[TV reporter] The Salvadoreans have learned to live with killings.
[gunfire] [TV reporter 2] On Sunday,
President Reagan justified the US intervention in the region.
[Reagan] There was only Cuba in Latin America.
Today, there are Nicaragua, Grenada,
and a serious battle is going on in El Salvador.
But we don't need their quotes.
The American forces who have liberated Grenada captured thousands of documents
that demonstrated Soviet intent
to bring communist revolution home to the western hemisphere.
So, we're clear on the intentions of the Sandinistas
and those who back them.
Let us be equally clear,
they provide a sanctuary for terror. [slurps]
Italy has charged Nicaragua with harboring their worst terrorists,
the Red Brigades.
You want something to eat?
...in the international drug trade. [clears throat] No, gracias .
You've been sitting here three hours.
You either order something to eat, or you need to go.
...are deeply involved in drug trafficking.
Some of you may remember the inspiring scene
when the people of El Salvador
braved the threats and gunfire of communist guerrillas,
Hey, you know what? Hey.
[door bell rings]
[car horn honking]
[chuckles]
[in Spanish]
-[squeals] -[both laughing]
-[sighs] -[mumbles, chuckles]
[laughs]
[laughing]
[laughs]
[chuckles]
[sighs]
[Ciela]
[sister]
Mmm.
[laughing]
[both laughing]
Sí.
[door opens]
[sister, in English] Miss Danforth, we're here!
Oh, so this is Ciela.
Oh, my dear.
Look at you, you poor thing.
[sister] She don't speak English.
[stammers] What was it that you called her, Marianna?
Your little bull? [chuckles]
Oh, I know what it was. Tortilla!
[chuckles] No, torita . [chuckles]
Torita. Oh, I can see why.
Carrying her own backpack and everything.
Just amazing.
I have the perfect treat
after that long journey.
[chuckling]
[Ciela] Gracias.
When Marianna told me that you were coming,
I absolutely insisted that you live here.
[stammers] Sisters should be together after all.
[in Spanish]
[in English] Oh. Here, let me. You poor thing. [sighs] Oh.
[Ciela, in Spanish]
[in English] There you go, señorita !
[sighs] Oh, it's so nice to have family around. [chuckles]
Well, you just make yourself comfortable.
I'm gonna go down to the mailbox and get my mail.
[both chuckling] [Mrs. Danforth coughing]
[Marianna, in Spanish]
[Ciela]
[Marianna]
Uh-huh. Mm-hmm.
[sighs]
-[Ciela] -Mm-hmm.
[Mrs. Danforth, in English] Marianna, dear!
Coming!
[In Spanish]
[chuckling]
[sniffs] [both chuckle]
-[Mrs. Danforth, in English] Marianna! -Coming.
[scraping]
[gardener grunts]
Ah. [chuckles]
[gasps, screams]
[laughing]
[Mrs. Danforth coughing]
[coughing continues]
[in Spanish]
[inhales sharply]
Hmm.
[inhales sharply]
[chuckles]
[breathes deeply]
Hmm?
[chuckles]
[both chuckling]
[speaks Spanish] Ay!
[sighs]
[sniffs]
[sighs]
[gardener, in English] Most people don't know how sweet those are.
[sighs] Uh, no English.
Oh.
[in Spanish]
[chuckles] [chuckles]
[sucking]
[both chuckling]
El Salvador.
[in English] Japan.
[sighs]
Ah. Ah.
[chuckles]
Yes. This is gonna go in here. So, dig, okay? Yeah.
Ciela.
Ray.
Ray? Ray. Ray.
And we've found that the most effective approach
for our international students is full immersion.
Mm-hmm.
She'll have ESL classes in the afternoons.
Oh, and here's Miss Dunning. She's excellent.
Miss Dunning? This is Ciela.
Nice to meet you, Ciela.
Um. I'm so sorry. They told me.
I just-- I suppose I should be getting to class.
They can't start without me. Um, happy to have you with us.
So, yesterday we learned that Jackson actively opposed
the idea of an American aristocracy.
And although he was controversial,
he presented himself as a president for the common man.
Now, if we'll all turn to page 82 of our textbooks.
Eighty-two.
Just follow along as best you can.
There you go. Eh, baño ?
Sure.
Okay, everybody got it?
Um, who wants to read out loud for me?
[Marianna, in Spanish]
[chuckles]
[sighs]
[coughing]
[in English] Ciela.
There you are. Come in, come in.
[chuckles] You poor thing!
[chuckles] Did you cut these for me?
I love them, thank you. [chuckles, clears throat]
Do you know this show?
[coughs] Airwolf ?
Did they have it in El Salvador?
It'll help with your English.
[coughing, sniffs]
[sighs]
Chanel Number Five. Why, that's what I wear too.
[laughing] It's okay.
I won't tell the owner of the house. [chuckles]
[coughing]
Oh, what on earth are you doing?
[coughing]
What are you-- Putting that bib around my neck.
Do I look like a child?
And I can't breathe
with you looming over me. [coughing]
[in Spanish]
Mmm.
[sighs]
[Mrs. Danforth, in English] Ciela! Ciela!
[chuckles] Ciela, my friends are here.
When you're finished swimming, come say hi.
And for goodness' sakes,
you're gonna give me a heart attack.
Go to the shallow end.
[chuckles]
[Mrs. Danforth] Those sandwiches look wonderful.
-Don't they look so great? -[club member 1] We're all hungry.
Oh, here she comes.
[club member 1] We've heard so much about you!
I love that name. Ciela.
She just got here from El Salvador.
And you know they have a terrible civil war going on there.
Yeah, communists are trying to overthrow the government.
Thank God for Ronnie.
Is, um, that how she... Hmm.
I don't think so.
