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[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
GEORGIA: Whew, my back.
Ain't gonna make it.
[GROANS]
Oh Lord.
[EXHALES]
[GROANS] Oh.
Phew. Hm.
[SIGHS]
[GROANS]
I guess you're hungry.
Mm-hmm.
[STUTTERS] You get over to the table, I'll fix something to eat.
[EXHALES]
[GROANS AND SIGHS]
I need to call Sidney.
Yeah, my back is
doing that thing again.
GEORGIA: SIDNEY.
[PHONE BEEPING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[GRUNTING] Hello?
Hey, Sidney.
Hi, Nana.
You still asleep?
What time is it?
It's 8 o'clock.
P.M.?No, at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Wait Nana, I've got to go, I'm gonna you back, okay?
Got to get up... oh...
No, wait, don't...
[SIGHS]
That girl hung up on me.
[CHUCKLES] Sid, Sid, Sidney.
Yeah. [SIGHS] Oh.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
VICKIE: Our attendance is at an all-time low.
If you all don't do something to turn it around,
you're going to come one day and the doors will be locked.
But as usual, God has granted us a reprieve.
I received a phone call this morning
from the Golden Voices competition committee.
This is our year to host the explosion.
I believe this, this is the boost we need
to get us back into prominence.
And to get our attendance up. Isn't that wonderful?
Sorry I'm late.
My son James could teach you something about being on time.
Could you be on time for at least one meeting?
Young lady, I have worked at this college over 60 years.
I've been on time more times than you can count.
Catch up with me and then you can gripe.Hmm.
Now, did I miss anything?
Well, I was just telling the team
that we're hosting the Golden Voices competition this year.
And if we win... No, when we win,
the $10,000 in prize money will shine a light on the school
and grant us an opportunity to increase our attendance by 100%.
Well, that is good news, but we don't have a choir, remember?
That's why I need you to do your job.
Get a winning choir together.
Where am I supposed to get these voices?
Oh, that's not my problem.
What...I want results.
Now, if you can't get it done, I will find someone who can.
[STUTTERING]
I'll meet with you all in your offices a little later.
I'm tired of this.
Okay, I... I'm sorry I'm late.
You know what?
Just get your stuff and leave.
But I got leads, and if I could call them...
[SIGHS] I'm sure I can make something happen.
Hey, Ms. Jackson.
Hey, I got good news and bad.Good news first, please.
Our school is hosting the Golden Voice competition this year.
What's the Golden Voice competition?
That's a good question?
And say, you mean, you want to be a member of the choir,
and you never heard of the most prestigious competition we have?
Well, that's all right.
Look, the Golden Voices competition
goes from college to college and they give out $10,000.
$10,000?
Yes $5,000 to the school that's hosting
and $5,000 for the choir that wins.
Uh, what's the bad news?
We don't have a choir. [CHUCKLES]
And we haven't competed in 10 years.
And, I have to put together a choir that competes in two months.
You don't have to hold up your hand.
Sorry. [STUTTERS] No, you don't, we a team.
I can help. What are the requirements?[LAUGHING]
You the only choir member we have.
I can do something.
What are the requirements?
I'm not even sure if I even remember the requirements.
Let's see. I know the basic requirement
is we have to have between eight and 31 members.
Hm-hmm.
And seeing as how we only have one member, [CHUCKLES]
we don't even meet the basic requirement.
[BOTH SIGH]
Hey, let's go eat.
[CHUCKLES] I'm buying.
Whoa, whoa, no, no. Check, check, check, check my vocals.
♪ I can eat
♪ Cause I am hungry
Okay, okay. [LAUGHING]
Come on.[GROANS]
Whew!
I know, I was walking fast, huh?
Tell me what's going on?
It's taking us a lot longer to assess the damage.
Okay.So if you can give me to the end of the day
I'll have you a timeline on what's going on.
Okay, all right, that will work.
Let's go from there, all right?
All right.
Be calm.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
Yeah, Sidney, I got some bad news.
Your apartment, the whole thing flooded.
Are you serious?
Yeah. And I can't let you back in there for a couple of days
because it's too dangerous.
Where am I supposed to stay?
Now I got you a two-night stay at a motel.
A motel?
I didn't have to do that.
How did my apartment flood?
The Johnson boy played hooky today
and he was in the bathtub and he left the water running for 45 minutes.
And all that water overflowed
and caused your ceiling to cave in.
So, it's everything in your apartment that's damaged.
Wow.
All right, just [SIGHS] text me The address to the motel.
It's coming your way right now.
You have got to be kidding.
EMMA: Gerald, do you want a snack before I go?
No.
Georgia should be walking through that door in three, two, one.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Hey, son.
Hey, mama.
Everything's done.
I even prepared dinner.
Do you want me to do anything before I go?
Oh, no, honey.
I thank you. Thank you, for all your help.
Help? You the one blessing me.
Are you going to church tonight?
Emma, please tell your pastor I'm sorry I couldn't come out.
My back is about to go out. [SIGHS]
So I just can't make it.
Well, I'll say a prayer for you and Gerald tonight, okay?
And while you at it, say a prayer for my back.
Oh, boy.
You know that daughter of yours never did call me back.
Sidney?
Sidney.
I'm gonna call her right now.
[CELL PHONE BEEPING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hey, Nana.
You were supposed to call me back.
No, I'm... [SIGHS] Nana, I'm sorry.
It's been a really, really bad day.
