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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:11,500 anoXmous 2 00:00:12,501 --> 00:00:29,202 https://thepiratebay.se/user/anoXmous 3 00:01:35,974 --> 00:01:38,310 And just a reminder, ladies and gentlemen... 4 00:01:38,476 --> 00:01:41,313 this fine young fighter will be right here in Pittsburgh... 5 00:01:41,479 --> 00:01:44,858 on the boxing card this Monday night. 6 00:01:48,111 --> 00:01:52,032 Time now for the main event of the evening! 7 00:01:55,785 --> 00:01:59,289 In this corner, from Paterson, New Jersey... 8 00:01:59,456 --> 00:02:02,918 wearing the white trunks with the black stripe... 9 00:02:03,084 --> 00:02:06,213 the winner of 18 of his last 21 fights... 10 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:10,133 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter! 11 00:02:17,766 --> 00:02:20,602 And in the left corner... 12 00:02:20,769 --> 00:02:23,313 in the dark trunks with the white stripe... 13 00:02:23,438 --> 00:02:25,398 from St Thomas, Virgin Islands... 14 00:02:25,524 --> 00:02:29,736 the welterweight champion of the world, Emile Griffith! 15 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,829 Fighters, let's go. 16 00:02:39,996 --> 00:02:42,123 All right. 17 00:02:42,290 --> 00:02:44,668 All right. Keep your punches up. It's gonna be a good, clean fight... 18 00:02:44,835 --> 00:02:46,545 all right? 19 00:02:46,711 --> 00:02:50,423 All right. Let's touch gloves. Good luck. Okay, go to your corners. 20 00:02:54,261 --> 00:02:56,721 Hurricane, blow yourself outta here! 21 00:02:59,474 --> 00:03:01,518 Go get 'im, Rubin. 22 00:03:04,062 --> 00:03:06,189 Let's get 'im. 23 00:03:07,858 --> 00:03:10,819 Come on and get me! I'm in here! 24 00:03:10,986 --> 00:03:14,447 I'll tell you what. First one through that door is gonna die! 25 00:03:14,614 --> 00:03:17,701 And the second one, and the third one after that! So come on! 26 00:03:17,868 --> 00:03:19,411 Room in here for everybody. 27 00:03:22,372 --> 00:03:25,333 Collins! Becker! Klein on the platform! 28 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,295 - Kelly, lock everything down! - Go! 29 00:03:29,963 --> 00:03:31,923 It's Carter, tier one! 30 00:03:33,550 --> 00:03:36,720 Got room in here for everybody! So come on! 31 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:42,309 Three times life! That's what I got! Three times life! 32 00:03:42,434 --> 00:03:45,604 And for what? For murders I didn't even commit? 33 00:03:45,770 --> 00:03:48,148 I ain't got nothin' but time, so come on! I'm ready for ya! 34 00:03:48,315 --> 00:03:49,941 Come on in and get me! 35 00:03:50,108 --> 00:03:53,153 Y'all wanna know who's talking? Hurricane is talking! 36 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,989 You wanna see The Hurricane? Come on up in here and see him! 37 00:03:56,114 --> 00:03:58,116 Come on up in here and see him! 38 00:03:59,701 --> 00:04:02,704 Did you see that punch? 39 00:04:09,961 --> 00:04:11,880 Oh, no! 40 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,982 Lucky punch! 41 00:04:31,149 --> 00:04:32,943 You got him, Rubin boy! 42 00:04:34,528 --> 00:04:36,947 Three, four... 43 00:04:37,113 --> 00:04:39,908 five, six... 44 00:04:40,075 --> 00:04:42,994 - You all right? - Yeah, I'm all right. 45 00:04:43,995 --> 00:04:46,081 All right. Let's go. 46 00:04:49,209 --> 00:04:52,754 Knock him out! Come on! 47 00:04:52,921 --> 00:04:56,007 He's in your corner! Get out of the corner! 48 00:05:07,853 --> 00:05:10,438 Another left to the body. Another right to the head. 49 00:05:10,605 --> 00:05:13,483 - A vicious combination! - Yeah! Yeah! - Yeah! Yeah! 50 00:05:15,026 --> 00:05:20,282 And he looks like he's going down! He hits the canvas. 51 00:05:21,324 --> 00:05:23,869 Four, five... 52 00:05:24,035 --> 00:05:27,455 It doesn't look like he's gonna get up. 53 00:05:27,622 --> 00:05:29,583 - Five... - He's up! 54 00:05:29,749 --> 00:05:32,752 - You all right? - The referee is checking him. 55 00:05:32,919 --> 00:05:35,672 And that's it! It's over! 56 00:05:37,299 --> 00:05:41,720 At two minutes and 13 seconds of the first round... 57 00:05:41,887 --> 00:05:45,098 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter has defeated... 58 00:05:45,265 --> 00:05:47,767 the welterweight champion of the world. 59 00:05:47,934 --> 00:05:50,145 Come on, come on, come on! Come on! 60 00:05:50,312 --> 00:05:51,855 - Come on! Who wants some? - Where's the key? 61 00:05:52,022 --> 00:05:53,481 - Who's first? - Shut up! 62 00:05:53,648 --> 00:05:55,734 - Relax there, Carter! - What the hell's goin' on? 63 00:05:55,901 --> 00:05:58,695 - I'm goin' in there. - Are you nuts? You wanna get yourself killed? 64 00:05:58,862 --> 00:06:01,573 Everybody stand down! Stand down! 65 00:06:01,740 --> 00:06:02,699 - Come on in here. - Back off! 66 00:06:02,866 --> 00:06:04,492 - Talk to 'em, Jimmy. - Rubin... - Talk to them! 67 00:06:04,659 --> 00:06:05,535 - Talk to them! - Rubin. 68 00:06:05,702 --> 00:06:06,745 - Tell me what's goin' on. - I ain't takin' no shit! 69 00:06:06,912 --> 00:06:09,789 - Rubin, calm down! It's me, Jimmy. Come here and talk to me. - You can talk to 'em! I ain't no animal! 70 00:06:09,956 --> 00:06:13,001 - I ain't takin' no shit in here! - Rubin, calm down! Calm down! 71 00:06:13,168 --> 00:06:14,878 Take it easy, champ. Now, tell me what's goin' on. 72 00:06:15,045 --> 00:06:19,007 Tell me what's happenin'. Come on! 73 00:06:24,471 --> 00:06:27,557 - Hurricane done killed 'em! - Clear... Clear the... Clear the tier! 74 00:06:27,724 --> 00:06:29,851 Get outta here! Everybody! 75 00:06:33,271 --> 00:06:36,983 They wanna toss my cell, Jimmy. They're gonna find my manuscript. 76 00:06:37,150 --> 00:06:41,238 That book is the only thing I got left in here. 77 00:06:41,404 --> 00:06:45,825 You understand me? That's the only chance I got to get out of here. 78 00:06:45,992 --> 00:06:49,037 I lose that, they gonna lose too. 79 00:06:49,204 --> 00:06:52,541 Rubin, who do you think the first man through this door has gotta be now? 80 00:06:53,625 --> 00:06:57,087 It's me. 81 00:06:57,254 --> 00:06:59,172 - Listen... - All right. Tell 'em to come on in here. 82 00:06:59,339 --> 00:07:01,132 - And line 'em up. - What if... - Line 'em up, Jimmy. 83 00:07:01,299 --> 00:07:03,426 Rubin, listen to me now. What if that manuscript... 84 00:07:03,593 --> 00:07:05,512 wasn't in this cell when we tossed it? 85 00:07:05,679 --> 00:07:07,722 What if it was stuffed down your pants or something... 86 00:07:07,889 --> 00:07:10,141 stuffed in your crotch, and we couldn't see it? 87 00:07:10,308 --> 00:07:13,103 I can make sure you weren't strip-searched, okay? 88 00:07:13,270 --> 00:07:15,313 Don't bullshit me. 89 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,733 No bullshit. You have my word. 90 00:07:22,654 --> 00:07:24,990 Ain't nobody putting their hands on me, Jimmy. 91 00:07:25,156 --> 00:07:27,534 Ain't nobody gonna touch me. 92 00:07:27,701 --> 00:07:29,661 All right. 93 00:07:29,828 --> 00:07:32,122 Nobody touches you. 94 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:38,211 You think I killed them people? 95 00:07:40,839 --> 00:07:42,966 I don't know, Rubin. 96 00:07:44,759 --> 00:07:46,845 I don't know. 97 00:08:50,283 --> 00:08:52,953 Shit. Motherfuckers. 98 00:08:56,456 --> 00:08:59,459 1- 10. Suspect at 1059... 99 00:09:01,044 --> 00:09:02,796 - John, you been drinkin'? - No. No. 100 00:09:02,963 --> 00:09:05,423 All right. All right. Just relax. Let me handle this. 101 00:09:05,590 --> 00:09:08,009 Okay. 102 00:09:08,176 --> 00:09:11,012 - Licence and registration. - It's on the steering post. 103 00:09:11,179 --> 00:09:13,223 What's goin' on? 104 00:09:13,390 --> 00:09:15,058 Aw, shit, Hurricane. Didn't realize it was you. 105 00:09:15,225 --> 00:09:17,227 Yeah, it's me. What's goin' on, Theo? 106 00:09:17,394 --> 00:09:20,188 We're lookin' for two negroes in a white car. 107 00:09:20,355 --> 00:09:23,942 - Any two will do? - No... 108 00:09:33,869 --> 00:09:36,621 Oh, sh... 109 00:09:42,252 --> 00:09:44,337 Okay, get out. 110 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:48,925 All right. Let's go. 111 00:09:51,344 --> 00:09:53,471 Come on. 112 00:10:03,231 --> 00:10:06,359 - Check his vitals. - It's clear. 113 00:10:06,484 --> 00:10:09,779 - Air passage. - Heart rate has changed. 114 00:10:09,946 --> 00:10:12,365 Keep the chin up. Keep the passage open. 115 00:10:13,617 --> 00:10:16,745 Can he talk, Doc? 116 00:10:16,912 --> 00:10:20,040 - Just for a moment. - Would you raise his head? 117 00:10:31,885 --> 00:10:36,598 Can you make out these two men? Are these the two men who shot you? 118 00:10:38,517 --> 00:10:43,146 Look carefully, sir. Are these the two men who did it? 119 00:10:50,237 --> 00:10:51,696 - He said no. - Move closer. 120 00:10:51,863 --> 00:10:53,990 - He said no. - Move closer! 121 00:11:04,084 --> 00:11:06,920 Take another look, sir. 122 00:11:09,756 --> 00:11:12,509 Son of a bitch. 123 00:11:12,676 --> 00:11:15,512 Sir, look closer. 124 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,807 You sure these aren't the men? 125 00:11:18,974 --> 00:11:22,310 - Dirty son of a bitch. - Watch your mouth! 126 00:11:25,605 --> 00:11:29,943 - Same old shit, huh, Della Pesca? - Shut up! 127 00:11:30,110 --> 00:11:32,779 Ask him again. 128 00:11:32,904 --> 00:11:36,992 You been after me my whole life, Della Pesca. 129 00:11:37,158 --> 00:11:39,077 Now you're trying to pin a murder jacket on me, huh? 130 00:11:39,244 --> 00:11:43,582 Well, I got news for you. It don't fit. 131 00:11:43,748 --> 00:11:46,418 I'm gonna take your black ass down... 132 00:11:46,585 --> 00:11:48,545 Mr Fuckin' Champion of the World. 133 00:11:48,712 --> 00:11:51,631 I got your black fuckin' champion right between my legs... 134 00:11:51,798 --> 00:11:54,092 you short punk bitch. 135 00:11:54,259 --> 00:11:56,469 You try me. 136 00:11:56,636 --> 00:11:59,181 That's just what I'm gonna do. 137 00:12:16,489 --> 00:12:20,076 Pistol shots ring out in the bar room night 138 00:12:20,243 --> 00:12:23,955 Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall 139 00:12:24,122 --> 00:12:27,501 She sees the bartender in a pool of blood 140 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:31,213 Cries out, My god they've killed them all 141 00:12:31,379 --> 00:12:35,050 Here comes the story of The Hurricane 142 00:12:35,217 --> 00:12:38,762 The man the authorities came to blame 143 00:12:38,929 --> 00:12:42,516 For something that he never done 144 00:12:42,682 --> 00:12:45,227 Put in a prison cell but one time 145 00:12:45,393 --> 00:12:49,105 He could've been the champion of the world 146 00:12:58,573 --> 00:13:01,910 Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties 147 00:13:02,077 --> 00:13:05,455 Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise 148 00:13:05,622 --> 00:13:08,917 While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell 149 00:13:09,084 --> 00:13:12,879 An innocent man in a living hell 150 00:13:13,046 --> 00:13:16,466 Yes, that's the story of The Hurricane 151 00:13:16,633 --> 00:13:19,886 But it won't be over till they clear his name 152 00:13:20,053 --> 00:13:23,473 And give him back the time he's done 153 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,309 Put in a prison cell but one time 154 00:13:26,476 --> 00:13:31,731 He could've been the champion of the world 155 00:13:37,821 --> 00:13:39,698 Hey, man, it's cold out here. 156 00:13:39,823 --> 00:13:41,658 What are you talkin' about? It's like summer for us. 157 00:13:41,825 --> 00:13:45,412 Yeah, well, I like the summers in Brooklyn better. 158 00:13:45,579 --> 00:13:48,290 Is all these people out here freezing their butts off to buy books? 159 00:13:48,456 --> 00:13:50,876 - That's right. - Lined up like this... 160 00:13:51,042 --> 00:13:53,086 not for a movie or a ball game or somethin'? 161 00:13:53,253 --> 00:13:56,506 - Ain't it great? - No, "isn't it." "Isn't it great?" 162 00:13:56,673 --> 00:13:58,717 Very good. I stand corrected, Les. 163 00:13:58,884 --> 00:14:01,636 Used books, books nobody wants any more. 164 00:14:01,803 --> 00:14:03,638 Aw, that's the great thing about books, you know. 165 00:14:03,805 --> 00:14:07,517 Once you use 'em, you can pass 'em along to somebody else like a torch... 166 00:14:07,684 --> 00:14:10,187 or a football, you know, something you pass. 167 00:14:10,353 --> 00:14:12,480 Okay, bring it on in. 168 00:14:12,647 --> 00:14:15,817 Put it down. Good, good. Down. 169 00:15:06,243 --> 00:15:09,788 Okay, young man, that'll be 25 cents. 170 00:15:09,955 --> 00:15:12,624 - Jesus. - Twenty-five cent? 171 00:15:12,791 --> 00:15:14,501 Mustn't be much of a book. 172 00:15:14,668 --> 00:15:17,587 - Ah, listen, everybody - Everybody 173 00:15:17,754 --> 00:15:20,298 Especially you, girl 174 00:15:20,465 --> 00:15:22,634 So, Lesra, what'd you get? 175 00:15:22,801 --> 00:15:25,011 Uh, this. 176 00:15:25,178 --> 00:15:28,014 - What is it? - I don't know. It's about a boxer. 177 00:15:28,181 --> 00:15:31,726 It's got like 337 pages, though, you know. 178 00:15:31,893 --> 00:15:34,729 Well, it probably takes a lot of words to tell someone's life story, eh? 179 00:15:34,896 --> 00:15:36,773 - Don't you think? - Yeah, well, this guy must be... 180 00:15:36,940 --> 00:15:40,318 like 150 years old, you know, if he gon' use all these words. 181 00:15:40,485 --> 00:15:42,487 You know what, Les? Sometimes we don't pick the books we read. 182 00:15:42,654 --> 00:15:46,116 - They pick us. - Somebody, somewhere 183 00:15:46,283 --> 00:15:50,537 - I tell you, it's unfair - Can I get some whisky 184 00:15:50,704 --> 00:15:53,665 Can I get some whisky Yeah 185 00:15:56,001 --> 00:15:58,670 Mr Broden, we've been home schooling this young man for eight months. 186 00:15:58,837 --> 00:16:00,881 That's how it applies to us. 187 00:16:01,047 --> 00:16:02,841 No, I'm not married. Mr Swinton, who you spoke with... 188 00:16:03,008 --> 00:16:05,218 is one of the two men I live with. 189 00:16:05,385 --> 00:16:08,889 No, Sam Chaiton is the other man I live with. 190 00:16:09,055 --> 00:16:11,016 No, I don't think you do see, Mr Broden. 191 00:16:11,183 --> 00:16:13,018 They are my business partners and my roommates. 192 00:16:13,185 --> 00:16:14,769 And you're the Department of Education... 193 00:16:14,936 --> 00:16:18,023 and you're telling me you're prepared to stop this young man's education... 194 00:16:18,190 --> 00:16:21,735 because you can't find some goddam high school records? 195 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:35,540 Yep, that's exactly what I'm doing, Mr Broden. 196 00:16:36,583 --> 00:16:38,585 No, no, I'm not asking you to make an exception. 197 00:16:38,752 --> 00:16:40,962 I'm asking you to do your job, which is qualitatively different... 198 00:16:41,129 --> 00:16:43,632 but I thank you for it anyway. 199 00:16:43,798 --> 00:16:47,761 - Shit. - Political Science 101, the art of gentle persuasion. 200 00:16:47,928 --> 00:16:50,972 Never mind 101. I need a smoke. 201 00:16:51,139 --> 00:16:54,017 - So how was the book sale? - Great. 202 00:16:54,184 --> 00:16:55,936 - There. - Did you get The Other America? 203 00:16:56,102 --> 00:16:58,522 Uh, I couldn't find The Other America, but I got you, uh... 204 00:16:58,688 --> 00:17:01,691 Sam Robertson Davies, R.D. Laing. 205 00:17:01,858 --> 00:17:04,236 - You don't want to piss me off today. - It's a book sale, Lisa, not a library. 206 00:17:04,402 --> 00:17:05,904 - Whatever. - Hey, look, Lisa. 207 00:17:06,071 --> 00:17:09,491 Got this one right here for 25 cent. The Sixteenth Round. 208 00:17:09,658 --> 00:17:12,410 - Oh, your first book, huh? - Yeah. 209 00:17:12,577 --> 00:17:14,788 "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter." 210 00:17:17,791 --> 00:17:22,462 Hurricane is the professional name that I acquired later on in life. 211 00:17:22,629 --> 00:17:25,715 Carter is the slave name that was given to my forefathers... 212 00:17:25,882 --> 00:17:29,386 who worked in the cotton fields of Alabama and, and Georgia... 213 00:17:29,553 --> 00:17:31,972 and was passed on to me. 214 00:17:32,138 --> 00:17:35,517 The kindest thing I can say about my childhood... 215 00:17:35,684 --> 00:17:37,936 is that I survived it. 216 00:17:38,103 --> 00:17:42,816 Paterson was a run-down town, a poor and violent place. 217 00:17:42,983 --> 00:17:45,569 The only way to survive was to know how to handle yourself... 