[stammers] It was a car accident when she was seven or eight.
-Isn't that right, Marianna? -Yes, correct.
[club member 2] Ooh. Oh, no.
Poor thing. Yeah.
Oh, come on, sit down.
We're gonna teach you how to play gin rummy.
[laughs]
Cut! Okay. [laughs]
[chuckles]
[pop music playing in headphones]
[in Spanish]
[music stops]
[sighs]
[inhales deeply]
[inhales sharply]
[sighs] [music resumes]
[school bell rings]
[in English] Ciela, sweetheart! We have a surprise!
We've gotten you a gift.
Get in.
Now, this one is myoelectric,
which means you control it with signals naturally generated by your own muscles.
It's cutting-edge technology.
[in Spanish]
that you control with your own body, automatically.
[in English] A lot of people use these, and they start at 5,000.
But if you want the whole hand and the glove,
you're looking at 15,000.
[Mrs. Danforth] Well, all the ladies in our bridge club are chipping in,
so price is no issue.
[in Spanish]
[in English] This is too generous.
Oh. Who do I make the check out to?
[grunts, sighs] [arm whirring]
[strains]
Ay. [grunts, sighs]
[in Spanish]
[speaks Spanish]
[grunts, strains]
[arm whirring]
[sighs]
[in English] Oh, uh, that-- that plant's garbage. Basura .
[in Spanish]
[in English] I, uh-- I save.
[laughing] Okay.
-[Marianna, in Spanish] -[Ciela]
[in English] Oh, that looks good. [chuckles]
Ciela, dear, where's your new arm?
[in Spanish] [gasps]
[in English] Did you leave it outside?
It can't get wet, dear.
It's an indoor arm!
You're gonna have to tell her, Marianna.
Let's just hope the sprinklers didn't go off.
[in English] I will. [sighs]
Asparagus? No. No.
Yeah, we're at war with the skunks.
Zorillos . [stammers]
Can't go into battle alone.
Hey, I'm talking to you.
[screams, in English] No! It can't get wet. It is an indoor arm.
[chuckles] That's ridiculous. Get up off your butt and help me.
Ay.
[in Spanish]
[stammers, in English] Dirty.
[sighs]
[screams]
[groaning] [stammering] Ciela.
[groaning, in Spanish]
-[in English] It no let go. [sobs] -[stammers] Easy. Ciela, uh.
-[grunts] Easy. -[breathing heavily]
[Ray] All okay.
-[Ray] Good. [exhales deeply] -[sighs]
[breathes heavily, sighs]
[in Spanish]
[sighs]
[exhales deeply]
[in English] Um, you know, a long time ago,
I was at Manzanar.
Do you know what Manzanar is?
Uh-- Uh... Mm-mmm.
Uh, it was like a prison where they put Japanese
and Japanese-American people during World War II.
You understand? Do, uh, something bad?
Oh. No, I-- [stammers] I was a kid. Niño .
They put me there just because I was Japanese.
And many years after, uh-- Después .
The-- The government gave me a check for $20,000.
[stammers] Veinte mil dólares para mí .
-[speaks Spanish, in English] You're rich? -[chuckles] No.
[chuckles, snorts] Uh, no,
I-- I didn't accept it. No acepto .
Por qué?
Just because someone gives you something
doesn't mean you have to take it.
[in Spanish]
[sighs]
[in English] Good morning, Miss Danforth.
Ah, Ciela, honey, where's your arm?
[in Spanish]
[Mrs. Danforth coughs]
[in English] She's just getting used to it.
But is something wrong with it? It's supposed to be the top...
[coughs] ...top of the line.
I think it just needs an adjustment.
Well, then you call the prosthetist tomorrow and make an appointment.
Prosthetist. Thank you.
Is that how you say it? What a hard word.
[in Spanish] [Mrs. Danforth coughing]
[scoffs]
[inhales deeply, sighs]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
[sniffs]
[inhales sharply]
[sniffs, inhales sharply]
[in English] Oh, you're wearing it.
[chuckles, stammers] Is it better?
[chuckles] Thank you, Miss Danforth. [chuckles]
Do you do that every day?
You don't want the arm?
I just thought... [sighs] ...well, you'd want to be more normal.
[sighs] I like my body.
You, eh, don't like m-my body, but I do.
You are a very, eh, nice lady, Miss Danforth.
Pero I do not come here
for a fancy school or a new arm.
I come here to be with my sister. [inhales shakily]
[exhales sharply, coughing]
[gasping, coughing]
-Mrs. Danforth. Mrs.-- Mrs. Danforth. -[breathes deeply, coughing]
[in Spanish]
Are you okay?
[groaning, coughing]
[in English] Are you okay? Okay, yes. Walk with me.
[Mrs. Danforth coughing]
[Marianna, in English] Miss Danforth. Miss Danforth!
Ciela!
[in Spanish]
[Mrs. Danforth moaning]
[inhales sharply]
[sniffs]
[breathes shakily]
[coughing, groaning]
[Mrs. Danforth moaning]
[moaning continues]
[coughing, groaning]
[in English] Well, uh, thank you very much for all your work.
Um, she felt very close to both of you.
Uh, anyway, I should probably take one final walk-through.
Uh, when you leave would you mind, uh,
-taking that box to the trash? Thank you. -Oh, of course. Of course
[chuckles]
So, where are you going to go?
Oh, I found a studio apartment in Van Nuys. [chuckles]
I've lived here for 22 years.
[chuckles] It's longer than I've lived anywhere.
Who-- Ah. What about your garden?
Oh, it was never mine.
Who is going to take care of it?
-Who knows? Uh, skunks. [grunts, laughs] -[laughs]
[laughs, snorts] Ah.
For your next garden.
[sighs]
[inhales sharply]
[sighs]