1 00:00:04,538 --> 00:00:23,056 ( upbeat pop music plays ) 2 00:00:23,089 --> 00:00:25,058 ( music stops ) 3 00:00:25,091 --> 00:00:26,593 All right, I’ll see y’all in the morning at 7:00. 4 00:00:26,627 --> 00:00:28,829 Make sure y’all bring it back like you mean it. 5 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:32,298 - Girl: All right, girl. - Girl #2: See you tomorrow, Keke. 6 00:00:32,332 --> 00:00:33,700 Hey. 7 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:37,504 You done started rumors now. 8 00:00:37,538 --> 00:00:39,072 What? 9 00:00:39,105 --> 00:00:40,807 Micah West taking time out of his busy day 10 00:00:40,841 --> 00:00:43,376 to watch me do what I do? 11 00:00:43,409 --> 00:00:45,211 Yeah, they gonna be talking. 12 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,647 Is that a problem? 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,582 You tell me. 14 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:50,416 That’s not a problem for me. 15 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:54,788 Plus, I’m not that busy anymore, so... 16 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:58,358 Well, you should work on that. 17 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:00,527 Get yourself in somebody’s school, 18 00:01:00,561 --> 00:01:03,730 because I see your SAT scores dropping by the day. 19 00:01:03,764 --> 00:01:06,667 I start Gardini Prep next week. 20 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:08,669 Yeah, well, let me know how that goes. 21 00:01:08,702 --> 00:01:11,605 If you ain’t clapping for somebody else. 22 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:20,246 I’m going to let you go. 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,415 I guess I’ll see you soon? 24 00:01:22,448 --> 00:01:24,484 Why guess when you can know? 25 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:26,787 Micah, you are long overdue for some company. 26 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,822 Yeah. 27 00:01:28,855 --> 00:01:31,157 I’m going to stop by Miss Violet’s house after school. 28 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:32,826 - Cool. - But this ain’t going to be 29 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:34,628 no "Netflix and chill" kind of situation. 30 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:37,430 No, no, no, no, of course not. 31 00:01:37,463 --> 00:01:39,099 ( both laugh ) 32 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:44,771 ( clears throat ) 33 00:01:46,372 --> 00:01:49,610 - Thank you. - Of course. 34 00:01:49,643 --> 00:01:51,444 ( sizzling ) 35 00:01:51,477 --> 00:01:53,780 ( blues music plays over radio ) 36 00:01:53,814 --> 00:01:55,582 ( chuckles ) 37 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:56,883 This is going to be good. 38 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:59,185 Better than this morning? 39 00:01:59,219 --> 00:02:01,454 ( both laugh ) 40 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:04,257 So, my queen, 41 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:06,727 where shall we dine? 42 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,494 In the bed or at the table? 43 00:02:08,529 --> 00:02:10,463 Table’s fine. Just needs setting, though. 44 00:02:10,496 --> 00:02:11,632 All right. 45 00:02:16,236 --> 00:02:19,272 "NOLA NOW: A Televised Discussion 46 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:21,207 "on Police Violence in the Ninth Ward. 47 00:02:21,241 --> 00:02:23,376 "With Melissa Harris-Perry 48 00:02:23,409 --> 00:02:25,746 "and celebrated NOLA journalist 49 00:02:25,779 --> 00:02:27,781 Nova Bordelon." 50 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,650 ( laughs ) 51 00:02:29,683 --> 00:02:31,752 Well, excuse me, 52 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:34,921 celebrated NOLA journalist Nova Bordelon. 53 00:02:34,955 --> 00:02:37,558 Why aren’t we celebrating this? 54 00:02:37,591 --> 00:02:41,227 Finally, somebody who deserves the props is getting it. 55 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:42,495 It’s just a Q&A. 56 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:43,897 No, no, no, no. 57 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,699 - You’re not doing that. - Doing what? 58 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:48,769 You’re not going to deny the praise that I’m giving you. 59 00:02:48,802 --> 00:02:51,237 Listen, obviously the articles you’re doing 60 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:53,774 on Too Sweet and the migrant workers, they’re working. 61 00:02:53,807 --> 00:02:55,241 They’re turning the right heads. 62 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:56,777 Melissa Harris-Perry? 63 00:02:56,810 --> 00:02:58,612 Well, I’m honored to be her guest. 64 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:00,914 Here, taste this. 65 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:03,383 Get in there. 66 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:04,751 Mm. 67 00:03:04,785 --> 00:03:07,453 That’s so delicious. Oh, my God. 68 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:09,656 And, finally, 69 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,758 this will give us a platform. 70 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,528 You cannot deny 71 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:16,563 when you put pen to paper, 72 00:03:16,597 --> 00:03:19,666 our BLM actions, they have more traction. 73 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:21,935 Well, it’s been a while since we’ve had a dialogue 74 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:24,538 of talking to somebody from the community instead of just at the community. 75 00:03:24,571 --> 00:03:27,608 Well, MHP and you, 76 00:03:27,641 --> 00:03:29,275 that’s worth a front-row seat to see. 77 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:31,578 You know, anybody who’s anybody in NOLA, 78 00:03:31,612 --> 00:03:33,947 they’re going to be watching this. 79 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:35,682 So, you have your talking points together? 80 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:40,521 Still haven’t worked that out. 81 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:43,790 But I imagine she’s going to start by asking me about my two articles. 82 00:03:43,824 --> 00:03:45,959 No, no, no, no. You got to be prepared. 83 00:03:45,992 --> 00:03:49,696 Look, don’t worry. I’ll help you, all right? 84 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:51,765 This is an incredible opportunity. 85 00:03:54,935 --> 00:03:57,303 I think we should eat this 86 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:59,239 while it’s still hot. 87 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:11,685 ( phone beeps ) 88 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:14,387 ( phone line ringing ) 89 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:18,525 ( phone beeps off ) 90 00:04:21,061 --> 00:04:24,330 ( phone chiming ) 91 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:25,732 Ralph Angel? 92 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,734 Ralph over phone: Hey, Charley. You almost here? 93 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:29,836 I’m on my way. What’s up? 94 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:32,806 We got a problem. We need to put our heads into it. 95 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:36,442 Blue! 96 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:38,879 Come on, you’re going to be late! 97 00:04:38,912 --> 00:04:42,482 Darla: Oh, my God, is this how he is every morning? 