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So I need you
to repeat after me.
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We are here.
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We are here!
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[upbeat music continues]
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[Gomez] Women have used
their music
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as a form of resistance
for decades.
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Taking risks.
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Singing the truth,
even when the world
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is telling you to shut up.
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I think music is one
of the most powerful ways
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to put a message out there.
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♪ This girl is on fire ♪
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♪ This girl is on fire ♪
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♪ We're walking on fire ♪
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[soft music playing]
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[Etheridge] Music has
the ability to bypass...
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this, this brain.
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Music goes straight here.
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[H.E.R.] And when something
says the things
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that you may not be able
to articulate yourself,
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it becomes like part of you.
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[Giddens] Music is
more powerful now than ever
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because it's an example
where people come together.
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[Gomez] We have
an opportunity today
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that a lot of women before us
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paved the way to do,
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and that's to be as loud
and proud as possible.
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On three.
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One, two, three.
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Fuck the Supreme Court!
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[Abrams] Silence is sometimes
its own protest,
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but it's born of not believing
that your words matter.
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And that's where protest music,
where the songs
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and the lyricism
becomes so important.
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[Chaka Khan] God put you here
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because you have
something to offer.
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Whether they like it or not,
you owe it.
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If you're passionate
about something,
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show up. It's important.
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...that silence is our enemy,
but sound is our weapon.
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- [clamoring]
- [woman] Chill!
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[riot guns firing]
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[Simone] When everything
is so desperate,
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when every day
is a matter of survival,
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I don't think you can help
but be involved.
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[reporter] State by state,
with a growing number
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pushing near-total bans.
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We will shape
and mold this country.
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I will not be molded and shaped
at all anymore.
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So I don't think you have
a choice.
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How can you be an artist
and not reflect the times?
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[crowd clapping twice in unison]
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[spirited music playing]
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[mellow banjo music playing]
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Okay.
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♪ I shall not ♪
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♪ I shall not be moved ♪
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♪ I shall not ♪
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♪ I shall not be moved ♪
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♪ Like a tree
Planted by the water ♪
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♪ I shall not be moved ♪
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Music itself is a great way
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to broach this topic
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of what is the story
we've been told about America
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in a way that people can hear.
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When I first started thinking
about doing music as a career,
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I didn't start out thinking,
"I'm going to be an activist."
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I went to school
for classical music
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and learned how to be
a soprano,
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and I felt a little hollow.
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I was like, "What am I doing?"
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What am I doing in this
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that a million other sopranos
can't do?
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So I went back home
to North Carolina,
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and then I started to hear
the banjo,
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the big discovery which
set me off on this-this thing
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of how these activism, history,
and music kind of combine.
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I was finding out that the banjo
was invented by people
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of the African diaspora.
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[mellow banjo music playing]
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And I was like, "What?"
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That was the moment
where I was like,
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"If I don't know
this massive thing,
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what else don't I know?"
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I'm of a long line of women
who starts somewhere there.
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I'm sitting here having had
a pretty darn good life.
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And what do I owe my ancestors?
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What do I owe the women
who came before me?
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I think we have
a responsibility.
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We can't write the laws,
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but maybe we can inspire
the people who do.
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[chanting] Not the church,
not the state!
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Women must decide their fate!
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[reporter] A sweeping,
deeply consequential decision
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from the nation's
highest court,
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ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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I don't think anyone thought
that could happen.
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I don't think we still
have fully processed
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that it can happen,
and that it's happening.
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[Wortham] And I think the reason
we had so many big artists
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being willing to talk
about reproductive rights
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was because it was such
a shocking moment.
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[crowd cheering]
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Now y'all know it wouldn't be me
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if I ain't take a second
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to call out
these stupid ass men.
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[crowd jeering]
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I need everybody in the audience
right now to say,
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"My body,
my motherfucking choice!"
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[crowd] My body,
my motherfucking choice!
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One more time! My body,
my motherfucking choice!
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[crowd] My body,
my motherfucking choice!
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Drop that shit, Jay Bone.
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I am so...
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[bleep] sick and tired
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of old men.
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It's been really heartening
to see a lot of Gen Z pop stars
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be so outspoken...
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So many women and so many girls
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are going to die
because of this.
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...against this really
regressive wave
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of patriarchy.
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It's never giving
a man policing my body.
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It's just crazy to me.
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I-I can't imagine anyone
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making a decision for a woman
that's not her.
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I-- That's like we've gone
back in time.
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I don't think that's something
I can sit back and just go,
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"Oh, well, hmm,
I won't say anything."
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I had to find my ways
to-to be a part of it
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while not having people
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down my throat saying,
"What do you know?"
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And it's like,
"Actually, I'm a woman.
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I know a lot more
than you think." [chuckles]
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[man] Selena!
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I think I started to recognize
my platform meant something
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when I was around 16.
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I had a single mother
come up to me.
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They were Latin,
and she was in tears saying,
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"Thank you so much
for being someone
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my daughter can look up to
that looks like her."
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That kind of put a little bit
of responsibility on me.
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[crowd shouting excitedly]
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And then in 2020,
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I felt like I should get
politically involved.
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It was around election year,
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and I remember
I wanted to give my platform
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to other people.
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And then I ended up
interviewing Stacey.
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Stacey.
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Hello.
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[Gomez] I instantly felt like
she was a friend for life.
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And I believe that we, you know,
believe in the same things.
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Please grab some friends
and vote early.
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Go to StaceyAbrams.com
to learn more.
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[Abrams] My mission, my work
is to amplify voices
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that are marginalized
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and empower people to organize
around their beliefs.
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Music can do the same thing.
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The fights that we're in,
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they can be overwhelming
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and we lose the thread.
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Music lets us find it again.
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[vibrant percussive music
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If we work, if we fight,
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if we resist, we can have more.
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And this music reminds women
that we have been here before,
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we have pushed through,
and we will do so again.
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[chanting] Free our sisters,
free ourselves!
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[reporter] The status quo
is being challenged
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by the women's
liberation movement.
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Today, it's still
a man's world.
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And just look at it.
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[reporter 2] Women were
paid an average of 59 cents
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for every dollar a man earned.
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[reporter 3] In some states,
women
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cannot own property
in their own name.
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[reporter 4] Most women
are raised to believe
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their true role is that
of wife and mother.
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But some women are questioning
whether this is so.
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[mellow country music playing]
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[woman] Loretta Lynn was this
well-loved popular musician.
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She had won multiple awards,
had number one hits,
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and I mean, at the time,
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country music was largely known
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to be a little more
conservative.
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She released a song praising
the birth control pill.
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This was a really scandalous
thing to do.
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♪ There's a-gonna be
Some changes made ♪
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♪ Right here on Nursery Hill ♪
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♪ You set this chicken
Your last time ♪
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♪ 'Cause now I've got
The pill ♪
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[Patel] It was this anthem
of a woman taking control
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not only of her body,
but her future too.
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And the song started getting
banned from country radio.
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What about women, Loretta?
Have they said,
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"Boy, it's about time
somebody said something"?
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[Lynn on phone]
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[Exposito] On radio stations,
on television,
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"The Pill" was a huge hit.
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It's still shocking to me
that she was able to do that.
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With that one song,
Loretta just blew up
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what was acceptable
for women to sing about.
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And she did it
so unapologetically
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that she opened doors
for other women in music.
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- [applause]
- Thank you.
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[upbeat percussive music
playing]
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[reporter] Liberation is here.
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No area of male-dominated
American culture is spared.
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[Exposito] Women wanted to
equally participate in society.
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Not gonna sit quietly
any longer!
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[Exposito] And a big part
of that meant changing
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what a woman's role was
and how she was perceived.
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[reporter] A coalition
of liberation groups
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invaded the offices
of the Ladies' Home Journal.
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We demand that the magazine
ceased publishing advertisements
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that degrade women.
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- Here's one!
- Here's one!
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"Made for a woman's
extra feelings."
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Secret deodorant.
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- Oh!
- [women exclaiming, laughing]
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["I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy
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♪ I am woman, hear me roar ♪
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♪ In numbers too big
To ignore ♪
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♪ And I know too much
To go back and pretend ♪
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[Reddy] Women are told so much,
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and it gets thrown at them
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in the form of advertising
and just the general attitudes
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of family and friends
and society.
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In general, you are weak.
You are inferior.
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[interviewer] What are the main
things you want equality in?
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[Reddy] Probably the basic
underlying things.
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Just a general change
of attitude toward women
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in general, and on the part
of women themselves.
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[interviewer] Hmm. Well,
your song, "I Am Woman,"
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it suggests a toughness,
almost an aggressiveness.
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Uh, "I am strong,
I am invincible..."
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It's a positive statement, okay?
Positive.
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- ♪ I am strong ♪
- ♪ Strong ♪
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- ♪ I am invincible ♪
- ♪ Invincible ♪
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♪ I am woman ♪
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[Abrams] Songs like
"I Am Woman" resonate
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because they're simply
celebrating being female.
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And it's this moment
where she's inviting
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other women to own their power.
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[soft music playing]
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This idea gets carried forward
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into the next generation
of women artists,
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who are bigger and bolder
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about saying who they are
and what they want.
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The music industry
is designed to be reductive.
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And so women have to work
really hard
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to kind of break out of that.
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And part of that is eagerness
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to kind of express that women
have-- contain multitudes.
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It took some effort
and some revolution
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and radical thinking
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to present this reality,
or truth,
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that we are not one thing
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and we're not even
like two things.
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We're like a million things.
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I am very... meticulous
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about my self-expression
and my art.
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I'll go to great lengths
to make sure
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that everything turns out pure
for me.
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I was living in New York.
This is in the '80s.
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And Valerie Simpson
and Nick Ashford said,
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"We're gonna write songs
for you." So they did.
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And I think probably
the first song they wrote for me
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was "I'm Every Woman."
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♪ I'm every woman ♪
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♪ It's all in me ♪
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♪ Anything you want done, baby,
I'll do it naturally ♪
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When I... [laughs]
I listened to the lyrics,
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I said, "Oh dear."
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I was all self-conscious
and shit, and I was like,
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"I'm not every woman.
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How dare I say
I'm every freaking woman.
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I'm not."
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I felt uncomfortable for many,
many years singing that song,
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but I had a feeling that it was
something bigger than me.
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Chaka Khan, she set the scene.
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She was... she was
the blueprint.
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And you saw that confidence,
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not just in the music,
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but in the performances
from that era.
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So, like Tina Turner with
"You Better Be Good to Me."
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♪ Oh, you better be good
To me ♪
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[Exposito] Diana Ross,
"I'm Coming Out."
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♪ I'm coming out ♪
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♪ I want the world... ♪
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[Exposito] And Donna Summer.
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She really moved the needle
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with videos like
"She Works Hard for the Money."
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♪ She works hard
For the money ♪
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♪ So you better
Treat her right ♪
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[music fades]
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I really believe that music
is the purest form
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of identity expression
that exists.
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And these self-ownership
anthems were celebrating
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what had been won by women
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while also demanding
so much more.
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A lot of that fight for more
was happening in the workplace.