218 00:17:45,735 --> 00:17:48,446 and I learned fast. 219 00:17:50,448 --> 00:17:52,826 Come on! Hurry up! 220 00:17:52,993 --> 00:17:55,829 - Let's get out of here! - Come on! Let's go! Hurry up! Let's get out of here! 221 00:18:02,419 --> 00:18:04,838 Take this out. 222 00:18:06,339 --> 00:18:08,884 Hey, Donnique, go for a swim! 223 00:18:13,930 --> 00:18:16,057 Hello, boys. 224 00:18:20,187 --> 00:18:22,314 Wanna see something? 225 00:18:24,357 --> 00:18:26,693 Huh? Isn't that pretty? 226 00:18:28,987 --> 00:18:31,656 You like that? 227 00:18:31,740 --> 00:18:33,992 - What's your name? - Donnique. 228 00:18:34,159 --> 00:18:36,661 Donnique? 229 00:18:36,828 --> 00:18:39,497 That's a pretty name, Donnique. 230 00:18:39,623 --> 00:18:41,666 You wanna be good to me, sugar? 231 00:18:41,833 --> 00:18:46,046 H-H-Hey, mister! Leave him alone! 232 00:18:46,213 --> 00:18:49,883 I wouldn't hurt your friend. Would I? 233 00:18:50,050 --> 00:18:54,721 You don't need to be afraid, Donnique. 234 00:18:54,888 --> 00:18:57,557 You're pretty. How old are you? 235 00:18:57,724 --> 00:18:59,100 - Ten. - Ten? 236 00:18:59,267 --> 00:19:01,770 I said, leave him alone! 237 00:19:04,481 --> 00:19:08,485 Run! Run! Come on! 238 00:19:08,652 --> 00:19:10,904 - Get outta here! - Run! 239 00:19:12,531 --> 00:19:14,407 You little bastard. 240 00:19:14,574 --> 00:19:16,284 Let's get outta here! 241 00:19:16,451 --> 00:19:20,080 You black bastard, you! Goddam it! 242 00:19:20,205 --> 00:19:22,457 Please, mister! Put me down! 243 00:19:22,624 --> 00:19:27,087 - Shut up, you son of a bitch! - Put me down! 244 00:19:28,296 --> 00:19:30,465 Hey! 245 00:19:48,066 --> 00:19:50,110 - I didn't... didn't do nothin'! - Come on! Let's go! 246 00:19:50,277 --> 00:19:52,195 - I didn't... I didn't... - Shut up. 247 00:19:52,362 --> 00:19:54,281 I didn't do nothin'. 248 00:19:57,826 --> 00:20:01,079 - Come on, you... - No! 249 00:20:01,246 --> 00:20:05,792 - Get in there. - I-It wasn't me. 250 00:20:09,212 --> 00:20:12,174 I... I... didn't do nothin'! 251 00:20:13,466 --> 00:20:15,594 Sit down, kid. 252 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,653 What have we got here? 253 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:35,822 It's a juvenile case. 254 00:20:35,989 --> 00:20:39,659 He's a kid, Sarge. He's only 11 years old. 255 00:20:43,205 --> 00:20:46,041 It's a nigger with a knife. 256 00:20:46,208 --> 00:20:49,336 I don't care how old he is. 257 00:20:49,503 --> 00:20:51,713 Take care of him. 258 00:20:55,050 --> 00:20:59,513 We know you were at the falls last week, and we know what happened. 259 00:20:59,679 --> 00:21:02,265 So you're gonna talk, you little son of a bitch. 260 00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:06,311 You'll be makin' speeches when I get through with your black ass. 261 00:21:06,478 --> 00:21:08,688 Ralph. Ralph. 262 00:21:21,159 --> 00:21:25,330 I'm Sergeant Detective Della Pesca. 263 00:21:25,497 --> 00:21:27,749 You wanna tell me what happened? 264 00:21:32,629 --> 00:21:35,006 What is it, you were trying to rob this man's gold watch... 265 00:21:35,173 --> 00:21:39,678 and he fought back, and so you stabbed him? 266 00:21:39,845 --> 00:21:42,764 Is that pretty much it? 267 00:21:42,931 --> 00:21:46,768 I-I... didn't do nothin'. 268 00:21:50,105 --> 00:21:53,400 Let me tell you something, sunshine. 269 00:21:53,567 --> 00:21:55,694 The man you stabbed... 270 00:21:55,819 --> 00:21:58,905 is a very important member of this community... 271 00:21:59,072 --> 00:22:02,158 and you are goin' down. 272 00:22:03,285 --> 00:22:07,789 Do you see? And I am going to see to it personally. 273 00:22:10,417 --> 00:22:13,753 As for you, Rubin Carter, you're a menace to society. 274 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,464 If something isn't done about you soon... 275 00:22:16,631 --> 00:22:18,425 you'll become a dangerous man in later life. 276 00:22:18,592 --> 00:22:22,846 I only wish you were old enough I could send you to state prison. 277 00:22:23,013 --> 00:22:25,140 I therefore sentence you... 278 00:22:25,307 --> 00:22:28,768 to the state home for boys in Jamesburg... 279 00:22:28,935 --> 00:22:32,397 from this day till you're 21 years of age. 280 00:22:32,564 --> 00:22:34,900 - So be it. - It's okay, son. 281 00:22:36,651 --> 00:22:39,905 Jamesburg was a place of horror that I would be forever sorry... 282 00:22:40,071 --> 00:22:42,365 to have known existed. 283 00:22:42,490 --> 00:22:46,369 It was there that I spent the next eight years learning how to maim... 284 00:22:46,536 --> 00:22:50,332 butcher and fight for my survival. 285 00:23:01,218 --> 00:23:03,887 I don't get what's goin' on here. I'm the boy's father. 286 00:23:04,012 --> 00:23:07,516 I take care of him. I don't know what you people... 287 00:23:07,682 --> 00:23:10,810 I mean, what's it to you? 288 00:23:10,977 --> 00:23:13,813 M-Mr Martin, we've gotten to know Lesra over the past few weeks. 289 00:23:13,980 --> 00:23:17,567 And I gotta tell you, he's got more natural ability and enthusiasm... 290 00:23:17,734 --> 00:23:21,404 than just about any kid I've ever worked with. 291 00:23:21,571 --> 00:23:25,450 So, when he told us he wanted to go to college... 292 00:23:25,617 --> 00:23:27,911 we just figured that's the way it was gonna be. 293 00:23:28,078 --> 00:23:31,164 Well, I know he's smart. 294 00:23:31,331 --> 00:23:33,583 There's no doubt about that, but, uh... 295 00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:37,003 he can't read, Mrs Martin. 296 00:23:37,170 --> 00:23:39,631 But we think that we could teach him. I mean, within... 297 00:23:39,798 --> 00:23:42,884 probably two years, with a lot of work, we could get him ready for college. 298 00:23:43,051 --> 00:23:45,637 - Yeah, well, that school sure not doin' it. - Now wait just a second. 299 00:23:45,804 --> 00:23:47,597 - I am that boy's father... - But if they can give him more... 300 00:23:47,764 --> 00:23:49,850 They're talkin' to me, Alma! 301 00:23:50,016 --> 00:23:52,561 Uh, Mr Martin, you know, we got plenty of room. 302 00:23:52,727 --> 00:23:55,814 And if Lesra wants to learn, then we can teach him. 303 00:23:55,981 --> 00:23:57,774 If you don't want that, that's fine. That's up to you. 304 00:23:57,941 --> 00:24:01,528 But no one here is trying to replace you, sir. 305 00:24:10,287 --> 00:24:13,957 - This what you want, boy? - I wanna go to college. 306 00:24:15,792 --> 00:24:20,338 And if that's what it's gonna take, then, yeah. 307 00:24:20,505 --> 00:24:22,841 It don't seem right. 308 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,935 Why you gotta go, Lesra? 309 00:24:34,102 --> 00:24:37,397 - Don't you want me to go, El? - You should be here backin' me up. 310 00:24:37,564 --> 00:24:40,609 Leave the boy, Elston. Lesra goin' to Toronto now. 311 00:24:40,775 --> 00:24:44,404 Got a job to do. Wants to go to college. 312 00:24:53,330 --> 00:24:57,751 After eight years at Jamesburg, I escaped. 313 00:24:57,918 --> 00:25:01,046 I was angry, embittered with life. 314 00:25:01,213 --> 00:25:03,757 I ran as if on a cloud... 315 00:25:03,924 --> 00:25:07,719 unaware of how high I was stepping or of anything else around me. 316 00:25:07,886 --> 00:25:11,389 There was room in my head for only one word... 317 00:25:11,556 --> 00:25:14,559 one thought: 318 00:25:14,726 --> 00:25:17,145 freedom. 319 00:25:17,312 --> 00:25:21,691 I ran straight into the U.S. Army and a pair of paratrooper wings... 320 00:25:21,858 --> 00:25:23,652 and my whole life changed. 321 00:25:23,818 --> 00:25:26,112 I learned that knowledge of self and kind... 322 00:25:26,279 --> 00:25:29,324 is the only true means to the liberation of the black man. 323 00:25:29,491 --> 00:25:32,327 I could do anything. I overcame my stutter. 324 00:25:32,494 --> 00:25:35,247 I became a prizefighter. I came back to Paterson... 325 00:25:35,413 --> 00:25:38,416 the all-Army European welterweight champ. 326 00:25:38,583 --> 00:25:40,669 Let me have a soda, please. 327 00:25:40,836 --> 00:25:45,382 Judy, who's that fine soldier standing over there at the bar? 328 00:25:51,888 --> 00:25:56,017 Oh, he's a local boy. Rubin Carter, I think. 329 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,609 Make it two. 330 00:26:09,239 --> 00:26:12,701 - He's comin' over here. - Uh-oh. Stay cool. 331 00:26:19,291 --> 00:26:21,376 I'm back. I'm back. 332 00:26:21,543 --> 00:26:25,672 - Mmm, so you missed me, did you? - So tell me... 333 00:26:25,839 --> 00:26:28,508 - Well, what do you want to know? - You're in my seat. 334 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,471 Uh, you know, I'm from Georgia. 335 00:26:33,638 --> 00:26:36,600 And I was thinkin' that afterwards you and me... 336 00:26:39,811 --> 00:26:42,898 You're in my seat, country. 337 00:26:43,064 --> 00:26:46,484 I don't see your name anywhere. 338 00:26:46,651 --> 00:26:49,321 That's 'cause you're blinded by the ass-kickin' I'm about to put on you. 339 00:26:49,446 --> 00:26:52,908 Now get up out of my seat. 340 00:26:53,074 --> 00:26:55,285 - Hey, come on now. Take it easy. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 341 00:26:55,452 --> 00:26:58,747 - Calm down. Calm down. - Let that motherfucker go. - Just stop it. Listen. 342 00:26:58,914 --> 00:27:01,166 - Not here. - You know what? I wanna dance. You wanna come over here and dance with me? 343 00:27:01,333 --> 00:27:04,169 - Not here. - Hey, I'm talkin' to you. - Hmm? 344 00:27:04,336 --> 00:27:06,713 Oh, you wanna fight, or you wanna dance? 345 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,424 - He ain't worth it. - Yeah, you wanna dance. Come on. 346 00:27:11,384 --> 00:27:14,763 - Brother got a lot of hostility up in him. - Should I let myself go 347 00:27:16,890 --> 00:27:19,392 In his direction 348 00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:23,939 - Come on, sweet thing. Let's dance. - Is his love strong enough 349 00:27:25,899 --> 00:27:28,318 For my heart's protection 350 00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:36,284 - I don't know - I don't know, I don't know 351 00:27:36,451 --> 00:27:40,622 - I don't know - I don't know, I don't know 352 00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:43,667 - You dance nice. - But he loves me so good 353 00:27:43,834 --> 00:27:45,919 - Till I think I should - Thank you. 354 00:27:49,714 --> 00:27:52,884 If I gave him my heart 355 00:27:53,051 --> 00:27:57,264 - These hands were meant for more than just fighting. - Would he refuse it 356 00:27:59,224 --> 00:28:01,768 Would he tear it apart 357 00:28:03,937 --> 00:28:09,526 - Or tenderly use it - Her name was Mae Thelma. 358 00:28:09,693 --> 00:28:14,406 - I don't know - And she was the prettiest woman I had ever seen. 359 00:28:14,573 --> 00:28:19,411 - I don't know - I don't know, I don't know 360 00:28:19,578 --> 00:28:21,788 But he hugs me so tight 361 00:28:21,955 --> 00:28:24,082 Till I think I might 362 00:28:24,249 --> 00:28:27,711 You got a girl around? 363 00:28:27,878 --> 00:28:31,339 No. I ain't got no girl. 364 00:28:31,506 --> 00:28:33,466 No? 365 00:28:35,218 --> 00:28:38,680 Well, I had a good time with you tonight. 366 00:28:40,932 --> 00:28:45,020 - Mae Thelma, is that you? - Yeah. Mama, I'll be right up. 367 00:28:46,771 --> 00:28:49,858 - You gon' call me tomorrow? - I'm gon' call you tonight. 368 00:28:50,025 --> 00:28:52,444 - No, you can't call me tonight now. - I'll call you tomorrow then. 369 00:28:52,611 --> 00:28:54,738 You'll call me tomorr... 370 00:28:58,366 --> 00:29:01,328 - Is that your father? - No. My father's asleep. 371 00:29:03,038 --> 00:29:05,790 - Your name Rubin Carter? - Yeah. 372 00:29:05,957 --> 00:29:08,168 - You're comin' with us. - For what? 373 00:29:09,336 --> 00:29:11,379 You heard the man. 374 00:29:19,137 --> 00:29:22,265 What'd you think, we weren't gonna find you? 375 00:29:25,101 --> 00:29:27,771 You still owe me time. 376 00:29:39,616 --> 00:29:42,869 104, meet Vice officers at Glory Park. 377 00:30:04,850 --> 00:30:07,102 All right. Get out. 378 00:30:09,855 --> 00:30:12,232 - This way now. - Okay. 379 00:30:20,740 --> 00:30:22,742 From that moment on... 380 00:30:22,909 --> 00:30:26,162 I decided to take control of my life. 381 00:30:26,329 --> 00:30:30,333 I made up my mind to turn my body into a weapon. 382 00:30:47,601 --> 00:30:49,978 I would be a warrior-scholar. 383 00:30:50,145 --> 00:30:52,480 I boxed. I went to school. 384 00:30:52,647 --> 00:30:56,943 I began reading W.E. B DuBois, Richard Wright. 385 00:30:59,404 --> 00:31:01,823 Move, tier one! Move it! 386 00:31:11,958 --> 00:31:14,628 So I gave up all the worthless luxuries... 387 00:31:14,794 --> 00:31:16,880 that most inmates crave... 388 00:31:17,047 --> 00:31:21,176 the girlie books, fags, cigarettes, the movies. 389 00:31:21,343 --> 00:31:23,136 I hated them. 390 00:31:23,303 --> 00:31:25,430 In fact, I hated everyone. I didn't even speak English. 391 00:31:25,597 --> 00:31:29,392 I spoke hate, and its verbs were fists. 392 00:31:35,398 --> 00:31:38,276 I made up my mind to turn my body... 393 00:31:38,443 --> 00:31:42,239 into a weapon that would eventually set me free... 394 00:31:42,405 --> 00:31:45,867 or kill anyone who sought to keep me in prison. 395 00:32:00,966 --> 00:32:04,177 On September 21, 1961... 396 00:32:04,344 --> 00:32:07,639 I was released, and I vowed upon everything holy... 397 00:32:07,806 --> 00:32:11,309 never to come back to prison again. 398 00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:20,986 I had spent almost half my time on this Earth... 399 00:32:21,152 --> 00:32:23,363 in jail. 400 00:32:42,048 --> 00:32:46,052 Hey, come on, Lesra. Time to get up. Breakfast, buddy. 401 00:32:46,219 --> 00:32:51,308 Yeah. Yeah, all right. Yeah, I'm up. I'm up. 402 00:32:51,474 --> 00:32:55,770 Did you get any sleep? Your light's been on all night. 403 00:32:55,937 --> 00:32:59,649 I just can't stop reading, man. This book's about my life. 404 00:32:59,816 --> 00:33:03,486 Jeez, Lisa, you gotta smoke for breakfast? 405 00:33:15,498 --> 00:33:20,462 - Do you know when we met in Brooklyn? - Yeah. 406 00:33:23,006 --> 00:33:25,884 Why'd you take me home? 407 00:33:27,928 --> 00:33:30,597 Well, you know, you... you met my folks, man... 408 00:33:30,764 --> 00:33:35,268 and you brought me up here, you did all this stuff for me. 409 00:33:35,435 --> 00:33:37,354 Yeah. 410 00:33:37,521 --> 00:33:39,940 No, I mean, why? 411 00:33:40,106 --> 00:33:42,067 Why'd you do all that? 412 00:33:42,234 --> 00:33:45,862 'Cause you were smart and funny. 413 00:33:46,029 --> 00:33:49,991 And short. You know, we figured it'd be good for you to... 414 00:33:50,158 --> 00:33:52,118 spend a little time with some tall white people. 415 00:33:52,285 --> 00:33:56,164 - Yeah, absolutely. - Yeah. - What, did you do it 'cause I'm black? 416 00:33:56,331 --> 00:33:59,835 And you thought I couldn't do it myself? 417 00:34:00,001 --> 00:34:04,548 'Cause Rubin... Rubin did it all himself, you know. 418 00:34:04,714 --> 00:34:08,093 Hey, Les, we didn't feel sorry for you. 419 00:34:08,260 --> 00:34:10,679 We met you and got to know you and realized you could accomplish some things... 420 00:34:10,846 --> 00:34:14,182 and, like a lot of us, you could use some help. 421 00:34:16,142 --> 00:34:20,480 I'm sure that Hurricane Carter had some help along the way. 422 00:34:20,647 --> 00:34:23,900 - None of us does it alone. - Hey. 423 00:34:24,067 --> 00:34:28,446 As far as doin' it for yourself goes, nobody can learn anything for you. 424 00:34:28,613 --> 00:34:33,034 Trust me. Everything you're doing now, you're doing for yourself. 425 00:34:37,747 --> 00:34:39,875 I'll get it. 426 00:34:45,255 --> 00:34:47,591 - You know, I been thinkin'. - Yeah? 427 00:34:47,757 --> 00:34:50,844 - How're you doing? - About what? 428 00:34:51,011 --> 00:34:53,430 No, no, no, he's here. He just... 429 00:34:53,597 --> 00:34:57,350 Think I wanna put up a heavy bag. You know, like a big punching bag. 430 00:34:57,517 --> 00:34:59,644 Uh, those renovations? Probably the end of the month. 431 00:34:59,811 --> 00:35:02,355 - Oh, any special reason? - No. No, man. 432 00:35:02,522 --> 00:35:04,524 I just feel like punchin' something, you know? 433 00:35:05,192 --> 00:35:07,319 That's it. It's set. 434 00:35:09,279 --> 00:35:11,406 - A little low. A little low. - Keep your hand up. Keep the left down. 435 00:35:11,573 --> 00:35:15,202 Straight out of prison, I was a fighting machine. 