Black August
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I walk alone. |
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I am a soldier for life. |
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The battle I am fighting has no ending... |
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...although its beginning |
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I am always standing for something... |
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...and constantly fighting |
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I am a silver fox by day |
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I'm a soldier who has forgotten |
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...and doesn't remember laughter. |
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There are still dreams and debts |
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I must be soldier, a solid soldier... |
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...in order to smooth a path |
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I live at the bottom |
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I come up every now and then |
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To struggle is to go the distance. |
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To win is not to care |
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George. |
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You know? And you know, he's really |
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In this case, you wanna be clear. |
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Maybe you might wanna take a look |
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Well, I may be able to. |
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Can I take it back with me? |
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- Would you pause for just a moment? |
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Gentlemen, come with me. |
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Mr. Genet, this is Lumumba, |
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- This is Jean Genet. |
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Please continue where you left off. |
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Well, Mrs. Stender was just telling us |
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And after that |
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- Yes. |
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You got him off? |
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- Yes. |
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Yes, I've been working on |
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Yes, I've read his letters. |
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But I'm curious, though. |
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No, no, no. There is no credible evidence |
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And frankly, we're gonna blow their case |
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- Yes, I've been reading the testimony. |
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But you didn't answer my question. |
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You mean, do I think he would kill |
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Yes, I think he would. |
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But he did not murder his way |
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You have to understand... |
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...Mr. Jackson was sentenced |
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...for a $ 70 gas station robbery. |
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Mr. Genet, I'm sorry to interrupt. |
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But... So where do you think |
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Well... |
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...if you would like, |
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And I can have my publisher, Gallimard, |
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Oh, yes, please. I mean, that's more than |
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We're hoping to use this case to start |
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That would just be incredibly helpful |
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What are you doing? |
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I hear you say "use" |
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White folks been using niggers |
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Does it make a difference if I say, |
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Only if you're totally committed |
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...in the fight for their lives. |
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Make this clear as your ass |
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Yes. |
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"If I leave here alive, |
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They'll never count me |
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But I can't say that I'm normal either. |
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I've been hungry too long. |
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I've been lied to |
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They've pushed me over the line |
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- I know that... " |
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...until they have pushed me |
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I've been the victim of so many racist |
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I can still smile now after 10 years |
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...and the pick handles of faceless, |
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...of anticipating and reacting |
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...seven of them in solitary... |
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...I can still smile sometimes. |
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But by the time this is over... |
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...I may not be a nice person. |
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Just existing, life without joy... |
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...without any real meaning |
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I am very tired of waking each morning... |
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...wondering if I will be insulted, |
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Although I would not like |
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But if it is between that... |
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...and surrendering the things |
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...the things that allow me to hold up |
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...then the hill can have my bones. |
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This is one nigger |
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I'll never forgive. |
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I'll never forget. |
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They are fighting upstairs now. |
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It's 11:30 a. m. |
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No black is supposed to be on the tier |
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But mistakes are made. |
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One or two blacks end up on the tier |
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...frustrated by the living conditions |
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The whole ceiling is trembling. |
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In hand-to-hand combat we always win. |
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We lose if the pigs give them knives |
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Lunch will be delayed today. |
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The tear gas or whatever it is |
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Someone is hurt bad. |
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Mike, you know the French writer, |
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Of course, idiot, I'm a book editor. |
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He's got his publisher putting out |
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Jackson's charged |
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Heard of him. Yeah, how's it read? |