98 00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:44,084 He’s just excited because you’re picking him up. 99 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,752 ( laughs ) 100 00:04:45,786 --> 00:04:48,655 - Blue: Mommy, come back! - Darla: Okay. 101 00:04:48,689 --> 00:04:51,625 Well, if you ask me, if they ain’t shown by now, they ain’t gonna. 102 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,562 We had two workers murdered on our land. 103 00:04:55,596 --> 00:04:57,864 I wouldn’t come back neither. 104 00:04:57,898 --> 00:05:00,466 The storm already threw off the harvest schedule. 105 00:05:00,501 --> 00:05:03,003 We got to get someone in here quick. 106 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:04,971 This ain’t no one-man job, y’all. 107 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:08,909 Okay... 108 00:05:08,942 --> 00:05:10,110 Blue! 109 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,845 Come on, get ready! 110 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:15,315 Morning, y’all. 111 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:20,386 What’s wrong? 112 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:22,723 Y’all looking like somebody stole your Halloween candy. 113 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:24,791 - We ain’t got no workers. - But we will. 114 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:27,093 I’ll round up some new men somehow. 115 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:29,796 But you get back to that mill deal. 116 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:32,799 Don’t make sense to harvest cane if you can’t grind it. 117 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:34,535 I know, I know, I know. 118 00:05:36,402 --> 00:05:38,839 Been missing that face, Prosper. 119 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,075 I don’t know why you say that now. 120 00:05:42,108 --> 00:05:43,944 You’re the one quit the High Yellow. 121 00:05:43,977 --> 00:05:45,646 Now it’s closed down. 122 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:46,747 - Closed? - Yeah. 123 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:48,381 What you talking about? 124 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:50,684 Blue it’s almost time to leave for school. 125 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:53,687 Darla, you done wasted your gas. 126 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,756 He rides with me. 127 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:01,061 Um, Ralph Angel told me to pick him up at 7:00. 128 00:06:01,094 --> 00:06:05,031 I’m taking him on Mondays and Wednesdays now. 129 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:07,801 Aunt Vi, this is all on me. 130 00:06:07,834 --> 00:06:12,005 I forgot to tell you that Darla was taking Blue to school today. 131 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:14,841 Hi, Aunt Vi! 132 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,577 Violet: Hey, you! 133 00:06:16,610 --> 00:06:17,878 ( Violet laughs ) 134 00:06:17,911 --> 00:06:19,980 Oh, you looking good. 135 00:06:20,013 --> 00:06:21,715 Boy, come on, you’re gonna be late. 136 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:23,483 Have a Blue day today, okay? 137 00:06:23,517 --> 00:06:25,018 - Yup. - All right. 138 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:39,132 ( music plays ) 139 00:06:39,165 --> 00:06:40,867 ♪ Dreams never die ♪ 140 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:42,936 ♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪ 141 00:06:42,969 --> 00:06:44,605 ♪ Dreams never die ♪ 142 00:06:44,638 --> 00:06:47,007 ♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪ 143 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,709 ♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪ 144 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:50,944 ♪ Take flight ♪ 145 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:52,946 ♪ Dreams never die ♪ 146 00:06:58,619 --> 00:07:02,022 ♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪ 147 00:07:02,055 --> 00:07:05,125 ♪ Keep the colors in the lines, take flight ♪ 148 00:07:18,905 --> 00:07:25,879 Hollywood: Hey, now. 149 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:27,213 What’s that? 150 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:28,815 I know you’re doing some replanting. 151 00:07:28,849 --> 00:07:30,884 I figured I’d bring you some African violets. 152 00:07:30,917 --> 00:07:33,887 Well, you can take those right on back to Africa. 153 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,522 Come on, Vi. 154 00:07:35,556 --> 00:07:38,625 No, I’m doing something new. 155 00:07:38,659 --> 00:07:41,695 Moving on from the same old, same old. 156 00:07:41,728 --> 00:07:43,997 Look, baby, I ain’t asking you to forget 157 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:45,932 about what happened between us. 158 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:48,234 But you know I had a good reason for doing what I had to do. 159 00:07:48,268 --> 00:07:49,836 You know that. 160 00:07:49,870 --> 00:07:52,706 So why can’t you just let things go? 161 00:07:52,739 --> 00:07:54,908 Baby, we wasting our days. 162 00:07:54,941 --> 00:07:56,843 I’d rather be spending mine with you. 163 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:04,818 ♪ It’s gonna take a bit of work ♪ 164 00:08:07,688 --> 00:08:10,190 ♪ Oh, work ♪ 165 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:16,262 ♪ Now that you’re here ♪ 166 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:21,602 ♪ Whoa, work ♪ 167 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:33,780 ( knocks ) Hey, buddy. 168 00:08:33,814 --> 00:08:35,716 - Pop. - What’s up? 169 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:40,721 Pop, we’re gonna see lions, gorillas, and kangaroos. 170 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:42,088 All of them? Really? 171 00:08:42,122 --> 00:08:43,690 We’re going to the zoo. 172 00:08:43,724 --> 00:08:45,792 What? Going to the zoo? 173 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,227 That’s exciting. 174 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:50,330 - Hey. - How’s it going? 175 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:51,798 Good. 176 00:08:51,832 --> 00:08:53,333 So we’re planning a trip to the zoo. 177 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:56,069 You got to sign my permission slip, Pop. 178 00:08:56,102 --> 00:08:57,904 Oh, man, no problem. 179 00:08:57,938 --> 00:09:00,173 Where do you want me to sign? Right here? 180 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:01,675 Right there. 181 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:04,110 Okay. I’ll sign right... 182 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:07,981 All right. 183 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:10,350 That’s right. 184 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,318 Thank you. 185 00:09:14,087 --> 00:09:15,922 Blue’s a lucky young man, you know that? 186 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:20,861 Just trying to do what my dad did for me. 187 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,763 That’s all. 188 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,030 Come on, man. 189 00:09:25,131 --> 00:09:26,199 Bye, Miss Velez. 190 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:27,601 Reyna: Bye! 191 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:29,836 - Bye, Miss Velez. - See you. 192 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:31,938 Okay, you got all that information? 193 00:09:31,972 --> 00:09:33,373 - Our talking points have to be tight. - Woman: Okay, I got it. 194 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:36,109 Chantal? 