Original subtitles

♪♪ (drums)

Subtitles by explosiveskull

Let's just put it this way.

When it comes to Rob, there's always a new low.

(laughs)

He'll bounce around Mille Lacs, Minneapolis,

wherever he can find a safe place to lay his head.

You know?

They'll wait him out. He'll make his mistake.

- (siren wailing) - MAN: This is the real.

- ♪♪ (speakers: hip-hop) - MAN: ♪ This is that gangsta shit ♪

♪ That real raw shit ♪

♪ Cocaine, crack shit ♪

♪ That killer smack shit ♪♪

♪♪ (continues, fades)

It's a Gangster Disciple tattoo.

GDN.

Got the six-pointed star, devil tail.

You got the pitchforks. You got the rakes.

It's a criminal organization. I'm always gonna be a part of that.

(speakers: woman singing) ♪ If I could fly away ♪

♪ Only if I could fly away ♪

(singing along) ♪ Only if I could fly away ♪

♪ Only if I could fly away ♪

MAN (rapping): ♪ Walkin' down this road got me thinkin' to myself ♪

♪♪ (continues)

I gotta make a light pinkish.

That is pinkish.

They say good dope either makes you puke or it makes you shit.

So you just start cutting your dope

with something that makes 'em puke, makes 'em shit.

Laxative.

What's going on, Mary?

Raising hell tonight, or what?

No, I'm going over to Sharon's.

MAN: Go get a cigarette from your mom.

♪♪ (humming)

Gonna shop these around.

Gotta run to, um, Park Rapids.

♪♪ (humming continues)

(thunder rumbling)

Hey, where's Maddie?

I don't know.

Damn. Where did she go?

Oh, there she is too.

Goddamn it, don't be running off like that.

Oh! Hold it. You all right?

Living around here, shit ain't gonna change.

No one's gonna come around here, change the whole society.

No one's gonna come around, thinking they can change this neighborhood.

It's always gonna be the same.

That's the way it is around here.

(babbling)

Stay close.

I was raised doing all this stuff, like drugs, violence,

and it's become a natural part of my life.

Most likely just gonna get worse.

Go ahead. Jump on that.

- Over here. - Go over here then.

Come on. Jump on.

- Like this? - Yep.

- Hello? - Come on.

(laughing)

♪♪ (singing)

♪♪ (speakers: hip-hop)

'Cause I need the back of your head, I want you to face this way.

There you go.

Yeah, 'cause I need access to all that.

- (Maddie babbling) - (clippers buzzing)

What'd you say, Maddie?

Trying to see where I could blend it.

There it is.

- Blair and them's brothers, you know? - Yeah.

Remember when you used to... used to go with her, on the east side?

Yeah.

I was a little-bitty guy then.

Were you just an itty-bitty guy?

(laughs) I was, like, eight, nine.

Don't get good at what your brothers are good at, man.

If you're gonna break the law, be smart.

If you're gonna risk your freedom,

make sure the fuckin' reward is there and it's worth it.

And it usually isn't.

Okay, look at the mirror. You see the back of your head?

How that's faded up?

- Yeah. - You like that?

Now, watch how much women you get now.

You'll be like, "Man, I should've been cutting my own hair."

♪♪ (hip-hop: rapping continues, fades)

YOUNG MAN: I've heard a lot of stories about Rob.

Rob ain't scared to rep his shit. Rob ain't scared to do anything.

He's been in prison most all his life.

I also consider him an OG, an original gangster,

because he keeps it real, he reps his shit to the max and don't care what people say.

He earned that fucking tattoo on his chest, man.

(barking)

YOUNG MAN: They see something or hear something.

OLDER MAN: No, there's... there's something.

Unless there's a bear around or something.

They can smell through the wind. That's what they sniff up in the air for.

- Remember when we had the wolf? - Mm-hmm.

- And what Thunder's learned from the wolf? - Yeah.

Thunder used to walk around, smell the air all the time and start barking. (chuckles)

- The wolf just sat there though. He just ran around in circles. - Yeah.

That wolf was something.

- Just like in our culture, Kev. We're the wolf clan. - Yeah.

From our grandfathers and... from our other grandfathers.

From our ancestors.

You watch a wolf, he behaves just like we do.

We have those...

See, wolves run in packs and we're a big... Mom, Daddy, me.

We're all a wolf pack. (chuckles)

(beeping)

Hey, I know how to text now. (laughs)

Just learned how to text this week, Kev.

