0 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:22,151 Hey, Fran! 1 00:00:25,225 --> 00:00:27,693 How are things at the Dew Drop Inn? 2 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:29,425 All right. 3 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:34,729 Can we talk a minute? 4 00:00:39,506 --> 00:00:43,203 So all of your brothers and sisters live here, right? 5 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:46,238 - Stevie... - Bunchie, Stevie, me, Sherry. 6 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:50,071 Subsidized rent, so you each pay about $30 or $40 a month? 7 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:52,112 Everybody kicks in. 8 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:54,715 Tell me about the happy house. 9 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:57,116 I see you know about that. 10 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:59,282 Over on Booth Street? 11 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:01,121 That was the party place? 12 00:01:02,128 --> 00:01:04,619 Partying nonstop, all of us... 13 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:06,596 and my brother Scoogie. 14 00:01:08,635 --> 00:01:11,570 We got high every kind of way, cough syrup, wine... 15 00:01:11,671 --> 00:01:13,434 weed, dropping acid. 16 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:16,239 So what do you think about Scoogie? 17 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:19,834 Working at Martin Marietta. He's been clean six years now. 18 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,549 Guess you believe what anybody say. 19 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:26,417 You think he's still getting high? 20 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:33,782 So was it at the happy house when you started snorting heroin? 21 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,062 No. 22 00:01:36,563 --> 00:01:39,054 I was living with Gary by that time. 23 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:43,599 I first started messing with heroin when my sister Darlene died. 24 00:01:43,703 --> 00:01:45,671 She got burnt up in a fire. 25 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:48,798 I didn't know about your sister. I'm sorry to hear that. 26 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:49,966 Yeah. 27 00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:53,841 I couldn't hardly deal with it, you know? 28 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:58,573 Then this family friend came around after the funeral. 29 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:02,714 He said, "Do a line of this, it'll make you feel better." 30 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:05,449 He laid it out, I sniffed it up. 31 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:10,225 Day after that, he came around again, laid out some more. Day after that... 32 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:11,695 he didn't come. 33 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:16,429 So then it was me. I was looking for him, so you know how that went. 34 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:21,234 But that was nothing. Because like I said, I'd been getting high since middle school. 35 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:24,640 - What about your mother and father? - Ask me something else. 36 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:27,211 Annie, you got a cigarette, girl? 37 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:32,145 I knew you was holding some. 38 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,278 Thank you, baby. 39 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:38,553 - Can I ask about DeAndre? - What do you want to know? 40 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:43,953 Well, it must be tough raising him. He's been in a little trouble. 41 00:02:44,063 --> 00:02:46,827 He knows I don't want him getting caught up in this mess. 42 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:50,266 I threw him out of the house when I found out he was selling drugs. 43 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:53,339 Don't you think you're sending him mixed messages? 44 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:56,602 Basically, you're living in a shooting gallery. 45 00:02:57,544 --> 00:02:58,636 Yeah? 46 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:01,511 The right message must have gotten through... 47 00:03:01,614 --> 00:03:04,583 because he ain't trying to sling no more coke. 48 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,842 Let me tell you something else. 49 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:10,588 My sons have never been without a place to lay their heads. 50 00:03:10,690 --> 00:03:11,918 They've never gone hungry. 51 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:15,483 Not like a lot of these little kids just running totally wild. 52 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:19,031 - I'm not saying... - I have been there for DeAndre, okay? 53 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:21,157 At every school meeting... 54 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:24,700 and every juvenile hearing downtown, I've been there. 55 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:26,702 And yeah... 56 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:30,069 I likes to get high, okay? 57 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,075 But I have been a mother to that boy, and to DeRodd. 58 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:37,707 So why don't you move the fuck up off my stoop? 59 00:03:39,752 --> 00:03:41,583 You nosy motherfucker. 60 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:45,285 Get that camera, and get the fuck out of here. 61 00:03:45,391 --> 00:03:49,157 - All right. Take care. - Why don't you take your ass outta here? 62 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,331 Get the fuck out of here! 63 00:04:04,143 --> 00:04:06,737 Captain Yeller tells me you got yellow tops. 64 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:13,345 Boo! 65 00:04:13,486 --> 00:04:16,421 - I'm talking about next weekend, you going? - Yeah, true. 66 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:18,958 Yo, Black! 67 00:04:19,158 --> 00:04:21,126 You going to the dance next weekend? 68 00:04:21,227 --> 00:04:24,128 - Miss Ella's having a sock hop. - A sock hop? 69 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:26,727 - It's like a dance. - Where? 70 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:28,360 Up at the rec. 71 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:30,759 - What, you going? - Yeah. 72 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:33,968 Me and Peaches. You bringing Reeka? 73 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:36,766 Y'all still together, right? 74 00:04:38,177 --> 00:04:39,644 Yeah, I might. 75 00:04:39,746 --> 00:04:41,509 Five-0! 76 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:47,345 Yo, McCullough! 77 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,213 Get a haircut. 78 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,926 Andre, your name's still ringing out with the rollers, man. 79 00:04:57,664 --> 00:05:00,189 Scoogie got a new stereo to put in his car. 80 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,927 That boy sound good, too. 81 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:06,135 He still hasn't paid me back the $20 I gave him out of my last check. 82 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:07,968 What did he want $20 for? 83 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:12,510 Why else he come borrowing money from me? 84 00:05:12,612 --> 00:05:15,103 I am on assistance, he got a job. 85 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:17,213 He on the pipe. 86 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:19,977 - He ain't asked you for no money? - No. 87 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,456 Look at this. 88 00:05:25,291 --> 00:05:26,781 He ain't in school. 89 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:29,088 Dre, why you not in school? 90 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:31,594 And don't give me that half-day shit. 91 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:34,166 Answer my question. You still going to school, right? 92 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:35,564 Most days. 93 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:38,000 What about that speech you're supposed to give? 94 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:39,469 They said I need a suit. 95 00:05:39,572 --> 00:05:41,164 - So? - I ain't got one. 96 00:05:41,274 --> 00:05:43,003 How big a problem is that, Dre? 97 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,771 - You got a cigarette? - No. 98 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:50,514 You think he back out there slinging? 