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[woman on radio, indistinct]

[woman continues] There's still some key states

that we need to keep our eyes on.

There's Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, Iowa.

None of these states have been called.

[continues indistinct]

...at this hour, Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina.

This is a reliably Republican state,

with the exception of 2008,

when the state voted for Obama.

[woman continues, indistinct]

[people chattering]

[woman 2] We just know that we deserve to be in there,

and not sitting out here.

[man] Hey, yo, listen. Y'all know why my nickname is Rock?

'Cause you can always lean on me.

[chatter and laughter]

[Rock] What?

[chatter continues]

[Rock] Oh, shit. Listen, listen.

[chatter continues]

[woman on radio continues, indistinct]

[Rock] We're gonna get drunk, we're here to have a good time.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Listen, listen, what's the worst Instagram account out there?

[Rock] Who?

What's the funniest?

I think that's 'cause y'all need to see it.

I got the best Instagram account in the world.

[chatter continues]

[woman] He's like a cornerstone.

[Rock] Yeah, I'm a cornerstone.

Hey man, y'all ordering food or what?

[Rock] You hungry?

- You orderin' food? - If you wanna eat.

- What you wanna eat? - Are they hungry?

Man, don't worry about them.

They in their salad days? She needs a Coke.

These LA girls, come on, man. You already know.

- She need a Coke. - It's very cold.

[woman] She's warm!

Here, I got a warm heart.

I can give you my coat up until the door.

Then I'm gettin' my coat back.

I got a warm heart.

I give you the coat up until the door,

- then I'm gettin' my coat back. - Hey, hey.

Go talk to him. Go talk to him. Check this out.

You-you about give up your coat, for real?

What are you, like, Prince Charming now?

Guess what? Guess what? I'm gonna get it back.

- This is some bullshit. - Turn around.

- [women protest] - [Rock] No, no.

- Oh, damn, Rock! - [Rock] No.

- It ain't happening? It ain't happening? - Nope.

- Nope. Nope. - This party is fit tonight.

This party is fit.

You want me to put your jacket on?

I can't even get in there!

You just gotta throw it over my shoulders.

Bootsy Collins! Yo, Bootsy Collins!

- [excited chatter] - [laughter]

All right, let me get my jacket back though.

- Somebody might drive by and see me. - [Cass] Yeah, that's true.

[Rock] Yeah, let me get my jacket back.

[woman] When are we getting in this place, though?

People know me, you know what I'm saying?

- [woman] Free! Can't be doing that.

Yeah, come on.

[Free] Yup, yup, yup!

[Free] Thank you!

Sorry, sorry, sorry!

[Rock] You in a rush? Where you trying to go?

So, are you ready to get to this club?

- Are you ready? - Yeah, I'm ready. Let's do this.

Why are we waiting? Like, let's do this.

[Rock] I got you, boss. Why you in a rush?

[chatter fades]

What's up?

What's up?

Uh, where your crew?

What do you mean?

I mean, you just out here alone?

I mean, yeah. I'm good.

This is really good.

I bet. I've never seen you before.

What, you know all the girls in LA?

Something like that.

Oh.

Okay, then.

So, you goin' to the Spot?

"Spot"?

- Spot. - Oh, no, no, no. I already went out.

Where'd you go?

Across the street to that bar.

'Cause I don't like the lines.

Oh, we don't do the lines.

Just tellin' my new friend that we don't do lines.

[Rock] What up, Miss Lady? How you doin'?

- That's Rock. - [Rock] I'm Rock.

- Nice to meet you. - [Rock] We go straight to the front.

We're good.

We?

Thought it was just you.

Me and my sandwich. Sorry, my sandwich and I.

We good.

Okay.

Your loss.

- [Rock] Cass, you comin'? - I'm comin' right now.

- Enjoy your sandwich. - Thank you.

[Rock] Are we doing this or what?

- Yeah, we doing this. - What you doin' back there, man?

- Huh? Bro! - [Cass' phone beeps]

How come every time I look over, you on your phone, man?

So what, man? It's just one state, man.

Come on. We're not going to be doing this bullshit all night.

We're gonna get in here and we're gonna have a good fucking time, you hear me?

- Let's rock, Rock. - Alright, dude.

Let's do it. That's what I'm talkin' about.

Let's do this. Come on, y'all.

- [woman] Yeah, let's do this. - [Rock] You ain't cold!

You got Cass' jacket.

[women chatter]

[Rock] You look good, though.

You know why you look good? You don't need a jacket.

- [Cass] She don't need a jacket 'cause she look good? - Nope. 'Cause she look good.

Listen, if you had my jacket-- Look, Cass...

I swear to God, if she had my jacket...

- [Cass] She'd be-- - We'd be taking all her beauty away!

You know what I'm saying? She's beautiful!

We be maskin' the beauty.

[Cass] No, you'd be keeping her ass warm.

[Cass' phone rings]

[Cass] Hey Rock, hold up for a minute. Rock, Rock, Rock!