KEVIN: Are you using that T9 word, or are you just changing it, Dad?

- What's that? - You using that T9 word?

Go to Message, and then go to Message Settings.

- Right... - This here.

You can set someone's number as a speed dial.

So you can just type "1" and then "send," and it'll be a speed-dial number.

DAD: This is Pine Point Village on the White Earth Indian Reservation.

It's called Pine Point.

I've seen so many lives, young lives,

just ruined here because...

It would be hard for them to go out into the real world,

and this is where they...

They were raised up here and everything, and they only learn from what others do.

So, with Kevin I do the best I can with him.

'Cause there's a few of them that did make it.

Just one out of 10 every 10 years will make it out of here.

Yeah. Well, let me hit you up later.

I'll see if I can make some calls.

All right, I'll let you know.

All right.

The X's will tell you where he's at.

And here's the church.

You go over here.

There ain't no houses. There's a cemetery right here.

Then you go over here.

It'll be that first house right here.

(clears throat)

You either go up here...

If he ain't there,

you'll go up that road over here.

And then...

And if you look to your left,

it's that first house right here.

The driveway isn't quite finished.

It's one of the newer houses.

You just go a little ways. It ain't far at all. Go back down here.

You'll see a house right here that's all, like, mangled.

Yeah, but you'll see a...

They're the only places my brother could be.

This one, this one or this one.

MAN: That's Pine Point.

- (chattering) - Wah! Wah!

MAN: Right, right, right.

Oh, this is gonna be ill right here.

♪♪ (speakers: man rapping)

- Oh. - WOMAN: Whoo, look at that cloud.

(chuckles) Oh, hard-core.

- (chattering continues) - ♪♪ (continues)

♪ Let 'em see the cash I'm gon' make it rain ♪

ROB: Like most films of this nature,

they'll, like, get heavily viewed overseas.

♪ It's goin' down Meet me in the club ♪

ROB: Europe and Asia love Indians.

♪ Meet me in the club ♪

Ain't that right there, Indian?

Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey.

(laughing)

ROB: I don't know. I just... I haven't been law-abiding lately.

And...

And it just keeps getting deeper.

Consequences keep getting more severe.

(clears throat)

Damn.

You made me think about that little girl now.

(children chattering)

- Bye, Mommy. - Come on. Let's go.

(chattering continues)

ROB: When I was in third grade,

I was being very disruptive.

So I got put in the storage room.

So I started digging around

and I found these books.

They were all on Greek mythology and stuff.

I came across this tale about this beautiful daughter, Persephone,

that all the other gods wanted.

Right then and there,

the first girl that I would father,

her name would be Persephone,

and she would have a story behind her name.

(thunder rumbling)

(thunderclap)

(woman mutters)

So here goes the...

- It's like the... - Yeah, yeah, I know.

It's just my fifth time around this here. You know? Yeah.

Ooh, here goes the criminal prior record.

"Criminal vehicular operation, two counts."

Let's see.

"Convicted. Convicted.

44 months, 58 months.

Probation, 10 years."

Looks like they missed something on that DWI in 2004, huh?

'Cause they could've used that for a first-degree.

Oh. Yeah.

"Robert Dwayne Brown was born in Hennepin County, Minnesota,

to his biological parents, Sheldon and Robert.

He went to live with his grandparents immediately after being born,

as... and his birth certificate will reflect Nancy and Charles as his parents.

Defendant stated after he began running away,

he became a ward of the state and spent the next 10 years

going through a gamut of foster homes.

Defendant reported he could recall somewhere around 39 different foster homes

and three group homes.

Defendant further stated

that while in various foster settings,

he was abused both physically, sexually.

He reported he had informed his caseworker at the time of the incident

but did not feel that anything actually came from his reports.

Defendant informed his agent he is very skilled at writing"...

Yes, I am.

"While talking with defendant, he stated he would like to continue writing

and eventually get something published."

- (page turning) - "Final assessment.

It is the recommendation of this agent

to follow the plea agreement and have Robert Dwayne Brown, Jr.

committed to the commissioner of corrections

for a period of 57 months."

Thank you, Minnesota, Mahnomen County.

(sighs, mutters) Whoa.

That's what I was talking to you, Robert.

I just looked to make sure that the point for both criminal vehiculars was accurate.

So I almost was at a four?

Well, I tried to talk her into that, but it's actually... it is 57.

(laughs) Hey, you tried, buddy.

- Yeah, but it wasn't... - Ah, don't feel bad.