195 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:38,945 Zina’s water heater broke and flooded her living room. 196 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:40,380 Sorry, I thought we were going to be done by now. 197 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:42,215 What’s going on? 198 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:47,854 Well, folks are starting to fall back to sleep. 199 00:09:47,888 --> 00:09:50,156 You planning on doing something at my interview? 200 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:52,158 No, just working on your talking points. 201 00:09:52,192 --> 00:09:55,295 Thanks, but I got this. I don’t need you to do that. 202 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:58,632 Nova, this is a great stage, and I’m just trying to help. 203 00:09:58,665 --> 00:10:01,401 And we got to get the word out about police violence in the Ninth. 204 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,870 Look, I know you mean well, 205 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:06,740 but this is a big platform for me. 206 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,408 I don’t want anybody putting words in my mouth. 207 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:10,310 I don’t want the conversation to end 208 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:12,713 before it even starts. 209 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:16,282 Nova, the work we’re doing is about more than any one person. 210 00:10:16,316 --> 00:10:18,985 Now is the time to get folks woke. 211 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:20,754 By any means necessary. 212 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:22,723 Yeah. I agree. 213 00:10:22,756 --> 00:10:24,190 But I mean to do that my way. 214 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:27,661 Not yours. 215 00:10:28,762 --> 00:10:30,130 ( sighs ) 216 00:10:30,163 --> 00:10:32,032 All right, y’all, let’s call it for the day. 217 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:34,000 Okay? Go ahead and pack it up. 218 00:10:35,936 --> 00:10:39,305 We’ll be bringing in roughly 300 acres this harvest. 219 00:10:41,241 --> 00:10:44,377 Yes, my father was Ernest Bordelon. 220 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:47,748 Thank you. 221 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:49,282 I appreciate that. 222 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:51,451 Yeah, yeah, tomorrow at 3:00 sounds good. 223 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,019 Okay. Uh-huh. 224 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:54,187 ( phone beeps off ) 225 00:10:58,324 --> 00:10:59,926 Woman over phone: Good afternoon, Mrs. West, 226 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:02,462 Jill Whitaker at Gardini Prep calling. 227 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:05,766 This is regarding Micah and his application for admission. 228 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:07,834 We would like to schedule a meeting 229 00:11:07,868 --> 00:11:09,335 with you and your husband 230 00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:11,471 to discuss an incident that’s been brought 231 00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:14,174 to our attention by Micah’s previous school. 232 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:16,176 I just reached out to Mr. Davis... 233 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:17,277 ( call ends ) 234 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,012 That don’t sound good. 235 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:21,147 - Hey! - Hey, baby. 236 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:27,187 I thought I’d handled it when we were back home. 237 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:30,456 Why do they have to contact Davis? 238 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:31,992 Because he’s the boy’s daddy, Charley. 239 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:34,060 Well, Micah’s down here with me now, 240 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:36,196 while Davis is doing whatever he’s doing. 241 00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:39,766 Honey, you know Davis ain’t my favorite person, 242 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,303 but he still has a right to be in his son’s life. 243 00:11:45,171 --> 00:11:46,439 Hey, you. 244 00:11:46,472 --> 00:11:48,108 ( laughs ) 245 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:55,516 Nova: I can help you get everybody back to Zina’s place. 246 00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:57,818 Uh, no, we got it. 247 00:11:57,851 --> 00:11:59,485 - I don’t want to inconvenience you. - You’re not. 248 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,822 - Nova: Hey, Rid. - What’s up, Nova? 249 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:03,389 - You got company? - No, no, it’s okay. 250 00:12:03,423 --> 00:12:05,391 Look, I ain’t going to keep you, 251 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:07,828 but you heard about Too Sweet and his family getting evicted? 252 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:10,230 Well, they got him a spot at the shelter. 253 00:12:10,263 --> 00:12:12,165 But they say when Too Sweet went up in there, 254 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:14,467 wardy flipped the hell out. 255 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:17,270 He-- He said it’s too much like jail. 256 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:20,073 - That man mind still locked up, you hear me? - Shit. Where he at? 257 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:21,975 I don’t know. Nobody don’t know. 258 00:12:22,008 --> 00:12:23,944 I mean, I’m just trying to spread the word. 259 00:12:23,977 --> 00:12:26,212 But everybody need to keep their eyes open for real, though. 260 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,414 Yeah. I got it. Good looking out, Rid. 261 00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:29,783 Rid: No problem. 262 00:12:36,557 --> 00:12:38,158 Good morning. 263 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:40,426 Overslept a little bit. 264 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:43,163 I’m going to be a little late to Gardini Prep. 265 00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:44,865 I know it’s just the new student thing, 266 00:12:44,898 --> 00:12:47,167 but I am pretty excited. 267 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:50,070 We’re not going to be late. 268 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:52,172 Why aren’t you dressed? 269 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:54,941 I have an appointment at a mill. 270 00:12:54,975 --> 00:12:58,011 And I got a call from Gardini. 271 00:12:58,044 --> 00:12:59,445 They want to discuss the incident 272 00:12:59,479 --> 00:13:01,147 at your previous school. 273 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:11,024 I thought you said that picture wouldn’t follow me. 274 00:13:11,057 --> 00:13:12,425 And it shouldn’t have, 275 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:14,861 but private schools talk. 276 00:13:14,895 --> 00:13:16,530 Don’t worry, I have reached out to our lawyer-- 277 00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:19,299 Why does everybody want to believe the worst about me? 278 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:21,034 You know why. 279 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,369 Not everything is because I’m black. 280 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:28,108 No, but you’re black and you’re the son of a superstar. 