436 00:35:15,368 --> 00:35:20,207 One thing I could do, and the only thing, was box. 437 00:35:20,373 --> 00:35:23,251 I had tasted my own blood... 438 00:35:23,418 --> 00:35:25,837 and I loved it. 439 00:35:31,551 --> 00:35:33,678 This is your ringside commentator. 440 00:35:33,845 --> 00:35:35,639 Tonight's fight brings together... 441 00:35:35,764 --> 00:35:39,184 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter from Paterson, New Jersey... 442 00:35:39,351 --> 00:35:42,604 and Joey Cooper, who is currently undefeated. 443 00:35:42,771 --> 00:35:44,689 Yeah! Way to go, Hurricane! 444 00:35:46,316 --> 00:35:48,485 Hit him! 445 00:35:52,155 --> 00:35:55,200 And the champion, Joey Cooper, seems to be helpless... 446 00:35:55,367 --> 00:35:58,036 against Rubin Carter, the challenger. 447 00:36:08,129 --> 00:36:10,465 Yeah! 448 00:36:13,718 --> 00:36:16,763 And I'll tell ya, folks, things are taking a surprising turn... 449 00:36:16,930 --> 00:36:19,140 in this middleweight fight tonight. 450 00:36:19,307 --> 00:36:22,602 Joey Cooper in big trouble. Rubin Carter pourin' it on. 451 00:36:22,727 --> 00:36:26,022 Left hook, right hook, uppercut... Oh! 452 00:36:43,039 --> 00:36:45,000 He's down. Oh, look at this. 453 00:36:45,125 --> 00:36:47,294 What a disaster for Cooper. 454 00:36:47,460 --> 00:36:51,506 Carter is punishing him. He's gonna... Oh, he is down, folks. 455 00:36:51,673 --> 00:36:54,634 He is down for the count, and he is not getting up. 456 00:36:54,801 --> 00:36:57,721 - Four, five, six... - I'll tell you that right now. 457 00:36:57,888 --> 00:37:00,140 - Get up! - seven... - Get up now! 458 00:37:00,265 --> 00:37:02,350 Right now! 459 00:37:02,517 --> 00:37:04,936 You're out! 460 00:37:05,103 --> 00:37:09,107 Unbelievable! Rubin Carter comes on like a hurricane... 461 00:37:09,274 --> 00:37:12,194 and defeats the undefeated Joey Cooper... 462 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,030 in round one of this middleweight fight. 463 00:37:15,155 --> 00:37:17,616 - I don't believe it! Oh! - Unbelievable upset tonight. 464 00:37:17,782 --> 00:37:20,452 Have you ever seen anything like it? 465 00:37:20,535 --> 00:37:24,122 - And the crowd is goin' wild here in Reading, Pennsylvania. - You all right, Cooper? 466 00:37:24,247 --> 00:37:29,419 - And Rubin Carter took this fight right away from him here this evening. - I'm okay. 467 00:37:35,509 --> 00:37:39,054 Mrs Carter, what do you think it's gonna be like being married to such a ferocious fighter? 468 00:37:39,221 --> 00:37:44,100 - Well, uh... - Well, it's gonna be a little scary, but I'll try my best. All right. 469 00:37:45,810 --> 00:37:48,313 Can you believe that black son of a bitch? 470 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:53,026 He thinks he's champion of the world. Fighter of the year, my ass. 471 00:37:53,193 --> 00:37:55,028 A low-life criminal. 472 00:37:57,197 --> 00:38:00,283 My mother told me 473 00:38:04,204 --> 00:38:06,414 'Fore she passed away 474 00:38:08,458 --> 00:38:11,378 Said, son, when I'm gone 475 00:38:12,671 --> 00:38:17,384 Don't forget to pray 'cause there'll be hard times 476 00:38:17,551 --> 00:38:22,180 - What the hell do they expect? Of course a riot broke out. - Hard times 477 00:38:22,347 --> 00:38:24,391 Every time we try to stand up and defend our own neighbourhoods... 478 00:38:24,558 --> 00:38:27,060 they send the cops in to bust us in our heads. 479 00:38:29,396 --> 00:38:32,816 If you feel so strongly about all this, Hurricane, why aren't you out there... 480 00:38:32,983 --> 00:38:35,735 instead of sittin' in here drinkin'? 481 00:38:35,902 --> 00:38:40,115 I'm drinkin' club soda, first of all, and I'm in here because you asked me to be here. 482 00:38:40,282 --> 00:38:43,326 But you're right. Maybe I should go down there. 483 00:38:43,451 --> 00:38:45,954 Yeah, maybe I should go grab my gun, shoot me a half a dozen... 484 00:38:46,079 --> 00:38:48,665 of them nigger-hatin' cops, huh? 485 00:38:48,832 --> 00:38:53,086 What you think, Bucky? I know I can get me about five of'em before they get me. 486 00:38:55,088 --> 00:38:58,341 Ed? Huh? 487 00:39:01,178 --> 00:39:03,889 How about you? You wanna come? 488 00:39:08,935 --> 00:39:12,647 Shit. That's off the record, by the way. 489 00:39:12,814 --> 00:39:15,358 Oh, he knows that. Don't you? 490 00:39:15,525 --> 00:39:17,944 Sure, champ. Sure. 491 00:39:20,822 --> 00:39:22,949 You betcha. 492 00:39:30,207 --> 00:39:32,667 - Take that, champ! - Get down. 493 00:39:36,838 --> 00:39:39,299 - Right here. - Rubin, what is this? 494 00:39:39,466 --> 00:39:44,471 - Get down, get down! Stay down! - Oh, Lord, what is... - Let's get outta here! 495 00:39:53,647 --> 00:39:58,068 - You all right, T? - Shh, it's okay. 496 00:39:58,235 --> 00:40:01,112 It's okay. It's okay. 497 00:40:01,279 --> 00:40:03,198 Shh. It's okay. 498 00:40:03,365 --> 00:40:06,326 All right, all right, all right, all right, all right. 499 00:40:06,493 --> 00:40:10,121 - You all right? - You know why they did this. 500 00:40:10,288 --> 00:40:13,083 Shh. All right. Come on, come on, come on, come on. 501 00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:16,795 - I told you it was off the record. - Nothin' with you is off the record! 502 00:40:16,962 --> 00:40:19,506 - Look, I don't want to go into it right now. - You ain't had no business talkin' to them people. 503 00:40:19,673 --> 00:40:21,383 - You know everything that you say... - All right, all right, all right, all right. 504 00:40:21,508 --> 00:40:22,843 - They gon' make up something different. - Mae, what you want me to do, huh? 505 00:40:23,009 --> 00:40:24,427 - What you want me to do? - Why do you say these things? 506 00:40:24,594 --> 00:40:26,930 - I know what they doin'. I know exactly what they doin'. - Are you trying to get us killed? 507 00:40:27,097 --> 00:40:29,933 So what you want me to do, huh? 508 00:40:30,100 --> 00:40:33,520 You want me to roll over and just lay dead? 509 00:40:33,687 --> 00:40:36,648 - Pride. It ain't nothin' but pride! - You're damn right it's pride. 510 00:40:36,815 --> 00:40:39,359 - I'm guilty. - Give me my baby. 511 00:40:41,278 --> 00:40:43,488 Shit. 512 00:40:58,170 --> 00:41:01,423 You will not be able to stay home, brother 513 00:41:03,341 --> 00:41:07,179 You will not be able to plug in turn on and drop out 514 00:41:07,345 --> 00:41:11,224 You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip out for beer during commercials 515 00:41:11,391 --> 00:41:13,894 Because the revolution will not be televised 516 00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:18,899 The revolution will not be televised 517 00:41:19,065 --> 00:41:22,027 The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox and ball parks 518 00:41:22,194 --> 00:41:24,529 Without commercial interruptions 519 00:41:24,696 --> 00:41:29,367 The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado white lightning or white people 520 00:41:29,534 --> 00:41:34,206 You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank or the giant in your toilet bowl 521 00:41:34,372 --> 00:41:36,875 The revolution will not go better with Coke 522 00:41:37,042 --> 00:41:39,628 The revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad breath 523 00:41:39,794 --> 00:41:42,547 - The revolution will put you in the driver's seat - Break it up! Break it up! 524 00:41:42,714 --> 00:41:45,467 The revolution will not be televised Will not be televised 525 00:41:45,634 --> 00:41:47,928 Will not be televised Will not be televised 526 00:41:48,053 --> 00:41:51,473 The revolution won't be no rerun, brothers The revolution will be live 527 00:41:54,017 --> 00:41:58,688 Champion of the world! Champion of the world! 528 00:42:02,984 --> 00:42:05,320 Yeah, they're still out. 529 00:42:25,423 --> 00:42:29,052 I've seen a lot of things in my time, but it's taken 35 minutes... 530 00:42:29,177 --> 00:42:33,515 for these judges to tell us what this home town crowd already knows. 531 00:42:33,682 --> 00:42:37,143 Joey Giardello is about to the lose the crown... 532 00:42:37,310 --> 00:42:39,479 to Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. 533 00:42:47,279 --> 00:42:49,573 Ladies and gentlemen... 534 00:42:49,739 --> 00:42:52,117 it's a unanimous decision. 535 00:42:52,284 --> 00:42:57,122 The winner and still champion of the world... 536 00:42:57,289 --> 00:42:59,457 Joey Giardello! 537 00:42:59,624 --> 00:43:02,669 Giardello! 538 00:43:05,672 --> 00:43:08,633 No. No, no. No. No. 539 00:43:11,178 --> 00:43:13,221 Hey. What? 540 00:43:13,388 --> 00:43:16,266 - You've stolen it! - Aw, shit! 541 00:43:16,433 --> 00:43:20,562 - This is bullshit! - What's goin' on here? 542 00:43:20,729 --> 00:43:24,900 - Yes, yes! - Boo! 543 00:43:33,074 --> 00:43:36,369 Well, all I can say is these Philly judges... 544 00:43:36,494 --> 00:43:38,747 must have been watching a different fight... 545 00:43:38,914 --> 00:43:43,210 because in the one we just saw, Hurricane Carter took the title. 546 00:44:00,393 --> 00:44:03,813 Oh, now tell me where can you party, child 547 00:44:03,980 --> 00:44:07,150 - All night long - In the basement 548 00:44:07,317 --> 00:44:09,277 Down in the basement, yeah 549 00:44:09,444 --> 00:44:13,323 Oh, where can you go when your money gets low 550 00:44:13,448 --> 00:44:17,035 In the basement Whoa, down in the basement 551 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,331 And if a storm is takin'place you can jam and still be safe 552 00:44:21,498 --> 00:44:24,459 - In the basement, down in the basement - I got somethin' special for you. 553 00:44:24,626 --> 00:44:29,756 - Hey, Hurricane, how you doin'? - Hey, champ. 554 00:44:29,923 --> 00:44:32,592 In the basement Down in the basement 555 00:44:32,717 --> 00:44:35,387 - Oh, you got the comforts of home - Anybody call a cab? 556 00:44:35,554 --> 00:44:38,431 - A nightclub too - In the basement 557 00:44:38,598 --> 00:44:41,434 - Oh, down in the basement - Anybody call a cab? 558 00:44:41,601 --> 00:44:44,062 I did, unless Rubin's taking me home. 559 00:44:44,229 --> 00:44:46,773 Yeah, if I take you, it ain't gonna be home. 560 00:44:48,817 --> 00:44:51,653 Mr Carter. M-Mr Carter. 561 00:44:51,820 --> 00:44:54,781 - Headed 'cross town, Mr Carter? - Yeah. Why? You need a ride? 562 00:44:54,948 --> 00:44:57,158 - Wo... Would you mind? - No, I wouldn't mind. 563 00:44:57,284 --> 00:45:00,912 - All right! Okay. - Come on. 564 00:45:01,079 --> 00:45:03,123 - You drive. - Drive your car? 565 00:45:03,290 --> 00:45:05,876 - Come on. - Oh, shit! 566 00:45:06,042 --> 00:45:10,130 My friends are never gonna believe I was cruising with The Hurricane. 567 00:45:10,297 --> 00:45:13,717 - You know, what we wanna know is, can we get his autograph? - No. No, no. 568 00:45:16,595 --> 00:45:18,388 Oh, shit. 569 00:45:18,555 --> 00:45:21,558 Motherfuckers. 570 00:45:21,725 --> 00:45:23,810 - John, you been drinkin'? - No. - All right. 571 00:45:23,977 --> 00:45:25,937 All right, just relax. Let me handle this. 572 00:45:26,104 --> 00:45:28,523 All right. 573 00:45:28,690 --> 00:45:31,026 Licence and registration. 574 00:45:50,086 --> 00:45:53,924 It's okay. I got it. You guys come with me. 575 00:46:05,685 --> 00:46:09,731 B-E-L-L-O. Bello. 576 00:46:09,898 --> 00:46:13,693 Bradley. B-R-A-D-L-E-Y. 577 00:46:13,860 --> 00:46:15,779 Okay. 578 00:46:19,032 --> 00:46:21,993 Are those the guys? 579 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,705 No? 580 00:46:25,872 --> 00:46:28,208 Okay, let's go. 581 00:46:37,425 --> 00:46:39,594 So what are you doing around here at that hour? 582 00:46:39,761 --> 00:46:42,222 Well, we was just out, you know, takin' a walk, right? 583 00:46:42,389 --> 00:46:45,684 - Yeah. Just gettin' a pack of cigarettes. That's it. - Yeah. 584 00:46:45,851 --> 00:46:49,271 Both of you are in big trouble. 585 00:46:49,437 --> 00:46:52,315 You're in violation of your parole. 586 00:46:52,482 --> 00:46:56,486 But I don't wanna talk about the burglary. 587 00:46:56,653 --> 00:46:59,823 We'll talk about your parole problem later, Bello. 588 00:47:01,324 --> 00:47:04,828 As far as I'm concerned... 589 00:47:04,995 --> 00:47:07,873 no proof a burglary really took place. 590 00:47:09,291 --> 00:47:11,626 See what I mean? 591 00:47:18,425 --> 00:47:20,886 Yeah, I see what you mean. 592 00:47:21,052 --> 00:47:23,471 I'm only interested in the facts in this case... 593 00:47:23,638 --> 00:47:26,516 and you and Bradley here are the only two people that can really help me out. 594 00:47:26,683 --> 00:47:28,768 Do you follow? 595 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,820 - Yeah, I follow. - Good. 596 00:47:38,987 --> 00:47:43,783 Now, is there any scenario that you can imagine... 597 00:47:43,950 --> 00:47:47,954 in which you could be sure... 598 00:47:48,121 --> 00:47:51,333 really, positively sure... 599 00:47:51,499 --> 00:47:54,044 that the man you saw that night... 600 00:47:56,713 --> 00:47:59,049 was Rubin Carter? 601 00:48:14,856 --> 00:48:18,360 Yeah, Rubin Carter. Yeah. 602 00:48:18,527 --> 00:48:21,780 Wanna tell me again what happened? You were there having a drink? What was that? 603 00:48:21,947 --> 00:48:24,032 No, no, it was, uh... 604 00:48:24,199 --> 00:48:27,077 - I was goin' out for a pack of cigarettes. - Yeah. 605 00:48:27,244 --> 00:48:30,872 I heard a couple of shots, then I saw these two coloured guys, they come out of the bar. 606 00:48:31,039 --> 00:48:33,625 And one of them was? 607 00:48:33,792 --> 00:48:35,710 - One of them was Rubin Carter. - Rubin Carter? 608 00:48:35,877 --> 00:48:38,129 - Right, Rubin Carter, the fighter. - Yeah, sure. 609 00:48:46,513 --> 00:48:48,849 All rise. 610 00:48:50,517 --> 00:48:55,188 The court will come to order. The Honourable Judge Larner presiding. 611 00:48:55,355 --> 00:48:57,691 Be seated. 612 00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,616 The defendants will rise. 613 00:49:11,997 --> 00:49:14,207 Rubin Carter... 614 00:49:14,374 --> 00:49:17,961 although you still contend you are not guilty of the crimes charged against you... 615 00:49:18,128 --> 00:49:22,799 you were afforded a full and fair trial by a jury of your peers. 616 00:49:25,635 --> 00:49:27,971 Have you reached a verdict? 617 00:49:30,891 --> 00:49:33,185 Yes, we have, Your Honour. 618 00:49:33,351 --> 00:49:36,521 We, the jury, find the defendants, Rubin Carter... 619 00:49:36,688 --> 00:49:39,649 and John Artis, guilty on all counts. 620 00:49:39,816 --> 00:49:42,027 Oh, no! 621 00:49:42,194 --> 00:49:45,572 - No! - That ain't right! He's innocent! 622 00:49:50,202 --> 00:49:51,745 - Order. - No! 623 00:49:51,912 --> 00:49:55,165 - Order in the court. - No! 624 00:49:55,332 --> 00:49:59,252 - Order! Bailiff will see to it that order prevails. - No! No! 625 00:49:59,419 --> 00:50:02,172 This ain't right. Railroaded! 626 00:50:07,177 --> 00:50:10,347 - No. - Rubin Carter... 627 00:50:10,514 --> 00:50:12,891 John Artis... 628 00:50:13,058 --> 00:50:15,727 for the murder of James Oliver, it is the court's sentence... 629 00:50:15,894 --> 00:50:19,064 that you be imprisoned for the remainder of your natural life. 630 00:50:19,231 --> 00:50:21,149 No! 631 00:50:21,316 --> 00:50:24,069 On the second count, the murder of Fred Nauyaks... 632 00:50:24,236 --> 00:50:27,906 you are sentenced to be imprisoned for the remainder of your natural life. 633 00:50:28,073 --> 00:50:30,158 No, God, no! 634 00:50:30,325 --> 00:50:35,372 As to the third count involving the murder of Hazel Tanis... 635 00:50:35,539 --> 00:50:38,208 it is the sentence of this court that you be imprisoned... 636 00:50:38,375 --> 00:50:41,086 for the remainder of your natural life. 637 00:50:55,141 --> 00:50:57,727 Okay, Carter, let's go. 638 00:50:57,894 --> 00:50:59,813 Take it easy. 639 00:50:59,980 --> 00:51:02,315 You're a tough guy. 640 00:51:04,818 --> 00:51:08,113 He thinks he's gonna stay in a room, and that's it. 641 00:51:11,283 --> 00:51:16,413 Put your clothes, your shoes, your ring, your watch and whatever else you've got in that bag. 642 00:51:16,580 --> 00:51:20,667 You are being issued a standard inmate uniform with your number sewn on it... 643 00:51:20,834 --> 00:51:24,171 so that we can identify you immediately. 644 00:51:24,337 --> 00:51:26,882 And you'll go to have your facial hair shaved. You know the rules. 645 00:51:28,300 --> 00:51:30,343 No, I can't do it, Warden. 646 00:51:31,928 --> 00:51:33,847 I beg your pardon? 