Thank you for driving all the way from Crookston.

- Huh? - You know, it's a ways.

Maybe you can give me a ride back.

I gotta go back and wait for a ride to the big house.

(chattering)

(engine revving)

The parade's starting now, if y'all want to show up or something.

I'm, like, four blocks down the road from you. So, yeah, on Main.

Yeah. All right. Check y'all later.

Yep.

(horns honking)

Man, we should have people on horseback on this.

I got five Medicine Cap Paints sitting at home, doing absolutely nothing.

I got enough regalia for two tribes.

And we got nobody in this parade. What's wrong with us?

Would you do it? Do you think people would do it if they were asked?

Yeah.

- Really? - Yeah.

So if I went to my shop right now and got a headdress,

you'd wear it?

- Maybe. - Maybe. (laughs)

♪♪ (notes)

MAN (on loudspeaker): We'd like to thank you for coming out today to Park Rapids.

Thank you and have a great Fourth of July Independence Day.

Stay safe.

♪♪ (speakers: country)

(no audible dialogue)

Oh, let's check this boy out.

- What's up, crackhead? - What's up, bitch?

What you up to, man?

- You guys need a cigarette? - Yeah.

Here, y'all share one. 'Cause, fuck, I just got this pack, like, an hour ago.

You want one?

Yeah, man.

Come on, man.

- Come around to catch candy or what? - Oh, yeah.

(Kevin laughs)

- Yeah, right. - Ah!

All right, all right, there you go.

- I have to stay at Mike and Maria's tonight. - Do you?

Yeah. Just tonight though.

Is that what M-M-Mama said?

'Cause M-M-M-Mama doesn't trust you.

So?

All right, so let me get to know her then.

She wants to meet you. She wants you to come over next weekend on Sunday.

Want to go to his house?

- Whose house? - His.

- His? - Yeah.

He lives, like, down there.

(girl laughs)

- Got some addies. Want to do some addies? - Shut the fuck up.

Jelly-breath.

Good thing we came back. What's going on?

(chattering, laughing)

Next. Next!

GIRL: I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready.

I'm just looking away, like...

- GIRL: Oh, no, not that! - What...

- What are you ready for? - GIRL: Nothin'.

Yeah... Come on.

Hey, where you at?

KEVIN: I'm just a middleman.

Anybody want something, I have people that can hook 'em up.

Weed, pills, meth, whatever. I know the people.

They give me the money, I get it for 'em, drop it off,

and then I get a little piece of it.

That's what I've been doing, and that's my way of living and making money for now.

Until I get a job or until further notice.

(boy laughing)

I'm still debating, man.

I still have the idea of fuckin' being a big drug dealer.

It's still on my mind today. I still want to be one, yeah.

But I also want to get a job

and try to do shit somewhat the right way

so I can fuckin' get started on something.

(men laughing, chattering)

♪♪ (speakers: hip-hop)

(chattering continues)

Holy fuck. This fucker's out of jail? What the fuck?

- Hell yeah. - ROB: Week-long furlough.

- Oh, yeah? - I gotta turn myself in on Tuesday.

Oh, that's fucked up.

ROB: I gotta go do 57 months.

- Where's your beer? - Got none, but gonna go get some.

Do something, man. I want to have fun before I go, dog.

- You gonna be around here? - All day.

- Definitely. - All right.

Well, fucking go get it crackin',

and then come back and do what it do, dog.

- Hey. - (laughs)

Call me.

- (laughs) - ROB: Why you gotta move the party over there, nigga?

- Who let you drink? - (laughs) No, I'm just kidding.

- DUI. - Hugs and kisses.

ROB: You know, some people, they would say,

"If I had to go do three years in prison,

I sure as hell wouldn't spend my last week in Pine Point."

(laughs)

But, hey, this is home to me, eh?

(chattering)

- (blows) - I can't do this.

- Yeah. - You gonna be at my house?

- Probably. - (child laughs)

- GIRL: Puppy! - Ask your mother.

Puppy is!

(giggles)

What was he doing?

(chattering)

- Puppy. - Nobody...

- (chattering continues) - Keep your eyes on me.

Look at him. He's more social.

He's more social.

Hey!

What up, boy? (chuckles)

(chattering continues)

ROB: What's your bird's name?

- Pink. (laughs) - Pink?

- (groans) - This is a picture I made for my mom.

Where you off to?

Ow!

Open gym.

- Open gym? They're playing ball or what? - Yeah.