It's always a hard day,
but listen, I need to talk to you.
Can I call you back? I...
Look, I need you to come down here, now.
I'm looking for something. I really can't talk right now.
GEORGIA: My back is going out.
I can't take care of your daddy all by myself.
I can't...I can't talk. Nana...
I need you to come down here now, little girl.
Okay, bye.
That girl hung up on me again.
[CHUCKLES] Sidney.
[SIGHS]
Oh.[ENGINE ACCELERATING]
Hey. What you gonna run me over? Huh?
Will you move?Go around.
Are you serious?
I'm dead serious. Don't I look serious?
No, no. You look like Jax Rebel.
Hold on. Did you know that you are Jax Rebel?
What are you doing here?
Yo, it's a motel, what you think I'm doing here?
I mean... But I have your album.
Your favorite song of mine is Baby, Your Love is like Sunday Morning Grits.
I'd listen to your album over and over and over again.
I totally wore it out. It's so good.
I mean, I just love you, Jax...
Rude.
Oh, yeah.
Can I help you?
Um, yeah. I'm Sidney.
Uh, Robert Banks, I think, booked a room for me.
Oh yeah, yeah.
I got your keys right here.
Thank you.Check out time is 11:00 a.m.
Wait, no. I have the room for two nights, correct?
Mm-mm, no. Mm-mm.
I got you down for one day only.
Excuse me?
Uh, yeah, right here.
Down for one night.
Now if you want another night, you'll have to pay in advance.
Uh...
No, no, no.
It's fine. I'm good.
[LINE RINGING]
You've reached Robert Banks, owner of Banks Apartments.
I'm not able to come to the phone right now.
Please leave your name and number,
and I will call you back quickly.
Mr. Banks, this is Sidney Nicole Jackson.
You call me and tell me that my apartment has flooded
and that you were going to pay for two nights at a motel,
if you want to call it that.
And I get here, and they tell me that only one night is covered.
That is totally unacceptable and I am calling my attorney.
[SIGHS]
Oh.
Oh this just keeps getting better.
CAMILLE: Are you okay?
Oh yeah, It's just my... My back's getting worse.
Do you want me to go get you a...
No, no, no, no don't make a fuss.
I just need to get off my feet for a while.
How you going to do that? The competition is in two months. Two months!
Listen...
Listen, I have a backup plan.
So, I'll be all right, okay?
Okay, all right. Well I've been reading over the rules
and we can recruit anyone to be in the choir.
The only stipulation is that they have to enroll into the school
for one fiscal year, with a minimum of 15 hours, that's it.
Mm-hmm, well, now that's just a mole hill, not a mountain.
Yeah.Okay, now...
Oh! And if you want me to, I can block out all the time
and go visit all the local churches
and, uh... I can hold time for auditions.
Mm-hmm. That's what I need you to do.
In the meantime, I'm going to go see
if I can get us some scholarships for...
Scholarships? Oh, that's gonna be...
[YELPING]That's going to be awesome.
Oh, oh, okay. [GIGGLES]That's fine, okay.
All right. I'll see you later.
I'll go start getting everything set up for you.
All right. If my back holds out.
Hello, hello. Hi, hi. Hi, hi.
Hey, so, so, wait... Um... Will you sign my CD cover?
Look, if I sign this, you promise to go away?
Promise. Cross my heart.
[GIGGLES]
Thank you.
All right, now you said you'd go away.
I am. I'm going.Away. Away is over there.
Okay, I'm going. Promise. This is me, Sidney.
Oh. [CHUCKLES] Sidney Nicole, going away.
Away. Away I go.
I am going, going away.
Going. Okay.
You need to vacate the premises.
What? Why?
You are harassing my tenants.
I'm getting complaints.
Now. Before I call the police.
Fine.
[CHUCKLES]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[EXHALES]
Oh. Hello? Mr. Banks.ROBERT: Sidney. Sidney. Yeah. You called?
Yes. You got my message. Okay, um, you said two days.
Well, right now, I can't do more than one day.
What do you mean you... I'm sorry. That's all I can do.
What about my... what about my stuff?
Your stuff is unsafe, under water.
Unsafe... Unsafe?
ROBERT: Yeah that's right.Really? So where am I supposed to go?
What am I supposed to do?
I'll tell you where you can't go, and that's back
in that apartment right now.
You will be hearing from my lawyer, sir.
If I can get one.
Girl, I thought the church was on fire last night. [LAUGHS]
WOMAN: I tell you.
Girl, I almost lost it
when I saw Sister Jenkins run out of there.
Yes, girl.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON PHONE]
Girl, nothing. Feeding Gerald.
Hmm. Soup. He loves minestrone.
Can't get enough of it. [LAUGHING]
Girl, hold on. Let me catch this other line.
Emma. Oh.Hey, Sidney.
Hey. Aren't you a beautiful sight for sore eyes.
Oh, it does my heart well to see you too.
Where's Nana?
Well she's probably still at the University.
You know she doesn't get here until 4:30 p.m. sharp.
All right, well I'm going to take me a quick nap then.
Go ahead, I got your room all set up.
Oh, thank you.
Well, aren't you going to say hi to your daddy?
Yeah, okay.
Got it, got it, got it.
Ms. Jackson, it look like you got some company.
Oh, it's just Sidney.
The famous Sidney you been bragging on?
Well, I don't know about "famous," but its Sidney.
I can't wait to meet her, oh, I can't wait to meet her.
