1 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:20,175 In the name of Allah the beneficent, the merciful... 2 00:00:20,260 --> 00:00:22,819 ...all praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the Worlds... 3 00:00:22,939 --> 00:00:24,978 ...to the one God to whom praise is due forever... 4 00:00:25,062 --> 00:00:27,894 ...to the one who came to us in the person of Master Fard Muhammad... 5 00:00:27,982 --> 00:00:29,495 ...and raised up The Honourable Elijah Muhammad. 6 00:00:30,182 --> 00:00:32,137 - Aameen. - (congregation) Aameen. 7 00:00:32,221 --> 00:00:34,019 - As salaam alaikum! - Wa-alaikum salaam! 8 00:00:34,102 --> 00:00:35,981 - How do you feel? - Fine, sir! 9 00:00:35,981 --> 00:00:38,293 - Who do we want to hear? - Malcolm X! 10 00:00:38,384 --> 00:00:40,613 - Are we gonna bring him on? - Yes, sir! 11 00:00:40,703 --> 00:00:42,456 Yes, we gonna bring him on! 12 00:00:42,544 --> 00:00:45,262 Well, let us hear from our minister, Mr Malcolm X! 13 00:00:45,343 --> 00:00:47,493 Let us bring him on with a round of applause! 14 00:00:47,583 --> 00:00:50,336 (applause and cheering) 15 00:00:53,025 --> 00:00:57,939 Brothers and sisters, I'm here to tell you that I charge the white man. 16 00:00:58,544 --> 00:01:01,741 I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth. 17 00:01:01,824 --> 00:01:03,860 - (congregation shouts) - I charge the white man... 18 00:01:03,943 --> 00:01:05,902 ...with being the greatest kidnapper on earth! 19 00:01:06,546 --> 00:01:09,583 There is no place in this world that that man can go... 20 00:01:09,666 --> 00:01:11,941 ...and say he createdpeace and harmony. 21 00:01:12,026 --> 00:01:14,699 Everywhere he's gone, he's created havoc. 22 00:01:15,026 --> 00:01:17,744 Everywhere he's gone, he's created destruction. 23 00:01:18,148 --> 00:01:22,299 So I charge him. I charge him with being the greatest kidnapper on this earth! 24 00:01:22,507 --> 00:01:25,544 I charge him with being the greatest murderer on this earth! 25 00:01:25,627 --> 00:01:29,939 I charge him with being the greatest robber and enslaver on this earth! 26 00:01:30,027 --> 00:01:34,227 I charge the white man with being the greatest swine-eater on this earth! 27 00:01:34,309 --> 00:01:36,265 The greatest drunkard on this earth! 28 00:01:36,349 --> 00:01:38,260 He can't deny the charges. 29 00:01:38,349 --> 00:01:42,262 You can't deny the charges! We're the living proof of those charges! 30 00:01:42,349 --> 00:01:44,909 - (cheering and applause) - You and I are the proof! 31 00:01:44,989 --> 00:01:48,745 You're not an American, you are the victim of America! 32 00:01:48,871 --> 00:01:51,066 You didn 't have a choice coming over here. 33 00:01:51,151 --> 00:01:53,221 He didn 't say "Black man, black woman... 34 00:01:53,311 --> 00:01:55,620 ...come on over and help me build America." 35 00:01:55,711 --> 00:01:58,144 He said "Nigger, get down in the bottom of that boat... 36 00:01:58,230 --> 00:02:00,383 ...and I'm taking you over there to help me build America." 37 00:02:00,473 --> 00:02:01,588 (applause and cheering) 38 00:02:01,673 --> 00:02:04,426 Being born here does not make you an American. 39 00:02:04,513 --> 00:02:07,264 I'm not an American. You're not an American. 40 00:02:07,351 --> 00:02:09,820 You are one of the 22 million black people... 41 00:02:09,912 --> 00:02:12,471 ...who are the victims of America. 42 00:02:12,551 --> 00:02:13,987 You and I, we've neverseen any democracy. 43 00:02:14,073 --> 00:02:17,703 We ain 't seen no democracy in the... the cotton fields of Georgia. 44 00:02:17,794 --> 00:02:19,988 Wasn't no democracy down there. 45 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:22,462 We didn 't see any democracy on the streets of Harlem... 46 00:02:22,553 --> 00:02:25,670 ...in the streets of Brooklyn, of Detroit, and Chicago. 47 00:02:25,753 --> 00:02:30,112 Ain 't no democracy down there. No, we've never seen democracy! 48 00:02:30,355 --> 00:02:32,710 All we've seen is hypocrisy! 49 00:02:33,755 --> 00:02:35,825 We don't see any American Dream. 50 00:02:36,555 --> 00:02:39,466 We've experienced only the American nightmare. 51 00:02:39,554 --> 00:02:42,151 (wild cheering and applause) 52 00:02:43,116 --> 00:02:47,268 (congregation) We love Malcolm! We love Malcolm! We love Malcolm! 53 00:02:47,356 --> 00:02:51,349 We love Malcolm! We love Malcolm! We love Malcolm! 54 00:02:51,436 --> 00:02:54,954 (fades) We love Malcolm! We love Malcolm! 55 00:02:57,118 --> 00:02:59,996 * Joe Turner: "Roll 'Em Pete" 56 00:03:26,921 --> 00:03:29,639 * Well, I got a gal She lives up on the hill 57 00:03:31,841 --> 00:03:34,798 * Well, I got a gal She lives up on the hill 58 00:03:36,922 --> 00:03:38,275 * Well, this woman's tryin' to quit me... 59 00:03:38,362 --> 00:03:41,513 See that spot! Get it. The spot! 60 00:03:41,602 --> 00:03:43,115 All right, Speedy, that's it. 61 00:03:43,202 --> 00:03:45,193 * They shine like Klondike gold... 62 00:03:46,882 --> 00:03:48,876 C'mon, Pee Wee. 63 00:03:51,804 --> 00:03:55,035 * Every time she loves me, she sends my mellow soul 64 00:03:56,804 --> 00:04:00,001 * Well, you're so beautiful But you've got to die someday 65 00:04:01,763 --> 00:04:04,963 * Well, you're so beautiful But you've got to die someday 66 00:04:06,845 --> 00:04:09,837 * All I want's a little lovin ' Just before you pass away 67 00:04:11,325 --> 00:04:12,395 * Yeah! 68 00:04:12,486 --> 00:04:14,362 * (piano scats) 69 00:04:23,127 --> 00:04:24,082 Hey, Cholly! 70 00:04:24,167 --> 00:04:27,876 Where'd you get that number you hit on? Was that your girlfriend's address? 71 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:32,087 No, my grandma gave me that number in my dreams, straight! 72 00:04:32,169 --> 00:04:35,763 - Three, eight, four. - You told me Sassy Frassy gave you... 73 00:04:35,848 --> 00:04:37,076 Nah, that woman quit me. 74 00:04:37,168 --> 00:04:38,998 After I hit the number... 75 00:04:39,088 --> 00:04:41,602 ...that woman was no good to me at all. - No? What happened? 76 00:04:41,688 --> 00:04:45,478 She said I was cheap cos I wouldn't cop her a diamond ring. 77 00:04:46,010 --> 00:04:49,719 - And on top of that, had the indignation... - Whoo! 78 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:52,768 ...to call me, of all people, Good Time Cholly... 79 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:55,684 ...a cheap black son of a bitch! 80 00:04:55,769 --> 00:04:57,683 - Sassy Frassy? - Cholly, where's homeboy? 81 00:04:57,892 --> 00:04:59,927 - Hey, Little! - Yeah? 82 00:05:00,011 --> 00:05:02,685 Your man out here waitin' on you! 83 00:05:04,331 --> 00:05:05,764 There he is! 84 00:05:05,851 --> 00:05:11,723 Hey! Fixin' to get that first conk laid on, eh, homeboy? Be hot like hell! 85 00:05:11,813 --> 00:05:15,806 Don't be a-scared, son, you ain't got nothin' to worry about. 86 00:05:15,893 --> 00:05:18,202 You in the hands of an expert! 87 00:05:18,533 --> 00:05:22,048 My hair was just like yours. Look what he did for me! 88 00:05:22,853 --> 00:05:24,891 - (laughter) - Heckle and Jeckle! 89 00:05:24,975 --> 00:05:27,773 Don't scare the man no more than he's scared already! 90 00:05:27,855 --> 00:05:30,927 - Get his forehead and eyebrows, Shorty. - Who's doing this? 91 00:05:31,015 --> 00:05:33,482 - Y'all heard that. - Y'all heard that. 92 00:05:33,574 --> 00:05:37,533 Pull my coat-tail if it stings, this shit could burn a hole through cement. 93 00:05:37,614 --> 00:05:39,657 Hold tight, baby, and keep your eyes shut. 94 00:05:39,657 --> 00:05:43,570 I thought you said this was gonna sting. (chuckles) This ain't nothin'. 95 00:05:43,657 --> 00:05:45,533 - Feel good, don't it? - Yeah, real good, don't it? 96 00:05:45,616 --> 00:05:48,494 - Yeah, it's all right. - Gonna feel better than that in a minute. 97 00:05:48,576 --> 00:05:53,253 It is heatin' up a little bit there, Shorty. Shorty, it's startin' to heat up there. 98 00:05:53,337 --> 00:05:55,567 - It's all right. - Feelin' better and better, ain't it? 99 00:05:55,657 --> 00:05:58,251 - Just hold on! - All right, I'm holdin', but it's heatin'! 100 00:05:58,337 --> 00:06:00,532 - We gotta make it straight. - Well, all right. 101 00:06:00,617 --> 00:06:03,768 - That's what he told me, too! - (laughter) 102 00:06:03,857 --> 00:06:06,817 - I gotta get this out now, it's startin' to... - Uh-oh! Uh-oh! 103 00:06:07,539 --> 00:06:10,531 - Hold on. - I'm holdin', I'm holdin'! I'm holdin'! 104 00:06:10,619 --> 00:06:12,849 - Well, hold on! - I'm holdin'on! 105 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:15,214 - Cholly, gimme a hand! Help me out! - Go on! Hold him! Hold him! 106 00:06:15,299 --> 00:06:17,017 - Hold him! - Shorty! 107 00:06:17,099 --> 00:06:19,695 - C'mon, we're goin' to the sink! - I got to get up! I got to get up! 108 00:06:19,821 --> 00:06:22,493 - Cool it, baby! Cool it! - Put some water on him! More water! 109 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:25,015 Hold on! Wait, wait, you're getting it in my eye now! 110 00:06:25,101 --> 00:06:26,135 How's it feel? 111 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:29,293 - Feel like I ain't got no skin on my head! - If you can talk, it's out! 112 00:06:29,381 --> 00:06:32,133 - How's it look? - I can't tell yet. 113 00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:34,222 It's straight, though, right? I ain't doin' this again! 114 00:06:34,222 --> 00:06:36,417 Yeah. Lemme dry it. Lemme dry it. 115 00:06:36,502 --> 00:06:40,336 (chuckles) I can tell, it's layin' down. 116 00:06:40,422 --> 00:06:43,220 (radio) Gets on down the line, does it up so mighty, mighty fine. 117 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:45,542 - Don't take it off yet. - All right. 