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It's fantastic. It just... |
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It's exactly what I've been looking for. |
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Play this thing down around Chopper. |
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If he knows you want it, |
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Okay, anybody else got anything for me? |
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Yeah, I got an MS from California |
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The author is accused |
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- His lawyers think he's being railroaded. |
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Come on, it's just another |
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No. Well, actually, he's a cofounder of |
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They're on the government's list |
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- Jackson was recruited by Huey Newton... |
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All right. Is that it? Let me see it. |
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It's a compilation of letters to |
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...Angela Davis, some other women. |
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...but that could really be something. |
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Smooth out the edges. That's your job. |
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This is fantastic. |
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This could be another Soul on Ice. |
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- Twenty-five thousand. Thirty thousand. |
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How many textbooks are you on now? |
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I'm finishing two right now. |
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All right. |
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But how do we know for certain |
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Okay, apparently he honed |
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...reading various revolutionary theorists |
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They welded his door shut. |
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Sounds like a big stretch |
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I don't like those kinds of jokes. |
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How do we get access to this Jackson? |
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They can get me in |
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All right, get on a plane, get out there. |
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And don't let this one get away, Dryer. |
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- Go get me a sandwich. |
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Step through again, please. |
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Remove your belt, sir. |
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Watches please. |
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Don't worry about it. |
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It'll be a while before I can bring |
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He is some distance away and, of course, |
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Thank you. |
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Bullshit. |
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Sidle Jackson. |
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Listen up, warden. |
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Let's go. |
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You have two hours. |
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I got your letters. |
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I've been waiting a long time. |
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Maybe all my life, you know? |
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Fay and I have to talk over |
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...and then we can jump right into it. |
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A man was tear-gassed to death |
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...and I'm organizing a protest. |
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- Well, we got a lot to talk about. |
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- I got a lot of questions. |
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First, do you have any cigarettes? |
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Yeah. |
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Just... |
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I tear off the filters. |
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I ain't afraid of getting cancer. |
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I was born with it. |
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No, no, I quit a long time ago. |
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Well, you will live a long time. |
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Yeah. Okay then. |
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There, there. |
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- What the fuck is going on here? |
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I didn't write this stuff. |
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Whose handwriting is this? |
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It's mine. |
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- Who do you think you are, man? |
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I'm trying to make the MS |
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I'm not gonna have anybody |
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- Do you understand what I'm saying? |
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I didn't come this far |
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People have been trying to get me |
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They can eat shit. We'll get somebody else |
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We can't. |
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I didn't sign no contract. |
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I signed it. |
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Then you write the goddamn book. |
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Here. |
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- Is there a problem here? |
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- No, take me back to my cell. |
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- Let's go, Jackson. |
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Geor... |
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Fuck. |
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- That could have gone better. |
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I didn't rewrite him. |
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He has this raw eloquence and I'm just... |
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...and hone it and I overdid it. |
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What is the usual process |
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I don't know, I've never... |
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What do you mean? |
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Basically, I'm a textbook editor. |
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- Textbooks? |
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I just... I've never worked on |
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Can you just talk to him? |
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Look, if you just talk to him and you |
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...he'll see that I'm not trying |
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I will try. |
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Can you come back with me tomorrow? |
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- Yeah. |
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Let's go please. |
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Where'd you ever find him? |
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His company offered the most money |
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Since when do we make decisions |
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We need the money for the defense. |
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Can't you just give him another chance? |