Well you will, but not today.
Okay, okay.
Well, I'm going to go ahead and start putting the flyers
out to local churches, all right?
All right.
Okay. All right.See you tomorrow.
[HUMMING]
[GROANS]
Well, you here early.
It's my back. It's not going to make it.
Oh, well, let me get you in bed
and I'll get you a heating pad.
Come on, let me take this.
[SIGHS] Where's Sidney?
Well, she's in the bed taking a nap,
Do you want me to wake her up?
No. I'll talk to her in the morning.
Okay. And Gerald is in his room looking at TV,
so he'll be good for the night.
GEORGINA: All right darling, thank you.
VICKIE: Planners of schedule.
Let's get me on that schedule.
Okay then...
Georgia.[SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES]
Just who I need to see.
Come on into my office, okay?
BOTH: All right.
I got good news.
Oh, I want to hear the game plan.
Please, close the door for me.
Well, I got 30 students.
That's good, that's real good.
I almost underestimated you.
[CHUCKLES] Well, we recruited down at the churches,
but we're going to need some scholarships...
Wait...To entice the people.
We don't have any extra scholarships, you know that.
We always hold back about 12 at mid-term.
I can't give you 12 scholarships.
Well, I need at least five, so I can get some impact voices.
Well, I can give you five, under one condition.
What's that?
If you don't pull this off, you will recommend my son, James,
to take over the music department
and you will retire immediately.
I agree, if you promise me one thing.
And that is?
Give me a $10 raise.
And if I do succeed,
I'll have sole control over the music department.
Hm, we understand each other.
Agreed.
James, head of the music department.
[SCOFFS]
Have you forgotten your manners?
Mm, do you want me to pray or do you?
Heavenly Father, thank you, for this food
that we're about to receive and let it be nourishment to our minds,
our bodies, and our souls. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Ain't nobody going to come take your food from you.
Oh. I forgot how much I missed your home cooked meals.
Well, I find that hard to believe
because I can't never catch up with you.
And you never return my calls.
Well, I'm sorry.
[CHUCKLES]
Well, you see, see my back is going out...
Are you okay? I mean...
Oh, no, no, not that now. No, it's not like that.
I've been working with this for years.
But I have to put together a choir,
[STUTTERING] for the Golden Voices contest.
And since I'm going to be out with this back for a few weeks,
I need you to take over.
Nana, I can't.
Why not?Because I...
Well, what are you doing?
I mean, you don't have a job, do you?
No, I got fired.
Well, this has come in just handy.
[SIGHS] I don't know anything about directing no choir.
Oh, yes, you do. You used to help me out with that Freedom Forrester choir.
And it's not rocket science.
I don't know.
It pays $800 a week.
Oh, okay, when do I start?
[BOTH LAUGHING]I knew it.
Okay, now let's eat.
SIDNEY: [LAUGHING] All right.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
One minute.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Okay, come in.
Ms. Wilson, Ms. Jackson is here to see you.
What now?
You know this is my private time.
I know, but she said it's uber important.
Okay, send her in.
Okay, Ms. Jackson, Ms. Wilson will see you now.
Oh. Georgia, I was just talking to James, my son.
And...This is my granddaughter,
Sidney Nicole Jackson.
Oh.
Yeah, she'll be substituting for me while I'm getting well.
Are you telling me or asking me?
Oh I'm informing you.
Oh, I must have missed that.
Well, now, if there's going to be some kind of problem.
Does she have any experience?
She is sitting right here and can answer your question.
Do you have any experience in music?
I have a Master's Degree in English
and a minor in music from A&M.
I've led three choirs to semi-finals in competitions and I've won two of them.
So, I am the most qualified person that you know.
Next to Nana.
Nana? [LAUGHING] Oh, wow.
Well, okay.
If I see one hiccup,
I'm pulling this from both of you, okay?
Okay. That was our plan.
Okay, well, take her over to administration
so we can get her in the system.
Sidney, I will have my eye closely on you.
Wow.You understand?
Yes ma'am, I feel the support of the whole school behind me.
Georgia, don't forget what we talked about earlier.
Thank you, for coming.
Hmm.
Hey, sorry auditions don't start for another five minutes.
Is it okay if you...No, I'm Sidney Nicole, my Nana... I mean, [LAUGHS]
Mrs. Jackson? I'm her granddaughter.
[GASPS] Sidney, I'm sorry, it's Camille Johnson.
I've heard wonderful things about you. It's almost like you're a legend.
You look great. Oh, my gosh, it's wonderful. And, I'm shaking your hand too much, huh?
[STAMMERING] Okay, is Ms. Jackson okay? Everything okay?
Well, her back went out, so she's at home
and I will be helping with these auditions.
Well, that's a bummer because I had everything set up in my head.
I was going to be Paula, she was going to be Simon.
You can be Randy Jackson...[SHUSHES]
Take it down a notch.
Okay.Yeah.
Yeah, but I was just saying...
You have had too much cappa, frappa, latte, ccino, whatever.
So, let's take it down a notch.
Okay. Well, yeah, I was just going to let you know
that someone is going to... Take it down a notch, okay.
[SLOWLY] Well, you know, we have an audition and it's in one minute.
Okay.So, let's get started!
[SINGING OFF-KEY] ♪ Amazing Grace
♪ How sweet thy...
Okay. Do you...Hmm.
♪ Amazing Grace, how sweet...
Thank you.Wonderful. Thank you so much.
