1 00:00:28,069 --> 00:00:31,822 [ Footsteps Shuffling ] 2 00:00:38,163 --> 00:00:40,914 [ Objects Clattering ] 3 00:00:50,133 --> 00:00:54,136 $$ [ Humming ] 4 00:01:04,773 --> 00:01:07,191 [ Man ] Deborah? 5 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:09,359 Where you been? I'm sorry. I'm sorry, T. 6 00:01:09,486 --> 00:01:11,361 Are you cheating on me? No, no! I'm not cheating on you. 7 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:13,947 What— Stop it! What are you doing? 8 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:16,033 T.! Stop it! You ain't leaving me! 9 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:19,119 Who is it? Nobody! It's you! I hate you! 10 00:01:19,204 --> 00:01:22,247 T. Ray, just let me go! 11 00:01:22,332 --> 00:01:25,417 - [ T. Ray, Indistinct ] - No! 12 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:28,045 T. Ray, damn it! Get off me! 13 00:01:28,129 --> 00:01:29,797 Lily! 14 00:01:31,341 --> 00:01:33,759 [ Gunshot ] 15 00:01:37,722 --> 00:01:41,100 [ Lily Narrating ] I killed my mother when I was fouryears old. 16 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:43,936 That's what I knew about myself. 17 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:46,897 She was all I wanted, and I took her away. 18 00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:50,109 Nothin' else much mattered. 19 00:01:58,868 --> 00:02:01,120 [ Buzzing ] 20 00:02:04,165 --> 00:02:06,166 [ Buzzing Continues ] 21 00:02:34,779 --> 00:02:38,365 [ T. Ray Snoring ] 22 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:39,992 T. Ray! What? 23 00:02:40,076 --> 00:02:42,202 There's bees in my room! Hundreds of 'em! You've gotta see! 24 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:44,830 What is it?Jesus Christ, Lily. They're in my room! Come see. 25 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:46,915 What? 26 00:02:57,969 --> 00:02:59,887 Goddamn it, Lily. This ain't funny. 27 00:02:59,971 --> 00:03:02,389 But they were here. They were flyin' everywhere. 28 00:03:02,473 --> 00:03:04,850 You wake me again, I'm gonna get out the grits. 29 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:06,935 You hear me? 30 00:03:09,772 --> 00:03:11,773 Goddamn it. 31 00:03:24,245 --> 00:03:26,830 [ Lily Narrating ] The bees came the summer of '64— 32 00:03:26,915 --> 00:03:31,793 The summer I turned 1 4 and my whole life went spinnin' off into a whole new orbit. 33 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:35,714 Lookin' back on it, I wanna say they were sent to me. 34 00:03:35,798 --> 00:03:40,260 I wanna say they showed up like the Angel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary. 35 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:42,679 I know it's forward to compare my small life to hers, 36 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:48,018 but I have good reason to believe she wouldn't mind. 37 00:04:14,003 --> 00:04:17,506 So, um, my birthday is tomorrow. 38 00:04:17,632 --> 00:04:20,258 [ Utensils Clatter ] Most girls want... 39 00:04:20,343 --> 00:04:25,472 one ofthem little silver charm bracelets they have down at the mercantile. 40 00:04:27,183 --> 00:04:30,060 But I wasjust thinking you could tell me about my mother instead. 41 00:04:31,354 --> 00:04:34,564 All you ever said is she's from Virginia and she's an only child like I am. 42 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:37,067 I don't even know what her favorite food was... 43 00:04:37,151 --> 00:04:40,821 and what she liked to do and— nothin'. 44 00:04:48,371 --> 00:04:51,248 You wanna know about your mama? 45 00:04:51,332 --> 00:04:53,333 Mm-hmm. 46 00:04:55,086 --> 00:05:01,049 She used to spend hours lurin' roaches and whatnot out ofthe house with graham crackers and marshmallows. 47 00:05:01,884 --> 00:05:04,761 [ Chuckles ] Swear to God. 48 00:05:10,727 --> 00:05:12,769 She was a lunatic about savin' bugs. 49 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:14,980 [ Door Closes ] 50 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:30,287 Here you go. 51 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:43,467 Hey, Lily! Nice ass! [ Laughing ] 52 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:45,552 Oh! 53 00:05:54,395 --> 00:05:56,396 Gotcha. 54 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:03,028 Rosaleen. Look at this thing fight. 55 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:06,198 What you doin' with that? Catching bees to show T. Ray. 56 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:08,200 He thinks I'm making it up. 57 00:06:08,284 --> 00:06:10,952 Get yourselfstung, don't come cryin' to me. 58 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:14,206 Come fix this. For the future— [ Indistinct ] 59 00:06:14,332 --> 00:06:17,542 What'd they do? Drop the atom bomb or somethin'? Hush. 60 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:21,838 It does say that there are those who are equal before God... 61 00:06:21,923 --> 00:06:25,217 shall now also be equal in the polling booths, 62 00:06:25,301 --> 00:06:27,636 in the classrooms, in the factories... 63 00:06:27,762 --> 00:06:31,056 and in hotels and restaurants and movie theaters— Holy shit. 64 00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:33,100 and other places that provide service to the public. 65 00:06:33,184 --> 00:06:35,727 [ Man ] Today, July the 2nd, 1 964, 66 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:38,480 PresidentJohnson signed the Civil Rights bill into law. 67 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:01,044 Fifteen, 1 6, 1 7, 1 8, 68 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:04,297 1 9, 20, 2 1 , 22. 69 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:22,667 When's my hair gonna look like yours? 70 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:28,465 I bet mine used to drive you crazy the way it goes off in 1 1 wrong directions. 71 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:34,054 I bet you used to brush it a hundred times a dayjust to get it to lay down. 72 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:38,642 I bet you did. 73 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:43,688 [ T. Ray ] Lily! [ Panting ] 74 00:08:43,773 --> 00:08:49,402 Lily! 75 00:08:54,450 --> 00:08:56,660 - Who you out here with? - What? 76 00:08:56,786 --> 00:09:00,372 - Who's out there? - Nobody. There's no one here but me. It'sjust me. 77 00:09:00,456 --> 00:09:02,457 Get up from there. 78 00:09:07,755 --> 00:09:10,131 Get in here. 79 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:14,427 No! You think you're grown? Huh? 80 00:09:15,596 --> 00:09:18,598 Out there doing God knows what. 81 00:09:18,683 --> 00:09:21,935 You'll get yourself pregnant and then what? Huh? 82 00:09:22,019 --> 00:09:24,104 Huh? 83 00:09:55,011 --> 00:09:57,012 [ Panting ] 84 00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:12,110 [ Bottle Cap Falls To Floor ] 85 00:10:28,085 --> 00:10:30,086 You can go. 86 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:43,641 Mornin'. 87 00:10:43,726 --> 00:10:46,394 How long your dad keep you on these grits? 88 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:48,480 Hour. 89 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:52,442 [ Sighs ] 90 00:10:52,526 --> 00:10:54,569 Look at ya. 91 00:10:56,989 --> 00:10:59,157 Happy birthday. 92 00:11:00,409 --> 00:11:02,327 I didn't know you made me a cake. 93 00:11:02,411 --> 00:11:04,329 Ofcourse I did. It's your birthday. 94 00:11:04,455 --> 00:11:06,706 How big a piece you want? Real big. 95 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:08,625 [ Door Closes ] 96 00:11:12,046 --> 00:11:14,464 You should be in the stand already. 97 00:11:14,548 --> 00:11:16,800 It's a big peach day. 98 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:23,932 - Takin' her to town with me. - What for? 99 00:11:25,142 --> 00:11:28,228 She needs a training bra. She gots to get measured. 100 00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:34,317 How much something like that cost? 101 00:11:50,292 --> 00:11:52,585 Happy birthday. 102 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:59,467 [ Lily ] So what's in town anyway? 103 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:03,596 I'm registerin' to vote. 104 00:12:03,681 --> 00:12:08,351 Rosaleen, news said a colored man in Mississippi was killed for doing that. 105 00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:11,646 Good thing we ain't in Mississippi then. 106 00:12:16,944 --> 00:12:20,071 I saw you scribblin' one ofyour stories in the stand yesterday. 107 00:12:21,323 --> 00:12:23,241 Go on. Tell it. 108 00:12:23,325 --> 00:12:24,409 All right. 109 00:12:24,535 --> 00:12:28,580 But she blocks the oven and she says, "I'm the lead singer, and it's done when I say it's done." 110 00:12:28,664 --> 00:12:31,541 So I don't know what to do. The Supremes are having a fight in my kitchen. 111 00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:34,544 - But then suddenly we hear-- - Hey. 112 00:12:34,628 --> 00:12:37,255 Ain't you Terence Ray's little girl? 113 00:12:37,339 --> 00:12:39,757 Yes, sir. Lily. 114 00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:42,427 Daddy know you out here with her? 115 00:12:42,511 --> 00:12:45,013 Rosaleen works for us. 116 00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:49,517 Whole lot of niggers been coming through here today. 117 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:52,187 You wouldn't be going to that secret meetin', would ya? 118 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:55,607 Well, hell, we ain't gotta worry about this one. 119 00:12:55,691 --> 00:12:58,151 Can't register to vote ifyou can't write your own name. 120 00:12:59,069 --> 00:13:03,573 Tell me, Lily. She a smart nigger or a dumb nigger? 121 00:13:03,657 --> 00:13:05,366 - Please, mister, we really need— - Answer me, girl. 122 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:20,548 R-O-S-A-L-E-E-N. 123 00:13:22,259 --> 00:13:25,094 No! [ Screams ] 124 00:13:26,347 --> 00:13:28,848 Rosaleen! Stop! [ Screams ] Put her there! 125 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:30,808 [ Grunts ] 126 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:33,770 - Apologize! - Rosaleen, just apologize! 127 00:13:35,022 --> 00:13:36,814 - Help! - Apologize! 128 00:13:36,941 --> 00:13:39,359 Somebody help! [ Sobbing ] Quiet. 129 00:13:39,443 --> 00:13:44,364 - Can somebody help? - Your black ass gonna apologize one way or the other. 130 00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:47,492 Thank you, Sheriff. You have to help her. 131 00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:50,578 - Get in the goddamn truck. - I ain't restin' till your nigger apologizes. 132 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:53,039 I'm sorry, Frank! I promised her! 133 00:13:53,123 --> 00:13:55,583 Get in the goddamn truck. 134 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:59,587 She dumped snuffjuice on a white man— 135 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:02,298 on Frank Posey, for Christ's sake. 136 00:14:02,383 --> 00:14:05,426 I wouldn't be surprised if he flat-out kills her. 137 00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:10,598 You don't mean that. He wouldn't really kill her. 138 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:14,018 Sheriff's gonna take her to the hospital. She'll be fine. 139 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:16,396 Goddamn it. What the hell were you thinkin'? 140 00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:29,867 Don't you leave this room, you hear? I gotta settle payroll with— 141 00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:32,161 You don't scare me. 142 00:14:32,246 --> 00:14:34,831 - What'd you say? - You're a coward. 