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All right. |
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It wasn't easy but at least |
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Oh, Fay, thank you so much, |
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- You okay? |
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I just... You know, |
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Sit down, Shakespeare. |
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Mr. Jackson, I understand your concerns. |
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- Who told you to censor my book? |
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I'm not trying to censor anything. My |
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That's it. |
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Then why did you rewrite my opening? |
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You know... |
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...at some point, I hope that you can |
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Because really, I did not fundamentally |
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Fundamentally. |
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It's my first time |
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And I'm just trying too hard. |
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Did you bring the manuscript? |
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Yeah. |
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Okay, I'd like to ask you |
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Just for my own perspective. |
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Can you tell me the difference, if any... |
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...between the Black Guerilla Family |
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And I'm speaking specifically |
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...of autonomous entities |
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The Black Panther Party... |
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...was never intended to be... |
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...a military force. |
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They're the political arm. |
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The Black Guerilla Family... |
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...was destined... |
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...to be a clandestine military branch. |
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They're separated, so one can survive |
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Where does |
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Is it mostly in prison? |
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It's only in prison, man. |
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From the belly of the beast. |
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- Two, three, four, five, six, seven. |
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. |
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- How you feel? |
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- How you feel? |
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- Looking good. |
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- Sound good. |
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- Can't stop, won't. |
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- Can't stop, won't. |
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Listen up. |
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- African people took the stand. |
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- African people took the stand. |
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- In the struggle throughout the land. |
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- African people had a plan. |
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- Seize the time, take the land. |
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- Couldn't stop. |
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- Had to win. |
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- Wouldn't stop. |
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- Till the end. |
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- Free again. |
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Tested by adversity. |
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Proven true. |
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Okay. |
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How old were you when you began |
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I was 18. |
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I was incarcerated under the term |
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I could have gotten out in one year. |
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Instead I've done 10. |
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It's more time than anybody in this state |
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How would we do this if I wasn't here? |
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Well... |
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...usually I take authors out to lunch. |
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You know, we have editorial meetings. |
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- I guess we having that right now, huh? |
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So, what happened to all the changes |
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I changed it all back last night. |
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What do you publishers get out of this? |
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They think it will make money. |
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That's cold, man. |
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Well, book publishing, you know, |
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It doesn't necessarily stop us |
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And what would be your first step |
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The letters need background so the readers |
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Because most of them, |
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Okay. |
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Well, if there's any writing to be done, |
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Are you clear? |
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You are not gonna fuck with my book. |
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Yeah. |
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- Hey, how'd it go? |
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It's okay. Book's still alive. |
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- You two can work together? |
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Okay, all right. |
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All right, this is home. |
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Steve. This is Steve Bingham. |
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He's working on the case. |
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- Remember I told you about him? |
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Yes, great to meet you. |
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A few days after three black prisoners |
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...the DA announces |
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Hi, Betty. |
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An hour later, a guard is strangled, |
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The authorities go straight to George. |
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Right? Then, they promise paroles |
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- I see. |
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...they're transferred to a facility |
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- Right. Where they coach their testimony. |
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And I can't wait |
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Hey, I'd like to see the minutes |
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Absolutely, right this way. |
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Why, I heard a strangled yell |
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...and I seen the officer being assaulted. |
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He was being held down by one cat and |
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After Jackson had him in a headlock... |