Thank you, have a wonderful day.
[SINGING OFF-KEY] ♪ Amazing Grace...
SIDNEY: Thank you.
[BOTH RAPPING OFF-KEY] ♪ Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
♪ That saved a wretch like me ooh, yeah, yeah ♪
ALL: Our name is Jasmine. What do you want us to sing?
Can you sing Take Me to the King?
No!
What's wrong with Take Me to the King? Amazing Grace.
Amazing...Nana wants Amazing Grace.
[SINGING OFF-KEY] ♪ Amazing Grace
♪ How sweet the sound
[RAPPING] ♪ Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
♪ That saved a wretch like me. I once was... ♪
♪ Amazing Grace
♪ How sweet the sound
Thank you. Thank you.
We'll keep in touch, that was...SIDNEY: Wow.
BOTH: Thank you.
You think we have what we have...
You know what I mean. I think we have enough to have what we have.
You know what?
I'll see you tomorrow.
Bye.
[GROANING] Nana!
Well, how'd it go baby?
It was brutal.
I think we have enough to get what we need to get done.
Oh.[CHUCKLES]
I believe in you.
Thanks.Now go to sleep.
I wish you were there, though, Nana.
[CHUCKLES]
It would have been so much more fun, and Camille is crazy.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, but she's good people.
♪ Amazing Grace
♪ How sweet the sound
♪ That saved a wretch like...
[ALL SINGING]
♪ I know I can change
Okay, got to get that in there.
Hey, Sidney.
Hey. I got you a coffee, reluctantly.Ooh!
[LAUGHS]
Funny, funny.
It's like a cool buzz in the air.
I haven't heard this much singing since I've been here.
Yeah, there were some students outside singing when I got here too.
This is going to be amazing, this is going to be amazing, right?
Yes. All right. So go ahead and go get everybody assembled.
And I have a song list,
uh, some stuff that Nana wants us to sing.
Nana?
[SIGHS]
What did I say?
I don't want to say.
Oh, come on, you know what? You don't have to...
Nana's 80. Nana's 80.Eighty-two.
Okay, look. She wants us to sing songs like
Trouble in My Way or Amazing Grace.
Only old people sing them songs.
Noted. Okay, look, we'll practice with these songs
and then once we get better, we'll just... We'll pump it up. All right?
Okay. Mm-hmm.Okay, so just go get everybody and...
Oh, my gosh.
Ya'll can come in so we can go ahead and get started. Come on.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Phones away. Phones away.
Come on in.
Phones away.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Phones off, sir. Thank you.
No, you good.
Let you get seated and situated.
So... I'll pull you up a chair. Here you go.
All right. So, there you go.
My name is Sidney Nicole.
I am sitting in for my nana... Uh...
Mrs. Jackson.
Um, I'm going to be helping you guys with the competition.
So to start off, are you guys excited?
[CHEERING]Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Of course, you're excited.
Okay, what I need everybody to do right now, is to stand up.
We're going to put your sopranos over here, on my right.
No? Yeah?
Yeah?ALL: Yes.
Okay, let's go. You all are moving.
Sopranos over here.
Let me have the baritones here, in this middle section here.
Tenors, and then altos over here.
Just...
There you go. Good.
Oh, there's a chair here. No?
Aw, you don't want to sit next to him? Okay, great.
All right. So, look to your right.
Look to your left.
You see who you're sitting next to?
That's who you will be sitting next to
from here on out, all right?ALL: All right.
All right.WOMAN: All right.
That is it for the day.
I know. It was quick, but I have some sheet music
that I want you guys to study tonight
and then we'll start working on it tomorrow. How about that?
Yeah?ALL: [INDISTINCT] Yeah.
All right, Camille here will hand it out...
I'll hand out the sheet music.Okay. [LAUGHS]
I'll see you guys tomorrow. Thank you so much.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
CAMILLE: Thanks guys, thank you.
All right, Gerald is in the bed, snug as a bug.
Oh, that's good.
All right then.
Do you need anything else from me, before I go?
No, I'm fine.
You got smothered pork chops in the oven and greens on the stove.
Okay.
And Sidney should be here any minute now.
All right, baby, thank you.
And look who the wind blew in.
Oh, there she is now.Hey.
How was college?Huh.
Well I got to get home and watch
If Loving you is Wrong,girl. I can't miss that.
It got a little chilly out.
BOTH: See you later.
Hey, Nana.
Hey, well, how did it go?
It was okay. I got the baritones, tenors, sopranos all situated,
and gave them the music, so we'll see what happens.
All right.Okay.
Good.
Oh, Sidney, I need to talk to you about something.
Yeah?It's your father.
What about him?Well, I...
I can't handle him by myself.
Well that's what you have Emma for.
Emma is not his daughter.
I... [SIGHS] I need your help.
You need... Listen, he's your father
whether you like it or not, little girl.
Sidney.Hey.
Let me talk to you for a second.
[EXHALES]
Okay, I think I know what this is about, and I--
Do you know what the Golden Voices competition is?
Singing competition. Kind of like joyful noise meets fighting tempations.
No, ma'am.
This is not an ordinary competition.
This is a strictly voice competition.
The most prestigious.
And with your grandmother being over the music department at the university,
the entire town is expecting her to win.
Wow, that's a lot of pressure.
That's why she needs your help.
Four judges sit in a room,
going over every sound that choir makes.
That's why she wants it to be a capella.
This is the CD from the last time they won.
And we want to honor that.
