Original subtitles

[ Telephone rings ]

[ Water rippling ]

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Bird calling ]

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Wind rushing ]

iVámanos!

iVámanos!

[ Man Speaking Spanish ]

[ Men Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

Man: I can get you to Texas, California, Florida.

Unless you got family somewhere, I'd go to California.

Work all year in California.

Orange card.

Going to California.

Next!

[ Speaking Spanish ]

[ Chair creaking ]

Do you speak English?

He speak English?

¿Hablas inglés?

No.

You have family where you want to go?

I can get you across Texas, California, Florida.

¿Quires ir a Texas, California, Florida...?

No.

Unless you got family somewhere, I'd go to California.

Work all year in California.

Quiero ir a Carolina del Norte.

He wants to go to North Carolina.

I know a crew chief in Florida.

Get you there and get you work, get you someplace to live.

Solamente quiero ir a Carolina del Norte.

He only wants to go to North Carolina.

Does he have family there?

¿Tienes familia ahí?

Puedo pagarle para que me llevan hasta allá.

Says he can pay.

Has he got family?

¿Tienes familia?

I can get you there, but it's gonna cost...up front.

Vas a tener que pagarle ahorita.

Le pago.

He says he'll pay.

[ Brakes squeal ]

[ Police radio chatter ]

♪♪

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Woman: 97.

Liza: Can I get your name, please?

Kimara: Kimara Walters.

How can I help you, Kimara?

Um, I need to pay my cable bill.

Okay. Do you have a copy of the bill

or the phone number associated with the account?

Yes.

[ Paper rustles ]

[ Computer keys clacking ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Woman: 99.

Okay, so, this account has been inactive

for more than 30 days,

so we won't be able to reactivate it

at the basic rate you were paying.

What's the new rate?

Our starter premium package begins at $59.99.

That includes local channels --

That's twice what I was paying before.

Your account has been inactive for more than 30 days.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

Any account that's been inactive for more than 30 days,

it's considered fully terminated. [ Cellphone beeps ]

Hi, uh, this is Kimara.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

Um, give me one second.

Ishmael?

How are you doing?

My name is Kimara.

[ Door opens ]

I want you to know you're not in trouble.

[ Door closes ]

I'm not with the police.

Nobody wants to arrest you --

they only want to arrest your pimp.

And if you let me, I'll do whatever I can to help you.

I work for Project Open Road.

We're a victims' assistance --

I'm not a victim.

Well, we work with the police

when they have cases like yours,

people who are victims of exploi--

I'm not a victim.

[ Clicks tongue ]

I'm going to ask you some questions.

Is that all right?

Are you from around here?

Did you travel here?

Any family you want to talk to?

Anybody you want us to contact for you?

How old are you?

Over 18?

17?

Under 17?

Would you like to talk to the police about --

I don't want to talk to them.

If you just tell them about your pimp --

I'm not talking to them.

I'm not telling them nothing.

[ Sighs ]

Do you have any place to stay?

No.

Do you want me to see if I can get you into a shelter?

Abby: I just -- I just wish you'd got here,

like, maybe at 5:00. Kimara: I know.

We were at the police station.

I know. Really, I tried, but...

We don't have any beds. We're completely full.

Abby -- underage, a runaway.

No, I had to turn away a mother and her two kids.

Her boyfriend is threatening to kill them all.

I-I just -- I don't have anything.

[ Sighs ]

Did you try the Angel Fund Shelter?

They don't shelter boys -- they only shelter women,

and nobody else has any beds open.

Bring him back in the morning, and I'll see what we have.

I mean...we'll try and get him in.

Okay. Okay.

[ Breathes deeply ]

Okay, come on.

Kimara: I'm gonna check this church halfway house.

It's in Gibsonville, but it's a bed for the night.

I'll find you a better place in the morning.

I don't have a pimp.

You kept calling Marquis my "pimp."

He ain't no stranger. Marquis is my cuz.

He's been looking out for me since I was like 6.

He runs you.

He doesn't "run" me.

He sends you out to have sex for money.

I go out.