281 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:29,576 And that was great when Davis was seen 282 00:13:29,610 --> 00:13:31,311 as one of the good ones. 283 00:13:31,344 --> 00:13:33,880 But between your father, and that picture, 284 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:38,384 and the paparazzi showing up, everything changed. 285 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:40,554 Baby, Gardini’s just scared 286 00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:42,055 we’ll bring a circus to their campus. 287 00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:44,324 But I’ll work it out. Promise. 288 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:46,326 I’ll just go to public school then. 289 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,328 You’re not giving up that easily, Micah. 290 00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:51,064 We worked hard for you to have certain choices in life. 291 00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:54,200 Well, now, St. Jo High is a very good choice. 292 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:55,569 I mean, it’s a blue ribbon school. 293 00:13:55,602 --> 00:13:57,604 Look at Nova. She went to Tulane. 294 00:13:57,638 --> 00:14:01,074 I know, but we have slightly different expectations of Micah. 295 00:14:01,107 --> 00:14:04,377 Violet: You mean you want him to be one of them privileged kids. 296 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:07,380 It’s not a dirty word, Aunt Vi. 297 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:10,116 White folks pass down privilege to their kids every day. 298 00:14:10,150 --> 00:14:13,353 The same system that pushes some folks down lifts others up. 299 00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:15,421 Aren’t I supposed to help my son? 300 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:16,957 Of course. I was just saying-- 301 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:18,892 Well, staying in the private school system here 302 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:20,493 will only help us when we get back to L. A. 303 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:23,129 and reapply for schools there. It will look like 304 00:14:23,163 --> 00:14:24,898 we came down here for personal reasons 305 00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:26,366 and he’s still in the system, 306 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:27,968 not like he got kicked out of it. 307 00:14:28,001 --> 00:14:30,103 But I was kicked out of the system. 308 00:14:30,136 --> 00:14:31,505 And I will handle that. 309 00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:32,973 I promise you. 310 00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:34,975 Violet: I don’t understand 311 00:14:35,008 --> 00:14:37,377 why you want to spend $10,000 to go to a school 312 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:38,545 that don’t want you there. 313 00:14:38,579 --> 00:14:41,481 Try $36,000. 314 00:14:41,515 --> 00:14:43,216 Thirty-six thousand dollars? 315 00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:46,152 That’s how you spend your money? 316 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:48,589 Folks don’t make that in a year. 317 00:14:48,622 --> 00:14:50,591 Lord knows I don’t. 318 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:53,293 And that’s why we send Micah to private school. 319 00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:54,995 We don’t want him to be like... 320 00:14:56,663 --> 00:14:59,332 Aunt Vi, I didn’t mean it like that. 321 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:05,138 Don’t bother, baby. I understand. 322 00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:07,307 You got perfectly good money to throw away. 323 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:08,942 None of my business. 324 00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:24,991 - Jacob: Have a seat. - Charley: Thank you. 325 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:28,028 The basic deal-- the farmer and the mill 326 00:15:28,061 --> 00:15:29,362 split what we get from the refinery. 327 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,565 We’re the middleman in all this, 328 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:35,068 but we don’t grind if the refinery’s not paying us. 329 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:36,369 And what’s your cut? 330 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:40,607 40/60 split, in favor of the farmer. 331 00:15:40,641 --> 00:15:43,309 Forty percent is pretty steep. 332 00:15:43,343 --> 00:15:46,312 I mean, I’m a sports manager, and we only take five percent. 333 00:15:46,346 --> 00:15:49,082 I know all about you. 334 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,723 You’re quite the celebrity around here, 335 00:15:56,757 --> 00:15:58,725 you and your husband. 336 00:15:58,759 --> 00:16:00,727 I’ve been a fan. 337 00:16:00,761 --> 00:16:04,197 Forty percent is high, was my point. 338 00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:06,499 Any mill in any parish going to give you the same deal. 339 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:08,702 Just grow good cane. 340 00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:11,004 You’ll see plenty of profit from that 60 percent. 341 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,372 Yeah, that’s good. 342 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:15,308 I mean, all this is just to sell the land. 343 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:16,777 We’re just trying to prove it’s good land 344 00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:19,112 by bringing in a good harvest or two. 345 00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:22,182 Well, it sounds like you got it all figured out. 346 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,086 Charley: This place is amazing. 347 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:27,353 Sure is. 348 00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:29,389 Me and my family, we live and breathe sugar. 349 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:31,357 Always have, always will. 350 00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:34,294 So, this is what it takes to get a 5-pound bag of sweetness 351 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,096 on the grocery store shelf, huh? 352 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:37,664 Most folks think sugar comes 353 00:16:37,698 --> 00:16:39,232 from the sugar fairy or something. 354 00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:41,702 ( both laugh ) 355 00:16:41,735 --> 00:16:44,771 Charley: How old is this mill? 356 00:16:44,805 --> 00:16:46,272 Jacob: Well, let’s just say, 357 00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:47,774 at least from the look of things, 358 00:16:47,808 --> 00:16:49,576 longer than you and me been on God’s green Earth. 359 00:16:49,610 --> 00:16:51,578 Charley: Well, thank you. 360 00:16:51,612 --> 00:16:54,214 Which is a good thing, because we’ll all be pulling some hefty hours 361 00:16:54,247 --> 00:16:55,649 come grinding season. 362 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:57,784 You’ll be on the phone with me and my brother Paul 363 00:16:57,818 --> 00:16:59,520 more than you talk to your mama. 364 00:16:59,553 --> 00:17:02,122 That won’t be hard. 365 00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:04,057 I’ll ask about that when I know you better. 366 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,461 So, why so many calls? 367 00:17:08,494 --> 00:17:10,263 Well, we don’t want you cutting your cane 368 00:17:10,296 --> 00:17:11,832 unless we can grind it right away. 369 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:15,401 Every hour that cane sits, you lose more sugar. 