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...Drumgo and Clutchette |
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I could see the officer's body trembling. |
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Jackson lifted him up |
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I seen him fall. |
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Yeah, motherfucker. |
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So it was the reading of Lenin, |
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- This is what inspired you to start writing. |
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...later on. |
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What really started me writing was |
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I wanted him to know what's really |
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I feel I'm an example |
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I think if I can hold my head up |
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...then they can hold their head up |
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You can't let anybody here think |
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You ever stole anything? |
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- I'm sorry? |
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No, not in my adult life, no. |
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But when you was young. |
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Yeah, I guarantee you'd be bored |
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- I, you know... |
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Okay. |
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When I was a kid, I used to shoplift. |
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I'd go into dime stores with these pants |
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You know, and I'd just pour stuff in. |
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And then I'd walk out of there |
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- You ever get caught? |
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This friend and I, in junior high school, |
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So we started selling these black |
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And the principal came around, |
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And, yeah, that was it. |
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Dime stores |
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Right. Well, I know, you might say |
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Yeah, I'm with you on that. |
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- Not always a blessing is it? |
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How'd you get this job, man? |
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We should talk about something else. |
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Seems to me, we do. |
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Yeah, okay. |
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Well, my first job was writing ad copy |
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And then I just moved up from there. |
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So you were what they call |
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"She was all fire, all passion. |
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Stuff like that, huh? |
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Yeah, you know, |
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We really should trade places. |
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If you wrote a blurb for my book, |
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"He was... " |
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"He was full of rage. Men feared him. |
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Not even steel and cement could contain |
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Okay, seriously, I can get you a job. |
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How'd you get this? |
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The guy who hired me |
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We knew each other |
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Harvard, huh? |
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Old boy network. |
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They got it all locked up tight. |
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- They got any blacks where you work at? |
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Mail boy. |
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Even if he was older than me, |
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Ain't no chance for you |
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Time's up. |
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Thanks for being more relaxed this time. |
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Most of these letters |
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...and my little brother Jonathan. |
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I never sent them. |
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I don't know why, I just... |
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Sometimes you get a letter in an envelope |
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So you're a Harvard man, huh? |
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How'd you know? |
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You said so yesterday. |
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Then we spent too much time |
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What was it like there at Harvard? |
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I hated it. I'm so glad it's over. |
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But you met all those people. |
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Yeah, I met one friend. |
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So, what, you interested in enrolling? |
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Well... |
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...I already graduated |
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It's one of those things they said |
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There's a show at the movies Saturday. |
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Some of the brothers been watching you. |
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- A lot of wasted energy, though. |
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We need brothers who can maintain their |
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I'm asking you to come |
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We stay true like a family should, |
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What can we accomplish |
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- A piece of the pie. |
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Have you ever, no matter how hard |
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...how much you cared |
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...been offered a piece of that |
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Has your father? His before that? |
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A piece of white America's pie. |
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We don't wanna be Bill fucking Cosby. |
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We wanna be the vanguard |
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A place where all that fire in you |
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A state where each man is given the honor |
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Can you dig that? |
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Good. |
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Because this world needs you. |
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I know you got some good books already, |
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Keep reading. Keep writing. |
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These were written around the same |
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Fay told me by that point |
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...than the average inmate |
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Can we talk about that? |
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One-year-to-life, man. |
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All you have to do is surrender your will |