[Rock] All right, all right.

What?

Just hold up! What?

Mimi, just what? What? Come on.

I'm busy, yeah. I'm taking care of our son.

That's what I'm doin', I'm workin'.

What?

Yeah, of course. Put him on.

Man...

What's up, man?

Son, what's up?

What do you mean you're scared?

You're there with your mother, I'm here.

I mean, what do you mean?

She's screamin' at the TV?

What did I tell you? Listen to me, Rumi. Rumi, Rumi.

What did I tell you?

What did I tell you?

It doesn't matter what happens tonight.

Just, you say it with me.

That I'm...

That's right. Okay, and what else?

Exactly.

And what else?

That I'm a strong, smart, loving, black man. That's right.

All right. On the count of three. One, two, three!

One. Two. Three.

[humming] Ommm...

All right. So, you better?

- [Rock] Cass! Come on, man! - There you go.

- [Rock] Let's do this! - Look, go hug your mother.

Tell her we got this. Why?

You tell me why we got this. Tell Dad why we got this.

Exactly. 'Cause we got this.

All right.

I love you.

OK, goodnight.

- [Cass] All right. - Trying to keep the ladies warm, man.

- Will you come on? - [woman] Hey!

- [Cass] Give 'em a coat! - We waitin' on you!

- Give 'em a coat. [laughs] - Offer still good?

Um...

Yeah. Word up.

- OK. - OK.

How was the sandwich?

Oh, it was good.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

You want some gum?

No, I'm not insinuating--

- Trying to say something? - No, no, no. I'm just--

- Yeah, I'll take some gum. - [Rock] We're gonna get in here and have a good time.

Fuck the election. The dude is not gonna win.

[Cass] Here you go.

[women continue chattering]

[Rock] I heard the owner of the year was here!

You know what I'm saying? What up, Bam-Bam?

Listen, I got a little for you. Got a little surprise for you.

- Look at this cat. - [Cass] What's up, baby?

- [Cass] How you, DB? - [Rock] Look at him.

What up, baby? How you doin'? You good?

- [DB] I see you got all the great talent. - [Rock] Always, man.

[DB] Let my folks in. Let my folks in.

I'm Michael Jackson, bro. You know what I'm sayin'?

You know what I'm saying? World championships.

We here to win. Hey.

We gettin' in here and we gonna do the damn thing.

Let's do this!

- Let's go, let's go! - [women cheer]

[loud dance music playing]

- [Cass] Alright. - Alright.

[Rock] Let's do it. Let's do it.

[dance music continues]

[inaudible chatter]

[Cass] Hey, hey, hey!

[Rock] What's up, little girl?

[Cass] Hey, you.

- [Cass] What? - What's up with the movie, Cass?

I got a feeling. Rewrites.

Yeah, you're the one losing time on your option.

You're the one keeping me honest.

Good to see you.

You enjoy your drinks tonight.

- All right. - Have a drink.

- Have two. - Have two.

[Rock] Hey, so what's up, though?

That's how we gonna do?

For real, though? OK.

OK, I'll see you, baby.

I'll see you. Yo, look at that.

Look out. Come on, man.

Hey!

- I thought you got me? - I always got you, always got you!

- What up? - You know I got you, baby.

- They comin' over, right? - Yeah, I got chicks coming in..

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about. Hey, hey. Always, man.

Always, man. That's what I'm talkin' about.

Listen, ladies. Tonight, we gonna have a good time.

We gonna turn it all the way up.

- All the way up! - [Rock] All right?

Yo, who brung the shades?

[Rock] That's what I'm talkin' about!

Hey! All right, Cass down there too.

Cass down there, too! Whose is these shades?

Whose is there?!

[woman, indistinct]

[Rock] Somebody was like, ahh!

- [laughs] - [Cass' phone rings]

[Cass] Yo. Yo, Rock.

- [Cass] Yo, Rock, Rock, Rock! - [Rock] Excuse me.

- What's up? - Sure.

- [Rock] I'm Rock. - Nice to meet you, Rock.

That's what's up. You wanna come kick it with me up here?

- I'm good. - You sure?

I'm good, yeah, I'm good.

Why you bein' like that?

I'm just-just chillin', enjoying the vibe.

I mean, you could come chill with me, though.

- I'm good. Thank you. - Oh, OK. You too good, OK.

What, no! I'm just sayin'!

No, she just sitting over there. I just wanted to talk to her!

Why you gotta be fake though? You know what I'm saying?

See? You just gotta be nice. Right?

[loud music continues]

[Rock cheers]

[Rock] Come on, let me get down here. Hey, hey.

Listen, give me the champagne.

Always, bro. Always.

Hey, come on. Give me the-- Listen, I need something.

What up, what up, what up!

I'm just gonna start handing y'all glasses right now.

There's yours.

I'm good. Thank you.

All right, whatever. Hey, here!

Who else need a glass?

Who else need a glass?