I go out, do things, and get paid.

And most of the time, I don't have to do nothing

but...some dude off.

You want me to do what -- flip them burgers?

Be like these fools hustling for no money?

[ Scoffs ]

I do how I do,

and if there's trouble... Marquis handles it.

He handles your money, too.

And he tells you when you can come and go.

And sometimes, when he doesn't like what you have to say...

what does he do?

Does he beat you?

Hmm?

Does he make you do to him

what you do to those paying customers?

What happens if I get up and walk out of here?

I'm not a cop.

You're not in trouble.

But you're trying to get -- whatever --

get me into a shelter or whatever.

Yes, I'm trying.

But you don't care.

Ishmael, I do care.

I do.

I have sat here -- I-I mean right here --

with kids your age going through -- through --

you name it, they're going through it.

They're going through worse.

But one day, you figure out that you can do

and you can do and you can do and do and do,

but you can't make somebody else do something.

So, yes, I'm trying to help.

But that's all I can do...is try.

Flemming: How's your father?

Laurie Ann: Oh, he's -- he's been better, honestly.

He's -- The years are -- are catching up to him.

Catching up to all of us.

Well, you tell him I said "hello."

Tell him, as much as I appreciate the three of you,

I wouldn't mind being across from him doing business.

[ Laughter ]

-Well, thank you. -Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

So...I wish I had something different to tell you.

But...we're running your numbers,

and the bids coming in from other produce suppliers

are more competitive.

They're not competitive.

We can't compete with farms in Mexico and China.

Workers getting paid $2 a day?

$1 to pick tomatoes?

We're not Whole Foods.

Our customers demonstrate price sensitivity.

They're cheap.

They're value-aware.

And guess what -- so am I.

And so are most people.

And your family's been doing this way too long

to start blaming the customer

for wanting to stretch their dollar.

Oh, we don't blame the customer.

The problem is there aren't 15 or 20 chains

the way there was when it was dad's farm,

when it was his dad's farm.

There are about five buyers, and you all control the market.

You know what?

And every year, it's about how you all can get more for less.

JD, we've been doing business for a long time.

So I'm gonna put some numbers in front of you,

and if you can hit the numbers, great.

We can keep doing business.

But if you can't hit the numbers,

then all I can tell you is

I've got guys up in Bentonville,

and they're running their P&L's,

and that's generally all they care about.

So...you know?

I leave it to you.

I --

Thanks, Flemming. [ Door opens ]

[ Birds chirping ]

Laurie Ann: And he sits there

and pretends to give us his sympathies for Dad.

JD: He and Dad were friends.

Oh, Dad and him did business.

That stretches as far as a dollar -- that's it.

Well, we don't have enough workers this season as it is.

Well, I don't know why not,

since the borders are so out of control.

[ Sighs ]

How we can get more workers

and how we can get more of them

to do more work for less money --

that's what it comes down to.

Jeanette: Are you all right?

Yeah.

Laurie Anne sounded -- well, not good.

She's just -- she's got a lot of stress...

I know. ...taking over for Dad.

I know.

[ Sighs ]

I'm gonna go see my sister Thursday.

Want me to come?

No. You don't have to.

I just wanted to let you know.

Tell Raelyn -- Tell her I said "hello."

[ Machinery whirring, men speaking in Spanish ]

Laurie Ann: It's a numbers game at this point.

It's volume.

We need people.

And we need people who can work the fields.

And we need people --

we need them to work at a price.

So, I'm saying --

I'm saying get people in, okay?

Get them in, get them on the farm,

and get them working.

Man: All right, guys,

you need to get me the trabajadores, the obreros.

I need workers, all right?

Now, I don't give a damn if they've done it before or not.

If they can stand up and they can pick,

I want you to get them for me.

[ Speaking Spanish ] Let's go!

And they need to want money -- you understand?

-Move if you want work! -Let's go! Let's go!

They got to want to hustle.

Isaac: Hey, come here for a second.

You bring me in people who want to hustle.

You looking for work? ¿Buscan jale?

All right?

Now, times are tough.