143 00:14:36,458 --> 00:14:40,461 My mother would never let you touch me! [ Screams ] 144 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:43,172 That goddamn woman give a shit about you. 145 00:14:43,257 --> 00:14:45,341 She loved me. 146 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:47,802 [ Laughs ] I hate you! 147 00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:59,856 Now you listen here. 148 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:05,194 Truth is, your sorry mama, she ran offand left you. 149 00:15:06,864 --> 00:15:11,951 On the day she died, she come back for the rest of her things— not you. 150 00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:13,953 That ain't true. 151 00:15:16,540 --> 00:15:19,000 It's not. 152 00:15:26,508 --> 00:15:28,676 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 153 00:15:31,180 --> 00:15:35,266 [ Vehicle Door Closes ] [ Engine Starts ] 154 00:15:35,351 --> 00:15:37,268 [ Vehicle Departs ] 155 00:15:48,739 --> 00:15:50,782 [ Chattering ] 156 00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:53,284 [ Woman On P.A. ] Dr. Cash, please call the page. 157 00:15:53,369 --> 00:15:56,412 Dr. Cash, please call the page operator. 158 00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:05,630 [ Door Opens ] 159 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:09,258 Rosaleen. 160 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:11,135 They beat you again? 161 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:13,596 We gotta get you out of here. 162 00:16:14,682 --> 00:16:18,059 I can't get out of here. I'm in jail. You shouldn't be. 163 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:20,645 That's gotta go. 164 00:16:26,902 --> 00:16:29,570 Rosaleen. 165 00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:34,909 [ Sighs ] 166 00:16:36,453 --> 00:16:39,831 This is crazy. Oh, it'll be all right. 167 00:16:39,915 --> 00:16:41,749 [ Sighs ] It'll be all right. 168 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,216 [ Man Clears Throat ] Shh. 169 00:17:02,062 --> 00:17:05,314 [ Woman On P.A., Indistinct ] 170 00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:09,277 A white girl come by here? Uh, no, sir. Nobody. I ain't moved from this spot. 171 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:35,636 [ Man ] $ When I was born $ 172 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:39,223 $ My daddy said I was broken $ 173 00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:42,226 $ Beginning ofthe end $ 174 00:17:42,352 --> 00:17:47,565 You gals be careful now. $ The life I hadn't chosen $ 175 00:17:47,649 --> 00:17:53,362 $$ [ People Vocalizing ] 176 00:18:09,546 --> 00:18:12,173 $$ [ Fades ] 177 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:14,425 Let me get this straight. 178 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:16,761 You got us goin' to Tiburon... 179 00:18:16,845 --> 00:18:20,056 'cause your mama got a picture with that town written on the back? 180 00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:22,183 That's it? 181 00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:24,560 T. Ray said my mother left me way before she died. 182 00:18:29,316 --> 00:18:32,026 Well, it's not true. 183 00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:34,612 He only made it up to punish me. I know he did. 184 00:18:34,696 --> 00:18:36,739 Knowing your daddy, he could do a thing like that. 185 00:18:36,824 --> 00:18:39,534 And my mother could never do what he said she did. 186 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,872 Huh. 187 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:48,042 I get it. 188 00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:50,211 You ran off 'cause of what he said, didn't you? 189 00:18:51,588 --> 00:18:54,841 It ain't had nothin' to do with me being in jail. 190 00:18:54,925 --> 00:18:59,345 And here you got me worrying myself sick about you getting in trouble 'cause of me. 191 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:04,350 So what you fixin' to do? Go door-to-door askin' folks about your mama? 192 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:06,978 That's your bright idea? I don't exactly have a plan, all right? 193 00:19:07,062 --> 00:19:09,480 Well, you sure had one back at the hospital. 194 00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:12,316 Comin' in there and sayin', "We gonna do this, and we gonna do that." 195 00:19:12,401 --> 00:19:15,820 And I'm supposed to follow you like some dumb nigger like they said. 196 00:19:15,904 --> 00:19:18,322 Well, you are dumb pouring your spit on that man's shoe like that... 197 00:19:18,407 --> 00:19:21,242 and dumber not to say you're sorry ifsayin' it will save your life. 198 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:23,452 That man was gonna come back and kill you or worse. 199 00:19:23,537 --> 00:19:27,248 And I go and I get you out ofthere, and this is how you thank me? 200 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:30,668 Well, fine. 201 00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:32,920 [ Water Splashing ] 202 00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:12,710 Are you all right? 203 00:20:14,004 --> 00:20:16,130 I feel like I've been beaten with a stick. 204 00:20:16,214 --> 00:20:18,507 You have been beaten, remember? 205 00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:21,427 But not with a stick. 206 00:20:30,145 --> 00:20:32,813 I know you can't understand. 207 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:37,318 Apologizing to those men would'vejust been a different way ofdyin', 208 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:39,654 'cept I have to live with it. 209 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:47,495 If I can find someplace open, I'll buy us some food. 210 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:49,747 What we gonna do for beds? 211 00:20:49,831 --> 00:20:52,208 Find a motel, I guess. 212 00:20:52,292 --> 00:20:55,419 Lily, there ain't gonna be a place that'll take a colored woman. 213 00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,505 Well, what about the Civil Rights Act? 214 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:02,176 Ain't nothin' but a piece of paper. 215 00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:05,638 [ Horn Honking ] 216 00:21:07,265 --> 00:21:09,850 [ Chattering ] 217 00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:15,606 Excuse me, sir. Are you serving food today? 218 00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:19,527 Oh, yes, ma'am. We have a Sunday plate special: barbecued pork. 219 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:22,154 Um, we'll take two ofthose, please, and two Cokes. 220 00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:26,534 I don't believe I've seen you before. 221 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:29,578 I'm not from here. I'm— I'm just visiting my grandmother. 222 00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:31,956 [ Woman ] Your daddy's gonna be so proud ofyou. 223 00:21:32,082 --> 00:21:33,874 Afternoon, Carol. Hi. 224 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:35,459 Why, don't you two look smart. When we get home— 225 00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:38,921 You come on in, and I'll wrap those up foryou to go. 226 00:21:40,882 --> 00:21:43,551 [ Bell Jingles ] 227 00:21:51,184 --> 00:21:52,893 [ Door Opens ] [ Bell Jingles ] 228 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,604 Miss, you change your mind? 229 00:21:55,731 --> 00:21:59,066 Where did you get those? Oh, I know what you mean. 230 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,694 Virgin Mary's pictured as a colored woman. 231 00:22:01,778 --> 00:22:04,780 But, see, the woman that makes the honey is colored herself. 232 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:07,158 Best honey in South Carolina. 233 00:22:07,242 --> 00:22:08,951 What is her name? 234 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:11,787 August Boatwright. 235 00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:14,040 Do you know where she lives? [ Chuckles ] 236 00:22:14,124 --> 00:22:18,753 Darnedest house you ever saw. Painted like Pepto-Bismol. Your grandma's probably seen it. 237 00:22:20,797 --> 00:22:24,675 [ Chattering, Laughing ] 238 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,594 [ Lily ] What do you think's goin' on? 239 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:29,388 [ Sighs ] Look like they dressed for church. 240 00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:32,767 Bye-bye! [ Lily ] You think one ofthem's August? 241 00:22:32,893 --> 00:22:37,229 [ Horn Honks ] Whoever she is, I hope she make honey better than she picks out paint. 242 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,483 I like it. 243 00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:45,654 $$ [ Cello: Classical ] 244 00:23:00,003 --> 00:23:02,963 Now, don't go gettin' your hopes up, all right? 245 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:05,341 They got nowhere else to go. 246 00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:15,810 $$ [ Stops ] 247 00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:20,856 [ Footsteps Approaching ] 248 00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,652 Yes? 249 00:23:24,778 --> 00:23:28,030 Are you August Boatwright? No. 250 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:32,118 I'm June Boatwright. August is my sister. 251 00:23:33,286 --> 00:23:37,164 You came to see her? Hi. I'm May Boatwright. 252 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:40,751 I'm August's sister too. [ Chuckles ] 253 00:23:40,836 --> 00:23:43,087 Is she expecting you? 254 00:23:43,171 --> 00:23:45,506 Um, I just saw some honey at the store, and the man said that— 255 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,591 You come for honey? 256 00:23:47,676 --> 00:23:52,012 Why didn't you say so? Come into the parlor. I'll go get her. 257 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:55,641 Then after that she gonna go get September and October. 258 00:23:57,978 --> 00:23:59,979 [ Door Closes ] 259 00:24:36,224 --> 00:24:38,184 Who we got here? 260 00:24:41,688 --> 00:24:44,356 I'm Lily and this is Rosaleen. 261 00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:49,069 We need a place to stay. 262 00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:57,119 You see, my mother died oftularemia when I was little, and my daddyjust got killed in a tractor accident... 263 00:24:57,204 --> 00:25:00,664 on our farm in Spartanburg County, so me and Rosaleen— she's our housekeeper-- 264 00:25:00,749 --> 00:25:02,875 we're on our way to Virginia to stay with my Aunt Bernie. 265 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:07,004 'Cept I don't have money for a train ticket or a motel, and not that anyone would take in a Negro woman, 266 00:25:07,088 --> 00:25:09,340 even though it's a violation ofthe Civil Rights Act. 267 00:25:17,098 --> 00:25:21,185 - Looks like you've been beaten. - She fell down some steps when we were leavin'. 268 00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:23,979 Must've been a lot ofsteps. 269 00:25:36,326 --> 00:25:41,121 $$ [ Humming, Whimpering ] 270 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:43,832 [ Crying ] 271 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:47,294 May, honey, go on out to the wall and finish your crying. 272 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:51,465 [ Sobbing ] 273 00:25:52,842 --> 00:25:55,052 Is she all right? 274 00:25:55,136 --> 00:25:57,513 I'm sorry. We can't help you. 275 00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:01,642 We can't have 'em living on the side ofthe road. 276 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:05,688 Why don't you call your aunt, see about her sending you some train fare? 277 00:26:05,772 --> 00:26:11,610 I would, but she just had a real big operation and she's still stayin' in the hospital. 278 00:26:11,695 --> 00:26:16,115 So maybe Rosaleen and I could just work for the money, and then just be on our way. 279 00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:22,162 Well, 280 00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:25,541 I guess Rosaleen can help May in the kitchen, 281 00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:27,668 and you can help me and Zach with the bees. 282 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,087 August. 283 00:26:30,171 --> 00:26:32,548 We have the cots in the honey house. 