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[upbeat music playing]
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[crowd cheering]
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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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[music fades]
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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
playing]
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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.
352
00:16:01,607 --> 00:16:03,149
She stood up for herself.
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And she looks the way she looks
354
00:16:05,236 --> 00:16:06,903
'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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00:16:31,929 --> 00:16:34,473
"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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00:16:41,105 --> 00:16:42,188
[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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00:16:47,111 --> 00:16:49,070
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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00:17:01,125 --> 00:17:02,417
And I admired Dolly Parton,
377
00:17:02,418 --> 00:17:04,503
and I admired Emmylou Harris
tremendously.
378
00:17:05,671 --> 00:17:07,173
One day Emmy called me up
and said,
379
00:17:07,298 --> 00:17:09,341
"Dolly Parton's at my house.
Why don't you come over?"
380
00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:12,511
It was a 45-minute drive,
but I got there in about 20.
381
00:17:12,636 --> 00:17:15,556
We did a Carter song,
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow,"
382
00:17:15,681 --> 00:17:17,265
and we went, "Wow."
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00:17:17,266 --> 00:17:21,853
♪ So bury me
Beneath the willow ♪
384
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♪ Under the weeping
Willow tree ♪
385
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[Ronstadt] I jam with other
singers all the time, you know.
386
00:17:28,069 --> 00:17:29,904
But this sounded different.
387
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If you're singing a song
or listening to a song,
388
00:17:33,449 --> 00:17:36,659
and you suddenly have a feeling
you didn't realize you had,
389
00:17:36,660 --> 00:17:39,205
that's when music
is doing its job.
390
00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:40,914
And it was
very musically satisfying
391
00:17:40,915 --> 00:17:42,457
to sing with those two girls.
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[tranquil music playing]
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00:17:46,921 --> 00:17:50,049
[Gomez] The trio was this
powerhouse supergroup of women
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who had really taken control
over their music and careers.
395
00:17:54,512 --> 00:17:56,471
And Linda Ronstadt
was not someone
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who was gonna be defined
397
00:17:57,807 --> 00:18:00,518
by the conventions
of the industry.
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00:18:00,643 --> 00:18:03,978
♪ I'm going back someday ♪
399
00:18:03,979 --> 00:18:05,855
♪ Come what may ♪
400
00:18:05,856 --> 00:18:08,234
♪ To Blue Bayou ♪
401
00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,026
And I remember hearing
"Blue Bayou."
402
00:18:10,027 --> 00:18:13,906
I think I was probably 17.
403
00:18:14,949 --> 00:18:18,868
My mom told me that
I looked like Linda Ronstadt,
404
00:18:18,869 --> 00:18:21,080
and she goes, "You should
listen to her music."
405
00:18:21,205 --> 00:18:24,207
She has an incredible voice,
like, "You're No Good."
406
00:18:24,208 --> 00:18:26,668
♪ You're no good,
You're no good ♪
407
00:18:26,669 --> 00:18:27,753
♪ You're no good ♪
408
00:18:27,878 --> 00:18:30,172
♪ Baby, you're no good ♪
409
00:18:30,798 --> 00:18:32,340
Completely fell in love.
410
00:18:32,341 --> 00:18:35,928
Those songs to me are so...
411
00:18:36,887 --> 00:18:40,473
They're like, um,
the Taylor Swift of that time,
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00:18:40,474 --> 00:18:42,684
you know,
that-that powerful, like,
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00:18:42,685 --> 00:18:44,770
"Oh, yes, I deserve the best.
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00:18:44,895 --> 00:18:49,524
And I know exactly where I want
to stand and who I am."
415
00:18:49,525 --> 00:18:51,693
And that's vulnerability
and strength.
416
00:18:51,694 --> 00:18:55,739
And I think that every girl
can relate.
417
00:18:55,740 --> 00:18:57,532
"When Will I Be Loved,"
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00:18:57,533 --> 00:19:00,828
it's kind of an upbeat song,
but it makes me emotional.
419
00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:06,292
♪ When will I be loved? ♪
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00:19:07,001 --> 00:19:08,877
[Gomez] She was powerful.
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00:19:08,878 --> 00:19:11,630
She was a huge part of music.
422
00:19:11,756 --> 00:19:14,758
She was with the Stones,
Dolly Parton,
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00:19:14,759 --> 00:19:18,887
and she was the first woman
to headline full arena tours.
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00:19:18,888 --> 00:19:21,181
She was her own trailblazer,
425
00:19:21,182 --> 00:19:24,601
and she knew deep down
that it was important for her
426
00:19:24,602 --> 00:19:27,146
to get in touch with her roots
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00:19:27,271 --> 00:19:29,439
and to do something
that was daring.
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00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,651
- [crowd cheering]
- [upbeat music playing]
429
00:19:32,777 --> 00:19:36,363
I think everybody did not want
her doing a Spanish album.
430
00:19:36,364 --> 00:19:39,867
- [mariachi music playing]
- [singing in Spanish]
431
00:19:43,162 --> 00:19:46,499
[Ronstadt]
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00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:51,337
[interviewer]
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00:20:07,645 --> 00:20:10,106
[Gomez] She ended up
winning a Grammy,
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00:20:11,023 --> 00:20:13,149
and the album is still
the biggest selling
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00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:16,362
non-English-language record
in American history.
436
00:20:18,406 --> 00:20:19,989
Women like Linda Ronstadt,
437
00:20:19,990 --> 00:20:23,493
who pushed to embody
their heritage, set the stage
438
00:20:23,494 --> 00:20:26,413
for non-English-speaking
artists of today.
439
00:20:26,414 --> 00:20:29,124
There is a direct line
to Gloria Estefan,
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00:20:29,125 --> 00:20:31,292
Selena Quintanilla, J.Lo,
441
00:20:31,293 --> 00:20:35,964
and full circle with artists
like Rosalia and Karol G today
442
00:20:35,965 --> 00:20:37,590
who are dominating the charts
443
00:20:37,591 --> 00:20:39,969
without making albums
in English.
444
00:20:40,636 --> 00:20:43,012
[Abrams] There's a lot
to be said about women taking
445
00:20:43,013 --> 00:20:46,225
what is considered normal
and turning it on its head.
446
00:20:47,393 --> 00:20:49,602
When did you decide
to be larger than life?
447
00:20:49,603 --> 00:20:51,813
When did I decide
to be myself, really?
448
00:20:51,814 --> 00:20:53,648
I think that's what
it comes down to.
449
00:20:53,649 --> 00:20:56,235
You have to fearlessly go
into this madness,
450
00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,653
and you have to find your walk
451
00:20:58,654 --> 00:21:00,114
and you stick to it.
452
00:21:00,239 --> 00:21:02,115
If you stick to it
453
00:21:02,116 --> 00:21:04,325
and are true
to that and yourself...
454
00:21:04,326 --> 00:21:06,162
[upbeat music playing]
455
00:21:07,288 --> 00:21:10,249
[chuckles] I can't think of
much else that really matters.
456
00:21:11,292 --> 00:21:12,752
[TV clicks, static buzzing]
457
00:21:12,877 --> 00:21:16,422
The '90s are gonna make
the '60s look like the '50s.
458
00:21:16,547 --> 00:21:21,134
[Exposito] It was awesome
to be a little girl in the '90s
459
00:21:21,135 --> 00:21:24,512
in a time when so many
powerful women were coming up.
460
00:21:24,513 --> 00:21:27,433
We had the first female
attorney general,
461
00:21:27,558 --> 00:21:29,350
secretary of state,
462
00:21:29,351 --> 00:21:31,311
and the number of women
in the Senate
463
00:21:31,312 --> 00:21:33,939
had gone from two to twelve.
464
00:21:34,648 --> 00:21:36,692
I can be anything I want to be.
It's the '90s.
465
00:21:38,235 --> 00:21:40,613
Women were given these platforms
466
00:21:40,738 --> 00:21:43,239
that they may not have had
before.
467
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,366
[static]
468
00:21:44,367 --> 00:21:46,659
But, you know,
at the same time,
469
00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:49,537
you would see like
Girls Gone Wild ads on
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00:21:49,538 --> 00:21:50,998
late at night.
471
00:21:53,334 --> 00:21:55,377
We saw this dichotomy
in popular culture
472
00:21:55,378 --> 00:21:59,672
and outright hostility
in the media towards women.
473
00:21:59,673 --> 00:22:02,301
Monica also said
that, uh, President Clinton
474
00:22:02,426 --> 00:22:05,012
would often compliment her
on her figure.
475
00:22:05,137 --> 00:22:06,262
If you didn't think this guy
476
00:22:06,263 --> 00:22:08,223
was the biggest liar
in the world before...
477
00:22:08,224 --> 00:22:09,642
You know, the last time
I saw you,
478
00:22:09,767 --> 00:22:11,310
were you this weight
or a different weight?
479
00:22:11,435 --> 00:22:12,519
I was a little skinnier then.
480
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,021
- What's your name?
- Heather.
481
00:22:14,146 --> 00:22:17,399
Well, buddy. Heather, she's got
a fresh little crumpet.
482
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,319
Are you guys ready
for your foxy boxers?
483
00:22:20,444 --> 00:22:24,490
If I don't get you to show
your breasts, I will get fired.
484
00:22:24,615 --> 00:22:26,826
[punk rock music playing]
485
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:29,577
[Exposito]
Bands like Bikini Kill
486
00:22:29,578 --> 00:22:31,246
were not here for that.
487
00:22:31,247 --> 00:22:34,250
This is for all those fuckers!
488
00:22:36,001 --> 00:22:38,003
Well, it was really hard
in the '90s
489
00:22:38,129 --> 00:22:40,463
to be a woman
in a feminist band.
490
00:22:40,464 --> 00:22:41,841
[screams]
491
00:22:41,966 --> 00:22:43,883
There were always feminists
in punk. Always.
492
00:22:43,884 --> 00:22:45,218
From the very beginning.
493
00:22:45,219 --> 00:22:46,470
But it had changed.