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♪ Tumble out of bed
And stumble to the kitchen ♪
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♪ Pour myself
A cup of ambition ♪
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♪ And yawn and stretch
And try to come to life ♪
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[Patel] Dolly wrote "9 to 5"
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as a theme song
for a movie by the same name,
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which was this satire
about these three secretaries
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who plotted revenge
on their super sexist boss.
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[movie narrator] ...Rhodes,
she's gonna try and rope this--
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She's already got him down.
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If I wasn't in the scene,
I was there every day
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and I would just be like,
you know,
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'cause I couldn't get
a guitar out on the set.
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So I would just kind of...
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You gotta have acrylic nails
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to make
that real percussive sound.
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But I would just-- I thought
it sounded like a typewriter.
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- Can you hear that?
- [nails clacking]
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- Yeah.
- ♪ Working 9 to 5 ♪
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♪ What a way to make a living ♪
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♪ Working 9 to 5 ♪
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♪ What a way to make a living ♪
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♪ Barely gettin' by ♪
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♪ It's all takin'
And no givin' ♪
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♪ They just use your mind... ♪
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[Patel] With "9 to 5,"
what Dolly did was take
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a very real subject
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and make it light
and approachable and fun,
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which is kind of how
she approached a lot of things.
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I'd like to know.
Do you sing in the shower?
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[Parton] Do I sing
in the shower?
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No, but I don't wash
on stage either.
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[laughter, applause]
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[Giddens] Dolly Parton is
herself an act of revolution.
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I don't want to meet
a lot of famous people.
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I'm not interested.
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She's one I would want to meet.
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Just to say, "Good God, you go."
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The way that she came
from nothing.
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And the way
that she has written
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so many incredible songs.
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♪ And if you don't love me,
Leave me ♪
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♪ And don't let it trouble
Your mind ♪
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"Don't let it trouble
your mind."
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When I'm out the door,
don't let it trouble your mind.
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I'm gonna be fine.
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She stood up for herself.
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And she looks the way she looks
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'cause that's the way
she wants to look.
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And she's very clear about that.
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[Parton] I enjoy the big hair
and the gaudy clothes.
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And it's-it's a costume.
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It's part of what people
have come to know me as.
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And I don't like to be ordinary.
I don't like to be stylish.
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It's far too easy to be stylish.
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[Guyton] I just loved her
as a businesswoman.
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She had big boobs.
Everybody talked about it.
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They looked down on her for it,
and she was just like,
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"This is me,
and I'm gonna love myself."
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I'm sure of myself
as a person.
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I'm sure of my talent.
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I like the kind of person
that I am.
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[crowd cheering, whistling]
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[Exposito]
Dolly had plenty of reason
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to be sure of herself
and her talent.
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She was part of a league
of female musicians
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that were breaking new ground
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and shattering expectations
left and right.
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My whole life, I've only done
the stuff that I admired,
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and if I admired it,
I tried to emulate it.
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And I admired Dolly Parton,
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and I admired Emmylou Harris
tremendously.
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One day Emmy called me up
and said,
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"Dolly Parton's at my house.
Why don't you come over?"
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It was a 45-minute drive,
but I got there in about 20.
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We did a Carter song,
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow,"
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and we went, "Wow."
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♪ So bury me
Beneath the willow ♪
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♪ Under the weeping
Willow tree ♪
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[Ronstadt] I jam with other
singers all the time, you know.
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But this sounded different.
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If you're singing a song
or listening to a song,
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and you suddenly have a feeling
you didn't realize you had,
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that's when music
is doing its job.
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And it was
very musically satisfying
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to sing with those two girls.
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[tranquil music playing]
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[Gomez] The trio was this
powerhouse supergroup of women
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who had really taken control
over their music and careers.
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And Linda Ronstadt
was not someone
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who was gonna be defined
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by the conventions
of the industry.
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♪ I'm going back someday ♪
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00:18:03,958 --> 00:18:05,834
♪ Come what may ♪
402
00:18:05,835 --> 00:18:08,213
♪ To Blue Bayou ♪
403
00:18:08,338 --> 00:18:10,005
And I remember hearing
"Blue Bayou."
404
00:18:10,006 --> 00:18:13,885
I think I was probably 17.
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00:18:14,928 --> 00:18:18,847
My mom told me that
I looked like Linda Ronstadt,
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00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,059
and she goes, "You should
listen to her music."
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00:18:21,184 --> 00:18:24,186
She has an incredible voice,
like, "You're No Good."
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00:18:24,187 --> 00:18:26,647
♪ You're no good,
You're no good ♪
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00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:27,732
♪ You're no good ♪
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00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:30,151
♪ Baby, you're no good ♪
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00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,319
Completely fell in love.
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Those songs to me are so...
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They're like, um,
the Taylor Swift of that time,
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you know,
that-that powerful, like,
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"Oh, yes, I deserve the best.
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And I know exactly where I want
to stand and who I am."
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00:18:49,504 --> 00:18:51,672
And that's vulnerability
and strength.
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00:18:51,673 --> 00:18:55,718
And I think that every girl
can relate.
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00:18:55,719 --> 00:18:57,511
"When Will I Be Loved,"
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it's kind of an upbeat song,
but it makes me emotional.
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00:19:01,599 --> 00:19:06,271
♪ When will I be loved? ♪
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00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:08,856
[Gomez] She was powerful.
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00:19:08,857 --> 00:19:11,609
She was a huge part of music.
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She was with the Stones,
Dolly Parton,
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00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:18,866
and she was the first woman
to headline full arena tours.
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She was her own trailblazer,
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00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:24,580
and she knew deep down
that it was important for her
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00:19:24,581 --> 00:19:27,125
to get in touch with her roots
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and to do something
that was daring.
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- [crowd cheering]
- [upbeat music playing]
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00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:36,342
I think everybody did not want
her doing a Spanish album.
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- [mariachi music playing]
- [singing in Spanish]
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[Ronstadt]
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[interviewer]
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[Gomez] She ended up
winning a Grammy,
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00:20:11,002 --> 00:20:13,128
and the album is still
the biggest selling
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non-English-language record
in American history.
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00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:19,968
Women like Linda Ronstadt,
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00:20:19,969 --> 00:20:23,472
who pushed to embody
their heritage, set the stage
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for non-English-speaking
artists of today.
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00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:29,103
There is a direct line
to Gloria Estefan,
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Selena Quintanilla, J.Lo,
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00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:35,943
and full circle with artists
like Rosalia and Karol G today
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00:20:35,944 --> 00:20:37,569
who are dominating the charts
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00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,948
without making albums
in English.
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00:20:40,615 --> 00:20:42,991
[Abrams] There's a lot
to be said about women taking
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what is considered normal
and turning it on its head.
448
00:20:47,372 --> 00:20:49,581
When did you decide
to be larger than life?
449
00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:51,792
When did I decide
to be myself, really?
450
00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:53,627
I think that's what
it comes down to.
451
00:20:53,628 --> 00:20:56,214
You have to fearlessly go
into this madness,
452
00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:58,632
and you have to find your walk
453
00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:00,093
and you stick to it.
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00:21:00,218 --> 00:21:02,094
If you stick to it
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00:21:02,095 --> 00:21:04,304
and are true
to that and yourself...
456
00:21:04,305 --> 00:21:06,141
[upbeat music playing]
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00:21:07,267 --> 00:21:10,228
[chuckles] I can't think of
much else that really matters.
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00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:12,731
[TV clicks, static buzzing]
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00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:16,401
The '90s are gonna make
the '60s look like the '50s.
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00:21:16,526 --> 00:21:21,113
[Exposito] It was awesome
to be a little girl in the '90s
461
00:21:21,114 --> 00:21:24,491
in a time when so many
powerful women were coming up.
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00:21:24,492 --> 00:21:27,412
We had the first female
attorney general,
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00:21:27,537 --> 00:21:29,329
secretary of state,
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00:21:29,330 --> 00:21:31,290
and the number of women
in the Senate
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had gone from two to twelve.
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00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,671
I can be anything I want to be.
It's the '90s.
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00:21:38,214 --> 00:21:40,592
Women were given these platforms
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00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:43,218
that they may not have had
before.
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00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:44,345
[static]
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00:21:44,346 --> 00:21:46,638
But, you know,
at the same time,
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00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,516
you would see like
Girls Gone Wild ads on
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00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:50,977
late at night.
473
00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:55,356
We saw this dichotomy
in popular culture
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00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:59,651
and outright hostility
in the media towards women.
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00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:02,280
Monica also said
that, uh, President Clinton
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00:22:02,405 --> 00:22:04,991
would often compliment her
on her figure.
477
00:22:05,116 --> 00:22:06,241
If you didn't think this guy
478
00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:08,202
was the biggest liar
in the world before...
479
00:22:08,203 --> 00:22:09,621
You know, the last time
I saw you,
480
00:22:09,746 --> 00:22:11,289
were you this weight
or a different weight?
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00:22:11,414 --> 00:22:12,498
I was a little skinnier then.
482
00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:14,000
- What's your name?
- Heather.
483
00:22:14,125 --> 00:22:17,378
Well, buddy. Heather, she's got
a fresh little crumpet.
484
00:22:17,379 --> 00:22:20,298
Are you guys ready
for your foxy boxers?
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00:22:20,423 --> 00:22:24,469
If I don't get you to show
your breasts, I will get fired.
486
00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,805
[punk rock music playing]
487
00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:29,556
[Exposito]
Bands like Bikini Kill
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00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:31,225
were not here for that.
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00:22:31,226 --> 00:22:34,229
This is for all those fuckers!
490
00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:37,982
Well, it was really hard
in the '90s
491
00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:40,442
to be a woman
in a feminist band.
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00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:41,820
[screams]
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00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:43,862
There were always feminists
in punk. Always.
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00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:45,197
From the very beginning.
495
00:22:45,198 --> 00:22:46,449
But it had changed.
496
00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:50,536
Punk started as the soundtrack
to class warfare,
497
00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:53,832
and then it became about guys
who were, like, mad
498
00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:55,916
their mom wouldn't make them
a sandwich.
499
00:22:55,917 --> 00:22:59,337
["Institutionalized"
by Suicidal Tendencies playing]
500
00:23:01,131 --> 00:23:03,341
[Hanna] As someone who was going
to shows, putting on shows,
501
00:23:03,466 --> 00:23:05,051
very involved
in the punk community,
502
00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:06,845
and I'm like, "Seriously?"
503
00:23:09,347 --> 00:23:12,350
I worked at a domestic violence
and rape relief crisis center
504
00:23:12,475 --> 00:23:15,644
when I was from 19 to about 24,
505
00:23:15,645 --> 00:23:17,813
and that really informed
the way I wrote lyrics
506
00:23:17,814 --> 00:23:19,274
and what I wrote about.
507
00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:24,903
I was so full of all of
this crisis and rage and pain,
508
00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:29,242
and like, how could I process
that without music?
509
00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:34,205
[Hanna singing]
510
00:23:40,337 --> 00:23:42,881
Girls always get pushed to the
back, and it's all this, like,
511
00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:45,924
sweaty boy, long hair,
beer belly thing in the front.
512
00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:49,095
Girls need to reclaim the scene
for themselves, I think.
513
00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:51,556
[Hanna] It did feel radical
514
00:23:51,681 --> 00:23:53,767
and it did feel
really dangerous.
515
00:23:54,351 --> 00:23:56,394
Men were standing up
and yelling,
516
00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:59,439
"Shut up and play the song.
