Original subtitles

MAN: It's not about what you do with your life,

but it's about the legacy that you leave.

And the most powerful thing that we can do

is keep fighting for that.

CHILDREN: One nation, under God...

WOMAN 1: This literally is a matter of life and death

for so many young people who are dealing

with these issues of identity.

WOMAN 2: We're just going through

our storm right now, but we're gonna get out of it.

I have faith.

GIRL: Climate change, our environmental crisis,

all of that is what our generation's

gonna have to deal with.

WOMAN 3: I tell ya my son was sitting in French class

in a small college town, and he got shot four times.

♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

WOMAN 4: You feel like you're in the fight of your life

and they leave you on the battlefield, alone.

♪ You wanna hold me back Think you can stop me now ♪

Never lose faith. Keep to faith.

♪ You tried to knock me down But you can't stop me now ♪

[TV static drones]

[bright tone]

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

[rapid gunfire]

[rapid gunfire]

[all chanting]

- It was the failure of the state

to have allowed those girls

to stay one day

in the den of the abductors.

The moment Michelle Obama carried that placard--

boom!

Everyone was talking about the Chibok girls.

[crying, happy chatter]

[energetic drum music]

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

[soft music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- And these are the...

Teacher, where is--

where is the head teacher?

Hmm? These are-- these are the remaining.

Matrons.

All right. All right.

All right.

So have a nice day.

Enjoy your stay with the girls.

[overlapping chatter]

♪ ♪

- Amaranthus is that... [speaking foreign language]

all: Yes. Yes.

- So I want you to mention these classes for me.

Yes, you.

Margret.

- Vegetable. - Vegetables.

Yes, clap for her.

It's okay. Another one.

[speaking native language]

- Oranges.

- We are talking about part of speech.

What do we mean by part of speech?

Part of speech refers to the classification

of word based on the function of the word.

[speaking native language]

- Is there any corrections?

- You should clap for yourself.

[bell ringing]

[speaking native language]

[solemn music]

- This is the story of what happened to us

when Boko Haram took us to Sambisa Forest.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

We traveled for three days and arrived on Wednesday

at around 12:00 a.m.

There was very heavy rainfall.

There was no shelter, no source of food,

no water for us.

We soaked maize in water

and consumed it with salt and tamarind leaves

the following day.

They constructed two rooms for us

using tree branches,

grasses, and leaves.

The rooms were small and could not contain us,

so some of us slept outside.

There were lots of snakes, scorpions, and ants.

We were not allowed to light anything at night.

We were told that a jet would come and take pictures

of anything it saw and will bomb us.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

[soft vocalization]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[dog barking]

[speaking native language]

[indistinct chatter]

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

This food is so sweet too.

- Yes, it's sweet.

[singing together]

[speaking native language]

- Each time your mum calls and she start crying,

always try and explain to her

that government is doing something concerning that.

We don't want you to see yourself as a victim.

We want you to see yourself as a survivor.

[hopeful music]

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

[horns honking]

[speaking English]

No problem.

[clicks tongue]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[light music]

♪ ♪

[camera shutter clicks]

[overlapping chatter]

- My sister is-- my sister is here.

[man speaks indistinctly]

Well, those, because of...

[man speaking indistinctly]

- [yelling excitedly]

[laughing, sobbing]

[all speaking native language]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[all speaking native language]

[excited chatter]

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

- Three students among us ran away,

but some Boko Haram saw, and captured them.

They gathered us and told us to observe

how they punished those who tried to escape.

They flogged them with 33 strokes of the cane each.

They dug a hole and laid them down near it.

We cried and begged them not to slaughter them.

They told us whosoever cries

or begs for them not to be slaughtered

would be slaughtered along with them.

We kept begging, and God answered our prayers.

They left us but made us promise

we would not try to escape again,

and whosoever tries to escape would be severely punished.

[Call to Prayer over megaphone]

[Call to Prayer continues]

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

[hopeful music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- This program of rehabilitation

and reintegration will finish in September

by the grace of God.

And by September, these our girls,

all of them will be going back to school,

and they're very anxious.

Are you not, children?