494
00:22:47,471 --> 00:22:50,557
Punk started as the soundtrack
to class warfare,
495
00:22:50,558 --> 00:22:53,853
and then it became about guys
who were, like, mad
496
00:22:53,978 --> 00:22:55,937
their mom wouldn't make them
a sandwich.
497
00:22:55,938 --> 00:22:59,358
["Institutionalized"
by Suicidal Tendencies playing]
498
00:23:01,152 --> 00:23:03,362
[Hanna] As someone who was going
to shows, putting on shows,
499
00:23:03,487 --> 00:23:05,072
very involved
in the punk community,
500
00:23:05,197 --> 00:23:06,866
and I'm like, "Seriously?"
501
00:23:09,368 --> 00:23:12,371
I worked at a domestic violence
and rape relief crisis center
502
00:23:12,496 --> 00:23:15,665
when I was from 19 to about 24,
503
00:23:15,666 --> 00:23:17,834
and that really informed
the way I wrote lyrics
504
00:23:17,835 --> 00:23:19,295
and what I wrote about.
505
00:23:21,088 --> 00:23:24,924
I was so full of all of
this crisis and rage and pain,
506
00:23:24,925 --> 00:23:29,263
and like, how could I process
that without music?
507
00:23:29,847 --> 00:23:34,226
[Hanna singing]
508
00:23:40,358 --> 00:23:42,902
Girls always get pushed to the
back, and it's all this, like,
509
00:23:43,027 --> 00:23:45,945
sweaty boy, long hair,
beer belly thing in the front.
510
00:23:45,946 --> 00:23:49,116
Girls need to reclaim the scene
for themselves, I think.
511
00:23:50,201 --> 00:23:51,577
[Hanna] It did feel radical
512
00:23:51,702 --> 00:23:53,788
and it did feel
really dangerous.
513
00:23:54,372 --> 00:23:56,415
Men were standing up
and yelling,
514
00:23:56,540 --> 00:23:59,460
"Shut up and play the song.
Take it off."
515
00:24:02,588 --> 00:24:05,257
[singing indistinctly]
516
00:24:09,095 --> 00:24:10,887
We really needed
to create community.
517
00:24:10,888 --> 00:24:12,932
So we started getting names
518
00:24:13,057 --> 00:24:14,808
of girls and women
who came to our shows
519
00:24:14,809 --> 00:24:17,061
and then inviting them
to come to our next gig.
520
00:24:17,645 --> 00:24:21,231
Eventually, me and my friend
Allison Wolfe from Bratmobile,
521
00:24:21,232 --> 00:24:24,485
we were like, "We're gonna have
a meeting with girl punks."
522
00:24:24,610 --> 00:24:25,902
[punk music playing]
523
00:24:25,903 --> 00:24:28,447
But everyone had
horror stories.
524
00:24:28,572 --> 00:24:29,906
It started feeling like, "Hey,
525
00:24:29,907 --> 00:24:31,867
you know what people want?
They want support."
526
00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:33,619
People started skill-sharing.
527
00:24:33,744 --> 00:24:34,869
"Do you want to start a band?
528
00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:36,538
Do you want to start a press
529
00:24:36,539 --> 00:24:38,332
where we put out
a bunch of fan zines?"
530
00:24:38,457 --> 00:24:40,583
Like, "What do you want to do?"
531
00:24:40,584 --> 00:24:43,838
Eventually, the meetings became
known as riot grrrl meetings.
532
00:24:45,089 --> 00:24:49,050
Riot grrrl was not just
a genre of music.
533
00:24:49,051 --> 00:24:50,927
It was a movement.
534
00:24:50,928 --> 00:24:54,180
[Hanna] If you're a racist,
homophobic, sexist,
535
00:24:54,181 --> 00:24:56,433
or just a plain
fucking asshole,
536
00:24:56,434 --> 00:24:58,060
you will be asked to leave.
537
00:25:09,613 --> 00:25:11,781
I started saying
"girls to the front" at shows
538
00:25:11,782 --> 00:25:15,118
because why were we printing up
lyric sheets
539
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:16,704
with our words on them
540
00:25:16,829 --> 00:25:18,413
to hand them out to dudes?
541
00:25:18,414 --> 00:25:20,041
That's not who I made them for.
542
00:25:20,833 --> 00:25:22,459
So I needed them to see
543
00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:25,295
Kathi's hands on the bass
and how easy it was.
544
00:25:25,296 --> 00:25:27,381
How are they gonna start bands
if they're stuck in the back
545
00:25:27,506 --> 00:25:29,341
where they can't even see?
546
00:25:29,467 --> 00:25:32,427
We wanted to have
that physical connection
547
00:25:32,428 --> 00:25:33,636
because connection is joy.
548
00:25:33,637 --> 00:25:36,265
[punk music playing]
549
00:25:38,726 --> 00:25:42,103
[Patel] Their movement
was about raising up women,
550
00:25:42,104 --> 00:25:45,899
and "Rebel Girl"
is this rallying cry
551
00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,860
for what this movement is.
552
00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:55,950
When I wrote "Rebel Girl,"
553
00:25:55,951 --> 00:25:58,204
I was really working
with what it was like
554
00:25:58,329 --> 00:26:00,206
when I was a kid,
555
00:26:00,331 --> 00:26:02,290
before I sort of
got tamped down
556
00:26:02,291 --> 00:26:03,876
and made to feel less than.
557
00:26:04,585 --> 00:26:07,755
I remember watching my sister
ride around on her big wheel,
558
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,590
and I just thought
she was the coolest,
559
00:26:09,715 --> 00:26:11,884
and all the girls
I had crushes on
560
00:26:12,009 --> 00:26:13,968
in junior high and high school.
561
00:26:13,969 --> 00:26:16,930
I was just thinking about all
these amazing women I knew.
562
00:26:16,931 --> 00:26:19,015
And it just sort of came out.
563
00:26:19,016 --> 00:26:22,811
♪ Rebel girl ♪
564
00:26:22,812 --> 00:26:26,147
[Patel] This whole movement set
the tone for what would come.
565
00:26:26,148 --> 00:26:27,566
♪ Rebel girl ♪
566
00:26:27,692 --> 00:26:29,192
♪ Rebel girl ♪
567
00:26:29,193 --> 00:26:30,736
♪ I really like you ♪
568
00:26:30,861 --> 00:26:33,905
♪ I really wanna be
Your best friend ♪
569
00:26:33,906 --> 00:26:38,034
♪ Be my rebel girl ♪
570
00:26:38,035 --> 00:26:39,412
[song ending]
571
00:26:40,162 --> 00:26:42,915
[Exposito] In the '90s,
there was this really angry,
572
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,752
subversive, forceful thing
happening with punk rock.
573
00:26:47,878 --> 00:26:50,256
At the same time,
there were these parallel waves
574
00:26:50,381 --> 00:26:54,008
of feminism happening
in other genres,
575
00:26:54,009 --> 00:26:57,304
and this was especially notable
in women's hip hop.
576
00:26:58,556 --> 00:27:01,308
[bass-heavy hip hop music
playing]
577
00:27:01,892 --> 00:27:04,728
[Hope] In the '90s, you kind of
saw a lot of gangsta rap
578
00:27:04,729 --> 00:27:06,563
being more in the forefront,
579
00:27:06,564 --> 00:27:09,315
and women in gangsta rap
580
00:27:09,316 --> 00:27:11,610
were not
multi-dimensional figures.
581
00:27:12,445 --> 00:27:15,071
You had songs like
"A Bitch Iz a Bitch."
582
00:27:15,072 --> 00:27:18,284
[Ice Cube rapping]
583
00:27:20,911 --> 00:27:23,998
During my teenage years, I was
kinda like bopping along to it.
584
00:27:24,123 --> 00:27:25,331
- Kind of like...
- [record scratch]
585
00:27:25,332 --> 00:27:26,750
this is not quite right.
586
00:27:26,751 --> 00:27:28,252
[record spinning]
587
00:27:28,836 --> 00:27:32,088
There had to be, at some point,
women breaking through
588
00:27:32,089 --> 00:27:33,548
and challenging the system.
589
00:27:33,549 --> 00:27:36,426
That's where we get women
like MC Lyte,
590
00:27:36,427 --> 00:27:38,928
Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa,
591
00:27:38,929 --> 00:27:42,599
sort of pushing back
against this dominant archetype.
592
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,309
♪ Who you callin' a bitch? ♪
593
00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:46,269
♪ Yeah,
You gotta let them know ♪
594
00:27:46,270 --> 00:27:47,688
♪ U-N-I-T-Y ♪
595
00:27:48,189 --> 00:27:49,856
[Hanna] I was very lucky
that I had friends
596
00:27:49,857 --> 00:27:52,359
who turned me on to lots
of different kinds of music.
597
00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:54,944
And when I heard "U.N.I.T.Y.,"
598
00:27:54,945 --> 00:27:56,697
I was like, "This is different."
599
00:27:57,281 --> 00:27:59,700
To be talking
about street harassment
600
00:27:59,825 --> 00:28:02,036
in a song that's on the radio,
601
00:28:02,161 --> 00:28:03,662
that everyone's listening to,
602
00:28:03,788 --> 00:28:06,289
was absolutely out of control.
603
00:28:06,290 --> 00:28:09,125
♪ I walked past these dudes,
When they passed me ♪
604
00:28:09,126 --> 00:28:11,670
♪ One of em' felt my booty,
He was nasty ♪
605
00:28:12,630 --> 00:28:15,298
[Hope] She put on paper
an experience
606
00:28:15,299 --> 00:28:17,467
that women could relate to,
607
00:28:17,468 --> 00:28:20,470
and that hadn't been done
in that way before,
608
00:28:20,471 --> 00:28:22,263
on a rap song.
609
00:28:22,264 --> 00:28:27,770
It opens the lane
for this expression of anti.
610
00:28:29,021 --> 00:28:31,357
[hip hop music playing]
611
00:28:31,482 --> 00:28:34,527
You know, I think a great way
to spread a message
612
00:28:34,652 --> 00:28:37,071
is for it to come across
as authentic.