So it's probably open right now.

I wanna go play some hoops, nigga.

GIRL: Pretty!

(laughing, chattering)

I need some more tape.

(coughing)

- ♪♪ (speakers: folk) - (chattering)

♪♪ (continues, man singing)

- Hold on. - Whoa!

Fourteen!

♪ Underneath the autumn sky ♪

(all shouting, laughing)

♪ The road is long ♪

♪ The future's all wide ♪

♪ Wide open ♪♪

♪♪ (continues)

- I love you, man. - (laughing)

(kissing)

I wonder if I could still do the penny drop.

(clears throat)

Kristine, can you do one?

- (grunts) - (Kristine laughs)

- What fell? My knife? - Yeah.

(laughing) Good!

We go one, two...

Oh, my God. (laughing)

I'm too big.

That would've been crazy if I landed on my face.

ROB: We've been together for, what, almost three months.

That's when we started... What do you call that? Dating?

(children laugh)

(chattering)

I keep calling it an "it." He says, "Don't call it an 'it.'

It's a baby."

(laughs)

I get to go down the slide too!

KRISTINE: Thinking about this baby.

That it's not gonna see him till it's two and a half.

Two...

(shouting)

Oh, my gosh, I'm stuck!

Go get somebody! I'm stuck!

WOMAN: ♪ There's always gonna be another mountain ♪

♪ I'm always gonna wanna make it move ♪

He's a pretty big guy.

He lives a crazy lifestyle,

but I think he'll settle down.

(children laughing)

Oh, my gosh!

(Rob, girl laughing)

Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

Let's see here.

Kevin, well, he was with me for a while, but we had some...

He crossed his boundary, so...

I gave him the prerogative to leave, and he did. (laughs)

It was, um...

Had to do with my personal stuff.

Some of my medication.

Taking it without asking me, so... (chuckles)

There. Done.

People need leeches for fishing bait.

So I trap leeches.

Bloodsuckers. (chuckles)

These ones, I bait 'em up inside,

and then the leeches go in.

They congregate, and they go for the kidney, the blood.

I gotta go re-bait my traps there in the lake right now.

- WOMAN: Hey! - MAN: Hey, man.

(woman chattering, laughing)

So, 57 months you're going.

- Nobody's gotta do... - Yep.

WOMAN #2: Thirty-eight?

Well, I was facing some violent charges before that,

and part of the plea agreement was that they drop them violent charges.

- My dad's been gone for three years. - ROB (scoffs): Three years.

Uncle, you should let us have a barbecue here, man.

One big party before Rob goes.

WOMAN: Yeah, we should do that.

(inhaling)

ROB: I've been thinking about this furlough for a week.

Fuck, man.

Hey!

(BB gun firing)

MAN (rapping): ♪ Gotta do what I gotta do ♪

♪ Hey, I'm tryin' to live my life ♪

♪ Makin' money every day Weren't born to live right ♪

♪♪ (continues)

KEVIN: I've been locked up since I was 12. Probably only spent a year and a half out.

ROB: You're definitely on your way.

(chuckles) I don't know, man.

Kinda has me thinking twice right now, 'cause they might...

If I'm doing good and do hours, they might plea bargain me down to EJJ.

Well, don't be like me and get used to it.

- Yeah, I know. - I did 12 years, and I gotta go three more.

Get done with this one, I'll have 15.

I remember you used to have long hair last summer.

- It'll be longer. - (laughs)

See me again, it'll be longer.

(heartbeat)

(heartbeat)

KEVIN: 'Cause I need 'em. I'm running low.

(man's voice, indistinct)

For how much?

Well... $150.

I don't know. Maybe. I'm not sure.

Well, let me hit you up later. I'll see if I can make some calls up then.

- MAN (on phone): Okay. - All right. I'll let you know.

I don't like the name "meth."

Makes it sound all fucking bad.

I smoked most of it last night. Like that.

♪♪ (ringtone)

Probably, like, $5.00 worth.

It's a lot though, man.

Shit, this'll last me almost... This'll keep me up for about five, six hours, man.

I'll be back.

WOMAN (on TV): Everyone in our studio audience is going home

with a $100 gift card from Sears!

(engine cranks)

DAD: Kevin just doesn't give a shit about...

- (engine cranking) - He doesn't give a shit about nothin' sometimes.

He lies.

He's a damn good liar.

In fact, he lies so much that he even lies when he tells the truth.

That's how bad he's gotten.