118 00:06:45,542 --> 00:06:49,424 That's the thing to do! Come on in here and get through! 119 00:06:49,424 --> 00:06:52,496 A moneymaker and a heartbreaker, every step of the way. 120 00:06:52,584 --> 00:06:55,103 You gonna flip! That's right, watch your lip, dear... 121 00:06:55,103 --> 00:06:57,095 Oooooo-ooh! 122 00:06:57,184 --> 00:07:00,973 - (laughs) - All right! Go, Joe! He's the man! 123 00:07:01,065 --> 00:07:03,783 - Looks white, don't it? - Well, all right! 124 00:07:03,864 --> 00:07:05,742 - Yes! - Well, all root! 125 00:07:05,825 --> 00:07:07,098 - Ow! - Well, all reet! 126 00:07:07,584 --> 00:07:09,336 * Yes, yes 127 00:07:10,065 --> 00:07:12,020 * Yes, yes 128 00:07:12,424 --> 00:07:13,698 * Yes, yes 129 00:07:13,784 --> 00:07:15,015 Swing it! 130 00:07:15,107 --> 00:07:17,381 - * Yes, yes - Yeah, right now. 131 00:07:17,546 --> 00:07:18,774 * Yes, yes 132 00:07:19,666 --> 00:07:22,100 * Yeah, you know 133 00:07:22,186 --> 00:07:24,302 * Well, all right, then 134 00:07:24,626 --> 00:07:25,456 * Well, all reet, then 135 00:07:25,546 --> 00:07:28,221 - Hit the brim with your left. - * Well, all root, then 136 00:07:29,628 --> 00:07:31,220 * Well, all rote, then 137 00:07:31,428 --> 00:07:33,225 - Hey, girl! - * Well, all right, then 138 00:07:33,308 --> 00:07:34,708 Sweet thing! 139 00:07:34,708 --> 00:07:36,867 * Well, all reet, then 140 00:07:36,867 --> 00:07:40,303 * Bye, baby, bye 141 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:45,501 * Bye, baby, bye... * 142 00:07:46,069 --> 00:07:48,947 When my mother was pregnant with me... 143 00:07:49,029 --> 00:07:53,386 ...Klansmen on horseback surrounded our house in Omaha, Nebraska. 144 00:07:53,469 --> 00:07:56,747 They brandished guns and shouted for my father to come out. 145 00:07:56,831 --> 00:07:59,504 - Earl Little! - We know you're in there! Come on out! 146 00:07:59,591 --> 00:08:01,821 My mother went to the door, where they could see herpregnant condition... 147 00:08:01,911 --> 00:08:05,460 ...and told them my father was in Milwaukee, preaching. 148 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:07,906 Now, these hooded Klansmen said the good white Christians... 149 00:08:07,991 --> 00:08:11,110 ...would not stand for his troublemaking, and to get out of town. 150 00:08:11,193 --> 00:08:13,386 - C'mon! - Bring him out! 151 00:08:14,072 --> 00:08:16,302 - (screaming) - Come on! 152 00:08:16,392 --> 00:08:19,828 - It's all right! - (children shriek) 153 00:08:19,912 --> 00:08:22,872 - You and your family, Earl! - We got no place for y'all here! 154 00:08:22,954 --> 00:08:25,229 (shouting and screaming) 155 00:08:25,314 --> 00:08:27,305 Mommy! 156 00:08:28,874 --> 00:08:32,708 They broke every window before riding off into the night. 157 00:08:34,513 --> 00:08:38,474 They rode off into the moonlight as suddenly as they had come. 158 00:08:39,715 --> 00:08:41,752 You see, my father was not a frightened Negro... 159 00:08:41,836 --> 00:08:43,871 ...as most were then, and as many still are today. 160 00:08:43,955 --> 00:08:48,392 He was six feet four, a very strong man, and believed, as did Marcus Garvey... 161 00:08:48,475 --> 00:08:50,866 ...that freedom, independence and self-respect... 162 00:08:50,957 --> 00:08:53,027 ...could neverbe achieved by the Negro in America. 163 00:08:53,117 --> 00:08:58,316 ...on the object of building up for themselves a great nation in Africa. 164 00:08:58,396 --> 00:09:00,353 Therefore, black men should leave America... 165 00:09:00,437 --> 00:09:02,393 ...and return to the land of their origins. 166 00:09:02,476 --> 00:09:04,674 ...to his original home, Africa! 167 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:06,714 My father dedicated his life to his beliefs... 168 00:09:06,798 --> 00:09:10,030 ...because he had seen four of his six brothers die violently. 169 00:09:10,119 --> 00:09:12,878 Three killed by white men, and one lynched. 170 00:09:12,878 --> 00:09:14,914 There were nine children in our family. 171 00:09:14,998 --> 00:09:19,437 My mother was a proud woman, an educated woman, and a strong woman. 172 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,469 She was very fair-skinned because her mother was raped by a white man. 173 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:28,347 One of the reasons she married my father was because he was so black. 174 00:09:28,439 --> 00:09:32,639 She hated the white blood in herbody and wanted her children to have colour. 175 00:09:32,721 --> 00:09:36,475 In fact, I think this had a profound effect on me back then... 176 00:09:36,561 --> 00:09:38,561 ...and on most Negroes today. 177 00:09:38,561 --> 00:09:42,952 So many of our sisters have been raped or violated by the white man... 178 00:09:43,041 --> 00:09:47,116 ...that the black men can't wait to get their hands on the white man's prize: 179 00:09:47,203 --> 00:09:48,635 ...the white woman. 180 00:09:50,803 --> 00:09:52,758 Africa for the Africans! 181 00:09:52,842 --> 00:09:54,834 (applause and shouts) 182 00:09:54,923 --> 00:09:56,514 Say "Roseland"! 183 00:09:56,602 --> 00:09:57,557 (both) Roseland! 184 00:09:58,122 --> 00:10:01,196 Showtime! 185 00:10:01,284 --> 00:10:03,515 - Showtime! - All right! 186 00:10:03,605 --> 00:10:05,913 * Lionel Hampton: "Flying Home" 187 00:10:06,004 --> 00:10:07,119 Whoo! 188 00:10:09,004 --> 00:10:10,995 Yeah! (laughs and whoops) 189 00:10:17,286 --> 00:10:19,242 Whoooo-hooo! 190 00:10:24,366 --> 00:10:27,485 - Yeah! C'mon, baby! C'mon! - (gasps) 191 00:10:29,327 --> 00:10:31,398 (laughs) 192 00:10:31,528 --> 00:10:32,847 Hi, Shorty! 193 00:10:33,327 --> 00:10:35,398 You're too big! 194 00:10:35,488 --> 00:10:38,160 - I'm gonna come get you. - Oh, no! 195 00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:44,117 Whoo! C'mon, Shorty, I'm gonna dance! 196 00:10:44,208 --> 00:10:47,120 - Red, hold this! - Shorty, go get her, baby! I got your hat! 197 00:10:47,208 --> 00:10:48,402 Yeah! 198 00:10:49,049 --> 00:10:50,083 Hey! 199 00:10:51,808 --> 00:10:54,199 - Hey! (laughs) - Ah! Ah! Ah! 200 00:10:55,770 --> 00:10:57,726 You in charge, boy! 201 00:10:57,810 --> 00:11:00,324 Yeah! Whoo! 202 00:11:00,410 --> 00:11:02,924 You like what you see, baby? 203 00:11:03,850 --> 00:11:06,045 No! Shorty, get back here! 204 00:11:06,130 --> 00:11:07,281 Go ahead, boy! 205 00:11:07,372 --> 00:11:10,091 - Red, save me! Save me! - Come back here! Gotcha! 206 00:11:10,172 --> 00:11:12,049 Whoo! Yeah! 207 00:11:20,691 --> 00:11:23,890 - Feels good! - C'mon, Shorty, I wanna dance again! 208 00:11:25,293 --> 00:11:27,568 Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 209 00:11:27,653 --> 00:11:28,642 Hey! Hey! 210 00:11:30,974 --> 00:11:34,810 - Ho! Ho! Go on! - Shorty, Shorty! Shorty! 211 00:11:40,775 --> 00:11:42,731 Hey! Hey, hey! 212 00:11:43,895 --> 00:11:44,566 Aow! 213 00:11:44,935 --> 00:11:48,168 - Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! - Whee! 214 00:11:48,257 --> 00:11:51,090 - Whoo! - Whoa! (laughs) 215 00:11:52,535 --> 00:11:54,208 Whoo... hoo! 216 00:11:57,336 --> 00:11:59,292 - (laughs) - Whoo! 217 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:02,334 Yeah! 218 00:12:02,978 --> 00:12:06,857 - All right, then! - Shorty! Shorty! 219 00:12:09,537 --> 00:12:10,686 Whoo! 220 00:12:10,777 --> 00:12:13,211 (laughs) Whoo! 221 00:12:17,099 --> 00:12:19,055 Whoo! 222 00:12:25,659 --> 00:12:27,775 - * (xylophone plays) - (crowd responds) Whoo! 223 00:12:27,859 --> 00:12:30,421 - * (xylophone) - (crowd) Whoo! 224 00:12:30,501 --> 00:12:32,651 - * (xylophone) - (crowd) Whoo! 225 00:12:32,741 --> 00:12:35,414 - * (brass) - (crowd) Hey! 226 00:12:36,981 --> 00:12:38,049 Flyin' home! 227 00:12:39,021 --> 00:12:40,374 Flyin' home! 228 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:42,977 Flyin' home! 229 00:12:54,182 --> 00:12:55,740 Whoo! 230 00:13:00,824 --> 00:13:02,894 - Whoa! - Flyin' home! 231 00:13:03,704 --> 00:13:06,536 - Yeah! - Come on, Shorty! Come here, baby! 232 00:13:06,623 --> 00:13:08,579 (music stops, crowd cheers) 233 00:13:08,663 --> 00:13:10,061 You OK, baby? 234 00:13:20,385 --> 00:13:22,341 (chuckles) 235 00:13:22,424 --> 00:13:25,427 - Laura sure can go, can't she? - Uh-huh. 236 00:13:25,427 --> 00:13:27,576 - I gotta go freshen up. - All right, baby. 237 00:13:27,666 --> 00:13:29,100 - You come on back, now. - All right, Malcolm. 238 00:13:29,427 --> 00:13:32,623 Mmh-mmh-mmh! That chick is fine as May wine. 239 00:13:32,706 --> 00:13:36,255 Except she live up on the Hill and got a grandmother, too. 240 00:13:36,346 --> 00:13:39,977 Yeah, she a church girl, so I don't know what I'm gonna do. 241 00:13:40,068 --> 00:13:42,503 * Hoagy Carmichael: "Stardust" 242 00:14:00,309 --> 00:14:02,460 Wanna dance? 243 00:14:03,550 --> 00:14:05,508 Yeah. 244 00:14:26,152 --> 00:14:28,109 So what do they call you? 245 00:14:29,352 --> 00:14:31,820 - Uh, Red. - Red? 246 00:14:32,714 --> 00:14:34,670 I'm Sophia. 247 00:14:35,354 --> 00:14:38,152 - How you doin', Sophia? - Very well, thank you. 248 00:14:38,354 --> 00:14:40,504 I have an idea, Red. 249 00:14:42,194 --> 00:14:46,189 Why don't you take that little girl home and come on back? 250 00:14:50,355 --> 00:14:52,312 What? 251 00:14:53,395 --> 00:14:55,830 Just walk, baby, don't run. 252 00:14:56,956 --> 00:14:59,389 It'll be here when you get back. 253 00:15:13,799 --> 00:15:16,233 Well, I better not come in. 254 00:15:16,319 --> 00:15:20,198 - I'm not stupid. - What? I mean, it's late, baby. 255 00:15:20,279 --> 00:15:23,159 No, I know where you're going, Malcolm. I am not a total square... 