613
00:28:37,196 --> 00:28:39,989
But it's kind of where
the authenticity feels
614
00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:43,119
shocking in a way
when we see it.
615
00:28:43,703 --> 00:28:46,454
With the '90s, what we saw
616
00:28:46,455 --> 00:28:48,832
was this reclamation of sex
617
00:28:48,833 --> 00:28:50,834
with artists like Lil' Kim
618
00:28:50,835 --> 00:28:53,045
and Foxy Brown
and Missy Elliott.
619
00:28:53,170 --> 00:28:55,171
♪ We got sex appeal,
I'ma keep it real ♪
620
00:28:55,172 --> 00:28:57,298
♪ If I didn't have a deal,
I'd still be worth a mill' ♪
621
00:28:57,299 --> 00:29:00,009
[Hope] They were showing
that women
622
00:29:00,010 --> 00:29:01,887
and particularly,
you know, Black women
623
00:29:02,012 --> 00:29:03,597
can own sexuality.
624
00:29:05,057 --> 00:29:07,809
There's some subversion
at play.
625
00:29:07,810 --> 00:29:10,104
And "subversion"
actually is the word
626
00:29:10,229 --> 00:29:13,314
that I would most apply
to artists like Salt-N-Pepa
627
00:29:13,315 --> 00:29:16,484
who flipped the script
a lot of times.
628
00:29:16,485 --> 00:29:18,820
♪ Let's talk about sex, baby ♪
629
00:29:18,821 --> 00:29:19,947
♪ Let's talk about you and me ♪
630
00:29:20,072 --> 00:29:22,198
[Hope] There's a way
that musicians
631
00:29:22,199 --> 00:29:24,117
can, like, sneak a message in,
632
00:29:24,118 --> 00:29:26,411
and "Let's Talk About Sex"
is the opposite.
633
00:29:26,412 --> 00:29:27,829
♪ I won't get got,
I'm on the pill ♪
634
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:29,581
♪ Until the sores, spores ♪
635
00:29:29,582 --> 00:29:30,874
♪ And stuff pour
Down your drawers ♪
636
00:29:30,875 --> 00:29:31,917
♪ He gave it to you ♪
637
00:29:32,043 --> 00:29:33,043
♪ And now it's all yours ♪
638
00:29:33,044 --> 00:29:34,170
[song ends]
639
00:29:35,212 --> 00:29:37,881
[woman] I think that we need to
really think about how artists
640
00:29:37,882 --> 00:29:40,175
are not just building
their own careers,
641
00:29:40,176 --> 00:29:42,428
but really building out culture.
642
00:29:42,553 --> 00:29:44,597
It's not just about making
the music.
643
00:29:44,722 --> 00:29:46,848
It's about engaging
with the community
644
00:29:46,849 --> 00:29:48,601
that the music is about.
645
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,479
We come in contact
with a lot of people
646
00:29:51,604 --> 00:29:53,105
that we became close with
647
00:29:53,230 --> 00:29:56,066
as far as AIDS,
you know, HIV positive.
648
00:29:56,067 --> 00:29:58,986
That's what really made us open
our eyes and be like,
649
00:29:59,111 --> 00:30:00,821
"Wow, you know,
this can happen to anybody."
650
00:30:00,946 --> 00:30:02,782
- Anybody.
- We feel, as rap artists,
651
00:30:02,907 --> 00:30:05,867
we have a responsibility to
the teenagers that listen to us,
652
00:30:05,868 --> 00:30:07,995
to let them know
it can happen to you too.
653
00:30:09,705 --> 00:30:12,665
[Gonzalez] Early hip hop
movement was really rooted
654
00:30:12,666 --> 00:30:16,337
in poor Black and Brown
communities.
655
00:30:16,921 --> 00:30:18,880
And all of these folks
that are talking
656
00:30:18,881 --> 00:30:22,550
about really important things
that are also in schools,
657
00:30:22,551 --> 00:30:26,429
they're singing verses that
young people needed to hear.
658
00:30:26,430 --> 00:30:29,016
♪ Girls, you know
You'd better watch out ♪
659
00:30:29,141 --> 00:30:30,975
Being a kid, I fell asleep
660
00:30:30,976 --> 00:30:32,812
to The Miseducation
of Lauryn Hill.
661
00:30:32,937 --> 00:30:34,938
And I loved that album.
662
00:30:34,939 --> 00:30:36,272
Her voice was so powerful
663
00:30:36,273 --> 00:30:38,818
and just how she observed
the world.
664
00:30:40,444 --> 00:30:43,197
That album is structured
through the lens of a classroom.
665
00:30:44,031 --> 00:30:45,825
She's using that framing
666
00:30:45,950 --> 00:30:47,701
as a way to talk
about the importance
667
00:30:47,702 --> 00:30:51,997
of talking to kids
about the ideas on the album.
668
00:30:53,332 --> 00:30:55,835
[Hope] She's talking
about motherhood,
669
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,170
she's talking about career,
670
00:30:58,295 --> 00:31:01,048
she's talking about
an extremely emotional breakup.
671
00:31:02,133 --> 00:31:04,884
[Wortham] But Miss Hill
was sort of saying to women,
672
00:31:04,885 --> 00:31:07,179
"Think twice, be careful,
protect yourself."
673
00:31:07,847 --> 00:31:11,641
[H.E.R.] Her album was very much
speaking about culture
674
00:31:11,642 --> 00:31:14,186
and the experience as a woman,
as a Black woman,
675
00:31:14,311 --> 00:31:17,064
and I feel like it's not
really easy to put into words
676
00:31:17,189 --> 00:31:19,525
what that does for you.
677
00:31:19,650 --> 00:31:21,610
But the representation
was everything.
678
00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:24,821
Since Miseducation,
everybody's been begging you,
679
00:31:24,822 --> 00:31:26,782
"Come on, Lauryn,
give us something!"
680
00:31:27,992 --> 00:31:31,245
There's a lot that could force
an individual to compromise,
681
00:31:31,370 --> 00:31:33,247
and to me, for me to make music,
682
00:31:33,372 --> 00:31:35,331
it doesn't really make sense
for me to make music
683
00:31:35,332 --> 00:31:38,084
if I can't make something
that has a purpose.
684
00:31:38,085 --> 00:31:40,755
[mellow R&B music playing]
685
00:31:42,006 --> 00:31:43,673
[Hope] Lauryn is notorious,
obviously,
686
00:31:43,674 --> 00:31:46,594
because she's sort of retreated
from the spotlight.
687
00:31:47,762 --> 00:31:49,679
[Wortham] The costs
have been really high, like,
688
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,892
this is the toll
of this business.
689
00:31:53,434 --> 00:31:56,978
I feel really moved by her
unwillingness to compromise.
690
00:31:56,979 --> 00:31:58,731
I'm still impressed by it.
691
00:31:59,190 --> 00:32:01,817
It's not always
the exact same contour of fight.
692
00:32:02,401 --> 00:32:04,694
But there's always
something more to be done.
693
00:32:04,695 --> 00:32:06,906
[soft, dramatic music playing]
694
00:32:07,031 --> 00:32:10,283
We have a common bond
that should help us transcend
695
00:32:10,284 --> 00:32:11,994
the next hard thing we do.
696
00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:14,662
[cars honking]
697
00:32:14,663 --> 00:32:17,583
No justice, no peace!
698
00:32:17,708 --> 00:32:20,294
There are certain moments
of rupture that are important.
699
00:32:21,128 --> 00:32:22,879
[reporter]
Demonstrations erupting today
700
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,924
in the name of George Floyd.
701
00:32:25,716 --> 00:32:29,095
Protestors flooding the streets
and calling for justice.
702
00:32:29,220 --> 00:32:31,638
Floyd, an unarmed Black man,
703
00:32:31,639 --> 00:32:33,848
died after being cuffed
and pinned to the ground
704
00:32:33,849 --> 00:32:35,101
by an officer's knee.
705
00:32:35,643 --> 00:32:38,688
Stop killing Black people!
706
00:32:39,605 --> 00:32:41,981
Activism, a lot of times,
is just like what's going on
707
00:32:41,982 --> 00:32:45,111
in your community that
kind of forces you to activate.
708
00:32:45,611 --> 00:32:48,863
[Patel] The shock and horror
of what happened in 2020
709
00:32:48,864 --> 00:32:51,658
was so much
for everyone to bear.
710
00:32:51,659 --> 00:32:54,412
A moment that big
wakes people up.
711
00:32:55,121 --> 00:32:56,664
It means you have
to be present,
712
00:32:56,789 --> 00:32:57,957
you have to be listening,
713
00:32:58,082 --> 00:32:59,125
you have to be learning,
714
00:32:59,250 --> 00:33:01,918
and you have to be speaking
about it.
715
00:33:01,919 --> 00:33:03,545
Shut it down!
716
00:33:03,546 --> 00:33:05,798
[soft music playing]
717
00:33:07,258 --> 00:33:08,968
[chanting] I can't breathe!
718
00:33:10,094 --> 00:33:11,553
I can't breathe!
719
00:33:11,554 --> 00:33:14,055
[H.E.R.] I was in the Bay Area,
at my mom's house,
720
00:33:14,056 --> 00:33:16,851
and I was seeing people
marching outside and, you know,
721
00:33:16,976 --> 00:33:18,644
on the news and on social media.
722
00:33:18,769 --> 00:33:21,271
I had to turn it off because
you're just watching that video
723
00:33:21,272 --> 00:33:25,568
over and over again,
and it's really, um, painful.
724
00:33:26,986 --> 00:33:28,737
And I had this old guitar
that I've had
725
00:33:28,738 --> 00:33:31,740
since I was like nine years old
and I just picked it up.
726
00:33:31,741 --> 00:33:33,908
I started playing those chords
and singing that chorus.
727
00:33:33,909 --> 00:33:35,910
♪ I can't breathe ♪
728
00:33:35,911 --> 00:33:37,412
[soft R&B music playing]
729
00:33:37,413 --> 00:33:40,541
♪ You're taking my life
From me ♪
730
00:33:40,666 --> 00:33:42,042
[music fades]
731
00:33:42,043 --> 00:33:45,504
It is a painful thing
to tell a dark story.