If Kevin was on my mind all the time, I'd be miserable.

I'd be... I'd be... I'd go back to drinking

if I let his problems bother me,

but I don't.

It's too late now. It's too late.

It's too late.

GIRL: Ah, this is so lame.

We have not had any weed.

Jonni, how do you get your nails that long?

Because of my refusal to cut them.

- I can't... Mine... No. Mine break. - Look at this one.

- This waiting is killing me. - Waiting for weed?

- Yeah. - GIRL: It's getting to me too.

- Well, it's a waiting game. - JONNI: I'm okay.

I'm not feeling too bad. That Oxy set me good.

(laughing)

- Got to quit smoking. - I know, dude.

- Especially for football. - It's sore yet?

I didn't quit smoking for track.

I didn't quit smoking for track.

If it wasn't for my stuck-up, bitchy sister,

I would never even think about school.

BOY: You gonna graduate this year or next year?

GIRL: You talking to Jonni?

Yeah, what grade are you in? Yeah, wait. You're in sixth grade.

Sixth grade? Bitch.

KEVIN: We broke up. We're not talking.

It's done, I guess.

I tried texting her, calling her, doing all this shit.

And no answer back, so...

I guess that's that.

Can't really change nobody's mind,

so you just got to brush it off and fucking move on.

I'm not upset though.

I got... I'm not saying, like...

She's not the only fish in the sea, man.

Kevin fucked me over a couple times, three times,

on, uh, drug deals.

So...

He put salt in meth bags.

Well, not salt in meth bags.

Like, there was meth in it, but he added salt to add weight to it

so that it seemed like there was more than there was.

But we figured it out every time.

And then she found out she was a week and a half...

two weeks pregnant.

And I was like, "All right."

Like, I was down as hell, man.

Like, I wasn't, like, scared.

I wasn't mad like I didn't wanna have it. I was like, "Hell, yeah."

But then, also I didn't fucking...

She said she lost it, like... I don't know.

Like, I was kind of expecting it

because we were using, partying, doing all that shit while she was pregnant,

and we didn't know it.

So... You know.

I'm smart about things.

It's just that my birth control got fucked up,

so I kind of fucked myself over there, so...

- It's your birthday today? - KEVIN: Yesterday.

Yesterday? Happy birthday.

- Eighteen. - Mm-hmm.

♪♪ (speakers: hip-hop)

- How's that? Is that better? - Yeah.

How about this, like, just shift up just a little bit higher.

Sure. No problem.

Any time you need a break, just let me know, okay?

(buzzing)

♪♪ (continues)

Ha. That one stung a little bit.

(buzzing)

♪♪ (speakers: hip-hop)

ROB: However I feel about tomorrow doesn't really matter

until fucking 4:00 PM.

And then I don't know what the fuck's gonna happen.

I just...

ROB: Are you... Are you sure? What is... What is this?

- Coke. - Cocaine?

(sniffs)

ROB: Oh, she got you, Jenna! Oh!

I couldn't miss this.

- Just make sure I don't get jumped. - Come here.

- That fucking dumb little fucking kid. - (coughs)

I just said, "Tasha, don't beat up no kids tonight."

(coughing)

ROB: Huh. You wouldn't understand.

(whispering) All I understand is the sexiness of you.

Oh, my God. Get a room.

- Shut the fuck up, man. - We're gonna.

Last night. What do you wanna do?

Anything and everything.

Tasha, they're fucking up my house in there.

Beating her up.

ROB: Beating who up?

My fucking oven's all fucked up now, man.

My dishes are fucking breaking in there.

WOMAN: You're not a girl, but you know what?

- A white girl and a nigga. - MAN: Do it outside!

WOMAN: Tell that bitch! Tell that fucking bitch!

Fuckin'... You remember that fuckin'...

- MAN: Go outside! - KRISTINE: Go outside, Tasha!

MAN: Do it outside! Not in here!

Why are you fucking crying?

She fucking said that shit to my face!

MAN: Get the fuck out!

- TASHA: Get the fuck off me! - MAN: Get the fuck out!

Fuck that bitch! You said what?

(clamoring)

ROB: No, there's two of 'em.

- Fuckin'-A, man! - MAN: Enough!

Hey, that's enough!

You wanna talk all that shit on Facebook? Fuck that shit!

- I heard you. Stop. - Fucking bitches had to jump me three times.

- Is there anything I can do to help? - No.

- Tasha, come on! Come on! - Learn how to act!