99 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:57,853 Ladies! 100 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,856 What's this nigger into? 101 00:06:00,126 --> 00:06:02,094 I heard he was locked up. 102 00:06:02,261 --> 00:06:05,162 - Doug, where are you coming from? - Out the county. 103 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:08,498 - What did you boost? - Check it out. 104 00:06:11,003 --> 00:06:12,766 Fran, look at this! Macy's! 105 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:14,999 Macy's security ain't shit. 106 00:06:15,174 --> 00:06:18,109 You would think I would have taught him a little something. 107 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,543 - So you all know where we can sell these? - Yeah. 108 00:06:20,646 --> 00:06:22,944 - That's what I'm talking about. - Dre! 109 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,310 I want to ask you something. 110 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:28,377 I'm talking to you. 111 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:33,488 Why're you playing me like that? 112 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:36,456 Damn you, boy, come back here. 113 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:38,553 - Hey, Fran, can I get one? - What? 114 00:06:38,664 --> 00:06:41,292 - Smoke. - Fran, you got an extra one? 115 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:45,228 - Fran, can I get... - Goddamn, I ain't no cigarette machine! 116 00:06:45,805 --> 00:06:47,295 Come on, here. 117 00:06:50,176 --> 00:06:52,508 - Hello, Fran. - Hey, little Stevie. 118 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:04,419 There go Hungry. 119 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:05,791 Motherfucker! 120 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:16,431 I'm gonna kill you if I catch you. 121 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:17,798 What did he get? 122 00:07:17,904 --> 00:07:19,462 Black-tops, it looks like. 123 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:22,336 You know the boy learned track in high school. 124 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,142 Yo, Gary. 125 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:31,609 What's up, Chief? 126 00:07:32,585 --> 00:07:35,850 I checked this place out on Baker Street, scrapyard up there... 127 00:07:35,955 --> 00:07:37,923 This place is unwatched. 128 00:07:38,024 --> 00:07:39,616 Not even a guard dog. 129 00:07:39,725 --> 00:07:43,661 They got so much aluminum, copper, and cast iron, you won't know what to do. 130 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:45,597 Baker Street? 131 00:07:45,698 --> 00:07:49,031 I went up there myself and creeped out with $30 in aluminum. 132 00:07:50,603 --> 00:07:52,537 I never thought to go that far. 133 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:55,198 Everything around here to get, niggers done got. 134 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,969 Whole area's been picked clean. 135 00:07:58,010 --> 00:07:59,944 Where on Baker Street, man? 136 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:03,015 Back up against the rail bed, by the overpass. 137 00:08:05,618 --> 00:08:07,017 So what do you think? 138 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:11,219 Yeah, man. 139 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,487 I'll take you there 140 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,459 Damn, must be good dope today. 141 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:27,364 - You leaving now? - Not just yet. 142 00:08:27,807 --> 00:08:29,297 You having a party in there? 143 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:32,471 Lord, there goes my song. 144 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,510 - Scoogie! - What? 145 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:41,181 You remember the happy house? 146 00:08:41,554 --> 00:08:44,216 Man, that place stayed jumpin'. 147 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:45,548 Yeah. 148 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:48,756 Remember that time... 149 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:51,755 we all went downtown to see P-Funk... 150 00:08:51,964 --> 00:08:54,626 and you almost fell out of the balcony? 151 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:56,762 Not P-Funk, War. 152 00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:00,832 Anyway, you was fucked up. 153 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:04,602 At the Civic Center, tripping on acid. 154 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:06,940 I stumble out and flip over the railing. 155 00:09:07,146 --> 00:09:08,773 Thank God somebody grabbed me. 156 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:12,951 It's all a blur to me now, though. 157 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:15,481 Glad I left that craziness behind. 158 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:20,684 - Now why you talk that shit? - What? 159 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:25,226 Like you think you're better than somebody, 'cause you've got a car and a job... 160 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:27,765 - and fucking cable TV? - I don't think I'm better. 161 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:30,836 All I'm saying is I'm six years clean, and I'm glad for that. 162 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:33,769 Six years clean. Shit. 163 00:09:34,106 --> 00:09:36,438 You're talking about stuff you don't know, girl. 164 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:37,633 Yeah? 165 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:41,372 Then why're you always coming around the Dew Drop if you ain't getting high? 166 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,473 You're my family, Fran. How the fuck can I be holding down a job if I'm high? 167 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:49,316 Holding down a job? You've got a job, and you're always borrowing money. 168 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,686 - Is that what it's about? - It's about that. 169 00:09:51,791 --> 00:09:55,557 All right, then. What do I owe you, $15, $20? 170 00:09:55,661 --> 00:09:57,185 - Here. - Yeah. 171 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:04,861 Shit! Fuck! I'll get your ass. 172 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:08,167 Fuck your ass. 173 00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:14,612 All right, man. Here we go. 174 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:17,979 - You sure they ain't got no dogs in here? - No, man. 175 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:28,688 This is the Big Rock Candy Mountain, man! 176 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:31,456 - Didn't I tell you? - You told me, you told me! 177 00:10:32,431 --> 00:10:36,731 Grab these old batteries. They're paying $1 apiece for them over at McVale Street Yard. 178 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:38,133 Right, no problem. 179 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,205 You know, what we need is a truck. 180 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:43,902 Where're we gonna get a truck? 181 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:46,305 Let me think on that. 182 00:10:50,549 --> 00:10:51,538 What? 183 00:10:52,218 --> 00:10:56,450 Man, you know, for a dope fiend, you got some ambitious thoughts. 184 00:10:56,989 --> 00:11:00,652 Man, come on and put this in the basket. Come on, now. 185 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:06,498 Blue! 186 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:09,960 - Let me have a Newport. - My last! 187 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:21,938 Gettin' through to you yet, nigger? 188 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:23,682 No? 189 00:11:25,484 --> 00:11:29,978 Nigger, you even dream about stealing one of my people's ground stashes... 190 00:11:30,222 --> 00:11:33,248 you best wake your punk ass up and apologize. 191 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:36,055 You hear me? I'm talking to you! 192 00:11:36,395 --> 00:11:37,362 Please! 193 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:38,925 Please? 194 00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:41,295 There ain't no "please" in your game. 195 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,496 You snatch the shit, you get caught, you take all the ass-whipping. 196 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:47,002 Am I right? 197 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:48,637 Am I right? 198 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:50,903 - Yeah. - All right, then. 199 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:55,246 Call the police! 