I'll take that. I'll take that.

Cass. You tryin' to get in on this or what?

Pop it.

- [Rock] Hey! - [woman squeals]

I can't get enough of it. There it is!

That's the hardest-- Hey, don't worry about me.

Don't worry about me. Y'all ready for this?

- Ready. Ready! - Y'all ready for this?

We're ready.

Y'all ready? Ah, the cage won't come off!

- All right, here we go. - All right, here we go.

- [squeals] - You might wanna watch out.

[Cass' phone dings]

- [champagne cork pops] - [Rock] Hey!

- [Rock] All right, here we go. - [woman] Let's do this.

[Rock] I'll get you some.

Wow. Watch it.

- I'll get you some. - Are you, uh...

- What's up? - Kinda... kinda close...

Sorry about that.

I was just trying to take your, uh, temp,

- make sure you were cool. - No, no.

- Doing my job. - Yeah, yeah. I get it.

I was just doing my job.

Of course. Just doing your job.

- What part of town you live in? - What?

- What part of town you live in? - What?

[Cass clears throat]

I'm gonna go to the bathroom.

What are you doing? Stop! What are you doing?

Fuck!

I thought...

[music continues]

[Cass] Yo, yo. Yo, Rock! Where did Free go?

- Who? - The girl, the other girl.

-Yo here. -Yo, I don't want that. Where'd she go?

Who?

[Rock] Listen, all I'm saying is...

fuck it and have fun.

[women cheer]

[music fades]

Hey, hey, hey. Yo, yo.

Hey. Hey, hey! Yo, slow down, slow down!

Is that what you do?

I--

Look, I wasn't trying to hurt you.

- You didn't hurt me. - You look hurt!

You know what, you track... That's fine. That's fine.

I'm getting ready to go anyways. Thank you for everything.

We can't leave. You just got here!

I have to go anyway, I have a flight to catch in the morning, so...

You got a flight, all right.

- A flight? A flight? - Yeah, I'm going back home.

[phone buzzes]

Oh. All right. So you're not from here? Okay.

Yeah, all right. Whatever. I mean, what are you gonna do?

What do you mean, what am I gonna do?

What you gonna do, you just--

It's LA, there's taxis everywhere. I'll manage.

[Cass scoffs]

So...

does that mean you just go back to the lame-ass Midwest,

that's where you from? You a Midwest girl?

Oh. Says the 30-something year-old promoter

who, what, is from Ohio, I guess?

Yeah, the one who knows all the girls.

- So that's what... you goin' there with that? - Yeah.

[phone buzzes]

Girl, I run this town. You lucky I got your ass in the club.

You were sittin' on the curb, I got you in the club.

Fuck you!

[I tried, remember?

[muttering]

You know what else?

Fucking shit.

Fuck...

Shit.

Talk to me that way.

Bullshit, I fucking took care of her.

[man whooping]

Yeah!

[man shouting, indistinct]

Oh, shit!

Damn! Hey, hey!

You gotta smile more, girl! Come on.

Hey, let me get that number.

- [Cass] Hey, yo, yo! - [man] Let me get that number!

[all shouting]

[Cass] Yo, yo! Hey! Get your fucking hands off her!

- [Cass] Chill, chill. - Your pimp's here now?

[Free] Who the fuck do you think you are?!

Who do you think you are? Go on, man.

- What the fuck you-- - Stop! Stop!

- [man 2] Get the fuck off me! - [man 1] Hey, fuck you!

- [punches landing] - Hey, stop!

- [officer] Hey! - [man 2] What the fuck!

- [Cass] Fuck off! - Stop!

Show me your hands! Show me your hands!

- [Free] This dude right here! - [officer] Ma'am, stand back.

- Stand back! - No! It's not him!

- Okay! - It's not him, though, it was them!

- Why are you going after him? - Torres! Torres!

Torres!

The girl says the guys running attacked her.

- [chatter on police radio] - [Free] Come on, man.

[officer] Tell me what happened. Tell me what happened.

[Free] Those guys came up to me they were trying to hit on me,

they were getting, like, touchy-grabby, my boy came up,

and he told them, like, to back up. The dude pushed him.

So when he pushed him, like, the dude was aggressive first.

- [Torres] Let's go. - [Free] Come on, man.

[sirens in distance]

- Are you Cass? - No.

Cass Film, that is you, bro!

Either you or your twin!

- Yo, what happened? You all right? - Yeah, what's up?

Look, I go to USC. I got one more year left.

And I promise you, your film was everything.

You know they still show it there, right?

So, what's up?

When the feature supposed to drop, man? We all waitin'!

You look like a bright kid, man. Keep right, all right?

- Oh, you keepin' it under wraps and shit, huh? - Yeah.

- [man] All right, man. - All right.

- Stay in school. - Indeed!

Hey.

Hey.

- What was that? - Nothing.

- Yo! - I said nothing.

No, I just-- I heard about, you did a film or something?

- Can I see it? - No.