284 00:26:35,844 --> 00:26:39,638 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 285 00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:44,560 I hope y'all like the smell of honey. [ Door Opens ] 286 00:26:44,686 --> 00:26:48,647 It can be a bit overwhelming at first, but you'll get used to it. [ Door Closes ] 287 00:26:48,732 --> 00:26:53,402 Zach and I sleep out here come in December when we harvestin' honey round the clock. 288 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:58,449 It can get hot out here, so you wanna keep that on. 289 00:26:58,575 --> 00:27:04,288 You'll have to use the bathroom in the house. We never lock the door, so just come on in wheneveryou need to. 290 00:27:04,414 --> 00:27:07,833 There you go. This ain't charity. I'll pay you back for it. 291 00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:10,377 Oh, yeah, you can work it off. 292 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,671 I imagine y'all two wanna rest up. 293 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:19,303 Ifyou get hungry, there's some sweet potato biscuits on the stove. They're May's specialty. 294 00:27:19,387 --> 00:27:21,055 Thank you again, Miss August. 295 00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:28,854 [ Door Closes ] 296 00:27:28,938 --> 00:27:32,983 I'm sure sorry to hear about T. Ray. Aunt Bernie too. 297 00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:35,110 I know it wasn't right to lie, but I didn't have a choice. 298 00:27:35,236 --> 00:27:39,656 How come you ain't say nothin' about your mama or show that picture? Ain't that why we're here in the first place? 299 00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:42,785 Ifthey knew I ran away, they'd have to call T. Ray to come get me. 300 00:27:42,869 --> 00:27:46,497 Then they'd find out you a fugitive and they'd have to call the police. 301 00:27:46,581 --> 00:27:50,584 I feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be. I really do. 302 00:27:51,961 --> 00:27:56,131 I just need some time to figure out why, so don't say anything. 303 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:59,301 Your secret. You do what you want with it. 304 00:28:01,721 --> 00:28:03,972 They're so cultured. 305 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,893 I never met Negro women like them before. 306 00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:12,064 -Just us dumb ignorant ones. - That's not what I'm sayin'. 307 00:28:15,819 --> 00:28:18,362 Guess I never met Negro women like them neither. 308 00:28:18,446 --> 00:28:22,032 - How much land did she say they got? - Twenty-eight acres. 309 00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:26,537 It's like it's got its own spot in the world, where the outside don't come in. 310 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:28,455 Well, that's a good thing. 311 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,958 We'll be safe here, right? 312 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:47,099 $$ [ May Humming ] 313 00:28:47,183 --> 00:28:49,101 [June ] This is bullshit. 314 00:28:49,185 --> 00:28:51,228 You know she in some kind oftrouble. 315 00:28:51,312 --> 00:28:53,939 Well, who's gonna take 'em in ifwe don't? 316 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:56,775 No one around here. $$ [ Continues ] 317 00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:59,153 So what ifthat trouble follow 'em? 318 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:05,325 I need to do this, all right? 319 00:29:31,978 --> 00:29:37,107 [ Woman ] $ I went down to the water $ 320 00:29:38,026 --> 00:29:40,527 $ All night long $ 321 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:48,535 $ I put my feet in $ 322 00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,955 $ All night long $ 323 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,918 $ And I went down $ 324 00:29:56,002 --> 00:30:00,631 $ To the water $ 325 00:30:00,715 --> 00:30:04,134 $ All night long $ 326 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:12,226 $ And I put my dreams in $ 327 00:30:12,227 --> 00:30:16,730 $ All night long $ 328 00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:21,568 $ And what you did to me $ 329 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,570 $ I $ 330 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:27,741 $ I can't take no more $ 331 00:30:30,036 --> 00:30:32,496 $ I'll take these bad things $ 332 00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:34,915 $ And I'll $ 333 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:42,923 $ Lay them at the shore $ 334 00:30:48,930 --> 00:30:54,351 $$ [ Vocalizing ] 335 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:02,109 $$ [ Fades ] 336 00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:11,326 - [June ] You gonna break my car? - [ Man ] No, I'm not gonna break your car. 337 00:31:11,452 --> 00:31:14,162 I'm just askin', 'cause you're lookin' a little confused. $$ [ Singing On Radio, Indistinct ] 338 00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:17,624 It is hotter than a pot of rice here, and you got nerve to give me a hard time? Give me that wrench. 339 00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:21,086 No, you get it. Not gonna play, June Bug? 340 00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:23,255 You gonna play? 341 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:26,717 Come here. No. What? 342 00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:28,927 Come here now. What are you doing? 343 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:30,554 You know what we doing. I don't dance. 344 00:31:30,638 --> 00:31:33,307 Oh, you're dancin' now. No, I don't. I don't dance. 345 00:31:33,391 --> 00:31:36,768 No, no. Get off. Come here. [ Laughs ] 346 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:41,481 - Come on,June. - Don't you pick me up. [ Laughing ] 347 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:43,400 Stop it. 348 00:31:43,484 --> 00:31:45,986 $ Place a beehive on my grave $ 349 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:49,656 $ And let the honey soak through $ 350 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:52,367 $ When I'm dead and gone $ 351 00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:55,454 $ That's what I want from you $ Oh, thank you. 352 00:31:55,538 --> 00:31:58,373 $ The streets of heaven are gold and sunny $ 353 00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:01,335 $ But I'll stick with my plot $ [ August ] Mornin'. 354 00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:03,628 - Mornin'. - You sleep all right? 355 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,340 Yes, ma'am. Come on. Grab yourselfa chair. 356 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:09,551 - Okay. - Hey. 357 00:32:09,635 --> 00:32:13,013 - This one's yours. - Thank you. 358 00:32:18,811 --> 00:32:22,147 - So, who's that man out there? - [ August ] Oh, that's Neil. 359 00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,649 He teaches at the school where June teaches music. 360 00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:28,278 - He's sweet on her. - It seems like she's sweet on him too. 361 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,572 Yeah, but she won't say so. 362 00:32:30,656 --> 00:32:34,076 He tried every which way to get her to marry him, but she won't. 363 00:32:34,202 --> 00:32:37,162 How come? Too scared. 364 00:32:37,246 --> 00:32:40,165 [ Scoffs ] May,June might think that's a little personal. 365 00:32:40,249 --> 00:32:43,293 Hell, I'll tell any folk that'll listen I threw my man out. 366 00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:47,130 Put his brain in a bird and the bird'll fly backwards. [ Laughs ] 367 00:32:47,215 --> 00:32:50,342 [ Laughs ] 368 00:32:52,178 --> 00:32:54,554 [ May ] Mmm. 369 00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:57,808 How come y'all got names from a calendar? 370 00:32:57,892 --> 00:32:59,684 Our mama loved spring and summer. 371 00:33:02,563 --> 00:33:06,566 We had an April too, but... 372 00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:10,362 she died when she was little. 373 00:33:12,865 --> 00:33:15,867 $$ [ Sobs, Hums ] 374 00:33:17,453 --> 00:33:20,330 [ Sobbing ] 375 00:33:20,456 --> 00:33:23,208 You ain't gonna fix that car. I'm gonna fix it. 376 00:33:27,380 --> 00:33:29,840 - What set May off? - [ Water Running ] 377 00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:32,592 She upset 'cause you won't marry Neil. 378 00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:37,139 See that? You should go on and marry me and quit upsettin' your sister. 379 00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:39,433 Get out of here. 380 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:42,269 No, woman, you promised me pancakes, and I ain't leavin' till I get 'em. 381 00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:45,856 You must be Rosaleen. Neil. 382 00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:47,482 And you must be Lily. Yes, sir. 383 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:50,610 - What's burnin'? - [ Sizzling ] 384 00:33:56,492 --> 00:33:59,161 Don't worry. We'll just make you another one. 385 00:33:59,245 --> 00:34:01,788 - [ Clattering ] - Or how about some grits? 386 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,499 No. Thank you. That's— That's all right. 387 00:34:04,584 --> 00:34:06,376 I'm just not really hungry. 388 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:08,837 Then let's get to work. 389 00:34:08,921 --> 00:34:10,714 Check on May. 390 00:34:10,798 --> 00:34:14,176 I'm going to the N.A.A.C.P. offices. We're canvassing voters this morning. 391 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:17,345 Uh, wait. What about my pancakes? 392 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:19,139 The batter's right there by the griddle. 393 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,686 Now how could beauty be so evil? 394 00:34:26,481 --> 00:34:31,151 I've been stung so many times, I have immunity. 395 00:34:31,235 --> 00:34:33,445 They barely even hurt me. 396 00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:37,282 But since you don't, you need to know beeyard etiquette. 397 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:40,660 Beeyard etiquette? You see, 398 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,746 the world's really just one big beeyard. 399 00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:45,665 The same rules work in both places. 400 00:34:47,001 --> 00:34:51,630 Don't be afraid, as no life-lovin' bee wants to sting you. 401 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:56,760 But don't be an idiot. That's why we wear long sleeves and long pants. 402 00:34:56,844 --> 00:35:01,473 And don't swat. Don't even think about swattin'. 403 00:35:01,557 --> 00:35:04,309 And above all, send the bees love. 404 00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:08,313 [ Bees Buzzing ] Every little thing wants to be loved. 405 00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:12,734 Let's go. 406 00:35:12,818 --> 00:35:15,487 [ Vehicle Approaching ] 407 00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:27,040 [ Buzzing ] 408 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,970 Now, we'll constantly be checking the hives. 409 00:35:40,054 --> 00:35:44,891 We have to make sure the queens have enough room to lay their eggs, otherwise we get swarms. 410 00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:48,311 What do you mean, a swarm? 411 00:35:48,396 --> 00:35:52,649 When you get a queen and a group of independent-minded bees... 412 00:35:52,733 --> 00:35:58,738 that split off and look for another place to live, then you get swarms. 413 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,824 And I lose my bees. 414 00:36:00,908 --> 00:36:04,202 So, what we have to do is... 415 00:36:05,621 --> 00:36:07,247 take out the frames filled with honey... 