200 00:11:55,347 --> 00:11:57,474 Somebody call 911. 201 00:11:58,517 --> 00:12:00,314 Hungry, you need an ambulance? 202 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:03,622 Stay down. Let me call 911. 203 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:06,454 - I'm all right. - Man, you're messed up. 204 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,551 No, I'm good. I'm good to go. 205 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:13,362 - How much you snatch from G? - Seven vials. 206 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:15,764 He mess you up like that for seven vials? 207 00:12:17,336 --> 00:12:18,997 It could be worse. 208 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:23,098 He could have asked for them seven back. 209 00:12:27,646 --> 00:12:29,614 Same shit, different day? 210 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:32,244 Yeah, you ain't kidding, Blue. 211 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,019 - Got him. - Why did you run? 212 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:45,563 Don't run from me. It's asking for an ass-whipping. 213 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:47,564 - Do what you feel. - Get in the wagon. 214 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:50,226 - You a rabbit? Run from this. - Fuck you. 215 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:52,566 All right! Enough of that shit! 216 00:12:53,739 --> 00:12:55,366 Get him in the wagon. 217 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:02,108 Ms. Fran! 218 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:03,679 Hey, Fran! 219 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,546 - Who is it? - Ms. Fran! 220 00:13:08,254 --> 00:13:09,312 What? 221 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:12,221 - The police got Andre. - For what? 222 00:13:12,691 --> 00:13:16,923 I don't know. They got him on Fairmount. They're about to put him in a jail wagon. 223 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:22,133 You gonna get him out, right? 224 00:13:24,503 --> 00:13:27,165 You ain't gonna send him to Hickey, is you? 225 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:30,174 A few days in there might do his little ass some good. 226 00:13:30,276 --> 00:13:31,538 Ms. Fran! 227 00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:36,872 Don't send him to Hickey. 228 00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:39,314 All right? 229 00:13:59,271 --> 00:14:01,705 Ms. Fran, they're over here. 230 00:14:02,241 --> 00:14:04,209 Reeka, you got a quarter I could owe? 231 00:14:06,712 --> 00:14:09,909 Who you calling? You calling the bail bondsman? 232 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,216 Ms. Fran! 233 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:25,657 Is Antoinette there? 234 00:14:29,168 --> 00:14:32,899 This is Fran Boyd. I'm on the waiting list, and I'm checking in. 235 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:38,601 The neighbor can't find her. How do we reach your mother? 236 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,645 - I could jail. - Oh, yeah? 237 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,242 Thank you, ma'am. 238 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:43,906 Ain't no thing to do Hickey. 239 00:14:44,950 --> 00:14:48,477 Hickey's full. If your mama don't take you, you're going to Boys' Village. 240 00:14:49,221 --> 00:14:50,586 Boys' Village? 241 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:53,381 Mostly D.C. boys down there. 242 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:57,225 But I bet they'll go out of their way to make you feel welcome. 243 00:14:57,596 --> 00:14:59,496 Get a chance, 4-B. 244 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:00,790 4-B. 245 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:02,366 What's your 10-20? 246 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:05,229 En route to PG County. Got 8 clients. 247 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:06,963 10-4. 248 00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:22,220 Hey, Mr. Blue, what's all that stuff? 249 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:24,848 Just some things. 250 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,081 You gonna paint something? 251 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:30,495 I don't know. 252 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:32,563 Yeah, take care. 253 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:51,172 Is Ms. Fran up? 254 00:15:53,018 --> 00:15:54,315 Hey, Fran! 255 00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:56,979 Fran! 256 00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:06,921 Wake up, Fran! 257 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:11,799 I know you ain't even thinking about missing another day. 258 00:16:11,904 --> 00:16:14,873 Phone company going to be fine one more day without me, Gary. 259 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:17,807 You're messing up, and you'll wind up getting fired! 260 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:20,401 You and your job. Nobody get fired. 261 00:16:20,679 --> 00:16:22,579 - Fran! - What? 262 00:16:26,285 --> 00:16:27,547 You're early, girl. 263 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:30,514 I didn't want you to go without me. 264 00:16:30,889 --> 00:16:32,754 Come on, wait up front. 265 00:16:48,273 --> 00:16:49,797 You going to see my brother? 266 00:16:53,212 --> 00:16:56,079 - He locked up. - Don't you think I already know that? 267 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,848 You better quit playing with me. 268 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:05,282 Scoot down. 269 00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:09,424 What time are we leaving, Miss Fran? 270 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:13,157 My brother say he coming by after 9:00, which means 10:30. 271 00:17:23,008 --> 00:17:24,839 Your hair look nice like that. 272 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:27,411 How long did it take you to do that with them curls? 273 00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:30,949 - An hour, about. - What time did you get up this morning? 274 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:32,242 7:00. 275 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:34,543 Reeka in love. 276 00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:38,818 You in love, baby! 277 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:41,059 No, I'm not. 278 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,561 Don't nobody get up at 7:00 in the morning to do their hair... 279 00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:46,927 without sure enough being in love. 280 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:49,023 Quit teasing her, Fran. 281 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:51,670 I do my hair like this lots of mornings. 282 00:17:51,670 --> 00:17:54,036 I do my hair like this lots of mornings. 283 00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:56,700 7:00. 284 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:10,079 Hey. 285 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,054 When you gonna get me out of here? 286 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:15,592 They got me in the cages with a lot of D.C. boys. 287 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:18,219 Some of them, they've shot people, killed people. 288 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:20,932 And the guards, they don't play. 289 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:24,127 You can't be on home detention, because we don't have no phone. 290 00:18:24,236 --> 00:18:25,726 They need to check up on you. 291 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:28,306 I could stay with Aunt Jackie, she got a phone. 292 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:29,767 Andre. 293 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:34,236 What I'm hoping is, being in here, you get a better idea about things. 294 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,583 Are you saying you want me in here? 295 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:47,548 Guess who come with me? Tyreeka. 296 00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:52,154 - Where is she at? - I told them that she was your sister... 297 00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:56,132 but they said parents only, so she out in the car with Scoogie. 298 00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:57,327 How're you doing? 