256 00:15:23,159 --> 00:15:26,275 - I know exactly what is happening... - I'm not going anywhere! I gotta go home. 257 00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:27,794 It's late, I gotta get up... 258 00:15:27,881 --> 00:15:31,954 ...(fakes yawn) early in the morning. You know I gotta work tomorrow. 259 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,759 So I call you tomorrow? 260 00:15:34,759 --> 00:15:37,877 What for? I'm not white and I don't put out... 261 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,716 ...so why would you want to call me, Malcolm? 262 00:15:44,961 --> 00:15:48,033 Good night, Mrs Johnson. (lower) I'll call you tomorrow. 263 00:15:48,121 --> 00:15:51,079 * The Ink Spots: "My Prayer" 264 00:15:51,761 --> 00:15:56,518 * Ooh 265 00:15:56,643 --> 00:16:00,243 * My prayer 266 00:16:00,243 --> 00:16:04,873 * Is to linger with you 267 00:16:05,283 --> 00:16:09,836 * At the end of the day 268 00:16:10,245 --> 00:16:14,523 * In a dream that's divine 269 00:16:14,605 --> 00:16:16,162 * Ooh 270 00:16:16,404 --> 00:16:19,715 * My prayer 271 00:16:19,804 --> 00:16:24,277 * Is a rapture in blue 272 00:16:24,766 --> 00:16:29,157 * With a world far away 273 00:16:29,246 --> 00:16:31,715 * And your lips close to mine... 274 00:16:31,807 --> 00:16:34,764 * "My Prayer" plays on carradio 275 00:16:36,209 --> 00:16:38,483 (playfully) Aww! Hey. 276 00:16:39,048 --> 00:16:41,767 Am I the first white woman you've been with? 277 00:16:41,848 --> 00:16:43,201 - Huh? - Hm? 278 00:16:43,408 --> 00:16:46,365 No, you ain't! Shit, I done had plenty. 279 00:16:46,447 --> 00:16:47,846 - Yeah? - Yeah. 280 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:51,244 That isn't a whore? 281 00:16:54,289 --> 00:16:56,245 Hm? 282 00:16:56,888 --> 00:16:58,845 (chuckles) You... 283 00:17:02,888 --> 00:17:05,199 Mm... Mmm. 284 00:17:08,091 --> 00:17:11,799 Take your time. Sophia's not going anywhere. 285 00:17:12,210 --> 00:17:14,724 Remember, I told you to walk... 286 00:17:14,810 --> 00:17:16,129 ...don't run. 287 00:17:16,210 --> 00:17:18,168 Shh! 288 00:17:18,732 --> 00:17:21,690 I don't like women that talk too much. OK? 289 00:17:23,212 --> 00:17:24,930 OK. 290 00:17:25,572 --> 00:17:27,528 Who wants to talk? 291 00:17:29,652 --> 00:17:32,009 * At the end of each day 292 00:17:33,894 --> 00:17:36,044 * In a dream that's divine 293 00:17:36,134 --> 00:17:39,409 * Ooh, ooh, ooh 294 00:17:40,494 --> 00:17:42,853 - * Ooh - * My prayer 295 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:44,847 * Is a rapture in blue... * 296 00:17:44,936 --> 00:17:47,574 - Yeah, Red! Bang! - Naw, you missed me, flatfoot! 297 00:17:47,655 --> 00:17:52,410 Here, try this one for size! (mimics machine-gun fire) 298 00:17:53,576 --> 00:17:54,849 - I ducked! - You ducked? 299 00:17:54,935 --> 00:17:57,449 - I ducked! - I got you right between the toes! 300 00:17:57,535 --> 00:18:00,892 Man, I'm tired of playing the cops all the time. I wanna be Bogart! 301 00:18:00,976 --> 00:18:03,854 (as Bogart) Well, Shorty, you're too small to be Bogart. 302 00:18:04,056 --> 00:18:07,446 - I'm not too short to be Cagney. Boom! - Aaaah! Why, you! 303 00:18:07,536 --> 00:18:09,413 - Oh! Aaaagh! - Boom! 304 00:18:09,496 --> 00:18:10,975 - You dirty, stinkin'... - One more! One more! Boom! 305 00:18:11,056 --> 00:18:14,175 - Aw, Jesus! - (laughs and groans) 306 00:18:14,778 --> 00:18:19,010 - (gunshot) - Filthy, rotten, stinkin' copper! Aah... 307 00:18:24,017 --> 00:18:26,011 He used to be a big shot. 308 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:29,330 (screams) 309 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,849 There is just nothing I can do. 310 00:18:32,939 --> 00:18:36,170 - What do you mean, took his own life? - I'm sorry, ma'am. You heard the verdict. 311 00:18:36,259 --> 00:18:41,130 Verdict? A man takes a hammer and bashes in the back of his own head... 312 00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:43,416 ...then he lays down on the tracks and kills himself(?) 313 00:18:43,501 --> 00:18:46,140 We merely act on the verdicts, we don't make them. 314 00:18:46,221 --> 00:18:48,178 Well, do you pay or don't you? 315 00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:54,413 Read the policy, ma'am. 316 00:18:55,263 --> 00:18:57,572 It clearly states... 317 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:06,701 C'mere, Sophia. 318 00:19:06,785 --> 00:19:10,538 (radio) * Ella Fitzgerald: "Stairway to the Stars" 319 00:19:14,343 --> 00:19:18,382 - * Let's build a stairway to the stars - You're the man. 320 00:19:18,783 --> 00:19:22,858 - * And climb that stairway to the stars - Sit down. 321 00:19:23,265 --> 00:19:24,938 * With love beside us 322 00:19:25,026 --> 00:19:28,654 - * To fill the night with a song... - What's your story? 323 00:19:28,745 --> 00:19:31,703 You one of them white chicks can't get enough coloured stud? 324 00:19:33,385 --> 00:19:37,619 * We'll hear the sound of violins 325 00:19:38,066 --> 00:19:42,139 * Out yonder where the blue begins... 326 00:19:42,386 --> 00:19:44,537 Kiss my foot. 327 00:19:46,226 --> 00:19:48,584 Go ahead. Kiss it. 328 00:19:52,229 --> 00:19:56,700 * Can't we sail away On a lazy daisy petal 329 00:19:56,789 --> 00:19:58,460 Now feed me. 330 00:20:02,271 --> 00:20:06,344 * Can't we sail away On the little dreams 331 00:20:06,710 --> 00:20:12,023 * And settle high on the crest of a thrill? 332 00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:16,828 Yeah. 333 00:20:17,312 --> 00:20:22,466 (snorts) That's your story, girl. So, when you gonna holler rape, sister? 334 00:20:22,552 --> 00:20:23,666 Me? 335 00:20:23,751 --> 00:20:27,379 Yes, you. You would if the time came. Sure you would. 336 00:20:27,990 --> 00:20:30,143 Malcolm, let me feed you. 337 00:20:30,713 --> 00:20:32,668 C'mon. 338 00:20:33,032 --> 00:20:34,989 While they're hot. 339 00:20:42,715 --> 00:20:45,103 I sure wish your mother and father could see you now. 340 00:20:45,194 --> 00:20:47,265 And that ofay you gonna marry. 341 00:20:47,355 --> 00:20:49,106 I sure wish Laura could see us. 342 00:20:50,154 --> 00:20:55,592 * Let's build a stairway to the stars... * 343 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,710 Please, Malcolm. 344 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,275 There's nobody around. 345 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,630 Nah, this ain't right. 346 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,789 - Why? - Because you... 347 00:21:49,879 --> 00:21:51,361 No, it's... 348 00:21:51,442 --> 00:21:53,909 - It's because of the white girl, isn't it? - No, it's not because of that. 349 00:21:54,001 --> 00:21:56,357 - Folks say you two are running around. - It's not because of that. 350 00:21:56,442 --> 00:21:58,721 Save it, all right, Laura? Save it for Mr Right... 351 00:21:58,721 --> 00:22:02,680 ...because your grandmother's smarter than you think. 352 00:22:04,361 --> 00:22:07,082 I'm sorry she raised me that way. 353 00:22:12,243 --> 00:22:14,439 Is your mother alive? 354 00:22:14,523 --> 00:22:15,592 Yeah, she's alive. 355 00:22:16,963 --> 00:22:22,198 When I was a kid, I was so poor I used to think "Not For Sale" was a brand name. 356 00:22:22,285 --> 00:22:25,277 - I did knock. - Did you hear me say come in? 357 00:22:25,365 --> 00:22:29,483 There's no point in fighting about it. I'm sorry. 358 00:22:29,565 --> 00:22:32,604 - May I sit down? - As you nice enough to ask(!) 359 00:22:35,846 --> 00:22:38,315 It's the same questions, Mrs Little. 360 00:22:38,407 --> 00:22:40,397 Since the death of your husband... 361 00:22:40,486 --> 00:22:42,125 - Murder. Murder. - There is serious question... 362 00:22:42,207 --> 00:22:46,566 ...as to whether or not you are capable of raising these children on your own. 363 00:22:46,649 --> 00:22:47,763 Oh, well... 364 00:22:47,848 --> 00:22:50,409 These are my children. 365 00:22:51,609 --> 00:22:53,563 They're mine. 366 00:22:53,647 --> 00:22:55,684 And there ain't no question. 367 00:22:55,768 --> 00:23:00,126 Sometimes, I think, Mrs Little, candour is the only kindness. 368 00:23:00,529 --> 00:23:02,884 All of your children are delinquent... 369 00:23:02,969 --> 00:23:06,086 ...and one, at least - Malcolm - is a thief. 370 00:23:06,169 --> 00:23:07,807 Get outta here! 371 00:23:07,889 --> 00:23:10,483 Your control over your children is therefore nonexistent... 372 00:23:10,569 --> 00:23:12,082 Did you hear me? 373 00:23:13,971 --> 00:23:15,927 You will regret this. 374 00:23:16,011 --> 00:23:20,368 If you don't move out through that door, you're gonna be past regretting! 375 00:23:22,891 --> 00:23:25,609 We were parcelled out, all of us. 376 00:23:26,893 --> 00:23:32,206 I believe that ifever a state agency destroyed a family, it destroyed ours. 377 00:23:32,293 --> 00:23:35,602 I was sent to a detention home, and lived at this woman's house. 378 00:23:35,692 --> 00:23:37,444 This is your room, Malcolm, I know you'll keep it clean. 379 00:23:37,532 --> 00:23:39,124 Mrs Swerlin. 380 00:23:39,492 --> 00:23:44,329 Boys, this is Malcolm, our new guest. We'll treat him like a brother. 381 00:23:44,414 --> 00:23:48,373 I was special. The only coloured kid in the class. 382 00:23:49,014 --> 00:23:52,131 I became sort of a mascot, like a... like a pink poodle. 383 00:23:52,214 --> 00:23:54,571 In fact, I got called a niggerso much... 384 00:23:54,656 --> 00:23:57,454 ...I didn 't think there was anything wrong with it. I thought it was my name. 385 00:23:57,536 --> 00:23:58,935 (Mrs Swerlin) He's a fine athlete... 