416 00:36:08,874 --> 00:36:10,709 and put in empty ones. 417 00:36:18,884 --> 00:36:22,846 Now, the smoke, it calms the bees, 418 00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:26,766 and it masks the alarm scent released by the guard bees. 419 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:49,372 Why, you ain't scared a lick, huh? 420 00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:53,460 I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. 421 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,587 All right. 422 00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:06,973 Easy movement. 423 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:14,564 See right there, Lily? 424 00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:18,818 That's the queen— the large one. 425 00:37:20,821 --> 00:37:22,656 [ Chuckling ] 426 00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:26,409 That wall behind the house— 427 00:37:26,494 --> 00:37:29,120 Why does it have little pieces of paper in it? 428 00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:31,915 Oh, well, that's May's wall. 429 00:37:31,999 --> 00:37:34,459 She made it herself. 430 00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:37,128 I guess you noticed she a little different, huh? 431 00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:39,172 She sure gets upset easy. 432 00:37:41,842 --> 00:37:44,010 She had a twin sister, April. 433 00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:46,596 The one who died. Mm-hmm. 434 00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:50,767 It's like the two ofthem were one soul sharing two bodies. 435 00:37:50,851 --> 00:37:54,229 IfApril got a toothache, May's gum would plump up red. 436 00:37:54,313 --> 00:37:57,315 One time my father used a belt strap on April. 437 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,819 I swear, welts rose up on May's legs too. 438 00:38:00,903 --> 00:38:03,238 [ Chuckles ] 439 00:38:03,322 --> 00:38:07,367 When April died, it was like the whole world became May's twin sister. 440 00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:09,744 And we tried foryears to get her help, 441 00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:13,415 but the doctorsjust kept telling us to put her away. 442 00:38:13,499 --> 00:38:17,001 SoJune and I come up with this idea ofthe "wailing wall." 443 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:21,589 What kind ofwall? The "wailing wall," like the one in Jerusalem. 444 00:38:21,716 --> 00:38:26,636 TheJewish people go there to mourn. See, they write their prayers on tiny pieces of paper, 445 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:28,680 and then they tuck 'em in the wall. 446 00:38:28,764 --> 00:38:31,433 And that's what Miss May does. 447 00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:37,772 Those bits of paper are all the heavy feelings May carries around. 448 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:40,483 Seems like the only thing that helps her. 449 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:47,115 Poor Miss May. 450 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,953 Yeah. Poor Miss May. 451 00:39:02,923 --> 00:39:05,008 That's Zach's car. He must be in the honey house. 452 00:39:05,092 --> 00:39:07,385 Why don't you go in and say hello. 453 00:39:12,475 --> 00:39:15,351 All right, this one's dedicated to all my honeys. 454 00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:18,146 Oh— Don't worry. You my honey too. 455 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:22,776 [ Laughs ] $ Baby, I need your lovin' $ 456 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:26,154 $ Got to have all ofyour lovin' $ 457 00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:30,617 $ Baby, I need your lovin' $ 458 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,869 $ Got to have all ofyour lovin' $$ 459 00:39:32,953 --> 00:39:35,079 [ Chuckles ] 460 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:42,754 I w— I wasjust singin'. 461 00:39:42,838 --> 00:39:45,173 I'm Lily. 462 00:39:45,257 --> 00:39:47,383 I'm staying with Miss August and them for a while. 463 00:39:47,468 --> 00:39:51,387 Oh. Well, um, I'm-I'm Zachary Taylor, her godson. 464 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:53,306 Zachary Taylor was a president. 465 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:57,268 [ Chuckles ] Yeah, so I heard. 466 00:39:57,353 --> 00:40:00,063 Come here. Look. 467 00:40:00,147 --> 00:40:03,691 See? "Zachary Lincoln Taylor." 468 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:13,660 Uh, Miss August told me about you bein' here helpin' out. 469 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:15,662 She didn't mention anything about you being white. 470 00:40:17,164 --> 00:40:18,998 Maybe she didn't notice. 471 00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:24,087 $$ [ Tuning ] 472 00:40:31,345 --> 00:40:34,973 $$ [ Classical ] 473 00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:38,560 Ooh. 474 00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:46,985 Mmm, mmm. Just put it in. 475 00:40:47,069 --> 00:40:49,988 Miss August, you know I got stung today, right? 476 00:40:50,072 --> 00:40:52,031 Did you? Where? 477 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,576 Right there. Probably can't see it much. 478 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:58,413 [ Chattering ] 479 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:03,918 No, I'm telling you that they don't intend on voting. 480 00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:06,129 [ Neil ] But you gotta see it from the other side. 481 00:41:06,213 --> 00:41:09,507 [ Woman ] $ The time is right $ 482 00:41:09,633 --> 00:41:13,678 $ I'm gonna pack my bags $ [ Sniffles ] 483 00:41:13,762 --> 00:41:18,600 $ And take thatjourney down the road $ 484 00:41:18,726 --> 00:41:23,730 Go. Let it go. $ 'Cause over the mountain $ 485 00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:27,609 $ I see the bright sunshine $ [ Giggling ] 486 00:41:27,693 --> 00:41:32,739 $ But I want to live inside the glow $ 487 00:41:36,243 --> 00:41:38,745 $ Yeah, yeah, yeah $ 488 00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:42,498 $ I wanna go to the place where $ 489 00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:46,127 $ I am nothing and everything $ [ Whispering, Indistinct ] 490 00:41:46,211 --> 00:41:48,963 $ That exists between $ 491 00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:52,425 $ Here and nowhere $ 492 00:41:54,136 --> 00:41:56,512 Hear the poppin'? Yeah. 493 00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,806 It's from capping. Now you try. $ Time has no consequences $ 494 00:41:58,933 --> 00:42:01,476 Whoa. Whoa. I'm sorry. 495 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:06,898 $ The sky opens to my prayer $ 496 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:09,567 $ I wanna go to beautiful $ Put the uncapped frames in the spinner. 497 00:42:09,693 --> 00:42:12,111 $ Beautiful $ Pushes out all the honey. 498 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:15,865 $ Beautiful I wanna go to $ 499 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:19,661 $ Beautiful, beautiful $ 500 00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:22,580 Miss August says you can run like Wilma Rudolph. [ Zach Laughs ] 501 00:42:22,665 --> 00:42:25,875 Yeah, in a championship game I was running everywhere like— 502 00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:29,837 Uh, hey, hey. [ Laughs ] Oh, no! 503 00:42:29,922 --> 00:42:33,883 $ Beautiful, beautiful $ 504 00:42:33,968 --> 00:42:37,345 $ Beautiful I wanna go to $ 505 00:42:37,429 --> 00:42:39,597 $ Beautiful $$ 506 00:42:39,682 --> 00:42:41,557 Hmm. 507 00:42:41,684 --> 00:42:44,477 You want me to light your candle? Yes, ma'am. 508 00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:53,236 You all enjoy. 509 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,446 Thank you, Miss May. 510 00:42:55,531 --> 00:42:59,283 She calls it a candlestick salad. 511 00:42:59,368 --> 00:43:02,120 She's been making 'em for me since I was little. 512 00:43:02,788 --> 00:43:05,623 It looks like— Yeah. Yeah, I know. I know. 513 00:43:05,708 --> 00:43:07,291 [June ] May? 514 00:43:08,752 --> 00:43:12,588 So, what's your favorite subject in school? 515 00:43:12,673 --> 00:43:16,175 English. I was plannin' on being a writer. 516 00:43:17,845 --> 00:43:21,305 I don't really think I got much of a future now, being an orphan and all. 517 00:43:22,349 --> 00:43:27,520 Don't writers, like, just imagine things you don't see? 518 00:43:29,398 --> 00:43:32,608 You should imagine yourself having a future. 519 00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:35,194 That's what I do. 520 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,781 Playing professional football? [ Sighs ] 521 00:43:38,866 --> 00:43:43,286 Why do white people always think sports is the only way we could be successful? 522 00:43:43,370 --> 00:43:45,246 I wanna be a lawyer. 523 00:43:47,499 --> 00:43:50,835 I'm sorry. I just thought 'cause you were good at it. 524 00:43:50,919 --> 00:43:52,920 I've never heard ofa Negro lawyer. 525 00:43:53,005 --> 00:43:55,423 You never heard of Thurgood Marshall? 526 00:43:55,549 --> 00:43:58,217 No. Forget it. 527 00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:09,312 All right. I'm picturing you as a lawyer. 528 00:44:09,396 --> 00:44:13,524 Take the case ofa girl who's wrongly accused of hurtin' somebody. 529 00:44:13,609 --> 00:44:18,112 At the very last minute, you get the truth by trickin' the real bad guy on the witness stand. 530 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,408 You bust his ass with the truth. 531 00:44:25,370 --> 00:44:27,914 Yeah. 532 00:44:27,998 --> 00:44:31,292 Zach, the ass-bustin' lawyer. 533 00:44:31,376 --> 00:44:33,836 [ Laughs ] 534 00:44:35,089 --> 00:44:37,298 Oh. Thank you, May. 535 00:44:37,424 --> 00:44:39,425 Here. No gravy. 536 00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:42,428 Smells good. Mm-hmm. 537 00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:50,603 So how are things coming with you, Lily? 538 00:44:50,687 --> 00:44:53,481 Things are coming fine, MissJune. Thank you. 539 00:44:54,817 --> 00:44:58,653 I made banana daisy— You've been here almost a week now. 540 00:44:58,737 --> 00:45:00,780 Your aunt must be worried. 541 00:45:01,782 --> 00:45:05,451 Ifyou want us to leave, me and Rosaleen will be on our way. 542 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:09,997 Oh, heavens to Betsy, Lily. Nobody wants you to leave till you're good and ready. 543 00:45:15,337 --> 00:45:17,380 Why do you put a Negro Mary on your honey? 544 00:45:17,464 --> 00:45:20,258 You mean why is she black, 545 00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:23,469 or why is she on the honey? 546 00:45:24,805 --> 00:45:27,974 I guess both. [ May ] Tell her, August. 547 00:45:32,521 --> 00:45:35,314 I'm Sugar Girl. I'm Cressie. 548 00:45:37,151 --> 00:45:41,571 I'm Doll. And I'm her daughter, Violet. 549 00:45:41,655 --> 00:45:44,574 And I'm Greta, Zachary's mama. 550 00:45:44,658 --> 00:45:46,576 Mmm, I love Sundays. 551 00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:48,828 What the hell kind ofchurch is this? 552 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:55,001 It's been a while since we told the story of our Mary. Mm-hmm. 553 00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:59,630 And since we have visitors here who've never heard it, I thought we'd tell it again. 554 00:45:59,756 --> 00:46:02,675 That's right. Tell the story. Mm-hmm. 555 00:46:02,759 --> 00:46:04,802 [ August ] Back in the days ofslavery, 556 00:46:04,887 --> 00:46:08,556 our people would go to the praise house on Sunday... 557 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,017 and ask the Lord to send them rescue. 558 00:46:11,101 --> 00:46:15,521 One day a slave named Obadiah was loading bricks onto a boat, 559 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:20,401 and he saw somethin' that had washed up on the shore. 560 00:46:20,485 --> 00:46:22,195 Movin' closer, 561 00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:26,449 he saw that it was the wooden figure ofa woman. [ Women Affirming ] 562 00:46:26,533 --> 00:46:29,952 Her body was growin' out of a block ofwood. 