Take it off."
517
00:24:02,567 --> 00:24:05,236
[singing indistinctly]
518
00:24:09,074 --> 00:24:10,866
We really needed
to create community.
519
00:24:10,867 --> 00:24:12,911
So we started getting names
520
00:24:13,036 --> 00:24:14,787
of girls and women
who came to our shows
521
00:24:14,788 --> 00:24:17,040
and then inviting them
to come to our next gig.
522
00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:21,210
Eventually, me and my friend
Allison Wolfe from Bratmobile,
523
00:24:21,211 --> 00:24:24,464
we were like, "We're gonna have
a meeting with girl punks."
524
00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:25,881
[punk music playing]
525
00:24:25,882 --> 00:24:28,426
But everyone had
horror stories.
526
00:24:28,551 --> 00:24:29,885
It started feeling like, "Hey,
527
00:24:29,886 --> 00:24:31,846
you know what people want?
They want support."
528
00:24:32,389 --> 00:24:33,598
People started skill-sharing.
529
00:24:33,723 --> 00:24:34,848
"Do you want to start a band?
530
00:24:34,849 --> 00:24:36,517
Do you want to start a press
531
00:24:36,518 --> 00:24:38,311
where we put out
a bunch of fan zines?"
532
00:24:38,436 --> 00:24:40,562
Like, "What do you want to do?"
533
00:24:40,563 --> 00:24:43,817
Eventually, the meetings became
known as riot grrrl meetings.
534
00:24:45,068 --> 00:24:49,029
Riot grrrl was not just
a genre of music.
535
00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:50,906
It was a movement.
536
00:24:50,907 --> 00:24:54,159
[Hanna] If you're a racist,
homophobic, sexist,
537
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,412
or just a plain
fucking asshole,
538
00:24:56,413 --> 00:24:58,039
you will be asked to leave.
539
00:25:09,592 --> 00:25:11,760
I started saying
"girls to the front" at shows
540
00:25:11,761 --> 00:25:15,097
because why were we printing up
lyric sheets
541
00:25:15,098 --> 00:25:16,683
with our words on them
542
00:25:16,808 --> 00:25:18,392
to hand them out to dudes?
543
00:25:18,393 --> 00:25:20,020
That's not who I made them for.
544
00:25:20,812 --> 00:25:22,438
So I needed them to see
545
00:25:22,439 --> 00:25:25,274
Kathi's hands on the bass
and how easy it was.
546
00:25:25,275 --> 00:25:27,360
How are they gonna start bands
if they're stuck in the back
547
00:25:27,485 --> 00:25:29,320
where they can't even see?
548
00:25:29,446 --> 00:25:32,406
We wanted to have
that physical connection
549
00:25:32,407 --> 00:25:33,615
because connection is joy.
550
00:25:33,616 --> 00:25:36,244
[punk music playing]
551
00:25:38,705 --> 00:25:42,082
[Patel] Their movement
was about raising up women,
552
00:25:42,083 --> 00:25:45,878
and "Rebel Girl"
is this rallying cry
553
00:25:45,879 --> 00:25:47,839
for what this movement is.
554
00:25:54,679 --> 00:25:55,929
When I wrote "Rebel Girl,"
555
00:25:55,930 --> 00:25:58,183
I was really working
with what it was like
556
00:25:58,308 --> 00:26:00,185
when I was a kid,
557
00:26:00,310 --> 00:26:02,269
before I sort of
got tamped down
558
00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:03,855
and made to feel less than.
559
00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:07,734
I remember watching my sister
ride around on her big wheel,
560
00:26:07,859 --> 00:26:09,569
and I just thought
she was the coolest,
561
00:26:09,694 --> 00:26:11,863
and all the girls
I had crushes on
562
00:26:11,988 --> 00:26:13,947
in junior high and high school.
563
00:26:13,948 --> 00:26:16,909
I was just thinking about all
these amazing women I knew.
564
00:26:16,910 --> 00:26:18,994
And it just sort of came out.
565
00:26:18,995 --> 00:26:22,790
♪ Rebel girl ♪
566
00:26:22,791 --> 00:26:26,126
[Patel] This whole movement set
the tone for what would come.
567
00:26:26,127 --> 00:26:27,545
♪ Rebel girl ♪
568
00:26:27,671 --> 00:26:29,171
♪ Rebel girl ♪
569
00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:30,715
♪ I really like you ♪
570
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,884
♪ I really wanna be
Your best friend ♪
571
00:26:33,885 --> 00:26:38,013
♪ Be my rebel girl ♪
572
00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:39,391
[song ending]
573
00:26:40,141 --> 00:26:42,894
[Exposito] In the '90s,
there was this really angry,
574
00:26:43,019 --> 00:26:46,731
subversive, forceful thing
happening with punk rock.
575
00:26:47,857 --> 00:26:50,235
At the same time,
there were these parallel waves
576
00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:53,987
of feminism happening
in other genres,
577
00:26:53,988 --> 00:26:57,283
and this was especially notable
in women's hip hop.
578
00:26:58,535 --> 00:27:01,287
[bass-heavy hip hop music
playing]
579
00:27:01,871 --> 00:27:04,707
[Hope] In the '90s, you kind of
saw a lot of gangsta rap
580
00:27:04,708 --> 00:27:06,542
being more in the forefront,
581
00:27:06,543 --> 00:27:09,294
and women in gangsta rap
582
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:11,589
were not
multi-dimensional figures.
583
00:27:12,424 --> 00:27:15,050
You had songs like
"A Bitch Iz a Bitch."
584
00:27:15,051 --> 00:27:18,263
[Ice Cube rapping]
585
00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:23,977
During my teenage years, I was
kinda like bopping along to it.
586
00:27:24,102 --> 00:27:25,310
- Kind of like...
- [record scratch]
587
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:26,729
this is not quite right.
588
00:27:26,730 --> 00:27:28,231
[record spinning]
589
00:27:28,815 --> 00:27:32,067
There had to be, at some point,
women breaking through
590
00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:33,527
and challenging the system.
591
00:27:33,528 --> 00:27:36,405
That's where we get women
like MC Lyte,
592
00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:38,907
Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa,
593
00:27:38,908 --> 00:27:42,578
sort of pushing back
against this dominant archetype.
594
00:27:42,579 --> 00:27:44,288
♪ Who you callin' a bitch? ♪
595
00:27:44,289 --> 00:27:46,248
♪ Yeah,
You gotta let them know ♪
596
00:27:46,249 --> 00:27:47,667
♪ U-N-I-T-Y ♪
597
00:27:48,168 --> 00:27:49,835
[Hanna] I was very lucky
that I had friends
598
00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:52,338
who turned me on to lots
of different kinds of music.
599
00:27:52,339 --> 00:27:54,923
And when I heard "U.N.I.T.Y.,"
600
00:27:54,924 --> 00:27:56,676
I was like, "This is different."
601
00:27:57,260 --> 00:27:59,679
To be talking
about street harassment
602
00:27:59,804 --> 00:28:02,015
in a song that's on the radio,
603
00:28:02,140 --> 00:28:03,641
that everyone's listening to,
604
00:28:03,767 --> 00:28:06,268
was absolutely out of control.
605
00:28:06,269 --> 00:28:09,104
♪ I walked past these dudes,
When they passed me ♪
606
00:28:09,105 --> 00:28:11,649
♪ One of em' felt my booty,
He was nasty ♪
607
00:28:12,609 --> 00:28:15,277
[Hope] She put on paper
an experience
608
00:28:15,278 --> 00:28:17,446
that women could relate to,
609
00:28:17,447 --> 00:28:20,449
and that hadn't been done
in that way before,
610
00:28:20,450 --> 00:28:22,242
on a rap song.
611
00:28:22,243 --> 00:28:27,749
It opens the lane
for this expression of anti.
612
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,336
[hip hop music playing]
613
00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:34,506
You know, I think a great way
to spread a message
614
00:28:34,631 --> 00:28:37,050
is for it to come across
as authentic.
615
00:28:37,175 --> 00:28:39,968
But it's kind of where
the authenticity feels
616
00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:43,098
shocking in a way
when we see it.
617
00:28:43,682 --> 00:28:46,433
With the '90s, what we saw
618
00:28:46,434 --> 00:28:48,811
was this reclamation of sex
619
00:28:48,812 --> 00:28:50,813
with artists like Lil' Kim
620
00:28:50,814 --> 00:28:53,024
and Foxy Brown
and Missy Elliott.
621
00:28:53,149 --> 00:28:55,150
♪ We got sex appeal,
I'ma keep it real ♪
622
00:28:55,151 --> 00:28:57,277
♪ If I didn't have a deal,
I'd still be worth a mill' ♪
623
00:28:57,278 --> 00:28:59,988
[Hope] They were showing
that women
624
00:28:59,989 --> 00:29:01,866
and particularly,
you know, Black women
625
00:29:01,991 --> 00:29:03,576
can own sexuality.
626
00:29:05,036 --> 00:29:07,788
There's some subversion
at play.
627
00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:10,083
And "subversion"
actually is the word
628
00:29:10,208 --> 00:29:13,293
that I would most apply
to artists like Salt-N-Pepa
629
00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:16,463
who flipped the script
a lot of times.
630
00:29:16,464 --> 00:29:18,799
♪ Let's talk about sex, baby ♪
631
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,926
♪ Let's talk about you and me ♪
632
00:29:20,051 --> 00:29:22,177
[Hope] There's a way
that musicians
633
00:29:22,178 --> 00:29:24,096
can, like, sneak a message in,
634
00:29:24,097 --> 00:29:26,390
and "Let's Talk About Sex"
is the opposite.
635
00:29:26,391 --> 00:29:27,808
♪ I won't get got,
I'm on the pill ♪
636
00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:29,560
♪ Until the sores, spores ♪
637
00:29:29,561 --> 00:29:30,853
♪ And stuff pour
Down your drawers ♪
638
00:29:30,854 --> 00:29:31,896
♪ He gave it to you ♪
639
00:29:32,022 --> 00:29:33,022
♪ And now it's all yours ♪
640
00:29:33,023 --> 00:29:34,149
[song ends]
641
00:29:35,191 --> 00:29:37,860
[woman] I think that we need to
really think about how artists
642
00:29:37,861 --> 00:29:40,154
are not just building
their own careers,
643
00:29:40,155 --> 00:29:42,407
but really building out culture.
644
00:29:42,532 --> 00:29:44,576
It's not just about making
the music.
645
00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:46,827
It's about engaging
with the community
646
00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:48,580
that the music is about.
647
00:29:49,539 --> 00:29:51,458
We come in contact
with a lot of people
648
00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:53,084
that we became close with
649
00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:56,045
as far as AIDS,
you know, HIV positive.
650
00:29:56,046 --> 00:29:58,965
That's what really made us open
our eyes and be like,
651
00:29:59,090 --> 00:30:00,800
"Wow, you know,
this can happen to anybody."
652
00:30:00,925 --> 00:30:02,761
- Anybody.
- We feel, as rap artists,
653
00:30:02,886 --> 00:30:05,846
we have a responsibility to
the teenagers that listen to us,
654
00:30:05,847 --> 00:30:07,974
to let them know
it can happen to you too.