386 00:23:59,016 --> 00:24:01,086 They talked about me like I wasn't there... 387 00:24:01,176 --> 00:24:03,246 ...like I was a pedigree dog or a horse. 388 00:24:03,336 --> 00:24:05,724 ...president of his class. - Like I was invisible. 389 00:24:06,214 --> 00:24:09,368 Now, the important thing is to be realistic. 390 00:24:09,937 --> 00:24:12,245 We all like you here. You know that. 391 00:24:12,897 --> 00:24:17,607 But you're a nigger, and a lawyer is no realistic goal for a nigger. 392 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:20,411 But why, Mr Ostrowski? 393 00:24:20,656 --> 00:24:23,058 I gets the best grades in class. 394 00:24:23,058 --> 00:24:26,335 I got voted class president. I wanna be a lawyer. 395 00:24:26,419 --> 00:24:29,808 No. I want you to think about something that you can be. 396 00:24:30,058 --> 00:24:33,289 You're good with your hands. Making things. 397 00:24:33,378 --> 00:24:35,610 People would give you work. I would. 398 00:24:36,940 --> 00:24:39,373 Why don't you become a carpenter? 399 00:24:39,459 --> 00:24:42,338 That's a good profession for a coloured. 400 00:24:42,980 --> 00:24:45,255 Wasn't your pa a carpenter? 401 00:24:45,340 --> 00:24:47,295 Jesus was a carpenter. 402 00:24:48,219 --> 00:24:52,180 People like you as a person. You're doing real well. 403 00:24:53,101 --> 00:24:57,538 Remember what we said? "Nothing succeeds like success." Let me hear it. 404 00:24:57,781 --> 00:25:02,059 - Nothing succeeds like success. - Right. As long as you're realistic. 405 00:25:02,141 --> 00:25:03,895 It's not the end of the world, Malcolm. 406 00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:08,533 I said "Don't... 407 00:25:09,063 --> 00:25:11,452 ...let 'em give that boy no pig." 408 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:15,934 It wasn't the end for me, but it was the beginning of the end for my mother. 409 00:25:16,385 --> 00:25:18,023 (train whistle) 410 00:25:21,024 --> 00:25:23,982 - (radio) A right cross to the jaw by Louis! - (all cheer) 411 00:25:24,064 --> 00:25:25,736 Conn is covering up now! 412 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:28,292 Louis takes Conn's head back with a right uppercut! 413 00:25:28,384 --> 00:25:31,822 He's reeling around the ring! Louis hits a left and a right to the jaw! 414 00:25:31,906 --> 00:25:32,940 And Conn is down... 415 00:25:33,225 --> 00:25:35,456 - (all roar) ...with a right cross to the jaw! 416 00:25:35,546 --> 00:25:38,855 - And he's taking the count! Four! Five! - Wait! 417 00:25:38,945 --> 00:25:40,345 - Six! - Six! 418 00:25:40,426 --> 00:25:42,655 - Seven! He's on his back! Eight! - Seven! Eight! 419 00:25:42,745 --> 00:25:44,704 - Nine! He's getting up at the count... - Nine! 420 00:25:44,788 --> 00:25:48,497 - No, the referee says it's all over! - (all cheer) 421 00:25:48,588 --> 00:25:50,543 - The referee says it's all over! - I knew he was gonna get it! 422 00:25:50,627 --> 00:25:54,097 - What in hell is going on? - Uh, nothing, Mr Cooper. 423 00:25:54,187 --> 00:25:55,700 We got a lot of hungry customers! 424 00:25:55,787 --> 00:25:57,825 - Uh, yes, sir! - Soup done finished, Mr Cooper! 425 00:25:57,909 --> 00:26:01,345 - That's right, Mr Charlie! - The name is Mr Cooper. 426 00:26:02,029 --> 00:26:05,465 And don't you forget it! Mr Cooper. 427 00:26:08,709 --> 00:26:10,986 Boy, what in the hell is the matter with you? You want me to get fired? 428 00:26:11,071 --> 00:26:14,949 - I got a wife and six kids! - Mr Cooper is good white folk, boy! 429 00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:17,340 You is a young fool! 430 00:26:19,670 --> 00:26:21,627 Damn! 431 00:26:23,550 --> 00:26:27,465 ...not himself! There'll neverbe another one like that... 432 00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:30,989 Oh, yeah! He's got him! He's done it! He's done it!! 433 00:26:31,072 --> 00:26:33,107 By a knockout... 434 00:26:33,191 --> 00:26:36,671 ...and still the world's heavyweight champion! 435 00:26:36,671 --> 00:26:38,982 - Joe Louis! - Joe Louis! 436 00:26:39,073 --> 00:26:42,781 Ham and cheese! Excuse me, sir. Ham and cheese here! 437 00:26:42,872 --> 00:26:45,353 I got coffee, lemon meringue pie! 438 00:26:45,353 --> 00:26:47,821 Hey, boy! Gimme one of them ham and cheese. 439 00:26:47,913 --> 00:26:49,904 Yes, sir, best in the house, sir! 440 00:26:49,993 --> 00:26:54,113 - Mighty pleased with yourself, ain't you? - I aims to please, sir, I'm pleased to aim. 441 00:26:54,195 --> 00:26:55,707 - I like you, boy. - Thank you, sir. 442 00:26:59,194 --> 00:27:02,824 - Keep the change. - Right, sir! Ham and cheese! 443 00:27:03,354 --> 00:27:06,429 - * Ella Fitzgerald: Drop me off in Harlem - (hollers) 444 00:27:07,436 --> 00:27:11,476 - * Any place in Harlem - * Ho-oh! (laughs) Harlem! 445 00:27:11,556 --> 00:27:16,232 * There's someone waiting there Who makes it seem like heaven 446 00:27:16,556 --> 00:27:19,070 - * Up in Harlem - (car horn) 447 00:27:19,156 --> 00:27:22,548 * I don't want your Dixie 448 00:27:22,878 --> 00:27:26,234 * You can keep your Dixie 449 00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:28,998 * There's no-one down in Dixie 450 00:27:29,078 --> 00:27:32,036 * Who can take me 'way from my hot Harlem... * 451 00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:37,239 (announcer) Joe Louis is back in Harlem! They're celebrating! They're going crazy! 452 00:27:37,319 --> 00:27:41,153 They're dancing and cheering, they're hanging from the street signs! 453 00:27:41,239 --> 00:27:44,437 Everybody's out! Everybody's having a great time! 454 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,718 - Listen to them roar! - (shouting) 455 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,471 - Joe! Joe! Joe! - * If Harlem moved to China 456 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,236 * I know of nothing finer 457 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,157 * Than to stow away on a plane someday 458 00:28:01,242 --> 00:28:05,872 * And have them drop me off in Harlem * 459 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:12,280 (whistling and cheering) 460 00:28:19,484 --> 00:28:22,998 (announcer) Joe's a credit to his race. What a fine gentleman! 461 00:28:23,163 --> 00:28:27,679 But he's also a fine American! The Brown Bomber, Joe Louis! 462 00:28:30,885 --> 00:28:32,318 - Hey, sugar! - Huh? 463 00:28:32,405 --> 00:28:34,441 - Slow down, daddy. What's your hurry? - Ain't no hurry. 464 00:28:34,525 --> 00:28:36,561 - Lemme show you somethin' brand-new. - Nah. 465 00:28:36,645 --> 00:28:39,478 Look here, champ, I got gold watches, diamond rings. 466 00:28:39,565 --> 00:28:42,002 Any one of these. Whatever you want. Whatever you need. 467 00:28:42,088 --> 00:28:45,636 - No, I don't need nothin', daddy-o. - You need somethin', baby. 468 00:28:45,727 --> 00:28:47,843 - Well... - Coupla these, then a player look good. 469 00:28:48,287 --> 00:28:50,754 You know that. What you want, champ? 470 00:29:02,088 --> 00:29:05,364 * Lionel Hampton: "Hamp's Boogie-Woogie" 471 00:29:06,488 --> 00:29:09,641 - Boy, you gotta see this. - Yeah? 472 00:29:18,049 --> 00:29:21,837 - My man! - The word is "Excuse me", boy! 473 00:29:21,929 --> 00:29:25,321 - "Excuse me" don't shine my shoes. - Then you shoulda stayed out my way. 474 00:29:27,691 --> 00:29:30,046 Old country nigger. 475 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:35,444 (laughs) What you gonna do? 476 00:29:40,692 --> 00:29:42,923 Go home to your mama(?) 477 00:29:53,054 --> 00:29:57,809 Nigger, don't you ever, in your life, say anything against my mother! 478 00:29:57,894 --> 00:30:00,806 - Let's get out. - Man! What'd he do to my face? 479 00:30:01,214 --> 00:30:03,409 Hurry up. Let's move it. 480 00:30:18,097 --> 00:30:20,452 Give me a whisky. 481 00:30:21,936 --> 00:30:23,973 (mouths) 482 00:30:28,057 --> 00:30:30,012 I ordered a single, Jack. 483 00:30:30,096 --> 00:30:32,408 The double's on that gentleman... Jack. 484 00:30:36,419 --> 00:30:38,374 Who is that? 485 00:30:38,458 --> 00:30:40,973 That's West Indian Archie. 486 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:43,732 Yeah? What's his angle? 487 00:30:44,098 --> 00:30:46,614 Some of this, some of that. 488 00:30:58,982 --> 00:31:03,737 Come closer. I'm not fixin' to bite you. You look like you're new in town. 489 00:31:04,502 --> 00:31:07,493 From what I can see, you're... you're pretty handy with a bottle. 490 00:31:07,581 --> 00:31:10,619 - He had it comin'. - Pull up a chair. 491 00:31:20,903 --> 00:31:23,134 So what they call you? 492 00:31:23,223 --> 00:31:24,178 Red. 493 00:31:24,263 --> 00:31:26,335 Red, and I ain't no punk. 494 00:31:26,425 --> 00:31:31,180 You better not be. Any cat toe you down in this town, you stand up or make tracks. 495 00:31:31,265 --> 00:31:33,573 - Man live by his rep. - You better believe it. 496 00:31:33,664 --> 00:31:37,623 - So what do you do for yourself, Red? - Working on the trains, sellin'. 497 00:31:38,504 --> 00:31:41,339 - Like that job? - Keep me out the army. 498 00:31:41,426 --> 00:31:44,098 When they're ready for your black ass, nothing can't keep you out of the army. 499 00:31:44,185 --> 00:31:46,142 Not this boy! 500 00:31:46,266 --> 00:31:49,224 So, I hear tell you're a... you're a good man to know. 501 00:31:49,306 --> 00:31:51,297 - Where you hear that? - Boston, where I'm from. 502 00:31:51,386 --> 00:31:54,858 Kiss my neck! I ain't never been in Beantown. 503 00:31:54,948 --> 00:31:57,780 Well, like the man said, a man's rep travels. 