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One-year-to-life, |
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...it keeps convicts down. |
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Keeps a convict |
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...from criticizing his methods. |
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But the sentence is at minimum, |
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Right? |
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Clean time did nothing for me, man. |
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They can tell when you only pretend |
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It is hard to hide one's pride |
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At least it was for me. |
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You think your parole is denied |
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...organizing black prisoners. |
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No one has done more time than me |
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I'm a political prisoner. |
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They're afraid |
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I'd like to visit your mother |
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I've already been trading messages |
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All right. |
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You gonna see my brother Jonathan? |
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There's a chance he'll be there |
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Well... |
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:::you:::: |
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- You send my love to Angela, would you? |
00:36:21 |
All right. |
00:36:23 |
When you speak to Jonathan, |
00:36:27 |
- Why not? |
00:36:32 |
But he's only 16 and he's sensitive about |
00:36:41 |
Any advice for meeting |
00:36:44 |
Man, my mother is a trip. |
00:36:48 |
She'd been happy to have me locked up |
00:36:53 |
I wasn't allowed to go outside |
00:36:57 |
Then she sent me to Catholic school. |
00:36:59 |
Dress me up in that silly-ass uniform |
00:37:04 |
When I would protest, |
00:37:06 |
He'd beat me |
00:37:08 |
A table leg, belts. You name it. |
00:37:12 |
I think they were just terrified of me |
00:37:17 |
And he was terrified of going berserk |
00:37:23 |
Sometimes I feel that they thought I was |
00:37:29 |
My mother used to always say |
00:37:33 |
"Boy, you are so handsome and someday |
00:37:37 |
And a part of you, you really start |
00:37:41 |
Until you get out in the streets... |
00:37:45 |
...and you're just another nigger. |
00:38:16 |
No. No, no, no, Georgie, do it like this. |
00:38:19 |
Break it into little pieces |
00:38:24 |
You'll make a better impression |
00:38:26 |
Not like all those poor kids |
00:38:52 |
Hi. David Dryer. |
00:38:56 |
I'm Georgia. |
00:38:58 |
How do you do? |
00:38:59 |
I'm fine, thank you. |
00:39:06 |
Have a seat. |
00:39:17 |
That's George's brother Jonathan. |
00:39:22 |
So tell me exactly |
00:39:26 |
Well, George told me about |
00:39:30 |
And I'd like to take a look at those letters |
00:39:35 |
What did he say about those letters? |
00:39:38 |
Not too many specifics |
00:39:41 |
So, George said it was okay |
00:39:43 |
- Yes. |
00:39:46 |
Yeah. |
00:39:47 |
Yeah, I swear. |
00:39:59 |
Hi. |
00:40:00 |
- How's he doing? |
00:40:05 |
They won't let me in anymore. |
00:40:07 |
I envy you, being able to see him. |
00:40:10 |
Well, he's okay. He talks about you a lot. |
00:40:13 |
In fact, I'd like to talk to you |
00:40:17 |
- I'd like to get your perspective... |
00:40:27 |
Well, which ones do you wanna see? |
00:40:31 |
All of them, if I could. |
00:40:33 |
Mr. Dryer, there are some things |
00:40:37 |
...that don't belong in a book. |
00:40:41 |
Well, I can assure you that your end |
00:40:44 |
...will remain entirely private. |
00:40:52 |
I'll keep the originals. |
00:40:54 |
- You'll make copies. |
00:40:56 |
Good, I wouldn't wanna lose them. |
00:41:00 |
My son is an exceptional writer. |
00:41:03 |
- He's also an exceptional human being. |
00:41:07 |
He is that, ma'am. |
00:41:54 |
That's why each day we come here... |
00:41:58 |
...and take Eucharist |
00:42:01 |
Because each of us together |
00:42:06 |
A common brotherhood under God. |
00:42:10 |
And the blood of Christ running through |
00:42:15 |
- They show us that he is... |
00:42:18 |
...makes me think you are a sick woman. |
00:42:22 |
I'm sorry you made me go |
00:42:26 |
Why did you do it, Mama? |
00:42:29 |
You have failed me. |
00:42:32 |
Those institutions taught propaganda. |
00:42:35 |
They taught what to think, |
00:42:39 |
Blacks in those schools, those churches, |
00:42:43 |
...for they learn the ways |
00:42:49 |
The Western world has reduced all life |
00:42:53 |
All natural feelings have been lost. |
00:42:57 |
But I mustn't complain of such things. |
00:43:02 |
Like the rest of you, |
00:43:06 |
I should smile and sing. |
00:43:08 |
Perhaps I should thank the Lord |
00:43:11 |
...that I have not one moment's |
00:43:20 |
Patience has its limits. |
00:43:22 |
Take it too far and it's cowardice. |
00:43:26 |
My people have been refused the right |
00:43:31 |
All this has left an emptiness |
00:43:34 |
A void, a vacuum that must |
00:43:42 |
Please let Jonathan know these truths. |
00:43:48 |
Allow me to teach him what I can, so |
00:43:57 |
George. |
00:44:23 |
My name is Georgia Jackson |
00:44:28 |
- One of the men who they're trying to kill. |
00:44:30 |
- That's right, that's right. |
00:44:34 |
I wanna tell you that I know my son. |
00:44:37 |
He's a beautiful human being. |
00:44:39 |
I know he never could have done |
00:44:42 |
- We know. |
00:44:44 |
What they are trying to do |
00:44:47 |
...who wanna stand up for their rights. |
00:44:49 |
They lynch them. They put them |
00:44:54 |
- You tell it. |
00:44:57 |
I'm asking you, please, help my son. |
00:45:00 |
- We will. |
00:45:02 |
- And this woman's son. |
00:45:05 |
- We're with you all the way. |
00:45:08 |
We're two black women... |
00:45:10 |
...who love our children... |
00:45:13 |
- And don't wanna see them killed. |
00:45:16 |
- No, you don't wanna see it. |
00:45:18 |
- Yeah, that's right. |
00:45:21 |
- Go free. |
00:45:24 |
Soledad Brothers. |
00:45:25 |
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't know |
00:45:29 |
Well, I play but not well. |
00:45:32 |
Well... |
00:45:33 |
...whether you do or not... |
00:45:36 |
...I'll burn you. |
00:45:38 |
Okay, I'll be ready. |
00:45:46 |
Listen... |
00:45:48 |
...did my brother... |
00:45:52 |
Yeah, he said you were |
00:45:56 |
And that I should not ask your age... |
00:45:58 |
...because you were so much more mature |
00:46:09 |
So when are you seeing him next? |
00:46:11 |
Pretty soon. I'm flying back |
00:46:16 |
Well, when you do, |
00:46:23 |
Tell him my mom sends her love too. |
00:46:36 |
David, I want you to meet |
00:46:41 |
- This here is Lumumba. |
00:46:43 |
Lumumba, David. David, Lumumba. |
00:46:45 |
And Fred. Fred's the chairman |
00:46:50 |
David. |
00:46:52 |
David's the editor who's working |
00:46:55 |
I know, man. We're looking forward to it. |
00:47:01 |
Man, listen to me. |
00:47:03 |
You know, them white boys. |
00:47:05 |
Every time you turn around |
00:47:07 |
...the minds of the young brothers. |
00:47:09 |
So keep your dadgum eyes open. |
00:47:14 |
Always protect your black queen. |
00:47:20 |
We'll be in touch. |
00:47:30 |
Nice guys. |
00:47:33 |
I'm sorry about that. |
00:47:37 |
You all heard her, folks. |
00:47:39 |
It's not enough to be innocent. |
00:47:41 |
- Yeah, yeah. |
00:47:45 |
You have got to have money |
00:47:48 |
For lawyers, investigators |
00:47:53 |
- That's right, brother, that's right. |
00:47:57 |
And I wanna see 5s and 10s and 20s |
00:48:04 |
Don't no one leave because our |
00:48:09 |
Let's give it up for Angela Davis. |
00:48:14 |
- All right. |
00:48:16 |
- Right on. |
00:48:20 |
Right on. |
00:48:21 |
I'd like to talk at first |
00:48:25 |
...that we hear so much about. |
00:48:28 |
- I'll tell you why he's absent. |
00:48:30 |
- Because he's in prison. |
00:48:33 |
- Why is he in prison? Because of drugs. |
00:48:36 |
Why drugs? |
00:48:38 |
To blunt the pain of being black. |
00:48:41 |
- The pain of being poor. |
00:48:44 |
- The pain of being outcast. |
00:48:46 |
Because society doesn't let him |
00:48:50 |
That's right, that's right. |
00:48:51 |
And even if he could get |
00:48:54 |
...he still couldn't find a decent job. |
00:48:58 |
- And it's not because society doesn't care. |
00:49:02 |
It cares enough to perpetuate |
00:49:06 |
...which blights the lives |
00:49:09 |
- That's right. That's right. |
00:49:13 |
- Every black child. |
00:49:16 |