370 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:16,837 And the purer the sugar, 371 00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:18,438 the bigger you bump you get from the refinery. 372 00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:21,407 - Bump? - Clean, pure sugar. 373 00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:23,677 The refineries give the farmer a direct bonus. 374 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,512 Not to us, to you. 375 00:17:25,546 --> 00:17:27,313 And how much would that be? 376 00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:30,283 You say you got 300 acres this year, 800 when up and going? 377 00:17:30,316 --> 00:17:31,818 - Yeah. - If it’s a good harvest, 378 00:17:31,852 --> 00:17:35,689 you’re looking at around $400,000 bonus this year alone. 379 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:38,692 You ready to go in and talk business? 380 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:40,226 - Lead the way. - Come on. 381 00:17:48,802 --> 00:17:50,671 ( voices speaking indistinctly ) 382 00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:56,710 What’s going on here, Clive? 383 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,545 It’s bad, Vi. Real bad. 384 00:17:58,579 --> 00:18:00,413 Why are you whispering? 385 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:03,449 Health inspector’s here. He’s asking all these questions. 386 00:18:03,483 --> 00:18:05,218 When the smoke detector batteries got replaced? 387 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,187 When new hoses and filters come in? 388 00:18:07,220 --> 00:18:08,755 Don’t nobody know all that. 389 00:18:08,789 --> 00:18:10,223 Oh, so you calling me a nobody. 390 00:18:10,256 --> 00:18:11,758 Because I know all that. 391 00:18:11,792 --> 00:18:14,494 The hoses and filters were replaced in January. 392 00:18:14,528 --> 00:18:16,530 You sure? Can’t get caught lying. 393 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:19,232 Lying? I do it every three months. 394 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,201 On the 15th, to be exact. 395 00:18:21,234 --> 00:18:22,569 What else do they want to know? 396 00:18:22,603 --> 00:18:25,138 When we replaced the exhaust fans over the stoves? 397 00:18:25,171 --> 00:18:27,173 Last July. They good for another two years. 398 00:18:27,207 --> 00:18:29,843 Where the paperwork? 399 00:18:29,876 --> 00:18:32,378 I don’t work here anymore, or have you forgotten that? 400 00:18:32,412 --> 00:18:33,880 Come on, Vi. 401 00:18:33,914 --> 00:18:35,816 I looked through the filing cabinets. 402 00:18:35,849 --> 00:18:37,784 Why won’t you help me? 403 00:18:37,818 --> 00:18:40,521 You can have your old job back. 404 00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:42,455 I don’t want my old job back. 405 00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:44,591 Been there. Done all that. 406 00:18:47,393 --> 00:18:49,395 Hire me as manager. 407 00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:52,666 A manager with a salary, benefits and year-end-- 408 00:18:52,699 --> 00:18:54,801 - I don’t-- - Year-end bonus. 409 00:18:54,835 --> 00:18:56,803 I don’t give my own kin benefits. 410 00:18:56,837 --> 00:18:59,640 Well, that’s between you and the Lord on Judgment Day. 411 00:18:59,673 --> 00:19:01,775 Have a good day, Clive. 412 00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:03,844 Okay, deal. 413 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,549 How are you today, Mister...? 414 00:19:08,582 --> 00:19:10,917 Lafayette. I’m good, ma’am. 415 00:19:10,951 --> 00:19:13,520 So I am the new manager, Violet Bordelon. 416 00:19:13,554 --> 00:19:16,189 And I’ve got that paperwork you’ve asked for 417 00:19:16,222 --> 00:19:17,457 back in my office. 418 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:18,625 I can get it for you. 419 00:19:18,659 --> 00:19:19,926 Okay. 420 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,395 Now, I can tell you from around here, 421 00:19:22,428 --> 00:19:24,831 so you know that after a Louisiana storm, 422 00:19:24,865 --> 00:19:27,233 anything that don’t swim comes right on in. 423 00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:29,269 So, we might find some guests back there, 424 00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:30,537 but not normally. 425 00:19:30,571 --> 00:19:32,205 Not under my watch. 426 00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:38,211 Afternoon. 427 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,815 Is Blue ready? 428 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,984 Actually, I sent him outside for a bit. 429 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:45,852 Is everything all right? 430 00:19:45,886 --> 00:19:48,354 He’s real excited about that zoo trip. 431 00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:50,557 Ralph Angel, 432 00:19:50,591 --> 00:19:53,560 the front office wants your aunt, Violet Bordelon, 433 00:19:53,594 --> 00:19:55,929 to sign Blue’s permission slip for the field trip. 434 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,902 - But I’m his daddy-- - I know. I know. 435 00:20:01,935 --> 00:20:04,571 But she’s listed as his legal guardian, 436 00:20:04,605 --> 00:20:06,573 and the school’s saying that they can’t accept the liability. 437 00:20:06,607 --> 00:20:08,374 Liability? 438 00:20:10,476 --> 00:20:12,478 If I say it’s okay then it’s okay for him to go. 439 00:20:12,513 --> 00:20:15,516 I agree, but we don’t make the rules here. 440 00:20:17,483 --> 00:20:18,852 I’m so sorry. 441 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,555 No, it’s... it’s no problem. 442 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:22,889 All right? 443 00:20:22,923 --> 00:20:26,392 I’m going to work it out, all right? 444 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:33,466 ( knocks ) 445 00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:34,701 Which one? 446 00:20:34,735 --> 00:20:37,871 This one, or this one? 447 00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:39,640 Well, I think the one you have on 448 00:20:39,673 --> 00:20:41,474 really shows off your legs. 449 00:20:41,508 --> 00:20:43,644 Mm-hmm. What’s the occasion? 450 00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:46,012 Well, you are looking at the new manager 451 00:20:46,046 --> 00:20:48,281 of the High Yellow. 452 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:49,550 ( gasps) 453 00:20:49,583 --> 00:20:52,786 All right, Aunt Vi! Congratulations! 454 00:20:52,819 --> 00:20:54,387 ( both laughing ) 455 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:56,389 Oh! 456 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:57,791 And if you hadn’t said what you said, 457 00:20:57,824 --> 00:20:59,325 I wouldn’t have done it. 458 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,827 You know I didn’t mean that. 459 00:21:00,861 --> 00:21:02,863 Yeah, you did. 460 00:21:02,896 --> 00:21:05,331 And it’s good that you got dreams for Micah. 461 00:21:05,365 --> 00:21:07,668 And it just reminded me that I still got a few of my own. 462 00:21:07,701 --> 00:21:09,369 So, there. 463 00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:12,438 What’s all this? 464 00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:15,008 Oh, mill stuff. 465 00:21:15,041 --> 00:21:17,678 Let me ask you something. 466 00:21:17,711 --> 00:21:19,813 How long have the mills been gouging 467 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:21,715 at this 40/60 split? 468 00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:22,983 ( chuckles ) 469 00:21:23,016 --> 00:21:25,351 For as long as anyone can remember. 