504 00:31:58,668 --> 00:32:00,817 How 'bout that? 505 00:32:00,907 --> 00:32:03,263 You bullshittin' me or what? 506 00:32:03,348 --> 00:32:06,419 First thing my father taught me was you never bullshit a West Indian bullshit artist. 507 00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:09,546 - Your daddy is West Indian? - My mama. 508 00:32:09,629 --> 00:32:11,585 (lilting) She from Grenada, y'know. 509 00:32:11,670 --> 00:32:14,900 Grenada. (laughs heartily) 510 00:32:14,989 --> 00:32:17,503 (laughs) I like this guy. 511 00:32:17,589 --> 00:32:21,266 I like you, country. (laughs) Grenada! 512 00:32:21,351 --> 00:32:24,423 Yeah, but man, where did you get them goddamn vines you got on? 513 00:32:24,511 --> 00:32:27,344 And them shoes? Oh, my. 514 00:32:27,431 --> 00:32:28,944 Maybe we can do something about that. 515 00:32:29,031 --> 00:32:32,262 Yeah, but he's puttin' a hurtin' on my vision, man! Damn! 516 00:32:32,351 --> 00:32:35,186 - All right, relax. Relax, nah. - So how can I get ahold of you? 517 00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:38,471 You can't. I get ahold of you. 518 00:32:38,471 --> 00:32:40,861 - All right. All right, I'll write it down. - Mm-mm. 519 00:32:40,952 --> 00:32:45,900 You don't ever write anything down. You file it, up here. Like I do. 520 00:32:45,991 --> 00:32:50,430 Cos if the man don't have any paper, he will never have any proof. 521 00:32:50,913 --> 00:32:54,269 - Dig? - Yeah. Yeah, I dig. 522 00:32:54,353 --> 00:32:55,911 Right. 523 00:32:56,473 --> 00:32:57,748 (chuckles) 524 00:32:57,834 --> 00:32:59,744 (glasses clink) 525 00:32:59,833 --> 00:33:01,789 Hey, boy, look me in the face. 526 00:33:01,876 --> 00:33:04,105 Did you just now con me? 527 00:33:05,915 --> 00:33:07,746 Yes, sir. 528 00:33:07,835 --> 00:33:09,951 - Why? - Because I want in. 529 00:33:10,035 --> 00:33:13,710 And it don't take a lot to know that you already there, daddy-o. 530 00:33:13,795 --> 00:33:15,512 At least he ain't lyin'. 531 00:33:15,597 --> 00:33:18,713 - I have a likkle run I have to make. - Let me make the run with you, Mr Archie. 532 00:33:18,796 --> 00:33:20,753 Mm-mm. 533 00:33:21,317 --> 00:33:22,954 * Early one Monday morning 534 00:33:24,196 --> 00:33:27,074 * Between nine and ten... 535 00:33:27,156 --> 00:33:29,309 I like your heart. 536 00:33:30,439 --> 00:33:32,588 And I like your style. 537 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:35,039 You might just do, Mr Red. 538 00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:38,075 Unless, of course, you have to get back to your train job. 539 00:33:38,158 --> 00:33:40,308 I done already told that man what he can do with that train. 540 00:33:40,398 --> 00:33:41,672 - When? - Just now. 541 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,232 - (both laugh) - All right. 542 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,597 Come with me. I'm taking you shoppin'. 543 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,635 Cadillac's the name. 544 00:33:55,918 --> 00:33:58,071 Sammy, man. 545 00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:00,071 - You ready? - Good. 546 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,354 * Erskine Hawkins: "Don't Cry, Baby" 547 00:34:03,441 --> 00:34:06,114 Button more buttons on the jacket. 548 00:34:11,683 --> 00:34:13,638 You look good. 549 00:34:13,722 --> 00:34:16,714 - Yes, man! - But you're missin' something. 550 00:34:16,802 --> 00:34:18,155 - Frisk me. - What? 551 00:34:18,242 --> 00:34:20,199 Go ahead. Frisk me. 552 00:34:28,404 --> 00:34:30,554 Nothing, right? 553 00:34:34,764 --> 00:34:36,720 I'm still carrying. 554 00:34:37,044 --> 00:34:39,196 This was my first gun. 555 00:34:39,286 --> 00:34:41,355 Now it's yours. 556 00:34:42,005 --> 00:34:44,964 * Dry your eyes 557 00:34:45,046 --> 00:34:48,641 * And let's be sweethearts again... 558 00:34:48,726 --> 00:34:52,607 - Thank you. - You wear it, wear it so. 559 00:34:52,888 --> 00:34:54,036 Right. 560 00:34:54,127 --> 00:34:56,278 Small of the back. 561 00:34:57,368 --> 00:34:59,756 Now you're outfitted. 562 00:34:59,847 --> 00:35:02,202 You ready to tackle the streets? 563 00:35:02,287 --> 00:35:05,201 Yeah, I'm ready. Let 'em come. 564 00:35:05,489 --> 00:35:08,002 Let us now turn to the Gospel... 565 00:35:08,088 --> 00:35:10,079 ...according to St John. 566 00:35:10,168 --> 00:35:13,843 - (blast of jazz) - Chapter 3, verse 23. 567 00:35:15,808 --> 00:35:20,600 And John also was baptising at Aenon, near Salim... 568 00:35:20,690 --> 00:35:24,444 - (congregation) Amen. Amen. ...because there was much water... 569 00:35:25,210 --> 00:35:31,364 - Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. ...and they came and were baptised. 570 00:35:31,449 --> 00:35:32,521 Yes! 571 00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:35,489 Three, one, three. 572 00:35:37,212 --> 00:35:40,362 - Two, fifty-five! - Got to be two, five, one. 573 00:35:40,451 --> 00:35:41,805 Four, o, three! 574 00:35:41,892 --> 00:35:43,847 I saw it in my dream. 575 00:35:43,931 --> 00:35:46,323 Five, five, five. 576 00:35:46,414 --> 00:35:48,927 - What you know, daddy-o? - I feel straight! 577 00:35:50,093 --> 00:35:53,290 - Mm! Your lucky day. - Let it roll for me, man. 578 00:35:54,013 --> 00:35:56,447 I told you, no paper, no trouble. 579 00:35:56,693 --> 00:35:59,048 I'm workin' on it. 580 00:35:59,133 --> 00:36:03,730 I keep all my numbers in my head, y'know. I have never written a number down yet. 581 00:36:03,974 --> 00:36:06,205 Remember dat. 582 00:36:12,214 --> 00:36:16,767 - (radio) * Billie Holiday: "Big Stuff' - (sniffs) 583 00:36:17,695 --> 00:36:22,975 - * So you cry "What's it about, baby?" - Your turn. 584 00:36:24,296 --> 00:36:26,525 * You ask why... 585 00:36:26,615 --> 00:36:28,017 Easy. 586 00:36:30,737 --> 00:36:34,491 - (snorts and chokes) - Easy! 587 00:36:34,577 --> 00:36:36,807 - You there? - If I ain't, I'm right next door. 588 00:36:36,897 --> 00:36:40,810 Nothin' in this world can give you that real deep cool. 589 00:36:40,896 --> 00:36:42,173 Right, girl? 590 00:36:42,259 --> 00:36:45,216 * Don't you know there's honey 591 00:36:45,298 --> 00:36:47,733 * In store for you 592 00:36:47,819 --> 00:36:49,774 (both laugh) 593 00:36:49,938 --> 00:36:50,928 * Big stuff 594 00:36:53,338 --> 00:36:55,218 * Let's take a ride 595 00:36:55,661 --> 00:36:58,811 - Phew! Oh. - * On my gravy train 596 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:01,619 'Bout as mellow as I can be! 597 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:05,970 - * Come in from out of the rain - Whew! 598 00:37:06,060 --> 00:37:08,736 - Cool enough to kill. - Yeah, I realise that. 599 00:37:10,102 --> 00:37:13,493 - Ah, easy, easy, easy, easy. - Stick 'em up. 600 00:37:14,582 --> 00:37:16,379 - Boom! - (mimics gunshot) 601 00:37:16,502 --> 00:37:18,094 Hey, Archie. Pow! 602 00:37:18,182 --> 00:37:20,218 - (mimics gunshot) - Oh! 603 00:37:20,782 --> 00:37:22,615 Baby. 604 00:37:25,104 --> 00:37:26,901 - Boom! - (squeals) Oh! 605 00:37:26,984 --> 00:37:29,214 Malcolm, you're so funny! 606 00:37:31,503 --> 00:37:33,858 Gimme some money, baby. 607 00:37:34,462 --> 00:37:36,899 (clears throat) OK. 608 00:37:37,985 --> 00:37:39,940 Come on, baby! 609 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,255 Bitch move too slow! Ain't that right? 610 00:37:42,345 --> 00:37:45,178 (men laugh) 611 00:37:45,505 --> 00:37:48,860 Sometimes this guy has a big, ugly mouth. 612 00:37:48,944 --> 00:37:51,096 What time is it, baby? 613 00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,461 - 8.21. - 8.21. 614 00:37:53,546 --> 00:37:55,026 I like that. Combinate me. 615 00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:58,539 - Eight, twenty-one. One, twenty-eight. - Careful, Red. 616 00:37:59,906 --> 00:38:01,783 Two, eighteen! 617 00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:04,666 - I'm taking the bet, y'know. - (laughs) Bet! 618 00:38:04,748 --> 00:38:07,587 - (Archie laughs) - Gonna have to reload. 619 00:38:07,587 --> 00:38:11,819 - Gonna have to reload. - * I'm on the square about you 620 00:38:11,907 --> 00:38:14,342 * Let's have a try 621 00:38:14,428 --> 00:38:19,140 - * It may be that I'm the guy... * - Yes, sir. (sniffs) 622 00:38:19,310 --> 00:38:21,265 (gunshot) 623 00:38:23,270 --> 00:38:25,225 * (soulful jazz sax) 624 00:38:36,312 --> 00:38:38,700 - Say, Red! - Hey, Red! 625 00:38:38,791 --> 00:38:41,430 - (woman) Sweet Red. - Have a drink, man. 626 00:38:41,511 --> 00:38:43,388 (chatter) 627 00:38:43,471 --> 00:38:47,226 * Count Basie: "The Jitters" 628 00:38:47,312 --> 00:38:49,268 (giggling) 629 00:38:53,552 --> 00:38:56,669 I thought you said we was goin' to the movies last night. 630 00:38:56,752 --> 00:38:58,790 - I said that? - You said that, Red. 631 00:38:58,874 --> 00:39:00,910 All right, baby, I'm sorry. You know I say a lot of things. 632 00:39:00,994 --> 00:39:01,982 I believed you, Red. 633 00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:06,225 All right. Go on, do your job now. Get me a pack of Lucky Strikes and a cognac. 634 00:39:12,956 --> 00:39:16,392 - Girl, you a mess! - I'm a mess? 635 00:39:18,115 --> 00:39:21,153 - Daniel come in yet, Honey? - Ain't that him now? 636 00:39:21,516 --> 00:39:25,954 Hey, gorgeous! How you been doin'? You been waiting long? 637 00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:30,351 Lemme look at you! Wow! 638 00:39:31,037 --> 00:39:34,507 - I've been missin' you today, Laura. - How are you doing, baby? 639 00:39:34,597 --> 00:39:38,396 (shakily) I'm all right. Copacetic, great. Did you work today? 