- Why not? - I said, no!

Look, I'm gonna go back in there and tell Rock I'm out, OK?

You can stay with him if you want, he'll take care of you, all right?

I'm not-- No, come here, come here, come here.

Hey.

What?

Come here.

Come sit down.

Let's just sit for a minute.

Let's just sit down. Come on.

[phone buzzes]

Shit.

[car horn honking]

Um...

I'm sorry about before.

What?

I said, I'm sorry about before.

You're sorry, what?

I said, I'm sorry about before. In the bathroom.

It's OK.

Hey.

It's OK.

[Cass' phone rings]

Yeah, you just pulled up right in front of me.

Where...?

- Yeah, I'm here. - Where are you going?

Anywhere but here.

You walkin'?

Let's go.

How you all doing?

[Free] Oh, man, OK.

It's been a tough night.

[woman on radio, indistinct]

Thank you.

For what?

That was, uh... that was cute.

- Cute? - Yeah.

I'm a grown-ass man, woman.

Does that mean you can't be cute?

[exhales deeply]

[woman on radio continues, indistinct]

[woman continues] Home to Detroit, Michigan,

Milwaukee and Wisconsin.

It could impede in what the polls are saying right now.

Michigan and Wisconsin are so close.

Um, just a really quick update right now,

we have Hillary with New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado, Oregon--

[Cass' phone dings]

[woman continues] These are all no surprises:

Hawaii, California,

[woman continues, indistinct]

Thank you for fighting for me.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

The least I could do.

[woman on radio] We did not expect this race

to be this close, that is for sure.

[man] Brother, you need some napkins?

I have napkins up here.

I'm fine.

[man] What happened?

Ignorance.

That's what happened. Let's just...

We don't need to talk about it.

[man] I know all about that one.

What you mean, you know about all that?

What you know about all what?

My dad is Arabic. I was raised Muslim, man.

I deal with it every day.

The Arabic part helps you out.

[man] Hmm! Does it?

Trust me.

[man] Yeah, tell that to my fam, bro.

Yeah, you can't know what's it like to wake up every...

every day, over and over and over,

they disrespect you just because of the color you were born in.

I ain't disrespectin' you.

I'm tellin' you.

The Arabic side helps you out.

Black man in America,

you gotta wake up and act like the shit didn't happen.

So you can't know about it.

[man] Man, my mom's black.

Try being a black man in America every day, and then, uh..

being put on a terrorist list. [scoffs]

Your, uh, dad being stopped for no reason, and, uh,

your cousins not being able to come here.

It's like being a black man in America.

This shit ain't OK.

[man] Shit ain't OK, man.

No, the fuckin' shit ain't OK.

Hey.

Shit is not OK.

It's fucked up.

But you know what, it's different.

It's different for you, it's different for him,

it's different for me.

It's fucked up.

God.

Especially now.

[sighs]

[phone dings]

It's fucking crazy.

[man on radio] Donald Trump has always had money.

Do you think-- Listen, people who are voting for him--

This is for the voters: he has always had money.

He has never even known anybody that is poor,

that's middle-class, that's working class--

You OK?

I'm fine.

I mean, not really, but I'm fine.

Just tired as shit.

Same old shit.

Every city, same old shit.

Yeah.

- Yeah. - [man continues] And he only cares now

because he wants your vote.

And if he wins tonight,

because of you, you're going to find out very soon

that his interests are not yours.

Welcome to L.A.

[chuckles]

Shit. Welcome to America.

Yeah, that too.

[man continues, indistinct]

[woman on radio] Trump began his unlikely bid

to the White House in June 2015...

What do you want?

What?

What do you want? Like, what do you really want?

Uh...

I mean, does it really matter, what I really want?

It's not the movies, so...

What?

I mean, nobody ever gets what they really want.

Says who?

Who told you that? Society?

Nah, man, it's just there's...

things that I know, and that's one thing that I know.

[chuckles] And I ask again, who told you that?

Everybody.

My mom, my sisters, my dad.

I mean, literally everybody.

Yeah, but you said you were grown.

No. OK.

I am grown. Let me put it this way.

My mom... she had things that she wanted to do.

Things that she was excited about.

She had kids

and then,

we came along and

she ain't get to do those things.

So, how am I supposed to be just completely irresponsible

and just go after

something that's crazy, like...

Just...

- Crazy? - How can you do that?

Yes, crazy.

OK, so what...

What did you go after?

I'm a lawyer.

That's nice.

[Free chuckles softly]

You hate it, huh?

That why you rockin' the short crop

with the blond hair at the top?

- 'Cause you being rebellious? - Nah.

Everybody needs a change.

Even lawyers, huh?

Even lawyers.

[Cass] What's that look?

It's nothing.

[Cass] No, it's something. I mean, it's...

It's like it's different. Like it changed.

What's that look?

I said it's fine.

No, I'm saying it's different. Like, I'm, you know...