470 00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:28,088 For years, your daddy and every farmer in this parish 471 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,890 come into the High Yellow 472 00:21:29,923 --> 00:21:32,793 complaining about how the mills got them by the balls. 473 00:21:32,826 --> 00:21:35,829 Why don’t some farmers just band together? 474 00:21:35,862 --> 00:21:38,398 Because ain’t nobody got that kind of clout. 475 00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:40,000 Not even together. 476 00:21:40,033 --> 00:21:41,602 Nobody around here but Landry, 477 00:21:41,635 --> 00:21:42,836 and Landry got his own. 478 00:21:42,869 --> 00:21:44,337 His own what? 479 00:21:45,572 --> 00:21:46,940 Wait, Landry has a mill? 480 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:49,109 He got all the mills, baby. 481 00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:51,812 Landry and the Boudreauxs are part owners 482 00:21:51,845 --> 00:21:53,647 of every mill in this parish. 483 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,449 Huh. That’s who I met with today. 484 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:57,718 Jacob Boudreaux. 485 00:21:57,751 --> 00:22:00,420 The Boudreaux brothers are Landrys. 486 00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:01,955 Married in generations ago. 487 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:04,725 And between them, they own 15,000 acres 488 00:22:04,758 --> 00:22:06,693 and control all the mills. 489 00:22:06,727 --> 00:22:09,429 So, the Landrys are the ones 490 00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:10,964 who have everyone by the balls. 491 00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:12,432 Mm-hmm. 492 00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:14,568 And your daddy spent his last years 493 00:22:14,601 --> 00:22:16,537 trying to figure out a way to get out from under them, 494 00:22:16,570 --> 00:22:18,572 just the way you’re doing right now. 495 00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:20,974 I can see the wheels turning. 496 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:25,478 But when you consider that they control all the mills 497 00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:28,515 and the refineries and own all the best land, 498 00:22:28,549 --> 00:22:31,585 it’s clear it’s their world, 499 00:22:31,618 --> 00:22:33,520 and we just surviving in it. 500 00:22:51,004 --> 00:22:52,506 Mommy! 501 00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:54,808 Blue! Mwah! 502 00:22:54,841 --> 00:22:57,043 Kenya wants a morning kiss, too. 503 00:22:57,077 --> 00:22:59,580 Blue, get your backpack so your mama can take you to school. 504 00:22:59,613 --> 00:23:01,147 Okay. 505 00:23:03,517 --> 00:23:06,019 Blue’s going to the zoo? 506 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:07,988 If Aunt Vi sees fit. 507 00:23:08,021 --> 00:23:09,590 What do you mean? 508 00:23:09,623 --> 00:23:11,992 She’s still Blue’s legal guardian. 509 00:23:14,828 --> 00:23:17,463 I was locked up. You was... 510 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:21,802 in your situation. 511 00:23:25,839 --> 00:23:27,941 I don’t even want to think about what would have happened to him 512 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:29,475 if it wasn’t for her. 513 00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:34,548 But things are changed now. 514 00:23:34,581 --> 00:23:37,050 I take care of Blue. 515 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,485 I give him everything he needs. 516 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,656 He’s all I got, all I care about. 517 00:23:45,058 --> 00:23:48,862 But I still need permission for my son to go to a damn zoo. 518 00:23:48,895 --> 00:23:50,864 A zoo. 519 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,599 I’m sorry. 520 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:57,070 I know how you feel. 521 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:01,441 ( footsteps rushing ) 522 00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:05,579 - I’m ready. - Darla: Okay. Give him a kiss. 523 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:07,013 Have a good day, buddy. 524 00:24:07,047 --> 00:24:08,114 Come on. 525 00:24:15,522 --> 00:24:16,923 ( door opens ) 526 00:24:18,158 --> 00:24:19,192 Darla. 527 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:24,064 You have a good day too, okay? 528 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:28,769 Thank you. 529 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:32,573 ( door closes ) 530 00:24:34,741 --> 00:24:36,209 ( laughs ) 531 00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:38,512 Hell no, Vi ain’t gonna start seeing nobody. 532 00:24:38,545 --> 00:24:40,046 She know I got a little crazy in me. 533 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,148 Can’t nobody control Aunt Vi. 534 00:24:42,182 --> 00:24:43,784 She stay doing whatever she wants. 535 00:24:43,817 --> 00:24:45,686 She still ain’t signed over Blue, has she? 536 00:24:45,719 --> 00:24:47,287 No. 537 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,890 I don’t know how much more I can take of this, Wood. 538 00:24:49,923 --> 00:24:52,893 Hey, look, she love you, she love that boy. 539 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:54,961 She just can’t stand Darla. 540 00:24:54,995 --> 00:24:57,631 Really can’t blame her either. 541 00:24:57,664 --> 00:25:00,166 And Darla ain’t even like that no more. 542 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,903 And after all we’ve been through? 543 00:25:02,936 --> 00:25:04,571 We ain’t ever going back to that. 544 00:25:04,605 --> 00:25:05,772 I hear you, man. 545 00:25:05,806 --> 00:25:07,908 I filed papers. 546 00:25:07,941 --> 00:25:10,243 About to divorce Leanne. 547 00:25:10,276 --> 00:25:11,612 For real? 548 00:25:11,645 --> 00:25:12,913 Yeah. Got to. 549 00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:15,115 I got to show Vi I’m serious. 550 00:25:15,148 --> 00:25:18,284 - Think that’ll work? - I don’t know. 551 00:25:18,318 --> 00:25:22,288 Just got to show her that I’m all in, man. 552 00:25:22,322 --> 00:25:24,057 She worth it. 553 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:25,291 ( clicks electric razor off ) 554 00:25:25,325 --> 00:25:26,593 ( blows ) 555 00:25:29,630 --> 00:25:30,997 ( music plays over headphones ) 556 00:25:31,031 --> 00:25:32,799 ( laughs ) You always dancing. 557 00:25:32,833 --> 00:25:33,900 ( laughs ) 558 00:25:38,705 --> 00:25:40,807 Oh, that’s cool. I like that. 559 00:25:40,841 --> 00:25:43,910 Everybody was talking about you today. 560 00:25:43,944 --> 00:25:46,580 Like, "Micah’s so cute. Do y’all go together?" 561 00:25:46,613 --> 00:25:48,248 What’d you tell them? 562 00:25:48,281 --> 00:25:49,616 To mind their business. 563 00:25:49,650 --> 00:25:51,017 ( laughs ) 564 00:25:51,051 --> 00:25:53,053 - So, what you do today? - Nothing. 565 00:25:53,086 --> 00:25:54,955 I was supposed to go to this new student orientation thing 566 00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:56,289 at Gardini Prep, 567 00:25:56,322 --> 00:25:58,024 but I might not be going there anymore. 568 00:25:58,058 --> 00:26:00,060 What happened? They found out you was black? 569 00:26:00,093 --> 00:26:01,995 ( both laugh ) 570 00:26:02,028 --> 00:26:04,164 No. 571 00:26:04,197 --> 00:26:07,033 It’s this stupid thing that happened at my old school. 572 00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:10,771 I got expelled. 