563 00:46:30,078 --> 00:46:32,872 A black woman— [ Affirming ] 564 00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:35,750 with her arm lifted up and her fist balled out. 565 00:46:35,834 --> 00:46:37,585 - Mmm. - [ Affirming ] 566 00:46:37,669 --> 00:46:43,299 - And to his shock he heard her voice clear as day. - Mm-hmm! 567 00:46:43,383 --> 00:46:48,346 - She said, "It's all right." - "It's all right." 568 00:46:48,472 --> 00:46:49,972 "I'm here." "I'm here." 569 00:46:50,098 --> 00:46:52,016 "I'll be taking care ofyou now." [ Affirming ] 570 00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:56,437 And Obadiah knew at that moment that God had sent her. 571 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:02,610 Now, everyone knew the mother ofJesus' name was Mary, and that she was strong— 572 00:47:02,694 --> 00:47:07,365 - Come on. - and constant and had a mother's heart. 573 00:47:07,491 --> 00:47:10,493 [ Affirming ] And here she was, 574 00:47:10,577 --> 00:47:13,120 sent to them across the same waters... 575 00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:16,749 that had brought them there in chains. 576 00:47:16,833 --> 00:47:20,211 - Seemed like she knew everything they suffered. - Everything! 577 00:47:20,295 --> 00:47:24,715 And so the people went up one at a time... 578 00:47:25,884 --> 00:47:28,678 and touched their hand to her chest, 579 00:47:28,762 --> 00:47:33,641 wantin' to grab on to the solace in her heart. 580 00:47:33,725 --> 00:47:37,853 - Mary filled their hearts with fearlessness. - She filled their hearts! 581 00:47:37,938 --> 00:47:40,815 And ifthey ever grew weak, 582 00:47:40,899 --> 00:47:42,817 they had only to touch her heart again. 583 00:47:42,901 --> 00:47:44,860 [ Women ] Touch her heart! 584 00:47:44,945 --> 00:47:47,780 - Touch her heart. - [ Women ] Touch her heart. 585 00:47:50,325 --> 00:47:55,413 $$ [ "Amazing Grace" ] 586 00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:37,663 [ Deborah's Voice ] Touch her heart. 587 00:48:39,249 --> 00:48:40,875 Lily. 588 00:48:41,626 --> 00:48:45,212 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. 589 00:48:45,297 --> 00:48:47,214 - [ Voices, Indistinct ] - No! 590 00:48:47,299 --> 00:48:49,050 I'm your husband! Lily! 591 00:48:49,176 --> 00:48:52,887 ...and blessed is the fruit ofthy womb, Jesus. [ Deborah's Voice ] Just let me go! 592 00:48:52,971 --> 00:48:55,473 - [ Voices, Indistinct ] - No! 593 00:48:55,557 --> 00:48:59,018 [ Women ] ...pray for us sinners now, 594 00:48:59,102 --> 00:49:01,187 and at the hour of our death. 595 00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:03,939 - Amen. - Lily! 596 00:49:04,024 --> 00:49:06,359 - $$ [ Stops ] - [ Gasps ] 597 00:49:06,443 --> 00:49:09,195 - [ Gunshot ] - No! 598 00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:11,364 June, what's gotten into you? 599 00:49:12,157 --> 00:49:15,576 Oh! [ Women Murmuring ] 600 00:49:15,660 --> 00:49:17,703 Lily. 601 00:49:21,625 --> 00:49:23,709 Girl, since when you started faintin'? 602 00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:29,090 Could I get some water? 603 00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:33,469 Of course. Wait. Um, 604 00:49:33,553 --> 00:49:35,721 Rosaleen, could you get it, please? 605 00:49:50,570 --> 00:49:52,571 This your room? 606 00:49:54,074 --> 00:49:58,494 Blue is my favorite color. Mine too. 607 00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:01,288 Birds of a feather. 608 00:50:01,415 --> 00:50:05,292 Sorry I messed up your church. Oh, that's all right. 609 00:50:05,377 --> 00:50:08,546 We go on all day if somebody don't stop us. 610 00:50:08,630 --> 00:50:10,756 I just hope you all right. 611 00:50:16,138 --> 00:50:18,264 I think it was the heat. 612 00:50:19,307 --> 00:50:22,143 Felt like it was 90 degrees in there. 613 00:50:25,605 --> 00:50:28,607 Yes, the heat. 614 00:50:33,488 --> 00:50:36,073 [ T. Ray Grunts ] 615 00:50:37,367 --> 00:50:39,326 [ Grunts ] 616 00:50:53,341 --> 00:50:56,302 $$ [ Radio: R&B ] 617 00:50:57,345 --> 00:51:00,764 [ Woman ] $ I've made my reservation I'm leaving town tomorrow $ 618 00:51:00,891 --> 00:51:05,311 $ I'll find somebody new and there'll be no more sorrow $ [ Exhaling To Beat ] 619 00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:07,897 $ That's what I do each time but I can't follow through $ 620 00:51:07,981 --> 00:51:12,276 [ With Radio ] $ I can't break away though you make me cry $ 621 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:16,780 $ I can't break away I can't say good-bye $ 622 00:51:16,865 --> 00:51:20,576 $ No, I'll never, ever break away from you $ 623 00:51:20,660 --> 00:51:24,246 $ No, no No, no, no, no $ 624 00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:27,249 $ No, no, no, no No, no, no, no $$ 625 00:51:27,334 --> 00:51:29,502 [ Turns Off] Who can think with all that? 626 00:51:30,712 --> 00:51:34,423 Well, that's your problem— You think too much. 627 00:51:34,508 --> 00:51:37,051 Try going with your feelings once in a blue moon. 628 00:51:37,844 --> 00:51:40,262 You won't believe what people in town are sayin'. 629 00:51:40,347 --> 00:51:44,558 Sayin'Jack Palance is coming to Tiburon, and he's bringing a Negro woman with him. 630 00:51:44,643 --> 00:51:46,310 [ Laughs ] What in the world? 631 00:51:46,394 --> 00:51:49,939 - Who'sJack Palance? - He's a movie star— a white one. 632 00:51:50,023 --> 00:51:53,442 I ain't never heard— I— I have never heard of him. 633 00:51:53,527 --> 00:51:55,778 They say his sister lives here. He's comin' to visit her, 634 00:51:55,862 --> 00:51:58,239 and he intend to take this woman to the theater on Friday. 635 00:51:58,323 --> 00:52:02,243 - White folks talkin' about standin' guard outside. - [ August ] That'sjust talk. 636 00:52:02,327 --> 00:52:05,746 - And these idiots are determined to fight this law till they— - Shh, shh, shh. Shh. 637 00:52:05,830 --> 00:52:09,166 $$ [ Humming ] 638 00:52:09,292 --> 00:52:10,793 Miss May? Mm-hmm? 639 00:52:10,877 --> 00:52:13,963 I saw how nice you did Rosaleen's hair, 640 00:52:14,047 --> 00:52:16,966 and I was wonderin' if maybe you could help me with mine. 641 00:52:19,219 --> 00:52:22,012 That'll be easy. 642 00:52:22,097 --> 00:52:24,056 Hmm. [ Sniffles ] 643 00:52:30,647 --> 00:52:33,440 It's ironic how white people hate us so much... 644 00:52:33,525 --> 00:52:36,026 when so many of 'em been raised by black women. 645 00:52:37,904 --> 00:52:40,948 $ Place a beehive on my grave $ 646 00:52:41,032 --> 00:52:43,117 - $ And let the honey soak through $ - Ooh. 647 00:52:45,537 --> 00:52:48,372 You think somethin' bein' an impossibility makes you think about it even more? 648 00:52:48,498 --> 00:52:51,000 Like what? I don't know. 649 00:52:51,084 --> 00:52:53,586 Like... kissin'. 650 00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:56,338 That ain't impossible. 651 00:52:56,423 --> 00:53:00,467 When I was 1 5, I made a 7UP cake for this boy. 652 00:53:00,552 --> 00:53:03,387 After that, he kissed me all the time. 653 00:53:03,471 --> 00:53:05,514 What'd it feel like? 654 00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:07,600 Like I was gonna burst. 655 00:53:12,522 --> 00:53:15,107 Miss May, I know you get real sad sometimes. 656 00:53:16,443 --> 00:53:19,528 My daddy never feels. 657 00:53:19,613 --> 00:53:22,406 He never felt anything. 658 00:53:22,490 --> 00:53:24,950 I had rather be like you. 659 00:53:29,914 --> 00:53:32,583 A worker bee weigh less than a flower petal, 660 00:53:32,667 --> 00:53:37,087 but she can fly with a load heavier than her. 661 00:53:37,172 --> 00:53:41,175 But she only lives four or five weeks. 662 00:53:42,761 --> 00:53:46,847 Sometimes not feelin' is the only way you can survive. 663 00:53:46,931 --> 00:53:49,308 [ Ball Hits Backboard ] [ Grunting ] 664 00:53:49,392 --> 00:53:51,810 [ Laughs ] 665 00:53:56,232 --> 00:53:58,651 You want me to help you make a 7UP cake? 666 00:54:02,572 --> 00:54:05,240 [ Bees Buzzing ] Hold that. 667 00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:21,674 It's purple. Yeah. 668 00:54:21,758 --> 00:54:25,844 When the weather turns hot, the flowers, they start to dry up. 669 00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:28,347 The bees, they start sucking on that elderberry. 670 00:54:29,557 --> 00:54:31,684 That makes purple honey. 671 00:54:32,519 --> 00:54:35,688 There. See? 672 00:54:35,772 --> 00:54:39,358 People'll pay two dollars a jar for purple honey. 673 00:55:10,557 --> 00:55:12,516 [ Chuckles ] 674 00:55:19,399 --> 00:55:22,484 [ Chattering Softly ] 675 00:55:23,737 --> 00:55:26,029 $$ [ Radio: R&B ] 676 00:55:27,073 --> 00:55:29,158 [ Woman ] $ I'm so lonely $ You all right? 677 00:55:29,242 --> 00:55:31,326 [ Chattering, Arguing ] [ August ] She'll be fine. 678 00:55:31,411 --> 00:55:33,454 [ Chattering, Arguing Continues ] 679 00:55:33,538 --> 00:55:35,330 [ Neil ] Because. [June ] No. Why? 680 00:55:35,457 --> 00:55:38,125 Why does it always have to come back to this? Because I love you and you love me. 681 00:55:38,251 --> 00:55:41,628 Neil, I don't wanna get married. I don't wanna get married. That's what people, when they in love, do. 682 00:55:41,755 --> 00:55:44,214 I don't wanna be married today or tomorrow or ever. It's about that time! 683 00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:46,759 What are you so scared of? I'm not scared of anything! 684 00:55:50,388 --> 00:55:52,765 Then you are the most selfish bitch I ever met. 685 00:55:56,352 --> 00:55:58,270 What? 686 00:55:58,354 --> 00:56:00,272 What did you just say to me? 687 00:56:00,356 --> 00:56:02,649 Oh, Lord. What did you just call me? 688 00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:05,444 How dare you call me that, Neil. Neil, I'm talkin' to you. 689 00:56:05,528 --> 00:56:08,113 You better turn around and listen to me right now. 690 00:56:08,198 --> 00:56:10,240 You better come back here and apologize right now! 691 00:56:10,325 --> 00:56:13,786 Don't you ever plan on comin' back then! I don't even need you in my life! 692 00:56:14,954 --> 00:56:18,040 How dare— Don't come back! 693 00:56:18,124 --> 00:56:21,168 - [ August ] Don't worry, May. - [ Grunts ] Don't come back! 694 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:29,134 [ Lily ] I bet they'll be back holdin' hands on the porch swing tomorrow. 695 00:56:30,303 --> 00:56:33,889 I don't know, Lily. Some people rather die than forgive. 696 00:56:33,973 --> 00:56:36,183 And June is one of'em. 697 00:56:36,267 --> 00:56:40,562 She still hasn't forgiven me for paintin' the house, and that was 1 0 years ago. 698 00:56:40,647 --> 00:56:44,149 Well, how come, ifyour favorite color is blue, you painted the house so pink? 699 00:56:44,234 --> 00:56:46,568 [ Sighs ] That was May's doin'. 700 00:56:46,653 --> 00:56:49,071 She was with me the day I went to the paint store, 701 00:56:49,155 --> 00:56:53,075 and she latched onto this sample called Caribbean Pink. 702 00:56:53,159 --> 00:56:57,204 Said it made her wanna dance a Spanish flamenco. 703 00:56:57,288 --> 00:57:00,916 I thought it was the tackiest color I ever seen in my life. 704 00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:04,878 But if it could lift May's heart, then I guess she ought to live in it. 705 00:57:04,963 --> 00:57:06,922 Well, that was sure nice ofyou. 706 00:57:07,006 --> 00:57:10,592 Well, some things don't matter that much, Lily. 707 00:57:10,677 --> 00:57:13,554 Like the color ofa house and whatnot. 708 00:57:13,638 --> 00:57:16,306 But liftin' someone's heart— now that matters. 709 00:57:17,767 --> 00:57:21,270 Were you ever in love? [ Chuckling ] Course I was. 710 00:57:21,396 --> 00:57:24,356 But you didn't love him enough to marry him. Well, I loved him enough. 711 00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:27,651 I just loved my freedom more. 712 00:57:28,862 --> 00:57:32,364 I can't think ofone thing I'd rather have than somebody loving me. 713 00:57:36,494 --> 00:57:38,036 Where are all the bees? 714 00:57:39,455 --> 00:57:41,665 [ Buzzing ] 715 00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:45,878 You hear that? 716 00:57:45,962 --> 00:57:48,171 They're coolin' the hive. 717 00:57:48,256 --> 00:57:52,217 That's the sound of 1 00,000 bee wings fannin' the air. 718 00:57:55,346 --> 00:57:59,808 People have no idea about the complicated life goin' on inside a beehive. 