655
00:30:09,684 --> 00:30:12,644
[Gonzalez] Early hip hop
movement was really rooted
656
00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:16,316
in poor Black and Brown
communities.
657
00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:18,859
And all of these folks
that are talking
658
00:30:18,860 --> 00:30:22,529
about really important things
that are also in schools,
659
00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:26,408
they're singing verses that
young people needed to hear.
660
00:30:26,409 --> 00:30:28,995
♪ Girls, you know
You'd better watch out ♪
661
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,954
Being a kid, I fell asleep
662
00:30:30,955 --> 00:30:32,791
to The Miseducation
of Lauryn Hill.
663
00:30:32,916 --> 00:30:34,917
And I loved that album.
664
00:30:34,918 --> 00:30:36,251
Her voice was so powerful
665
00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:38,797
and just how she observed
the world.
666
00:30:40,423 --> 00:30:43,176
That album is structured
through the lens of a classroom.
667
00:30:44,010 --> 00:30:45,804
She's using that framing
668
00:30:45,929 --> 00:30:47,680
as a way to talk
about the importance
669
00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:51,976
of talking to kids
about the ideas on the album.
670
00:30:53,311 --> 00:30:55,814
[Hope] She's talking
about motherhood,
671
00:30:55,939 --> 00:30:58,149
she's talking about career,
672
00:30:58,274 --> 00:31:01,027
she's talking about
an extremely emotional breakup.
673
00:31:02,112 --> 00:31:04,863
[Wortham] But Miss Hill
was sort of saying to women,
674
00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:07,158
"Think twice, be careful,
protect yourself."
675
00:31:07,826 --> 00:31:11,620
[H.E.R.] Her album was very much
speaking about culture
676
00:31:11,621 --> 00:31:14,165
and the experience as a woman,
as a Black woman,
677
00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:17,043
and I feel like it's not
really easy to put into words
678
00:31:17,168 --> 00:31:19,504
what that does for you.
679
00:31:19,629 --> 00:31:21,589
But the representation
was everything.
680
00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:24,800
Since Miseducation,
everybody's been begging you,
681
00:31:24,801 --> 00:31:26,761
"Come on, Lauryn,
give us something!"
682
00:31:27,971 --> 00:31:31,224
There's a lot that could force
an individual to compromise,
683
00:31:31,349 --> 00:31:33,226
and to me, for me to make music,
684
00:31:33,351 --> 00:31:35,310
it doesn't really make sense
for me to make music
685
00:31:35,311 --> 00:31:38,063
if I can't make something
that has a purpose.
686
00:31:38,064 --> 00:31:40,734
[mellow R&B music playing]
687
00:31:41,985 --> 00:31:43,652
[Hope] Lauryn is notorious,
obviously,
688
00:31:43,653 --> 00:31:46,573
because she's sort of retreated
from the spotlight.
689
00:31:47,741 --> 00:31:49,658
[Wortham] The costs
have been really high, like,
690
00:31:49,659 --> 00:31:52,871
this is the toll
of this business.
691
00:31:53,413 --> 00:31:56,957
I feel really moved by her
unwillingness to compromise.
692
00:31:56,958 --> 00:31:58,710
I'm still impressed by it.
693
00:31:59,169 --> 00:32:01,796
It's not always
the exact same contour of fight.
694
00:32:02,380 --> 00:32:04,673
But there's always
something more to be done.
695
00:32:04,674 --> 00:32:06,885
[soft, dramatic music playing]
696
00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:10,262
We have a common bond
that should help us transcend
697
00:32:10,263 --> 00:32:11,973
the next hard thing we do.
698
00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:14,641
[cars honking]
699
00:32:14,642 --> 00:32:17,562
No justice, no peace!
700
00:32:17,687 --> 00:32:20,273
There are certain moments
of rupture that are important.
701
00:32:21,107 --> 00:32:22,858
[reporter]
Demonstrations erupting today
702
00:32:22,859 --> 00:32:24,903
in the name of George Floyd.
703
00:32:25,695 --> 00:32:29,074
Protestors flooding the streets
and calling for justice.
704
00:32:29,199 --> 00:32:31,617
Floyd, an unarmed Black man,
705
00:32:31,618 --> 00:32:33,827
died after being cuffed
and pinned to the ground
706
00:32:33,828 --> 00:32:35,080
by an officer's knee.
707
00:32:35,622 --> 00:32:38,667
Stop killing Black people!
708
00:32:39,584 --> 00:32:41,960
Activism, a lot of times,
is just like what's going on
709
00:32:41,961 --> 00:32:45,090
in your community that
kind of forces you to activate.
710
00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:48,842
[Patel] The shock and horror
of what happened in 2020
711
00:32:48,843 --> 00:32:51,637
was so much
for everyone to bear.
712
00:32:51,638 --> 00:32:54,391
A moment that big
wakes people up.
713
00:32:55,100 --> 00:32:56,643
It means you have
to be present,
714
00:32:56,768 --> 00:32:57,936
you have to be listening,
715
00:32:58,061 --> 00:32:59,104
you have to be learning,
716
00:32:59,229 --> 00:33:01,897
and you have to be speaking
about it.
717
00:33:01,898 --> 00:33:03,524
Shut it down!
718
00:33:03,525 --> 00:33:05,777
[soft music playing]
719
00:33:07,237 --> 00:33:08,947
[chanting] I can't breathe!
720
00:33:10,073 --> 00:33:11,532
I can't breathe!
721
00:33:11,533 --> 00:33:14,034
[H.E.R.] I was in the Bay Area,
at my mom's house,
722
00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:16,830
and I was seeing people
marching outside and, you know,
723
00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:18,623
on the news and on social media.
724
00:33:18,748 --> 00:33:21,250
I had to turn it off because
you're just watching that video
725
00:33:21,251 --> 00:33:25,547
over and over again,
and it's really, um, painful.
726
00:33:26,965 --> 00:33:28,716
And I had this old guitar
that I've had
727
00:33:28,717 --> 00:33:31,719
since I was like nine years old
and I just picked it up.
728
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,887
I started playing those chords
and singing that chorus.
729
00:33:33,888 --> 00:33:35,889
♪ I can't breathe ♪
730
00:33:35,890 --> 00:33:37,391
[soft R&B music playing]
731
00:33:37,392 --> 00:33:40,520
♪ You're taking my life
From me ♪
732
00:33:40,645 --> 00:33:42,021
[music fades]
733
00:33:42,022 --> 00:33:45,483
It is a painful thing
to tell a dark story.
734
00:33:46,317 --> 00:33:48,694
When a musician is vulnerable,
735
00:33:48,695 --> 00:33:51,447
we have space
to process our grief.
736
00:33:51,448 --> 00:33:54,033
All right, I'm not gonna lie,
I'm gonna cry. [laughs]
737
00:33:54,034 --> 00:33:56,327
I was teared up, I got chills.
738
00:33:56,995 --> 00:34:00,999
[H.E.R.] People were telling me,
"This made my 70-year-old dad
739
00:34:01,124 --> 00:34:02,958
think differently."
People were telling me that.
740
00:34:02,959 --> 00:34:04,461
I was like,
"Wow, that's insane."
741
00:34:05,295 --> 00:34:07,629
Another man was like,
"I marched from Harlem
742
00:34:07,630 --> 00:34:10,299
to Brooklyn with a bunch
of people to this song."
743
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:13,635
- [soft music playing]
- [gentle vocalizations]
744
00:34:13,636 --> 00:34:16,305
I think when we create music,
it can be more selfish
745
00:34:16,306 --> 00:34:17,891
and then it turns
into something else.
746
00:34:18,016 --> 00:34:19,558
I'm not thinking about
millions of people
747
00:34:19,559 --> 00:34:21,019
are going to hear this.
748
00:34:23,396 --> 00:34:27,775
Music is a universal language
and it-it allows somebody
749
00:34:27,776 --> 00:34:30,111
to help get out
what they're feeling.
750
00:34:31,488 --> 00:34:33,989
And that's vulnerability
and strength.
751
00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:37,118
[gentle piano music playing]
752
00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:39,913
[Giddens] You know,
people talk about stress.
753
00:34:40,497 --> 00:34:43,290
When you look at what
the legacy of that is,
754
00:34:43,291 --> 00:34:44,625
the inheritance of that,
755
00:34:44,626 --> 00:34:48,088
the ancestral bequeathing
of that,
756
00:34:48,213 --> 00:34:50,297
I'm living with that stress.
757
00:34:50,298 --> 00:34:52,676
It's in my bones.
It's in my DNA.
758
00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:56,721
But singing helps to release
some of that.
759
00:34:57,514 --> 00:34:59,264
When I went back home
to North Carolina,
760
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:02,394
I started reading
enslaved people's narratives.
761
00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:05,020
It's an amazing experience
to sit in a library
762
00:35:05,021 --> 00:35:06,564
looking at somebody's diary
763
00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:08,566
or a letter
that they've written.
764
00:35:08,692 --> 00:35:10,735
"Oh, I'm sorry it took me
so long to write."
765
00:35:10,860 --> 00:35:12,319
I mean, some things
are universal.
766
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,905
"I was sick." You know,
767
00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:15,823
"I'm sorry it took me
so long to write you.
768
00:35:15,824 --> 00:35:17,366
And the weather's been
really crap.
769
00:35:17,367 --> 00:35:19,493
And the crops are...
You know, they're doing okay.
770
00:35:19,494 --> 00:35:22,288
And we sold Sally last week,
and I bought a new dress."
771
00:35:23,206 --> 00:35:24,416
It's like that.
772
00:35:24,916 --> 00:35:27,668
It's like that.
773
00:35:27,669 --> 00:35:29,629
I didn't know what to do
with these emotions,
774
00:35:29,754 --> 00:35:30,879
thinking about these women
775
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,173
and the lives
that they had to lead.
776
00:35:33,174 --> 00:35:34,634
So I started writing songs.
777
00:35:34,759 --> 00:35:36,928
[gentle banjo music playing]
778
00:35:37,053 --> 00:35:39,388
Probably my most well known one
of these is called
779
00:35:39,389 --> 00:35:40,974
"At The Purchaser's Option."
780
00:35:52,485 --> 00:35:54,112
So I found an ad,
781
00:35:54,237 --> 00:35:56,321
and it was for a young woman
who was for sale.
782
00:35:56,322 --> 00:35:58,365
At the end of the ad,
it says she has with her
783
00:35:58,366 --> 00:35:59,951
a nine-month-old baby
784
00:36:00,076 --> 00:36:01,911
who is at
the purchaser's option.
785
00:36:02,746 --> 00:36:05,248
She has with her a baby.
You can buy it or not.
786
00:36:06,124 --> 00:36:08,334
And I thought about
that young woman.
787
00:36:08,335 --> 00:36:10,586
I imagine her lying on the bed,
788
00:36:10,587 --> 00:36:12,797
her little nine-month-old baby
next to her.
789
00:36:12,922 --> 00:36:14,089
She opens up her eyes,
790
00:36:14,090 --> 00:36:16,508
not knowing
how that day is gonna end.
791
00:36:16,509 --> 00:36:18,719
Is she gonna be
with that little baby?
792
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:21,639
Do you love them the less
because you never know
793
00:36:21,765 --> 00:36:23,932
if they're gonna stay with you?