647 00:51:34,014 --> 00:51:36,975 I cannot do it. 648 00:51:37,142 --> 00:51:41,855 Look, you have legal custody over my body... 649 00:51:42,022 --> 00:51:44,191 but I'm innocent. 650 00:51:44,357 --> 00:51:48,737 I've committed no crime. The crime's been committed against me. 651 00:51:50,572 --> 00:51:53,533 And I will not wear the clothes of a guilty man. 652 00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:57,495 Now, I'll go anywhere you want me to go in this penitentiary, Warden... 653 00:51:57,662 --> 00:52:01,625 but you let it be known in no uncertain terms... 654 00:52:01,791 --> 00:52:07,047 that any man who tries to put his hands on me... 655 00:52:07,214 --> 00:52:10,842 This place is where we tell you the rules. 656 00:52:11,009 --> 00:52:13,178 You hear that? 657 00:52:15,263 --> 00:52:18,183 Do you understand me? 658 00:52:18,350 --> 00:52:20,852 Do you? 659 00:52:21,019 --> 00:52:25,232 Because if you do, you had better strip right now... 660 00:52:25,398 --> 00:52:28,485 and put on that fucking uniform. 661 00:52:35,116 --> 00:52:37,452 I can't do that. 662 00:52:40,247 --> 00:52:42,958 Put this man in the hole. 663 00:52:43,124 --> 00:52:45,669 Give him sufficient time to reflect... 664 00:52:45,836 --> 00:52:48,713 on how he intends to behave in this institution. 665 00:52:50,632 --> 00:52:52,968 Ninety days. 666 00:53:14,573 --> 00:53:17,284 Hey, Bobby, we've got another one for ya. 667 00:53:35,051 --> 00:53:38,096 I like your suit. 668 00:54:42,827 --> 00:54:45,705 Three, two... 669 00:54:45,872 --> 00:54:48,625 one. 670 00:54:48,792 --> 00:54:51,127 Lights-out. 671 00:54:53,088 --> 00:54:54,673 You see? 672 00:54:54,840 --> 00:55:00,637 "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." 673 00:55:00,804 --> 00:55:02,931 There's doubt. 674 00:55:03,098 --> 00:55:06,518 The shadow is doubt. The shadow is doubt. 675 00:55:08,687 --> 00:55:13,650 But you're not gonna get me. You're not gonna get me. 676 00:55:13,817 --> 00:55:16,152 Lights-out. 677 00:55:19,447 --> 00:55:21,867 What the fuck are you talkin' about? 678 00:55:22,033 --> 00:55:24,995 You can't break me 'cause you didn't make me. 679 00:55:25,161 --> 00:55:28,373 You understand? Huh? 680 00:55:35,088 --> 00:55:39,593 You fucked everything up for everybody, Rubin. It's all fucked-up. 681 00:55:45,891 --> 00:55:48,226 Who's that? 682 00:55:50,270 --> 00:55:53,481 Y'all ain't got no speakers in here. Who is that? 683 00:55:56,193 --> 00:56:00,113 I put us into this situation any goddam way... 684 00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,616 motherfucker. 685 00:56:02,782 --> 00:56:07,162 I done fucked everything up for everybody. You know, that shit that's all fucked up. 686 00:56:07,329 --> 00:56:11,875 What the fuck they expect us to do now, huh? Motherfucker. 687 00:56:17,547 --> 00:56:20,967 I'm s... I'm s... I'm scared. 688 00:56:23,553 --> 00:56:27,807 Just shut up. Shut the fuck up, you little skinny motherfucker. 689 00:56:27,974 --> 00:56:30,852 You think your father used to beat your little stuttering ass? 690 00:56:31,019 --> 00:56:34,147 Don't make me jump over there on ya. 691 00:56:34,314 --> 00:56:37,817 No, you shut up. Just shut the fuck up, talkin' to me. 692 00:56:37,984 --> 00:56:40,570 Fuck you talkin' to? You ain't... You ain't telling me what to say. 693 00:56:40,737 --> 00:56:43,114 I'm running shit around here. Fuck is wrong? 694 00:56:43,281 --> 00:56:45,200 Ain't nobody runnin' shit. I'm runnin' shit. 695 00:56:45,367 --> 00:56:47,702 Shut the fuck up! 696 00:56:52,666 --> 00:56:55,544 What you say? 697 00:56:55,710 --> 00:56:59,172 No. No. 698 00:56:59,339 --> 00:57:03,385 What are we gonna do now? 699 00:57:03,552 --> 00:57:06,888 Huh? 700 00:57:07,055 --> 00:57:09,850 I don't know what. 701 00:57:10,016 --> 00:57:12,477 Shit, ain't nobody touchin' me. No goddam soul touchin' me. 702 00:57:12,644 --> 00:57:15,772 Put your hands on me not twice. You better not put your fuckin' hands on me. 703 00:57:15,939 --> 00:57:18,275 - I got... - Shut up! 704 00:57:40,714 --> 00:57:45,844 Oh, yeah. There's our man. I can feel the hate. Can you feel it? 705 00:57:46,011 --> 00:57:50,056 You can feel the hate, Rubin. Don't you wanna just hurt somebody? 706 00:57:50,223 --> 00:57:52,601 I feel like I wanna kill somebody... 707 00:57:52,767 --> 00:57:55,896 'cept there ain't nobody in here to kill. 708 00:57:57,856 --> 00:58:00,192 'Cept you, boy. 709 00:58:01,818 --> 00:58:04,279 How 'bout it, Rube? 710 00:58:07,407 --> 00:58:09,868 Get away from me! 711 00:58:44,152 --> 00:58:46,821 All right, Carter. Time's up. 712 00:59:25,986 --> 00:59:28,154 Jesus Christ. 713 00:59:30,615 --> 00:59:33,285 You could really use a shower. 714 00:59:34,953 --> 00:59:38,039 You smell awful, Mr Carter. Why don't you take a shower? 715 00:59:38,206 --> 00:59:41,626 Get you a decent cell with a bed and some food. 716 00:59:41,793 --> 00:59:45,380 - You'll feel a lot better. - At what price do I, uh... 717 00:59:45,547 --> 00:59:47,465 take this shower? 718 00:59:47,632 --> 00:59:51,386 - What do you mean? - I mean, what do I put on... 719 00:59:51,553 --> 00:59:54,723 after I take this shower that's gonna make me feel so good? 720 00:59:57,517 --> 01:00:00,187 What everyone else puts on. That's the rules. 721 01:00:00,353 --> 01:00:05,901 Yeah, well, you can just take me on back down to the hole. 722 01:00:14,242 --> 01:00:16,912 You could die down there. 723 01:00:17,037 --> 01:00:20,415 I could die up here too. 724 01:00:22,334 --> 01:00:26,296 Look, what if I got you a pair of pyjamas from the prison hospital? 725 01:00:27,797 --> 01:00:31,968 As far as I'm concerned, you'd be wearing prison-issued clothing. 726 01:00:39,434 --> 01:00:41,686 They got stripes? 727 01:00:41,853 --> 01:00:44,814 - No stripes. - What 'bout numbers? 728 01:00:44,981 --> 01:00:48,485 - No numbers. - What colour are they? 729 01:00:48,652 --> 01:00:51,488 They're white. 730 01:00:57,786 --> 01:01:00,580 Okay, I can live with those. 731 01:01:02,082 --> 01:01:08,046 - Thank you, Mr Carter. - You're welcome, Mr Williams. 732 01:01:08,213 --> 01:01:10,549 Shower's all yours. 733 01:01:18,890 --> 01:01:21,560 Thank you. 734 01:01:21,726 --> 01:01:25,272 It came to me as kind of a revelation that my own freedom... 735 01:01:25,438 --> 01:01:30,360 lay in not wanting or needing anything of which they could deprive me. 736 01:01:30,527 --> 01:01:34,239 If punishment consisted of being locked in your cell... 737 01:01:34,406 --> 01:01:37,826 then by simply choosing to never leave my cell... 738 01:01:37,993 --> 01:01:39,911 I deprived them of that weapon. 739 01:01:40,078 --> 01:01:43,415 I would not work in their shops. I would not eat their food. 740 01:01:43,582 --> 01:01:48,420 I began to study. I dissected my entire case piece by piece... 741 01:01:48,587 --> 01:01:52,340 beginning with my initial arrest through the trial itself... 742 01:01:52,507 --> 01:01:55,760 and finally to the awful verdict. 743 01:01:55,927 --> 01:01:59,389 I didn't get a trial free from constitutional error and racial prejudice. 744 01:01:59,556 --> 01:02:01,892 He knows that. You know it. 745 01:02:02,058 --> 01:02:04,352 That's not helpin' me in here, Myron. 746 01:02:04,519 --> 01:02:09,441 Look. Look, I'm innocent, that's why. 747 01:02:09,608 --> 01:02:11,902 Seven years! You're goddam right it's seven years! 748 01:02:12,068 --> 01:02:15,614 Just get me outta here. I want a new trial. Okay? 749 01:02:17,616 --> 01:02:20,952 The people united will never be defeated. 750 01:02:21,119 --> 01:02:25,081 The people united will never be defeated. 751 01:02:25,248 --> 01:02:28,376 The people united will never be defeated. 752 01:02:28,543 --> 01:02:30,462 The people united... 753 01:02:30,629 --> 01:02:34,508 It shows that there's still hope. 754 01:02:34,674 --> 01:02:38,053 There is hope for change in America. 755 01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:40,639 I believe in law and order, and I believe that everybody... 756 01:02:40,805 --> 01:02:43,475 has a right to, uh, get another trial. 757 01:02:43,642 --> 01:02:47,187 Here comes the story of The Hurricane 758 01:02:47,354 --> 01:02:51,107 The man the authorities came to blame 759 01:02:51,274 --> 01:02:54,986 - For something that he never done - Give a hand for Miss Ellen Burstyn. 760 01:02:55,153 --> 01:02:57,656 Put in a prison cell but one time 761 01:02:57,822 --> 01:03:03,245 He could have been the champion of the world 762 01:03:07,082 --> 01:03:10,669 They ain't givin' up. They said they're gonna demonstrate again. 763 01:03:10,836 --> 01:03:14,047 Muhammad Ali and... and Ellen Burstyn. Bob Dylan. 764 01:03:14,214 --> 01:03:16,550 - Everybody. - That's good, Mae. 765 01:03:16,716 --> 01:03:19,052 Everybody. 766 01:03:22,722 --> 01:03:25,433 Look, Mae, uh... 767 01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:30,689 we've already lost two trials, and now they've turned down my request for an appeal. 768 01:03:36,319 --> 01:03:39,406 I'm sorry. It, uh... It's over. 769 01:03:39,573 --> 01:03:41,908 It's finished. 770 01:03:43,493 --> 01:03:46,079 I'm gonna die in here, Mae, so... 771 01:03:46,246 --> 01:03:48,707 - Baby, listen, there is still a chance. - Listen to me now. 772 01:03:48,874 --> 01:03:53,420 - Now, all we have to do is hang on. - There's nothin' to hang on to. 773 01:03:54,963 --> 01:03:58,550 I want you to divorce me, understand? 774 01:03:58,717 --> 01:04:02,095 And I don't want you to come back down here. 775 01:04:03,722 --> 01:04:06,850 - No. No, now you listen to me. - Mae, don't make... don't make this... 776 01:04:07,017 --> 01:04:09,311 There... There are still things that we can do. 777 01:04:09,477 --> 01:04:13,064 - We just gotta get you out of here. - I am not gonna be a weight hanging around your neck. 778 01:04:13,231 --> 01:04:18,236 - You are no weight around my neck! - Well, then you're a weight around mine. 779 01:04:20,071 --> 01:04:22,199 Now, I can't do all the years I gotta do in here... 780 01:04:22,365 --> 01:04:26,828 knowin' that they can take your beautiful face away from me anytime they want to. 781 01:04:26,995 --> 01:04:30,582 - You understand? - Rubin. 782 01:04:30,749 --> 01:04:33,752 I ain't walkin' away from you. 783 01:04:41,551 --> 01:04:43,678 I'm dead. 784 01:04:46,890 --> 01:04:50,352 - Rubin. - Just bury me, please. 785 01:04:54,064 --> 01:04:56,399 Rubin? 786 01:04:58,944 --> 01:05:00,570 Rubin. 787 01:05:00,737 --> 01:05:04,407 Rubin, we're... we're in this together now. We just gotta hang on. 788 01:05:04,574 --> 01:05:07,160 Guard. 789 01:05:07,327 --> 01:05:10,038 Rubin. 790 01:05:10,205 --> 01:05:12,874 Rubin? 791 01:05:12,999 --> 01:05:16,628 We just gotta hang on. 792 01:05:16,795 --> 01:05:19,130 We just gotta hang on. 793 01:05:26,471 --> 01:05:30,392 I will bend time to my own clock. 794 01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:32,686 When the prisoners awake, I will sleep. 795 01:05:32,853 --> 01:05:35,814 When they sleep, I will wake. 796 01:05:35,981 --> 01:05:39,526 I will live neither in their cell... 797 01:05:39,693 --> 01:05:43,029 nor in my own heart... 798 01:05:43,196 --> 01:05:46,241 only in my mind... 799 01:05:46,503 --> 01:05:49,089 and my spirit. 800 01:05:49,256 --> 01:05:51,967 "Once I reached my hand out for help." 801 01:05:52,134 --> 01:05:54,678 It came down and then withered... 802 01:05:54,845 --> 01:05:59,183 as dry grass blown away into dust leaving nothin'. 803 01:05:59,350 --> 01:06:02,895 Now I wait for nothin'. I need nothin'. 804 01:06:03,062 --> 01:06:07,733 Not tomorrow, not freedom, not justice. 805 01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:11,987 In the end, the prison will vanish... 806 01:06:12,154 --> 01:06:15,658 and there'll be no more Rubin... 807 01:06:15,825 --> 01:06:18,078 no more Carter... 808 01:06:18,244 --> 01:06:21,122 only The Hurricane. 809 01:06:21,289 --> 01:06:24,000 And after him... 810 01:06:24,167 --> 01:06:26,503 "there is no more." 811 01:06:31,758 --> 01:06:34,344 Man, what are we gonna do? 812 01:06:34,511 --> 01:06:38,390 - About what? - About The Hurricane, that's what. 813 01:06:38,556 --> 01:06:41,351 Well, there's not much we can do, Lesra. 814 01:06:41,518 --> 01:06:46,481 B-But the man's innocent, yet he's been in jail 15, 16 years. That's not right. 815 01:06:48,066 --> 01:06:52,278 - I know that's what his book says. - Uh, two juries found him guilty, Les. 816 01:06:52,445 --> 01:06:55,949 - Yeah, two white juries. - Hey, hey, not all white people are racists. 817 01:06:56,116 --> 01:06:58,827 Not all black people are murderers. 818 01:07:08,503 --> 01:07:11,214 Look, I just... I just want to write him a letter... 819 01:07:11,381 --> 01:07:14,843 and tell him how much his book meant to me, that's all. 820 01:07:20,306 --> 01:07:24,978 I know you told me 821 01:07:25,145 --> 01:07:27,940 - Such a long time ago - Dear... 822 01:07:30,443 --> 01:07:33,779 - Mr Hurricane. - That you want me 823 01:07:36,032 --> 01:07:39,285 - You don't love me no more - No, that's really stupid. 824 01:07:42,371 --> 01:07:45,708 - I wanna know - What's that? 825 01:07:47,126 --> 01:07:50,337 - It's ten dollars, U.S. - Oh, what you mean to me 826 01:07:50,504 --> 01:07:53,257 - I thought he might need some money for stamps... - Believe me, darlin' 827 01:07:53,424 --> 01:07:55,384 if you want him to write you back. 828 01:07:55,551 --> 01:07:58,346 Oh-oh, no 829 01:07:58,512 --> 01:08:01,390 Yeah. Yeah, write me back. 830 01:08:01,557 --> 01:08:05,811 - That's cool. Thanks, Lisa. - I know you told me 831 01:08:05,978 --> 01:08:08,314 No problem. 832 01:08:12,818 --> 01:08:18,949 - Dear Mr Rubin Carter. - And I know 833 01:08:22,870 --> 01:08:24,663 I read your book... 834 01:08:24,789 --> 01:08:29,126 and I really felt sad about what happened to you. 835 01:08:30,586 --> 01:08:35,383 I want you to know how much your book meant to me. 836 01:08:35,549 --> 01:08:39,470 Little baby, child move you 837 01:08:39,637 --> 01:08:42,557 Whoa-whoa-whoa 838 01:08:42,724 --> 01:08:45,060 Please 839 01:09:41,116 --> 01:09:43,994 It's here! Hey, he wrote us back! It's here! 840 01:09:44,161 --> 01:09:46,913 It's here! He wrote us back! Home of the brave! 841 01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:49,583 Land of the free! He wrote us back! 842 01:09:49,750 --> 01:09:53,504 - Can you stand it? - Well, open it already. 843 01:09:53,671 --> 01:09:57,133 I don't know. You think I should? 844 01:10:06,267 --> 01:10:08,394 "Dear Lesra..." 845 01:10:08,561 --> 01:10:12,148 please forgive the seemingly tardy reply... 846 01:10:12,315 --> 01:10:15,693 but he who bemoans the lack of opportunity... 847 01:10:15,818 --> 01:10:20,907 forgets that small doors many times open up into large rooms. 848 01:10:23,785 --> 01:10:28,289 It was not only thoughtful, but insightful on your part. 849 01:10:28,456 --> 01:10:32,585 Stamps, paper and envelopes... 850 01:10:32,752 --> 01:10:36,214 were exactly what was needed to complete this transmission. 851 01:10:38,758 --> 01:10:44,222 Your letter, feelings, concerns, desires and warmth... 852 01:10:44,389 --> 01:10:46,766 literally jumped off the page at me... 853 01:10:46,933 --> 01:10:49,602 when reading your heartfelt message. 854 01:10:49,769 --> 01:10:52,230 It is as if you heard my thoughts... 855 01:10:52,397 --> 01:10:54,774 and reached out to share yours with me... 856 01:10:54,941 --> 01:10:58,903 at a moment when I can hear you. 857 01:10:59,028 --> 01:11:00,988 So thank you once again. 858 01:11:01,114 --> 01:11:03,950 Forever... 859 01:11:04,117 --> 01:11:06,578 your friend and brother... 860 01:11:08,747 --> 01:11:11,083 "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter." 861 01:11:14,044 --> 01:11:16,797 Wow. 862 01:11:16,964 --> 01:11:18,632 You got your answer. 863 01:11:21,218 --> 01:11:23,303 Yeah. 864 01:11:23,470 --> 01:11:26,849 Dear Rubin... 865 01:11:27,016 --> 01:11:31,270 I've been thinking about my life compared to yours. 866 01:11:31,437 --> 01:11:34,398 I come from Bushwick in Brooklyn. 867 01:11:34,565 --> 01:11:39,403 My parents are alcoholics and my brother's in prison. 868 01:11:39,570 --> 01:11:43,032 I was third in my class, and I couldn't even read. 869 01:11:43,198 --> 01:11:46,994 I couldn't write you this letter just a year ago... 870 01:11:47,161 --> 01:11:52,541 but then I met these friends from Canada when I had a summer job at the EPA. 871 01:11:52,708 --> 01:11:56,086 They offered to educate me and they got me out. 872 01:11:58,338 --> 01:12:02,968 Sometimes I feel guilty about my family 'cause I left 'em behind. 