Original subtitles

- [heavy breathing] - [low rumbling]

[fire roaring]

- [heavy breathing] - [bell ringing]

[man] Water! Water!

- [indistinct shouting] - Water!

Come on, everybody! Bring your bucket!

Come on, now! Grab a bucket!

[indistinct shouting]

[urgent chatter]

[shouting continues]

[bell rings]

- [man] More water! - [woman] Water! Now!

♪ ♪

[indistinct shouting]

- [man] Get the mick! - [yelps]

[gasping]

[yelps]

[screaming]

[indistinct shouting]

What are you standing around for?!

[indistinct shouting]

Get over here!

♪ ♪

[grunts]

[heavy breathing]

[heavy breathing continues]

[indistinct shouting]

♪ ♪

[indistinct shouting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [indistinct shouting] - [bell ringing]

[groans]

[groans softly]

[Ethel whispering] Because he loves me.

Because he loves me.

Because he loves me.

[labored breathing]

[crickets chirping]

[whispers] His good grace, Lord.

[indistinct whispering]

[indistinct murmuring]

[breath shaking]

[whispers] I see.

I see the joy.

[night birds calling, hooting]

[crickets chirping]

♪ ♪

[night birds calling]

[animals howling in distance]

♪ ♪

[heavy breathing]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[blows]

[low rumbling]

[wood creaking]

[low rumbling]

[low rumbling]

[low rumbling]

♪ ♪

[insects trilling]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[low rumbling]

[low rumbling]

- [engine idling] - [panting softly]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter in distance]

Well, hello, lil' missy.

We been waiting on you.

- This train working? - Hmm.

I hope so.

You looking for a ride?

When we leaving?

Well, can't leave until

- I get your testimony. - [taps on book]

Let's start with your name.

You got a name, don't you?

Mr. Martin...

- he call me Grace. - Hmm.

But I had another name before that.

A name my mama give me.

And what was that?

Fanny Briggs.

And who's Mr. Martin?

Mr. Martin...

he run the railroad here in North Carolina.

- [pen tapping] - Mm.

Yeah, we closed that station.

Yeah.

Y'all did.

[footsteps]

[metal clanking]

[engine chugging]

Where is it you want to go, Miss Briggs?

Not sure.

Wherever it is Cora went to.

Who's Cora?

[train rumbling and rattling]

It's all right.

I'm sure you'll tell me in due time.

For now, you just take care of that biscuit, you hear?

Ma'am?

Yes, baby?

I left the book back there.

The one with all our stories in it.

Don't you worry about that book.

It's just ink and paper.

Our stories always gon' be right here.

I like the cut of your jib, Fanny Briggs.

[chuckles] Yes, sir.

[door closes]

[rumbling continues]

♪ ♪

[pen tapping]

- [steam hissing] - [train chugging]

[♪ Michael Jackson: "I Wanna Be Where You Are"]

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Can it be I stayed away too long? ♪

♪ Did I leave your mind when I was gone? ♪

♪ It's not my thing trying to get back ♪

♪ But this time let me tell you where I'm at ♪

♪ You don't have to worry 'cause I'm coming ♪

♪ Back to where I should have always stayed ♪

♪ And now I've learned the meaning to your story ♪

♪ And it's enough love ♪

♪ For me to stay ♪

♪ Can it be I stayed away too long? ♪

♪ Did I leave your mind when I was gone? ♪

♪ Well, it's not my thing trying to get back ♪

♪ But this time let me tell you where I'm at ♪

♪ I wanna, wanna be where you are ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Anywhere you are ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ I wanna, wanna be where you are ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ I gotta, gotta be where you are ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ I wanna be, I wanna be ♪♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