I'm a film director, so I--

OK, could you just leave it alone, please?

I said it's fine.

My bad.

I make good money.

I own a condo and I'm able to take care of my mom,

and she's the one who supported all of us.

I'm good. I...

OK, so...

You got money in the bank. That's dope.

What do you mean by that?

Like I said, it's dope.

You still didn't answer my question, though.

Yes, I did.

No, you didn't. I asked you what you really want.

And I said nobody ever gets what they really want.

[Cass chuckles]

That ain't my life.

Oh.

So, what? What, you went after the dream?

You went after what you really wanted, so...

- Yeah - I mean, what now?

I'm going after mine.

What you mean, "what now?" I'm going after mine.

Are you?

Yeah.

What?

Nothing.

[Free] Hmm.

What do you really want to be?

I--

Go ahead. I'm listening.

Uh...

At one point...

I wanted to be a DJ.

[chuckles] You made me laugh.

- I made you laugh? - No, I mean, in a good way.

That's cool.

- Word. A DJ. - Like...

No, seriously though, like...

At all of my, like, little get-togethers with my family and stuff,

I like to pull out my Bluetooth speaker,

and like... I don't know.

- Like what? - Just...

- Like what? - Make people feel something.

You know?

Move them.

Make them think.

Or just have fun for a little while.

Music does that for me.

Film does that for me.

Touché.

[Cass chuckles]

Well... I don't know, you got...

a playlist? Spotify?

What?

Come on, you're old-school. You got a mix-tape, right?

What?

- Nah, man. - Yo, Naqeeb!

- That's your name, right? - [Naqeeb] Yeah.

Um...

We got a DJ back here.

- [Naqeeb] Word? - Yo.

- Yo! - She got a mix-tape.

I do not have a mix-tape!

Let me-- Let me hear it!

I know you got headphones in that purse, too. Come on.

Once a DJ, always a DJ.

Let it rip.

- Hold that. - OK.

All right.

These things don't usually do well with my ears.

- Well... - I got little ears, but...

- Do you? - Yeah, I do got little ears,

but hopefully your music is big.

Oh, God...

- OK. - All right. Let me know what you think.

I'm in.

- You're in? - I'm in.

You go to the song you want me to...

Uh... That one.

There we go.

For real?

For real?

Yo!

Lawyer?

Whatever.

Damn!

What's your DJ name?

What?

I ain't got a DJ name.

Yo, this is hot!

Your mama know you're this good?

Exactly.

[phone buzzes]

Yo.

[Cass] Hmm.

- Yeah, this is it, man. - [Naqeeb] OK.

That's good.

- That's dope. - [car door opens]

Yeah?

What's up?

What? You didn't like it?

[Cass] Nah, it's incredible.

[Free scoffs]

No, I mean, it was incredible. Honestly.

I just, you know...

- My phone. - I real-- Yeah.

- Right. - You got a whole life back home,

and, look, this is borrowed time.

OK... Look, I'm not with him anymore.

It's-- It's none of my business.

Oh, so you're not seeing someone?

Yeah, I'm seeing everyone.

Oh, come on, man, don't be like that. I saw you earlier.

I saw you on your phone when I was walking up,

and you sounded like you were all in love.

Yeah.

What? Now you don't remember?

Oh, OK.

But it's funny when you do it.

Rumi.

Rumi is my son. He's five years old.

Oh.

Look, I understand that--

No, I don't think you do understand.

You fought for me the first day we met.

And he's only ever...

fought me.

And he's only fighting for me now because I'm gone.

Oh, my God, that view.

Look at this.

Ohh!

[chuckles]

So pretty.

- It's so quiet up here, eh? - [Free] Yeah.

Thank you.

Hmm.

[Cass] Look up.

[Free] Oh, my God.

It's a full moon.

[Cass] Shit.

- Like a record. - [Free laughs]

Yeah.

[Cass] Maybe it's a sign.

[Free] Maybe it is a sign.

Hmm.

God likes music too.

Oh, God loves music. [laughs]

[both sigh]

Wait. Where are we?

[Cass] A friend's house.

Find ourselves here a lot.

After these kind of nights, you know?

[Free] Mm-hmm.

[Cass] Let's go check it out.

- Let's do it. - [Cass] OK.

[Cass sighs]

[Free clears her throat]

[Free] Ah.

[Free] Oh, thank you.

[Free exhales]

[Cass sighs]

[Cass] This is it.

Let's go in. Oh!

[Cass sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

Uh, anybody in here?

- [man] Hey, what's up, Cass? - You got it.

[Cass] What's good with it?

- [man] You all right? - [Cass] All good, man.

This is Free.

How you doing? Nice to meet you too.

[man on TV] Donald Trump absolutely needed it.

He got it and now, as we talked about,

he has many different ways to get to the 270 votes he needs

to be the next President of the United States.

Clinton County had a surge

of Latino voters in the state of Florida.

Looks like they actually did get an increase in Latino turnout,

but it wasn't enough.