Of course you don't.
794
00:36:23,933 --> 00:36:27,437
So all of these questions
go into that song.
795
00:36:27,562 --> 00:36:29,147
♪ You can take my body ♪
796
00:36:29,272 --> 00:36:30,982
♪ You can take my bones ♪
797
00:36:31,107 --> 00:36:32,733
♪ You can take my blood ♪
798
00:36:32,734 --> 00:36:34,443
♪ But not my soul ♪
799
00:36:34,444 --> 00:36:35,569
♪ You can take my body ♪
800
00:36:35,570 --> 00:36:37,404
It's heavy.
801
00:36:37,405 --> 00:36:40,325
But I feel like
it's what I'm here to do.
802
00:36:42,243 --> 00:36:44,871
[Abrams] Even as music
helps us process pain,
803
00:36:44,996 --> 00:36:47,248
it also unites us in joy.
804
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,877
From the beginning of the fight
for civil rights,
805
00:36:51,002 --> 00:36:52,920
there was always the music.
806
00:36:52,921 --> 00:36:54,797
[men singing]
807
00:36:54,798 --> 00:36:56,465
From the churches
808
00:36:56,466 --> 00:36:58,051
to the streets
809
00:36:58,176 --> 00:36:59,802
to the nation's capital.
810
00:36:59,803 --> 00:37:03,223
Music has given people
the strength to keep going.
811
00:37:03,348 --> 00:37:04,473
Lena.
812
00:37:04,474 --> 00:37:05,766
Odetta.
813
00:37:05,767 --> 00:37:08,143
Mavis. Marian.
814
00:37:08,144 --> 00:37:10,730
They showed us
that the more you speak out,
815
00:37:10,855 --> 00:37:13,107
the more you can change
the world.
816
00:37:13,108 --> 00:37:15,360
[applause]
817
00:37:17,696 --> 00:37:20,532
But we've also learned
that the louder you are,
818
00:37:20,657 --> 00:37:22,491
the more the forces
of oppression
819
00:37:22,492 --> 00:37:24,119
will try to silence you.
820
00:37:25,537 --> 00:37:27,580
[explosion]
821
00:37:27,706 --> 00:37:30,124
[clamoring]
822
00:37:30,125 --> 00:37:31,583
[somber piano music playing]
823
00:37:31,584 --> 00:37:33,752
[reporter] Dynamite exploded
on a Sunday morning,
824
00:37:33,753 --> 00:37:35,880
killed four little girls
in Sunday school.
825
00:37:37,507 --> 00:37:40,844
[Simone] When the kids
got killed in that church,
826
00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:45,056
first you get depressed,
and after that, you get mad.
827
00:37:45,598 --> 00:37:47,433
And when these kids got bombed,
828
00:37:47,434 --> 00:37:49,269
I just sat down
and wrote this song.
829
00:37:51,062 --> 00:37:55,482
[Patel] She saw the 16th Street
Baptist Church bombing,
830
00:37:55,483 --> 00:37:57,317
and she was fed up with it,
831
00:37:57,318 --> 00:37:59,404
and she wrote
"Mississippi Goddam."
832
00:37:59,529 --> 00:38:02,197
♪ Alabama's got me so upset ♪
833
00:38:02,198 --> 00:38:05,075
♪ Tennessee made me
Lose my rest ♪
834
00:38:05,076 --> 00:38:09,956
♪ And everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam ♪
835
00:38:10,081 --> 00:38:11,583
[Patel] She's just channeling
836
00:38:11,708 --> 00:38:15,712
so much ancestral emotion,
grief.
837
00:38:15,837 --> 00:38:19,173
♪ I can't stand the pressure
Much longer ♪
838
00:38:19,174 --> 00:38:21,259
♪ Somebody say a prayer ♪
839
00:38:21,384 --> 00:38:24,636
[Patel] She's performing
to largely white audiences,
840
00:38:24,637 --> 00:38:27,432
performing to people
who might not want to hear it.
841
00:38:28,266 --> 00:38:31,978
[Simone]
842
00:38:32,437 --> 00:38:35,106
...telling me that it was
in bad taste.
843
00:38:35,231 --> 00:38:37,776
And, you know, how could I stoop
to this? Et cetera.
844
00:38:37,901 --> 00:38:39,444
They missed the whole point.
845
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,698
I think she saw
that all she could do
846
00:38:44,699 --> 00:38:45,866
was make art
847
00:38:45,867 --> 00:38:48,786
and try to speak
on behalf of others.
848
00:38:48,787 --> 00:38:51,080
♪ Alabama's got me so upset ♪
849
00:38:51,081 --> 00:38:54,416
♪ And Governor Wallace
Has made me lose my rest ♪
850
00:38:54,417 --> 00:38:59,506
♪ Everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam ♪
851
00:39:00,006 --> 00:39:01,132
That's it!
852
00:39:01,257 --> 00:39:03,510
[applause]
853
00:39:05,095 --> 00:39:07,514
[Gonzalez] And then she's done,
and she bows,
854
00:39:07,639 --> 00:39:09,349
you know, gracefully.
855
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:12,226
And I love that.
That just shows everything.
856
00:39:12,227 --> 00:39:14,479
She's a genius.
857
00:39:14,604 --> 00:39:17,272
She was good friends
with James Baldwin
858
00:39:17,273 --> 00:39:19,942
and other artists of the time.
859
00:39:19,943 --> 00:39:22,194
They were part
of a greater community
860
00:39:22,195 --> 00:39:24,947
of artists, writers, activists
861
00:39:24,948 --> 00:39:28,660
that were coming together
for a common cause,
862
00:39:28,785 --> 00:39:30,203
equality.
863
00:39:30,995 --> 00:39:33,080
It's important to know
how much power you have
864
00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:35,875
and utilize it in ways
that will outlive you.
865
00:39:37,335 --> 00:39:42,089
[Simone] When I'm finished
working, as tired as I am,
866
00:39:42,090 --> 00:39:45,759
when there are kids
who come backstage afterwards
867
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,722
who want to talk,
or who are moved to the point,
868
00:39:48,847 --> 00:39:50,598
sometimes they're moved
to tears,
869
00:39:51,182 --> 00:39:54,894
I find the time to do so
as much as I can.
870
00:39:55,020 --> 00:39:57,147
They are our future.
871
00:39:57,981 --> 00:40:01,108
I never intend for my children
to look at me and be ashamed
872
00:40:01,109 --> 00:40:03,194
and say, "Mama,
why didn't you do something?"
873
00:40:03,319 --> 00:40:05,280
I will have done mine.
874
00:40:06,156 --> 00:40:09,825
[Abrams] We continue to benefit
from the stand that Nina took,
875
00:40:09,826 --> 00:40:12,953
though I would imagine
she'd still have a lot to say
876
00:40:12,954 --> 00:40:16,041
if she saw the division
that's in music today.
877
00:40:19,377 --> 00:40:21,086
Hope y'all feeling good.
878
00:40:21,087 --> 00:40:22,881
Give it up for the Dixie Chicks.
879
00:40:23,006 --> 00:40:26,300
[Exposito] I remember
the uproar over Beyoncé
880
00:40:26,301 --> 00:40:28,093
at the Country Music Awards,
881
00:40:28,094 --> 00:40:30,471
performing
with the Dixie Chicks.
882
00:40:30,472 --> 00:40:33,182
Dixie Chicks got
in a lot of trouble
883
00:40:33,183 --> 00:40:35,392
standing up
against the war in Iraq.
884
00:40:35,393 --> 00:40:38,897
♪ Daddy made a soldier
Out of me ♪
885
00:40:39,022 --> 00:40:42,275
[Exposito] There were a lot
of sour faces in that audience.
886
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,027
What she walked away with
was the impression
887
00:40:45,028 --> 00:40:46,362
that she wasn't welcome.
888
00:40:46,363 --> 00:40:49,449
I think that people painting
889
00:40:49,574 --> 00:40:52,577
country music
as this, like, white utopia,
890
00:40:52,702 --> 00:40:56,247
it's... pure fabrication.
891
00:40:56,915 --> 00:40:59,918
For Beyoncé,
she grew up in Texas.
892
00:41:00,043 --> 00:41:02,336
You know, this is
her culture too.
893
00:41:02,337 --> 00:41:04,838
Like, she's gonna claim it.
894
00:41:04,839 --> 00:41:06,674
[reporter]
Global superstar Beyoncé
895
00:41:06,675 --> 00:41:07,926
reveals the cover art
896
00:41:08,051 --> 00:41:10,261
for her next album,
Cowboy Carter.
897
00:41:10,387 --> 00:41:12,346
♪ This ain't Texas ♪
898
00:41:12,347 --> 00:41:14,473
- ♪ Woo ♪
- ♪ Ain't no hold 'em ♪
899
00:41:14,474 --> 00:41:16,350
"Texas Hold 'Em," which made her
900
00:41:16,351 --> 00:41:18,977
the first Black female artist
to reach the top
901
00:41:18,978 --> 00:41:22,440
of the Billboard
Hot Country Songs chart.
902
00:41:22,565 --> 00:41:24,566
[reporter]
Her Instagram reading...
903
00:41:24,567 --> 00:41:26,277
[reporter reading text]
904
00:41:33,451 --> 00:41:35,494
[reporter 2]
Rhiannon Giddens. Her banjo
905
00:41:35,495 --> 00:41:38,623
is the first thing you hear
on "Texas Hold 'Em."
906
00:41:38,748 --> 00:41:40,416
The "Stay in your lane,"
907
00:41:40,417 --> 00:41:42,584
the "Well,
that's not real country,"
908
00:41:42,585 --> 00:41:44,004
that's just racism.
909
00:41:44,129 --> 00:41:45,713
Americana, country.
910
00:41:45,714 --> 00:41:48,842
All of it comes out of
cross-cultural collaboration.
911
00:41:48,967 --> 00:41:51,010
But if you don't know
that Black people
912
00:41:51,011 --> 00:41:53,178
were a huge part
of that collaboration,
913
00:41:53,179 --> 00:41:56,557
you get a really skewed picture
of what America is.
914
00:41:56,558 --> 00:41:58,977
[Guyton] When I first started
singing country music,
915
00:41:59,102 --> 00:42:01,146
I was like, scared. I was like,
916
00:42:01,271 --> 00:42:04,273
"There aren't really any
Black people in country music."
917
00:42:04,274 --> 00:42:07,568
And I Googled
"Black female country singers."
918
00:42:07,569 --> 00:42:09,446
I found a woman
named Linda Martell.
919
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,033
[Patel] Linda Martell's
first single in 1969
920
00:42:13,158 --> 00:42:14,826
was a huge hit.
921
00:42:14,951 --> 00:42:18,078
She performed on popular
TV shows like Hee Haw
922
00:42:18,079 --> 00:42:20,414
and at venues
like the Grand Ole Opry.
923
00:42:20,415 --> 00:42:23,335
And before Beyoncé, Martell
was the highest slotting
924
00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:26,128
Black female singer
on the country charts.
925
00:42:26,129 --> 00:42:29,549
Martell later revealed
a dispiriting story
926
00:42:29,674 --> 00:42:32,385
about that period of her life.