732
00:33:46,338 --> 00:33:48,715
When a musician is vulnerable,
733
00:33:48,716 --> 00:33:51,468
we have space
to process our grief.
734
00:33:51,469 --> 00:33:54,054
All right, I'm not gonna lie,
I'm gonna cry. [laughs]
735
00:33:54,055 --> 00:33:56,348
I was teared up, I got chills.
736
00:33:57,016 --> 00:34:01,020
[H.E.R.] People were telling me,
"This made my 70-year-old dad
737
00:34:01,145 --> 00:34:02,979
think differently."
People were telling me that.
738
00:34:02,980 --> 00:34:04,482
I was like,
"Wow, that's insane."
739
00:34:05,316 --> 00:34:07,650
Another man was like,
"I marched from Harlem
740
00:34:07,651 --> 00:34:10,320
to Brooklyn with a bunch
of people to this song."
741
00:34:10,321 --> 00:34:13,656
- [soft music playing]
- [gentle vocalizations]
742
00:34:13,657 --> 00:34:16,326
I think when we create music,
it can be more selfish
743
00:34:16,327 --> 00:34:17,912
and then it turns
into something else.
744
00:34:18,037 --> 00:34:19,579
I'm not thinking about
millions of people
745
00:34:19,580 --> 00:34:21,040
are going to hear this.
746
00:34:23,417 --> 00:34:27,796
Music is a universal language
and it-it allows somebody
747
00:34:27,797 --> 00:34:30,132
to help get out
what they're feeling.
748
00:34:31,509 --> 00:34:34,010
And that's vulnerability
and strength.
749
00:34:34,011 --> 00:34:37,139
[gentle piano music playing]
750
00:34:37,681 --> 00:34:39,934
[Giddens] You know,
people talk about stress.
751
00:34:40,518 --> 00:34:43,311
When you look at what
the legacy of that is,
752
00:34:43,312 --> 00:34:44,646
the inheritance of that,
753
00:34:44,647 --> 00:34:48,109
the ancestral bequeathing
of that,
754
00:34:48,234 --> 00:34:50,318
I'm living with that stress.
755
00:34:50,319 --> 00:34:52,697
It's in my bones.
It's in my DNA.
756
00:34:53,531 --> 00:34:56,742
But singing helps to release
some of that.
757
00:34:57,535 --> 00:34:59,285
When I went back home
to North Carolina,
758
00:34:59,286 --> 00:35:02,415
I started reading
enslaved people's narratives.
759
00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:05,041
It's an amazing experience
to sit in a library
760
00:35:05,042 --> 00:35:06,585
looking at somebody's diary
761
00:35:06,711 --> 00:35:08,587
or a letter
that they've written.
762
00:35:08,713 --> 00:35:10,756
"Oh, I'm sorry it took me
so long to write."
763
00:35:10,881 --> 00:35:12,340
I mean, some things
are universal.
764
00:35:12,341 --> 00:35:13,926
"I was sick." You know,
765
00:35:14,051 --> 00:35:15,844
"I'm sorry it took me
so long to write you.
766
00:35:15,845 --> 00:35:17,387
And the weather's been
really crap.
767
00:35:17,388 --> 00:35:19,514
And the crops are...
You know, they're doing okay.
768
00:35:19,515 --> 00:35:22,309
And we sold Sally last week,
and I bought a new dress."
769
00:35:23,227 --> 00:35:24,437
It's like that.
770
00:35:24,937 --> 00:35:27,689
It's like that.
771
00:35:27,690 --> 00:35:29,650
I didn't know what to do
with these emotions,
772
00:35:29,775 --> 00:35:30,900
thinking about these women
773
00:35:30,901 --> 00:35:33,194
and the lives
that they had to lead.
774
00:35:33,195 --> 00:35:34,655
So I started writing songs.
775
00:35:34,780 --> 00:35:36,949
[gentle banjo music playing]
776
00:35:37,074 --> 00:35:39,409
Probably my most well known one
of these is called
777
00:35:39,410 --> 00:35:40,995
"At The Purchaser's Option."
778
00:35:52,506 --> 00:35:54,133
So I found an ad,
779
00:35:54,258 --> 00:35:56,342
and it was for a young woman
who was for sale.
780
00:35:56,343 --> 00:35:58,386
At the end of the ad,
it says she has with her
781
00:35:58,387 --> 00:35:59,972
a nine-month-old baby
782
00:36:00,097 --> 00:36:01,932
who is at
the purchaser's option.
783
00:36:02,767 --> 00:36:05,269
She has with her a baby.
You can buy it or not.
784
00:36:06,145 --> 00:36:08,355
And I thought about
that young woman.
785
00:36:08,356 --> 00:36:10,607
I imagine her lying on the bed,
786
00:36:10,608 --> 00:36:12,818
her little nine-month-old baby
next to her.
787
00:36:12,943 --> 00:36:14,110
She opens up her eyes,
788
00:36:14,111 --> 00:36:16,529
not knowing
how that day is gonna end.
789
00:36:16,530 --> 00:36:18,740
Is she gonna be
with that little baby?
790
00:36:18,741 --> 00:36:21,660
Do you love them the less
because you never know
791
00:36:21,786 --> 00:36:23,953
if they're gonna stay with you?
Of course you don't.
792
00:36:23,954 --> 00:36:27,458
So all of these questions
go into that song.
793
00:36:27,583 --> 00:36:29,168
♪ You can take my body ♪
794
00:36:29,293 --> 00:36:31,003
♪ You can take my bones ♪
795
00:36:31,128 --> 00:36:32,754
♪ You can take my blood ♪
796
00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:34,464
♪ But not my soul ♪
797
00:36:34,465 --> 00:36:35,590
♪ You can take my body ♪
798
00:36:35,591 --> 00:36:37,425
It's heavy.
799
00:36:37,426 --> 00:36:40,346
But I feel like
it's what I'm here to do.
800
00:36:42,264 --> 00:36:44,892
[Abrams] Even as music
helps us process pain,
801
00:36:45,017 --> 00:36:47,269
it also unites us in joy.
802
00:36:48,521 --> 00:36:50,898
From the beginning of the fight
for civil rights,
803
00:36:51,023 --> 00:36:52,941
there was always the music.
804
00:36:52,942 --> 00:36:54,818
[men singing]
805
00:36:54,819 --> 00:36:56,486
From the churches
806
00:36:56,487 --> 00:36:58,072
to the streets
807
00:36:58,197 --> 00:36:59,823
to the nation's capital.
808
00:36:59,824 --> 00:37:03,244
Music has given people
the strength to keep going.
809
00:37:03,369 --> 00:37:04,494
Lena.
810
00:37:04,495 --> 00:37:05,787
Odetta.
811
00:37:05,788 --> 00:37:08,164
Mavis. Marian.
812
00:37:08,165 --> 00:37:10,751
They showed us
that the more you speak out,
813
00:37:10,876 --> 00:37:13,128
the more you can change
the world.
814
00:37:13,129 --> 00:37:15,381
[applause]
815
00:37:17,717 --> 00:37:20,553
But we've also learned
that the louder you are,
816
00:37:20,678 --> 00:37:22,512
the more the forces
of oppression
817
00:37:22,513 --> 00:37:24,140
will try to silence you.
818
00:37:25,558 --> 00:37:27,601
[explosion]
819
00:37:27,727 --> 00:37:30,145
[clamoring]
820
00:37:30,146 --> 00:37:31,604
[somber piano music playing]
821
00:37:31,605 --> 00:37:33,773
[reporter] Dynamite exploded
on a Sunday morning,
822
00:37:33,774 --> 00:37:35,901
killed four little girls
in Sunday school.
823
00:37:37,528 --> 00:37:40,865
[Simone] When the kids
got killed in that church,
824
00:37:42,241 --> 00:37:45,077
first you get depressed,
and after that, you get mad.
825
00:37:45,619 --> 00:37:47,454
And when these kids got bombed,
826
00:37:47,455 --> 00:37:49,290
I just sat down
and wrote this song.
827
00:37:51,083 --> 00:37:55,503
[Patel] She saw the 16th Street
Baptist Church bombing,
828
00:37:55,504 --> 00:37:57,338
and she was fed up with it,
829
00:37:57,339 --> 00:37:59,425
and she wrote
"Mississippi Goddam."
830
00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:02,218
♪ Alabama's got me so upset ♪
831
00:38:02,219 --> 00:38:05,096
♪ Tennessee made me
Lose my rest ♪
832
00:38:05,097 --> 00:38:09,977
♪ And everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam ♪
833
00:38:10,102 --> 00:38:11,604
[Patel] She's just channeling
834
00:38:11,729 --> 00:38:15,733
so much ancestral emotion,
grief.
835
00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:19,194
♪ I can't stand the pressure
Much longer ♪
836
00:38:19,195 --> 00:38:21,280
♪ Somebody say a prayer ♪
837
00:38:21,405 --> 00:38:24,657
[Patel] She's performing
to largely white audiences,
838
00:38:24,658 --> 00:38:27,453
performing to people
who might not want to hear it.
839
00:38:28,287 --> 00:38:31,999
[Simone]
840
00:38:32,458 --> 00:38:35,127
...telling me that it was
in bad taste.
841
00:38:35,252 --> 00:38:37,797
And, you know, how could I stoop
to this? Et cetera.
842
00:38:37,922 --> 00:38:39,465
They missed the whole point.
843
00:38:42,301 --> 00:38:44,719
I think she saw
that all she could do
844
00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:45,887
was make art
845
00:38:45,888 --> 00:38:48,807
and try to speak
on behalf of others.
846
00:38:48,808 --> 00:38:51,101
♪ Alabama's got me so upset ♪
847
00:38:51,102 --> 00:38:54,437
♪ And Governor Wallace
Has made me lose my rest ♪
848
00:38:54,438 --> 00:38:59,527
♪ Everybody knows about
Mississippi Goddam ♪
849
00:39:00,027 --> 00:39:01,153
That's it!