299 00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:59,267 My girl's standing by me. 300 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:01,963 DeRodd's missing you, too. 301 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:05,140 I want to go home, Ma. 302 00:19:06,245 --> 00:19:08,406 I seen this one boy, like, 10 years old... 303 00:19:08,514 --> 00:19:11,415 trying to make this other boy suck his dick. 304 00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:13,412 It's crazy in here. 305 00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:17,744 I'll talk to Aunt Jackie. Not making promises, though. 306 00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:39,207 All right, show us how to do it. 307 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,470 All right! 308 00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:44,839 Hey. 309 00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:47,346 Socks only. 310 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,217 Socks only? 311 00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:52,688 It's a sock hop. So take off your shoes, and put them over there. 312 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:55,123 Sorry, Miss Ella, his feet be stinking. 313 00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:58,361 But the shoes do have to come off. 314 00:20:05,604 --> 00:20:07,401 Hey, man, that's Wynita's cousin. 315 00:20:07,506 --> 00:20:08,803 She's fine. 316 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:11,268 Which one you mean? Her in the yellow? 317 00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:37,995 Dance? 318 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,660 No, it's all right. 319 00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:42,873 Forget your manners? 320 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,180 Yo, you don't want to dance with her? 321 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:53,115 That's Dre's girl. He's my cousin. Plus he's locked up in a home. 322 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,880 Well, shit... 323 00:20:57,789 --> 00:20:59,518 he ain't my cousin. 324 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:07,790 Psych! I'm just playing, nigger. 325 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:11,169 I'm gonna dance with her. 326 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:26,010 How long do you think Dre's gonna stay locked up? 327 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,984 I don't know. Probably whole summer. 328 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:34,752 So, you're still with Dre, right? 329 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:37,260 So? That don't mean we can't dance. 330 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,290 Right. 331 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:50,969 How old is she? 332 00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:54,011 Tyreeka? I think she's turning 14. 333 00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:57,245 That girl is too bold for 14. 334 00:21:58,050 --> 00:21:59,915 She's just having fun. 335 00:22:00,919 --> 00:22:03,217 - Hi, Miss Ella. - Hi. Come on in, R.C. 336 00:22:04,289 --> 00:22:05,517 Peaches. 337 00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:07,486 Come on in. Take your shoes off. 338 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:09,989 Shoes off. 339 00:22:12,397 --> 00:22:13,659 Party down. 340 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:42,387 - I don't want you giving Aunt Jackie trouble. - He won't be no trouble. 341 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:46,430 You be here every day after 4:30. They're gonna be checking with phone calls. 342 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:48,795 - I know. - You know what else you got to do? 343 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,390 - Go to school. - That's right. 344 00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:52,970 They find out you're cutting school, you get violated. 345 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:54,902 Something else I wanna say. 346 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,634 - What? - I've been calling over to BRC. 347 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:04,307 Every week I've been making that call... 348 00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:07,044 just to be sure that I stay on the list... 349 00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:09,620 and pretty soon, my bed will be coming up. 350 00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:11,244 Good to hear. 351 00:23:11,356 --> 00:23:13,654 That's so you know that I'm trying, too. 352 00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:15,954 All right, then, you're gonna be all right? 353 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:17,551 I got to get with Boo. 354 00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:20,062 He owes me something from the last package. 355 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:22,030 - How much? - Like $200. 356 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:24,695 Don't worry about that today. 357 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:27,931 You don't wanna go and get violated, your first night. 358 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,273 Yeah, you're right. 359 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,673 You can get with Boo down the way. All right? 360 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,471 Jackie, I'll see you later. 361 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:51,425 I got that Mike Tyson. 362 00:23:54,299 --> 00:23:57,097 - Is that a Newport? - Yeah, my only one. 363 00:23:57,769 --> 00:24:01,000 I need me one. I just went and got your son out of Boys' Village. 364 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,431 Yeah? Where's he at? 365 00:24:03,642 --> 00:24:06,133 Over at my Aunt Jackie, on home monitor. 366 00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:07,335 You need a light? 367 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:22,920 You got to get up out of here. You're not cut out for this kind of life. 368 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:27,129 I'm serious. 369 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:29,858 Enjoy your smoke. 370 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:34,502 Everybody, listen to me. 371 00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:37,006 I need you to wait near this wall for one minute. 372 00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:38,871 Lisa, would you watch them for me? 373 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,343 Excuse me. We're bringing the little ones... 374 00:24:41,446 --> 00:24:44,779 from St. Martins over to the rec center, and we're coming past here... 375 00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:46,817 today and every Thursday following. 376 00:24:46,918 --> 00:24:49,011 I'd appreciate it if you could take a moment... 377 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,611 when the little ones are coming through. 378 00:24:51,756 --> 00:24:53,417 Death row! Death row! 379 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,957 Yo, chill, man. You hear what she just say? 380 00:25:01,099 --> 00:25:02,123 Hi, Blue. 381 00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:06,096 - Hey, Ella. - Today maybe? 382 00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:12,933 People, hill out! 383 00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:15,877 - Shorties coming through. - Come on, babies. Let's go. 384 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:37,198 - I got Mike Tyson. - Death row. 385 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:40,031 You missed most of the semester. 386 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:43,369 I certainly can't promise you'll be promoted to the 10th grade. 387 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:45,602 The thing is, I'm here all alone. 388 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:48,645 My mother's trying to do better, but she's still struggling. 389 00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:51,079 So whatever I need, I got to get for myself. 390 00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:53,810 You're 16 years old, DeAndre, you're not a truant. 391 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:56,046 Nobody can force you to stay in school. 392 00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:59,715 But I don't wanna quit, though. I wanna stay and try to graduate. 393 00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:04,095 Is there a way I could get a job and get school credit for working? 394 00:26:05,864 --> 00:26:08,094 If you're serious, we can look into it. 395 00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:14,203 And do you still intend to represent this school in the oratory contest? 