573 00:26:10,804 --> 00:26:12,272 For what? 574 00:26:14,207 --> 00:26:16,242 Okay, so... 575 00:26:16,276 --> 00:26:18,111 my ex had these pictures in her phone, 576 00:26:18,144 --> 00:26:21,114 and her mom told the head of the school 577 00:26:21,147 --> 00:26:22,716 I sent them to her. 578 00:26:24,017 --> 00:26:25,752 So she had some dude’s-- 579 00:26:25,786 --> 00:26:27,320 Yeah. 580 00:26:27,353 --> 00:26:29,790 On her phone. 581 00:26:29,823 --> 00:26:31,725 It wasn’t mine. 582 00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:33,393 Was she white? 583 00:26:33,426 --> 00:26:35,195 Yes. 584 00:26:35,228 --> 00:26:36,730 Hm... 585 00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:37,864 ( laughs ) Shut up! 586 00:26:37,898 --> 00:26:40,066 ( both laugh ) 587 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,769 Why you want to go to Gardini Prep anyway? 588 00:26:42,803 --> 00:26:44,871 Well, I never had much of a choice. 589 00:26:44,905 --> 00:26:46,172 And you’re cool with that? 590 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:50,010 I guess. 591 00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:53,179 Well... the Micah that I’m trying to get to know 592 00:26:53,213 --> 00:26:56,382 seems like the type of dude that makes his own decisions. 593 00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:03,790 If you’re gonna do it, just do it. 594 00:27:03,824 --> 00:27:06,426 ( laughs ) 595 00:27:06,459 --> 00:27:08,795 Life’s short, and I got to get home. 596 00:27:34,287 --> 00:27:37,123 Seems like the 40/60 split 597 00:27:37,157 --> 00:27:38,692 with the Landry mills 598 00:27:38,725 --> 00:27:40,360 is the only option on the table. 599 00:27:40,393 --> 00:27:42,929 So I’d be open to bringing my cane here. 600 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:50,336 You ever seen one of these before? 601 00:27:52,205 --> 00:27:53,707 Can’t say that I have. 602 00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:56,109 It’s a parish assessor’s map. 603 00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:57,944 Shows the division of farmland in St. Josephine. 604 00:27:57,978 --> 00:27:59,112 Right. 605 00:27:59,145 --> 00:28:01,481 I see my farm right there. 606 00:28:01,515 --> 00:28:03,483 My brother Paul and I just bought a parcel of land 607 00:28:03,517 --> 00:28:07,187 that borders your farm there. 608 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:09,956 Congratulations. 609 00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:12,025 As you can see, 610 00:28:12,058 --> 00:28:15,095 your land is now completely surrounded 611 00:28:15,128 --> 00:28:16,963 by our family’s land. 612 00:28:16,997 --> 00:28:18,865 Hmm. 613 00:28:21,001 --> 00:28:23,136 The thing is, Mrs. West, 614 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:25,839 we’re happy to have you grind your cane here, 615 00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:29,109 but we’d like to offer you an alternative scenario. 616 00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:31,978 An alternative scenario? 617 00:28:32,012 --> 00:28:33,747 I didn’t realize there was one. 618 00:28:33,780 --> 00:28:35,181 There is. 619 00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:38,919 Think of it as an offer you can’t refuse. 620 00:28:43,423 --> 00:28:44,925 I’m listening. 621 00:28:50,496 --> 00:28:52,032 Aunt Vi? 622 00:28:52,065 --> 00:28:53,834 Aunt Vi? 623 00:28:57,804 --> 00:28:59,105 You all right? 624 00:28:59,139 --> 00:29:01,174 How’s Blue? 625 00:29:01,207 --> 00:29:03,176 Blue fine. 626 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:06,379 He just wants to go to the zoo with his class. 627 00:29:08,815 --> 00:29:09,916 I signed it. 628 00:29:09,950 --> 00:29:11,084 Oh. 629 00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:12,853 But you still his legal guardian, 630 00:29:12,886 --> 00:29:15,121 so I need you to sign it. 631 00:29:16,857 --> 00:29:19,292 Well, of course. 632 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:22,395 He loves animals. He going to have a great time. 633 00:29:28,535 --> 00:29:30,303 - Thank you. - All right. 634 00:29:39,445 --> 00:29:42,849 How you think I feel right now, Aunt Vi? 635 00:29:48,121 --> 00:29:49,856 I got to ask you if it’s okay 636 00:29:49,890 --> 00:29:53,393 for my son to go on a school trip? 637 00:29:53,426 --> 00:29:56,196 Baby, he’s a child. 638 00:29:56,229 --> 00:29:58,364 They put me in charge to make sure 639 00:29:58,398 --> 00:30:00,567 somebody is thinking about him first. 640 00:30:00,601 --> 00:30:01,968 Blue comes first-- 641 00:30:02,002 --> 00:30:03,970 He come first to me. 642 00:30:04,004 --> 00:30:06,339 Always. 643 00:30:06,372 --> 00:30:10,410 As long as you fooling around with that Darla, he don’t. 644 00:30:10,443 --> 00:30:12,245 Look, I ain’t some no-count layabout 645 00:30:12,278 --> 00:30:14,848 who only come to see Blue on Father’s Day. 646 00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:17,584 He ain’t no game to me. 647 00:30:17,618 --> 00:30:21,855 I’ve been here all day every day since I got out. 648 00:30:21,888 --> 00:30:24,558 She is a bad influence on you, baby. 649 00:30:24,591 --> 00:30:27,060 You don’t see it, but everybody else-- 650 00:30:27,093 --> 00:30:28,261 What about Davis? 651 00:30:29,630 --> 00:30:31,164 What about Davis? 652 00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:35,435 You said he got a right to be a father to Micah, 653 00:30:35,468 --> 00:30:38,071 even after all he’s done. 654 00:30:39,606 --> 00:30:41,842 But I ain’t got the same rights? 655 00:30:45,912 --> 00:30:49,583 When do I get out, Aunt Vi? 656 00:30:53,053 --> 00:30:55,421 I did my time. 657 00:30:57,591 --> 00:30:59,993 When am I done? 658 00:31:45,572 --> 00:31:47,073 I’m here... 659 00:31:48,509 --> 00:31:50,143 whenever you need me. 660 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,221 And there ain’t no shame 661 00:32:01,254 --> 00:32:03,924 in needing help sometimes, you hear? 662 00:32:05,626 --> 00:32:07,060 Yeah. 663 00:32:28,281 --> 00:32:29,983 ( oldies music plays over radio ) 664 00:32:30,016 --> 00:32:31,685 ( indistinct chatter ) 665 00:32:39,259 --> 00:32:41,662 Roberta, stop swishing that mop around 666 00:32:41,695 --> 00:32:43,396 like you making iced tea. 667 00:32:43,429 --> 00:32:45,599 Put some elbow grease in it. 668 00:32:45,632 --> 00:32:47,267 And clean up your face. 669 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:49,335 Don’t nobody want to look at all that. 670 00:33:05,051 --> 00:33:06,319 Hey. 671 00:33:08,288 --> 00:33:10,290 Hey. 672 00:33:10,323 --> 00:33:13,226 Going to be out pushing off to the rigs tomorrow. 673 00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:16,062 Just wanted to stop by and congratulate you on making manager. 674 00:33:16,096 --> 00:33:17,497 You deserve it. 675 00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:20,466 Thank you. 676 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:23,504 You deserve a lot of good things, Vi. 677 00:33:25,471 --> 00:33:27,107 Yeah. I do. 678 00:33:36,517 --> 00:33:39,620 I can rustle you up a cup of coffee. 679 00:33:39,653 --> 00:33:41,254 You want some? 680 00:34:00,807 --> 00:34:02,543 ( sugar packet rattles ) 681 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,815 ( spoon clacks ) 682 00:34:35,542 --> 00:34:37,443 - Hey. - Hey. 683 00:34:37,477 --> 00:34:39,279 Thanks for telling me you had my stuff. 684 00:34:39,312 --> 00:34:40,514 I appreciate it. 685 00:34:40,547 --> 00:34:42,115 You’re welcome. 686 00:34:42,148 --> 00:34:43,784 Well, thanks. 687 00:34:43,817 --> 00:34:45,752 So we’re not going to talk about this? 688 00:34:45,786 --> 00:34:47,554 Look, there’s nothing to talk about, really. 689 00:34:47,588 --> 00:34:50,356 I mean, it is what it is. 690 00:34:50,390 --> 00:34:54,127 You know, I do things my way and you do things your way. 691 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,263 What is this really about, Chantal? 