927
00:42:32,510 --> 00:42:35,013
She had originally signed
with a label called
928
00:42:35,138 --> 00:42:37,931
SSS International Records
929
00:42:37,932 --> 00:42:39,517
and was totally unaware
930
00:42:39,642 --> 00:42:41,643
that they had decided
to release her music
931
00:42:41,644 --> 00:42:43,270
on their sister label
932
00:42:43,271 --> 00:42:45,065
called Plantation.
933
00:42:45,648 --> 00:42:48,150
Feeling rightfully misled
and disrespected,
934
00:42:48,151 --> 00:42:49,610
she left the label,
935
00:42:49,611 --> 00:42:52,112
and when she tried to take
her music elsewhere,
936
00:42:52,113 --> 00:42:54,281
Plantation threatened
to sue any company
937
00:42:54,282 --> 00:42:55,700
that released a song with her.
938
00:42:55,825 --> 00:42:58,078
She ended up leaving
the music industry
939
00:42:58,203 --> 00:43:01,790
and ultimately supported
herself as a school bus driver.
940
00:43:02,499 --> 00:43:05,710
I think of music as a matter
of historical record
941
00:43:05,835 --> 00:43:08,462
and a matter of history keeping,
942
00:43:08,463 --> 00:43:10,882
and that particular example,
943
00:43:11,007 --> 00:43:12,884
I think, was representative
944
00:43:13,009 --> 00:43:15,344
of the state of the country.
945
00:43:15,345 --> 00:43:17,680
[Wortham] I think her story
is all too common.
946
00:43:17,681 --> 00:43:20,558
That is actually more
of the refrain of women,
947
00:43:20,684 --> 00:43:22,727
and especially Black women
in the music industry,
948
00:43:22,852 --> 00:43:25,270
not just like they flamed out
or they weren't good enough
949
00:43:25,271 --> 00:43:27,356
or they couldn't hack it.
950
00:43:27,357 --> 00:43:30,610
It's like, actually, they were
kind of set up for failure.
951
00:43:32,821 --> 00:43:35,698
[Guyton] When I first
started going to record labels,
952
00:43:35,699 --> 00:43:36,865
there was a president.
953
00:43:36,866 --> 00:43:39,703
He was questioning
if I was authentic.
954
00:43:40,245 --> 00:43:43,415
He was questioning where I was
from and questioning who I was.
955
00:43:43,540 --> 00:43:46,542
And I'm like, I grew up
in Crawford, Texas.
956
00:43:46,543 --> 00:43:49,003
It doesn't get any countrier
than that.
957
00:43:49,004 --> 00:43:50,422
And then he said,
958
00:43:50,547 --> 00:43:53,382
"Can you take those songs
that you're writing
959
00:43:53,383 --> 00:43:55,093
and put a smile on it?"
960
00:43:55,635 --> 00:43:58,972
I needed to downplay
everything that I was,
961
00:43:59,097 --> 00:44:00,514
and I lost myself.
962
00:44:00,515 --> 00:44:03,559
♪ When I first saw
That bikini top on her ♪
963
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,478
♪ She's popping right out
Of the south Georgia water ♪
964
00:44:06,479 --> 00:44:08,481
[Guyton] There was a movement
that had happened
965
00:44:08,606 --> 00:44:09,816
when I was first coming up
966
00:44:09,941 --> 00:44:11,525
called the bro-country movement.
967
00:44:11,526 --> 00:44:14,069
Everybody had trap beats
in their songs,
968
00:44:14,070 --> 00:44:16,238
and they were all going
like this in their songs
969
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,532
and like going like this
in their songs,
970
00:44:18,533 --> 00:44:19,951
calling it country.
971
00:44:20,076 --> 00:44:22,995
And then I was turning in songs
and they were like,
972
00:44:22,996 --> 00:44:25,372
"Mm, you need to make sure
that sounds more country,
973
00:44:25,373 --> 00:44:28,001
because people are gonna think
that you're not authentic."
974
00:44:28,126 --> 00:44:31,837
I was watching myself
struggling as a Black woman,
975
00:44:31,838 --> 00:44:36,216
and, um, I sat with my husband
and I asked him,
976
00:44:36,217 --> 00:44:39,804
"Why do you think country music
isn't working for me?"
977
00:44:40,263 --> 00:44:42,765
And he says, "Because you're
running away from your Blackness
978
00:44:42,766 --> 00:44:44,391
and you're running away
from everything
979
00:44:44,392 --> 00:44:45,559
that makes you different."
980
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,061
And he said, "You know,
981
00:44:47,062 --> 00:44:49,063
country music
is three chords and the truth.
982
00:44:49,064 --> 00:44:50,857
So why aren't you writing
country music
983
00:44:50,982 --> 00:44:52,441
from your perspective?"
984
00:44:52,442 --> 00:44:55,320
I was like, "Hm, why am I not?"
985
00:44:56,279 --> 00:44:58,656
So I wrote a song
called "Black Like Me."
986
00:44:58,782 --> 00:45:01,784
♪ If you think we live ♪
987
00:45:01,785 --> 00:45:04,329
♪ In the land of the free ♪
988
00:45:04,454 --> 00:45:09,625
♪ You should try to be
Black like me ♪
989
00:45:09,626 --> 00:45:11,293
It got a lot of hate.
990
00:45:11,294 --> 00:45:12,671
People were pissed.
991
00:45:13,630 --> 00:45:15,589
It was at a time
a country artist
992
00:45:15,590 --> 00:45:17,217
got caught saying the N-word.
993
00:45:18,218 --> 00:45:20,178
This is what's happening
in this genre.
994
00:45:20,303 --> 00:45:23,181
Like, you think I'm lying?
Like, this is what's happening.
995
00:45:23,306 --> 00:45:25,850
And the things
people said to me,
996
00:45:25,975 --> 00:45:28,353
"Get your ghetto ass
out of country music.
997
00:45:28,478 --> 00:45:29,812
Effing N-Word."
998
00:45:29,813 --> 00:45:31,523
["Black Like Me" playing]
999
00:45:31,648 --> 00:45:34,651
♪ Oh, now ♪
1000
00:45:34,776 --> 00:45:39,698
♪ Now I'm all grown up
And nothing has changed ♪
1001
00:45:40,323 --> 00:45:42,616
♪ Yeah, it's still the same ♪
1002
00:45:42,617 --> 00:45:46,662
You can't truly see change
until you start helping
1003
00:45:46,663 --> 00:45:48,581
other artists
that are coming after you.
1004
00:45:48,707 --> 00:45:50,083
[shrieking excitedly]
1005
00:45:50,208 --> 00:45:51,959
My God! No!
1006
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,254
Are you Mickey? Hello.
1007
00:45:54,379 --> 00:45:57,382
[Guyton] I never thought
that I would be able to have
1008
00:45:57,507 --> 00:45:59,299
these types of possibilities
1009
00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:02,011
all because I just stood up
and said, "No."
1010
00:46:02,012 --> 00:46:07,600
♪ And I'm proud to be
Black like me ♪
1011
00:46:08,351 --> 00:46:13,273
♪ Proud to be Black like me ♪
1012
00:46:14,065 --> 00:46:16,735
[Abrams] The storytelling
can cut across genre,
1013
00:46:16,860 --> 00:46:20,612
but it carries a through line
of refusal
1014
00:46:20,613 --> 00:46:24,491
to be crushed
by what seems to be a system
1015
00:46:24,492 --> 00:46:26,911
that does not care
for your existence.
1016
00:46:27,787 --> 00:46:32,917
Tracy Chapman was one of
those fantastic storytellers.
1017
00:46:33,043 --> 00:46:35,669
She talks about
working-class challenges
1018
00:46:35,670 --> 00:46:39,340
in a way that is universal
but so specific.
1019
00:46:39,341 --> 00:46:41,175
♪ Don't you know ♪
1020
00:46:41,176 --> 00:46:44,596
♪ They're talking
About a revolution? ♪
1021
00:46:44,721 --> 00:46:46,973
♪ It sounds like a whisper ♪
1022
00:46:47,098 --> 00:46:49,476
I wrote the song,
"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution,"
1023
00:46:49,601 --> 00:46:51,894
when I was 16.
1024
00:46:51,895 --> 00:46:54,773
I received a scholarship
to go to boarding school,
1025
00:46:55,273 --> 00:46:58,650
and it was a really difficult
transition for me.
1026
00:46:58,651 --> 00:47:01,112
I found that people
at the school
1027
00:47:01,237 --> 00:47:03,405
really didn't have
a sense of where
1028
00:47:03,406 --> 00:47:06,785
the scholarship students like
myself, where we come from,
1029
00:47:06,910 --> 00:47:09,162
and they also really
didn't have much interest.
1030
00:47:09,287 --> 00:47:12,414
And, uh, I was really angry
about that.
1031
00:47:12,415 --> 00:47:14,793
♪ Poor people gonna rise up ♪
1032
00:47:15,669 --> 00:47:17,503
♪ And get their share ♪
1033
00:47:17,504 --> 00:47:20,131
[Abrams] As a teenager,
I discovered her music.
1034
00:47:20,256 --> 00:47:22,841
And for me,
that was this moment
1035
00:47:22,842 --> 00:47:26,595
where all of the pent-up
and sort of burgeoning,
1036
00:47:26,596 --> 00:47:29,974
you know, righteous indignation
found a voice.
1037
00:47:30,100 --> 00:47:32,393
What was I upset about?
What could I do?
1038
00:47:32,394 --> 00:47:34,770
Those songs really told me,
1039
00:47:34,771 --> 00:47:36,605
"These are the things
you should demand."
1040
00:47:36,606 --> 00:47:40,151
And today I come to you
as a young person,
1041
00:47:40,276 --> 00:47:41,528
as a young woman,
1042
00:47:41,653 --> 00:47:43,237
as a young Black woman,
1043
00:47:43,238 --> 00:47:45,198
to ask you to use us.
1044
00:47:45,323 --> 00:47:48,326
Use the young people
of the United States of America
1045
00:47:48,451 --> 00:47:50,662
to pave a road
that will last forever.
1046
00:47:51,246 --> 00:47:52,913
[Abrams] Tracy gave words to it
1047
00:47:52,914 --> 00:47:55,500
in such lyrical
and beautiful fashion
1048
00:47:55,625 --> 00:47:57,669
that I carry it with me
to this day.
1049
00:47:57,794 --> 00:48:00,295
♪ You got a fast car ♪
1050
00:48:00,296 --> 00:48:03,008
♪ And I want a ticket
To anywhere ♪
1051
00:48:03,133 --> 00:48:05,634
♪ Maybe we make a deal ♪
1052
00:48:05,635 --> 00:48:08,846
♪ Maybe together
We can get somewhere ♪
1053
00:48:08,847 --> 00:48:11,850
[Gonzalez] "Fast Car" is talking
about not just poverty,
1054
00:48:11,975 --> 00:48:15,562
but the cycles of violence
that are more relevant today.
1055
00:48:16,479 --> 00:48:18,523
[Wortham] It's a song
about someone trying to break
1056
00:48:18,648 --> 00:48:20,107
intergenerational patterns,
1057
00:48:20,108 --> 00:48:23,110
and I just feel like
it's such a classic narrative,
1058
00:48:23,111 --> 00:48:26,488
needing to carve out
an identity for yourself.