396 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:16,263 You still want me to? 397 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,211 Y'all got something for the rent? 398 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:27,247 I'm gonna have to get with you later on that. 399 00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:32,815 Damn, Fran, how're you holding that much, this late in the month? 400 00:26:36,695 --> 00:26:40,096 Look at y'all, strolling with a quick $30. 401 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:43,626 $50. 402 00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:50,506 I know you gentlemen have all kinds of receipts for that. 403 00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:54,042 Motherfucker, my mamma gave me this shit when I was born, nigger. 404 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,213 I had it all up in the crib with me and shit. 405 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:06,320 He's messed up right there. 406 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:12,391 Yo, where'd you been at, Black? 407 00:27:12,497 --> 00:27:14,055 What's up, Black? 408 00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:18,496 - Where's my money? - Your money? 409 00:27:18,603 --> 00:27:20,070 My $200! I want it! 410 00:27:20,171 --> 00:27:21,798 - I gave that to your mom. - When? 411 00:27:21,906 --> 00:27:22,930 The other night. 412 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:25,635 - No, Boo. - She said she's gonna give it to you. 413 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:27,974 - Nigger, you're lying. - I swear. 414 00:27:36,688 --> 00:27:37,677 Come on. 415 00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:39,918 Hit me back, Boo. 416 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:41,819 I don't want to. 417 00:27:41,926 --> 00:27:43,917 Nigger, I just knocked the shit out of you! 418 00:27:44,029 --> 00:27:46,793 I feel sorry for you, man. Take a shot. 419 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:53,603 Boo, you're sorry. 420 00:28:00,111 --> 00:28:01,510 I want my money. 421 00:28:03,548 --> 00:28:05,982 Come on, Bunchie. Come on, baby. 422 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:07,917 I'm here. 423 00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:12,951 Oh, shit, look at this. 424 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:20,361 A man on a mission. 425 00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:23,526 I wonder what that's all about. 426 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:26,900 Whatever it is, it's gonna be a mess. 427 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:34,169 Grab me that bumper right there. 428 00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:36,575 It's about $20 right there, man. 429 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:42,080 We're gonna get paid today. 430 00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:45,020 Your girl comes along for kicks, or is she gonna do some work? 431 00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:46,920 She can't put this stuff on the truck? 432 00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:49,357 So we split the money four ways instead of three? 433 00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:51,395 No, don't worry about it. We're good. 434 00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:53,487 I'm saying let's make use of the time. 435 00:28:53,598 --> 00:28:55,862 No, Tony, we're good, man. Come on. 436 00:28:57,435 --> 00:29:00,336 Come on. We're not here for the scenery. Let's move it. 437 00:29:00,605 --> 00:29:02,470 Come on, you all got to get along. 438 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:09,138 - This is a piece of shit. - It gets it done. 439 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:12,349 - Why are you so negative? - I just wanna get to the metal yard! 440 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:15,044 I don't even know why you're excited. It's all junk. 441 00:29:15,153 --> 00:29:17,519 We're gonna sell it to a junkyard! 442 00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:19,055 Seems like bullshit to me. 443 00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:21,853 That aluminum alone will bring us $50, maybe more. 444 00:29:22,127 --> 00:29:23,651 Says who? Him? 445 00:29:43,014 --> 00:29:44,106 Go around! 446 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:49,611 Hey, you, pull the fuck over! 447 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:52,787 I told you to pull that piece of shit over. 448 00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,626 Hey, man, stop it! 449 00:30:01,432 --> 00:30:03,059 Get out! Get out of the... 450 00:30:03,201 --> 00:30:03,401 Get the fuck out of the truck! All of you. 451 00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:05,892 Get the fuck out of the truck! All of you. 452 00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:08,995 Get out! 453 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:13,939 Hey, you! Right there! Don't you even try! Get over here! 454 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,180 - What's up? - Over here, on your knees. 455 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:19,250 Please, you've got it wrong! 456 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,217 You've got them wrong! Please, put the bat down! 457 00:30:24,222 --> 00:30:26,850 I don't even know them. They just was giving me a lift. 458 00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:29,619 Shut up. I've seen you with them! Now get over there! 459 00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:34,024 You motherfuckers think you can steal from me? 460 00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:35,323 Please, mister. 461 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:39,733 Give me a reason why I shouldn't kick your ass right here on the street, right now! 462 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:43,505 - We'll put it all back. - Goddamn right, you'll put it back! 463 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:45,007 Yes, sir. 464 00:30:45,109 --> 00:30:49,443 I ought to kill you stinking bastards right here and right now! 465 00:30:49,547 --> 00:30:52,380 It was his idea. I didn't know nothing about it. 466 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:55,018 Please, sir, we didn't mean you any harm. 467 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,010 You didn't mean me no harm? 468 00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:03,616 Get up! Get in that fucking truck, now! 469 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,523 - I'm going! - Yes, sir! Right now! 470 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:08,428 Turn around and take all my shit... 471 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:11,726 right back where you got it from! You hear me? Now! 472 00:31:13,004 --> 00:31:14,801 Come on, motherfucker! 473 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:22,440 I don't want you talking to no other boys. 474 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:24,139 What do you mean? 475 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:29,076 While I'm out here, I don't want to hear about you messing with the rest of them. 476 00:31:32,423 --> 00:31:33,913 Is you jealous? 477 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:36,188 Whatever. 478 00:31:37,795 --> 00:31:39,228 I'm serious, though. 479 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:43,260 I'm saying the mentality around here... 480 00:31:43,935 --> 00:31:45,402 That man was gonna kill us. 481 00:31:45,503 --> 00:31:48,336 I still can't get over that. He was gonna beat us up. 482 00:31:48,439 --> 00:31:50,407 But you ain't get hit, right? 483 00:31:50,508 --> 00:31:52,908 We were all down on our knees, praying to God. 484 00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:56,503 For what? $40 or $50 worth of junk? 485 00:31:56,981 --> 00:31:58,881 You get hit, you deal with it. 486 00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:01,144 You don't get hit, you move on. 487 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:04,683 It's like me. I fell out a couple of weeks back, right? 488 00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:06,723 I heard about that. What happened? 489 00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:08,792 I was stretched out on the sidewalk. 490 00:32:08,893 --> 00:32:11,293 Everybody standing around, thinking I overdosed. 491 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:13,626 But when they dragged my ass up to Bon Secours... 492 00:32:13,731 --> 00:32:15,596 the doctor said it's about my liver. 493 00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:17,565 It's fixing to shut down. 494 00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:19,330 For real? Your liver? 495 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:20,836 Oh, hell, yeah. 496 00:32:21,539 --> 00:32:23,734 He says it's tired of all this foolishness. 