 --> 00:42:23,840 ♪ I can't explain why your love, it makes me weak ♪ 849 00:42:27,896 --> 00:42:29,896 [theme music playing]