850
00:39:01,278 --> 00:39:03,531
[applause]
851
00:39:05,116 --> 00:39:07,535
[Gonzalez] And then she's done,
and she bows,
852
00:39:07,660 --> 00:39:09,370
you know, gracefully.
853
00:39:10,121 --> 00:39:12,247
And I love that.
That just shows everything.
854
00:39:12,248 --> 00:39:14,500
She's a genius.
855
00:39:14,625 --> 00:39:17,293
She was good friends
with James Baldwin
856
00:39:17,294 --> 00:39:19,963
and other artists of the time.
857
00:39:19,964 --> 00:39:22,215
They were part
of a greater community
858
00:39:22,216 --> 00:39:24,968
of artists, writers, activists
859
00:39:24,969 --> 00:39:28,681
that were coming together
for a common cause,
860
00:39:28,806 --> 00:39:30,224
equality.
861
00:39:31,016 --> 00:39:33,101
It's important to know
how much power you have
862
00:39:33,102 --> 00:39:35,896
and utilize it in ways
that will outlive you.
863
00:39:37,356 --> 00:39:42,110
[Simone] When I'm finished
working, as tired as I am,
864
00:39:42,111 --> 00:39:45,780
when there are kids
who come backstage afterwards
865
00:39:45,781 --> 00:39:48,743
who want to talk,
or who are moved to the point,
866
00:39:48,868 --> 00:39:50,619
sometimes they're moved
to tears,
867
00:39:51,203 --> 00:39:54,915
I find the time to do so
as much as I can.
868
00:39:55,041 --> 00:39:57,168
They are our future.
869
00:39:58,002 --> 00:40:01,129
I never intend for my children
to look at me and be ashamed
870
00:40:01,130 --> 00:40:03,215
and say, "Mama,
why didn't you do something?"
871
00:40:03,340 --> 00:40:05,301
I will have done mine.
872
00:40:06,177 --> 00:40:09,846
[Abrams] We continue to benefit
from the stand that Nina took,
873
00:40:09,847 --> 00:40:12,974
though I would imagine
she'd still have a lot to say
874
00:40:12,975 --> 00:40:16,062
if she saw the division
that's in music today.
875
00:40:19,398 --> 00:40:21,107
Hope y'all feeling good.
876
00:40:21,108 --> 00:40:22,902
Give it up for the Dixie Chicks.
877
00:40:23,027 --> 00:40:26,321
[Exposito] I remember
the uproar over Beyoncé
878
00:40:26,322 --> 00:40:28,114
at the Country Music Awards,
879
00:40:28,115 --> 00:40:30,492
performing
with the Dixie Chicks.
880
00:40:30,493 --> 00:40:33,203
Dixie Chicks got
in a lot of trouble
881
00:40:33,204 --> 00:40:35,413
standing up
against the war in Iraq.
882
00:40:35,414 --> 00:40:38,918
♪ Daddy made a soldier
Out of me ♪
883
00:40:39,043 --> 00:40:42,296
[Exposito] There were a lot
of sour faces in that audience.
884
00:40:42,421 --> 00:40:45,048
What she walked away with
was the impression
885
00:40:45,049 --> 00:40:46,383
that she wasn't welcome.
886
00:40:46,384 --> 00:40:49,470
I think that people painting
887
00:40:49,595 --> 00:40:52,598
country music
as this, like, white utopia,
888
00:40:52,723 --> 00:40:56,268
it's... pure fabrication.
889
00:40:56,936 --> 00:40:59,939
For Beyoncé,
she grew up in Texas.
890
00:41:00,064 --> 00:41:02,357
You know, this is
her culture too.
891
00:41:02,358 --> 00:41:04,859
Like, she's gonna claim it.
892
00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:06,695
[reporter]
Global superstar Beyoncé
893
00:41:06,696 --> 00:41:07,947
reveals the cover art
894
00:41:08,072 --> 00:41:10,282
for her next album,
Cowboy Carter.
895
00:41:10,408 --> 00:41:12,367
♪ This ain't Texas ♪
896
00:41:12,368 --> 00:41:14,494
- ♪ Woo ♪
- ♪ Ain't no hold 'em ♪
897
00:41:14,495 --> 00:41:16,371
"Texas Hold 'Em," which made her
898
00:41:16,372 --> 00:41:18,998
the first Black female artist
to reach the top
899
00:41:18,999 --> 00:41:22,461
of the Billboard
Hot Country Songs chart.
900
00:41:22,586 --> 00:41:24,587
[reporter]
Her Instagram reading...
901
00:41:24,588 --> 00:41:26,298
[reporter reading text]
902
00:41:33,472 --> 00:41:35,515
[reporter 2]
Rhiannon Giddens. Her banjo
903
00:41:35,516 --> 00:41:38,644
is the first thing you hear
on "Texas Hold 'Em."
904
00:41:38,769 --> 00:41:40,437
The "Stay in your lane,"
905
00:41:40,438 --> 00:41:42,605
the "Well,
that's not real country,"
906
00:41:42,606 --> 00:41:44,025
that's just racism.
907
00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:45,734
Americana, country.
908
00:41:45,735 --> 00:41:48,863
All of it comes out of
cross-cultural collaboration.
909
00:41:48,988 --> 00:41:51,031
But if you don't know
that Black people
910
00:41:51,032 --> 00:41:53,199
were a huge part
of that collaboration,
911
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:56,578
you get a really skewed picture
of what America is.
912
00:41:56,579 --> 00:41:58,998
[Guyton] When I first started
singing country music,
913
00:41:59,123 --> 00:42:01,167
I was like, scared. I was like,
914
00:42:01,292 --> 00:42:04,294
"There aren't really any
Black people in country music."
915
00:42:04,295 --> 00:42:07,589
And I Googled
"Black female country singers."
916
00:42:07,590 --> 00:42:09,467
I found a woman
named Linda Martell.
917
00:42:10,301 --> 00:42:13,054
[Patel] Linda Martell's
first single in 1969
918
00:42:13,179 --> 00:42:14,847
was a huge hit.
919
00:42:14,972 --> 00:42:18,099
She performed on popular
TV shows like Hee Haw
920
00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:20,435
and at venues
like the Grand Ole Opry.
921
00:42:20,436 --> 00:42:23,356
And before Beyoncé, Martell
was the highest slotting
922
00:42:23,481 --> 00:42:26,149
Black female singer
on the country charts.
923
00:42:26,150 --> 00:42:29,570
Martell later revealed
a dispiriting story
924
00:42:29,695 --> 00:42:32,406
about that period of her life.
925
00:42:32,531 --> 00:42:35,034
She had originally signed
with a label called
926
00:42:35,159 --> 00:42:37,952
SSS International Records
927
00:42:37,953 --> 00:42:39,538
and was totally unaware
928
00:42:39,663 --> 00:42:41,664
that they had decided
to release her music
929
00:42:41,665 --> 00:42:43,291
on their sister label
930
00:42:43,292 --> 00:42:45,086
called Plantation.
931
00:42:45,669 --> 00:42:48,171
Feeling rightfully misled
and disrespected,
932
00:42:48,172 --> 00:42:49,631
she left the label,
933
00:42:49,632 --> 00:42:52,133
and when she tried to take
her music elsewhere,
934
00:42:52,134 --> 00:42:54,302
Plantation threatened
to sue any company
935
00:42:54,303 --> 00:42:55,721
that released a song with her.
936
00:42:55,846 --> 00:42:58,099
She ended up leaving
the music industry
937
00:42:58,224 --> 00:43:01,811
and ultimately supported
herself as a school bus driver.
938
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,731
I think of music as a matter
of historical record
939
00:43:05,856 --> 00:43:08,483
and a matter of history keeping,
940
00:43:08,484 --> 00:43:10,903
and that particular example,
941
00:43:11,028 --> 00:43:12,905
I think, was representative
942
00:43:13,030 --> 00:43:15,365
of the state of the country.
943
00:43:15,366 --> 00:43:17,701
[Wortham] I think her story
is all too common.
944
00:43:17,702 --> 00:43:20,579
That is actually more
of the refrain of women,
945
00:43:20,705 --> 00:43:22,748
and especially Black women
in the music industry,
946
00:43:22,873 --> 00:43:25,291
not just like they flamed out
or they weren't good enough
947
00:43:25,292 --> 00:43:27,377
or they couldn't hack it.
948
00:43:27,378 --> 00:43:30,631
It's like, actually, they were
kind of set up for failure.
949
00:43:32,842 --> 00:43:35,719
[Guyton] When I first
started going to record labels,
950
00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:36,886
there was a president.
951
00:43:36,887 --> 00:43:39,724
He was questioning
if I was authentic.
952
00:43:40,266 --> 00:43:43,436
He was questioning where I was
from and questioning who I was.
953
00:43:43,561 --> 00:43:46,563
And I'm like, I grew up
in Crawford, Texas.
954
00:43:46,564 --> 00:43:49,024
It doesn't get any countrier
than that.
955
00:43:49,025 --> 00:43:50,443
And then he said,
956
00:43:50,568 --> 00:43:53,403
"Can you take those songs
that you're writing
957
00:43:53,404 --> 00:43:55,114
and put a smile on it?"
958
00:43:55,656 --> 00:43:58,993
I needed to downplay
everything that I was,
959
00:43:59,118 --> 00:44:00,535
and I lost myself.
960
00:44:00,536 --> 00:44:03,580
♪ When I first saw
That bikini top on her ♪
961
00:44:03,581 --> 00:44:06,499
♪ She's popping right out
Of the south Georgia water ♪
962
00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:08,502
[Guyton] There was a movement
that had happened
963
00:44:08,627 --> 00:44:09,837
when I was first coming up
964
00:44:09,962 --> 00:44:11,546
called the bro-country movement.
965
00:44:11,547 --> 00:44:14,090
Everybody had trap beats
in their songs,
966
00:44:14,091 --> 00:44:16,259
and they were all going
like this in their songs
967
00:44:16,260 --> 00:44:18,553
and like going like this
in their songs,
968
00:44:18,554 --> 00:44:19,972
calling it country.