692 00:34:57,297 --> 00:35:00,567 This isn’t about your talking points, is it? 693 00:35:00,601 --> 00:35:02,536 The white boy in the framed pictures in the drawer 694 00:35:02,569 --> 00:35:04,404 on your nightstand table? 695 00:35:04,437 --> 00:35:07,774 His look. His haircut. 696 00:35:07,808 --> 00:35:09,610 That’s your ex, Calvin, right? 697 00:35:09,643 --> 00:35:11,645 He’s a cop. 698 00:35:11,678 --> 00:35:14,815 How you say you rep us, but you’re running around--? 699 00:35:14,848 --> 00:35:17,350 If I’m with somebody it’s because of who they are, 700 00:35:17,383 --> 00:35:18,819 not because of their job. 701 00:35:18,852 --> 00:35:20,453 And that goes for you, too. 702 00:35:20,486 --> 00:35:22,656 Educated, conscious people profess who they are 703 00:35:22,689 --> 00:35:24,558 through their profession. 704 00:35:24,591 --> 00:35:26,793 What we do says what we believe in. 705 00:35:26,827 --> 00:35:29,229 Nah, most people just work to feed themselves and their families. 706 00:35:29,262 --> 00:35:30,664 They’re not trying to be political. 707 00:35:30,697 --> 00:35:32,365 Everything is not always so black and white. 708 00:35:32,398 --> 00:35:34,334 Says the sister sleeping with a white cop 709 00:35:34,367 --> 00:35:35,669 on a racist police force. 710 00:35:38,939 --> 00:35:42,375 Look, I didn’t say that to hurt you. 711 00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:44,377 I’m just telling the truth. 712 00:35:53,486 --> 00:35:54,688 I like his look. 713 00:35:56,456 --> 00:35:58,525 Calvin. 714 00:36:01,227 --> 00:36:02,529 But I like yours, too. 715 00:36:05,231 --> 00:36:07,734 Is that a problem for you? 716 00:36:07,768 --> 00:36:09,369 No, Nova, it’s not a problem. 717 00:36:09,402 --> 00:36:11,872 It’s just, you’re all over the place. 718 00:36:14,407 --> 00:36:16,943 I don’t know. Maybe we’re just too different. 719 00:36:18,845 --> 00:36:19,946 Sorry. 720 00:36:29,255 --> 00:36:30,824 ( car engine starts ) 721 00:36:47,508 --> 00:36:48,575 Thanks for coming, everybody. 722 00:36:51,678 --> 00:36:54,247 Oh, if this a family meeting, I should be going home. 723 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:55,682 You were one of Daddy’s closest friends 724 00:36:55,716 --> 00:36:57,250 and it’s about the farm. 725 00:36:57,283 --> 00:36:58,819 So, you need to stay. 726 00:37:00,621 --> 00:37:01,888 Please. 727 00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:10,463 We received a cash offer to buy our farm. 728 00:37:10,496 --> 00:37:14,400 Four million dollars from Jacob and Paul Boudreaux. 729 00:37:14,434 --> 00:37:17,437 It’s six times what Sam Landry offered. 730 00:37:17,470 --> 00:37:18,939 That’s what I’m talking about. 731 00:37:18,972 --> 00:37:21,474 Except now I know the Boudreauxs 732 00:37:21,508 --> 00:37:23,644 and the Landrys are the same family. 733 00:37:23,677 --> 00:37:26,312 So, why didn’t they tell me that up front? 734 00:37:28,815 --> 00:37:31,818 Wolves in sheep’s clothing. 735 00:37:31,852 --> 00:37:37,558 This is the land that belonged to the Landry’s in 1889. 736 00:37:37,591 --> 00:37:39,993 Twenty-six years after emancipation. 737 00:37:40,026 --> 00:37:43,496 And this is that same land in 1939. 738 00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:44,865 Still belongs to the Landrys, 739 00:37:44,898 --> 00:37:46,933 except for this part in the middle. 740 00:37:46,967 --> 00:37:48,569 It belongs to us now. 741 00:37:48,602 --> 00:37:51,304 What you getting at, Charley? 742 00:37:51,337 --> 00:37:53,473 Something happened here we haven’t been told. 743 00:37:53,507 --> 00:37:57,711 Our farm belonged to the Landry and Boudreaux families. 744 00:37:57,744 --> 00:38:01,582 So they don’t just want our land, they want it back. 745 00:38:01,615 --> 00:38:03,383 Why? 746 00:38:10,691 --> 00:38:14,861 Y’all know that Ernest loved this land, 747 00:38:14,895 --> 00:38:17,664 but he wanted y’all to come to it on your own. 748 00:38:19,499 --> 00:38:20,967 Made us promise not to tell you. 749 00:38:21,001 --> 00:38:22,435 Unless you ask. 750 00:38:24,505 --> 00:38:29,475 Violet: Our people worked on Landry land as sharecroppers. 751 00:38:29,510 --> 00:38:34,414 But during slavery, they owned us. 752 00:38:36,950 --> 00:38:38,685 Nova: What? 753 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,486 You can trace that? 754 00:38:40,521 --> 00:38:44,057 It was that particular family for sure? 755 00:38:44,090 --> 00:38:47,794 Yes, we know that for sure. 756 00:38:47,828 --> 00:38:49,863 My daddy, Charles Bordelon, 757 00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:52,633 went north during the migration. 758 00:38:52,666 --> 00:38:55,902 Then more family joined him in Chicago. 759 00:38:55,936 --> 00:38:57,771 They worked hard, they made money, 760 00:38:57,804 --> 00:38:59,906 they sent some of that money back home. 761 00:38:59,940 --> 00:39:02,475 Same as Arturo and Ignacio. 762 00:39:02,509 --> 00:39:05,879 Different faces, same story. 763 00:39:05,912 --> 00:39:07,748 That money came in handy 764 00:39:07,781 --> 00:39:10,050 when the Landrys fell on hard times 765 00:39:10,083 --> 00:39:11,718 during the Great Depression. 766 00:39:13,153 --> 00:39:15,989 And your great-great-granddaddy 767 00:39:16,022 --> 00:39:17,824 bought some of their land. 768 00:39:17,858 --> 00:39:20,627 Prosper: And the way I hear it, 769 00:39:20,661 --> 00:39:22,495 after the Landrys recovered, 770 00:39:22,529 --> 00:39:24,931 they said they’d never sold it to the Bordelons. 771 00:39:24,965 --> 00:39:29,102 And suddenly nobody at the bank could find the deed. 772 00:39:30,771 --> 00:39:32,539 And one night, 773 00:39:32,573 --> 00:39:36,710 the Landrys came to take the land back. 774 00:39:38,879 --> 00:39:40,647 Oh, God. 775 00:39:40,681 --> 00:39:44,818 Strung up Charles’ eldest brother. 776 00:39:44,851 --> 00:39:49,455 Hung three more Bordelons over time... 777 00:39:51,592 --> 00:39:54,695 including Granddaddy Angel. 778 00:39:54,728 --> 00:39:59,900 His aunties Millie, Queenie, and Sara Joe 779 00:39:59,933 --> 00:40:02,969 cut him down in the dead of night. 780 00:40:03,003 --> 00:40:06,106 Prayed over his body and soul, 781 00:40:06,139 --> 00:40:08,474 and then buried him right. 782 00:40:11,945 --> 00:40:15,982 Ernest said eventually somebody came forward with a title. 783 00:40:16,016 --> 00:40:19,720 So, the Landrys and Boudreauxs 784 00:40:19,753 --> 00:40:22,656 started doing everything they could to make it hard. 785 00:40:24,024 --> 00:40:25,959 Became a sport to them. 786 00:40:25,992 --> 00:40:29,596 Violet: When your daddy got this farm, 787 00:40:29,630 --> 00:40:33,634 he did everything he could to make it work. 788 00:40:36,202 --> 00:40:38,572 But they made it so... 789 00:40:38,605 --> 00:40:41,007 They made it so hard. 790 00:40:41,041 --> 00:40:43,544 Yes, they did. 791 00:40:49,616 --> 00:40:51,652 I’m sorry, y’all. 792 00:40:57,724 --> 00:40:59,693 Your daddy didn’t just up and die. 793 00:41:02,128 --> 00:41:03,697 They killed him. 794 00:41:04,998 --> 00:41:06,567 Slow. 795 00:41:08,234 --> 00:41:10,871 Every time he took a good step, 796 00:41:10,904 --> 00:41:14,641 they found some way to strike him down. 797 00:41:14,675 --> 00:41:18,979 But hell or high water, he wouldn’t give up. 798 00:41:24,551 --> 00:41:29,556 Not when he knew what it cost to get it. 799 00:41:51,044 --> 00:41:52,813 ( door opens ) 800 00:42:09,863 --> 00:42:12,265 This land’s been paid for. 801 00:42:12,298 --> 00:42:14,901 Over and over again. 802 00:42:17,738 --> 00:42:20,574 No more running. 803 00:42:20,607 --> 00:42:22,275 No more taking the easy way out. 804 00:42:25,779 --> 00:42:27,313 I don’t have any answers. 805 00:42:29,115 --> 00:42:30,717 All I know is... 806 00:42:30,751 --> 00:42:33,019 we ain’t going nowhere. 807 00:42:41,828 --> 00:42:44,665 ( music playing )