640 00:39:38,396 --> 00:39:41,118 Baby, you know what time we wound up last night. I didn't go to work. 641 00:39:41,199 --> 00:39:43,918 - I... I need a five-spot. - I just gave you ten this morning. 642 00:39:43,999 --> 00:39:48,356 - Laura, gimme the goddamn five dollars! - Look, it ain't the money, Daniel. 643 00:39:48,439 --> 00:39:51,032 - I just wanna make sure you're OK. - Gimme the scratch. I... I... 644 00:39:51,118 --> 00:39:54,238 I gotta pay back this guy. I'll be right back. 645 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,835 - Like last time(?) - I swear I'll be right back. 646 00:39:58,919 --> 00:40:01,114 Laura, I love you! 647 00:40:09,201 --> 00:40:11,476 You know that chick? 648 00:40:11,761 --> 00:40:14,514 What are you, a private detective now or somethin'? 649 00:40:14,601 --> 00:40:15,636 I just asked a question! 650 00:40:15,721 --> 00:40:17,837 Well, you don't be askin' me no goddamn questions. 651 00:40:17,921 --> 00:40:21,279 - I ask you the questions. Understand? - Mm-hm. 652 00:40:21,363 --> 00:40:23,751 - She come in here a lot? - Just about every other night. 653 00:40:23,842 --> 00:40:26,038 - With him? - Mm-hm. 654 00:40:26,123 --> 00:40:28,875 - She know he's strung out? - If she got eyes, she do. 655 00:40:29,763 --> 00:40:32,037 She ain't hookin', is she? 656 00:40:32,122 --> 00:40:35,720 Not yet, Red, but the way things are goin'... 657 00:40:35,805 --> 00:40:38,478 ...he gonna turn her out any day now. 658 00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,916 You stuck on her, huh? 659 00:40:44,005 --> 00:40:46,279 Y'see, that's your problem, girl... 660 00:40:46,364 --> 00:40:49,324 ...you need to mind your own goddamn business, or I'm gonna... 661 00:40:49,726 --> 00:40:51,682 Don't do that! 662 00:40:51,766 --> 00:40:53,836 I wanna talk to you, all right? 663 00:40:53,926 --> 00:40:57,680 - Have a seat, all right? - All right. 664 00:40:59,366 --> 00:41:00,640 C'mere. 665 00:41:02,568 --> 00:41:05,479 - You don't pay him any mind, you hear? - All right. 666 00:41:05,567 --> 00:41:09,037 - You all right? - I'm all right. 667 00:41:13,566 --> 00:41:17,322 Why don't you buy yourself something nice? 668 00:41:26,768 --> 00:41:28,762 (Sophia) Hey, baby. 669 00:41:32,370 --> 00:41:34,008 Gimme a light. 670 00:41:44,532 --> 00:41:47,132 You know, you're lookin' real uptight these days. What is the problem? 671 00:41:47,132 --> 00:41:48,201 - No problem. - You sure? 672 00:41:48,292 --> 00:41:51,249 Nothing. Everything's all right. I'm not worried about it. 673 00:41:51,331 --> 00:41:52,481 All right. 674 00:41:52,892 --> 00:41:57,524 Shit, I'm thinking about my money. Six big ones you owe me, Archie. 675 00:41:57,614 --> 00:41:59,808 - What? - Eight, two, one. It hit, didn't it? 676 00:41:59,893 --> 00:42:01,486 You didn't have eight, two, one! 677 00:42:01,574 --> 00:42:05,249 Were you high, old man? I threw the slats at you and told you to combinate me. 678 00:42:05,334 --> 00:42:09,292 - Red, I'm tellin' you, you never had it. - I'm tellin' you I did. Sophia was there. 679 00:42:09,373 --> 00:42:12,287 - Archie, you remember, don't you? - So, wait. What d'you expect her to say? 680 00:42:12,375 --> 00:42:15,287 - (scoffs) Oh. - Don't do this. 681 00:42:15,375 --> 00:42:18,811 - All right? - All right, Archie. 682 00:42:19,975 --> 00:42:23,413 All right, skip it. Skip it. But you're slippin', Archie. 683 00:42:24,136 --> 00:42:26,331 You done slipped. 684 00:42:29,136 --> 00:42:31,286 Archie, wait. Wait. 685 00:42:41,377 --> 00:42:44,050 Come on, Archie, there. Look, it's... 686 00:42:44,257 --> 00:42:47,056 Come on, what you want? You want a drink? What you tastin'? I'm buyin'. 687 00:42:47,138 --> 00:42:49,697 - I ain't drinkin' hot piss with you. - Oh, Archie. 688 00:42:49,977 --> 00:42:51,936 All right? 689 00:42:56,060 --> 00:42:58,095 Come, Sam. 690 00:42:58,619 --> 00:43:00,814 I'll be right there, man. 691 00:43:10,981 --> 00:43:14,018 - I never knowed him to for get a number. - First time for everything, Sammy. 692 00:43:14,101 --> 00:43:16,171 What are you talkin' about, Red? 693 00:43:16,261 --> 00:43:20,541 The first thing he's gonna do is check for an oversight on his ribbon. 694 00:43:20,623 --> 00:43:23,740 His rep is on the line. So is yours. 695 00:43:24,823 --> 00:43:28,657 And Red, if you're lyin', you're a dead man. 696 00:43:29,262 --> 00:43:31,332 Dead, dead... 697 00:43:31,422 --> 00:43:33,380 ...dead. - (blows smoke) 698 00:43:34,224 --> 00:43:35,782 You go run tell him that. 699 00:43:42,783 --> 00:43:46,095 My man Red! Night to you. 700 00:43:46,985 --> 00:43:50,136 I don't understand Archie. You had the number. 701 00:43:52,865 --> 00:43:55,538 * Away from the city 702 00:43:56,745 --> 00:43:59,898 * That hurts and mocks 703 00:44:01,067 --> 00:44:03,660 * I'm standin' alone 704 00:44:04,387 --> 00:44:06,661 * By the desolate docks 705 00:44:08,146 --> 00:44:09,944 * In the still 706 00:44:10,027 --> 00:44:11,982 * And the chill 707 00:44:12,746 --> 00:44:14,739 * Of the night 708 00:44:16,868 --> 00:44:19,382 * I see the horizon 709 00:44:20,788 --> 00:44:22,983 * The great unknown... 710 00:44:23,108 --> 00:44:27,069 Didn't I tell you "Never sit with your back to no door"? 711 00:44:31,430 --> 00:44:33,580 Y'know what? 712 00:44:34,550 --> 00:44:37,701 You're a damn liar. And so is she. 713 00:44:41,152 --> 00:44:44,029 So you figure to take me, you bastard? 714 00:44:44,431 --> 00:44:46,468 Well, I'm taking you. 715 00:44:46,552 --> 00:44:48,860 - So it's you and me, huh, Pops? - That's right, my friend. 716 00:44:48,951 --> 00:44:50,623 I'll give you back the 600. 717 00:44:50,711 --> 00:44:52,710 - I don't want your money. - You know I'm wearing, Archie. 718 00:44:52,710 --> 00:44:55,705 There's three guns on you, so you take your chances, my friend. 719 00:44:55,793 --> 00:44:58,386 * Will the one I love 720 00:44:59,353 --> 00:45:01,912 * Be comin' back 721 00:45:03,273 --> 00:45:06,264 * To me? 722 00:45:06,632 --> 00:45:08,590 Let's walk. 723 00:45:08,674 --> 00:45:10,630 (chuckles) 724 00:45:15,554 --> 00:45:18,466 So this is how I'm goin' out, huh, Archie? 725 00:45:18,554 --> 00:45:21,351 - In a toe-down? - Toe-down, yes. 726 00:45:21,436 --> 00:45:25,275 - Let's go. - Why don't we let Billie finish first? 727 00:45:25,275 --> 00:45:26,470 No. 728 00:45:26,956 --> 00:45:29,185 - Red. - * For the one I love 729 00:45:30,956 --> 00:45:33,264 * Must soon come back 730 00:45:34,915 --> 00:45:37,431 * To me... 731 00:45:42,877 --> 00:45:44,709 You can't get away from me, Red! 732 00:45:44,798 --> 00:45:47,311 - C'mere, man! C'mere! - Get him! 733 00:45:50,319 --> 00:45:53,789 * For the one I love 734 00:45:54,599 --> 00:45:55,748 Red! 735 00:45:55,839 --> 00:45:59,275 You better run! You oughta run fast hard! 736 00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:02,316 * To me * 737 00:46:02,921 --> 00:46:05,718 (pants) 738 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,712 (applause, whistling) 739 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,554 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. 740 00:46:16,522 --> 00:46:19,274 (crickets chirp) 741 00:46:34,764 --> 00:46:37,960 (whispers) Wake up. Wake up! 742 00:46:38,243 --> 00:46:41,633 - (grunts) - There's somebody out there. 743 00:46:44,405 --> 00:46:46,361 Wake the kids. 744 00:46:50,085 --> 00:46:54,124 - (glass shatters, children scream) - Careful! Careful! Children! 745 00:46:54,205 --> 00:46:57,517 - (screaming) - Malcolm! 746 00:46:58,727 --> 00:47:02,879 - Everybody out! - Follow me! Follow me! Wait, wait! 747 00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:05,681 Go! Go on! Go! Go! 748 00:47:06,366 --> 00:47:08,641 Go! Go! Go! Get out! 749 00:47:08,926 --> 00:47:10,882 Get 'em out! Careful! 750 00:47:10,966 --> 00:47:13,198 C'mere! C'mere! C'mon! 751 00:47:13,288 --> 00:47:16,803 Boy, good thing we're good Christians! Maybe it's time you left this town! 752 00:47:16,888 --> 00:47:18,036 I thought this was a free country! 753 00:47:18,127 --> 00:47:21,597 We warned you about all that garbage preachin', stirrin' up the good nigras! 754 00:47:21,687 --> 00:47:24,678 - I ain't a boy, I'm a man! - Next time you a dead nigger! 755 00:47:24,769 --> 00:47:27,124 A real man don't hide behind no bedsheets! 756 00:47:27,289 --> 00:47:29,962 You take these here bullets for them sheets! 757 00:47:30,049 --> 00:47:32,244 (gunshots, shouting) 758 00:47:35,689 --> 00:47:38,842 - I know you're a better shot than that. - (children whimper) 759 00:47:38,931 --> 00:47:43,004 You should've killed 'em. You should've shot all them crackers dead. 760 00:47:43,091 --> 00:47:47,960 I just wanted to scare 'em. They won't be around here botherin' us no more. 761 00:47:49,330 --> 00:47:51,969 They won't be here no time soon. 762 00:47:52,050 --> 00:47:53,371 I'm a man! 763 00:47:53,452 --> 00:47:55,124 (rumbling) 764 00:47:55,212 --> 00:47:56,565 That'll teach you, nigger! 765 00:47:57,932 --> 00:48:02,722 (cries out) 766 00:48:02,812 --> 00:48:04,484 - (shrieks) Oh, God! - Get a doctor! 767 00:48:04,572 --> 00:48:07,372 He doesn't need a doctor, he needs a preacher. 768 00:48:07,814 --> 00:48:10,168 Red, I'm glad we got you outta there. 769 00:48:10,253 --> 00:48:13,291 With West Indian Archie on your ass, your name on the wire... 770 00:48:13,374 --> 00:48:15,490 ...Boston's the best place for you. 771 00:48:15,574 --> 00:48:18,770 Yeah. Well, we'll take it easy, huh, baby? 772 00:48:19,253 --> 00:48:23,135 Shorty, I got a place fixed up for us on Harvard Square. How's that sound? 