969
00:44:20,097 --> 00:44:23,016
And then I was turning in songs
and they were like,
970
00:44:23,017 --> 00:44:25,393
"Mm, you need to make sure
that sounds more country,
971
00:44:25,394 --> 00:44:28,022
because people are gonna think
that you're not authentic."
972
00:44:28,147 --> 00:44:31,858
I was watching myself
struggling as a Black woman,
973
00:44:31,859 --> 00:44:36,237
and, um, I sat with my husband
and I asked him,
974
00:44:36,238 --> 00:44:39,825
"Why do you think country music
isn't working for me?"
975
00:44:40,284 --> 00:44:42,786
And he says, "Because you're
running away from your Blackness
976
00:44:42,787 --> 00:44:44,412
and you're running away
from everything
977
00:44:44,413 --> 00:44:45,580
that makes you different."
978
00:44:45,581 --> 00:44:47,082
And he said, "You know,
979
00:44:47,083 --> 00:44:49,084
country music
is three chords and the truth.
980
00:44:49,085 --> 00:44:50,878
So why aren't you writing
country music
981
00:44:51,003 --> 00:44:52,462
from your perspective?"
982
00:44:52,463 --> 00:44:55,341
I was like, "Hm, why am I not?"
983
00:44:56,300 --> 00:44:58,677
So I wrote a song
called "Black Like Me."
984
00:44:58,803 --> 00:45:01,805
♪ If you think we live ♪
985
00:45:01,806 --> 00:45:04,350
♪ In the land of the free ♪
986
00:45:04,475 --> 00:45:09,646
♪ You should try to be
Black like me ♪
987
00:45:09,647 --> 00:45:11,314
It got a lot of hate.
988
00:45:11,315 --> 00:45:12,692
People were pissed.
989
00:45:13,651 --> 00:45:15,610
It was at a time
a country artist
990
00:45:15,611 --> 00:45:17,238
got caught saying the N-word.
991
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,199
This is what's happening
in this genre.
992
00:45:20,324 --> 00:45:23,202
Like, you think I'm lying?
Like, this is what's happening.
993
00:45:23,327 --> 00:45:25,871
And the things
people said to me,
994
00:45:25,996 --> 00:45:28,374
"Get your ghetto ass
out of country music.
995
00:45:28,499 --> 00:45:29,833
Effing N-Word."
996
00:45:29,834 --> 00:45:31,544
["Black Like Me" playing]
997
00:45:31,669 --> 00:45:34,672
♪ Oh, now ♪
998
00:45:34,797 --> 00:45:39,719
♪ Now I'm all grown up
And nothing has changed ♪
999
00:45:40,344 --> 00:45:42,637
♪ Yeah, it's still the same ♪
1000
00:45:42,638 --> 00:45:46,683
You can't truly see change
until you start helping
1001
00:45:46,684 --> 00:45:48,602
other artists
that are coming after you.
1002
00:45:48,728 --> 00:45:50,104
[shrieking excitedly]
1003
00:45:50,229 --> 00:45:51,980
My God! No!
1004
00:45:51,981 --> 00:45:54,275
Are you Mickey? Hello.
1005
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,403
[Guyton] I never thought
that I would be able to have
1006
00:45:57,528 --> 00:45:59,320
these types of possibilities
1007
00:45:59,321 --> 00:46:02,032
all because I just stood up
and said, "No."
1008
00:46:02,033 --> 00:46:07,621
♪ And I'm proud to be
Black like me ♪
1009
00:46:08,372 --> 00:46:13,294
♪ Proud to be Black like me ♪
1010
00:46:14,086 --> 00:46:16,756
[Abrams] The storytelling
can cut across genre,
1011
00:46:16,881 --> 00:46:20,633
but it carries a through line
of refusal
1012
00:46:20,634 --> 00:46:24,512
to be crushed
by what seems to be a system
1013
00:46:24,513 --> 00:46:26,932
that does not care
for your existence.
1014
00:46:27,808 --> 00:46:32,938
Tracy Chapman was one of
those fantastic storytellers.
1015
00:46:33,064 --> 00:46:35,690
She talks about
working-class challenges
1016
00:46:35,691 --> 00:46:39,361
in a way that is universal
but so specific.
1017
00:46:39,362 --> 00:46:41,196
♪ Don't you know ♪
1018
00:46:41,197 --> 00:46:44,617
♪ They're talking
About a revolution? ♪
1019
00:46:44,742 --> 00:46:46,994
♪ It sounds like a whisper ♪
1020
00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:49,497
I wrote the song,
"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution,"
1021
00:46:49,622 --> 00:46:51,915
when I was 16.
1022
00:46:51,916 --> 00:46:54,794
I received a scholarship
to go to boarding school,
1023
00:46:55,294 --> 00:46:58,671
and it was a really difficult
transition for me.
1024
00:46:58,672 --> 00:47:01,133
I found that people
at the school
1025
00:47:01,258 --> 00:47:03,426
really didn't have
a sense of where
1026
00:47:03,427 --> 00:47:06,806
the scholarship students like
myself, where we come from,
1027
00:47:06,931 --> 00:47:09,183
and they also really
didn't have much interest.
1028
00:47:09,308 --> 00:47:12,435
And, uh, I was really angry
about that.
1029
00:47:12,436 --> 00:47:14,814
♪ Poor people gonna rise up ♪
1030
00:47:15,690 --> 00:47:17,524
♪ And get their share ♪
1031
00:47:17,525 --> 00:47:20,152
[Abrams] As a teenager,
I discovered her music.
1032
00:47:20,277 --> 00:47:22,862
And for me,
that was this moment
1033
00:47:22,863 --> 00:47:26,616
where all of the pent-up
and sort of burgeoning,
1034
00:47:26,617 --> 00:47:29,995
you know, righteous indignation
found a voice.
1035
00:47:30,121 --> 00:47:32,414
What was I upset about?
What could I do?
1036
00:47:32,415 --> 00:47:34,791
Those songs really told me,
1037
00:47:34,792 --> 00:47:36,626
"These are the things
you should demand."
1038
00:47:36,627 --> 00:47:40,172
And today I come to you
as a young person,
1039
00:47:40,297 --> 00:47:41,549
as a young woman,
1040
00:47:41,674 --> 00:47:43,258
as a young Black woman,
1041
00:47:43,259 --> 00:47:45,219
to ask you to use us.
1042
00:47:45,344 --> 00:47:48,347
Use the young people
of the United States of America
1043
00:47:48,472 --> 00:47:50,683
to pave a road
that will last forever.
1044
00:47:51,267 --> 00:47:52,934
[Abrams] Tracy gave words to it
1045
00:47:52,935 --> 00:47:55,521
in such lyrical
and beautiful fashion
1046
00:47:55,646 --> 00:47:57,690
that I carry it with me
to this day.
1047
00:47:57,815 --> 00:48:00,316
♪ You got a fast car ♪
1048
00:48:00,317 --> 00:48:03,029
♪ And I want a ticket
To anywhere ♪
1049
00:48:03,154 --> 00:48:05,655
♪ Maybe we make a deal ♪
1050
00:48:05,656 --> 00:48:08,867
♪ Maybe together
We can get somewhere ♪
1051
00:48:08,868 --> 00:48:11,871
[Gonzalez] "Fast Car" is talking
about not just poverty,
1052
00:48:11,996 --> 00:48:15,583
but the cycles of violence
that are more relevant today.
1053
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:18,544
[Wortham] It's a song
about someone trying to break
1054
00:48:18,669 --> 00:48:20,128
intergenerational patterns,
1055
00:48:20,129 --> 00:48:23,131
and I just feel like
it's such a classic narrative,
1056
00:48:23,132 --> 00:48:26,509
needing to carve out
an identity for yourself.
1057
00:48:26,510 --> 00:48:28,721
There was something
about the small-town angst
1058
00:48:28,846 --> 00:48:30,638
and desire
to go somewhere else.
1059
00:48:30,639 --> 00:48:33,016
♪ You got a fast car ♪
1060
00:48:33,017 --> 00:48:35,477
♪ Is it fast enough
So you can fly away? ♪
1061
00:48:35,478 --> 00:48:37,645
[Wortham] That moment,
her at the Grammys,
1062
00:48:37,646 --> 00:48:39,231
there was something
really remarkable
1063
00:48:39,357 --> 00:48:40,733
about how they shared
the stage.
1064
00:48:40,858 --> 00:48:43,109
Like, we saw Tracy first.
1065
00:48:43,110 --> 00:48:45,028
She was glowing.
1066
00:48:45,029 --> 00:48:47,989
And Luke's relationship
to her on stage
1067
00:48:47,990 --> 00:48:51,911
was of such reverence
and respect.
1068
00:48:52,453 --> 00:48:55,455
Even the way he sings the song.
He doesn't change the pronouns.
1069
00:48:55,456 --> 00:48:57,832
He doesn't do the things
that men in general might do
1070
00:48:57,833 --> 00:49:00,168
to feel like, "Oh, I have
to de-feminize the song."
1071
00:49:00,169 --> 00:49:02,421
[Luke Combs singing]
1072
00:49:05,383 --> 00:49:09,761
♪ I-I had a feeling
I could be someone ♪
1073
00:49:09,762 --> 00:49:12,098
[Abrams] The power of music
1074
00:49:12,223 --> 00:49:15,975
comes from its ability
to change its shape over time.
1075
00:49:15,976 --> 00:49:18,812
What began as a song
about urban poverty
1076
00:49:18,813 --> 00:49:21,523
could, four decades later,
be transformed
1077
00:49:21,524 --> 00:49:24,068
into a modern country anthem.
1078
00:49:24,652 --> 00:49:28,071
Any time a marginalized group
finds itself alone,
1079
00:49:28,072 --> 00:49:30,865
without power, un-listened to,
1080
00:49:30,866 --> 00:49:33,661
you can bet it has
a song to sing.
1081
00:49:34,245 --> 00:49:37,373
And it's only a matter of time
until a voice emerges.
1082
00:49:40,459 --> 00:49:42,461
[Etheridge] My name is
Melissa Etheridge.