The dreams of this city, that university,
and that wonderful woman in here, est in your hands.
I was wrong. That, is a lot of pressure.[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS] All right, I guess I need to get going, get to work.
I'm not finished.
Now, why are you not speaking to your father?
Emma, I don't want to talk about that.
It's... [SIGHS]
Anyway, I got the whole city, the town, the world in my hands,
and Vickie is watching, so I got to go.
I think we're going to be awesome.
Do you all think we're going to be awesome?
Anybody else think we're going to be okay, right? Yeah?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Excuse me?Are we singing the songs that you all gave us?
For now, no. Sidney said she was going to try to ease in some new ones soon.
Well, where are the musicians?
Uh, they're supposed to be here by now.
I'm sure they'll be here soon.
Hey, everybody.
ALL: Hey. How you doing?
How you all doing?ALL: Good.
Good. You all look good.
[ALL CLAMORING]MAN 1: I try.
MAN 2: We try.Oh, my goodness.
Sidney?Huh?
The band didn't show up this morning.
Yes, I called them and told them not to come.
So we don't need a band?
If you'll take your seat, I'll explain.
Okay, so the Golden Voices is a competition that changes from year to year.
And this year, it's a capella Hence, no band.
[ALL SIGHING]
Yeah. So, just... Just give me a second.
I just want you to hear something, all right?
[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]
[ALL CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]
Okay, okay, all right, all right.
So... So, what do you think?
I really liked it. I liked the tune and everything. It was really good.
SIDNEY: Okay, okay, all right.You like everything.
All right, well, you know what?
Who doesn't like the direction that the choir is going to go?
I'm not with this.
Where you going?It's not that bad.
Yo...You can get used to it.
All right, well, now that we got rid of the dead weight,
we can go on and start afresh.
Sidney, I know you think he's dead weight and all,
but that's one of our lead singers.
The best singer in town.
Okay. Um...
You know what? I have an idea.
But it's going to take me some time.
So, um, just give me... Give me a couple days
to get the music together.
I'll meet you guys back here next Thursday, okay? I'm...
[SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CHOIR MUSIC PLAYING]
Jax. Whoo! Jax Rebel!
Look, what do I got to do to get you to go away, huh?
I just need five minutes of your time.
No! I don't understand what you want from me, all right?
Look I don't have no money, all right?
I'm almost a day away from getting kicked out of this place here.
All right?
What? Huh?
You know, I haven't had a decent meal in two years? Two years!
Famous Jax Rebel, been eating out of trash cans.
Now, you still want to talk to me?
Yes. Can I buy you a decent meal?
On your dime?
My dime.
What'll it be?
Pizza.Pizza?
Look, I've been craving pizza for two months. Craving.
All right. I'll buy you a large meat lover for one hour of your time.
One hour?
One hour.
Well, you better throw in some breadsticks,
hot wings, and a soda.
You got it.
Then I'm all yours.
All right. Yeah! [GIGGLING]
Who is that? Let's find out.
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
Camille.Bring her on in.
Hey. Hey, Ms. Jackson, I need to talk with you.What's the matter?
What is it?
Um, is Sidney here?
No, Sidney is in Dallas.
What is it?That's what I wanted to talk to you about.
We were at rehearsal, and then she drops this a capella thing on us.
And then we lose our lead singer and then I don't even know...
Let me stop you right there.
I'm the one who got Sidney hired.
And I'm the one that told her
what sound our group should have.
Are you sure? Remember...
Hey, hey, hey! Now you need to stay in your lane.
Okay. Yes ma'am.
I'm sure everything is going to work out just fine.
All right. I am too.
Yes, Ma'am.Would you like some peach cobbler?
[BOTH LAUGHING]
I would love some peach cobbler.
Get her some peach cobbler.
Yes ma'am. Camille, do you want that a la mode?
I would love some... Yes, yes, I would love it.
[SIGHS WEARILY]
Hi.
Oh, it's you again.
I need a room.
I don't have a room for you.
Please.
Lady, you are trouble and I don't need any trouble.I'll pay double.
How many nights?
Just one.
Now, that will be $105.
Okay. Okay.Plus tax.
Thank you. [LAUGHS]
[KNOCKING]
Hey, come on in.
Um, your pizza, it's right here.
Wings, soda.
They ran out of breadsticks, sorry.
Out of bread... No breadsticks.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Maybe next time?
All right.Okay. All right.
So now will you listen to what I have to say?
Mm-hmm.
But you on the clock.
Okay.
Not about to play one of my songs, are you?
You know what? Do not act brand-new.
Okay? Just listen and then speak.
[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]
Hmm.
So, what do you think?
Hm?
What do you think?
It's good.
Yeah?Real good actually.
Right? That's what I was thinking.
So, listen, I teach at this college
and we're having this competition. It's called the Golden Voices.
And I need a lead singer, and I was thinking that you were...
Hold, hold. Hold on.
[LAUGHING]
Will you let me finish?Are you serious?
Will you let me finish?So...
What, you want me to go back to college?
I mean, why not? I mean, look at you.
You're all strung out on drugs or alcohol or whatever it is.
Who do you think you are, huh? I know you're not judging me.
I don't have to judge you. You have all your dirty laundry out here on the streets.
You know what?
You Sidney, right?
Don't come knocking on my door again.
Well, I guess the tabloids were right about you.
You can have the stupid pizza!
Stupid pizza.
[GROANING]
Hey. Hey.