You can make like $200 a day. Man: A day?

There are a whole lot of people out there,

and they need money.

You can make like $150.

I thought you said $200.

Those are the people we're looking for.

No. I-It's just how much you pick -- that -- that's it.

All right, you find them, and you get them in.

Where you headed?

Patterson.

Want a ride?

No.

It's hot out.

You walking all the way to Patterson?

You want a drink?

It's hot out.

You want something to drink? [ Brakes squeal ]

You walking all the way to Patterson.

It must take you an hour to walk there.

[ Can opens ]

What's going on in Patterson?

I got friends.

[ Can opens ]

Must be some friends -- you walking an hour.

They're good friends?

Not really friends -- it's, um, this dude --

he, uh, he's got some scrips.

Yeah?

[ Slurps ]

A little Roxi, gets them to me cheap, you know?

Mm.

[ Can clatters ]

Go for it, man.

If you need some helping out, I could help you out some.

[ Can opens ]

You could earn some money.

Doing what?

Pick tomatoes.

[ Laughs ]

Why are you laughing?

Wait -- you sit there, drinking my beer,

talking about how you're gonna walk

all the way to Patterson

to score some drugs with money you ain't got,

a-and you're gonna laugh?

No, no. I'm...

What's funny?

Just, tomatoes -- it sounds dumb.

It's hard work.

It's good work.

See, I started picking, but I don't pick no more

'cause I made something of myself.

So, you, uh, you got a farm?

No, this family that I work for --

they got a bunch of farms -- a bunch of 'em.

And these farms got crew chiefs

that got all these guys like me and my brother.

Your brother?

That's cool, working with your brother.

Yeah, we're captains.

So, me and Diego, we got to go out

and get people to work the fields.

It's good work.

You could make like $200 a day picking.

$200?

Depends on how much you pick,

but, yeah, you can make some money.

How 'bout you? Y-You got family around here?

No.

Nobody?

I-I don't really got people.

I got...

I got a brother, but not like you.

He -- He, uh -- He don't want nothing to do with me.

Sorry to hear about that, man.

That's how it is. It's nothing to be sorry about.

[ Can clatters ]

Look...how 'bout you come work on the farm, get paid?

Got a place to live out there, too.

No rent, just get yourself settled.

You need beer -- I got that.

You need other stuff, I can get that, too.

Look, hit me up.

Pass those around if you know people.

Looking to hire.

Finish those, man.

It's all yours.

♪ I just wanna let it go ♪

♪ Let it go, let it go ♪

♪ Know that I'm not easy to love ♪

♪ But I'll make it easy on you... ♪

Maggie: I'm gonna give you some rouge, okay?

Y-You like rouge?

Sure.

♪ To think about it, baby, just trust ♪

♪ I'mma do my best for us... ♪

You have beautiful skin.

Thank you.

You're either born with it or you're not.

Bet your mother's got great skin, too.

I guess.

What about mascara?

I don't use it much.

You like this?

Uh, yeah, sure.

♪ The melody of closure ♪

You about done?

You almost done?

Almost.

♪ When nobody's in a rush or hurt by love... ♪

Is that your boyfriend?

Yeah.

Everything all right with you?

Yeah. You sure?

I just -- we're having dinner with his sister --

his sister and her fiancé. Oh.

And we're going to this, you know...

really nice restaurant.

Special occasion.

He just wants me to look good.

Well, you can learn to do this yourself, you know?

Not that hard, just a little practice.

It's good to be able to make yourself look pretty.

Now, what about those lips, hmm?

♪ Baby, just trust ♪

[ Knocking on door ]

You're early. Is that okay?

Yeah, come on.

[ Door creaks ]

[ Door clicks ]

It's nice.

"Nice"?

You don't get around much, huh?

I have to make a call.

Yeah.

Whatever you got to do.

You want a drink or something? No, I'm good.

You sure? Mm-hmm.

[ Cellphone beeps ]

Hey. I'm here.

Yeah.

Okay.

[ Cellphone beeps ]

We good?

Everything's good.

You care for some music or anything?

You want some music?

Pick something.