Man, fuck you, Niji. Try and fucking pull me back.

- Liar! - Fuck you, Niji.

How many times you got to get her? You fucking proved it.

- Fuckin' talk shit. Fuck you, Niji. - Put your fucking shoes on.

I don't need no fucking brother. Fuck you, Niji.

Calm down.

WOMAN: Tasha, I'm going home. You coming or what?

I forgot they were pulling hairs.

I was thinking Misty or Tasha or somebody... you know, their bang part.

Oh, fuck. Yeah.

WOMAN: They were banging her head into that air conditioner.

They banged her head into that microwave.

They fucking... Her back was hitting that hook.

There's blood on there.

- (coughing) - There's little drips of blood on there.

That's the oven.

Fuck, I always forget about the fucking hangover.

And he couldn't even lift her.

- He just left her there and had to get one of us. - (sniffing)

Usually we come get Heather, and Heather'd toss her over her shoulder.

Here, go see Uncle quick.

What up?

(sniffs)

- Kristine. - Give her me back, Uncle.

- Is, um, she... - She's not even here.

I ain't spending another fucking minute in jail.

(sighs)

Yeah.

ROB: Well, I already pled guilty to 57 months,

and then they gave me a week-long furlough.

They said if I mess up on my furlough,

they're gonna seek a consecutive sentence.

If I make bail, I could...

My lawyer said he can keep me out for up to three months.

So if I turn myself in, you gonna bail me out?

Dad, you know what?

It's like... It's like you're tricking me.

I just know you're... You're just gonna leave me hanging, man.

And it's... (exhales)

(sniffles)

It hurts, man. It hurts being alone.

I wasn't gonna go back to jail.

- WOMAN: Okay, you're an American Indian? - Yes.

You lost a couple pounds.

- You're born in Minneapolis? - Yes.

Any gang affiliation?

Other than what they have in my file.

But I strongly deny it.

I'll have you come over here, and I'll take your picture.

All right, look right at the camera.

And this is your ID card.

(monitor beeps)

I'm gonna put you in that cell over there

- until the nurse sees you, all right? - All right.

ROB: It's titled "Back Again."

"A familiar place,

a remembered face.

Back again, the words sting like mace.

Three years out

was a blur, no doubt.

Thirty-six months, a sarcastic 'Thanks, Judge, ' I shout.

True criminal go-getter,

five times I've known better.

I work out, tell a story,

all the time to write a letter.

Life on the installment plan, yeah, I'm doing it.

Thirty bunk-ass days, hello, E-House Reception Unit.

Twelve years already served,

total of four previous bids.

Old-school bars. Annoying to hear these loudmouthed kids.

Patience gets less and less.

Why do I choose this mess?

Ignoring idiots, a skill it is.

These fucks are playing galley chess.

Fifteen years I've known these guards.

'Brown, how long has it been?' 'Don't know, sir.

All's I know it sucks to be back again.'"

KEVIN: If I don't complete this in the halfway house,

I'm going to prison,

so I gotta man up and face what I'm doing.

I don't know, man. I'm just... I'm doing all right here.

Probably almost got kicked out a couple times for acting up,

but... I don't know... I just had to settle down.

That's about it.

It's a medallion.

P-Town, born and raised.

My first one I made so far since I been here.

I don't know.

I'm not... Haven't even been thinking about it.

There's nothing back there for me. No opportunities. No chances.

Nothing really to look up to going back home, so...

Like... I don't know.

(bird caws)

WOMAN: N-36.

N-36.

N-34.

B-12.

B-12.

O-64.

Bingo has been called on 64.

B-7.

- G-38. - MAN: Bingo.

- Bingo called on 38. - KRISTINE: Some guys like it in prison.

So I just let him go.

Rob tried calling me.

I ain't even gonna write to him.

My kid said she would, but it's up to her.

G-55.

Bingo.

Bingo called on 55.

(woman chattering)

MAN (on TV): Our philosophy here is La Cultura Cura...

culture heals.

♪♪ (woman chanting)

My name is Albino Garcia.

I am the executive director of La Plazita Institute.

We are going into the jails and the community at large.

We see ourselves as a part of the solution,

dedicated to youth who are gang affiliated,

gathering all those pieces of who you really are

and building upon that as a foundation.

Oh!

I didn't want it to be like this when I got out.

I want it to be better. Like...

- ♪♪ (ringtone) - I was expecting different.

Something different than this.

I wasn't really planning on this.