Hey, look, uh...What do you want?
I'm sorry. I just wanted to tell you I apologize about...
You apologize, I forgive you, and now I'm leaving.
Hey, hey, look. You attacked me, all right?
I didn't attack you.
I presented you with something I thought was special
but you laughed at me.
I've been down so long now, I just...
I lash out at anybody that try to challenge me.
That goes for my manager, who won't answer my phone calls anymore.
From my... My family had abandoned me a long time ago.
Maybe I was out of line.
Actually, the words hit home.
I'll be honest with you. I tossed and turned all night last night.
And not because of what you said. It was that song.
That song beat me up.
Really?
[SIGHS] Look, I want to help you if I can.
I don't know if I got it anymore.
I haven't sung in years.
It's just like riding a bike.
Yeah, well, you can fall off a bike and crack your head.
Hey, I want to help you as long as you let me.
You got all your stuff? You ready to go?
Yeah, right here. I'm good. Let's roll.
You have got to admit it's pretty sad
that your whole life is in a plastic bag.
But it's all good because God's got you.
This is a fresh start.
And you, sir, need a fresh bath.
Let's go.
[EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY]
This is what choir directors drive?
Shut up.All right now.
You got a Blu-ray player in this thing? What's going on?
No Blu-ray. [EXHALES]
Whoo. Let's roll down the window.
Let's go.
JAX: Ooh, all right.
What is that smell?[SIGHS WEARILY]
[SCREAMS] Help, help, Sidney!
Oh! Call 911.
SIDNEY: Nana. Nana.[SCREAMS] Sidney.
Nana, Nana, stop! Nana!
Stop. It's Jax Rebel.
Jax what?
I'll explain after breakfast...
I'll just...Oh, God. [GROANS]
It looks like your back is okay.
Well, I imagine it is.
Oh, Lord. Well, I'm glad to meet you, Jax Rebel.
I'm going to try to fix us some breakfast
and then you can explain it out later.
Baby, what is your name?
It's, uh... It's Isaac Griffin, ma'am.
Isaac, your government name.
Okay. Listen, there's a bar of soap in that bathroom
with your name on it. And you use it.
And after you get through using it, you take it
and all them clothes in the trash.
Oh, Lord.
Baby, look through your daddy's clothes
and see if you can find something for him to wear.
I'll see what I can find.
And then I'm going to try to fix us something to eat.
Okay, come on now.
JAX: I'm sorry.SIDNEY: Come on. Come on.
SIDNEY: There you go.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Are you mad?
No. But I do want to know, did you fall on your head last night?
Perfect stranger into this house?
He's an old R&B singer that fell on hard times
and we needed a lead singer for the choir.
I thought I'd spread the love of Jesus Christ.
Oh, [LAUGHS] so now you a missionary worker?
I always focus on the Kingdom's work.
Well, the Kingdom needs to work on you.
Well, what about your father.
What...
Now you and the Kingdom working,
you haven't spent like two minutes with him.
I didn't shove those drugs in his arms.
Oh, so you clean up the kettle,
but leave the pot out there.
JAX: So, uh...
Well, you clean up pretty good there.
JAX: Thank you.[CHUCKLES]
The cat got my granddaughter's tongue.
I mean, you look all right.
Well, um,
this looks good.
Oh, we got to pray. Wait, stop, pray.Okay.
So, this is where the action happens.
This... This is a nice space.
Right?
But this isn't the best of it.
Come on, let's go.
Come on, come on, slow poke.
This is it.
State-of-the-art recording studio.
We just got it donated a couple years back.
I think we're the only HBCU with equipment like this.
This is, uh... This is unbelievable.
I thought you could use it like it's your resetting place.
You, uh... You trying to save me?
I just thought that you could help us with the competition,
and my grandmother's job is on the line.
Sidney, I haven't sung in a long time.
Hey, it is a God-given talent. Only he can take it away.
I hope it's that easy, because you're putting a lot of faith in me.
Nuh-uh, I ain't got faith in you.
My faith is in God.
I mean do you think it was an accident
that we met like we did?
"Met," is that what you call it?
"Met"? I seem to have a different recollection.Really?
With a car coming toward me.
Will you just try?
I will try.
I can't promise anything, but I will try.
Okay, that is all I ask, all right?All right.
Let's go get you enrolled in college.
[EXHALES] My mom would be over the moon
knowing I'm about to be a college boy.
Well, maybe you should call her.
Maybe I will.
Hey, I know it may not be any of my business, but I was just curious.
Why don't you have anything to do with your father?
You're right. It is none of your business.
Come on. Let's get enrolled.
Come here. Come here.
You have got to talk to your father.
You've got to talk to him or you will be lost.
Now, I'm not going to tell you this anymore.
You have got to talk to your father.
Yes ma'am.
Got room for an old R&B singer?
[SIGHS]
I heard you and your grandmother in there.
It had to be... Had to be tough.
Look...
Can I say something without you biting my head off?
You've helped me so much.
I want to be able to help you.
I know what it's like not to forgive someone.
Not you, too.
Look,
I'm not here to preach to you, Sidney, all right?
You know... Lord knows I'm the last person to call out anybody else's faults,
but, I miss my pops all the time.
And even though, [EXHALES] he was a real hound, he would beat on me.
And he was always on the road,
it's not a day that goes by
I don't wish I would've spent more time with him.
[SIGHING]
But...
It's just... My dad was not there for me.