[woman on TV] In Wisconsin and, earlier in the night,

Michigan was blue, and now they're undecided

and they're leaning towards Trump

and so, that's a big upset,

stating that, you know, Michigan...

Uh... I didn't expect for this to be so...

[man] Hey, guys.

But, thing is, if he keeps winning this, mathematically,

she can't beat this shit out!

But she-- He can't win. I mean that-- I mean...

Come on.

But I mean, if they-- Who didn't vote?

Like, who sat at home and skipped out on this election?

'Cause I voted.

You're right. We all voted.

If she loses Pennsylvania, it's a fucking wrap.

[man on TV] Radio silence in Brooklyn right now at Clinton's party.

A place that was jubilant and excited just hours ago,

now you can hear a pin drop.

That is not a good sign for the Clinton camp.

I can only imagine the devastation

going through Hillary Clinton's mind right now...

[indistinct chatter]

We can leave if you want, you know.

No, no, it's OK.

- Sure? - Yeah.

All right. I'm gonna go... make us a drink.

- OK - All right.

- Whiskey? Wine? - Wine. Something. Champagne.

[man on TV] We just heard the list of states

where Hillary Clinton would have to win

all those states to have any chance...

What's up?

Good to see y'all, man.

- [man] What's up, man? - Got it.

What's up, K?

- Good to see you, my man. - You good?

You know.

- All right. - You know. I'm hanging in there.

- [woman] Hello. - Hey.

[woman] Thanks for inviting us.

Of course! Wait, that ain't me.

Russell invited y'all.

[Cass] You're not drinking?

I had a little bit.

Now, I'm having a little bit more.

That's a lot more.

[man on TV] Some big news here.

Huge news. The AP now projecting

that Donald Trump has won the state of Pennsylvania.

- [all shouting] - [man on TV] This is a breaking announcement

- from the Associated Press that cannot be underestimated. [woman] It's over!

This is 20 more electoral votes for Donald Trump.

[woman on TV] All the pundits--

[man on TV] This is breaking everyone's expectation--

Honestly, I never thought that that would happen...

[overlapping chatter]

Hey. How've you been? Good to see you.

[woman] I can't believe what's going on right now.

Crazy, right?

[chatter fades]

I'm gonna start throwing parties out here and be done.

This is crazy!

It's fucking crazy!

[man] What is happening is so crazy!

[indistinct chatter continues]

[all shouting]

[woman] We need to see this, though.

[woman] Cass, what the fuck is your girl doing?

- Wait, what's - Turn it back on!

- Wait, wait, wait. - [people shouting]

- Can you turn back on the TV? - Listen, listen, listen, like,

I know we're all watching this right now,

I know we're all caught up in this right now,

but I think like, we just need to take a moment.

We just need to feel good, like--

[woman] It's the election though!

This is fucking crazy. I know! I know!

But we need a minute, y'all!

We need a minute to feel good.

We want to watch history...

But we don't need to watch this history.

We need to think about our history.

We need to think about life, we need to just...

- feel good, y'all. - But I am thinking about--

Hey, yo! Hold on.

- Give her a second. - [Free] This is consuming us.

Ma, go do your thing. Do your thing. Play your-- Play your...

[Free] Thank you.

[electronic music plays]

Yeah, I hate it. Hey Cass! Come get her, man!

[man] Hey, come on, man.

[all grumbling]

Get out of here!

Turn the TV back on.

[Cass] Grab her. Grab her. Dance with her.

Just dance. Just da-- Hey!

Hey! Just dance. Grab her.

Whatever, I mean...

[man] The world is not dancing, man.

- Might as well, you know? - I know. Hell. Yeah.

Watch your drink.

It is, but I mean, you know,

it's not the end of the world, y'all.

[woman] It is the end of the world!

[music continues]

[chatter continues]

[woman] Cass!

It's good.

It's good what you did. Hey, hey, hey.

Really! Don't worry about it.

You did good.

You see, they're hugging each other.

Yeah.

They're dancing. Look.

He's dancing.

You good?

All right.

[Free clears her throat]

- [music stops] - [Free's phone buzzes]

Sorry!

- Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. - Hey, hey, hey.

Don't worry about it. Come on. Let's go outside.

Come on, let's go.

[woman] Wait! Wait!

You turn the thing off and now you're leaving with the music?

[Cass] We're going upstairs for a bit.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Love y'all.

[man] Turn the election back on!

[man 2] Hey, I'm sorry Cass!

[man on TV] ...those 20 electoral votes

get Trump to 264, six away--

[woman] I like her haircut!

[chatter and TV fade]

[Free] Man...

[Free laughs]

That was crazy.

[Cass] Yeah, it was crazy. Watch your step.

We need that, man.

- [Cass] Yeah. - [Free] We need that.

- [phone buzzes] - Hey.

- I want to show you something. - Wait. Huh?

- [phone buzzes] - Ugh!

- Let me show you something. - Sorry, what were you saying?