497 00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:25,433 And if I keep up with it... 498 00:32:29,547 --> 00:32:31,208 Goddamn bullshit. 499 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:34,146 You see that shit? 500 00:32:34,919 --> 00:32:38,184 Motherfucker selling Arm and Hammer and calling it dope. 501 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:40,784 Doing the vial method? 502 00:32:40,892 --> 00:32:42,951 Playing this game with them burn bags. 503 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:45,256 Call that shit Killer B, it ain't nothing. 504 00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:48,693 - That ain't right. - Who the fuck are you telling? 505 00:32:50,368 --> 00:32:52,666 You know, there used to be rules to this shit. 506 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:55,703 Nowadays, people do whatever they want... 507 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,502 and worry about that shit later. 508 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,138 I'm telling, the mentality out here, Curt... 509 00:33:01,245 --> 00:33:02,678 You ain't hearing me. 510 00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:06,881 I love to shoot dope, but not a doctor telling me my liver done quit. 511 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:10,079 I told him my liver got every goddamn right to quit. 512 00:33:11,923 --> 00:33:14,084 - What's going on, y'all? - Hey, Bryan. 513 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:19,759 If you wanna play this game, you can't cry when the game plays you. 514 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,457 I got to get a job. 515 00:33:24,268 --> 00:33:25,326 A real job. 516 00:33:28,973 --> 00:33:30,804 I got to get back to work, too. 517 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:32,900 You keep on keeping on. 518 00:33:58,436 --> 00:34:00,199 It's 3:00 in the damn morning. 519 00:34:00,972 --> 00:34:01,961 Hi, Fran. 520 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:05,509 There's children asleep, Stevie. Leave the shit be for a little while. 521 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:07,769 Damn. 522 00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:15,677 Go to sleep, baby. 523 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:21,052 Miss Davis was saying I could take my core classes before lunch... 524 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,650 then get credit for my work-study in the afternoon. 525 00:34:23,761 --> 00:34:25,228 I need a job. 526 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:28,922 Maybe there'll be something when places start hiring summer help. 527 00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:32,393 I need a job now, Miss Ella. 528 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:34,801 If I leave them corners be, I need a paycheck. 529 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:39,267 - Maybe I could work at the rec. - We have no money for that. 530 00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:44,678 But let me make some calls. 531 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,308 Blue! 532 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:49,878 How're you doing? 533 00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:52,012 And you brought your supplies, too. 534 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:53,385 My paints and things. 535 00:34:53,491 --> 00:34:56,051 They're drawing and coloring right now. 536 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,628 Come on over, and let me introduce you. 537 00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:00,928 - My timing's good? - Oh, yes. 538 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:03,091 Everyone, let me have your attention. 539 00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:05,192 Today's gonna be something different. 540 00:35:05,303 --> 00:35:08,670 We're gonna have an art class, but we'll have it with a real artist. 541 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,570 You know what's great about that? 542 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:13,200 He lives right here in your neighborhood. 543 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:16,337 So I want you all to say hi to Mr. Blue. 544 00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:19,112 Hi, Mr. Blue. 545 00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:26,251 I understand you all like art. 546 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:31,660 Okay, who can give me a definition of what art is? 547 00:35:37,468 --> 00:35:40,198 - A painting in a museum. - A painting. 548 00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:45,705 But art can be a lot of things. 549 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:47,470 It can be... 550 00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:50,515 a sculpture, it can be a song. 551 00:35:50,515 --> 00:35:50,742 a sculpture, it can be a song. 552 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:53,074 It can be poetry. 553 00:35:53,451 --> 00:35:56,477 You see, art could be anything you want it to be... 554 00:35:56,587 --> 00:36:00,421 to express your moods or feelings. 555 00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:05,620 Now let me see what you're doing so far. 556 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:12,392 - That's pretty. I like that. - Look at mine. 557 00:36:18,242 --> 00:36:19,209 What's that? 558 00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:21,504 Freddy Krueger, when he slices somebody up. 559 00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:22,874 Freddy Krueger? 560 00:36:24,081 --> 00:36:25,946 Okay, I guess that's art, too. 561 00:36:30,087 --> 00:36:32,578 - Where are you coming from? - The rec center. 562 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:35,325 - Aunt Jackie doing all right? - She's good. 563 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:39,026 You make that call to that place this week? 564 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:40,729 BRC? 565 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,963 Yeah, I owe them a call. 566 00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:47,437 Man, what the fuck is this? Goddamn! 567 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:50,336 This motherfucking horse pissed on my shit, man! 568 00:36:50,441 --> 00:36:53,638 - Motherfucker, you owe me! - I didn't know that was there... 569 00:36:54,712 --> 00:36:56,612 That horse peed all over Tee-Tee's bag. 570 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:58,875 - I've seen him do it, too. - All right. 571 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:03,518 Why hit the horse? 572 00:37:03,621 --> 00:37:05,213 That shit do not make sense! 573 00:37:06,924 --> 00:37:09,358 I don't think this could ever happen. 574 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:12,896 - What do you mean? - I see some crazy things out here... 575 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:15,098 but that just don't make sense. 576 00:37:20,838 --> 00:37:23,432 I am not living out in the streets! 577 00:37:23,541 --> 00:37:25,566 - Did Stevie tell you? - Tell me what? 578 00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:28,110 Housing department fixing to throw us out. 579 00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:30,874 Bunchie ain't paid the rent. 580 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,677 - How long? - Three months. 581 00:37:32,783 --> 00:37:35,445 - Where'd all the money go? - Where the fuck you think? 582 00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:37,384 We need $120, quick. 583 00:37:37,622 --> 00:37:40,352 Or the little shit we got is going out in the street. 584 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:41,550 Tell me something. 585 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:44,355 How do people have days like this and stay straight? 586 00:37:44,462 --> 00:37:46,987 Girl, you're talking to the wrong crowd here. 587 00:37:51,736 --> 00:37:53,795 Damn right, this is the wrong crowd. 588 00:37:53,904 --> 00:37:56,737 We're some low-bottom dope fiends. That's all we're about. 589 00:37:56,841 --> 00:38:00,333 How we look, trying to raise children up in the middle of this craziness? 590 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:01,934 This shit has got to end. 591 00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:05,038 You're doing the same goddamn thing as the rest of us. 592 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:15,920 - Where're you going? - To make a phone call. 593 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:29,306 - We can try going by the house. - I guess. 