873 01:12:03,135 --> 01:12:07,765 Now that I know you, I know it isn't right. 874 01:12:07,931 --> 01:12:11,101 I shouldn't cry about my own feelings... 875 01:12:11,268 --> 01:12:14,229 not if you can do what you've done. 876 01:12:14,396 --> 01:12:16,398 I've been thinkin' though. 877 01:12:16,566 --> 01:12:20,487 I would like to come and visit you, if that will be all right. 878 01:13:03,613 --> 01:13:06,032 Palm down, right hand. Keep the line moving. 879 01:13:06,199 --> 01:13:08,451 - Put your right hand out, please. Palm down. - Keep the line moving. 880 01:13:08,618 --> 01:13:11,579 - Keep the line moving, please. - Come on. Come on. 881 01:13:13,832 --> 01:13:16,167 Okay, now. 882 01:13:21,131 --> 01:13:25,885 Y'all listen up now. Visits for Jones, Taylor, Harris, Ramos... 883 01:13:26,052 --> 01:13:29,765 Sykes, Carter, Tucei, line up right here. 884 01:13:29,932 --> 01:13:32,143 Uh, you didn't call my boy's name. 885 01:13:32,309 --> 01:13:35,021 Hemmings. Eric Hemmings, 65660. 886 01:13:35,187 --> 01:13:37,356 - Hemmings? - Yeah. 887 01:13:37,523 --> 01:13:41,652 Uh-uh, no visit for Hemmings today. He's in lockup. 888 01:13:41,819 --> 01:13:45,990 - Okay, Mac, open it up. - Keep out of the way. 889 01:13:58,794 --> 01:14:02,798 Extend your arms. Palms. Turn around. 890 01:14:02,965 --> 01:14:06,010 Show me your feet. Okay, spread 'em. 891 01:14:06,177 --> 01:14:08,512 Next. 892 01:14:12,641 --> 01:14:16,604 Open your mouth. Roll your tongue. 893 01:14:16,771 --> 01:14:19,648 Extend your arms. 894 01:14:19,815 --> 01:14:22,318 Show me your palms. Turn around. 895 01:14:24,653 --> 01:14:26,989 Show me your feet. 896 01:14:27,156 --> 01:14:29,450 Spread 'em. 897 01:14:29,617 --> 01:14:31,952 Ready on the outside! 898 01:14:33,579 --> 01:14:36,332 Okay, come on. Single file, y'all. 899 01:14:36,499 --> 01:14:39,919 Let's go. Single file. 900 01:14:40,086 --> 01:14:42,631 Hey, sweetheart! 901 01:14:42,798 --> 01:14:45,008 Single file. 902 01:14:45,175 --> 01:14:47,511 Let's go. Single file. 903 01:14:50,806 --> 01:14:53,183 You look nice. 904 01:15:25,340 --> 01:15:27,759 Mr Carter? 905 01:15:27,926 --> 01:15:32,472 - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Is that you? - Mm-hmm. 906 01:15:32,639 --> 01:15:37,060 - I'm sorry, you don't look like your pictures. I thought you'd be bigger. - Hey, I'm bigger than you. 907 01:15:38,645 --> 01:15:42,941 - But don't tell anybody, okay? - All... All right. 908 01:15:44,359 --> 01:15:46,445 Okay. Sit down. 909 01:15:57,540 --> 01:16:00,209 - Hey, this is some place, man. - No. 910 01:16:00,376 --> 01:16:05,006 No, it's not. This is no place, not for a human being. 911 01:16:05,173 --> 01:16:08,968 Don't ever get used to a place like this, Lesra. 912 01:16:09,135 --> 01:16:11,429 You got a lot of guts, kid. 913 01:16:12,930 --> 01:16:16,476 Takes a lot of courage to come all the way down here by yourself. 914 01:16:16,642 --> 01:16:19,187 I'm impressed. 915 01:16:19,312 --> 01:16:24,067 - I was scared you weren't gonna let me come. - Me too. 916 01:16:24,233 --> 01:16:26,444 But you're Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. What would you be scared of? 917 01:16:26,611 --> 01:16:30,239 Well, doors opening, of the light outside... 918 01:16:31,699 --> 01:16:33,659 of you. 919 01:16:33,826 --> 01:16:36,037 - Me? - Mm-hmm. 920 01:16:36,204 --> 01:16:38,623 - Mr Carter, I don't understand. - Oh, no, no, no, don't call me Mr Carter. 921 01:16:38,790 --> 01:16:41,209 - Call me Rube. - Rube? 922 01:16:41,334 --> 01:16:44,629 Yeah. Rube. 923 01:16:46,422 --> 01:16:48,674 All right. Rube. 924 01:16:50,593 --> 01:16:53,971 So, tell me about these folks you're livin' with. 925 01:16:54,097 --> 01:16:56,683 - Oh, the Canadians. - Yes. - Yeah, I got pictures of'em. 926 01:16:56,849 --> 01:16:59,936 Here. 927 01:17:00,103 --> 01:17:03,690 This is Sam, this is Terry, and this is Lisa. 928 01:17:03,856 --> 01:17:06,193 - They're the greatest, man. - Huh. 929 01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:10,030 Yeah, I met 'em at an EPA in Brooklyn, and, you know, they was doin' business. 930 01:17:10,197 --> 01:17:13,826 They brought me home and stuff, and the rest is what happened, man. 931 01:17:13,992 --> 01:17:16,954 Yeah, that's when my life changed, Rube. 932 01:17:17,121 --> 01:17:20,290 Just yanked a brother up and took him up to Canada, just like that? 933 01:17:20,457 --> 01:17:23,001 No, no, they asked my folks. 934 01:17:23,168 --> 01:17:25,879 I see. So what do they do? Are they a religious group... 935 01:17:26,046 --> 01:17:28,632 or, uh, hippies or a commune or... 936 01:17:28,799 --> 01:17:31,385 No, they fix up houses and sell 'em. You know? 937 01:17:31,552 --> 01:17:33,846 - They're just people. - Just people. 938 01:17:34,012 --> 01:17:37,349 Just workin', eatin', livin' together? 939 01:17:37,516 --> 01:17:40,519 I don't know. This is what they do, man. That's their thing. 940 01:17:40,686 --> 01:17:43,939 - What'd your folks say? - Oh, well, my dad, you know, he's happy. 941 01:17:44,106 --> 01:17:46,150 - He's glad for me. - Oh, good. 942 01:17:46,316 --> 01:17:48,235 You see 'em much, your people, your folks? 943 01:17:48,402 --> 01:17:50,404 Yeah, but sometimes it's hard though. 944 01:17:50,571 --> 01:17:53,157 Yeah, well... 945 01:17:53,323 --> 01:17:55,659 Yeah, it's hard. 946 01:17:57,369 --> 01:18:00,456 You give them hope. 947 01:18:00,622 --> 01:18:04,752 - Yeah, I guess. - You do. You give 'em hope. 948 01:18:04,918 --> 01:18:07,713 Because you have transcended, Lesra. 949 01:18:07,880 --> 01:18:12,968 It is very important to transcend the places that hold us. 950 01:18:13,135 --> 01:18:16,889 You know that? You've learned to read. You've learned to write. 951 01:18:17,056 --> 01:18:19,934 Writing is... it's magic. 952 01:18:21,478 --> 01:18:25,440 You feel that sometimes? 953 01:18:25,607 --> 01:18:28,109 - Yeah, I guess I do. - Mm-hmm. 954 01:18:28,276 --> 01:18:30,612 When I started writing... 955 01:18:32,530 --> 01:18:36,618 I discovered that I was doing more than just telling a story. 956 01:18:36,785 --> 01:18:38,953 See, writing is a weapon... 957 01:18:39,120 --> 01:18:42,332 and it's more powerful than a fist can ever be. 958 01:18:42,499 --> 01:18:46,836 Every time I sat down to write, I could rise above the walls of this prison. 959 01:18:47,003 --> 01:18:52,801 I could look out over the walls all across the state of New Jersey. 960 01:18:52,967 --> 01:18:55,970 And I could see Nelson Mandela in his cell writing his book. 961 01:18:56,137 --> 01:18:59,641 I could see Huey. I could see Dostoyevsky. 962 01:18:59,808 --> 01:19:03,603 I could see Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, and... and they would say to me... 963 01:19:03,770 --> 01:19:05,897 "Rubin, what you doin' in there?" 964 01:19:06,064 --> 01:19:09,025 And I say, "Hey, I know all you guys." 965 01:19:11,361 --> 01:19:14,322 It's magic, Lesra. 966 01:19:14,489 --> 01:19:17,575 Mmm, they sure don't teach it that way up in Canada. 967 01:19:17,742 --> 01:19:21,037 - Maybe you could tell me some books to read. - I can do that. 968 01:19:21,204 --> 01:19:24,165 But these people in Canada or anywhere else, they can only teach you so much. 969 01:19:24,332 --> 01:19:27,502 It's up to you. It's your search. You gotta find out what's true for you... 970 01:19:27,669 --> 01:19:32,508 what is true for Lesra Martin. 971 01:19:32,675 --> 01:19:36,262 I never met nobody like you before. 972 01:19:40,057 --> 01:19:42,435 You think I killed those people, son? 973 01:19:44,812 --> 01:19:47,606 - No, I know you didn't. - How you know? 974 01:19:47,773 --> 01:19:50,067 I just know. 975 01:19:55,322 --> 01:19:59,160 I'm so glad I met you, Lesra. 976 01:20:01,537 --> 01:20:03,456 Me too. 977 01:20:04,915 --> 01:20:08,044 Visit's up. 978 01:20:08,210 --> 01:20:10,171 Everybody out. 979 01:20:11,589 --> 01:20:14,175 Come on, folks. Let's go. 980 01:20:14,341 --> 01:20:16,802 You like a quick picture of you and your son, Mr Carter? 981 01:20:16,969 --> 01:20:19,722 - Come on, folks. Let's go. - It's up to my son. 982 01:20:19,889 --> 01:20:22,224 Yeah, all right. All right. 983 01:20:24,977 --> 01:20:28,189 That's enough pictures. Come on. Let's go. 984 01:21:10,982 --> 01:21:12,984 Dear Lesra... 985 01:21:13,151 --> 01:21:18,490 whoever is responsible for your present condition obviously cares a great deal. 986 01:21:18,615 --> 01:21:23,453 For me, it was a miracle to see such light in a human being again. 987 01:21:23,620 --> 01:21:28,375 When you came, it was like the day had started off without the sun. 988 01:21:28,542 --> 01:21:30,919 It's dim and it's cool. 989 01:21:31,086 --> 01:21:33,588 Then suddenly, and without any warning... 990 01:21:33,755 --> 01:21:37,843 the sunshine breaks through the dimness and lights up everything. 991 01:21:48,020 --> 01:21:52,315 What ya gonna do Do you wanna get down 992 01:21:52,482 --> 01:21:55,278 What ya gonna do Do you wanna get down 993 01:21:55,445 --> 01:21:57,655 You been all around the world, huh, Mobutu? 994 01:21:57,822 --> 01:22:01,701 - Been everywhere. - Shut your motherfuckin' mouth up! 995 01:22:01,868 --> 01:22:05,163 Get down on it Get down on it 996 01:22:05,329 --> 01:22:08,666 - Come on and get down on it - Where your people from, Africa? 997 01:22:08,833 --> 01:22:11,753 Born in the Congo. Mm-hmm. 998 01:22:11,919 --> 01:22:14,255 In the blackness of black. 999 01:22:16,049 --> 01:22:19,302 My mother was a Pygmy. She stood four foot, one inch. 1000 01:22:19,469 --> 01:22:23,222 - Hmm. - My father was a big Watusi. 1001 01:22:23,389 --> 01:22:25,516 He was seven foot, ten. 1002 01:22:25,683 --> 01:22:30,521 He'd have to pick her up like a little child to kiss her. 1003 01:22:30,688 --> 01:22:33,649 - Hmm, cute. - Get down on it 1004 01:22:33,816 --> 01:22:35,777 Come on now Get down on it 1005 01:22:35,943 --> 01:22:38,321 If you really want it get down on it 1006 01:22:38,488 --> 01:22:40,907 What do you think of white folks? 1007 01:22:43,368 --> 01:22:48,289 They're just a little bit too much of this stuff, you know? 1008 01:22:48,456 --> 01:22:51,334 But, uh, then again... 1009 01:22:51,501 --> 01:22:56,339 I once rode the rails with a hobo by the name of, um... 1010 01:22:56,506 --> 01:22:58,758 Alabama. 1011 01:22:58,925 --> 01:23:01,886 Now, he was white folks... 1012 01:23:02,053 --> 01:23:05,223 and he was a good man. 1013 01:23:05,390 --> 01:23:09,895 Mm-hmm. He saved my life three times. 1014 01:23:10,062 --> 01:23:13,899 - Three times? - Mm-hmm. Three times. 1015 01:23:16,151 --> 01:23:19,655 Three times life, huh? 1016 01:23:19,822 --> 01:23:22,324 Everything I lost... 1017 01:23:22,491 --> 01:23:26,870 that really matters I lost at the hand of white folks. 1018 01:23:27,037 --> 01:23:29,915 I know what you mean... 1019 01:23:30,082 --> 01:23:32,751 but they ain't all bad. 1020 01:23:35,462 --> 01:23:38,298 What ya wanna do Do you wanna get down 1021 01:23:39,800 --> 01:23:43,262 - What ya gonna do - But they sure can't dance. 1022 01:23:46,682 --> 01:23:49,643 Oh, shit. 1023 01:23:49,810 --> 01:23:51,395 Mm-hmm. 1024 01:23:54,690 --> 01:23:57,067 Hey, y'all, th-this is where we go in. 1025 01:23:57,234 --> 01:23:59,987 Come on. 1026 01:24:00,154 --> 01:24:02,489 Come on! 1027 01:24:02,656 --> 01:24:06,118 - Don't look now, but we're being watched. - Stop it. 1028 01:24:08,162 --> 01:24:11,123 Somehow I don't think you can smoke in there. 1029 01:24:13,083 --> 01:24:15,419 Right over there. 1030 01:24:17,004 --> 01:24:20,008 Hey, Rube, man, we made it. How you doin', man? 1031 01:24:20,175 --> 01:24:22,343 All right. 1032 01:24:22,510 --> 01:24:25,722 - Sam. - Hey, Rubin. Good to meet you. 1033 01:24:25,889 --> 01:24:28,099 Yeah. Good, good, good. 1034 01:24:28,266 --> 01:24:30,935 - Professor. - Yeah. 1035 01:24:31,102 --> 01:24:33,271 - This is Terry. - Terry. 1036 01:24:33,438 --> 01:24:36,524 - Nice to meet you. - It's my pleasure, Terry. Heard a lot about you. 1037 01:24:36,691 --> 01:24:39,277 - Lisa. - Lisa. 1038 01:24:39,444 --> 01:24:43,823 So, you don't look like I thought you would look. 1039 01:24:45,325 --> 01:24:48,411 Lesra said you were so tough. 1040 01:24:48,578 --> 01:24:53,958 - Is that good? - Don't know. Don't know. 1041 01:24:54,125 --> 01:24:56,628 Don't know. Come on. 1042 01:24:58,129 --> 01:25:00,465 Sit down. 1043 01:25:09,974 --> 01:25:13,687 Everybody together! I can't stand it. 1044 01:25:13,853 --> 01:25:16,314 So, uh, Rubin, how's the appeal goin'? 1045 01:25:16,481 --> 01:25:20,777 Uh, we hear it's with the New Jersey Supreme Court. Have they set a date? 1046 01:25:23,154 --> 01:25:25,323 Why don't we talk about Lesra? 1047 01:25:25,490 --> 01:25:29,035 I'm sure that Lesra wants to know what's happening with your case too. 1048 01:25:29,202 --> 01:25:32,623 My case is doing what it's doing. 1049 01:25:32,790 --> 01:25:36,210 I have to focus on the fact that I have to do the time. 1050 01:25:37,628 --> 01:25:40,464 Well, how do you do that? 1051 01:25:41,882 --> 01:25:47,221 How do I do that? I do that by not allowing myself to want or to need... 1052 01:25:48,597 --> 01:25:50,182 anything. 1053 01:25:50,349 --> 01:25:55,146 I'm free in here because there's nothing I want out here. 1054 01:25:55,312 --> 01:25:59,525 Not free to want? Not free to risk human contact? 1055 01:25:59,650 --> 01:26:02,028 This place doesn't allow you to be human. 1056 01:26:02,194 --> 01:26:06,782 The only contact you get in here is gettin' stabbed in the back or gang-raped in the shower. 1057 01:26:06,949 --> 01:26:12,163 That's what they've reduced you to. I mean, you've obviously elevated it to something else with Lesra. 1058 01:26:12,329 --> 01:26:15,166 Yeah, because of you, Rube, I wanna be a lawyer when I grow up... 1059 01:26:15,291 --> 01:26:17,251 and prove you innocent. 1060 01:26:17,376 --> 01:26:20,588 Except we don't have to wait till I'm a lawyer, Rube, because these guys want to help, man. 1061 01:26:20,755 --> 01:26:25,217 - We all believe in your innocence. - I've been innocent for 16 years. 1062 01:26:25,384 --> 01:26:30,639 That's how long I've been in here. Innocence is a highly overrated commodity. 1063 01:26:30,806 --> 01:26:33,350 None of us can judge what you've been through, but you might wanna consider... 1064 01:26:33,517 --> 01:26:35,811 You're damn right none of you can judge what I've been through... 1065 01:26:35,978 --> 01:26:38,064 because none of you have been through it. 1066 01:26:38,230 --> 01:26:41,275 What do you know about doing time? Tell me about it. 1067 01:26:41,442 --> 01:26:44,988 What do you know about what it is to be me? What do you... What do you know about being in this place? 1068 01:26:45,155 --> 01:26:48,784 - Hey, this is too much, you guys. - Yeah, you're right. This is too much. 1069 01:26:48,909 --> 01:26:52,120 Um, y'all, look, let's just go, all right? 1070 01:26:58,794 --> 01:27:01,088 - Rubin. Rubin. Rubin. - Right there. 1071 01:27:01,254 --> 01:27:04,424 Hey, listen, we left a package for you in the mail room. 1072 01:27:29,908 --> 01:27:32,244 Yes. 1073 01:27:46,591 --> 01:27:50,178 Visitors left this for you in the mail room. 1074 01:27:50,345 --> 01:27:54,099 We had to open it 'cause of security. 1075 01:27:54,266 --> 01:27:56,602 Nice to have friends. 1076 01:28:13,745 --> 01:28:16,414 "Special gift for The Hurricane." 1077 01:28:23,546 --> 01:28:26,674 Don't trust 'em, Rubin. 1078 01:28:26,841 --> 01:28:29,010 Don't trust 'em. 1079 01:28:36,642 --> 01:28:41,064 You trust a bunch of little white-ass do-gooders more than you trust me... 1080 01:28:41,230 --> 01:28:43,900 more than you trust us. 1081 01:28:45,318 --> 01:28:47,653 Yeah. No more hate. 1082 01:28:49,697 --> 01:28:51,616 Try that on, huh? 1083 01:28:51,783 --> 01:28:54,744 Don't trust 'em, Rubin. They'll turn on ya. Don't trust 'em, no. 1084 01:28:54,911 --> 01:28:58,289 - Think me and you. Me and you. - See how that fits. 1085 01:29:01,542 --> 01:29:04,128 - It's time. - For what? 1086 01:29:06,381 --> 01:29:08,384 It's time for you to go. 1087 01:29:08,550 --> 01:29:12,763 Don't you turn your back on me, nigger. 1088 01:29:12,930 --> 01:29:15,265 Rubin! 1089 01:29:15,432 --> 01:29:17,226 Rubin! 1090 01:29:17,393 --> 01:29:20,145 Ladies and gentlemen... 1091 01:29:20,312 --> 01:29:22,648 in this corner... 1092 01:29:24,191 --> 01:29:27,903 In this corner, from Paterson, New Jersey... 1093 01:29:28,070 --> 01:29:30,823 wearing the white trunks with black stripes... 