I was 15 when my mom died
and he was drinking himself under the table,
shooting up drugs.
I mean, I was 15.
Then he kept...
Had the stroke, ended up paralyzed, and I'm...
I'm just cleaning him up.
It's just... It was a lot.
[SIGHS]
I don't know how to forgive him.
Pray about it.
[SCOFFS]
You ask God how to do it.
Yeah. I don't...
I don't know.
I'm going to tell you something
that I have learned the hard way, all right?
In life, you only have power, if you have peace.
And Sidney, you deserve peace.
Oh, we got an early day tomorrow.
I'm going to head in.
All right.
Thanks for the talk.
Hey, good night.
Night.
I tried to forget.
But I kept remembering all the nights
that I would ask you to stop drinking.
[TEARFULLY] I pleaded with you to stop.
Especially after Mama died, I needed you!
And here I am, a 15-year-old girl, taking care of her dad...
[SOBBING]
There were nights that I wished that you would just die.
And then you had a stroke that left you paralyzed.
So humiliating, having to wipe your butt.
Especially for a 15-year-old girl.
It was not fair!
Everybody wants me to forgive you.
I don't know if I can.
But God is working on me.
I'm going to really try hard to be your daughter again, okay?
But it's not going to happen overnight.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
ROBERT: Sidney?Hello, Mr. Banks, yeah.
I've got some good news for you.
My apartment is ready? Okay, um...
Yep, you can move back in.
You all right?[CRYING] Thank you. Thank you.
I really do love you, Daddy.
[MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
[INAUDIBLE]
[PHONE RINGING]
WOMAN: Mrs. Wilson, you have a call on line one.
I am not taking any calls right now.
It's the Golden Voices President.
[SIGHS]
Okay. Patch him through.
MAN: Mrs. Wilson.
Charles, how can I help you?
I understand Isaac Griffin just enrolled in your school.
Yes he... He... He came on this week.
Why do you ask?
Do you know that he's Jax Rebel? Think Chris Brown.
Oh, got it.
Thanks for the heads up. Okay.
Well...
Yes! [LAUGHS]
[SINGING A CAPELLA]
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the King magnificent
♪ And true
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The love that you showed and so much more
♪ Lord you know I owe it all to you, yeah
♪ Christ the King magnificent Whoo-ooh-ooh
♪ And true, Lord
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the King magnificent
♪ And true
[VOCALIZING]
♪ The price that you've paid
[VOCALIZING]
♪ Oh, yeah
[VOCALIZING]
[EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY] Yes!
[ALL CHEERING]
I told you we were gonna do it. I told you!
Hey, you all, we're going to win this competition hands down.
Hands down.
[CHEERING]
I've been instructed to escort you off campus.
Wait? What? What?
Hey, where you all taking her?
Wait, hey, get your hands off of her.
CAMILLE: Where you all taking her?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]1
MAN: What we going to do? We had it.
Don't even worry about it.
I'm about to... I'm about to call Ms. Jackson.
Ooh, it sure is a pretty day.
It sure is pretty. [LAUGHS]
You know, I'm just going...
Is your back feeling better?
That's what I was just going to tell you.
My back is feeling better and better every day.
You not going back to that college, is you?
Oh, child, no.
I'm going to go on sitting here, and read my Bible
and drink this Kool-Aid all day.
And I'm going to sit right here, with you.
GEORGIA: Damn, what they doing home so early?
What you all doing home so early?
We got fired.
Fired?Yeah.
JAX: Not only that, she had security escort us out.
What?
Apparently Vickie found out about Jax's past,
and she said I lied on my application.
What? Lied?
Lord have mercy.
You know what's even worse?What?
This was probably the best rehearsal we've had.
Best one yet, hands down.
Oh gosh...
Even I got to admit like, I never felt that good in a long time.
Lord, what's wrong with that girl?
Did she lose her mind?
That Vickie ain't going to stop until she run
that college in the ground.
I'm just... I'm going to lay down.
I'm going to go take a walk.
Bad!Ain't you going to say something?
Oh, hey, you better trust and believe I am.
Oh yeah, I just need to be all prayed up
before I go to that college.
I don't want to be Vickie and I'm going to pray for her.
Mm-hmm.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGHS]
Well, thanks for the change of venue for a while.
Yeah, it's the least I could do.
I was really digging being in college though. [CHUCKLES]
I'm sorry to get your hopes up.
It's all right.
Figured it was too good to be true anyway.
You know, you really don't seem like the person
the tabloids wrote about.
Look, I, uh... I made one mistake,
in the heat of the moment.
Next thing I know I was spiraling out of control.
My management team, they were pushing this whole bad boy image,
and I felt like I had to represent.
What people don't tell you is that fall from grace,
it's a hard fall.
And it... It breaks every bone in your body.
It takes a while to recover.
But you,
you taught me how to walk again, Sidney.
[CHUCKLES]
And I'll be forever grateful.
No, I don't know if I did anything.
But you did.
You trusted me.
And you didn't even know if I could sing anymore.
Oh. God has you right where he needs you to be.
If it's right here, I hope so.
Will I see you again?
As much as you can stand.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
All right, well, lady.
Hey, there's something I want you to know.
What's that?
I've never done drugs ever.
Thank you, for sharing that with me.
Okay.
Hey.
Yeah.
You want to have dinner at my place tomorrow night?
Yeah, I'd like that.
All right.
I'll see you then.
Jax Rebel.