594 00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:37,438 We have to get ready to go. Why don't you have your suit on? 595 00:38:37,848 --> 00:38:40,715 - Suit don't fit, Miss Davis. - I know the jacket fits. 596 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,445 Have you memorized the speech? 597 00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:45,215 - I lost one of the sheets. - Why didn't you let me know? 598 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,348 I don't want you backing out on us now. 599 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:50,621 You don't want that either, or you wouldn't have shown up at all. 600 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:52,195 I ain't memorized it, though. 601 00:38:52,296 --> 00:38:55,163 You did great reading off the pages. Just read it again. 602 00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:56,961 They let you do it like that? 603 00:38:57,768 --> 00:39:01,465 Go put that suit on. Let me see just what does or does not fit. 604 00:39:01,572 --> 00:39:02,834 It's country looking. 605 00:39:02,973 --> 00:39:04,235 Get in there! 606 00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:11,108 "You can take this medal back on up to Washington... 607 00:39:11,215 --> 00:39:12,910 "and tell them I don't want it. 608 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,281 "Take it back, and pin it on your own shirt. 609 00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:19,449 "Tell him to give it to the ones who keeps this big lie going... 610 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:22,720 "and sends boys like Willie all over the world to die... 611 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:25,796 "for freedom and democracy, they always get the leavings of. 612 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:28,927 "I know what you're trying to do. 613 00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,263 "I ain't gonna let you do it to me no more. 614 00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:33,264 "He can take it back." 615 00:39:34,905 --> 00:39:36,236 Thank you. 616 00:39:43,814 --> 00:39:45,645 Maria Allen, ladies and gentlemen. 617 00:39:50,321 --> 00:39:51,618 Thank you. 618 00:39:52,356 --> 00:39:56,156 Our next student is from Francis M. Woods High School in West Baltimore... 619 00:39:56,260 --> 00:39:58,854 with a passage from Dr. Martin Luther King's speech... 620 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:00,794 from the march on Washington. 621 00:40:01,465 --> 00:40:03,330 DeAndre McCullough. 622 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:36,256 "I am not unmindful that some of you have come here... 623 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,394 "out of excessive trials and tribulations. 624 00:40:41,071 --> 00:40:44,063 "Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. 625 00:40:45,042 --> 00:40:48,205 "Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom... 626 00:40:48,312 --> 00:40:51,110 "left you battered by the storms of persecution... 627 00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:54,345 "and staggered by the winds of police brutality. 628 00:40:56,487 --> 00:40:59,388 "You have been the veterans of creative suffering. 629 00:41:00,825 --> 00:41:03,658 "Continue to work with the faith... 630 00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:07,026 "that unearned suffering is redemptive. 631 00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:10,429 "Go back to Mississippi. 632 00:41:11,335 --> 00:41:13,030 "Go back to Alabama. 633 00:41:13,537 --> 00:41:15,596 "Go back to South Carolina. 634 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:18,999 "Go back to Georgia. 635 00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:21,907 "Go back to Louisiana. 636 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:27,246 "Go back to the slums and ghettos of the northern cities... 637 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:31,744 "knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. " 638 00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:35,086 - So, when are we getting evicted? - Next Wednesday. 639 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:39,426 I'll be in detox by then. 640 00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:41,992 Oh, yeah? 641 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:47,333 Here's $100. You mess this up, you're on your own. 642 00:41:48,939 --> 00:41:50,930 Where'd you get this money from? 643 00:41:52,209 --> 00:41:54,177 - You still mad? - I ain't mad. 644 00:41:57,314 --> 00:41:58,645 What did you do? 645 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,318 You got a look on your face. 646 00:42:02,386 --> 00:42:05,321 - I ain't done nothing. - You're happy about something. 647 00:42:06,624 --> 00:42:09,218 - I did that speech, downtown. - That was today? 648 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,927 - Yeah. - You were supposed to tell me. 649 00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:16,155 - It wasn't all that. - I told you I wanted to be there. 650 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:23,067 You didn't want me there. 651 00:42:24,074 --> 00:42:26,770 I didn't know if I was going to go through with it. 652 00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:31,711 You was nervous, I bet. 653 00:42:35,819 --> 00:42:38,310 I told you I wanted to be there to see you. 654 00:42:39,723 --> 00:42:41,987 - How did you wind up doing? - All right. 655 00:42:42,326 --> 00:42:44,351 - You won the contest? - No. 656 00:42:44,995 --> 00:42:46,826 Well, that don't matter. 657 00:42:47,598 --> 00:42:50,294 Recite it to me, I want to hear how you sounded. 658 00:42:51,135 --> 00:42:53,899 - I ain't memorized it. I read it. - Read it to me now. 659 00:42:54,004 --> 00:42:56,199 - I threw away the pages. - Damn you. 660 00:42:57,541 --> 00:43:00,601 Let me fix you something to eat. You want a tuna sandwich? 661 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:01,735 All right. 662 00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:03,607 - Andre. - Hey, Daddy. 663 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:05,209 'Morning. 664 00:43:05,482 --> 00:43:07,780 Can I have some money to get something to eat? 665 00:43:07,885 --> 00:43:11,685 Ain't there nothing to eat here? What did you have for dinner last night? 666 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:13,256 McDonald's. 667 00:43:13,490 --> 00:43:14,923 McDonald's? 668 00:43:17,227 --> 00:43:19,092 Fran, wake up. We gotta talk. 669 00:43:20,864 --> 00:43:22,229 I said, wake up. 670 00:43:23,033 --> 00:43:24,261 Wake up! 671 00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:27,665 Fran, wake up. 672 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:41,176 - Hey, Gary. - Hey, Fran. 673 00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:44,510 - Guess what? - Tell me. 674 00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:47,657 I'm in rehab next week. My bed came up. 675 00:43:47,858 --> 00:43:49,120 Seriously? 676 00:43:49,927 --> 00:43:51,986 I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna get clean. 677 00:43:52,096 --> 00:43:54,724 - So when you going in? - Next Tuesday. 678 00:43:55,299 --> 00:43:57,199 Twenty-eight days at BRC. 679 00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:00,360 So, night before that, Monday... 680 00:44:00,804 --> 00:44:03,568 we're having a serious party. 681 00:44:03,707 --> 00:44:06,267 I thought you said this shit got to end. 682 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:09,608 I'm talking about my last night of getting fucked up, okay? 683 00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:11,980 - What? - You're crazy. 684 00:44:12,082 --> 00:44:14,141 No, that's how you're supposed to do it. 685 00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:16,378 You come out of detox clean... 686 00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:19,888 you go up in there fucked up. 687 00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:25,827 We're gonna party like the old days. Like them parties you used to hate. 688 00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:29,956 All right, gal. Come on. 689 00:44:35,939 --> 00:44:38,373 I haven't had a party like this in so long. 690 00:44:47,251 --> 00:44:48,946 We got the funk 691 00:44:49,586 --> 00:44:51,520 - Gonna have some fun - Come on, now. 692 00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:55,319 We got the funk, give up that funk 693 00:45:01,532 --> 00:45:02,499 You'll be there? 694 00:45:23,353 --> 00:45:24,718 Got some more wax. 695 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:26,717 I knew it, baby. 696 00:45:30,461 --> 00:45:33,828 Scoogie come to get fucked up, too. 697 00:45:33,931 --> 00:45:34,989 I knew it. 698 00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:37,693 No, I can be around it without doing it. 699 00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:40,893 I'm just here to wish you well, that's all. 700 00:45:41,305 --> 00:45:43,170 Hey, Scooge, do "Shine." 