1094 01:29:30,989 --> 01:29:33,158 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter! 1095 01:29:47,089 --> 01:29:49,133 - Okay, Sam. Are you joining us? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1096 01:29:49,299 --> 01:29:51,218 - Lesra, get up back. - Dear Rubin... 1097 01:29:51,385 --> 01:29:54,263 - I can't believe the warmth and beauty of your letter. - Ready? 1098 01:29:54,430 --> 01:29:57,474 We get a rich, deep feeling of experiencing your presence. 1099 01:29:57,641 --> 01:30:01,478 You've... You've made what we've been saying the truth... 1100 01:30:01,645 --> 01:30:04,106 that you can't keep people back who refuse to be kept back. 1101 01:30:04,273 --> 01:30:05,899 Here we go. Here we go. 1102 01:30:06,066 --> 01:30:09,987 We work out of our home, so we're always here if you'd like to call. 1103 01:30:10,154 --> 01:30:12,698 We'd really like to hear your voice. 1104 01:30:12,865 --> 01:30:15,826 You are very persuasive... 1105 01:30:15,993 --> 01:30:19,496 and I thank you for all the things you send me... 1106 01:30:19,663 --> 01:30:22,917 but you people are a bad influence on me. 1107 01:30:23,084 --> 01:30:26,796 I'm startin' to like all this stuff a little too much. 1108 01:30:26,963 --> 01:30:29,424 You're lettin' me get loose. 1109 01:30:38,808 --> 01:30:41,936 Hello? 1110 01:30:42,103 --> 01:30:46,399 Yeah, I'll accept the charges. Hey, Rube, what's happening, man? 1111 01:30:46,566 --> 01:30:51,738 Lesra, boy, you, uh... Well, you sound more like a man every day. 1112 01:30:51,905 --> 01:30:55,200 Get outta here. 1113 01:30:55,367 --> 01:30:58,620 - Where is everybody? - Oh, you know Canadians, man. 1114 01:30:58,787 --> 01:31:02,624 They're not happy unless they're outside, you know, rakin' leaves or tappin' a tree for maple syrup. 1115 01:31:02,791 --> 01:31:04,751 I don't know how they do it, man. It's cold out there too. 1116 01:31:04,918 --> 01:31:07,587 Hey, what's up, Rube? Something happen? 1117 01:31:07,712 --> 01:31:10,590 Yeah, I, um... 1118 01:31:10,757 --> 01:31:13,343 heard from the courts, Lesra. 1119 01:31:13,510 --> 01:31:16,429 Been denied. I lost the appeal. 1120 01:31:18,640 --> 01:31:21,309 Oh, no, man. Well-Well, look, look, look, hold on, Rube. 1121 01:31:21,434 --> 01:31:23,937 - Let me tell everyone, okay? - I gotta go, little brother. 1122 01:31:24,104 --> 01:31:26,856 No, well, wait, Rube! W-Wait! Wait. Wait. But, Rube! 1123 01:31:27,023 --> 01:31:29,484 Rubin! 1124 01:31:29,651 --> 01:31:32,570 What's going on? 1125 01:31:39,120 --> 01:31:41,288 Lost the appeal. 1126 01:31:43,582 --> 01:31:46,711 Oh, no. 1127 01:32:00,891 --> 01:32:04,311 Dear Lesra, Terry, Sam... 1128 01:32:05,855 --> 01:32:08,441 Lisa... 1129 01:32:08,607 --> 01:32:12,445 this is, in many ways, the saddest letter I've ever had to write. 1130 01:32:13,946 --> 01:32:17,825 I appreciate your many efforts and kindnesses... 1131 01:32:17,992 --> 01:32:20,244 but I am a prisoner. 1132 01:32:20,411 --> 01:32:24,582 My number is 45472, and my job, the key to my survival... 1133 01:32:24,749 --> 01:32:29,837 "My number is 45472, and my job, the key to my survival..." 1134 01:32:30,004 --> 01:32:33,549 lies in my ability to do the time. 1135 01:32:33,716 --> 01:32:38,095 This place is not one in which humanity can survive. Only steel can. 1136 01:32:40,848 --> 01:32:43,809 This will be my last letter to you. 1137 01:32:43,976 --> 01:32:47,439 Please do not write. Please do not visit. 1138 01:32:48,857 --> 01:32:54,196 Please find it in your hearts to not weaken me with your love. 1139 01:32:54,363 --> 01:32:56,323 "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter." 1140 01:33:01,787 --> 01:33:03,914 Open up, Ken. 1141 01:33:04,081 --> 01:33:06,208 Okay. 1142 01:33:08,085 --> 01:33:10,212 Thanks. 1143 01:33:21,098 --> 01:33:23,350 Rubin. 1144 01:33:25,268 --> 01:33:28,438 I got a letter here for you from Canada. 1145 01:33:30,190 --> 01:33:33,485 I'm just gonna slide it in here for you. 1146 01:33:37,614 --> 01:33:40,158 You do what you want with it. 1147 01:33:51,878 --> 01:33:54,089 "Dear Rube..." 1148 01:33:54,256 --> 01:33:56,675 I know you asked us not to write... 1149 01:33:56,842 --> 01:33:58,970 so I'm not writing... 1150 01:33:59,137 --> 01:34:01,806 just sending you two things. 1151 01:34:01,973 --> 01:34:06,185 One's a picture of me and my new girlfriend, Pauline. 1152 01:34:07,687 --> 01:34:09,731 The other... 1153 01:34:09,897 --> 01:34:13,317 is something that rightfully belongs to you... 1154 01:34:13,484 --> 01:34:16,320 my high school diploma. 1155 01:34:16,487 --> 01:34:20,992 "Your friend and brother forever, Lesra Martin." 1156 01:34:44,348 --> 01:34:47,018 Don't count the stars 1157 01:34:47,143 --> 01:34:51,355 Or you might stumble 1158 01:34:57,570 --> 01:34:59,781 Hello. 1159 01:35:02,450 --> 01:35:05,536 Yes, I accept... I... I accept the charges. 1160 01:35:10,584 --> 01:35:13,253 Rubin? Hey. 1161 01:35:16,840 --> 01:35:19,385 R-Rubin, I-I-I can't hear you. 1162 01:35:27,810 --> 01:35:30,938 Rube... 1163 01:35:31,105 --> 01:35:33,232 Hello? 1164 01:35:43,325 --> 01:35:46,412 He said he can't do the time. 1165 01:36:21,155 --> 01:36:23,324 Uh, collect call to anyone... 1166 01:36:23,491 --> 01:36:26,745 from Mr Rubin Carter. 1167 01:36:26,911 --> 01:36:30,331 - Get it. Get it. - Take one. 1168 01:36:30,498 --> 01:36:32,542 - Yes. - Rubin? 1169 01:36:32,709 --> 01:36:36,546 - Lesra? - No, it's Terry. I'm here with Lisa and Sam, and Lesra's here. 1170 01:36:36,713 --> 01:36:38,715 Hey. How y'all doin'? 1171 01:36:38,882 --> 01:36:41,968 Look out the window. 1172 01:36:42,135 --> 01:36:44,054 What? 1173 01:36:44,220 --> 01:36:48,016 You see that light? The one that's blinking? 1174 01:36:48,183 --> 01:36:50,435 You see it? 1175 01:36:50,602 --> 01:36:52,687 Yeah. 1176 01:36:52,854 --> 01:36:56,232 Can you see Lesra? 1177 01:37:01,446 --> 01:37:05,367 Yeah, I see you. What are y'all doin' here? 1178 01:37:07,118 --> 01:37:10,121 - Can he see us? - Yeah, he can see you. 1179 01:37:11,373 --> 01:37:14,334 - Rube! - We're here. 1180 01:37:14,501 --> 01:37:16,628 We've moved down here. 1181 01:37:18,713 --> 01:37:22,342 - For what? - We're in this thing full-time until you walk out of there. 1182 01:37:22,509 --> 01:37:24,928 Hold on. Lisa wants to say something. 1183 01:37:25,095 --> 01:37:27,347 Hurricane! 1184 01:37:27,514 --> 01:37:29,933 Hey, Rube. 1185 01:37:30,100 --> 01:37:33,186 Looks like you got some foot soldiers now, huh? 1186 01:37:35,648 --> 01:37:40,361 We're all in this together, and we're not leaving till we all leave. 1187 01:37:45,116 --> 01:37:47,535 You're beautiful. 1188 01:37:47,702 --> 01:37:50,746 We're gonna take you home. 1189 01:37:50,913 --> 01:37:53,457 Okay. 1190 01:37:55,960 --> 01:37:58,671 Okay. 1191 01:38:15,187 --> 01:38:18,315 Rubin has, uh, asked us to give you copies of everything that we have... 1192 01:38:18,482 --> 01:38:20,401 and to answer any questions. 1193 01:38:20,568 --> 01:38:24,155 And since we've represented him for over ten years... 1194 01:38:24,321 --> 01:38:26,240 there's an awful lot of material. 1195 01:38:26,407 --> 01:38:29,702 I mean, we have rooms full of files. 1196 01:38:29,869 --> 01:38:31,996 Absolutely. And, uh, please understand... 1197 01:38:32,163 --> 01:38:35,416 that we are not here to second-guess you or... 1198 01:38:35,583 --> 01:38:39,628 You know, we... we've come down here to help in any way we can. 1199 01:38:39,795 --> 01:38:42,840 Anything, you know. Anything at all. 1200 01:38:48,138 --> 01:38:50,057 Well, that's very kind of you. 1201 01:38:50,223 --> 01:38:54,227 And I congratulate you on your dedication to Rubin's case. 1202 01:38:54,394 --> 01:38:56,605 Uh, maybe I should add that in those ten years... 1203 01:38:56,772 --> 01:38:59,107 we've been working on this, we've donated our services. 1204 01:38:59,274 --> 01:39:01,777 We've never asked for a dime. We never expect one. Do we? 1205 01:39:01,943 --> 01:39:04,780 - No. - I wanted to be sure. 1206 01:39:04,946 --> 01:39:08,450 And also in that time, uh, there have been a lot of people... 1207 01:39:08,617 --> 01:39:10,994 great people... 1208 01:39:11,161 --> 01:39:13,413 all well-intentioned. 1209 01:39:13,580 --> 01:39:15,499 - Famous. - Infamous. 1210 01:39:15,665 --> 01:39:19,836 Or not. Boxers, singers, writers, actors... 1211 01:39:20,003 --> 01:39:22,005 journalists, et cetera. 1212 01:39:22,172 --> 01:39:25,217 A lot of brave people who gave their time... 1213 01:39:25,384 --> 01:39:29,388 and, to some degree, risked their reputations. 1214 01:39:29,554 --> 01:39:32,682 People like you. 1215 01:39:32,849 --> 01:39:35,143 And, uh... 1216 01:39:35,310 --> 01:39:40,232 people come and go, and, frankly, nobody lasts. 1217 01:39:41,817 --> 01:39:44,486 Nobody stays the course. 1218 01:39:44,653 --> 01:39:49,574 Nobody goes the distance, because it's too tough. 1219 01:39:49,741 --> 01:39:52,160 It's too slow... 1220 01:39:52,327 --> 01:39:55,455 and it's heartbreaking. 1221 01:39:55,622 --> 01:39:59,627 - It's too heartbreaking. - Well, with all due respect, Mr Friedman... 1222 01:39:59,794 --> 01:40:03,798 what you have to understand is that we're here. 1223 01:40:03,965 --> 01:40:08,928 We've moved here, and we have every intention of staying here until Rubin is free. 1224 01:40:09,095 --> 01:40:11,681 Right on. 1225 01:40:13,224 --> 01:40:17,228 So we finally got in to see your lawyers, Beldock and Friedman, the other day. 1226 01:40:17,395 --> 01:40:21,274 - How'd they take it? - Oh, I'd say we handled ourselves pretty well. 1227 01:40:21,441 --> 01:40:25,361 Yeah, well, we hauled about what, ten tons of documents, into the apartment. 1228 01:40:25,528 --> 01:40:28,906 - In broad daylight? - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. - Wait a minute. Listen to me. 1229 01:40:29,073 --> 01:40:31,909 This is not Canada. 1230 01:40:32,076 --> 01:40:35,079 Now, I can protect you in here... 1231 01:40:35,246 --> 01:40:38,666 but there's not much I can do for you on the outside. 1232 01:40:38,833 --> 01:40:40,835 The only way I'm ever leaving this place is if... 1233 01:40:41,002 --> 01:40:43,755 a lot of very important people are exposed. 1234 01:40:43,921 --> 01:40:47,008 They're not gonna just let that happen. 1235 01:40:47,175 --> 01:40:50,595 - You understand? - We'll be careful. 1236 01:40:50,762 --> 01:40:54,265 Okay. Well, why don't you walk us through what happened that night? 1237 01:40:54,432 --> 01:40:59,312 Now, three cops have testified the shooting occurred at 2:45. 1238 01:40:59,479 --> 01:41:03,566 - So, uh, what time did you leave the Nite Spot? - 2:30. 1239 01:41:03,733 --> 01:41:08,488 Oh, now tell me where can you party child, all night long 1240 01:41:08,654 --> 01:41:12,534 - In the basement - Anybody call a cab? 1241 01:41:12,701 --> 01:41:15,746 - Oh, where did you go - Time for me to get outta here. 1242 01:41:15,913 --> 01:41:18,832 - How much do I owe you, Big Ed? - Your money's no good here, champ. 1243 01:41:18,999 --> 01:41:23,087 - Anybody call a cab? - I did, unless Rubin's taking me home. 1244 01:41:25,089 --> 01:41:27,841 If I take you, it's gonna be more than home. 1245 01:41:28,008 --> 01:41:30,302 Get on outta here, girl. 1246 01:41:30,469 --> 01:41:32,262 Shit. 1247 01:41:32,429 --> 01:41:35,682 What were you doin' out so late on a Thursday night? 1248 01:41:35,849 --> 01:41:39,186 - What does it matter what night it was? - Wasn't Thursday night ladies' night? 1249 01:41:39,353 --> 01:41:42,189 Didn't it matter to your wife? 1250 01:41:43,649 --> 01:41:47,694 I'm in the penitentiary for murder, not attempted adultery. 1251 01:41:52,783 --> 01:41:57,162 So there was a cab there. He must have seen you leave, right? 1252 01:41:57,329 --> 01:42:00,791 No. No, he left before I did. 1253 01:42:00,958 --> 01:42:03,544 - Hey. - Poor daddy goin' home. 1254 01:42:06,755 --> 01:42:09,299 - Bye, Rubin. - Take it easy. 1255 01:42:09,466 --> 01:42:12,219 - Hey, champ. - Huh? Hey! 1256 01:42:14,263 --> 01:42:16,390 Whoa! He's gone! 1257 01:42:20,394 --> 01:42:23,355 I wish to God John Artis had met a girl that night. 1258 01:42:23,523 --> 01:42:28,153 I wish that, uh, he hadn't been there at all. 1259 01:42:28,278 --> 01:42:32,365 He didn't deserve this. He didn't deserve any of it. 1260 01:42:34,868 --> 01:42:37,412 Artis, let's go. You're done. 1261 01:42:37,579 --> 01:42:40,123 He got the same sentence I got, and all he had to do... 1262 01:42:40,248 --> 01:42:43,835 was lie and say I killed those people and... 1263 01:42:44,002 --> 01:42:49,049 they would have let him out and his nightmare would have been over. 1264 01:42:49,215 --> 01:42:52,802 Most men couldn't have stood up to that kind of torture... 1265 01:42:54,429 --> 01:42:56,431 but John Artis did. 1266 01:42:56,598 --> 01:42:58,933 The man is my hero. 1267 01:43:05,231 --> 01:43:08,735 So the police said it was 2:45 or a little after... 1268 01:43:08,902 --> 01:43:10,945 when all hell broke loose at the Lafayette bar. 1269 01:43:11,112 --> 01:43:13,615 That's what they said. 1270 01:43:13,782 --> 01:43:17,285 Apparently, the two gunmen entered the bar and immediately started shooting. 1271 01:43:27,462 --> 01:43:32,300 According to William Marins, two guys barged in and just opened fire. 1272 01:43:32,467 --> 01:43:35,345 Oliver goes down first. 1273 01:43:35,470 --> 01:43:37,932 Nauyaks. 1274 01:43:38,099 --> 01:43:41,060 Then Marins was the only one who got a look at 'em. 1275 01:43:41,227 --> 01:43:43,437 Then they shoot Hazel Tanis and leave. 1276 01:43:50,569 --> 01:43:55,408 - What's Bello doing? - Bello was a lookout for a burglary up the street. 1277 01:43:59,995 --> 01:44:02,998 - And who else saw anything? - Patty Valentine. 1278 01:44:03,124 --> 01:44:06,127 She said she saw the getaway car. 1279 01:44:10,923 --> 01:44:14,510 And there was a man who lived across the street by the name of Avery Cockersham. 1280 01:44:14,635 --> 01:44:16,804 Cockersham? That name was in the police report. 1281 01:44:16,971 --> 01:44:19,849 - That's right. - So how come he didn't testify? 1282 01:44:20,015 --> 01:44:23,352 The judge threw the police report out. 1283 01:44:23,477 --> 01:44:26,188 Cockersham left town. Nobody could find him. 1284 01:45:25,916 --> 01:45:30,128 It was two coloured guys. They just walked in, they started shootin'. 1285 01:45:30,295 --> 01:45:32,714 Call the cops. 1286 01:45:46,311 --> 01:45:50,732 Now, according to the police, the murders were racially motivated. 1287 01:45:50,899 --> 01:45:54,277 See, the bar didn't serve blacks, so naturally this crazy nigger, Rubin Carter... 1288 01:45:54,444 --> 01:45:57,697 had to take out his vengeance on the entire white race. 1289 01:46:02,120 --> 01:46:04,414 Uh, this is, uh, Exhibit 11 -F. 1290 01:46:04,580 --> 01:46:06,624 - This is 1966. - Wait a minute. What are you talking about? Where are... Where are you? 1291 01:46:06,791 --> 01:46:08,751 - Trial transcripts, 1966. - Oh. Stick to the blue cards. 1292 01:46:08,918 --> 01:46:11,337 - Valentine... Valentine first said... - I know the blue cards. 1293 01:46:11,504 --> 01:46:13,673 The car's taillights were similar to the getaway car. 1294 01:46:13,840 --> 01:46:18,344 - "Similar." - Right. Then in '76, Exhibit 89-C, she says, quote... 1295 01:46:18,511 --> 01:46:21,681 "The Carter car was unquestionably the same car. There was no doubt." 1296 01:46:21,806 --> 01:46:23,766 - Closed quote. - Exactly. 1297 01:46:23,891 --> 01:46:25,810 Kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it? 1298 01:46:25,977 --> 01:46:29,939 Second trial, ten years later, suddenly she changes her story. 1299 01:46:30,106 --> 01:46:33,359 She drew a picture, like a bow tie. 1300 01:46:33,526 --> 01:46:37,613 Yeah. Yeah, I've got it here. 1301 01:46:37,780 --> 01:46:42,160 "Taillights lit up all across the back like a butterfly, as the killer's car drove away." 1302 01:46:42,326 --> 01:46:44,245 "Like a butterfly." 1303 01:46:44,412 --> 01:46:47,206 So the first thing we have to do is find out exactly what Rubin's car looked like. 1304 01:46:47,331 --> 01:46:50,626 - We need to find a '66 Dodge Polara. - Mm-hmm. 1305 01:46:50,793 --> 01:46:53,337 There's the bow-tie lights, like Patty Valentine described. 1306 01:46:53,504 --> 01:46:56,174 - I'm not so sure about that. - You ready? - Yeah! 1307 01:46:56,257 --> 01:46:59,135 Yeah. 1308 01:47:04,140 --> 01:47:07,643 See that? They don't light up all the way. 1309 01:47:07,810 --> 01:47:10,646 Oh, no, that's a Dodge Monaco. You don't want one of those. 