[applause]

They are very anxious to go back to school.

So anybody that has any insinuation

or says that these children are not worth taking care of,

is a very, very big liar.

[speaking native language]

Can you please stand up

so that people can see you?

Mr. Braggs of the American University of Nigeria.

- Come on!

[laughter, applause]

- The Minister and I had a very, very great

discussion yesterday,

uh, concerning the plight of

the girls that are here today.

We love you all.

We love you all.

[cheers and applause]

First of all, I want all of you ladies to stand up.

Okay, if you ladies do come to AUN,

there's a little thing we always do at AUN.

If I say "AU," you say "N."

AU. all: N.

- Oh, you can do better than that.

If I say "A-U," you say "N."

A-U. all: N!

- A-U! all: N!

- Oh, that's getting a little bit better.

Let me give you a little something to work with.

[beat-boxing]

[rapping] If I say A-U, you say N.

A-U! all: N!

- A-U! all: N!

[beat-boxing]

If I say "A-U," you say "N."

A-U! all: N!

- A-U! all: N!

- All right, give yourselves

a round of applause.

Okay, have a seat. Have a seat.

So... you have to know

that if you come to the American University of Nigeria,

you are coming to an American university

that is in Nigeria.

You understand.

You will be close to your families.

We're very, very proud of you.

Thank you all very much.

[cheers and applause]

- Yes, I've been seeing them.

- Yes.

You mean this information--

- Oh, oh. Oh.

You know?

[overlapping chatter]

[energetic drumming]

[ululating, singing]

♪ ♪

[playful music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[playful music]

♪ ♪

[dark music]

♪ ♪

- One day, they asked us

to write down our names.

We didn't know why they needed the list.

They continued to bring different people

to talk to us about why it was important for us

to get married.

And they could force us to do so.

We remained adamant about not getting married.

They said to us that since you have refused to get married

with the luxurious life we can offer you,

we are definitely going to show you our true colors

and give you the real Boko Haram treatment.

[soft singing]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

[singing in native language]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[both speaking native language]

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

♪ ♪

[all speaking native language]

[rain pattering]

- [sniffling]

[baby babbling]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

- Um, Fatima Tabji.

Fatima Tabji!

[indistinct chatter]

[uplifting music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [speaking indistinctly]

♪ ♪

[excited chatter]

[speaking native language]

[indistinct chatter]

[cheers and applause]

all: ♪ Today ♪

♪ Has come! ♪

[singing in native language]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

[excited chatter]

- We're just standing here.

[soft singing]

♪ ♪

[laughing, shouting]

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

- [speaking native language]

Hello. Hello.

Okay.

- Three months...

- Okay.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

- Can he draw anything about those things

he can remember?

- [speaking native language]

- His father, his mother, the house, the compound?

Can he just draw anything, anything he can remember--

he can put a picture of what he remember.

Just try.

Try.

How big the house is...

Was this--was this how big your house was?

[[speaking native language]

- Okay.

Um, did they burn the house?

Was the house burnt?

- [speaking native language]

- They burnt everything?

- [speaking native language]

- [speaking native language]

- [speaking native language]

- He always remember his mom and his dad.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

- Okay.

- [speaking native language]

- No?

So why? What is the problem?

- How is he...

- Good. - He visits his friends.

- Good.

- [speaking native language]

- All right.

So how do you feel now? After our--

after our talk how do you feel?

- [speaking native language] - Okay.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[speaking native language]

[sniffling]

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

[all ululating]

- [speaking native language]

[woman ululating]

- [speaking native language]

[all cheering]

[overlapping chatter]

[overlapping chatter]

♪ ♪

[group response]

[speaking native language]

[group response]

- [crying]

[all chattering]

- I'm dead, man.

- Azra!

[speaking native language]

[overlapping chatter]

- Ah, ah! Margret.

[indistinct chatter]

- [sobbing]

[overlapping chatter]

Mama...

[soft music]

♪ ♪

Very good.

[soft music]

♪ ♪

[uplifting music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- This is...

- Happen.

H-A-P-P-E-N.

F-R-E-E-D-O-M.

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

[TV static drones]