701 00:45:47,644 --> 00:45:50,442 - I don't know if I still know it. - No, come on. 702 00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:55,082 All right, you got to give the people what they want. 703 00:45:55,786 --> 00:45:58,084 All right, check it out. 704 00:45:59,356 --> 00:46:01,119 Shine, Scoogie, read me. 705 00:46:04,161 --> 00:46:06,425 "I don't know, but people say... 706 00:46:06,897 --> 00:46:09,297 "that eighth of May was a hell of a day... 707 00:46:10,467 --> 00:46:14,267 "when the Sergeant and the Captain were having a few words... 708 00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:19,336 "when that old Titanic hit that big-ass iceberg. 709 00:46:21,411 --> 00:46:25,711 "Now Shine, he come up from the decks below, yelling: 710 00:46:26,016 --> 00:46:28,951 "'Cap'n! Don't you know... 711 00:46:29,052 --> 00:46:32,453 "'there's 10 feet of water on the boiler room floor? ' 712 00:46:33,056 --> 00:46:36,992 "Captain says, 'Shine... 713 00:46:37,394 --> 00:46:39,692 "'this ship is safe and sound. 714 00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:43,691 "'I've got 48 pumps to keep that water down.' 715 00:46:44,835 --> 00:46:47,303 "Shine grabbed that white man by the throat. 716 00:46:48,906 --> 00:46:51,466 "'Look here, Cap'n, can't you see? 717 00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:54,467 "'This ain't no time to be bullshitting me.' 718 00:46:55,412 --> 00:46:59,007 "He said, 'I'd rather be out there, on that iceberg... 719 00:46:59,116 --> 00:47:00,549 "'going round and round... 720 00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:04,348 "'than to be on this big motherfucker when it's slowly sinking down.' 721 00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:10,926 "Captain says, 'Shine, if you save poor me... 722 00:47:11,161 --> 00:47:14,597 "'I'll make you as rich as any black man could be.' 723 00:47:15,532 --> 00:47:17,432 "Shine said, 'Shit... 724 00:47:17,901 --> 00:47:21,735 "'there's fish in the ocean, there's whales in the sea.' 725 00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:23,033 "He said: 726 00:47:28,612 --> 00:47:31,706 "'You better get your ass in the water and swim like me."' 727 00:47:31,982 --> 00:47:34,041 - That's the story. - All right! 728 00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:44,391 Give me a little something. 729 00:47:45,662 --> 00:47:47,994 He be drinking up the whole thing. 730 00:47:48,098 --> 00:47:50,726 Yo, turn the music back on! 731 00:48:11,054 --> 00:48:12,749 Fran, I wanna talk to you. 732 00:48:14,591 --> 00:48:15,751 Come here. 733 00:48:31,141 --> 00:48:34,304 Motherfucker, have you lost your goddamn mind? 734 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:39,379 Come on, Fran. 735 00:49:12,316 --> 00:49:13,613 DeAndre! 736 00:49:14,451 --> 00:49:16,112 Come give me some sugar. 737 00:49:17,154 --> 00:49:18,348 Come on. 738 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,018 Come here. 739 00:49:22,993 --> 00:49:25,325 Come on, Ma, we're out on the damn street. 740 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:26,896 What, are you embarrased? 741 00:49:26,997 --> 00:49:29,898 - You going up to Scoogie's. - He's gonna drive me. Listen. 742 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,730 I want you to help Aunt Jackie take care of DeRodd. 743 00:49:32,836 --> 00:49:36,067 - I'll look out for him. - You look out for yourself, too, okay? 744 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:42,105 Did Boo give you my $200? 745 00:49:45,015 --> 00:49:47,449 Told him I'd take it up to Aunt Jackie's. 746 00:49:48,652 --> 00:49:50,347 I whupped his ass for it. 747 00:49:51,254 --> 00:49:53,586 It was a dope fiend move, baby, I know that. 748 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:56,716 But I did use some of it to help Bunchie make the rent. 749 00:49:57,227 --> 00:50:00,788 Anyhow, I'm fixing to get past all that now... 750 00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,026 okay? 751 00:50:08,038 --> 00:50:09,403 Ma, come here. 752 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:18,611 Good luck, okay? 753 00:51:17,607 --> 00:51:19,097 You want me to go in? 754 00:51:20,644 --> 00:51:21,668 No. 755 00:51:24,614 --> 00:51:25,876 All right. 756 00:51:28,852 --> 00:51:30,444 Saw Daddy today. 757 00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:35,221 What did he say? 758 00:51:35,826 --> 00:51:37,225 Nothing much. 759 00:51:50,507 --> 00:51:52,099 - 'Morning. - 'Morning. 760 00:51:52,476 --> 00:51:55,968 - Do you have an appointment? - I check in today. My bed came up. 761 00:51:57,047 --> 00:51:58,776 You can have a seat. 762 00:52:04,187 --> 00:52:06,417 Antoinette, there's one in the lobby. 763 00:52:27,344 --> 00:52:28,641 Can I help you? 764 00:52:30,213 --> 00:52:32,408 It's Fran Boyd. 765 00:52:33,049 --> 00:52:34,949 Oh, right, Fran, hi. 766 00:52:35,285 --> 00:52:37,515 - I check in today. - Who told you that? 767 00:52:37,888 --> 00:52:40,482 When I called last week, they said, "One more week." 768 00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:44,321 You're at the top of the list, but we aren't expecting anybody today. 769 00:52:45,595 --> 00:52:48,564 - They said... - lf they told you that, it was a mistake. 770 00:52:48,798 --> 00:52:49,856 A mistake? 771 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:53,526 Damn right, it's a mistake. They told me to come in, last week. 772 00:52:53,637 --> 00:52:56,367 They told me to come in here. They told me to come here. 773 00:52:56,473 --> 00:52:59,738 I'm just saying that it's a misunderstanding. 774 00:53:01,044 --> 00:53:03,774 I know we have a bed coming open next week. 775 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:07,646 Wait a minute. How am I supposed... I can't believe this shit! 776 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:11,378 - I told everybody I was gone. - I'm sorry, Fran. 777 00:53:12,489 --> 00:53:14,582 What am I supposed to tell people? 778 00:53:14,724 --> 00:53:16,624 You're at the top of the list. 779 00:53:17,093 --> 00:53:19,425 There'll definitely be a bed next week. 780 00:53:29,773 --> 00:53:31,240 I can't go back. 781 00:53:33,043 --> 00:53:35,705 - I can't make it. - Yes, you can. 782 00:53:36,746 --> 00:53:38,111 I can't. 783 00:53:40,750 --> 00:53:43,241 Next week, definitely. 784 00:53:52,896 --> 00:53:56,263 If you brought a bigger knife, you probably would've got in. 785 00:54:53,423 --> 00:54:54,720 Hey, Fran. 786 00:55:21,084 --> 00:55:24,815 Officer Robert Brown, how long have you policed the Fayette Street strip? 787 00:55:24,921 --> 00:55:27,481 I've worked the bottom end of the Western 17 years. 788 00:55:27,590 --> 00:55:29,421 Seen this neighborhood change. 789 00:55:29,526 --> 00:55:31,756 - What, from drugs? - What else is there? 790 00:55:32,462 --> 00:55:34,692 The rot started in the projects. 791 00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,626 Lexington Terrace, Murphy Homes. 792 00:55:38,234 --> 00:55:39,929 Just kept creeping uphill. 793 00:55:41,938 --> 00:55:45,169 You ever feel like you're wasting your time? 794 00:55:46,042 --> 00:55:50,911 The city locks up, what, 18,000 or 19,000 a year on drug charges? 795 00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:54,108 Only about 700 of them get prison time. 796 00:55:55,952 --> 00:55:59,046 There's nowhere to put them. Baltimore has, what, 50,000 users? 797 00:56:00,457 --> 00:56:02,118 I guess that's not your problem. 798 00:56:02,225 --> 00:56:05,456 Look, there's still good people in this neighborhood. 799 00:56:06,229 --> 00:56:10,563 Ladies let me in though their back doors so I can use a window to watch a corner. 800 00:56:11,167 --> 00:56:14,568 People call me with information. Church people, working people. 801 00:56:14,671 --> 00:56:16,434 What about the corner people? 802 00:56:16,539 --> 00:56:18,632 Half of them I've seen come up as kids. 803 00:56:18,742 --> 00:56:21,040 Saw them on the stoops, on the playgrounds. 804 00:56:21,144 --> 00:56:22,702 Saw them go off to school. 805 00:56:23,346 --> 00:56:25,007 It hurts to watch, man. 806 00:56:25,215 --> 00:56:26,842 7- B to 24, what's your 20? 807 00:56:27,917 --> 00:56:30,818 7-B, 24, I'm 10-7 at Mount and Fayette. 808 00:56:31,454 --> 00:56:35,618 The corner boys don't like you much, but say the younger police are way worse. 809 00:56:36,693 --> 00:56:40,789 By the time these younger guys came on, this place had already been shot to hell. 810 00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:43,798 They see these people and figure they always were junkies. 811 00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:45,629 Makes them act hard, I guess. 812 00:56:46,102 --> 00:56:47,467 You talking to me? 813 00:56:49,706 --> 00:56:52,072 Let me ask you something, Officer Brown. 814 00:56:52,742 --> 00:56:55,210 Are we going to win this war on drugs? 815 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:02,048 No comment.