I was planning on having this girl come pick me up.

And I was gonna drive around

and go get high, smoke some weed.

I ain't going back to meth. No, I ain't gonna... Fuck that.

I lost too much weight on that shit.

I just gained back, like, 30, 40 pounds working out.

I looked like an ugly little skeleton before.

Looked like a dope fiend.

Everyone in P-Town are shooting up fucking meth and shit.

Yeah, I just wanna get the hell out of here right now

and go do something.

GARCIA (on phone): Have you ever been here?

La Plazita?

I haven't even been out of the state of Minnesota.

I feel just trapped in this place where I live.

I feel like I can't get away.

It'd be more of a opportunity or something.

Like, I'm not trying to feed no, like, BS or anything,

but every time, it doesn't last me very long

until I'm right back in again, so...

Well, again, you know, we're here to support you.

Like, yeah... Like, I'll be looking forward to this.

I didn't think I was gonna jump right into it when I got out,

but I have more of a chance of getting to it as quick as possible

than sitting out here and trying to figure shit out for my life.

All right, well, that's... that's it.

That's all we're gonna ask is if you're willing to try it, brother, you know.

Maybe we'll see you this summer.

We're headed up to the powwow.

Yeah, me too.

All right, man. Take care.

- Be careful. - Yeah, you too.

- All right. Later. - Yeah, later.

(beeps)

I feel exhausted talking to that guy.

I don't know why. It just felt different.

Well, actually, pressure. You're under pressure.

- Like... I feel like... - That was...

That was like something like a interview on the phone there.

Sold yourself.

Just... Yeah, I've never really talked to anybody like that before, that's why.

(baby fussing)

Yeah.

(crying)

Oh.

Yeah, you're very hungry, huh? I am too.

Get out here.

Okay?

It's hard without help.

But I do it.

I cry at night sometimes, you know, just...

just whatever, but...

I wake up, and I gotta do what I have to do, you know.

I love my kids.

There's nothing... I don't wanna take them away.

Yeah.

(inmates chattering)

ROB: Man, I got to make it out of here, man.

I miss my babies, man.

There's no excuse why I shouldn't be there with them.

There's Persephone.

And it breaks my heart every time I think about her.

It breaks my heart 'cause I'm in here, you know?

(grunts)

It's like... (clears throat)

When I come to jail,

you know, all the drugs get out of my system,

and everything starts to be real clear on where I'm at,

not just physically, geographically,

but where I'm at in my life.

And that's terrible that I'm still in here.

That-That's...

MAN: ♪ He's my everything ♪

♪ He is ♪

♪ My all ♪

♪ He is my everything ♪

♪ Both great ♪

- ♪ And small ♪ - (laughs)

♪ He gave himself for you ♪

♪ He'll make everything new ♪♪

WOMAN: Are you ready now? You got to sing loud, okay?

♪♪ (guitar)

WOMAN: ♪ Jesus loves me ♪

(joining) ♪ This I know ♪

♪ For the Bible tells me so ♪

♪ Jesus loves me ♪

♪ The Bible tells me so ♪

WOMAN: One more time. Loud.

♪ Jesus loves me This I know ♪

(fading) ♪ For the Bible tells me so ♪♪

P-E-R-S-E-P-H-O-N-E.

Last time, my, um, whole fingernail was gone.

Mine is too. Look at it.

Uh-uh. Half of yours is there.

- Like that much almost. - (laughing)

No, like this much.

- What? What is that? - We believe in up there.

What does that have to do with it, with powwows?

Jesus.

Yeah.

I believe in Jesus, so I don't go to powwows.

- Well, you can still go to powwows. - Uh-uh.

I don't believe in Indians.

That means you don't believe in yourself, 'cause you're Indian.

Did you know when we die,

we get to see heaven

- (phone ringing) - and God and Jesus?

(ringing)

- ROB: Hey, baby. - Who is it?

- It's your daddy. - Hi.

Is it raining over there?

- No. - KRISTINE: Okay, sit down there.

Hello?

(door opens)

Well, what are you doing? Are you watching TV?

- No. - No?

(mouth popping)

Are you playing outside?

- No. - (popping continues)

- Are you sleeping? - No.

Are you talking on the phone?

- Yeah. - (laughing)

- Hey, Persephone. - What?

I love you, baby.

I love you too.

ROB: I was a very bad example.

I was a part of what's... what's going on out there.

I want this cycle to end.

I started writing again.

My novel is called Breaking Tradition.