[ Device beeps ]

It's going kind of old-school.

[ Boston's "Hitch a Ride" playing ]

What's up with your face?

What's all that?

When you answered the ad, you said you liked makeup.

Never said that.

You look like you're 30.

How old are you?

18.

[ Laughs ]

Good answer.

You look like you're 30.

Hold on.

♪ Never change my mind ♪

♪ Going to sail away ♪ [ Door opens ]

♪ Sun lights another day ♪

♪ Freedom on my mind ♪

♪ Carry me away for the last time ♪

[ Water running ] ♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪

♪♪

♪ Life is like the coldest winter ♪

Wipe all that off, okay?

Take it off.

♪ People freeze the tears I cry ♪

♪ Words of hail their minds are into ♪

Don't rush.

♪ I've got to crack this ice and fly ♪

♪ Going to hitch a ride ♪

♪ Head for the other side ♪

♪ Leave it all behind ♪

Do a good job.

♪ Never change my mind ♪

♪ Going to sail away ♪

♪ Sun lights another day ♪

♪ Freedom on my mind ♪

♪ Carry me away... ♪

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Door creaks ]

[ Door clicks, music stops ]

[ Vehicles passing ]

Shae: I found this thing on the Internet.

Christina: What is it?

It's a list of words, of things that people feel,

but they can't explain.

Okay...

So...

"Onism -- the frustration of being --

What?

They're made-up words.

Oh.

"Onism -- the frustration of being trapped in a body

that can only exist in one place at a time."

"Nodus tollens --

the realization that the story of your life

doesn't make sense to you anymore."

[ Laughs ] Oh, my God.

That's me.

"énou...énouement."

I think that's how it's pronounced.

"The pleasure and sadness of arriving in the future,

but not being able to tell your past self

of all the things you've discovered."

[ Door creaks ]

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Car door closes ]

[ Money rustling ]

Why you glum?

[ Sniffles ]

Why...you...glum?

I'm not.

I'm not.

[ Sniffling ]

[ Engine starts ]

♪♪

Dr. Harlow: How are you feeling?

Kimara: [ Sighs ] I don't know.

How am I feeling?

Well, I hope you're feeling good, physically.

[ Door closes ]

But I'm sorry -- I do have disappointing news.

The IVF treatment didn't take.

You're not pregnant.

Okay.

There are a number of factors

that may have caused the cycle to be unsuccessful.

The risk of a chromosomal abnormality is significant,

so the embryo itself may have been nonviable.

There may have been

an underlying implantation disfunction.

And, technically, it's not a failure.

Every woman's biology is different

and responds to medications and protoco--

[ Door creaks ]

Jeanette: Come here!

Give me a kiss. Auntie!

Mm! Hi.

You can take this.

Hi, love. How are you?

Mwah!

[ Children playing in distance ]

[ Door creaks ]

Wow, like Christmas in July.

You girls thank your auntie?

-Hi. -Oh!

Let me get this.

[ Door creaks, clicks ]

[ Dinnerware clatters ]

[ Insects chirping ]

Jeanette: How long has it been?

Three weeks.

And nothing?

He hasn't tried to get in touch with you?

He hasn't...

He just left.

Why didn't you call me?

And say what?

That your husband...you don't have to do things alone.

I know.

I can help.

I know you can.

[ Dog barking in distance ]

Did he say anything?

Is it -- Is...

Was it a woman?

You're better off without him.

You are.

He's got two kids.

If he can't be around for his own girls...

Well...he was around when I wasn't,

so he's got that.

[ Sighs ]

[ Cup thumps lightly ]

How's everything with you?

Oh, things are -- you know --

they're okay.

You don't got to pretend they aren't just for me.

Carson's father's not doing too good,

but, otherwise... things are okay.

Nothing to talk about, huh?

You should bring the girls out to the house sometime.

I'm not doing that to you.

I can get by.

It's not about just getting by.

I want you around more -- spend more time...

I don't want to drive out here

and listen to how your husband left you

and not know what to say

'cause we don't know each other anymore.

Well, we don't.