719 00:57:59,893 --> 00:58:02,185 Here. Let me help you with that. 720 00:58:02,270 --> 00:58:07,190 See, bees have a secret life we don't know anything about. 721 00:58:08,610 --> 00:58:10,444 [ May Screaming ] 722 00:58:10,528 --> 00:58:13,405 [ Screaming Continues ] 723 00:58:13,489 --> 00:58:16,450 [ Laughing, Screaming ] 724 00:58:18,411 --> 00:58:20,412 [ May ] Yeah! 725 00:58:21,706 --> 00:58:24,249 [ August ] Well, ifthis ain't the livin' end. 726 00:58:24,375 --> 00:58:26,043 Now come over here. You gonna get wet. [ Screams ] 727 00:58:26,127 --> 00:58:29,296 [ Screaming, Laughing ] Oh, Lord, Lord! 728 00:58:29,380 --> 00:58:32,049 [ All Screaming ] 729 00:58:32,133 --> 00:58:36,595 - Would you keep it down? - [ Laughing ] 730 00:58:36,679 --> 00:58:40,390 - Keep it down! I'm practicin'. - You come over here, you gonna get wet. 731 00:58:40,475 --> 00:58:42,142 [ Shrieks ] 732 00:58:42,226 --> 00:58:44,853 - Oh, damn it to hell! - Run, Lily! 733 00:58:44,938 --> 00:58:46,939 Oh, damn it to hell! 734 00:58:49,275 --> 00:58:51,860 How dare you! [ Laughing ] 735 00:58:51,986 --> 00:58:54,571 [June ] You out ofyour mind? All right now, June. 736 00:58:57,533 --> 00:58:59,743 [ August ] Come on, June. 737 00:59:01,829 --> 00:59:04,790 [ Both Laughing ] 738 00:59:11,923 --> 00:59:14,091 [ Crying ] 739 00:59:26,145 --> 00:59:28,563 [ Sniffles, Moans ] 740 01:00:01,597 --> 01:00:03,849 Where you goin', June? June? 741 01:00:03,975 --> 01:00:06,435 Come on back. [ Laughing ] 742 01:00:13,359 --> 01:00:16,111 Oh. Miss May. 743 01:00:16,195 --> 01:00:18,155 Got thirsty. 744 01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:22,325 [ Refrigerator Opens ] [ Liquid Pours ] 745 01:00:36,591 --> 01:00:39,384 I saw a roach. 746 01:00:57,570 --> 01:01:02,032 The roaches will follow this right out the door. 747 01:01:02,116 --> 01:01:04,743 Works every time. 748 01:01:07,622 --> 01:01:10,207 Miss May? 749 01:01:10,291 --> 01:01:12,793 Did you know a Deborah? 750 01:01:12,877 --> 01:01:14,795 Deborah Owens? 751 01:01:14,879 --> 01:01:19,216 She's a white woman from Virginia. 752 01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:22,093 It would've been a long time ago. 753 01:01:22,178 --> 01:01:24,554 Oh, yes. 754 01:01:24,639 --> 01:01:26,890 Deborah Owens. 755 01:01:26,974 --> 01:01:30,310 She stayed out in the honey house. 756 01:01:30,394 --> 01:01:33,647 She was the sweetest thing. 757 01:01:36,734 --> 01:01:39,361 [ Sniffs ] 758 01:01:39,445 --> 01:01:42,072 $$ [ Humming ] 759 01:01:43,074 --> 01:01:45,992 Think I'll go out to the wall for a while. 760 01:01:58,548 --> 01:02:00,465 [ Laughing ] 761 01:02:00,550 --> 01:02:04,010 [ May ] Zach! Come back here. 762 01:02:09,809 --> 01:02:11,768 Thank you. 763 01:02:15,189 --> 01:02:17,983 Hey. Lily, come ride with me. 764 01:02:18,067 --> 01:02:21,278 Uh, I gotta drop some honey offto Mr. Forrest. I want you to meet him. 765 01:02:21,362 --> 01:02:23,780 Oh, I gotta talk to Miss August. You know where she is? 766 01:02:23,865 --> 01:02:27,868 Uh, she went to Columbia to go pick up a new blade for the spinner. 767 01:02:27,952 --> 01:02:29,870 Oh. 768 01:02:34,041 --> 01:02:37,002 $$ [ Radio: R&B ] 769 01:02:41,299 --> 01:02:45,719 Thought a new notebook might help you start writin' again. 770 01:02:48,514 --> 01:02:50,473 Whoa. 771 01:02:58,149 --> 01:03:00,942 My mother stayed in the honey house, just like me. 772 01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:04,279 What? When? 773 01:03:04,363 --> 01:03:07,032 I don't know. I don't know anything about her. 774 01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:12,245 Maybe it was before I was born. Or maybe she left me like my daddy said. 775 01:03:12,330 --> 01:03:14,289 So, wait. 776 01:03:16,042 --> 01:03:18,293 You mean to tell me, 777 01:03:18,377 --> 01:03:20,795 all that stuffabout your aunt... 778 01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:23,506 and— and just passin' through— 779 01:03:23,591 --> 01:03:25,926 You made that up? 780 01:03:27,637 --> 01:03:29,930 Why notjust tell the truth? 781 01:03:31,432 --> 01:03:33,850 'Cause I'm afraid the truth is gonna wreck everything. 782 01:03:34,810 --> 01:03:37,938 $$ [ Continues ] 783 01:03:48,658 --> 01:03:50,575 [ Man ] There he is. 784 01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:52,494 And who might this pretty young lady be? 785 01:03:52,578 --> 01:03:55,705 This is Lily. She's stayin' with Miss August. 786 01:03:55,790 --> 01:03:59,000 - You stayin' in her house? - Yes, ma'am. 787 01:03:59,085 --> 01:04:02,837 Well, Miss August is a good friend of mine. I hope you're enjoyin' yourself. 788 01:04:02,922 --> 01:04:04,422 Yes, sir. 789 01:04:04,507 --> 01:04:08,510 Look what he gave me. I'm startin' my law library. 790 01:04:08,594 --> 01:04:10,553 That's nice. 791 01:04:10,638 --> 01:04:12,597 [ Exhales ] Hey. 792 01:04:15,601 --> 01:04:18,436 Lily, I know you're scared the truth is gonna wreck things. 793 01:04:19,230 --> 01:04:21,314 Findin' out the truth is only half of it. 794 01:04:23,025 --> 01:04:25,443 It's what you do with it that matters. 795 01:04:25,528 --> 01:04:27,654 Right? 796 01:04:29,407 --> 01:04:31,616 [ Sighs ] 797 01:04:35,079 --> 01:04:37,455 When's the last time you seen a movie? 798 01:04:37,540 --> 01:04:39,416 I don't remember. 799 01:04:39,500 --> 01:04:41,626 Come on. We gonna go see SurfParty 800 01:04:41,752 --> 01:04:44,045 But what— But nothin'. Come on. Let's go. 801 01:04:45,464 --> 01:04:47,966 [ Chattering ] [ Car Horn Honking ] 802 01:04:53,723 --> 01:04:56,766 One adult, please. Here you go. 803 01:04:56,851 --> 01:04:58,518 [ Man ] It can't hurt, you know? 804 01:05:02,481 --> 01:05:04,482 [ Man #2 ] One adult and one child. 805 01:05:06,944 --> 01:05:09,195 [ Man On Screen ] Everybody waxed up? 806 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:13,074 This is a surfboard. [ Woman ] You're kidding. 807 01:05:13,159 --> 01:05:16,661 This is the nose. The sides are called rails. 808 01:05:18,330 --> 01:05:20,331 Thank you. 809 01:05:23,377 --> 01:05:25,795 The first step is— [ Man ] Come on! 810 01:05:26,547 --> 01:05:29,007 Hey, boy! 811 01:05:29,091 --> 01:05:31,676 - We're gonna teach you a lesson, boy! - Hey! It's not his fault! 812 01:05:31,761 --> 01:05:33,511 Let him go! 813 01:05:33,596 --> 01:05:36,389 Shut your mouth, nigger lover! 814 01:05:37,641 --> 01:05:40,518 - [ Woman ] Where are they takin' him? - Get him in the truck. 815 01:05:40,603 --> 01:05:43,396 - [ Man ] Just trying to gather up all the pieces. - You're wastin' time! 816 01:05:43,481 --> 01:05:45,356 - You know who took him. - Is that right? 817 01:05:45,483 --> 01:05:47,942 Yeah, that's right. All right. Now hold on here, folks. 818 01:05:48,027 --> 01:05:50,487 Soon as we know anything, we'll get back to you. 819 01:05:50,571 --> 01:05:53,364 Neil, counselor, ladies. Come on. Let's go. 820 01:05:56,243 --> 01:05:59,704 I'm gonna get some men together. We'll look ourselves. 821 01:05:59,789 --> 01:06:02,457 Ifyou'll have me, I'm willin' to help. 822 01:06:02,541 --> 01:06:04,542 [ Engine Starts ] 823 01:06:09,965 --> 01:06:12,050 May doesn't need to know about this. 824 01:06:14,804 --> 01:06:16,721 [ Engine Starts ] 825 01:06:16,806 --> 01:06:19,557 [ Sighs ] Nah, it'll be too much. 826 01:06:26,190 --> 01:06:28,691 [June ] Black boys don't come back, August. 827 01:06:29,902 --> 01:06:32,779 [ August ] He's gonna be found, and he's gonna be all right. 828 01:06:32,863 --> 01:06:35,573 [June ] How could you say that? I have to. 829 01:06:53,342 --> 01:06:56,636 Please let him be okay. 830 01:07:17,074 --> 01:07:19,075 Lily's gonna look so pretty in this. 831 01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:22,328 $$ [ Humming ] 832 01:07:24,874 --> 01:07:27,625 August, where are your scissors? 833 01:07:29,295 --> 01:07:31,129 Uh, in my room. 834 01:07:43,976 --> 01:07:47,645 Hey, Greta. Hey, May. 835 01:07:47,730 --> 01:07:49,647 You been to see Mary? 836 01:07:50,649 --> 01:07:52,650 [ Crying ] Zach is still missin'. 837 01:07:53,652 --> 01:07:57,322 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 838 01:07:57,406 --> 01:08:00,617 We have to pray, May. You understand? 839 01:08:00,701 --> 01:08:02,911 We got to pray, May. 840 01:08:02,995 --> 01:08:04,954 [ Crying ] 841 01:08:28,771 --> 01:08:32,190 [June ] Who was at the door? May, was somebody at the door? 842 01:08:35,361 --> 01:08:37,278 Greta. 843 01:08:38,530 --> 01:08:40,949 No news on Zach. 844 01:08:50,042 --> 01:08:52,543 Why didn't you tell me? 845 01:08:54,380 --> 01:08:57,173 You all right? 846 01:08:57,258 --> 01:08:59,300 [ Inhales, Exhales ] 847 01:08:59,385 --> 01:09:01,886 May? 848 01:09:01,971 --> 01:09:04,097 May! 849 01:09:05,182 --> 01:09:06,808 Answer me, May. You all right? 850 01:09:06,892 --> 01:09:09,394 What's happened to her? I never seen her like this. 851 01:09:09,478 --> 01:09:13,314 - May? - May? 852 01:09:13,399 --> 01:09:15,316 May. 853 01:09:17,403 --> 01:09:19,445 I'm all right. 854 01:09:21,699 --> 01:09:23,866 Glad to see you can talk. 855 01:09:25,369 --> 01:09:27,704 Come on, Sister. 856 01:09:27,788 --> 01:09:30,164 We gonna run you a nice hot bath. 857 01:09:31,500 --> 01:09:34,085 I need to go to the wall. 858 01:09:44,930 --> 01:09:46,848 May? 859 01:09:46,932 --> 01:09:49,350 Where's May? Her bath is ready. 860 01:09:49,435 --> 01:09:51,644 She's still out there. 861 01:09:58,235 --> 01:10:03,614 May? 862 01:10:05,159 --> 01:10:07,118 May! 863 01:10:10,289 --> 01:10:12,332 May? 864 01:10:13,459 --> 01:10:15,626 May! 865 01:10:15,753 --> 01:10:22,467 May? May! 866 01:10:24,970 --> 01:10:27,513 [June ] Come on, May. 867 01:10:34,396 --> 01:10:42,028 May? 868 01:10:45,199 --> 01:10:47,158 June? 869 01:10:49,787 --> 01:10:52,121 [June ] May! 870 01:10:58,962 --> 01:11:03,674 June! June! [ Gasping ] 871 01:11:03,759 --> 01:11:06,427 May! [ Shrieking ] 872 01:11:06,512 --> 01:11:09,889 - Oh, my God. - Oh, my God! August! 873 01:11:09,973 --> 01:11:12,892 [ Both Gasping ] 874 01:11:12,976 --> 01:11:15,186 August. 875 01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:30,660 No! [ Sobbing ] Oh, no! 876 01:11:30,786 --> 01:11:33,996 [ Sobbing ] Oh, no! Oh, May. 877 01:11:36,875 --> 01:11:40,294 [June ] We gotta get her out. We gotta get her out. 878 01:11:40,379 --> 01:11:42,380 [ Retching, Coughing ] 879 01:11:47,761 --> 01:11:52,682 [ Sobbing ] May! 880 01:11:52,766 --> 01:11:54,976 Why you do that? 881 01:13:00,167 --> 01:13:02,585 Sweet Mary. 882 01:13:10,135 --> 01:13:12,637 Zach! 883 01:13:14,556 --> 01:13:16,766 Zach. [ Sighs ] 884 01:13:20,687 --> 01:13:23,231 Oh. 885 01:13:23,315 --> 01:13:25,233 I'm so sorry. 886 01:13:25,317 --> 01:13:27,401 Miss May did what she did 'cause of me. 887 01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:30,071 Come on, now. It was May who did it. 888 01:13:30,197 --> 01:13:33,658 [ Sighs ] It's all right. She wouldn't want you blaming yourself. 889 01:13:37,829 --> 01:13:40,164 Oh. It's gonna be okay. 890 01:13:43,335 --> 01:13:45,419 It's good. It's good. 891 01:14:13,740 --> 01:14:17,285 [ May's Voice ] Dear August and June, 892 01:14:17,369 --> 01:14:20,496 I'm sorry to leave you like this. 893 01:14:20,581 --> 01:14:23,249 But I know Zach is okay. 894 01:14:23,333 --> 01:14:26,210 My heart is telling me so. 895 01:14:26,295 --> 01:14:28,212 I hate you bein' sad, 896 01:14:28,297 --> 01:14:32,383 but think how happy I'll be with April, Mama and Papa. 897 01:14:33,719 --> 01:14:36,596 I'm tired ofcarrying around the weight ofthe world. 