It cares enough to build |
00:49:22 |
And it cares enough about |
00:49:26 |
- Yeah. |
00:49:28 |
- Free the Soledad Brothers. |
00:49:31 |
- All power to the people. |
00:49:42 |
- So he looked all right? |
00:49:46 |
Because for a while there, I thought |
00:49:50 |
Too pale. |
00:49:54 |
Did any of my uncles try to give you |
00:49:57 |
Yeah, but I stayed away. |
00:50:00 |
You're a smart man. |
00:50:03 |
What else? |
00:50:05 |
Just this. |
00:50:24 |
So I'd like to choose a letter |
00:50:28 |
...leading up |
00:50:32 |
All right. |
00:50:34 |
You've already stated your respect |
00:50:40 |
I'm curious about |
00:50:45 |
Well... |
00:50:46 |
...we work well together. |
00:50:50 |
We were friends. |
00:50:52 |
With him, I first realized... |
00:50:55 |
...how to organize the brothers, |
00:51:01 |
Pick your man and go. |
00:51:28 |
After that, happened, man, |
00:51:32 |
We had to. They were one step away |
00:51:38 |
And we watched, we waited for them |
00:51:42 |
...who had killed those |
00:51:47 |
I had already done a year |
00:51:50 |
I figured a three-time murderer... |
00:51:53 |
...would get some kind of punishment, |
00:51:57 |
There was still a shred of |
00:52:01 |
In a lot of the younger brothers as well... |
00:52:03 |
...but we would have never admitted it. |
00:52:09 |
Thank you for your time away from post |
00:52:12 |
Your cooperation |
00:52:15 |
...has helped produce |
00:52:18 |
Now, in this incident in Soledad |
00:52:22 |
...the inmates killed were involved in the |
00:52:27 |
This officer's fire prevented this |
00:52:31 |
The inquiry's ruling: |
00:52:34 |
Justifiable homicide. |
00:52:39 |
These dudes who call themselves |
00:52:41 |
...were gonna lynch a black guy |
00:52:45 |
Pigs put them up to it. |
00:52:47 |
They got ropes and knives and stuff and |
00:52:51 |
When I saw what was happening... |
00:52:54 |
...there were 20 of them. |
00:52:56 |
But I'm the one charged with assault |
00:52:59 |
That's how it works here, |
00:53:10 |
Yeah, motherfucker. |
00:53:22 |
It could have been anyone, man. |
00:53:25 |
Even the white guys we were fighting |
00:53:29 |
Clearly, someone in Soledad |
00:53:34 |
What was that message? |
00:53:36 |
If they were gonna off us |
00:53:38 |
...we make sure the other side |
00:53:43 |
All the convicts were glad it happened. |
00:53:45 |
All of them, man. Black, white, whatever. |
00:53:50 |
I've read the grand jury testimony. |
00:53:53 |
It's... |
00:53:54 |
...bullshit. |
00:53:56 |
It seems completely contradictory. |
00:54:01 |
You're gonna get out of here. |
00:54:04 |
Nobody knows what happened in that wing, |
00:54:10 |
In a place with so many rats |
00:54:13 |
...you would never kill a pig |
00:54:19 |
In that grand jury testimony, only |
00:54:23 |
...is that there were three men |
00:54:26 |
And those three men were told |
00:54:30 |
- You understand what I'm saying? |
00:54:34 |
- Time's up. |
00:54:37 |
- It's been maybe 20 minutes. |
00:54:41 |
Yeah, then you made me wait 40 minutes |
00:54:45 |
Please, sir. I have your signature |
00:54:56 |
I'll see you soon, man. |
00:54:59 |
Yeah. |
00:55:10 |
You some kind of third-world traitor? |
00:55:12 |
You know the routine, killer. |
00:55:15 |
Man, one day the unjust will be |
00:55:20 |
Hey. |
00:55:25 |
- Hey, stop. Hey, you fucking stop. |
00:55:30 |
- Get him off of me. |
00:55:33 |
- Let him go. |
00:55:36 |
- You ain't shit, man. |
00:55:38 |
- Get him up. |
00:55:47 |
I couldn't believe it. |
00:55:51 |
I'm yelling and I was banging on the door |
00:55:55 |
I mean, they just didn't... |
00:55:59 |
Listen, I've seen that before. |
00:56:01 |
You have to remember that George |
00:56:05 |
And tomorrow I will file a writ |
00:56:09 |
...and we'll call a press conference. |
00:56:13 |
Okay. That's all we can do. |
00:56:25 |
You'll have to visit here. |
00:56:28 |
Mr. Jackson will be down in a moment. |
00:57:29 |
- So you saw that, huh? |
00:57:32 |
I heard you shouting. |
00:57:35 |
You gave me heart, man. |
00:57:38 |
Next time I'll take out the whole lot |
00:57:41 |
I did that for you, you know. |
00:57:45 |
Next time why don't you give me |
00:57:48 |
So you don't scare me to death. |
00:57:55 |
I'll check this... |
00:57:57 |
Hey, those are legal papers. |
00:58:00 |
These papers are going to the warden. |
00:58:18 |
I'll be right back. |
00:58:27 |
Dear David... |
00:58:30 |
...one of the greatest writers of us all, |
00:58:33 |
People respect the expression of dignity |
00:58:38 |
...who refuse to bow to the weapons |
00:58:44 |
I salute your resolve to gain back |
00:58:49 |
...the memorialized words of one righteous |
00:58:55 |
George. |
00:59:05 |
Good job. |
00:59:07 |
Good job. |
00:59:09 |
Let's get back to work, shall we? |
00:59:19 |
- Mom, I'm gonna go out, okay? |
00:59:22 |
I'm gonna go out. |
00:59:24 |
- What? |
00:59:27 |
Jonathan, you haven't done |
00:59:31 |
First of all, you gotta stop spying |
00:59:34 |
- I still feel like a little baby in this house. |
00:59:38 |
Look, I'm old enough to do |
00:59:42 |
Can I go out now? |
00:59:47 |
Can I go out now? |
01:00:23 |
This is a government filibuster. |
01:00:27 |
It's a government filibuster. |
01:00:29 |
Any kind of activity that takes place on |
01:00:34 |
...that's the government. |
01:00:36 |
Any kind of dilly-dallying, |
01:00:39 |
Any kind of pussy-footing, |
01:00:42 |
Any kind of act that's designed |
01:00:46 |
...you and me right now |
01:00:50 |
...that's the government |
01:00:52 |
And any time you find the government |
01:00:57 |
...to violate the citizenship |
01:01:02 |
...then you are wasting your time... |
01:01:04 |
...going to that government |
01:01:07 |
Instead, you have to take that... |
01:01:09 |
- Hey, what's going on? |
01:01:12 |
- Welcome to the revolution. |
01:01:15 |
Crimes that it is guilty of today. |
01:01:19 |
So those of us whose political |
01:01:22 |
...is Black Nationalism... |
01:01:24 |
- Have become involved |
01:01:27 |
We have injected ourselves |
01:01:30 |
- You got a nice place here. |
01:01:33 |
- From the level of civil rights |
01:01:36 |
- Hold up a sec, I gotta get something. |
01:01:39 |
- On the level of civil rights, |
01:01:43 |
You're going to his court expecting him |
01:01:46 |
He created the problem. |
01:01:49 |
You don't take your case to the criminal. |
01:02:00 |
You'd be the kid who was walking |
01:02:04 |
I don't get by any means necessary. |
01:02:07 |
Now, I recall your philosophy. |
01:02:13 |
What we need is to create |
01:02:15 |
...start taking control of the situation. |
01:02:18 |
- This is your opportunity... |
01:02:21 |
- You okay. |
01:02:25 |
I'm gonna beat the damn gold claw. |
01:02:28 |
So we need to fight the pack. |
01:02:32 |
- Hey, brother. |
01:02:33 |
Great to see you, come on. |
01:02:40 |
This here is Jonathan. |
01:02:42 |
He's Comrade George's younger brother. |
01:02:51 |
It's good to see you, man. |
01:02:53 |
- You too. |
01:02:56 |
...they tried to take me through |
01:03:02 |
At first, I didn't know |
01:03:04 |
Hair, mouth. Tongue up. |
01:03:08 |
Okay, put your hands back through. |
01:03:10 |
I thought my assassination |
01:03:13 |
Turns out it was my 10th annual |
01:03:17 |
What was the judgment of the board? |
01:03:21 |
Well, I won't be seeing Ghana |
01:03:27 |
I was trying to count how many doors |
01:03:31 |
There's one for my cell. |
01:03:34 |
Two by the time |
01:03:38 |
Five as I got out into the hallway. |
01:03:44 |
You don't even know |
01:03:49 |
It's as if the entire system is designed |
01:03:53 |
...whatever humanity that you come |
01:03:58 |
For a guy like me it's like the entire |
01:04:03 |
I've seen some guys and they got "fuck |
01:04:08 |
One guy even had it tattooed |
01:04:11 |
He had "fuck the world" on his forehead? |
01:04:15 |
Guys like that know the world |
01:04:18 |
They know they are victims... |
01:04:19 |
...they just can't put their finger on |
01:04:24 |
- Maybe our little book can help with that. |
01:04:28 |
Yeah, maybe it can. |
01:04:30 |
How are we doing? |
01:04:32 |
We're getting close, George. |
01:04:34 |
You and I, we just have |
01:04:36 |
I just wanna let you know... |
01:04:38 |
...that I've given you complete discretion |
01:04:42 |
I'm not getting much sleep these days. |
01:04:44 |
I'm starting to see shit |
01:04:57 |
- Hello? |
01:05:00 |
- Yes. |
01:05:02 |
You lied to me. |
01:05:04 |
How could you do that? |
01:05:07 |
You took the only thing that I had. |
01:05:09 |
That was between George and me. |
01:05:12 |
The people that put that book |
01:05:15 |
No, I'm completely responsible. |
01:05:18 |
Nobody ever showed it to me. |
01:05:21 |
- Specifically, what is it that bothers you? |
01:05:25 |
- The way it's put together. |
01:05:28 |
We're less than two weeks |
01:05:30 |
Well, there is something I can do. |
01:05:33 |
I can go to the radio and say it's all |
01:05:37 |
I don't think George would like that. |