773 00:48:23,135 --> 00:48:25,730 - Sounds good. We'll lay low for a while. - Yeah. 774 00:48:25,816 --> 00:48:29,252 Don't you worry about a thing. I'll stake you, baby. 775 00:48:29,336 --> 00:48:31,802 I got my band, I'm blowin' great sax. 776 00:48:31,894 --> 00:48:34,047 Hell, Red, you ain't even heard us play yet! 777 00:48:34,137 --> 00:48:36,092 Like every hustler, I was trapped. 778 00:48:36,176 --> 00:48:40,328 Cats that hung together to find a little security, find an answer, found nothing. 779 00:48:40,416 --> 00:48:43,089 Cats that might have probed space, or cured cancer... 780 00:48:43,176 --> 00:48:45,929 I mean, West Indian Archie might have been a mathematical genius. 781 00:48:46,016 --> 00:48:48,532 We were all victims of the American social order. 782 00:48:48,618 --> 00:48:52,611 Until that time, there were three things that I was always afraid of: 783 00:48:52,698 --> 00:48:55,530 ...ajob, a bust, andjail. 784 00:48:55,617 --> 00:49:00,008 But I realised then that I wasn't afraid of anything. I was an animal. 785 00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:03,289 He don't look too good. 786 00:49:04,619 --> 00:49:08,453 All right, we gonna rob this town blind. Anybody want out, say so now. 787 00:49:08,539 --> 00:49:12,771 Good. Good. OK, I set up a stake and I got somebody to move the goods for us. 788 00:49:12,859 --> 00:49:15,456 All we need now is a driver. Any suggestions? 789 00:49:15,542 --> 00:49:17,213 - How 'bout Rudy? - Yeah, Rudy. 790 00:49:17,301 --> 00:49:19,179 Who's Rudy? 791 00:49:21,021 --> 00:49:23,582 I'm half-wop, I'm half-nigger, I'm not afraid of nobody. 792 00:49:23,662 --> 00:49:28,373 - That right? So what do you do? - Name it, fella, I claim it. 793 00:49:28,463 --> 00:49:31,023 Rudy does catering. Rich joints on Beacon Hill. 794 00:49:31,103 --> 00:49:33,333 - Is that right? - Tell him about Baldy. 795 00:49:33,423 --> 00:49:36,062 - Baldy? (laughs) - Yeah. Yeah. 796 00:49:36,143 --> 00:49:40,261 Yeah, he's this old rich ofay motherfucker. I give him a bath every Friday night. 797 00:49:40,622 --> 00:49:44,024 Towel him off, talcum powder on him, put him to bed. 798 00:49:44,024 --> 00:49:46,584 - (laughter) - Just like a baby. He gets his jollies off. 799 00:49:46,664 --> 00:49:47,813 Yeah? And? So, what about him? 800 00:49:47,904 --> 00:49:51,817 Guy's got jewellery, he's got a coin collection, he's got china... 801 00:49:51,904 --> 00:49:54,212 ...he's got rugs... - Ah. That might be all right. 802 00:49:54,303 --> 00:49:58,059 Shit, I know this town, man. I got my own fences! 803 00:49:58,465 --> 00:50:02,936 (chuckles) Who is this guy? Huh? Who put you in charge? 804 00:50:03,265 --> 00:50:05,938 - You wanna be in charge, Rudy? - I am in charge! 805 00:50:06,025 --> 00:50:09,225 - You the head nigger in charge, huh? - Yeah! I'm the head nigger in charge. 806 00:50:09,308 --> 00:50:11,821 - Big-head nigger, that's what you are. - (snorts) 807 00:50:12,267 --> 00:50:16,055 I tell you what we do, Rudy. Cos I'm a fair man. 808 00:50:17,227 --> 00:50:19,787 And I like big-head niggers like you. 809 00:50:20,387 --> 00:50:22,506 We'll flip for it. 810 00:50:22,506 --> 00:50:24,022 We'll flip this. 811 00:50:25,988 --> 00:50:28,344 (bullets clatter on table) 812 00:50:28,909 --> 00:50:29,978 C'mon, Red... 813 00:50:30,788 --> 00:50:32,825 She loves me. 814 00:50:32,909 --> 00:50:34,978 She loves me not. 815 00:50:35,588 --> 00:50:37,547 She loves me. 816 00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:41,066 She loves me not. 817 00:50:41,911 --> 00:50:43,866 She loves me. 818 00:50:58,751 --> 00:50:59,866 I'll flip first, Rudy. 819 00:51:01,831 --> 00:51:05,030 - Red, cool it. Come on, baby. - Head man in charge, right? 820 00:51:05,433 --> 00:51:07,582 Put the gun down. 821 00:51:07,672 --> 00:51:09,550 - (click) - All right, we believe you. 822 00:51:09,633 --> 00:51:11,668 We believe you. 823 00:51:11,752 --> 00:51:15,586 Red, stop clowning around, all right? For Chrissakes! 824 00:51:15,672 --> 00:51:19,633 - It's your turn, Rudy. - Quit fooling around. Come on, guys. 825 00:51:25,274 --> 00:51:28,550 You don't wanna flip? Let me show you how. I'll do it again. 826 00:51:28,634 --> 00:51:31,390 - Christ, Red, don't! - He doesn't know how. Gotta do it again. 827 00:51:31,477 --> 00:51:33,592 - Red... - Red, stop it! 828 00:51:33,676 --> 00:51:36,588 Maybe you miss somethin'? You got your eyes open? Look at me, Rudy. 829 00:51:36,676 --> 00:51:39,713 - You don't have to do this, Red. - Red! 830 00:51:39,796 --> 00:51:44,153 - (click, Sophia gasps) - (Shorty) That was really dumb. 831 00:51:45,438 --> 00:51:48,429 - Your flip, baby. You wanna do it? - That is so dumb, Red. 832 00:51:48,517 --> 00:51:50,748 Nah, you don't, do you? I'll help you. 833 00:51:50,838 --> 00:51:52,634 - Here. - Red, don't! 834 00:51:54,678 --> 00:51:57,145 Maybe we shoot that little wop nose of yours off. 835 00:51:57,237 --> 00:52:00,630 Or is that the nigger side? Is that the wop side or the nigger side? 836 00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:02,639 Is that wop or nigger? 837 00:52:02,639 --> 00:52:05,159 - Ah, I guess that's the wop side. - (Shorty) I'm not goin' to jail! 838 00:52:05,159 --> 00:52:08,914 - How you doin', Rudy? One... - Put the gun away! C'mon, this is enough. 839 00:52:08,999 --> 00:52:11,717 - Two... Say goodbye, Rudy. - (grunts) 840 00:52:12,078 --> 00:52:14,958 - Huh? - (choked sob) 841 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:19,079 (whispers) I think I heard Rudy say something. What'd you say, Rudy? 842 00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:21,594 Speak up. That way it's true. 843 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:26,721 - (click, woman yelps) - Jesus Christ! When are you gonna stop? 844 00:52:27,522 --> 00:52:30,753 - I did two so I owe you two, right? - (quietly) You got it. 845 00:52:30,842 --> 00:52:33,515 - I got it? What'd you say? - (very quietly) You got it. 846 00:52:33,722 --> 00:52:36,520 (whispers) Rudy says I got it. 847 00:52:36,602 --> 00:52:38,592 Rudy, don't you ever... 848 00:52:38,681 --> 00:52:43,120 ...try and cross someone who ain't afraid to die. You hear me? 849 00:52:43,363 --> 00:52:46,514 Now, all right. Now this what we gonna do. 850 00:52:46,603 --> 00:52:49,357 We gonna hit ol' Talcum Powder tonight. 851 00:52:49,444 --> 00:52:51,832 My friend Rudy here's gonna draw up the plans... 852 00:52:51,923 --> 00:52:54,997 ...everything that's in the house, right? 853 00:52:55,085 --> 00:52:58,555 Peg, Sophia, you go out and get those tools like I asked you. 854 00:52:58,645 --> 00:53:01,443 We gonna hit tonight on account of some of us... 855 00:53:01,525 --> 00:53:03,755 ...havin' high visibility during the daytime. - (Sophia laughs) 856 00:53:06,485 --> 00:53:09,001 It's OK with you, right, Rudy? 857 00:53:11,727 --> 00:53:13,683 Merry Christmas, Rudy. 858 00:53:13,767 --> 00:53:16,121 One big, happy family. 859 00:53:18,847 --> 00:53:21,204 (whispers) I love you. 860 00:53:35,250 --> 00:53:37,205 Psst! Red! 861 00:53:41,689 --> 00:53:45,159 What happened to the bullet? Did you palm that bullet? 862 00:53:45,249 --> 00:53:46,728 What bullet? 863 00:53:46,809 --> 00:53:48,961 The bullet! 864 00:53:49,811 --> 00:53:53,087 - (chuckles) - You're crazy. 865 00:54:02,093 --> 00:54:04,049 (whispers) Shorty! 866 00:54:14,772 --> 00:54:17,413 - (clattering) - Shh! 867 00:54:20,575 --> 00:54:22,690 (whispers) Easy, Shorty. Easy. 868 00:54:23,734 --> 00:54:26,453 - (thump) - (whispers) Shorty! 869 00:54:45,816 --> 00:54:49,173 - (rattling) - Shh... 870 00:55:22,020 --> 00:55:24,058 (snoring) 871 00:55:27,421 --> 00:55:30,334 - My man, Red. - Hm? 872 00:55:30,622 --> 00:55:33,455 - My man. - Huh. 873 00:55:33,622 --> 00:55:36,181 Hey, when's Rudy due back? 874 00:55:38,304 --> 00:55:40,214 * Louis Jordan: Beans and Cornbread had a fight 875 00:55:40,703 --> 00:55:42,501 Yeah, almost finished. 876 00:55:42,664 --> 00:55:46,622 * Cornbread said "Now, that's all right Meet me on the corner tomorrow night" 877 00:55:46,944 --> 00:55:48,774 * I'll be ready... 878 00:55:48,863 --> 00:55:52,061 Shit, them girls oughta be gettin' back from casin' that rug joint. 879 00:55:52,144 --> 00:55:54,339 They should be. 880 00:55:54,424 --> 00:55:56,574 (laughs) Doin' a good job with you, man. 881 00:55:56,664 --> 00:55:59,974 - Yeah. We killin' them, baby. - We're killin' them. 882 00:56:00,223 --> 00:56:04,012 - They don't know what's hittin' them. - (chuckles) Yeah. 883 00:56:04,104 --> 00:56:06,142 Lemme get... Little work back in this kitchen. 884 00:56:06,226 --> 00:56:09,103 - You gettin' the kitchen, huh? - Yeah, that's where the naps are. 885 00:56:09,185 --> 00:56:11,700 Yeah, well, if you can't take the heat, get on out the kitchen. 886 00:56:11,786 --> 00:56:14,459 - Let me get these naps. - (grunts) 887 00:56:14,546 --> 00:56:16,820 - All right, let's go to the sink. - Good. 888 00:56:16,905 --> 00:56:19,183 * That's what Beans told Cornbread 889 00:56:19,268 --> 00:56:22,145 Come on, Shorty, man, it's startin' to heat up a little bit. 890 00:56:22,227 --> 00:56:23,627 - It's burnin'? - Yeah. It's all right. 891 00:56:23,708 --> 00:56:25,538 All right. 892 00:56:25,627 --> 00:56:27,618 Put your head down. 893 00:56:27,707 --> 00:56:29,777 - * Beans and Cornbread had a fight - C'mon, man. 894 00:56:29,867 --> 00:56:31,823 - * Beans grabbed Cornbread by the toe - Huh? 895 00:56:31,907 --> 00:56:33,979 * Beans said "Cornbread, let me go" 896 00:56:34,109 --> 00:56:38,148 * Cornbread said "I'll lay you low I'm gonna fight you, you so-and-so" 897 00:56:38,429 --> 00:56:41,068 - * Meet me on the corner - Shit is startin' to sting! Get out the way. 898 00:56:41,149 --> 00:56:44,221 *... on the corner tomorrow night! That's what Beans said to Cornbread! 