898 01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:38,764 I'm just gonna lay it down now. 899 01:14:40,392 --> 01:14:42,310 It's my time to die, 900 01:14:42,394 --> 01:14:45,104 and it's your time to live. 901 01:14:45,188 --> 01:14:48,357 Don't mess it up. [ Chuckles ] 902 01:14:49,526 --> 01:14:51,110 Love, May. 903 01:15:04,291 --> 01:15:06,208 $ I saw Mary $ 904 01:15:06,293 --> 01:15:09,503 $ She was walkin' on the water $ 905 01:15:09,588 --> 01:15:12,256 $ Smilin' at me $ 906 01:15:12,341 --> 01:15:16,552 $ Hummin' her river song $ 907 01:15:16,637 --> 01:15:18,554 $ And I tried wavin' $ 908 01:15:18,639 --> 01:15:21,390 $ But she was walkin' away $ 909 01:15:21,475 --> 01:15:25,186 $ She said that she'd been waitin' on me $ 910 01:15:25,270 --> 01:15:28,939 $ All day long $ 911 01:15:40,535 --> 01:15:45,247 $ I tried to call her and said Please come back $ 912 01:15:45,332 --> 01:15:50,711 $ 'Cause I didn't mean to make you sad $ 913 01:15:50,796 --> 01:15:52,713 $ She said $ 914 01:15:52,798 --> 01:15:57,176 $ Well, don't you worry 'cause I'll see you again $ 915 01:15:57,260 --> 01:16:00,304 $ But I hear my mother call $ 916 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:03,391 $ And I have to go $$ 917 01:16:57,821 --> 01:17:02,992 $ Place a beehive on my grave $ 918 01:17:03,076 --> 01:17:06,704 $ And let the honey soak through $ 919 01:17:08,123 --> 01:17:12,001 $ When I'm dead and gone $ 920 01:17:12,085 --> 01:17:16,213 $ That's what I want from you $ 921 01:17:17,340 --> 01:17:21,802 $ The streets of heaven are gold and sunny $ 922 01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:24,638 $ But I'll stick with my plot $ 923 01:17:24,723 --> 01:17:28,142 $ And a pot of honey $ 924 01:17:28,226 --> 01:17:32,813 $ Place a beehive on my grave $ 925 01:17:32,898 --> 01:17:36,901 $ And let the honey soak through $$ 926 01:17:40,155 --> 01:17:42,072 Hmm. 927 01:17:47,370 --> 01:17:49,246 [June ] I see you liked yours. 928 01:17:49,372 --> 01:17:51,207 Mm-hmm. It's the last one. Mmm. 929 01:17:51,291 --> 01:17:53,375 - Mmm, girl, you did all right. - [ Rosaleen Laughing ] 930 01:17:53,460 --> 01:17:56,003 Aw. I'm the eldest. 931 01:17:56,087 --> 01:17:58,881 - And the slowest. - I'll make some more. 932 01:17:58,965 --> 01:18:02,051 - You hear that,June? - Hmm. 933 01:18:02,135 --> 01:18:05,888 Think we might need to change your name, Rosaleen. 934 01:18:05,972 --> 01:18:09,725 From now on, we gonna call you July. 935 01:18:11,895 --> 01:18:15,105 Hmm. I concur. 936 01:18:16,817 --> 01:18:19,235 Some more ofthese. [ Chuckling ] 937 01:18:20,654 --> 01:18:23,781 Mmm. [ Indistinct ] 938 01:18:28,745 --> 01:18:31,455 Sure you gonna be all right in here by yourself? 939 01:18:36,920 --> 01:18:39,213 I don't mind sharing May's room. 940 01:18:39,297 --> 01:18:42,216 Just wanna be near her spirit. 941 01:18:42,300 --> 01:18:44,260 I'll be fine. 942 01:18:46,429 --> 01:18:48,347 See you in the mornin' then. 943 01:18:54,271 --> 01:18:58,482 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 944 01:19:18,503 --> 01:19:20,462 Hey, Lily. 945 01:19:21,506 --> 01:19:23,841 This is my mother. 946 01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:28,053 [ Sighs ] 947 01:19:31,516 --> 01:19:33,475 I know, honey. 948 01:19:34,853 --> 01:19:38,689 Your mama was Deborah Fontanel Owens. 949 01:19:38,773 --> 01:19:40,691 You've known all this time? 950 01:19:40,775 --> 01:19:44,612 I knew she had a daughter. But I thought it couldn't be you. 951 01:19:44,696 --> 01:19:49,491 But one look at you, all I could see is Deborah at your age. 952 01:19:49,576 --> 01:19:51,410 You knew her when she was little? 953 01:19:51,494 --> 01:19:54,455 I took care of her. 954 01:19:54,539 --> 01:19:57,249 Why didn't you tell me? 955 01:19:57,334 --> 01:20:00,169 Somethin' told me you wasn't quite ready to know about her. 956 01:20:01,254 --> 01:20:05,716 I just wanted to give you a chance to get on solid ground first. 957 01:20:08,261 --> 01:20:10,471 T. Ray— 958 01:20:10,555 --> 01:20:12,598 he told me that my mo— 959 01:20:13,892 --> 01:20:17,102 He told me my mother left me and ran away. 960 01:20:19,898 --> 01:20:23,150 I don't have any memory of her, but... 961 01:20:23,234 --> 01:20:27,529 I know he's lyin' 'cause some things aren't possible. 962 01:20:27,614 --> 01:20:30,157 Children just don't have two parents who refuse to love 'em. 963 01:20:30,283 --> 01:20:33,786 Is that what made you leave? [ Shuddering ] 964 01:20:33,870 --> 01:20:38,082 I know what I did was wrong. I just seem to do all the wrong things. 965 01:20:39,751 --> 01:20:42,920 I don't mean to be a bad person, but I just can't help it. 966 01:20:43,004 --> 01:20:47,216 So that's why I gotta go. I brought the outside in here. 967 01:20:47,300 --> 01:20:50,469 And what happened to Zach and Miss May— 968 01:20:50,553 --> 01:20:53,555 If I'd never come here, it would've never happened. 969 01:20:53,682 --> 01:20:55,808 Lily— Lily, that wasn't your fault. I wreck everything. 970 01:20:55,892 --> 01:20:57,977 Yes, it was. 971 01:20:58,061 --> 01:21:01,855 They were fightin' and screamin' and— [ Bawling ] 972 01:21:01,940 --> 01:21:05,693 She grabbed a gun, and he took it away from her, and I just wanted to help her. 973 01:21:05,777 --> 01:21:08,487 I just wanted to give it back to her. 974 01:21:08,613 --> 01:21:10,864 And I killed her. Who, Lily? 975 01:21:10,949 --> 01:21:14,284 My mother. I killed my mother. 976 01:21:15,996 --> 01:21:18,664 I'm unlovable. 977 01:21:24,796 --> 01:21:26,964 Oh, Lily. 978 01:21:28,216 --> 01:21:30,134 You listen to me now. 979 01:21:33,179 --> 01:21:36,140 That's a terrible, terrible thing foryou to live with. 980 01:21:37,642 --> 01:21:41,061 But you're not unlovable, child. 981 01:21:41,146 --> 01:21:43,480 There's love all around you. 982 01:21:47,318 --> 01:21:50,029 Gimme your hand. 983 01:21:56,911 --> 01:22:00,456 I started takin' care of Deborah when she was nine, back in Virginia. 984 01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:02,583 Over seven years. 985 01:22:02,667 --> 01:22:06,587 Till my grandmama died and left me this place. 986 01:22:06,671 --> 01:22:09,631 That's whyJune resented you at first. 987 01:22:11,009 --> 01:22:14,011 She never got over me workin' in your mama's house. 988 01:22:14,095 --> 01:22:17,765 So my mother came to Sylvan, met T. Ray and got married. 989 01:22:17,849 --> 01:22:20,100 That's right. 990 01:22:20,185 --> 01:22:22,269 But what I don't get is why she married him. 991 01:22:24,105 --> 01:22:28,776 [ Chuckles ] I think Deborah liked the fact that he was decorated in the war. 992 01:22:28,860 --> 01:22:30,569 She thought he was brave. 993 01:22:30,653 --> 01:22:32,946 Said he treated her like a princess. 994 01:22:33,031 --> 01:22:35,866 It's not the same T. Ray. I can tell you that right now. 995 01:22:37,869 --> 01:22:41,538 You know, Lily, people can start out one way, 996 01:22:41,623 --> 01:22:46,627 and by the time life get through with 'em, end up completely different. 997 01:22:46,711 --> 01:22:51,006 I mean, I don't doubt that he started off lovin' her. Fact, he worshipped her. 998 01:22:51,091 --> 01:22:55,761 But after about six months or so, her love wore off. 999 01:22:55,845 --> 01:22:59,056 But ifthe love had worn off, why did she marry him? 1000 01:23:00,850 --> 01:23:04,478 Honey, Deborah was pregnant. 1001 01:23:04,562 --> 01:23:06,522 That's why. 1002 01:23:13,404 --> 01:23:15,322 She called me soon afteryou were born. 1003 01:23:15,406 --> 01:23:19,326 I got letters and phone calls, mostly about you. 1004 01:23:19,410 --> 01:23:24,039 How you were sittin' up and takin' your first steps. 1005 01:23:24,124 --> 01:23:26,583 [ Chuckles ] Playin' patty-cake. 1006 01:23:27,919 --> 01:23:32,256 But then the letters start comin' less and less. 1007 01:23:32,340 --> 01:23:34,925 And one day she called me up, 1008 01:23:35,009 --> 01:23:37,886 and she said she was leavin' T. Ray. 1009 01:23:37,971 --> 01:23:40,180 Thank you. Yes, ma'am. 1010 01:23:40,265 --> 01:23:43,433 [ August ] When I picked her up from the bus station, 1011 01:23:43,518 --> 01:23:45,602 she didn't even look like herself. 1012 01:23:46,688 --> 01:23:48,605 She had gotten so thin. 1013 01:23:48,690 --> 01:23:51,817 I was with her when you picked her up from the bus station, right? 1014 01:23:54,195 --> 01:23:56,155 She brought me along, didn't she? 1015 01:23:59,576 --> 01:24:01,952 No. She came by herself, honey. 1016 01:24:05,707 --> 01:24:08,458 [ Sighs ] Why? 1017 01:24:08,543 --> 01:24:10,460 Why didn't she bring me? 1018 01:24:10,545 --> 01:24:12,462 [ Sighs ] 1019 01:24:12,547 --> 01:24:16,466 All I know, Lily, is she was fallin' apart. 1020 01:24:16,551 --> 01:24:18,468 Depressed people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do. 1021 01:24:18,553 --> 01:24:21,930 It was easy for her to leave me 'cause she never wanted me in the first place. 1022 01:24:22,015 --> 01:24:23,932 Lily. 1023 01:24:25,977 --> 01:24:28,854 After she was here for a few months... 1024 01:24:28,938 --> 01:24:32,649 and started feelin' better, she— she start talkin' about how much she missed you. 1025 01:24:34,569 --> 01:24:36,820 Then she went back to Sylvan to see you. 1026 01:24:37,906 --> 01:24:40,532 She wasjust comin' for her things. 1027 01:24:40,617 --> 01:24:44,411 - I believe she came back foryou. - I'm goin' to bed. 1028 01:24:44,495 --> 01:24:46,038 Lily! 1029 01:24:46,122 --> 01:24:49,249 Now your mama made a terrible mistake. 1030 01:24:49,334 --> 01:24:51,251 But I believe she tried to fix it. 1031 01:24:51,336 --> 01:24:53,295 Good night. 1032 01:24:58,343 --> 01:25:01,178 [ Sighs ] Damn it, Deborah. 1033 01:25:10,563 --> 01:25:13,357 [ Breathing Heavily ] 1034 01:25:14,442 --> 01:25:16,026 [ Screaming ] I hate you! 1035 01:25:16,110 --> 01:25:18,737 I hate your guts! 1036 01:25:18,821 --> 01:25:20,906 [ Grunting ] 1037 01:25:37,507 --> 01:25:40,008 Why didn't you love me? 1038 01:25:42,011 --> 01:25:43,929 [ Sniffles ] 1039 01:26:50,496 --> 01:26:52,456 Tiburon. 1040 01:26:57,837 --> 01:27:00,589 [ August ] Hi. 1041 01:27:00,673 --> 01:27:02,591 Hi. 1042 01:27:02,675 --> 01:27:05,635 I brought some ofyour mama's belongings. 1043 01:27:10,850 --> 01:27:15,103 It'sjust a handful ofthings your mama left when she went back to get you. 1044 01:27:17,899 --> 01:27:19,941 Been in this box... 1045 01:27:21,361 --> 01:27:23,612 1 0 years, I guess. 1046 01:27:25,948 --> 01:27:28,116 You really loved her. 1047 01:27:32,246 --> 01:27:35,665 It was complicated. But, yes, I did. 1048 01:27:36,751 --> 01:27:39,669 How was it complicated? 1049 01:27:39,754 --> 01:27:42,089 I was her nanny. 1050 01:27:42,173 --> 01:27:45,467 Things were different in her world than mine. 1051 01:27:48,137 --> 01:27:51,598 We like to think that love is pure and limitless. 1052 01:27:51,682 --> 01:27:56,019 But love like that can't exist in a hateful time. 1053 01:27:58,523 --> 01:28:01,400 [ Chuckles ] But she made me love her anyway. 1054 01:28:04,195 --> 01:28:07,906 There is no perfect love, Lily. 1055 01:28:25,216 --> 01:28:27,592 Your mama's pocket mirror. 1056 01:28:29,220 --> 01:28:33,473 Ifyou look in here, you see your mama looking back at you. 1057 01:28:55,246 --> 01:28:57,247 [ Sighs ] Well, I'll be. 1058 01:29:03,671 --> 01:29:06,923 She was wearin' that pin the day she got here. 1059 01:29:23,524 --> 01:29:25,609 There'sjust one last thing. 1060 01:30:07,401 --> 01:30:11,988 Hey. 1061 01:30:13,449 --> 01:30:15,367 [ Sighs ] 1062 01:30:22,041 --> 01:30:24,167 What happened to you? What about it? 1063 01:30:24,252 --> 01:30:26,670 It changed you, didn't it? 1064 01:30:31,592 --> 01:30:35,971 Sometimes, Lily, I— 1065 01:30:36,055 --> 01:30:38,014 I get so angry. 1066 01:30:39,350 --> 01:30:41,601 I just want to kill somethin'. 1067 01:30:41,686 --> 01:30:44,562 The men that took you— 1068 01:30:44,647 --> 01:30:47,065 they're angry like that too. 1069 01:30:47,149 --> 01:30:49,359 Makes 'em mean. 1070 01:30:51,612 --> 01:30:54,155 You have to promise me, Zach, that you won't be like them. 1071 01:30:54,240 --> 01:30:56,533 I don't want to. 1072 01:30:56,617 --> 01:30:59,202 Me either. 1073 01:31:25,354 --> 01:31:28,231 No way I'm not becomin' a lawyer now. 1074 01:31:30,026 --> 01:31:33,153 I'm gonna be one ofthem drum majors Dr. King talks about. 1075 01:31:33,237 --> 01:31:35,405 I know you will. 1076 01:31:35,489 --> 01:31:40,410 And... 1 0, maybe 1 5 years from now, 1077 01:31:41,620 --> 01:31:43,580 we'll be at your book signin'. 1078 01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:04,893 So don't forget our story, all right? 1079 01:32:06,812 --> 01:32:08,730 I won't. 1080 01:32:19,617 --> 01:32:23,370 [ Clears Throat ] I have you know I am now a registered voter. 1081 01:32:23,496 --> 01:32:27,791 - Really? - I'll be castin' my vote for Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. 1082 01:32:33,381 --> 01:32:35,590 I love you, Miss Rosaleen. 1083 01:32:49,855 --> 01:32:52,649 Neil. Hello, ladies. 