1083
00:49:42,586 --> 00:49:47,383
I am a mother and a wife
and a rock star.
1084
00:49:49,093 --> 00:49:50,885
When I turned 21,
1085
00:49:50,886 --> 00:49:54,931
I knew that Los Angeles was
where the record industry was.
1086
00:49:54,932 --> 00:49:57,143
This was 1982.
1087
00:49:57,268 --> 00:50:01,104
I had just come out of
the glorious '70s of folk rock.
1088
00:50:01,105 --> 00:50:04,233
[upbeat folk music playing]
1089
00:50:05,443 --> 00:50:07,444
The Eagles and Jackson Browne
1090
00:50:07,445 --> 00:50:09,279
and-and Fleetwood Mac.
1091
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:12,282
So I travel out to California.
1092
00:50:12,283 --> 00:50:14,034
I'm like, "Here I am," you know.
1093
00:50:14,035 --> 00:50:17,120
And I realized what's happening
in Los Angeles
1094
00:50:17,121 --> 00:50:19,414
is a lot of hair
1095
00:50:19,415 --> 00:50:21,000
and a lot of spandex,
1096
00:50:21,125 --> 00:50:24,170
and there's no acoustic guitars
anymore.
1097
00:50:26,464 --> 00:50:29,508
As the weeks went by,
my money was running out,
1098
00:50:29,633 --> 00:50:31,385
and I'm like,
"What am I gonna do?"
1099
00:50:33,012 --> 00:50:34,471
I was a lesbian
1100
00:50:34,472 --> 00:50:38,266
and I went to some bars
in Los Angeles
1101
00:50:38,267 --> 00:50:40,101
and I met some ladies.
1102
00:50:40,102 --> 00:50:43,146
And one of them, I went
on a date down in Long Beach.
1103
00:50:43,147 --> 00:50:45,107
[music fading]
1104
00:50:46,359 --> 00:50:47,650
She took me to a club.
1105
00:50:47,651 --> 00:50:49,319
It was called
the Executive Suite.
1106
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:51,154
It used to be a steakhouse,
1107
00:50:51,155 --> 00:50:52,989
and the Russian mob
had bought it,
1108
00:50:52,990 --> 00:50:55,076
and it was now
a, uh, lesbian bar.
1109
00:50:56,202 --> 00:50:57,660
They had a piano in the corner.
1110
00:50:57,661 --> 00:50:59,954
I said, "Hey, do you have
live music?" And...
1111
00:50:59,955 --> 00:51:01,456
I auditioned, got the job.
1112
00:51:01,457 --> 00:51:03,959
♪ Yeah, just like a movie ♪
1113
00:51:04,919 --> 00:51:08,004
And it put me in an atmosphere
1114
00:51:08,005 --> 00:51:11,217
of the lesbian movement of 1982.
1115
00:51:13,010 --> 00:51:15,512
These women were coming
into the bars that I played at.
1116
00:51:15,513 --> 00:51:18,891
They were signing people up,
registering them to vote.
1117
00:51:19,016 --> 00:51:22,728
So I was slowly being...
1118
00:51:23,938 --> 00:51:26,773
taught, really, about politics,
1119
00:51:26,774 --> 00:51:29,944
and we were in the midst
of a huge backlash.
1120
00:51:30,069 --> 00:51:32,362
[man] There is so much hatred
and persecution
1121
00:51:32,363 --> 00:51:34,240
of gay people in our society.
1122
00:51:34,365 --> 00:51:37,743
[Patel] In the '80s
with HIV/AIDS,
1123
00:51:37,868 --> 00:51:39,912
there was just
rampant homophobia.
1124
00:51:40,037 --> 00:51:42,581
[reporter] Ambulance drivers
have refused to take
1125
00:51:42,707 --> 00:51:44,499
AIDS patients on occasion.
1126
00:51:44,500 --> 00:51:47,836
He asked one of the attendants,
he told them I had AIDS.
1127
00:51:47,837 --> 00:51:52,091
And the person said, outright,
"I'm not touching him."
1128
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:54,134
Just like that.
1129
00:51:54,135 --> 00:51:56,219
[soft music playing]
1130
00:51:56,220 --> 00:51:58,431
I am not HIV positive.
1131
00:51:59,765 --> 00:52:01,183
But what if I were?
1132
00:52:02,476 --> 00:52:05,186
I would be more afraid
of how society would treat me
1133
00:52:05,187 --> 00:52:08,357
for having the disease
than the actual disease itself.
1134
00:52:09,316 --> 00:52:14,904
Madonna was extremely vocal
during the AIDS crisis.
1135
00:52:14,905 --> 00:52:17,574
She turned out to take part
in a charity dance marathon
1136
00:52:17,575 --> 00:52:18,951
to benefit AIDS victims.
1137
00:52:19,076 --> 00:52:20,535
I'm really here for two reasons.
1138
00:52:20,536 --> 00:52:24,080
Number one is because I really
believe in AIDS Project LA.
1139
00:52:24,081 --> 00:52:27,001
And the second reason I'm here
is 'cause I love to dance.
1140
00:52:27,126 --> 00:52:30,503
[upbeat dance music playing]
1141
00:52:30,504 --> 00:52:32,465
[Patel] When she released
Like a Prayer,
1142
00:52:32,590 --> 00:52:35,175
the album had an insert
1143
00:52:35,176 --> 00:52:38,012
to inform people
about HIV/AIDS.
1144
00:52:38,596 --> 00:52:40,513
So if you bought
a Madonna record,
1145
00:52:40,514 --> 00:52:43,433
you were getting
an informational booklet,
1146
00:52:43,434 --> 00:52:45,268
and it essentially read,
1147
00:52:45,269 --> 00:52:47,980
"Here are some basic facts
you should know about it,"
1148
00:52:48,105 --> 00:52:51,024
and you bought it
whether you wanted it or not,
1149
00:52:51,025 --> 00:52:53,652
because it was
in your Madonna record.
1150
00:52:54,528 --> 00:52:56,237
And then, of course,
after that we saw
1151
00:52:56,238 --> 00:52:59,617
that she went on to become
like a huge activist.
1152
00:53:00,284 --> 00:53:02,452
I deal with a lot
of topical issues,
1153
00:53:02,453 --> 00:53:05,664
family issues, and, you know,
1154
00:53:05,790 --> 00:53:07,290
what I think to be a big problem
1155
00:53:07,291 --> 00:53:09,376
in the United States,
and that's homophobia.
1156
00:53:09,377 --> 00:53:11,670
If you keep putting something
in somebody's face,
1157
00:53:11,796 --> 00:53:13,254
eventually, you know,
1158
00:53:13,255 --> 00:53:15,091
maybe they can come
to terms with it.
1159
00:53:15,633 --> 00:53:18,802
[Exposito] She was just,
like, so in your face
1160
00:53:18,803 --> 00:53:21,889
because it's like, you know,
her entire-- her dance crew,
1161
00:53:22,014 --> 00:53:24,307
her makeup artists,
her hairstylists.
1162
00:53:24,308 --> 00:53:27,394
She is flanked by queer people.
1163
00:53:27,395 --> 00:53:30,398
And she stood up for them,
which is everything.
1164
00:53:31,148 --> 00:53:33,316
Her boldness was part of a push
1165
00:53:33,317 --> 00:53:36,403
towards more visibility
for queer people.
1166
00:53:36,404 --> 00:53:38,906
She helped destigmatize
people in the community
1167
00:53:39,031 --> 00:53:41,033
and encouraged them
to come out.
1168
00:53:41,992 --> 00:53:43,952
Gays need to have
more role models,
1169
00:53:43,953 --> 00:53:46,080
people who-who are
in powerful positions
1170
00:53:46,205 --> 00:53:47,664
coming out
and saying, "I'm gay."
1171
00:53:47,665 --> 00:53:49,416
I think that would be
very helpful.
1172
00:53:49,417 --> 00:53:51,626
[soft piano music playing]
1173
00:53:51,627 --> 00:53:54,003
[Etheridge] I had released
three records,
1174
00:53:54,004 --> 00:53:56,256
and, um, I would do interviews
1175
00:53:56,257 --> 00:53:58,299
and I did, you know, Letterman,
1176
00:53:58,300 --> 00:54:01,803
and I did one interview
where the guy asked me
1177
00:54:01,804 --> 00:54:04,098
personal questions
about the songs,
1178
00:54:04,223 --> 00:54:08,894
and I always gave my answers
in very general terms.
1179
00:54:09,019 --> 00:54:11,187
They were not gender-specific,
ever.
1180
00:54:11,188 --> 00:54:13,523
When the article came out,
he had changed
1181
00:54:13,524 --> 00:54:16,569
every "us," "them," "you,"
to a boy.
1182
00:54:17,403 --> 00:54:20,906
And it made me look like I was,
like, totally lying
1183
00:54:21,032 --> 00:54:23,533
out of my teeth
talking about my boyfriend.
1184
00:54:23,534 --> 00:54:26,579
And, um, I said,
"I just gotta come out."
1185
00:54:26,704 --> 00:54:29,582
I thought I would maybe
come out on Arsenio Hall.
1186
00:54:29,707 --> 00:54:31,959
But before I ever had
that opportunity,
1187
00:54:32,084 --> 00:54:34,210
I really got
politically involved
1188
00:54:34,211 --> 00:54:36,504
with the Clinton
and Gore campaign,
1189
00:54:36,505 --> 00:54:38,632
helping get him elected.
1190
00:54:39,300 --> 00:54:41,927
And so I was invited
to the inauguration.
1191
00:54:42,053 --> 00:54:44,346
[crowd cheering]
1192
00:54:45,306 --> 00:54:47,057
I was up there
with all my gay friends,
1193
00:54:47,058 --> 00:54:49,435
and I just said,
"Ooh, I'm a lesbian."
1194
00:54:50,061 --> 00:54:51,519
And I'm proud to say right here,
1195
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:54,230
I'm very proud to have been
a lesbian all my life.