01:05:40 |
I'm gonna see him tomorrow. |
01:05:42 |
I'm gonna tell him what it is |
01:05:45 |
Mrs. Jack... |
01:05:53 |
Did you hear that? |
01:06:04 |
- Can she do anything to stop the book? |
01:06:06 |
But she can do a lot of damage |
01:06:11 |
Well, you tell her if she does anything, |
01:06:16 |
...to damage the book... |
01:06:18 |
...I will never speak to her again. |
01:06:22 |
Okay. |
01:06:38 |
Well, if it ain't the Ku Klux clowns. |
01:06:45 |
You ever hate yourself? |
01:06:49 |
Do I ever do anything else? |
01:06:52 |
It's one of the major luxuries |
01:06:58 |
You know, I get the feeling you'd even |
01:07:06 |
Don't concern yourself with that. |
01:07:09 |
Just make sure my deal stays together. |
01:07:40 |
- Hello? |
01:07:43 |
- He's not here, can I take a message? |
01:07:46 |
Just tell him the people's justice |
01:07:52 |
That was him. |
01:10:29 |
Okay, gentlemen, we're taking over. |
01:10:35 |
All right, everybody, stay together. |
01:10:37 |
Stay together. Eyes up front. |
01:10:41 |
Here we go. |
01:10:44 |
Keep it moving, people. |
01:10:52 |
Quicken the pace a little bit, huh? |
01:10:56 |
Let's go, people. |
01:10:57 |
Keep it together. |
01:11:00 |
- You gotta watch her, okay? |
01:11:02 |
No. You gotta be listening to me. |
01:11:34 |
- How many? |
01:11:36 |
Everything happened so fast. |
01:11:40 |
Keep it together. |
01:11:42 |
There you go. There you go. |
01:11:47 |
You can take our pictures. |
01:11:50 |
We are the revolutionaries. |
01:11:59 |
Free the Soledad Brothers by 3:00 |
01:12:04 |
We don't have the authority |
01:12:11 |
You cover the left and the rear, okay? |
01:12:15 |
- Back them off. |
01:12:17 |
Back them off! |
01:12:23 |
You guys stay together. |
01:12:25 |
Keep your fucking heads up front. |
01:12:30 |
Goddamn. |
01:12:33 |
Okay, okay. |
01:12:35 |
In you go. Open up the van. |
01:12:37 |
In you go. Don't look at me. |
01:12:52 |
Fuck. |
01:12:54 |
- What's the shot? |
01:12:56 |
Here we go. Here we go. |
01:12:58 |
Don't fire. Don't fire. Hold it. |
01:13:06 |
Hold it, boys. Do not fire. |
01:13:08 |
There's too many friendlies in there. |
01:13:14 |
Okay. They're holding off. |
01:13:47 |
Dear Joan... |
01:13:49 |
...we reckon all time in the future |
01:13:55 |
Man-child, black man-child |
01:14:01 |
He was free for a while. |
01:14:04 |
I guess that's more than most of us |
01:14:08 |
I want people to wonder |
01:14:13 |
...terrible, vindictive, cold, |
01:14:18 |
...courage in one hand... |
01:14:20 |
...the machine gun in the other. |
01:14:23 |
Scourge of the unrighteous. |
01:14:26 |
An ox for the people to ride. |
01:14:30 |
Cold and calm though. |
01:14:33 |
All right, gentlemen... |
01:14:35 |
...I'm taking over now. |
01:14:39 |
I can't go any further. |
01:14:41 |
It would just be a love story |
01:14:45 |
...this world has had the privilege |
01:14:47 |
And it's just not that popular or safe... |
01:14:51 |
...to say I love him. |
01:14:55 |
Revolution. |
01:15:05 |
Now in there. |
01:15:24 |
Can you tell us something |
01:15:28 |
All he would talk about was George. |
01:15:31 |
He felt George was going to be killed |
01:15:34 |
...if he wasn't killed in prison. |
01:15:38 |
He knew there was no justice |
01:15:42 |
A lot of times... |
01:15:44 |
...he'd go to the hearings... |
01:15:45 |
...he'd get up, he'd go out |
01:15:53 |
It got to a point |
01:15:57 |
And my baby really liked to eat. |
01:16:02 |
One night in June... |
01:16:06 |
...he said, "Mama, if I die... |
01:16:09 |
...I want you to know |
01:16:12 |
Do you know where Angela is? |
01:16:15 |
- Your other son, was he involved? |
01:16:24 |
There's your stamps. |
01:16:28 |
What are you doing? |
01:16:33 |
What I would call a stroke of genius. |
01:16:54 |
Hey. |
01:16:56 |
They think that you |
01:16:58 |
And they've traced |
01:17:01 |
Stay at the defense committee house. |
01:17:03 |
I'll call them and tell them |
01:17:06 |
Can you delay that trip to New York? |
01:17:10 |
All right, good. |
01:17:12 |
Your author's gonna need you. |
01:17:31 |
I'm David. |
01:17:33 |
Fay told us you were coming. |
01:17:57 |
Jesus. |
01:18:01 |
Oh, that? |
01:18:03 |
It got shot out the day before yesterday. |
01:18:07 |
We think it was the pigs. |
01:18:33 |
Nobody's here now. But they'll all |
01:18:38 |
- Against charges of assaulting |
01:18:41 |
A woman saw a young man |
01:18:46 |
...and sat down in the spectator section. |
01:18:48 |
The deputy said the same man had inquired |
01:18:52 |
...and remembered his last name |
01:18:55 |
Court clerk Frank Kirby tells |
01:18:57 |
I am leaving the case. |
01:19:02 |
Look, there's a razor blade |
01:19:07 |
"For a chicken who betrays, |
01:19:10 |
- I'm out. I'm out. |
01:19:13 |
- I gotta go. |
01:19:15 |
I don't know. |
01:19:21 |
They're accusing me of stealing |
01:19:27 |
Me. |
01:19:30 |
It's crazy. No one would believe that. |
01:19:34 |
You don't understand. |
01:19:40 |
Eleven people have died |
01:19:43 |
Eleven people. I can't be one of them. |
01:19:49 |
I can't do it. |
01:19:58 |
You have to tell George what... |
01:20:04 |
It's okay, it's okay. |
01:20:10 |
We have no visiting rooms. |
01:20:11 |
You'll have to visit with Mr. Jackson |
01:20:14 |
Guard Williams will escort you. Let's go. |
01:20:25 |
Push. |
01:20:28 |
Come on. Come on, push. |
01:20:33 |
Get the money. |
01:20:35 |
Get that money. Get that money. |
01:21:11 |
Sidle the rec room. |
01:21:31 |
Sidle Jackson. |
01:22:09 |
Mr. Jackson. |
01:22:11 |
I'm sorry about you brother. |
01:22:15 |
Because of updated security, |
01:22:27 |
- It's good to see you, man. |
01:22:46 |
So they got my little brother, huh? |
01:22:51 |
None of us have slept back there |
01:22:55 |
We've all been listening to the radio. |
01:23:05 |
Oh, you see, |
01:23:16 |
I need something to take my mind |
01:23:24 |
Oh, I recognize that, yeah. |
01:23:30 |
Did you have to fix it up a lot, man? |
01:23:40 |
At least I never thought I was. |
01:23:50 |
Did they shoot him up real bad, man? |
01:23:53 |
No. |
01:23:58 |
You know, it was supposed to be |
01:24:02 |
No one was supposed to get hurt. |
01:24:09 |
You know, I sent him in there, right? |
01:24:16 |
I mean, to think that all that I have done |
01:24:22 |
I mean, I have not shed a tear |
01:24:35 |
They were on their way to the airport, |
01:24:39 |
So they would know exactly |
01:24:41 |
No one was supposed to get hurt, man. |
01:24:43 |
They needed those hostages |
01:24:48 |
...to trade them in for our freedom. |
01:24:52 |
Was someone else |
01:24:55 |
No, man. You got it all wrong. |
01:24:58 |
There were supposed to be 11 others. |
01:25:00 |
Our intelligence confirms |
01:25:07 |
And when he found out that they weren't |
01:25:21 |
Did you read what he said, man? |
01:25:26 |
"Okay, gentlemen, hands up. |
01:25:29 |
We are taking over. " |
01:25:32 |
Man, that's so beautiful. |
01:25:36 |
My brother and a Chinese |
01:25:48 |
They will live to regret it. |
01:25:53 |
I'll see to that. |
01:26:09 |
I guess it must be hard for you |
01:26:12 |
...how I haven't shed a tear. |
01:26:17 |
But I know... |
01:26:20 |
...that, you know, |
01:26:25 |
He's going down in history. |
01:26:31 |
A true revolutionary. |
01:26:35 |
In his highest stage of development. |
01:26:57 |
Hi, David. |
01:27:00 |
- You got a minute? |
01:27:04 |
I wanna show you something. |
01:27:08 |
- Is that me? |
01:27:11 |
In 1957, you were close friends |
01:27:15 |
...who were later indicted |
01:27:18 |
I barely knew those guys. |
01:27:21 |
What the hell is this anyway? |
01:27:23 |
You've had a history of contact with men |
01:27:27 |
No, they were just beat writers, okay? |
01:27:29 |
They were unfairly blacklisted. |
01:27:31 |
Yeah. Lucky you didn't end up |
01:27:34 |
Who are you? |
01:27:35 |
Hey, I'm sorry. |
01:27:37 |
Maybe we got off |
01:27:39 |
We wanna help you, Mr. Dryer. |
01:27:43 |
We could take you in right now |
01:27:45 |
...as a member of Jackson's legal team. |
01:27:48 |
But we're not gonna do that. |
01:27:51 |
I'd say this will all blow over... |
01:27:52 |
...if a certain book's publication |
01:27:58 |
I won't do that. |
01:28:01 |
- You won't? |
01:28:04 |
I'd say you have way too much to lose |
01:28:09 |
I'll talk to you real soon. |
01:28:16 |
Dryer, what in the hell is going on? |
01:28:20 |
The feds just came through here, |
01:28:23 |
They can get the judge to order a cease |
01:28:28 |
Yeah. |
01:28:30 |
Because they're bullshiting, okay? |
01:28:33 |
Seriously, no, just... Don't. |
01:28:36 |
Just don't do anything, okay? |
01:28:42 |
We're hours from going to press. You... |
01:28:46 |
Goddamn it. |
01:28:48 |
Look. |
01:28:50 |
If you fucking cancel printing... |
01:28:51 |
...okay, I swear to God, I'm gonna |
01:28:55 |
Every last shred of energy suing you... |
01:28:57 |
...and smearing |
01:28:59 |
You understand that? |
01:29:30 |
You like the cover? |
01:29:33 |
- Yeah. |
01:29:36 |