1059
00:48:26,489 --> 00:48:28,700
There was something
about the small-town angst
1060
00:48:28,825 --> 00:48:30,617
and desire
to go somewhere else.
1061
00:48:30,618 --> 00:48:32,995
♪ You got a fast car ♪
1062
00:48:32,996 --> 00:48:35,456
♪ Is it fast enough
So you can fly away? ♪
1063
00:48:35,457 --> 00:48:37,624
[Wortham] That moment,
her at the Grammys,
1064
00:48:37,625 --> 00:48:39,210
there was something
really remarkable
1065
00:48:39,336 --> 00:48:40,712
about how they shared
the stage.
1066
00:48:40,837 --> 00:48:43,088
Like, we saw Tracy first.
1067
00:48:43,089 --> 00:48:45,007
She was glowing.
1068
00:48:45,008 --> 00:48:47,968
And Luke's relationship
to her on stage
1069
00:48:47,969 --> 00:48:51,890
was of such reverence
and respect.
1070
00:48:52,432 --> 00:48:55,434
Even the way he sings the song.
He doesn't change the pronouns.
1071
00:48:55,435 --> 00:48:57,811
He doesn't do the things
that men in general might do
1072
00:48:57,812 --> 00:49:00,147
to feel like, "Oh, I have
to de-feminize the song."
1073
00:49:00,148 --> 00:49:02,400
[Luke Combs singing]
1074
00:49:05,362 --> 00:49:09,740
♪ I-I had a feeling
I could be someone ♪
1075
00:49:09,741 --> 00:49:12,077
[Abrams] The power of music
1076
00:49:12,202 --> 00:49:15,954
comes from its ability
to change its shape over time.
1077
00:49:15,955 --> 00:49:18,791
What began as a song
about urban poverty
1078
00:49:18,792 --> 00:49:21,502
could, four decades later,
be transformed
1079
00:49:21,503 --> 00:49:24,047
into a modern country anthem.
1080
00:49:24,631 --> 00:49:28,050
Any time a marginalized group
finds itself alone,
1081
00:49:28,051 --> 00:49:30,844
without power, un-listened to,
1082
00:49:30,845 --> 00:49:33,640
you can bet it has
a song to sing.
1083
00:49:34,224 --> 00:49:37,352
And it's only a matter of time
until a voice emerges.
1084
00:49:40,438 --> 00:49:42,440
[Etheridge] My name is
Melissa Etheridge.
1085
00:49:42,565 --> 00:49:47,362
I am a mother and a wife
and a rock star.
1086
00:49:49,072 --> 00:49:50,864
When I turned 21,
1087
00:49:50,865 --> 00:49:54,910
I knew that Los Angeles was
where the record industry was.
1088
00:49:54,911 --> 00:49:57,122
This was 1982.
1089
00:49:57,247 --> 00:50:01,083
I had just come out of
the glorious '70s of folk rock.
1090
00:50:01,084 --> 00:50:04,212
[upbeat folk music playing]
1091
00:50:05,422 --> 00:50:07,423
The Eagles and Jackson Browne
1092
00:50:07,424 --> 00:50:09,258
and-and Fleetwood Mac.
1093
00:50:09,259 --> 00:50:12,261
So I travel out to California.
1094
00:50:12,262 --> 00:50:14,013
I'm like, "Here I am," you know.
1095
00:50:14,014 --> 00:50:17,099
And I realized what's happening
in Los Angeles
1096
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:19,393
is a lot of hair
1097
00:50:19,394 --> 00:50:20,979
and a lot of spandex,
1098
00:50:21,104 --> 00:50:24,149
and there's no acoustic guitars
anymore.
1099
00:50:26,443 --> 00:50:29,487
As the weeks went by,
my money was running out,
1100
00:50:29,612 --> 00:50:31,364
and I'm like,
"What am I gonna do?"
1101
00:50:32,991 --> 00:50:34,450
I was a lesbian
1102
00:50:34,451 --> 00:50:38,245
and I went to some bars
in Los Angeles
1103
00:50:38,246 --> 00:50:40,080
and I met some ladies.
1104
00:50:40,081 --> 00:50:43,125
And one of them, I went
on a date down in Long Beach.
1105
00:50:43,126 --> 00:50:45,086
[music fading]
1106
00:50:46,338 --> 00:50:47,629
She took me to a club.
1107
00:50:47,630 --> 00:50:49,298
It was called
the Executive Suite.
1108
00:50:49,299 --> 00:50:51,133
It used to be a steakhouse,
1109
00:50:51,134 --> 00:50:52,968
and the Russian mob
had bought it,
1110
00:50:52,969 --> 00:50:55,055
and it was now
a, uh, lesbian bar.
1111
00:50:56,181 --> 00:50:57,639
They had a piano in the corner.
1112
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:59,933
I said, "Hey, do you have
live music?" And...
1113
00:50:59,934 --> 00:51:01,435
I auditioned, got the job.
1114
00:51:01,436 --> 00:51:03,938
♪ Yeah, just like a movie ♪
1115
00:51:04,898 --> 00:51:07,983
And it put me in an atmosphere
1116
00:51:07,984 --> 00:51:11,196
of the lesbian movement of 1982.
1117
00:51:12,989 --> 00:51:15,491
These women were coming
into the bars that I played at.
1118
00:51:15,492 --> 00:51:18,870
They were signing people up,
registering them to vote.
1119
00:51:18,995 --> 00:51:22,707
So I was slowly being...
1120
00:51:23,917 --> 00:51:26,752
taught, really, about politics,
1121
00:51:26,753 --> 00:51:29,923
and we were in the midst
of a huge backlash.
1122
00:51:30,048 --> 00:51:32,341
[man] There is so much hatred
and persecution
1123
00:51:32,342 --> 00:51:34,219
of gay people in our society.
1124
00:51:34,344 --> 00:51:37,722
[Patel] In the '80s
with HIV/AIDS,
1125
00:51:37,847 --> 00:51:39,891
there was just
rampant homophobia.
1126
00:51:40,016 --> 00:51:42,560
[reporter] Ambulance drivers
have refused to take
1127
00:51:42,686 --> 00:51:44,478
AIDS patients on occasion.
1128
00:51:44,479 --> 00:51:47,815
He asked one of the attendants,
he told them I had AIDS.
1129
00:51:47,816 --> 00:51:52,070
And the person said, outright,
"I'm not touching him."
1130
00:51:52,779 --> 00:51:54,113
Just like that.
1131
00:51:54,114 --> 00:51:56,198
[soft music playing]
1132
00:51:56,199 --> 00:51:58,410
I am not HIV positive.
1133
00:51:59,744 --> 00:52:01,162
But what if I were?
1134
00:52:02,455 --> 00:52:05,165
I would be more afraid
of how society would treat me
1135
00:52:05,166 --> 00:52:08,336
for having the disease
than the actual disease itself.
1136
00:52:09,295 --> 00:52:14,883
Madonna was extremely vocal
during the AIDS crisis.
1137
00:52:14,884 --> 00:52:17,553
She turned out to take part
in a charity dance marathon
1138
00:52:17,554 --> 00:52:18,930
to benefit AIDS victims.
1139
00:52:19,055 --> 00:52:20,514
I'm really here for two reasons.
1140
00:52:20,515 --> 00:52:24,059
Number one is because I really
believe in AIDS Project LA.
1141
00:52:24,060 --> 00:52:26,980
And the second reason I'm here
is 'cause I love to dance.
1142
00:52:27,105 --> 00:52:30,482
[upbeat dance music playing]
1143
00:52:30,483 --> 00:52:32,444
[Patel] When she released
Like a Prayer,
1144
00:52:32,569 --> 00:52:35,154
the album had an insert
1145
00:52:35,155 --> 00:52:37,991
to inform people
about HIV/AIDS.
1146
00:52:38,575 --> 00:52:40,492
So if you bought
a Madonna record,
1147
00:52:40,493 --> 00:52:43,412
you were getting
an informational booklet,
1148
00:52:43,413 --> 00:52:45,247
and it essentially read,
1149
00:52:45,248 --> 00:52:47,959
"Here are some basic facts
you should know about it,"
1150
00:52:48,084 --> 00:52:51,003
and you bought it
whether you wanted it or not,
1151
00:52:51,004 --> 00:52:53,631
because it was
in your Madonna record.
1152
00:52:54,507 --> 00:52:56,216
And then, of course,
after that we saw
1153
00:52:56,217 --> 00:52:59,596
that she went on to become
like a huge activist.
1154
00:53:00,263 --> 00:53:02,431
I deal with a lot
of topical issues,
1155
00:53:02,432 --> 00:53:05,643
family issues, and, you know,
1156
00:53:05,769 --> 00:53:07,269
what I think to be a big problem
1157
00:53:07,270 --> 00:53:09,355
in the United States,
and that's homophobia.
1158
00:53:09,356 --> 00:53:11,649
If you keep putting something
in somebody's face,
1159
00:53:11,775 --> 00:53:13,233
eventually, you know,
1160
00:53:13,234 --> 00:53:15,070
maybe they can come
to terms with it.
1161
00:53:15,612 --> 00:53:18,781
[Exposito] She was just,
like, so in your face
1162
00:53:18,782 --> 00:53:21,868
because it's like, you know,
her entire-- her dance crew,
1163
00:53:21,993 --> 00:53:24,286
her makeup artists,
her hairstylists.
1164
00:53:24,287 --> 00:53:27,373
She is flanked by queer people.
1165
00:53:27,374 --> 00:53:30,377
And she stood up for them,
which is everything.
1166
00:53:31,127 --> 00:53:33,295
Her boldness was part of a push
1167
00:53:33,296 --> 00:53:36,382
towards more visibility
for queer people.
1168
00:53:36,383 --> 00:53:38,885
She helped destigmatize
people in the community
1169
00:53:39,010 --> 00:53:41,012
and encouraged them
to come out.
1170
00:53:41,971 --> 00:53:43,931
Gays need to have
more role models,
1171
00:53:43,932 --> 00:53:46,059
people who-who are
in powerful positions
1172
00:53:46,184 --> 00:53:47,643
coming out
and saying, "I'm gay."
1173
00:53:47,644 --> 00:53:49,395
I think that would be
very helpful.
1174
00:53:49,396 --> 00:53:51,605
[soft piano music playing]
1175
00:53:51,606 --> 00:53:53,982
[Etheridge] I had released
three records,
1176
00:53:53,983 --> 00:53:56,235
and, um, I would do interviews
1177
00:53:56,236 --> 00:53:58,278
and I did, you know, Letterman,
1178
00:53:58,279 --> 00:54:01,782
and I did one interview
where the guy asked me
1179
00:54:01,783 --> 00:54:04,077
personal questions
about the songs,
1180
00:54:04,202 --> 00:54:08,873
and I always gave my answers
in very general terms.
1181
00:54:08,998 --> 00:54:11,166
They were not gender-specific,
ever.
1182
00:54:11,167 --> 00:54:13,502
When the article came out,
he had changed
1183
00:54:13,503 --> 00:54:16,548
every "us," "them," "you,"
to a boy.
1184
00:54:17,382 --> 00:54:20,885
And it made me look like I was,
like, totally lying
1185
00:54:21,011 --> 00:54:23,512
out of my teeth
talking about my boyfriend.