1310 01:47:10,813 --> 01:47:14,818 They don't have the power. Look, I'll make you a good deal on this one. 1311 01:47:14,985 --> 01:47:17,529 - Shit. - Monaco? 1312 01:47:59,071 --> 01:48:02,950 - Mr Carter? - Yeah. 1313 01:48:03,117 --> 01:48:05,702 I was told to get you. 1314 01:48:05,869 --> 01:48:09,123 Get me? By whom? 1315 01:48:09,248 --> 01:48:11,458 The warden wants to see you. 1316 01:48:15,963 --> 01:48:18,841 - For what? - I don't know. 1317 01:48:32,981 --> 01:48:35,316 Open up, Al. 1318 01:48:55,253 --> 01:48:57,505 Mr Carter. 1319 01:49:02,343 --> 01:49:06,765 I have a difficult job running this place... 1320 01:49:06,931 --> 01:49:08,475 but I do it. 1321 01:49:08,641 --> 01:49:11,895 I do it really well. 1322 01:49:13,354 --> 01:49:17,067 You called me down here at 3:00 in the morning to tell me that? 1323 01:49:17,233 --> 01:49:20,862 I hear things. I hear everything. 1324 01:49:22,989 --> 01:49:25,366 What have you heard, Warden? 1325 01:49:25,533 --> 01:49:28,828 I hear something's goin' down. 1326 01:49:28,953 --> 01:49:34,084 I don't want a mess, something that I can't clean up. 1327 01:49:34,209 --> 01:49:37,171 This doesn't have anything to do with my case, does it? 1328 01:49:37,296 --> 01:49:40,216 Shit happens every day... 1329 01:49:40,383 --> 01:49:44,136 and I wanna warn you, that's all. 1330 01:49:44,303 --> 01:49:49,016 Somebody tries to take you down, something gets started... 1331 01:49:49,183 --> 01:49:51,185 I can't stop it. 1332 01:49:51,352 --> 01:49:55,815 - You understand me? - What do you suggest I do? 1333 01:49:55,981 --> 01:49:58,943 Stay alive. 1334 01:49:59,110 --> 01:50:02,947 And that goes for your friends too. 1335 01:50:03,114 --> 01:50:06,033 Guard. 1336 01:50:32,059 --> 01:50:37,189 - Who is it? - We're looking for an Avery Cockersham. 1337 01:50:41,068 --> 01:50:44,363 Do the Cockershams live here? 1338 01:50:44,530 --> 01:50:47,825 I'm Mrs Cockersham. What do you want? 1339 01:50:47,992 --> 01:50:49,911 You're black. 1340 01:50:51,621 --> 01:50:54,207 You're white. 1341 01:50:54,374 --> 01:50:58,378 Baked fresh this morning. Now, you take the white one. 1342 01:51:00,964 --> 01:51:04,468 Yeah, there were plenty coloured folks in the neighbourhood... 1343 01:51:04,634 --> 01:51:07,929 and in the bar too. 1344 01:51:08,055 --> 01:51:11,391 - Avery and me were regulars. - They served blacks in the bar? 1345 01:51:11,558 --> 01:51:13,477 We had a running tab. 1346 01:51:13,643 --> 01:51:17,189 So much for the racial motive, eh? 1347 01:51:17,355 --> 01:51:20,859 My Avery got a good look at those men... 1348 01:51:21,026 --> 01:51:23,236 and it wasn't Rubin Carter. 1349 01:51:23,403 --> 01:51:26,656 He told the police. He told 'em and he told 'em. 1350 01:51:26,823 --> 01:51:29,493 He even signed a statement for that detective. 1351 01:51:29,659 --> 01:51:32,746 You know the one. Heavy set. 1352 01:51:32,913 --> 01:51:35,916 He looked like a bulldog with glasses. 1353 01:51:36,083 --> 01:51:39,127 - Della Pesca. - That's the one. 1354 01:51:39,294 --> 01:51:43,507 Could we, uh, talk with your husband? 1355 01:51:45,884 --> 01:51:48,220 Avery's dead. 1356 01:51:49,846 --> 01:51:52,891 He died just before the trial. 1357 01:51:56,812 --> 01:51:59,106 I'm sorry. 1358 01:52:21,963 --> 01:52:25,216 Here's stuff I wanna check out. 1359 01:52:25,383 --> 01:52:27,844 What is this? 1360 01:52:28,010 --> 01:52:30,930 Who the fuck you think you are? 1361 01:52:33,099 --> 01:52:37,228 - Does this look like Toronto to you? - Excuse me? 1362 01:52:37,395 --> 01:52:39,522 You know, you people, you got some nerve comin' down here... 1363 01:52:39,689 --> 01:52:43,860 pokin' your nose where it don't belong. 1364 01:52:44,026 --> 01:52:48,531 Let me ask you something, Mr Canada. 1365 01:52:48,698 --> 01:52:51,451 What the fuck do you know about this place, huh? Huh? 1366 01:52:51,617 --> 01:52:54,620 You know anything? You don't know shit. 1367 01:52:54,787 --> 01:52:57,039 Let me enlighten you... 1368 01:52:57,206 --> 01:53:01,627 because you don't know what you're doin'. 1369 01:53:01,794 --> 01:53:06,924 You are making enemies that you don't know exist. 1370 01:53:07,091 --> 01:53:11,054 - Huh? - We know about you. 1371 01:53:11,220 --> 01:53:14,349 You don't know shit about me. You understand? 1372 01:53:14,516 --> 01:53:17,478 You don't know shit about this place, and let me tell ya something else. 1373 01:53:17,644 --> 01:53:19,688 You're not welcome here, okay? 1374 01:53:19,855 --> 01:53:22,524 You're not fuckin' welcome here. 1375 01:53:22,691 --> 01:53:26,403 You got that? Go back to where you belong. 1376 01:53:51,136 --> 01:53:53,806 Lesra's gonna have to get on with school, so... 1377 01:53:53,931 --> 01:53:57,351 we might want to send him back for a while. 1378 01:53:57,518 --> 01:54:00,354 - I understand. It's probably the best. - Yeah. 1379 01:54:00,521 --> 01:54:03,774 - Yeah. - What about you? 1380 01:54:03,941 --> 01:54:08,737 Oh, it's... it's gonna take a little longer than we thought. 1381 01:54:12,199 --> 01:54:14,410 Y'all all right? 1382 01:54:16,578 --> 01:54:19,665 Yeah. 1383 01:54:29,592 --> 01:54:31,678 I have asked myself, Lisa... 1384 01:54:31,845 --> 01:54:35,890 if I could do for anyone... 1385 01:54:36,057 --> 01:54:40,228 what you and Sam and Terry and Lesra have done for me, and the answer is no. 1386 01:54:40,395 --> 01:54:42,731 - So if you feel like you need to go home... - Shh. We're not... 1387 01:54:42,897 --> 01:54:47,068 for any reason, I'll understand. You... 1388 01:54:47,235 --> 01:54:50,280 No, you gotta understand. We're not... 1389 01:54:50,447 --> 01:54:53,533 We're not leaving without you. 1390 01:54:55,785 --> 01:54:58,496 All right? 1391 01:54:58,663 --> 01:55:01,416 And we're gonna find something. 1392 01:55:07,547 --> 01:55:09,174 Um, well, I found something... 1393 01:55:10,759 --> 01:55:14,179 a fellow by the name of Barbieri. 1394 01:55:16,014 --> 01:55:20,143 He's a private investigator. Prosecution hired him in the second trial. 1395 01:55:20,310 --> 01:55:22,854 - Didn't he resign from the case or something? - He quit... 1396 01:55:23,021 --> 01:55:26,316 and he turned in his murder book and crime-scene photos... 1397 01:55:26,483 --> 01:55:29,736 list of evidence, but no notes. 1398 01:55:29,903 --> 01:55:32,655 - Anyone talk to him? - Myron tracked him down. 1399 01:55:32,822 --> 01:55:35,200 - What'd he say? - Nothin'. He was scared. 1400 01:55:35,366 --> 01:55:38,871 - Of whom? - Of the people he was workin' with. 1401 01:55:49,215 --> 01:55:51,634 - Mrs Barbieri? - Miss. 1402 01:55:51,801 --> 01:55:56,013 - Hello. Uh, is Mr Barbieri in? - There isn't any mister. 1403 01:55:57,973 --> 01:56:01,310 Uh, Dominick, Dominick Barbieri? 1404 01:56:01,477 --> 01:56:05,523 That was my father. He passed away years ago. 1405 01:56:17,576 --> 01:56:20,996 Wow. Maybe you oughta have a yard sale. 1406 01:56:21,163 --> 01:56:23,624 That case always bothered my father. 1407 01:56:23,791 --> 01:56:28,003 He never talked about it. He said he had to live in this town, you know? 1408 01:56:28,170 --> 01:56:30,715 Yeah. Do you have any idea where his notes might be? 1409 01:56:30,881 --> 01:56:34,260 Well, if he kept them at all, they'd be in one of those boxes. 1410 01:56:37,847 --> 01:56:41,851 Guy was a pack rat. He must have saved every case he ever worked on. 1411 01:56:45,271 --> 01:56:47,606 - Wait, wait, wait, wait. - What? 1412 01:56:49,608 --> 01:56:52,279 - I found it. Look at this. Look. - What? 1413 01:56:52,446 --> 01:56:55,157 - He kept a damn diary. - Oh, look. 1414 01:56:55,323 --> 01:56:58,952 Who would have thought he'd put it in a diary? But he did. Look at this. 1415 01:56:59,119 --> 01:57:01,121 There. 1416 01:57:01,288 --> 01:57:04,374 A call was placed to an emergency operator named Jean Wahl... 1417 01:57:04,541 --> 01:57:07,627 at 2:28 a.m. to report the shooting. 1418 01:57:07,794 --> 01:57:10,338 - At 2:28? - That's right. 1419 01:57:10,505 --> 01:57:13,425 She then calls the cops to tell them. 1420 01:57:13,592 --> 01:57:16,011 They say they already know about it. In fact... 1421 01:57:16,178 --> 01:57:20,390 they've got a cruiser on its way over to the Lafayette at that moment. 1422 01:57:20,557 --> 01:57:22,684 - Oh, my God. - Yes. 1423 01:57:25,270 --> 01:57:27,814 According to Barbieri... 1424 01:57:27,981 --> 01:57:31,651 "time on the record of customer contact was changed... 1425 01:57:31,818 --> 01:57:34,780 from 2:28 to 2:45." 1426 01:57:34,946 --> 01:57:37,949 - Yes. - Son of a bitch. 1427 01:57:38,116 --> 01:57:40,660 Which, if true, puts John Artis and myself... 1428 01:57:40,827 --> 01:57:44,498 at the Nite Spot at the time of the killings. 1429 01:57:44,664 --> 01:57:47,542 Well, if we can prove she got the call at 2:28. 1430 01:57:47,709 --> 01:57:49,920 We'll prove it. 1431 01:57:52,798 --> 01:57:55,008 We can prove it. 1432 01:58:07,021 --> 01:58:09,232 Mrs Wahl? 1433 01:58:09,399 --> 01:58:14,237 Hi. My name is Sam Chaiton. We spoke on the phone about the Rubin Carter case. 1434 01:58:14,404 --> 01:58:17,073 - I told you, I don't want to talk to you. - Mrs Wahl, please. 1435 01:58:17,240 --> 01:58:19,409 Um, you told an investigator named Barbieri... 1436 01:58:19,575 --> 01:58:24,330 that an emergency call you took the night of the Lafayette bar murders was at 2:28. 1437 01:58:24,497 --> 01:58:27,333 I don't know what I told him. It was a long time ago. 1438 01:58:27,500 --> 01:58:31,462 Uh, but there's a card that says 2:45 on it... 1439 01:58:31,629 --> 01:58:34,590 and, uh, you didn't sign the card. 1440 01:58:34,757 --> 01:58:38,428 According to Barbieri, it was signed by a Miss Lenore Harkinson. 1441 01:58:38,594 --> 01:58:42,223 - She was my supervisor. - Why would your supervisor sign the card? 1442 01:58:42,390 --> 01:58:44,600 And wouldn't you normally do that yourself? 1443 01:58:44,767 --> 01:58:48,730 Look, if there's a card and that's what it says, then that's what it says. 1444 01:58:48,896 --> 01:58:53,526 I don't remember anything else. And if someone tries to make me testify, that's just what I'll say. 1445 01:58:53,693 --> 01:58:56,946 Uh, look, Mrs Wahl... 1446 01:58:57,113 --> 01:58:59,240 Thank you. 1447 01:59:01,576 --> 01:59:05,455 So this is a copy of the phone company's record of customer contact. 1448 01:59:05,621 --> 01:59:09,041 It's all there, just like Barbieri said. 1449 01:59:09,208 --> 01:59:11,461 2:45. 1450 01:59:13,588 --> 01:59:15,507 Look at the signature on the card. 1451 01:59:15,674 --> 01:59:19,762 It's signed by Lenora Harkinson, Jean Wahl's supervisor. 1452 01:59:19,928 --> 01:59:23,182 Does that mean anything to you? 1453 01:59:24,933 --> 01:59:27,936 It means she didn't have to write up a phoney ticket. 1454 01:59:28,103 --> 01:59:30,773 What? 1455 01:59:30,898 --> 01:59:33,358 He signed it himself. 1456 01:59:33,525 --> 01:59:36,612 Who? 1457 01:59:36,779 --> 01:59:41,116 His handwriting is on every report that... 1458 01:59:41,283 --> 01:59:44,953 put me in prison since I was 11 years old. 1459 01:59:47,706 --> 01:59:49,958 It's Della Pesca. 1460 01:59:53,170 --> 01:59:55,589 It's his handwriting. 1461 02:00:08,644 --> 02:00:11,105 - Oh, shit! What's happening? - What the hell is that? 1462 02:00:11,271 --> 02:00:14,233 - Don't know. - What is that? 1463 02:00:19,154 --> 02:00:21,031 - Oh, shit! - Hold on! 1464 02:00:26,954 --> 02:00:30,333 - You all right? - Yeah. 1465 02:00:30,500 --> 02:00:33,086 - Les, you okay? - I'm all right. - Are ya? 1466 02:00:35,380 --> 02:00:38,550 - Are you all right? Yeah? - I think so. Damn. 1467 02:00:40,385 --> 02:00:42,679 - Yeah? - Shit. - Hey, you okay? 1468 02:00:42,846 --> 02:00:45,432 - What the fuck was that? - Need help? 1469 02:00:45,598 --> 02:00:47,684 We're okay. Thanks. 1470 02:00:47,851 --> 02:00:49,894 - Are they all right? - Goddam. 1471 02:00:50,061 --> 02:00:53,022 The car just went right over the centre divider... 1472 02:01:06,453 --> 02:01:09,956 Rubin, the law states we have to take our new evidence back to the original trial judge... 1473 02:01:10,123 --> 02:01:14,335 - and then if he turns us down, we go to the state appeals court... - No. No, no, no, no! 1474 02:01:14,502 --> 02:01:19,340 Listen to me. These people aren't gonna just let that happen. 1475 02:01:19,507 --> 02:01:21,634 They've made their careers on my case. 1476 02:01:21,801 --> 02:01:25,013 - What are you talking about, Rubin? - I'm talking about lawyers, prosecutors, judges... 1477 02:01:25,180 --> 02:01:28,725 who have moved up the ladder on my black back. 1478 02:01:30,727 --> 02:01:33,063 We don't even know what enemies we have out there in this state. 1479 02:01:33,229 --> 02:01:36,900 We gotta take it out of New Jersey, and we gotta take it to the federal court. 1480 02:01:37,067 --> 02:01:39,611 Rubin, if you go into federal court... 1481 02:01:39,778 --> 02:01:42,531 with new evidence that hasn't been heard in the state court... 1482 02:01:42,698 --> 02:01:45,242 the judge is gonna throw it out, okay? 1483 02:01:45,409 --> 02:01:47,787 - That is the law. - Then we transcend the law. 1484 02:01:47,953 --> 02:01:51,040 We, we, we get back to humanity. 1485 02:01:51,207 --> 02:01:53,751 You said it yourself. You said if we take the new evidence... 1486 02:01:53,918 --> 02:01:57,505 before the federal judge, he's gotta look at it before he throws it out, right? 1487 02:01:57,671 --> 02:02:01,342 - Right. - I believe that once he looks at it, he will have seen the truth. 1488 02:02:01,509 --> 02:02:05,721 Having seen the truth, he can't turn his back on me. 1489 02:02:05,888 --> 02:02:09,308 And what if you're wrong and he does turn away? Then what? 1490 02:02:09,475 --> 02:02:12,770 Then you throw out all this evidence that everyone's fought so hard to get. 1491 02:02:12,937 --> 02:02:17,191 And you know what, Rubin? You will never be able to mention it in a court of law again. 1492 02:02:17,358 --> 02:02:21,779 It is finished. It's erased. It's as if it never happened. 1493 02:02:21,946 --> 02:02:26,200 This evidence is the key to getting you out of here, and you'll be throwing it away, Rubin... 1494 02:02:26,367 --> 02:02:29,703 - when in a few more years... - I don't have a few more years, Myron! 1495 02:02:31,414 --> 02:02:33,999 - Leon, help me out. - I can't. 1496 02:02:34,166 --> 02:02:36,502 I agree with Rubin. It's time to move on. 1497 02:02:36,669 --> 02:02:39,422 - Move on? What do you mean, move on? Move on where? - The state's biased, Myron. 1498 02:02:39,588 --> 02:02:41,590 We're never gonna get anything there. We have to go federal. 1499 02:02:41,757 --> 02:02:46,721 - We can't take the risk of going federal with this. - Listen to me. Listen to me! 1500 02:02:52,185 --> 02:02:54,521 I'm 50 years old. 1501 02:02:58,316 --> 02:03:02,279 I've been locked up here for 30 years. 1502 02:03:05,699 --> 02:03:10,078 I've put a lot of good people's lives at risk. 1503 02:03:10,245 --> 02:03:13,206 Now, either I get outta here... 1504 02:03:18,378 --> 02:03:20,964 Get me outta here. 1505 02:03:45,363 --> 02:03:47,491 Ready? 1506 02:03:50,035 --> 02:03:52,287 Good luck, Rubin. 1507 02:03:59,920 --> 02:04:03,381 This is for you. You stay strong. 1508 02:04:10,264 --> 02:04:14,894 - Good luck. - My man. Peace, baby. Be cool now. 1509 02:04:15,061 --> 02:04:17,188 Good luck, Mr Carter. 1510 02:04:40,211 --> 02:04:43,589 - Rubin. - Rubin Carter, prisoner 45472. 1511 02:04:45,091 --> 02:04:47,760 - See you around. - Okay, Jimmy. 1512 02:04:56,018 --> 02:04:58,604 Your Honour, we appear before you... 1513 02:04:58,771 --> 02:05:03,401 in our 19th year before the courts. 1514 02:05:03,568 --> 02:05:07,280 Rubin Carter has never enjoyed a full, fair... 1515 02:05:07,447 --> 02:05:09,949 and unforced disclosure of the facts... 1516 02:05:10,116 --> 02:05:13,119 to which he is constitutionally entitled. 1517 02:05:15,413 --> 02:05:19,293 For 19 years, the truth has been hidden... 1518 02:05:20,878 --> 02:05:23,422 not only from Rubin Carter's eyes... 1519 02:05:23,589 --> 02:05:26,967 - but from the eyes of justice itself and... - Uh, Your Honour. 1520 02:05:27,134 --> 02:05:29,178 The prosecution objects forcefully here. 1521 02:05:29,344 --> 02:05:31,805 Counsel is attempting to present new evidence... 1522 02:05:31,972 --> 02:05:34,558 and circumvent the State Court of New Jersey. 1523 02:05:34,725 --> 02:05:37,144 Your Honour must, according to the law... 1524 02:05:37,311 --> 02:05:40,522 drop this entire petition where it belongs... into the garbage. 1525 02:05:40,689 --> 02:05:43,984 Your Honour, we implore you to at least hear us... 1526 02:05:44,151 --> 02:05:46,236 before making your ruling. 