- [phone buzzes] - No, take that. Just take it.

- No, take it, take it. It's OK. - I'm sorry.

- It's all right. - [sighs]

Hello?

What?

Yo, yo, yo, yo. Look, it's--

What are you talking about?

Yeah, well, that was like... That was your whole thing.

Like, that's your own problem, like...

Yeah, but why are you stressing me out like this?

It's so annoying, like...

Seriously? Seriously? Now? Now?

Now you're feeling bad? Like...

Dude, what are you talking about? Like...

Why are you stressing me out for nothing?

Ugh! Are you serious? Like, really? Really?

All right, well, I gotta go.

I gotta go!

[Free sighs]

- [Free] Hey. - [Cass sighs]

So?

Uh, man.

I had a great time.

I had a lot of fun tonight.

Probably about that time, right?

You gotta get going?

- What? - You gotta--

Wait, wait, what were you about to show me?

- Nah, it's nothing. - No, tell me.

You got a flight to catch, right?

Come on, man. What were you about to show me?

It's nothing.

Seriously?

- Just show me, like... - No, it's nothing.

What?

Yo!

All right, then we'll just give up 'cause I can see that you already have.

What'd you say to me?

What about that script that actress asked about?

Your film that everybody's waiting to see?

It's all over you, like...

You came out here to do something.

Are you just giving up?

[Cass scoffs]

Says the lady who...

You're not even trying to follow your dream.

Give me a break.

[Free] What do you mean?

What do I mean? You're not trying to follow your dream.

You're living all safe,

you go back to your little comfy, boredom,

basic... what, nine to five?

You kidding me? Telling me I'm giving up?

Fuck outta here.

- Come on. - [Free] Oh. OK.

So, now you know my life.

- Yeah, I do. - You do? You know my life?

- Really? - Yeah, yeah, 'cause I live here.

The city of dreams, right?

People be like, "Girl, let's go to LA!

Let's go to New York! Let's go to Miami, but, whoa,

let's not go too crazy, like, let's not get free."

What you're trying to say? You're free?

- Yeah. - Are you free?

- Really? - Yeah.

- Really? - Yeah, really.

I'm getting mine, yeah.

You think so?

[Free] Mm-hmm, yeah, I see you getting yours.

You know what's crazy to me? I think, um...

I think you're safer than I am.

I think the closest that you've come to feeling alive

is trying to fuck a girl named Free in the club bathroom.

So, yeah, I see you. I see you getting yours.

I'm sorry.

I saw that kid, earlier.

I saw how he looked at you.

He admired you.

Hey.

What do you really want?

- What happened? - Nothing happened.

Nothing happened, all right?

Nothing. Nothing happened.

Everything's always fucking happening.

I get tired of fighting every day.

I fight every day. That's my occupation.

I fight every day.

That's what happened.

[Free clears her throat]

He really did a number on you, huh?

Hey.

[woman] Oh, my God! He did not just win!

He did not just win!

[man] Trump is fucking president.

[Free] Oh...

Wow.

[Free scoffs]

[sniffles]

Oh...

[Free] Geez...

[Free sighs]

I'll follow you.

[sighs] Shit.

[people shouting]

[all shouting]

Hey, hey, y'all! Hey, hey, hey.

Everybody knows what it's like to fight.

We've all fuckin' have fought before.

Everybody knows what it feels like to struggle.

Uh, struggle to be loved,

to love, to work, to be free.

So, uh...

we're still fighting, right?

Tonight proves that it's not different.

So now we know we just got more work to do.

[man] That means you too, huh?

What?

[man] That means you too.

What you're saying is you got more work to do, too, right?

Yeah, Ray.

Real work that we all know you can do.

- I said, "Yeah." - Yeah.

- All right. - That means me, too.

Handle your business, Cass.

Let's go.

[chatter resumes]

[Free] Oh, man...

[Free] Ohh...

Doesn't look as bright as it was before.

[Free] Yeah.

Oh, well...

[Cass] Naqeeb... you're still here.

[Naqeeb] Yeah, I got, uh...

stuck listening to all of this.

I would've been a danger on the road, so...

I didn't drive.

[Cass] Understood.

[Naqeeb] What is it, man?

[Cass] How could you not be, man?

[Naqeeb sighs] You guys leaving?

[Cass] You want some company?

[Naqeeb] Yeah. Could use some of that.

[Cass] So how about I order it and then you--

[Naqeeb] No, man. I got you.

[Cass] Nah, it's cool. I can--

[Naqeeb] Nah. Where you all goin'?

Hop in.

[Cass] Goin' to Mel's.

- [Naqeeb] I got you. - [Cass] All right.

[car door closes]

[Cass grunts]

[Free sighs]

[engine starts]

[door closes]

[exhales deeply]

Thank you.

[Naqeeb] Of course.

- You said "Mel's", right? - [both] Yeah.

[woman on radio] Donald Trump, after the election's,

president-elect of the United States.