1186
00:54:23,513 --> 00:54:26,558
And, um, I said,
"I just gotta come out."
1187
00:54:26,683 --> 00:54:29,561
I thought I would maybe
come out on Arsenio Hall.
1188
00:54:29,686 --> 00:54:31,938
But before I ever had
that opportunity,
1189
00:54:32,063 --> 00:54:34,189
I really got
politically involved
1190
00:54:34,190 --> 00:54:36,483
with the Clinton
and Gore campaign,
1191
00:54:36,484 --> 00:54:38,611
helping get him elected.
1192
00:54:39,279 --> 00:54:41,906
And so I was invited
to the inauguration.
1193
00:54:42,032 --> 00:54:44,325
[crowd cheering]
1194
00:54:45,285 --> 00:54:47,036
I was up there
with all my gay friends,
1195
00:54:47,037 --> 00:54:49,414
and I just said,
"Ooh, I'm a lesbian."
1196
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:51,498
And I'm proud to say right here,
1197
00:54:51,499 --> 00:54:54,209
I'm very proud to have been
a lesbian all my life.
1198
00:54:54,210 --> 00:54:57,296
[crowd cheering]
1199
00:54:57,297 --> 00:54:59,882
I-I could have thought
of something much more eloquent,
1200
00:54:59,883 --> 00:55:02,217
had I knew
that I was going to come out,
1201
00:55:02,218 --> 00:55:05,054
but, uh, it just, boom,
it just happened like that.
1202
00:55:05,055 --> 00:55:09,558
I came out and people start
to do interviews with me.
1203
00:55:09,559 --> 00:55:12,479
Um, let me just talk
about the album a little bit.
1204
00:55:12,604 --> 00:55:14,021
Uh, Yes I Am.
1205
00:55:14,022 --> 00:55:16,023
Everybody's talked about,
well, "Yes, I am..."
1206
00:55:16,024 --> 00:55:17,358
Does it have any connotation?
1207
00:55:17,359 --> 00:55:19,319
- "Yes, I am what?"
- "Yes, I am what?"
1208
00:55:19,444 --> 00:55:22,696
[Etheridge] Each of them
would ask me over and over,
1209
00:55:22,697 --> 00:55:25,283
all year long, day after day,
1210
00:55:25,408 --> 00:55:27,493
I would answer questions
about being gay.
1211
00:55:27,494 --> 00:55:29,829
I guess you came out
at the inaugural ball?
1212
00:55:29,954 --> 00:55:31,413
Yeah, in '92, I-I came out.
1213
00:55:31,414 --> 00:55:34,125
It was like they'd never known
anyone gay.
1214
00:55:34,250 --> 00:55:36,002
And I realized at the time,
"You know, I...
1215
00:55:36,127 --> 00:55:37,962
I want to be real thoughtful
about what I say
1216
00:55:38,088 --> 00:55:40,047
'cause I think this is
the first time
1217
00:55:40,048 --> 00:55:43,592
that they've really ever spoke
to someone who was openly gay."
1218
00:55:43,593 --> 00:55:47,221
The first time I kissed a girl,
it was like...
1219
00:55:47,222 --> 00:55:51,017
I've been out to family
and friends since I was 17.
1220
00:55:51,142 --> 00:55:54,436
I've always been very upfront
about my sexuality.
1221
00:55:54,437 --> 00:55:58,400
I didn't understand, but I knew
that I was on a different path.
1222
00:55:59,317 --> 00:56:03,029
Man, I talked a lot
about being gay for a long time,
1223
00:56:03,154 --> 00:56:05,156
and slowly...
1224
00:56:06,783 --> 00:56:09,910
just saying it
and then being in the media,
1225
00:56:09,911 --> 00:56:12,372
just being on a cover
of a magazine,
1226
00:56:12,956 --> 00:56:14,248
it was big.
1227
00:56:14,249 --> 00:56:18,336
["I'm the Only One"
by Melissa Etheridge playing]
1228
00:56:19,963 --> 00:56:22,173
When we made the video
for "I'm the Only One,"
1229
00:56:22,298 --> 00:56:24,175
I thought
it would be scandalous
1230
00:56:25,844 --> 00:56:28,929
because it was
the first sexy, sexy video
1231
00:56:28,930 --> 00:56:30,515
that had two women.
1232
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,184
They were dancing with each
other, looking at each other,
1233
00:56:33,309 --> 00:56:34,935
and I'm like,
"Oh my God, I can't wait
1234
00:56:34,936 --> 00:56:36,855
till they say
they're not gonna play it."
1235
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:38,939
Not a word!
1236
00:56:38,940 --> 00:56:40,107
Nothing.
1237
00:56:40,108 --> 00:56:42,402
It was a huge video,
and I was like...
1238
00:56:42,861 --> 00:56:44,529
[song continues]
1239
00:56:50,326 --> 00:56:53,829
"Oh, that's gonna be okay.
All right."
1240
00:56:53,830 --> 00:56:58,710
♪ I'm the only one ♪
1241
00:56:58,835 --> 00:56:59,878
[song fades]
1242
00:57:01,171 --> 00:57:04,758
The 30 years that I have
traveled since I came out
1243
00:57:05,842 --> 00:57:07,843
have been amazing...
1244
00:57:07,844 --> 00:57:09,346
I'm gay.
1245
00:57:10,013 --> 00:57:13,557
[Etheridge] ...as I have seen
the world change and grow.
1246
00:57:13,558 --> 00:57:15,560
[reporter] Same-sex marriage,
legal in this country
1247
00:57:15,685 --> 00:57:17,853
across every state
in this nation.
1248
00:57:17,854 --> 00:57:21,690
The first, uh, transgender woman
to win this award.
1249
00:57:21,691 --> 00:57:22,983
[cheering]
1250
00:57:22,984 --> 00:57:24,944
But today, it seems like
1251
00:57:25,070 --> 00:57:26,612
things are going backwards.
1252
00:57:26,613 --> 00:57:28,448
[reporter] In the middle
of what should be
1253
00:57:28,573 --> 00:57:30,408
a joyous month
celebrating pride,
1254
00:57:30,533 --> 00:57:32,410
the Human Rights Campaign
just issued
1255
00:57:32,535 --> 00:57:34,788
a first-of-its-kind
emergency declaration
1256
00:57:34,913 --> 00:57:37,164
for the LGBTQ+ community.
1257
00:57:37,165 --> 00:57:39,792
Seventy-five laws
in more than a dozen states
1258
00:57:39,793 --> 00:57:43,045
specifically targeting
LGBTQ+ rights.
1259
00:57:43,046 --> 00:57:45,256
We're not doing
the pronoun Olympics in Florida.
1260
00:57:45,382 --> 00:57:46,507
It's not happening here.
1261
00:57:46,508 --> 00:57:48,093
[reporter] A Tennessee bill
that bans
1262
00:57:48,218 --> 00:57:50,552
gender-affirming care
for anyone under the age of 18
1263
00:57:50,553 --> 00:57:52,554
was signed
by the state's governor today.
1264
00:57:52,555 --> 00:57:55,057
[Wortham] We're in the middle
of one of the biggest rollbacks
1265
00:57:55,058 --> 00:57:56,558
of rights for everybody.
1266
00:57:56,559 --> 00:57:58,395
That is really disturbing.
1267
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:00,646
[reporter] Movements
to ban specific books
1268
00:58:00,647 --> 00:58:02,898
are increasing
around the country.
1269
00:58:02,899 --> 00:58:05,192
[reporter] The New York Times
now reporting
1270
00:58:05,193 --> 00:58:09,405
22 states ban abortion
or restrict the procedure.
1271
00:58:09,406 --> 00:58:11,240
- What do we want?
- More rights!
1272
00:58:11,241 --> 00:58:13,575
- When do we want it?
- Now!
1273
00:58:13,576 --> 00:58:16,537
Brennan Center reporting that
nearly 100 new restrictions
1274
00:58:16,538 --> 00:58:19,206
have impacted voting rights
in the last 10 years.
1275
00:58:19,207 --> 00:58:20,625
These aren't single issues.
1276
00:58:20,750 --> 00:58:23,127
These are things
that connect all of us.
1277
00:58:23,128 --> 00:58:25,630
[Gonzalez] These are
fucked up times,
1278
00:58:25,755 --> 00:58:27,548
which is why I think
it's important for us
1279
00:58:27,549 --> 00:58:28,967
to stick together.
1280
00:58:30,635 --> 00:58:33,888
[piano melody playing]
1281
00:58:38,101 --> 00:58:41,020
Bravery is easier when you know
what you're fighting for.
1282
00:58:41,021 --> 00:58:42,688
You want a world
1283
00:58:42,689 --> 00:58:45,817
where we're all treated
equally under the law.
1284
00:58:45,942 --> 00:58:48,444
[Gomez] When I'm surrounded
by my peers,
1285
00:58:48,445 --> 00:58:51,823
it makes me feel like
I'm a part of a movement.
1286
00:58:52,615 --> 00:58:55,660
♪ I will stand for you ♪
1287
00:58:55,785 --> 00:58:58,371
♪ Would you stand for me ♪
1288
00:58:58,496 --> 00:59:01,166
Young women
are like such a vital part
1289
00:59:01,291 --> 00:59:02,499
of changing the world.
1290
00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:04,502
♪ ...deserves to be free ♪
1291
00:59:04,753 --> 00:59:08,255
♪ I would lend
A hand to you ♪
1292
00:59:08,256 --> 00:59:11,426
♪ Would you lend
A hand to me ♪
1293
00:59:12,594 --> 00:59:14,846
[H.E.R.] I was put on this earth
to do music,
1294
00:59:14,971 --> 00:59:17,306
to inspire and empower
little girls to do things
1295
00:59:17,307 --> 00:59:19,141
that we're not expected to do.
1296
00:59:19,142 --> 00:59:21,602
That fight that we had in us
the summer of 2020,
1297
00:59:21,603 --> 00:59:22,854
keep that same energy.
1298
00:59:24,147 --> 00:59:27,692
Any great things that have come
took a great deal of time,
1299
00:59:29,027 --> 00:59:30,195
and we still persist.
1300
00:59:31,154 --> 00:59:33,531
[Abrams] When women
find their voices
1301
00:59:33,656 --> 00:59:36,201
and offer those voices
to others,
1302
00:59:36,326 --> 00:59:38,786
we realize
that not being silent,
1303
00:59:38,787 --> 00:59:41,873
it's about having
the words to tell stories
1304
00:59:41,998 --> 00:59:44,209
that you didn't even know
you were ready to tell.
1305
00:59:45,001 --> 00:59:48,380
Oh, I don't give a damn
what people think.
1306
00:59:49,339 --> 00:59:50,590
This is what I am.
1307
00:59:50,715 --> 00:59:53,134
And this is the truth. My truth.
1308
00:59:54,344 --> 00:59:56,637
And I want to hear yours.
[laughs]
1309
00:59:56,638 --> 01:00:00,392
♪ Everybody ♪
1310
01:00:01,267 --> 01:00:07,399
♪ Deserves to be free ♪
1311
01:00:07,524 --> 01:00:11,569
[drumline playing]
1312
01:00:59,784 --> 01:01:01,494
[music ends]