- Yeah, it's good. |
01:29:38 |
Okay, the reviews |
01:29:40 |
I got one right here |
01:29:44 |
"One of the finest pieces |
01:29:47 |
Summarizes 300 years of rage |
01:29:53 |
What do you think of that? |
01:29:56 |
Who's this girl drinking champagne here? |
01:29:59 |
No, I didn't. |
01:30:01 |
All these fine hippie chicks running around, |
01:30:05 |
You ain't taking care of business? |
01:30:07 |
No, I guess not. |
01:30:10 |
I'll try better next time. |
01:30:15 |
- Good, huh? |
01:30:17 |
Congratulations. |
01:30:21 |
Thank you, man. |
01:30:29 |
Sidle Jackson. |
01:30:35 |
Warden says you have to give up that book. |
01:30:40 |
If you don't surrender it, |
01:30:51 |
Come on in and get it. |
01:31:16 |
There are claims |
01:31:18 |
How do you respond to that? |
01:31:22 |
Well, I mean, you folks seem to wanna |
01:31:26 |
- No, I wrote every word. |
01:31:30 |
Some people are comparing you |
01:31:34 |
Your book is being translated |
01:31:37 |
And more translations are on the way. |
01:31:39 |
How does your fame affect you |
01:31:43 |
I have no concern for personal fame. |
01:31:48 |
I reserve it for my people. |
01:31:53 |
Man, my book is a weapon. |
01:31:57 |
I'm just gonna continue |
01:32:01 |
...until there's some real freedom |
01:32:04 |
...and until dungeons like the one |
01:32:12 |
Have you heard that Angela Davis |
01:32:16 |
And a man was arrested |
01:32:29 |
This interview is over. |
01:32:33 |
Take me back. |
01:32:37 |
Take me back. |
01:32:39 |
Sidle Jackson. |
01:32:52 |
Where's my picture? |
01:32:55 |
Where's my typewriter? |
01:32:58 |
Give me back my shit. |
01:33:00 |
- You had no right. |
01:33:03 |
Give me my typewriter back, man. |
01:33:06 |
What's wrong with you, man? |
01:33:10 |
Motherfucker. |
01:33:16 |
The major obstacle to a united left |
01:33:22 |
Racism is still alive. |
01:33:24 |
There are three categories |
01:33:28 |
The overt, self-satisfied racist |
01:33:33 |
...the self-interdicting racist |
01:33:36 |
...in spite of his best efforts... |
01:33:39 |
...and the unconscious racist, who has |
01:33:44 |
Too much black blood has flowed |
01:33:47 |
...between the chasm |
01:33:51 |
It's fundamentally unfair to expect |
01:33:55 |
...between the various kinds |
01:33:59 |
Blacks must understand racism's presence |
01:34:04 |
It is a system that must be crushed... |
01:34:06 |
...before it continues to manufacture new |
01:34:10 |
...of both class and race. |
01:34:16 |
George. |
01:34:23 |
How you doing? |
01:34:28 |
I don't know. |
01:34:29 |
I mean, so long as I had no hope, |
01:34:34 |
It's like the hope that's killing me. |
01:34:42 |
That the illusion of that I'll never get out |
01:34:53 |
Except on the days that you here, |
01:34:59 |
You know? |
01:35:02 |
That's my reality. |
01:35:04 |
Closing in on me more and more. |
01:35:07 |
I mean, at night... |
01:35:10 |
...I'm dreaming about being buried alive, |
01:35:14 |
Sometimes I see Jonathan. |
01:35:16 |
No, you're gonna be all right. |
01:35:21 |
You've got plenty of legal support |
01:35:23 |
And after you're acquitted, you're gonna |
01:35:27 |
Hey, I wish I was around |
01:35:31 |
Excuse me? |
01:35:32 |
You know, I thought that... |
01:35:35 |
Knew that Jonathan thought they would |
01:35:40 |
I'm certain of it, that he didn't know. |
01:35:42 |
We always give them fascists |
01:35:48 |
Yeah. |
01:35:51 |
Do you understand that there cannot be |
01:35:58 |
No, I'm not... I'm not really sure that I do. |
01:36:01 |
I mean, not all revolutions |
01:36:04 |
Maybe in your history. |
01:36:07 |
But in mine, you learn pretty quick, |
01:36:11 |
...whose mentality is built around a gun. |
01:36:16 |
You can't reason with that, man. |
01:36:19 |
You just gotta grip him by the throat. |
01:36:22 |
There's only one way to reason |
01:36:29 |
You hit him where it hurts. |
01:36:31 |
Do you understand? |
01:36:38 |
See, nice folks like you |
01:36:41 |
You know? |
01:36:44 |
You've never been pushed |
01:36:47 |
You've never had the things... |
01:36:49 |
...that make life worth living for |
01:37:03 |
Look, man, we don't wanna cut |
01:37:07 |
To deprive a man of his life |
01:37:10 |
But we must weigh things |
01:37:14 |
I hear military men say things |
01:37:16 |
This is the military, David. |
01:37:20 |
And the army of liberation is gonna |
01:37:24 |
That's why the pigs are shitting bricks. |
01:37:27 |
Because this is the revolution |
01:37:33 |
Nice folks like you are either with us |
01:37:38 |
Well. |
01:37:39 |
The first thing that we have to do |
01:37:43 |
Then once you're out of this place, |
01:37:46 |
You can lead this revolution. |
01:37:52 |
What? What's wrong? |
01:37:54 |
I can't go to trial. |
01:37:56 |
Why not? No. |
01:37:59 |
You should see how confident |
01:38:01 |
They're almost positive |
01:38:05 |
I can win. |
01:38:06 |
But I'd have to deny I had anything |
01:38:10 |
So? |
01:38:13 |
I can't do that. I do not want to do that. |
01:38:21 |
I'm not gonna stand up in front |
01:38:25 |
...and deny I had anything to do |
01:38:29 |
Man... |
01:38:30 |
...this system needs to know that they |
01:38:34 |
...and not have any repercussions. |
01:38:36 |
They need to know that the crimes |
01:38:40 |
...need to be dealt with. |
01:38:42 |
It will not be forgotten. |
01:38:46 |
That the hell that they have made |
01:38:51 |
Okay. Okay, what? |
01:38:55 |
You know what will happen. I'd get |
01:39:00 |
...in front of my father, my brother, |
01:39:09 |
That's... |
01:39:14 |
You know, I just... |
01:39:16 |
I used to not believe... |
01:39:20 |
...in the existence of a no-win situation. |
01:39:25 |
Who said anything about a no-win |
01:39:28 |
I just been trying really hard |
01:39:30 |
I just... |
01:39:33 |
I don't really know if I can anymore. |
01:39:35 |
Yes, you can. You have to, man. |
01:39:36 |
We would have never gotten out |
01:39:40 |
You inspired me to keep on writing. |
01:39:43 |
I would have never been able to do it |
01:39:48 |
Time's up. |
01:39:52 |
When you coming again? |
01:39:54 |
I don't know. L... |
01:39:57 |
I have to go to New York this week. |
01:40:00 |
Well, I appreciate these meetings, |
01:40:05 |
Well. |
01:40:08 |
We'll do more books then. |
01:40:11 |
There you go. |
01:40:13 |
So long, brother. |
01:40:32 |
Hey, David. |
01:40:34 |
Power to the people, man. |
01:40:45 |
This damnable rhetoric that goes on by |
01:40:52 |
...does a great deal of harm. |
01:40:54 |
This irresponsible kind of blathering |
01:40:57 |
...and "kill the pig" |
01:41:00 |
And right through there. |
01:41:06 |
Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Anderson. |
01:41:08 |
You've been taken off the list |
01:41:12 |
- By whose orders? |
01:41:16 |
This is bullshit. |
01:41:18 |
But this is the pig's house |
01:41:25 |
Steve, I got the final edits to |
01:41:30 |
- Can you take care of it for me? |
01:41:33 |
Thanks. |
01:41:36 |
For me, time has come to pass over. |
01:41:41 |
It's time for me to become what I am. |
01:41:44 |
Do you know the feeling |
01:41:47 |
...of accepting your rage |
01:41:52 |
You see, I have always been an adversary, |
01:41:58 |
I never believed for one minute |
01:42:02 |
Or even cared about me in any way |
01:42:07 |
I don't believe in their benevolence. |
01:42:10 |
I do believe in their cupidity, |
01:42:15 |
...and their tyrannous lust |
01:42:19 |
I don't believe in a long life. |
01:42:22 |
I won't live to remember it anyway. |
01:42:25 |
I forget it when I sleep at night. |
01:42:28 |
And one day I will forget it altogether. |
01:42:31 |
I don't intend to give them |
01:42:35 |
The time has come for me |
01:42:39 |
...my own judge... |
01:42:41 |
...and my own jury. |
01:42:44 |
George. |
01:43:07 |
For escort. |
01:43:19 |
Bingham's disappearance immediately |
01:43:22 |
...seemed to support the charge that |
01:43:27 |
We are satisfied now |
01:43:31 |
And since we found the wig |
01:43:33 |
...we can now tie in |
01:43:37 |
- What the fuck's under your hair? |
01:43:40 |
- Open the door. |
01:43:43 |
Open the door. |
01:43:46 |
Open the cells, man. Open the cells. |
01:43:49 |
- I can't. I can't work the cell key. |
01:43:52 |
- Open the cells. Open the cells. |
01:43:56 |
Open the cells up. |
01:43:58 |
The dragon has come. We're taking over. |
01:44:01 |
If you're with me come out your cells. |
01:44:05 |
- Open it up. |
01:44:07 |
Get that motherfucker over here. |
01:44:28 |
George, a decision has to be made about |
01:44:32 |
They've seen too much. |
01:44:36 |
We cannot take anyone's future |
01:44:38 |
Leave no hostile witnesses. |
01:44:41 |
Go, go, go. |
01:47:31 |
We must never forget the element |
01:47:36 |
As if we have always been authentic |
01:47:44 |
The reality is that history, |
01:47:49 |
...shall determine our level |
01:47:54 |
...or if we were merely reactionary |
01:48:00 |
George. |
01:48:01 |
Comrade Lumumba. |
01:48:04 |
We got a little something for you. |