And then Clinton headquarters in New York City

stand on baited breath waiting for the final word,

that there may still be a chance,

but all they get instead is a simple statement

from Chairman John Podesta,

saying, "We're not going to have anything to say tonight.

Get some sleep. We're so proud of you--"

Naqeeb, you can turn the heat down a little bit.

[Naqeeb] Of course.

[woman on radio] "She's not done yet."

I'm at a loss for words.

I digress, I go to my listeners.

Caller one?

[man on radio, indistinct]

It's kinda funny saying "Turn the heat down in Los Angeles."

[Naqeeb laughs]

[man on radio] He's waving to the public.

There's no question--

It's kind of a cold night, though.

[Naqeeb] Understand.

[man on radio continues]

...misogyny, homophobia, the bigotry...

This is what we've seen in real time

and through history with this guy,

when he was kicking black people out of their homes in New York,

when he was piling up

the sexual assault cases from these young women,

a lot of them are probably still scared to say anything.

But what's deeper than that, Tim, what's deeper than that,

what I'm worried about is what's happening to our country.

What's happening to the people,

to the children,

because of a guy like that...

Say what you will about Obama,

but he won by people coming together

and believing in something bigger.

I remember that day and I know you do, too.

Trump? Trump will not heal.

- [sniffles] - It was his appeal.

And now, this country's more divided

than I've ever seen in my life.

My job...

[woman on radio, indistinct]

we represent bad people.

There's too many bad people winning.

[man on radio] ...just lying and hateful and violent--

Too many bad people winning.

[man on radio] And I'm afraid.

Can't say it better.

Sums it up.

[woman on radio, indistinct]

[exhales loudly]

[groans] God.

[woman on radio] Dig even deeper than that and what do we have?

We have, what, the-the massacre

of our-our Native... Native American Indians?

Dig deeper. What about slavery?

And the confiscation of our native peoples' land?

[man on radio] He made America hate again.

This country is called "the United States," for a reason.

Think about that.

The first name in our country is "United".

And, I'm sorry,

we're more divided than ever.

And I don't know what's gonna change it.

That's all I gotta say. Thank you.

[woman on radio] Oh, my goodness.

Rob, I'm happy to know

there are people like you out there in the world.

That this is what makes America great.

You OK?

I will be.

[woman on radio, indistinct]

Trump promised to build a separate wall

between the southern border and Mexico.

Bringing back manufacturing jobs--

[continues, indistinct]

[exhales]

Feel bad for the children that have to...

Say the first president was this guy.

[woman on radio, indistinct]

What are you thinking?

Was thinking how I named my son after...

my favorite poet.

Or how excited I was to, um--

when he was old enough to understand it.

Yeah, Rumi was one of our great writers.

I was thinking how

there would be nothing better right now than for my kid

to write a poem, so...

Oh, man...

I always tell him that he's smart,

he's strong and he's loving.

If he's anything like, you, then he is.

It's nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you, too.

[Cass exhales]

You know what, Free?

It's safe to say I'm starting to remember

why I moved out here.

Why?

So the good people can win for once.

The good people can win for one.

Amen.

[car beeps]

Naqeeb, you want anything?

[Naqeeb] Nah, I'm good, man. Thank you.

God bless you.

[Naqeeb] As-Salaam-Alaikum.

- [door opens] - Wa-Alaikum-Salaam.

[no audio]

[indistinct chatter]

Is this...?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[audio fades]

Wow...

Wow.

- [chatter continues] - [glasses clinking]

- What are you thinking? - I mean...

[laughs]

I need to see this.

- Like, I need to see that. - But it's not--

The full-length version of that!

- It's a rough-- Gotta edit it-- - No. No! No, seriously.

Like, you need to send that.

Send the script.

It's just-- It's not finished--

Send the script to the actress from the club.

Just send it to her. Send it as is.

Go for it. Like...

Like... do you understand

how important this is now?

And how important art is?

This is everything, this is our voice,

this is who we are.

This is all we have left.

This is important, man, like...

Just let me clean it up first.

No, man.

You need to send that.

You need to send that. Like, you need to send that!

Seriously.

This is everything.

- Yeah? - Whoa.

Oh, with everything that's going on,

the fucking shit we're dealing with, like...

we got nothing else.

We got our voice.

We got what we put into the world.

We got purpose, we got...

We can inspire.

It can really change things.

- You really think so? - I really do.

I really, really--

I really do.

- You're not bullshitting me? - No.

All right.

You send that,

get this thing going,

and I'll, um...

I'll cancel my flight.

I'll stay.

- No, for real, like, I'll-- - You wouldn't do that.

--cancel my flight. I'll quit my fucking job and stay.

[laughs] You crazy.

You're for real.

Send it.

My flight is right here.

Send it.

Send it.

[Cass] One...

two...

three.

[wind gusting sound]

[exhales]

[grand, sweeping music]

[music continues]

[music ends]

[rap song]

[song ends]