Jeanette: It's been three weeks.

Carson: You know, he is -- he is a son of a bitch.

That's pretty much what I told her.

Does she -- Are -- Are -- Are the kids okay?

I guess.

I mean, I don't know how she's gonna --

$7.25 an hour, working part time.

Do you think -- Do you think we could talk to Laurie Ann?

No. Just -- Well, just -- just listen

before you -- before you answer.

Carson: The answer is "no."

The answer you're gonna get from Laurie Ann is "no."

Raelyn needs help.

Well, I understand that.

She's clean. She --

They -- They give her random drug tests at her work.

That doesn't mean she's clean, huh?

That just means she hasn't been caught again.

She's my sister.

And we tried to help her once.

How many times does she have to say she's sorry?

If you want -- If you want to,

you know, send her a check.

I want to get her a job.

I-I want to get her a decent job.

Yeah, well, it's not gonna be on the farm.

Well, if you talk to Laurie Ann

and you could just tell her --

I'm not doing that. Your sister stole money.

She stole money from my dad after he gave her work.

She did that to him.

She did that to you.

Raelyn wasn't well.

I mean, she had problems. She -- She --

Problems.

She wasn't well.

I meant what I said --

if you want to write her a check.

Just giving her money isn't the same as helping her.

[ Birds chirping ]

[ Brakes squeal ]

[ Air brakes whoosh ]

[ Door creaks ]

[ Men speaking Spanish ]

Matías: You speak English?

[ Speaking Spanish ]

No, no, no.

Sí.

Tú y tú, aquí.

Ustedes dos...

[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Men speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Door chiming ]

[ Siren wailing in distance ]

Hey.

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

I don't -- I don't --

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

[ Brakes squeal in distance ]

Hey.

Hey, doggie. Hey.

What's his name? Bales.

Bales?

Hey, Bales.

What are you doing?

Just hanging.

You want something to eat?

You can have it.

Yeah? Yeah.

Take it.

You want to come hang out with me and my guy?

We got an apartment.

He's cool.

I live there with my girlfriends.

We got weed.

Nah.

Just come hang out.

[ Brakes squeal in distance ]

I'm good.

Bye, Bales.

See you.

[ Bales whines ]

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Dog barking in distance ]

[ R&B music plays ]

It's pretty, huh?

What is it?

Just something I found online.

♪ Oh, oh ♪

Shae.

Let's go.

Come on, get dressed. Let's go.

[ Music continues ]

[ Music stops ]

[ Gearshift clicks, engine shuts off ]

[ Keys jingling ]

Have I been here before?

I don't know.

I guess.

I feel like I've been here.

Okay.

Can you go with me?

With you?

And do what, hmm?

Call me when you get in there.

Get your ass up.

Go do some work.

[ Seat belt clicks ]

[ Car door opens ]

[ Car door closes ]

[ Car seat creaks ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Insects chirping ]

[ Cellphone buzzes ]

[ Cellphone beeps ]

Yeah, you got the money?

Okay.

[ Cellphone beeps ]

It's all good?

Yes.

[ Breathing heavily ]

Can I have a drink?

[ Breathing heavily ]

I don't have anything.

Can I just...

Mm.

Can we go get a beer?

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Whispers ] You like that?

Yeah.

Yeah?

You like it?

You like that?

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Breathing heavily ] Come on.

Come on.

[ Groaning ]

[ Music intensifies ]

[ Music stops ] Freeze!

[ Gun cocks ] Get your hands up!

-Dude, what's going on?! -Freeze!

-Get down! -Dude, what's going on?!

Get your hands up!

You all right?

[ Thuds ] Come on, man!

Other hand. [ Police radio chatter ]

Check to see if the girl's okay. [ Handcuffs clicking ]

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

I got his hands. Going! Come on!

[ Breathes sharply ]

♪♪

[ Door opens ]

Kimara: Shae? [ Door closes ]

My name is Kimara.

I want you to know you're not in trouble.

I'm not with the police.

Nobody wants to arrest you.

If you let me, I'll do everything I can to help you.

♪♪