[ENGINE STARTS]
Wait, wait.
What's going on?
How dare you fire my granddaughter?
Of all the underhanded, conniving, low down,
dirty, miserable trick.
Now I knew you wanted my job,
but I expected you to come after me.
Who do you think you are,
bursting into my office, threatening me?
This is way beyond a threat, baby,
I'm coming after your job.
I've already called Raymond.
That's right, I called Raymond.
And you ought to be getting a call right about...
Right about now.
[PHONE RINGING]
Yes? But...
Fired?
You can't fire me.
My contract has another year.
[STUTTERS] Hello?
He fired me.
Oh, you thought this cat didn't have any claws left, didn't you?
He fired me.
Just get up out of my seat.
What?
I don't believe I stuttered.
Get your doughnut-eating behind out of my seat!
You have got to be kidding me.
You haven't shown any love or compassion
since you took over this school.Well, that's not true.
Now, the Lord put us in charge of these children
to encourage them to be the help, not like us.
I know that.
You somehow have forgotten that this is a Christian College,
not a corporation.
Get up out of my seat.
I will not.
Let me leave you with a little dignity
before I call security.
I will be back for the rest of my things.
Take all your donuts and your papers
and all your other little junk and get on out.
VICKIE: Okay, you got this. You want it, you got it.Mm-hmm.
You haven't heard the last from me.
Let's go, Junior.Let's go?
I said let's go, Junior.
You promised me a job.
Boy, if you don't get in this car...
Acting silly.
Act like you don't have common sense.
If I say "Let's go" I mean let's go.
I know what I'm doing. When I say "Let's go," I mean let's go.
I thought we had an agreement
that you were never to refer to me...
If you don't stop...
Ta-da.
Yeah, so, I'll tell you what.
I ain't never had no home cooked meal out of Styrofoam,
that you clearly didn't make, but it's all right.
[LAUGHS] Well, I'm glad I can impress you.
Yeah.
Oh, can we bless the food first?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, close your eyes.
Heavenly Father, thank you for this day
and this food and the company.
I pray that you bless this food for the nourishment
of our minds, our bodies, and our souls.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
Amen.
All right, well I hope it's good.
[CHUCKLING]
Nah. I'm sure it will be good.
I'm sure it will be good even though I know you country girls can cook.
That's all right, I'll let you slide.
I mean, I've been in Dallas for a while.
I'll get Nana to teach me again.
I'll tell you what.
I'll take my chances.
Good.
That's all right. That's good.
It's not bad.So, I'll take my chances.
Yeah.
So, uh, I've been writing again.
Oh, my God, that's great.
But check this though. I've been writing gospel songs.
Boy, get the ham sandwich out of there.
I'm telling you all.
You know it's... Seriously, Sidney, though,
I felt so alive singing with that choir at the college.
That day we left, I found this little old church,
and gave my life to Christ.
I'm going to give my little 15 minutes of praise on right here.
Hallelujah. Jesus!That's what I'm talking about. Right? Right?
Right? But look, you know what?
The thing that I hate is
that we didn't get to help the college win.I know. I know.
I think Nana tricked me into taking that job. [LAUGHS]
But those kids... Gosh, yeah, they had an effect on me, too.
So much so that I went to Bible study on Wednesday,
and I've been dabbling back in the Church myself a little bit.
So there are legions of angels in Heaven right now
dancing behind that statement right there.
A whole legion. You know what?[CELL PHONE RINGING]
I'm going to take this call.
It's Nana.
All right, go ahead.
Hey.
So what's up? No, no, slow down.
Slow...
Wait, what?
Okay, so Nana wants us to go back to the school.
What? How?
I don't know.
But she needs your answer right now.
Yeah, I mean, of course.
He said okay.
Okay. All right.
Okay, we'll be there tomorrow.
Okay bye.
Bye. Bye, Nana.
I'll talk to you later.
So yeah, apparently, Vickie got fired.
Now Nana is the Dean. We're both going to get reinstated,
and we need to be back at the school tomorrow
for the Explosion because there are two days...
You don't have to tell me twice.
Okay, calm down.
We don't have to leave right now.
All right, brother got a little excited
for this store bought chicken over here. I'm just saying.
It's still good though, I appreciate the effort.Hm-hmm.
We go from college to college looking for the best choir.
We judge on a five-point system.
Good luck.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, this is a closed competition.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
You already jeopardized the competition
by coming in like that.
WOMAN: No, we not.
Oh, no. We've come too far.
That's right.
They better be good.
SIDNEY: One, two...
[SINGING A CAPELLA]
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the King magnificent
♪ And true
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the King magnificent
♪ And true
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The love that you showed and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the King magnificent Oh!
♪ And true
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the king magnificent
♪ And true
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you've paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the King magnificent
♪ And true
♪ How can I begin to thank you for
♪ The price that you paid and so much more
♪ Lord, you know I owe it all to you
♪ Christ the king magnificent
♪ And true
[ALL CHEERING]
Hey, y'all! Hey, y'all! We won.
We won the 2018 Golden Voices Award.
GEORGIA: My granddaughter, Sidney, decided to stay on
and now she's the head of the music department.
Jax Rebel is still here.
He's teaching music,
he's maintaining a 4.0 average
and he's getting ready to put out a gospel album.
Now, that is really something.
And guess what, y'all?
We did it all without the help of Vickie
or her son, James.
[LAUGHING] How about that?
[CLOSING CREDITS SONG PLAYING]