1527 02:05:46,403 --> 02:05:48,530 Mr Beldock, I hope you understand... 1528 02:05:48,697 --> 02:05:51,658 the implications of your action. 1529 02:05:51,825 --> 02:05:56,121 That is a very slippery slope... 1530 02:05:56,288 --> 02:06:00,000 you're trying to climb. 1531 02:06:00,167 --> 02:06:03,837 - We do, Your Honour. - Proceed. 1532 02:06:08,926 --> 02:06:12,012 In 1976, the State of New Jersey's... 1533 02:06:12,179 --> 02:06:15,140 chief investigator of this case, Dominick Barbieri... 1534 02:06:15,307 --> 02:06:18,727 resigned because he discovered the truth. 1535 02:06:18,894 --> 02:06:20,938 He discovered that this case was built... 1536 02:06:21,105 --> 02:06:25,275 on a foundation of forgeries and lies. 1537 02:06:25,442 --> 02:06:28,487 Those lies show the guilt not of Rubin Carter... 1538 02:06:28,654 --> 02:06:32,867 but of a corrupt police force and the prosecutor's office. 1539 02:06:37,372 --> 02:06:41,793 And now this wall of lies has been destroyed... 1540 02:06:41,960 --> 02:06:44,921 so that this court may finally see the truth... 1541 02:06:45,088 --> 02:06:48,216 and, pray God, not turn its eyes away. 1542 02:06:48,383 --> 02:06:52,762 This court is not unmoved by your... 1543 02:06:52,929 --> 02:06:55,598 eloquence and passion... 1544 02:06:55,724 --> 02:06:58,601 but the prosecution is correct. 1545 02:06:58,768 --> 02:07:01,438 This petition contains new evidence... 1546 02:07:01,563 --> 02:07:06,735 that has not been presented before the State Court of New Jersey... 1547 02:07:06,901 --> 02:07:10,613 and there is no legal argument that you could make... 1548 02:07:10,780 --> 02:07:13,616 which would allow me to consider it. 1549 02:07:13,783 --> 02:07:17,454 Therefore, you have two choices before you: 1550 02:07:17,620 --> 02:07:20,790 I can send this case back to the state court... 1551 02:07:20,957 --> 02:07:23,626 and you can present the evidence... 1552 02:07:23,793 --> 02:07:27,046 or, if you insist... 1553 02:07:27,213 --> 02:07:30,800 on, uh, proceeding... 1554 02:07:30,967 --> 02:07:34,679 this evidence will be lost to you forever. 1555 02:07:39,184 --> 02:07:43,189 You understand the choice before you, Mr Beldock? 1556 02:07:50,196 --> 02:07:55,034 Your Honour, may I request a moment to confer with my client? 1557 02:07:55,201 --> 02:07:59,205 That's the smartest thing you've said all morning, Counsellor. 1558 02:08:06,504 --> 02:08:10,341 Rubin, listen to me. This judge is telling us as clearly as he possibly can... 1559 02:08:10,508 --> 02:08:13,052 that he's going to rule against you. 1560 02:08:13,219 --> 02:08:15,971 - This is our last stand, Myron. - Rubin, I am begging you... 1561 02:08:16,138 --> 02:08:18,349 Let's proceed. 1562 02:08:28,651 --> 02:08:34,907 Your Honour, my client wishes to continue with this proceeding. 1563 02:08:35,074 --> 02:08:37,159 Uh, do you do so formally... 1564 02:08:37,326 --> 02:08:41,038 and, uh, are you aware of the, uh... 1565 02:08:41,205 --> 02:08:44,583 significance of such an action? 1566 02:08:44,750 --> 02:08:48,045 We do so formally. 1567 02:08:53,342 --> 02:08:56,680 - Proceed. - But, Your Honour... 1568 02:08:56,847 --> 02:08:58,974 - Yes? - Uh, the state is not prepared... 1569 02:08:59,141 --> 02:09:01,476 to proceed to argue the merits of this case. 1570 02:09:01,643 --> 02:09:03,520 Why not? 1571 02:09:05,480 --> 02:09:07,399 Well, we, we assumed... 1572 02:09:07,566 --> 02:09:11,194 that the court would not hear this petition based on new evidence. 1573 02:09:13,321 --> 02:09:15,240 You assumed wrong. 1574 02:09:19,161 --> 02:09:21,288 Proceed. 1575 02:09:23,081 --> 02:09:26,585 So, Your Honour, this case was poisoned from the start. 1576 02:09:26,752 --> 02:09:28,670 No evidence. 1577 02:09:28,837 --> 02:09:32,632 No witnesses, except admitted liars. 1578 02:09:32,799 --> 02:09:35,677 Only a racially charged atmosphere... 1579 02:09:35,844 --> 02:09:39,389 which was fanned by the police and the prosecutors... 1580 02:09:39,556 --> 02:09:43,268 who knew the truth and distorted it... 1581 02:09:43,435 --> 02:09:47,314 and subverted it and destroyed it... 1582 02:09:47,481 --> 02:09:49,733 to convict an innocent man. 1583 02:09:52,360 --> 02:09:54,696 What more can the State of New Jersey do, Your Honour... 1584 02:09:54,863 --> 02:09:57,365 than give a man not one... 1585 02:09:57,532 --> 02:09:59,910 but two jury trials? 1586 02:10:00,077 --> 02:10:02,788 And nothing has changed since then. 1587 02:10:02,954 --> 02:10:07,376 Mr Carter is, and always has been, a menace to society. 1588 02:10:07,543 --> 02:10:09,796 He's been in and out of jail his whole life. 1589 02:10:09,962 --> 02:10:12,632 A criminal. He's a violent man. 1590 02:10:12,799 --> 02:10:15,176 His whole life has been violence. 1591 02:10:15,343 --> 02:10:18,596 And it is our duty, Your Honour, to continue to protect... 1592 02:10:18,763 --> 02:10:21,933 the general public from such a man. 1593 02:10:22,100 --> 02:10:24,435 Thank you. 1594 02:10:31,526 --> 02:10:36,989 I've heard your statements. Uh, I'll take them under consideration. 1595 02:10:37,156 --> 02:10:41,077 Now, is there anything else that counsel wishes to add... 1596 02:10:41,244 --> 02:10:44,789 before I make my final ruling? 1597 02:10:44,956 --> 02:10:47,083 - What are you doing? - I want to say something. - What are you gonna say? 1598 02:10:47,250 --> 02:10:50,086 I want to... I need to say something. 1599 02:10:50,253 --> 02:10:53,005 Uh, Your Honour, m-my... my client, Mr Carter... 1600 02:10:53,172 --> 02:10:55,425 wishes to address the court. 1601 02:10:57,385 --> 02:10:59,804 Request granted. 1602 02:10:59,971 --> 02:11:02,098 Thank you, Your Honour. 1603 02:11:04,642 --> 02:11:07,478 I was a, um... 1604 02:11:07,645 --> 02:11:09,897 prizefighter. 1605 02:11:11,607 --> 02:11:14,193 My job was to... 1606 02:11:14,360 --> 02:11:16,404 take all the hatred... 1607 02:11:16,571 --> 02:11:19,241 and skill that I could muster... 1608 02:11:19,408 --> 02:11:24,121 and send a man to his destruction, and I did that. 1609 02:11:26,331 --> 02:11:29,626 But Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is no murderer. 1610 02:11:32,337 --> 02:11:35,591 Twenty years I've spent locked up in a cage... 1611 02:11:35,758 --> 02:11:37,968 considered a danger to society. 1612 02:11:39,887 --> 02:11:42,222 Not treated like a human being. 1613 02:11:42,389 --> 02:11:45,059 Not treated like a person. 1614 02:11:45,225 --> 02:11:48,103 Counted 15 times a day. 1615 02:11:50,481 --> 02:11:52,900 I serve my time in a house of justice... 1616 02:11:53,067 --> 02:11:55,444 and yet, there's no justice for me. 1617 02:11:57,071 --> 02:12:02,743 So, I ask you to consider the evidence. 1618 02:12:02,910 --> 02:12:07,998 Don't turn away from the truth. Don't turn away from your conscience. 1619 02:12:08,165 --> 02:12:11,835 Please, don't ignore the law. No, em-embrace that... 1620 02:12:12,002 --> 02:12:16,131 higher principle for which the law was meant to serve. 1621 02:12:20,469 --> 02:12:23,222 Justice. That's all I ask for, Your Honour. 1622 02:12:25,557 --> 02:12:28,227 Justice. 1623 02:12:32,190 --> 02:12:34,859 This court is in recess. 1624 02:12:49,332 --> 02:12:51,668 Oh, thank you. 1625 02:13:04,013 --> 02:13:06,141 It's good. 1626 02:13:13,148 --> 02:13:16,568 Come a long way, huh, little brother? 1627 02:13:18,862 --> 02:13:21,406 Yeah. 1628 02:13:21,573 --> 02:13:23,908 Look, Rubin, I just want you to know if this doesn't work... 1629 02:13:24,075 --> 02:13:26,953 I'm bustin' you outta here. 1630 02:13:27,120 --> 02:13:29,247 - You are? - Yeah. That's right. 1631 02:13:29,414 --> 02:13:31,541 I'm bustin' you outta here. 1632 02:13:34,419 --> 02:13:37,213 What was the first book you ever bought? 1633 02:13:38,757 --> 02:13:40,967 Yours. 1634 02:13:42,385 --> 02:13:45,890 You think that was an accident? 1635 02:13:46,056 --> 02:13:49,101 - No. - No, me neither. 1636 02:13:49,268 --> 02:13:53,064 Lesra, short for Lazarus. 1637 02:13:53,230 --> 02:13:56,609 "He who has risen from the dead." 1638 02:13:58,152 --> 02:14:00,571 Rubin. 1639 02:14:00,738 --> 02:14:03,824 Genesis, chapter 29, verse 32. 1640 02:14:03,991 --> 02:14:06,577 "Behold a son." 1641 02:14:09,038 --> 02:14:11,248 You put those two together, Lesra, and you have... 1642 02:14:11,415 --> 02:14:14,668 "Behold a son who is risen... 1643 02:14:14,835 --> 02:14:17,046 from the dead." 1644 02:14:19,924 --> 02:14:22,134 That's no accident. 1645 02:14:26,305 --> 02:14:29,183 Hate put me in prison. 1646 02:14:31,352 --> 02:14:34,438 Love's gonna bust me out. 1647 02:14:38,526 --> 02:14:43,155 Just in case love doesn't, I'm gonna bust you outta here. 1648 02:14:54,250 --> 02:14:56,378 Yeah. 1649 02:14:56,545 --> 02:15:00,006 You already have, Lesra. 1650 02:15:00,257 --> 02:15:02,300 All rise. 1651 02:15:05,470 --> 02:15:08,807 This Federal District Court of New Jersey is now in session. 1652 02:15:08,974 --> 02:15:11,184 Judge Sarokin presiding. 1653 02:15:15,021 --> 02:15:17,691 Be seated. 1654 02:15:36,001 --> 02:15:40,922 This court does not arrive at its conclusion lightly. 1655 02:15:41,089 --> 02:15:44,426 On one hand, Rubin Carter has submitted a document... 1656 02:15:44,593 --> 02:15:47,345 alleging racial prejudice... 1657 02:15:47,512 --> 02:15:50,891 coercion of testimony and withholding of evidence. 1658 02:15:51,057 --> 02:15:53,143 On the other hand... 1659 02:15:53,310 --> 02:15:56,396 Mr Carter was tried twice... 1660 02:15:56,563 --> 02:15:58,774 by two different juries... 1661 02:15:58,940 --> 02:16:01,485 and those convictions were subsequently upheld... 1662 02:16:01,651 --> 02:16:05,447 by the New Jersey State Supreme Court. 1663 02:16:05,614 --> 02:16:09,786 He's gonna rule against us. Rubin's gonna lose. 1664 02:16:09,952 --> 02:16:12,246 However, the extensive record... 1665 02:16:12,413 --> 02:16:14,874 clearly demonstrates to this court... 1666 02:16:15,041 --> 02:16:17,335 that Rubin Carter's conviction... 1667 02:16:17,502 --> 02:16:20,713 was predicated upon an appeal... 1668 02:16:20,880 --> 02:16:23,132 to racism... 1669 02:16:23,299 --> 02:16:25,426 rather than reason... 1670 02:16:25,593 --> 02:16:27,804 and concealment... 1671 02:16:27,970 --> 02:16:31,140 rather than disclosure. 1672 02:16:31,307 --> 02:16:33,851 To permit convictions to stand... 1673 02:16:34,018 --> 02:16:36,354 which have as their sole foundation... 1674 02:16:36,521 --> 02:16:40,274 appeals to racial prejudice... 1675 02:16:40,441 --> 02:16:42,777 is to commit... 1676 02:16:42,944 --> 02:16:45,154 a violation... 1677 02:16:45,321 --> 02:16:47,323 of the Constitution... 1678 02:16:47,490 --> 02:16:51,494 as heinous as the crimes for which the defendants... 1679 02:16:51,661 --> 02:16:53,704 were tried... 1680 02:16:53,871 --> 02:16:55,832 and convicted. 1681 02:16:55,998 --> 02:16:58,418 I hereby order Rubin Carter... 1682 02:16:58,584 --> 02:17:01,254 - released from prison... - Yes! 1683 02:17:01,379 --> 02:17:04,382 Henceforth, from this day forward. 1684 02:17:04,507 --> 02:17:07,385 Yes! Yes. 1685 02:17:09,011 --> 02:17:11,806 This court is adjourned. 1686 02:17:11,973 --> 02:17:16,018 Hey, Rube, you made... you made it, man! You're free! Can you stand it? 1687 02:17:19,857 --> 02:17:22,359 You did it, Rube. You did it, man. 1688 02:17:24,236 --> 02:17:27,114 - Yeah, huh? - Yeah! 1689 02:17:46,258 --> 02:17:49,261 Rubin Carter has just been freed. 1690 02:18:02,941 --> 02:18:05,527 All right! You're free, Rubin! 1691 02:18:32,055 --> 02:18:34,766 Mr Carter. Hey, Mr Carter. 1692 02:18:34,891 --> 02:18:37,018 Mr Carter. 1693 02:18:52,826 --> 02:18:55,870 Mr Carter? Mr Carter? 1694 02:18:58,873 --> 02:19:03,002 Mr Carter? Now that you're out, a-are you still gonna be The Hurricane? 1695 02:19:05,630 --> 02:19:09,134 Oh, I'll always be The Hurricane. 1696 02:19:09,300 --> 02:19:12,887 And The Hurricane is beautiful. 1697 02:19:15,682 --> 02:19:18,518 This is unbelievable! 1698 02:19:18,685 --> 02:19:20,895 The crowd is going wild. 1699 02:19:21,062 --> 02:19:25,442 Everybody wanted this victory, and Hurricane has delivered. 1700 02:19:29,279 --> 02:19:32,782 Yes, that's the story of The Hurricane 1701 02:19:32,949 --> 02:19:36,077 But it won't be over till they clear his name 1702 02:19:36,244 --> 02:19:39,789 And give him back the time he's done 1703 02:19:39,914 --> 02:19:42,667 Put in a prison cell but one time 1704 02:19:42,834 --> 02:19:47,465 He could have been the champion of the world 1705 02:20:56,200 --> 02:20:59,704 When your life's a wall 1706 02:20:59,871 --> 02:21:03,542 Can't see the light of day 1707 02:21:03,708 --> 02:21:07,337 When your hope is gone 1708 02:21:07,462 --> 02:21:11,341 When you second-guess your faith 1709 02:21:11,508 --> 02:21:14,553 When you turn around 1710 02:21:14,719 --> 02:21:18,807 And realize that no one else 1711 02:21:18,932 --> 02:21:21,393 Will believe in you 1712 02:21:21,560 --> 02:21:25,981 Only yourself 1713 02:21:26,148 --> 02:21:29,776 When you're holding on 1714 02:21:29,943 --> 02:21:33,655 You can't find the will to breathe 1715 02:21:33,822 --> 02:21:37,284 Can you right the wrong 1716 02:21:37,451 --> 02:21:41,079 That has brought you to your knees 1717 02:21:41,246 --> 02:21:44,666 Though you barely lived your life 1718 02:21:44,833 --> 02:21:48,712 You keep on believing you'll survive 1719 02:21:48,879 --> 02:21:56,470 And all that's left is what's inside 1720 02:21:56,636 --> 02:22:03,935 Amazing, I have heard my inner voice 1721 02:22:04,102 --> 02:22:10,276 That I need to rejoice 1722 02:22:10,443 --> 02:22:13,946 Oh, yeah 1723 02:22:14,113 --> 02:22:18,534 - And way down - Never thought that I would need 1724 02:22:18,701 --> 02:22:24,749 Amazing but now that I am free 1725 02:23:20,889 --> 02:23:26,395 Amazing and now I'm 1726 02:23:26,562 --> 02:23:33,736 Free 1727 02:23:33,902 --> 02:23:38,657 Amazing, now 1728 02:23:38,824 --> 02:23:44,163 I am free 1729 02:23:44,329 --> 02:23:47,082 Yeah, yeah A hurricane forever 1730 02:23:47,249 --> 02:23:49,084 Imagine you lie down forever 1731 02:23:49,251 --> 02:23:51,920 Could you stand forever Could you hold it together 1732 02:23:52,045 --> 02:23:53,839 I can't even explain the pain 1733 02:23:54,006 --> 02:23:56,675 Imagine if your life was like a hurricane 1734 02:23:56,842 --> 02:23:58,719 A hurricane forever Imagine you lie down 1735 02:23:58,886 --> 02:24:00,929 Forever, ever, ever 1736 02:24:01,096 --> 02:24:04,600 Could you hold it together Yo, I can't explain the pain with words 1737 02:24:04,725 --> 02:24:07,478 You know what I'm sayin, 'Just imagine if your life was like a hurricane 1738 02:24:07,644 --> 02:24:10,105 The clouds cracked and the heaven's gate was stormed 1739 02:24:10,272 --> 02:24:12,733 God placed it on man on the day he was born 1740 02:24:12,900 --> 02:24:15,444 Convicted minutes after a true natural disaster 1741 02:24:15,611 --> 02:24:18,447 Framed for manslaughter The Hurricane Carter rising 1742 02:24:18,614 --> 02:24:21,116 Come up from south water like torrential rain 1743 02:24:21,283 --> 02:24:23,494 In the ring no opponent escaped unscathed 1744 02:24:23,660 --> 02:24:26,038 You can't believe The world we live in is unjust 1745 02:24:26,205 --> 02:24:28,415 All I see is more proof There's no place for us 1746 02:24:28,582 --> 02:24:31,251 They had my man Carter locked in a cage like an animal 1747 02:24:31,376 --> 02:24:34,214 Robbed him to a point where the mind worked mechanical 1748 02:24:34,380 --> 02:24:37,258 Or worse by remote control It was done to all of us 1749 02:24:37,425 --> 02:24:39,177 They tapped directly into our soul 1750 02:24:39,344 --> 02:24:41,888 Either up at Sing-Sing or these bars around our mind 1751 02:24:42,055 --> 02:24:44,182 There's nowhere to run Nowhere to hide 1752 02:24:44,307 --> 02:24:47,018 And it's six-by-six a guilty man cried 1753 02:24:47,185 --> 02:24:49,604 For penitence and losses where innocence is 1754 02:24:49,771 --> 02:24:52,774 Hurricane Could you lie down forever 1755 02:24:52,941 --> 02:24:55,068 Could you stand forever Could you hold it together 1756 02:24:55,235 --> 02:24:58,113 I can't even explain the pain hear what I'm sayin' 1757 02:24:58,279 --> 02:25:03,076 Your life was like a hurricane A hurricane forever Imagine behind bars forever 1758 02:25:03,201 --> 02:25:05,995 Could you stand it Could you live for that 1759 02:25:06,162 --> 02:25:09,040 Tough for that Chunk of that to know the pain 1760 02:25:09,207 --> 02:25:11,042 Your life was like a hurricane 142187