1084 01:33:10,876 --> 01:33:15,171 Hi. 1085 01:33:16,382 --> 01:33:19,759 Didn't you call me here to talk? I'm a little busy. 1086 01:33:19,844 --> 01:33:23,721 - You ain't the only one who's busy. - I'm just supposed to stand here and watch how busy you are? 1087 01:33:23,806 --> 01:33:25,181 No. 1088 01:33:26,225 --> 01:33:27,851 [ Sighs ] 1089 01:33:32,773 --> 01:33:35,191 I was— 1090 01:33:39,780 --> 01:33:42,657 I was wonderin' ifyou'd be willin' to ask again. 1091 01:33:42,741 --> 01:33:44,993 Ask what? 1092 01:33:48,372 --> 01:33:50,498 This supposed to be funny? 1093 01:34:00,551 --> 01:34:03,219 June Boatwright, will you marry me? 1094 01:34:08,058 --> 01:34:09,976 Yes. 1095 01:34:10,060 --> 01:34:12,228 Yes? 1096 01:34:13,439 --> 01:34:15,356 Yes? Yes? 1097 01:34:15,441 --> 01:34:18,109 Yes. 1098 01:34:18,194 --> 01:34:21,738 [ Laughing ] 1099 01:34:21,822 --> 01:34:24,908 She said yes. 1100 01:34:25,034 --> 01:34:27,202 Oh, my God. Good for you. 1101 01:34:27,286 --> 01:34:29,287 Come on. We're goin' to thejewelry store right now, 1102 01:34:29,413 --> 01:34:33,833 pickin' out a ring before you change your mind, all right? What? You don't already have one? 1103 01:34:33,918 --> 01:34:35,835 Girl, come on. 1104 01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:38,213 How come you don't have one? 1105 01:34:44,386 --> 01:34:46,429 [ Knocking On Door ] 1106 01:34:51,602 --> 01:34:54,562 [ Knocking Continues ] 1107 01:35:06,617 --> 01:35:10,119 Well, well, well. Look who's here. 1108 01:35:12,915 --> 01:35:14,958 Won't you come in? 1109 01:35:21,215 --> 01:35:23,466 Well, all right, goddamn it. 1110 01:35:23,551 --> 01:35:27,345 You wanna pretend I'm making a social visit, we'll pretend. 1111 01:35:27,429 --> 01:35:30,223 I'm gonna take you out of here nice and quiet or kickin' and screamin'. 1112 01:35:30,307 --> 01:35:32,392 Don't matter which one to me. 1113 01:35:32,476 --> 01:35:34,477 Have a seat ifyou want to. 1114 01:35:48,158 --> 01:35:50,201 So you been here the whole time? 1115 01:35:51,370 --> 01:35:53,246 With colored women? 1116 01:35:53,372 --> 01:35:56,457 Jesus Christ. How'd you find me? 1117 01:35:59,086 --> 01:36:01,170 That map on your wall. 1118 01:36:02,590 --> 01:36:08,511 Came here, started askin' around. Some old lady secretary at the law office was more than happy to fill me in. 1119 01:36:11,932 --> 01:36:15,310 - Where's Rosaleen? - She took offa long time ago. 1120 01:36:33,746 --> 01:36:37,081 Where'd you get that? 1121 01:36:37,207 --> 01:36:39,542 Miss August gave it to me. Don't you lie to me. 1122 01:36:40,586 --> 01:36:42,503 I'm not lyin'. 1123 01:36:42,588 --> 01:36:45,048 She said it belonged to my— 1124 01:36:48,260 --> 01:36:51,721 I gave that pin to your mama on her 22nd birthday. 1125 01:36:53,682 --> 01:36:56,434 Now you tell me right now. 1126 01:36:56,560 --> 01:36:59,228 How'd this August woman get it? You gave this to my mother? 1127 01:36:59,355 --> 01:37:01,356 Answer me. You did? 1128 01:37:03,901 --> 01:37:06,944 This is where my mother came when she ran away from us. 1129 01:37:08,072 --> 01:37:10,281 She was wearin' it the day she got here. 1130 01:37:21,126 --> 01:37:24,253 Miss August used to take care of her when she was a little girl. 1131 01:37:26,715 --> 01:37:34,389 [ Sighs ] 1132 01:37:34,473 --> 01:37:37,266 I looked for her everywhere I could think. 1133 01:37:39,311 --> 01:37:41,270 And she was right here. 1134 01:37:42,773 --> 01:37:45,274 Jesus Christ, she was right here. 1135 01:37:57,788 --> 01:38:00,665 Goddamn you, Deborah! 1136 01:38:00,749 --> 01:38:02,583 You ain't leavin' me again! 1137 01:38:02,710 --> 01:38:04,585 [ Gasps, Shrieks ] Get back here! 1138 01:38:04,670 --> 01:38:06,879 T. Ray, it's me, Lily! 1139 01:38:06,964 --> 01:38:09,006 Daddy! 1140 01:38:24,481 --> 01:38:27,567 You— You look like her. 1141 01:38:35,826 --> 01:38:39,120 My whole life's been nothin' but a hole... 1142 01:38:39,204 --> 01:38:42,081 where my mother should've been. 1143 01:38:42,166 --> 01:38:44,375 It left me always achin'. 1144 01:38:46,462 --> 01:38:48,671 But I never thought about what it did to you. 1145 01:38:57,723 --> 01:39:00,349 - We're goin' home. - I'm stayin' here. 1146 01:39:03,604 --> 01:39:06,397 You think I'm gonna walk out of here and leave you? 1147 01:39:06,482 --> 01:39:08,483 I don't even know these damn people. 1148 01:39:08,567 --> 01:39:10,526 I know them. 1149 01:39:11,653 --> 01:39:13,780 And August Boatwright is a good person. 1150 01:39:13,864 --> 01:39:16,616 Now, what makes you think she'd even want you here? 1151 01:39:16,700 --> 01:39:19,994 Lily can have a home here as long as she wants. 1152 01:39:23,373 --> 01:39:25,249 Lily said you'd run off. 1153 01:39:25,334 --> 01:39:27,752 Well, I guess I'm back now. 1154 01:39:27,836 --> 01:39:32,340 Well, I don't really care where you end up, 1155 01:39:33,509 --> 01:39:35,468 but Lily's comin' with me. 1156 01:39:35,552 --> 01:39:38,554 [ Footsteps Approaching ] 1157 01:39:43,477 --> 01:39:45,394 Everybody all right? 1158 01:39:46,939 --> 01:39:48,940 We all right. 1159 01:39:49,024 --> 01:39:51,067 This is Mr. Owens, 1160 01:39:51,151 --> 01:39:53,069 Lily's father. 1161 01:39:53,153 --> 01:39:55,696 He came here for a visit. 1162 01:39:58,826 --> 01:40:01,244 Mr. Owens, 1163 01:40:01,328 --> 01:40:05,706 you'd be doing Lily and us a big favor by leavin' her here. 1164 01:40:06,917 --> 01:40:10,378 I made her my apprentice beekeeper. She learnin' the whole business. 1165 01:40:13,382 --> 01:40:15,258 We love Lily. 1166 01:40:17,010 --> 01:40:19,929 We'll get her started in school. 1167 01:40:20,013 --> 01:40:23,391 We'll take care of her. I promise you that. 1168 01:40:32,442 --> 01:40:34,569 Well, 1169 01:40:36,905 --> 01:40:38,823 good riddance. 1170 01:41:00,971 --> 01:41:03,097 [ Engine Starting ] 1171 01:41:07,603 --> 01:41:10,313 Stop! Stop! 1172 01:41:15,152 --> 01:41:19,155 The day my mother died, you said she was only comin' back for her things. 1173 01:41:20,490 --> 01:41:22,658 Is that true? 1174 01:41:25,495 --> 01:41:27,413 No. 1175 01:41:28,832 --> 01:41:31,375 No. She was comin' foryou. 1176 01:41:35,213 --> 01:41:37,340 Why did you lie? 1177 01:41:40,677 --> 01:41:42,929 'Cause she didn't come for me. 1178 01:42:18,757 --> 01:42:22,802 [ Lily Narrating ] I still tell myselfthat when T. Ray drove away that day, 1179 01:42:22,886 --> 01:42:24,762 he wasn't sayin', "Good riddance." 1180 01:42:26,223 --> 01:42:31,227 He was sayin', "Lily, you are better offthere with all these mothers." 1181 01:42:32,562 --> 01:42:36,899 I have more mothers than any three girls offthe street. 1182 01:42:38,151 --> 01:42:40,403 They are the moons shinin' over me. 1183 01:42:46,410 --> 01:42:48,661 I guess I have forgiven myself. 1184 01:42:48,745 --> 01:42:53,499 Although sometimes in the night, my dreams will take me back to sadness, 1185 01:42:53,625 --> 01:42:57,461 and I have to wake up and forgive again. [ Praying ] 1186 01:42:57,546 --> 01:43:00,589 But Mary is always there. 1187 01:43:02,050 --> 01:43:04,552 I feel her at unexpected moments. 1188 01:43:05,887 --> 01:43:08,097 She will suddenly rise. 1189 01:43:08,181 --> 01:43:13,019 And when she does, she does not go up into the sky, 1190 01:43:13,103 --> 01:43:15,521 but further inside of me. 1191 01:44:13,830 --> 01:44:18,334 $ Ifyou think the sky is falling $ 1192 01:44:18,418 --> 01:44:21,545 $ Comin' undone $ 1193 01:44:21,630 --> 01:44:23,214 $ Hmm $ 1194 01:44:23,298 --> 01:44:27,760 $ All the pieces crumble $ 1195 01:44:27,844 --> 01:44:32,723 $ You're on the run $ 1196 01:44:32,724 --> 01:44:37,394 $ All the wrong you've taken $ 1197 01:44:37,479 --> 01:44:42,066 $ All the rules you're breakin' $ 1198 01:44:42,150 --> 01:44:46,570 $ Don't you know the solid truth is $ 1199 01:44:46,655 --> 01:44:49,115 $ It comes back to you $ 1200 01:44:49,199 --> 01:44:53,828 $ Don't you know the sky is blue $ 1201 01:44:53,912 --> 01:44:58,582 $ Can't you see the sun is breakin' through $ 1202 01:44:58,667 --> 01:45:03,170 $ Have a little faith in you $ 1203 01:45:03,255 --> 01:45:08,717 $ Don't you know the sky is blue $ 1204 01:45:08,802 --> 01:45:10,302 $ Huh $ 1205 01:45:10,387 --> 01:45:14,974 $ Every time you walk out that door $ 1206 01:45:15,058 --> 01:45:18,310 $ Cursin' the sky $ 1207 01:45:19,729 --> 01:45:24,358 $ Feelin' like you've been cheated $ 1208 01:45:24,442 --> 01:45:26,819 $ Ripped from inside $ 1209 01:45:26,903 --> 01:45:31,490 $ Don't you know the sky is blue $ 1210 01:45:31,575 --> 01:45:36,245 $ Can't you see the sun is breakin' through $ 1211 01:45:36,329 --> 01:45:41,000 $ Have a little faith in you $ 1212 01:45:41,084 --> 01:45:46,046 $ Don't you know the sky is blue $ 1213 01:45:46,131 --> 01:45:48,340 $ Come on $ 1214 01:45:48,425 --> 01:45:52,178 $ Mmm $ 1215 01:45:54,890 --> 01:45:56,807 $ Mmm, yeah $ 1216 01:45:59,352 --> 01:46:01,979 $ Now you know $ 1217 01:46:02,063 --> 01:46:03,564 $ Hmm $ [ Chuckles ] 1218 01:46:11,239 --> 01:46:13,157 $ Uh $ 1219 01:46:13,241 --> 01:46:16,577 $ Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah $ 1220 01:46:16,661 --> 01:46:21,165 $ Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah $ 1221 01:46:22,584 --> 01:46:25,628 $$ [ Continues ] 1222 01:46:39,267 --> 01:46:41,185 $ Hey $ 1223 01:46:41,269 --> 01:46:44,146 $$ [ Continues ] 1224 01:46:49,361 --> 01:46:58,244 $ Don't you know the sky is blue $ 1225 01:46:58,328 --> 01:47:03,249 $ Have a— Have a little faith in you $ 1226 01:47:03,333 --> 01:47:10,839 $ Don't you know the sky is blue $ 1227 01:47:10,924 --> 01:47:12,424 $ Hey $ 1228 01:47:12,509 --> 01:47:15,552 $ Don't you know the sky $ 1229 01:47:15,637 --> 01:47:17,554 $ Sky $ 1230 01:47:17,639 --> 01:47:19,932 $ I'm telling you $ 1231 01:47:20,016 --> 01:47:22,184 $ The sky is blue $ 1232 01:47:22,269 --> 01:47:26,146 $ For me but whoo-hoo $ 1233 01:47:26,231 --> 01:47:28,774 $ Don't you know the sky $ 1234 01:47:28,858 --> 01:47:35,030 $ Sky $ 1235 01:47:35,115 --> 01:47:37,032 $ Hey $ 1236 01:47:37,117 --> 01:47:39,493 $$ [ Women Vocalizing ] 1237 01:47:45,583 --> 01:47:48,961 $ Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah $ 1238 01:47:49,045 --> 01:47:51,255 $ Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah $$ 1239 01:47:55,135 --> 01:48:01,849 $ Oh $ 1240 01:48:01,933 --> 01:48:03,934 $ Well, there's nothin' you can do $ 1241 01:48:04,019 --> 01:48:06,478 $ Well, there's nothin' you can say $ 1242 01:48:06,563 --> 01:48:09,815 $ 'Cause everything just ain't gonna go your way $ 1243 01:48:09,899 --> 01:48:11,817 $ Ifyou're feeling kind ofstrange $ 1244 01:48:11,901 --> 01:48:14,320 $ And you want to lay it down $ 1245 01:48:14,404 --> 01:48:17,406 $ And it's hard foryou to keep your feet on solid ground $ 1246 01:48:17,490 --> 01:48:20,993 $ You gotta keep on $ $ Keep, keep marchin' $ 1247 01:48:21,077 --> 01:48:22,786 $ On $ 1248 01:48:22,871 --> 01:48:24,788 $ Keep marchin' on $ 1249 01:48:24,873 --> 01:48:27,666 $ You just gotta keep on Oh, yeah $ $ Keep $ 1250 01:48:27,751 --> 01:48:30,669 $ Keep marchin' $ $ Keep marchin' on $ 1251 01:48:30,754 --> 01:48:33,172 $ Keep marchin' on $ 1252 01:48:35,842 --> 01:48:39,219 $ Keep, keep on $ $ Keep marchin' $ 1253 01:48:45,852 --> 01:48:47,978 $ When a poor girl shine $ 1254 01:48:48,063 --> 01:48:50,439 $ And a rich girl cries $ 1255 01:48:50,523 --> 01:48:53,776 $ And the clown is wearin' no makeup $ 1256 01:48:53,860 --> 01:48:55,819 $ You got to get up and run $ 1257 01:48:55,904 --> 01:48:57,863 $ You got to get up and strive $ 1258 01:48:57,947 --> 01:49:01,367 $ You got to put all your pride into makin' it $ 1259 01:49:01,451 --> 01:49:05,037 $ You gotta keep on $ $ Keep, keep marchin' $ 1260 01:49:05,121 --> 01:49:06,663 $ On $ 1261 01:49:06,748 --> 01:49:08,999 $ Keep marchin' on $ 1262 01:49:09,084 --> 01:49:11,710 $ You gotta keep on Come on now $ $ Keep $ 1263 01:49:11,795 --> 01:49:14,546 $ Keep marchin' $ $ Keep on marchin' now $ 1264 01:49:14,631 --> 01:49:17,508 $ Keep marchin' on $ 1265 01:49:17,592 --> 01:49:21,553 $ We gotta keep on $ $ Keep, keep marchin' $ 1266 01:49:21,638 --> 01:49:24,807 $ You gotta keep on $ $ Keep marchin' on $ 1267 01:49:24,891 --> 01:49:29,019 $ This is something we gotta do today is keep on marchin' $ 1268 01:49:29,104 --> 01:49:32,898 $ On $ $ Keep marchin' on $ 1269 01:49:32,982 --> 01:49:35,401 $ Don't let nobody tell you no different $ 1270 01:49:35,485 --> 01:49:36,985 $ Oh, no $ 1271 01:49:37,070 --> 01:49:40,572 $ Keep on marchin' $