It starts out as an 11-year-old boy, 1985.

And he's coming off of... Let's see.

Five years ago, his father passed away.

And to me, what tradition is

is, uh... is what a group or a culture does repeatedly,

you know, to where it's actually their beliefs or their behavior.

Like... Like drinking is a tradition, you know?

Or... Or up on that reservation, there's gambling.

That's a tradition, you know.

Long time ago, it was... culture was tradition.

You know, communicating with your... with your language was a tradition.

The more I write, it puts me into a different place.

I can see a little glimpse of the free world.

My name is Two Thunderbirds,

and that's my Indian name.

And what do thunderbirds do?

They fly ahead,

and they warn the Anishinabe

so that they'll survive the thunderstorm.

I have to believe that I... I... I do have a destiny

as far as having that name.

♪♪ (Native Americans chanting)

(chuckles)

This is Albino, man. Homeboy's Abdul.

- What's up, man? - Good to meet you, man.

GARCIA: You're from here.

You might know that youngster, Kevin... Kevin Fineday.

He's a youngster, about 18, 19.

Nope.

♪♪ (continues)

♪♪ (chanting)

- My name is Albino Garcia. - WOMAN: Albino, buenos días.

You might know that youngster we want.

His name is Kevin Fineday.

You know, I haven't seen him, and I put the word out.

And his neighbor made fry bread for me just a little bit ago.

- But I don't know where the kid is. - Okay.

♪♪ (continues)

WOMAN: Oh! Silly baby.

A youngster, about 18, 19.

- Kevin. - Kevin.

Kevin Fineday.

He's running around here somewhere.

Yeah.

Oh, okay. We'll take a look around.

He's probably running around here, chasing girls.

Not much.

That's... That's a 250.

You want to meet this man, this young man.

I got to look at his eyes. I got to see if he...

You know, if there's no willingness there...

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♪♪ (hip-hop intro)

(man rapping) ♪ I'm-a hold it down for friends ♪

♪♪ (continues)

♪ If you wanna grind it doin' time with some lifers ♪

♪ Some beautiful ladies, making babies, changing their diapers ♪

♪ We survivors We're forced on reservations ♪

♪ Living in desperation and facing extermination ♪

♪ But with self-determination we can write some legislation ♪

♪ A race that's dissipating still dealin' with discrimination ♪

♪ But in this exploration we're called Indians 'cause of Columbus ♪

♪ Now we suffer eating on government suppers ♪

♪ Bastard Andrew Jackson giving our people disease ♪

♪ Helpless mothers, daughters slaughtered, tears dripping We had to leave others ♪

♪ Now we struggle, so this is my rebuttal ♪

♪ Hard to be subtle when so many that died ♪

♪ My heart hurts thinking automatic genocide ♪

♪ For our freedom we were penalized ♪

♪ Searching for that better life ♪

♪ This is for my natives that live in them reservations ♪

♪ I think you're working hard but starving inside of the nation ♪

♪ This is for my clans that keep raising their flag ♪

♪ Every different band is representing their land ♪

♪ This is for my gangsters and all of you sexy ladies ♪

♪ All of you hustlers, playas and all of my moneymakers ♪

♪ This is for the tribes that's staying with native pride ♪

♪ That love to hear the drums pounding, get down with the 49 ♪

♪ I'm puttin' in work like hustlers that live the earth ♪

♪♪ (continues)

♪ Powwow grounds be stompin' on ♪

♪ Got the 2-Step mastered Grand entrance, bring out the jingle ♪

♪ Dresses and fancy dancers Warriors of Minnesota ♪

♪ Lakotas, both Dakotas ♪

♪ Down to Native America in Oklahoma ♪

♪ California and my Seminoles out in Florida ♪

♪ Navajos and pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona ♪

♪ Cherokees in Georgia Life is a hard road ♪

♪ That's why we spark draw from Gallup to Anadarko ♪

♪ Comanches, Apaches representing their people ♪

♪ Eskimo, Alaskans and Montana Blackfeet ♪

♪ Choctaw, Chickasaw, Mille Lacs band of Chippewa ♪

♪ Fond du Lac voice for eternal mountain ♪

♪ Section 8 houses keeping the drums pounding ♪

♪ My people, I'm so proud to come circle around it ♪

♪ This is for my natives that live in them reservations ♪

♪ I think you're working hard but starvin' inside of the nation ♪

♪ This is for my clans that keeps raising their flag ♪♪