1196
00:54:54,231 --> 00:54:57,317
[crowd cheering]
1197
00:54:57,318 --> 00:54:59,903
I-I could have thought
of something much more eloquent,
1198
00:54:59,904 --> 00:55:02,238
had I knew
that I was going to come out,
1199
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:05,075
but, uh, it just, boom,
it just happened like that.
1200
00:55:05,076 --> 00:55:09,579
I came out and people start
to do interviews with me.
1201
00:55:09,580 --> 00:55:12,500
Um, let me just talk
about the album a little bit.
1202
00:55:12,625 --> 00:55:14,042
Uh, Yes I Am.
1203
00:55:14,043 --> 00:55:16,044
Everybody's talked about,
well, "Yes, I am..."
1204
00:55:16,045 --> 00:55:17,379
Does it have any connotation?
1205
00:55:17,380 --> 00:55:19,340
- "Yes, I am what?"
- "Yes, I am what?"
1206
00:55:19,465 --> 00:55:22,717
[Etheridge] Each of them
would ask me over and over,
1207
00:55:22,718 --> 00:55:25,304
all year long, day after day,
1208
00:55:25,429 --> 00:55:27,514
I would answer questions
about being gay.
1209
00:55:27,515 --> 00:55:29,850
I guess you came out
at the inaugural ball?
1210
00:55:29,975 --> 00:55:31,434
Yeah, in '92, I-I came out.
1211
00:55:31,435 --> 00:55:34,146
It was like they'd never known
anyone gay.
1212
00:55:34,271 --> 00:55:36,023
And I realized at the time,
"You know, I...
1213
00:55:36,148 --> 00:55:37,983
I want to be real thoughtful
about what I say
1214
00:55:38,109 --> 00:55:40,068
'cause I think this is
the first time
1215
00:55:40,069 --> 00:55:43,613
that they've really ever spoke
to someone who was openly gay."
1216
00:55:43,614 --> 00:55:47,242
The first time I kissed a girl,
it was like...
1217
00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:51,038
I've been out to family
and friends since I was 17.
1218
00:55:51,163 --> 00:55:54,457
I've always been very upfront
about my sexuality.
1219
00:55:54,458 --> 00:55:58,421
I didn't understand, but I knew
that I was on a different path.
1220
00:55:59,338 --> 00:56:03,050
Man, I talked a lot
about being gay for a long time,
1221
00:56:03,175 --> 00:56:05,177
and slowly...
1222
00:56:06,804 --> 00:56:09,931
just saying it
and then being in the media,
1223
00:56:09,932 --> 00:56:12,393
just being on a cover
of a magazine,
1224
00:56:12,977 --> 00:56:14,269
it was big.
1225
00:56:14,270 --> 00:56:18,357
["I'm the Only One"
by Melissa Etheridge playing]
1226
00:56:19,984 --> 00:56:22,194
When we made the video
for "I'm the Only One,"
1227
00:56:22,319 --> 00:56:24,196
I thought
it would be scandalous
1228
00:56:25,865 --> 00:56:28,950
because it was
the first sexy, sexy video
1229
00:56:28,951 --> 00:56:30,536
that had two women.
1230
00:56:30,661 --> 00:56:33,205
They were dancing with each
other, looking at each other,
1231
00:56:33,330 --> 00:56:34,956
and I'm like,
"Oh my God, I can't wait
1232
00:56:34,957 --> 00:56:36,876
till they say
they're not gonna play it."
1233
00:56:37,501 --> 00:56:38,960
Not a word!
1234
00:56:38,961 --> 00:56:40,128
Nothing.
1235
00:56:40,129 --> 00:56:42,423
It was a huge video,
and I was like...
1236
00:56:42,882 --> 00:56:44,550
[song continues]
1237
00:56:50,347 --> 00:56:53,850
"Oh, that's gonna be okay.
All right."
1238
00:56:53,851 --> 00:56:58,731
♪ I'm the only one ♪
1239
00:56:58,856 --> 00:56:59,899
[song fades]
1240
00:57:01,192 --> 00:57:04,779
The 30 years that I have
traveled since I came out
1241
00:57:05,863 --> 00:57:07,864
have been amazing...
1242
00:57:07,865 --> 00:57:09,367
I'm gay.
1243
00:57:10,034 --> 00:57:13,578
[Etheridge] ...as I have seen
the world change and grow.
1244
00:57:13,579 --> 00:57:15,581
[reporter] Same-sex marriage,
legal in this country
1245
00:57:15,706 --> 00:57:17,874
across every state
in this nation.
1246
00:57:17,875 --> 00:57:21,711
The first, uh, transgender woman
to win this award.
1247
00:57:21,712 --> 00:57:23,004
[cheering]
1248
00:57:23,005 --> 00:57:24,965
But today, it seems like
1249
00:57:25,091 --> 00:57:26,633
things are going backwards.
1250
00:57:26,634 --> 00:57:28,469
[reporter] In the middle
of what should be
1251
00:57:28,594 --> 00:57:30,429
a joyous month
celebrating pride,
1252
00:57:30,554 --> 00:57:32,431
the Human Rights Campaign
just issued
1253
00:57:32,556 --> 00:57:34,809
a first-of-its-kind
emergency declaration
1254
00:57:34,934 --> 00:57:37,185
for the LGBTQ+ community.
1255
00:57:37,186 --> 00:57:39,813
Seventy-five laws
in more than a dozen states
1256
00:57:39,814 --> 00:57:43,066
specifically targeting
LGBTQ+ rights.
1257
00:57:43,067 --> 00:57:45,277
We're not doing
the pronoun Olympics in Florida.
1258
00:57:45,403 --> 00:57:46,528
It's not happening here.
1259
00:57:46,529 --> 00:57:48,114
[reporter] A Tennessee bill
that bans
1260
00:57:48,239 --> 00:57:50,573
gender-affirming care
for anyone under the age of 18
1261
00:57:50,574 --> 00:57:52,575
was signed
by the state's governor today.
1262
00:57:52,576 --> 00:57:55,078
[Wortham] We're in the middle
of one of the biggest rollbacks
1263
00:57:55,079 --> 00:57:56,579
of rights for everybody.
1264
00:57:56,580 --> 00:57:58,416
That is really disturbing.
1265
00:57:58,541 --> 00:58:00,667
[reporter] Movements
to ban specific books
1266
00:58:00,668 --> 00:58:02,919
are increasing
around the country.
1267
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,213
[reporter] The New York Times
now reporting
1268
00:58:05,214 --> 00:58:09,426
22 states ban abortion
or restrict the procedure.
1269
00:58:09,427 --> 00:58:11,261
- What do we want?
- More rights!
1270
00:58:11,262 --> 00:58:13,596
- When do we want it?
- Now!
1271
00:58:13,597 --> 00:58:16,558
Brennan Center reporting that
nearly 100 new restrictions
1272
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:19,227
have impacted voting rights
in the last 10 years.
1273
00:58:19,228 --> 00:58:20,646
These aren't single issues.
1274
00:58:20,771 --> 00:58:23,148
These are things
that connect all of us.
1275
00:58:23,149 --> 00:58:25,651
[Gonzalez] These are
fucked up times,
1276
00:58:25,776 --> 00:58:27,569
which is why I think
it's important for us
1277
00:58:27,570 --> 00:58:28,988
to stick together.
1278
00:58:30,656 --> 00:58:33,909
[piano melody playing]
1279
00:58:38,122 --> 00:58:41,041
Bravery is easier when you know
what you're fighting for.
1280
00:58:41,042 --> 00:58:42,709
You want a world
1281
00:58:42,710 --> 00:58:45,838
where we're all treated
equally under the law.
1282
00:58:45,963 --> 00:58:48,465
[Gomez] When I'm surrounded
by my peers,
1283
00:58:48,466 --> 00:58:51,844
it makes me feel like
I'm a part of a movement.
1284
00:58:52,636 --> 00:58:55,681
♪ I will stand for you ♪
1285
00:58:55,806 --> 00:58:58,392
♪ Would you stand for me ♪
1286
00:58:58,517 --> 00:59:01,187
Young women
are like such a vital part
1287
00:59:01,312 --> 00:59:02,520
of changing the world.
1288
00:59:02,521 --> 00:59:04,523
♪ ...deserves to be free ♪
1289
00:59:04,774 --> 00:59:08,276
♪ I would lend
A hand to you ♪
1290
00:59:08,277 --> 00:59:11,447
♪ Would you lend
A hand to me ♪
1291
00:59:12,615 --> 00:59:14,867
[H.E.R.] I was put on this earth
to do music,
1292
00:59:14,992 --> 00:59:17,327
to inspire and empower
little girls to do things
1293
00:59:17,328 --> 00:59:19,162
that we're not expected to do.
1294
00:59:19,163 --> 00:59:21,623
That fight that we had in us
the summer of 2020,
1295
00:59:21,624 --> 00:59:22,875
keep that same energy.
1296
00:59:24,168 --> 00:59:27,713
Any great things that have come
took a great deal of time,
1297
00:59:29,048 --> 00:59:30,216
and we still persist.
1298
00:59:31,175 --> 00:59:33,552
[Abrams] When women
find their voices
1299
00:59:33,677 --> 00:59:36,222
and offer those voices
to others,
1300
00:59:36,347 --> 00:59:38,807
we realize
that not being silent,
1301
00:59:38,808 --> 00:59:41,894
it's about having
the words to tell stories
1302
00:59:42,019 --> 00:59:44,230
that you didn't even know
you were ready to tell.
1303
00:59:45,022 --> 00:59:48,401
Oh, I don't give a damn
what people think.
1304
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:50,611
This is what I am.
1305
00:59:50,736 --> 00:59:53,155
And this is the truth. My truth.
1306
00:59:54,365 --> 00:59:56,658
And I want to hear yours.
[laughs]
1307
00:59:56,659 --> 01:00:00,413
♪ Everybody ♪
1308
01:00:01,288 --> 01:00:07,420
♪ Deserves to be free ♪
1309
01:00:07,545 --> 01:00:11,590
[drumline playing]
1310
01:00:59,805 --> 01:01:01,515
[music ends]