899 00:56:47,071 --> 00:56:49,538 - Burnin'? - Hell, yeah, it's burnin'! 900 00:56:49,630 --> 00:56:52,782 * I'm gonna beat the devil outta you! Whoo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo! 901 00:56:52,871 --> 00:56:54,986 Goddamn it! 902 00:56:55,711 --> 00:56:56,746 (moans) Oh! 903 00:56:56,831 --> 00:56:58,786 Oh! Ah! Ah! 904 00:56:58,870 --> 00:57:00,272 Oh! 905 00:57:00,353 --> 00:57:03,070 Hey, nigger! Take your head outta the shit bowl! 906 00:57:03,151 --> 00:57:04,140 That's it! Get up slowly! 907 00:57:04,832 --> 00:57:07,584 Hey! Watch it! No funny business, now! 908 00:57:08,231 --> 00:57:10,699 Red, the jig is up. 909 00:57:10,791 --> 00:57:13,464 The average first offender gets two years for burglary. 910 00:57:14,074 --> 00:57:16,268 We were all first offenders, so that's what Sophia and Peg drew. 911 00:57:16,353 --> 00:57:19,265 Two years in the women's reformatory at Framingham. 912 00:57:19,353 --> 00:57:20,752 But our crime wasn't burglary. 913 00:57:20,833 --> 00:57:24,428 It was sleeping with white girls. They threw the book at us. 914 00:57:24,513 --> 00:57:27,427 Burglary, count one: Eight to ten years. 915 00:57:27,675 --> 00:57:29,950 Count two: Eight to ten years. 916 00:57:30,035 --> 00:57:32,595 - Count three: Eight to ten years. - (laughs) 917 00:57:32,675 --> 00:57:34,870 - Count four: Eight to ten years. - (chuckles) 918 00:57:35,034 --> 00:57:37,151 Count five: Eight to ten years. 919 00:57:37,475 --> 00:57:42,073 Count six: Eight to ten years. Count seven: Eight to ten years. 920 00:57:42,157 --> 00:57:44,272 Count eight: Eight to ten years. 921 00:57:44,356 --> 00:57:46,552 Count nine: Eight to ten years. 922 00:57:46,637 --> 00:57:48,911 Count ten: Eight to ten years. 923 00:57:48,996 --> 00:57:51,147 Count eleven: Eight to ten years. 924 00:57:51,237 --> 00:57:53,352 Count twelve: Eight to ten years. 925 00:57:53,636 --> 00:57:56,869 Count thirteen: Eight to ten years, and count fourteen... 926 00:57:56,958 --> 00:58:01,110 - Fourteen counts of eight to ten years. - All the sentences to run concurrently. 927 00:58:01,198 --> 00:58:03,632 (chuckles) Shorty thought he had hit us with over 100 years... 928 00:58:03,718 --> 00:58:05,674 ...until I explained what "concurrently" meant. 929 00:58:05,758 --> 00:58:08,593 It meant a minimum sentence often years'hard labour... 930 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:11,194 ...at the Charlestown State Prison. 931 00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:15,036 - The date was February 1946. - (mouths) 932 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,674 - (metal door slams) - Gaines! 933 00:58:18,519 --> 00:58:22,400 - J638-248! - Cell block A secure! 934 00:58:22,481 --> 00:58:25,199 - Who are you? - A295-983! 935 00:58:26,721 --> 00:58:29,188 - Lock one! - Comin' down! 936 00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:31,032 One secure! 937 00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:33,873 - Persky! - A297-945! 938 00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:36,991 - Lock two! - Comin' down! 939 00:58:37,082 --> 00:58:38,720 Two secure! 940 00:58:38,802 --> 00:58:41,475 - Burnam! - A751-613! 941 00:58:41,562 --> 00:58:43,393 (guards joke) 942 00:58:43,482 --> 00:58:44,710 - Lock three! - Comin' down! 943 00:58:45,842 --> 00:58:48,914 - Yo, Jackson! - A231-549! 944 00:58:49,002 --> 00:58:51,074 - Yeah, close four! - Comin' down! 945 00:58:51,164 --> 00:58:52,836 Four secure! 946 00:58:52,924 --> 00:58:55,677 - Crichlow! - A599-1301! 947 00:58:55,764 --> 00:58:57,322 - Close five! - Comin' down! 948 00:58:58,403 --> 00:59:00,759 - Look at Satan. - I see him. 949 00:59:01,164 --> 00:59:03,154 He 'bout to bust. 950 00:59:03,246 --> 00:59:05,964 He not gonna bust. He wouldn't give 'em the pleasure. 951 00:59:06,045 --> 00:59:09,402 - (door slams) - Little! 952 00:59:11,645 --> 00:59:13,762 - State your number. - Little! 953 00:59:14,525 --> 00:59:16,277 - What? - Give him a break, Barnes! 954 00:59:16,365 --> 00:59:19,837 - He's a new fish. - OK, I'll give him a break. 955 00:59:20,727 --> 00:59:24,083 - Now state your number, Little. - I forgot it. 956 00:59:24,167 --> 00:59:25,999 - State it. - I forgot it! 957 00:59:26,088 --> 00:59:29,159 Can't you read it right there, boy? There! Can't you read, boy? 958 00:59:29,247 --> 00:59:30,361 Fuck you! 959 00:59:30,445 --> 00:59:34,918 - I'll teach you a lesson, goddammit! - How you gonna get away from this? 960 00:59:35,007 --> 00:59:36,327 Move it up! Move it up! 961 00:59:36,408 --> 00:59:39,126 I forgot it! I forgot it! 962 00:59:40,368 --> 00:59:42,961 - I forgot it! (howls) - Get him in here and shut it! 963 00:59:44,247 --> 00:59:46,639 (whispers) They ain't gonna break me down. 964 00:59:47,089 --> 00:59:50,446 Well, that's just the kind of nigger I am. They' ain't gonna break me down. 965 00:59:50,530 --> 00:59:54,284 Now I'm situatin'... I'm in this situation and I'm gettin' out. 966 00:59:54,690 --> 00:59:56,964 (laughs) Anything come round, well, I'm strong. 967 00:59:57,049 --> 00:59:59,406 - I'm strong... - Time's up, Little! 968 01:00:00,611 --> 01:00:03,046 Now state your number! 969 01:00:03,971 --> 01:00:04,960 (water drips) 970 01:00:05,051 --> 01:00:07,007 Suit yourself. Ten more days. 971 01:00:07,372 --> 01:00:09,327 (footsteps) 972 01:00:11,693 --> 01:00:13,649 Water! 973 01:00:14,373 --> 01:00:16,329 Water! 974 01:00:24,492 --> 01:00:26,565 (clatter) 975 01:00:27,375 --> 01:00:29,808 (footsteps, knock at door) 976 01:00:32,055 --> 01:00:34,204 You want a smoke? 977 01:00:41,336 --> 01:00:43,291 You know what a friend you have in Jesus, son. 978 01:00:43,375 --> 01:00:45,255 (laughs) A friend? 979 01:00:45,255 --> 01:00:47,132 (voice cracks) Uh? 980 01:00:47,215 --> 01:00:50,924 He's a friend, huh, Chappy? Well, if he's such a friend, where is he, huh? 981 01:00:51,015 --> 01:00:53,577 What he done for me? A friend we have in Je... 982 01:00:53,657 --> 01:00:57,730 Yeah, I tell you what you do, Chap. You tell him to call me! 983 01:00:57,817 --> 01:01:00,092 Call me and tell me what kind of friend he is, huh? 984 01:01:00,177 --> 01:01:02,293 Solitary Two, 2607! 985 01:01:02,377 --> 01:01:04,652 (roars) What he done for me, Chappy, huh? 986 01:01:04,737 --> 01:01:08,334 Where is he every time I need him, huh? You tell me that! 987 01:01:08,579 --> 01:01:10,853 Where is this Jesus? I'll tell you where he is! 988 01:01:10,938 --> 01:01:14,089 He's out with the police, Chaplain! Yeah, I'll straighten him out! 989 01:01:14,218 --> 01:01:17,847 What has he done for me? He ain't done nothin' for me! 990 01:01:19,098 --> 01:01:21,615 Ain't done nothin' for me. (exhales) 991 01:01:21,701 --> 01:01:25,535 (mutters) "What a friend we have in Jesus(!)" Jesus can kiss my ass! 992 01:01:25,621 --> 01:01:28,737 Tell Jesus to kiss my ass! How 'bout that? Tell him that! 993 01:01:29,260 --> 01:01:31,535 (hoarse sob) 994 01:01:38,702 --> 01:01:41,580 (cries softly) 995 01:01:43,142 --> 01:01:45,098 (sobs) 996 01:01:51,623 --> 01:01:53,580 (growls) 997 01:01:55,023 --> 01:01:57,412 (whimpers and growls) 998 01:02:00,822 --> 01:02:04,100 (hoarse) Haah! Haaah! Aaah! 999 01:02:04,424 --> 01:02:06,017 Aaaaah! 1000 01:02:06,105 --> 01:02:08,254 Aaaaaaah! 1001 01:02:08,344 --> 01:02:14,499 (howls) 1002 01:02:20,546 --> 01:02:22,184 Little! 1003 01:02:22,266 --> 01:02:24,097 Little! 1004 01:02:24,186 --> 01:02:26,142 State your number, Little! 1005 01:02:26,626 --> 01:02:28,581 C'mon, state it! 1006 01:02:29,588 --> 01:02:31,260 - (whispers) A22... - What? 1007 01:02:31,588 --> 01:02:33,544 A228. 1008 01:02:34,988 --> 01:02:37,137 Come on! (grunts) 1009 01:02:45,069 --> 01:02:47,026 (door slams) 1010 01:02:51,910 --> 01:02:55,458 I know how you feel. Like you wanna lay down and die. 1011 01:02:57,111 --> 01:02:59,067 I brought you something. 1012 01:02:59,151 --> 01:03:02,063 (hoarse) Yeah, well, I don't need any more favours from you. 1013 01:03:02,151 --> 01:03:04,460 It's nutmeg. Put it in the water. 1014 01:03:04,551 --> 01:03:07,907 You need something to get the monkey off your back. 1015 01:03:07,991 --> 01:03:10,586 It's not cocaine, but it'll help some. 1016 01:03:16,752 --> 01:03:19,312 Drink it slow. This stuff is strong. 1017 01:03:21,911 --> 01:03:23,870 (coughs) 1018 01:03:24,754 --> 01:03:27,711 (coughs) So what's your hype, huh? 1019 01:03:27,793 --> 01:03:31,547 I can show you how to get out of prison. And it's no hype. 1020 01:03:31,633 --> 01:03:34,591 Yeah, well, talk, daddy-o. I'm listenin'. 1021 01:03:34,793 --> 01:03:39,630 - Hey, this ain't bad. You got some more? - That's the last fix I'm givin' you. 1022 01:03:39,715 --> 01:03:43,025 - So what you give it to me for, then, huh? - Because you needed it. 1023 01:03:43,115 --> 01:03:45,868 Because you couldn't hear me without it. 1024 01:03:46,515 --> 01:03:49,075 (snorts) Nigger, get on outta my face. 1025 01:03:49,155 --> 01:03:52,513 I think you got more sense than any cat in this prison. 1026 01:03:52,597 --> 01:03:54,587 But why the hell don't you use it? 1027 01:03:55,637 --> 01:03:57,787 You can't bust out of here... 1028 01:03:57,877 --> 01:04:00,072 ...like they do in the movies. 1029 01:04:00,157 --> 01:04:03,671 - Even if you get out, you're still in prison. - Well, you ain't lyin' there. 1030 01:04:03,756 --> 01:04:07,512 You go bustin' your fist against a stone wall, you're not usin' your brain! 1031 01:04:07,598 --> 01:04:09,715 That's what the white man wants you to do! 1032 01:04:09,959 --> 01:04:13,314 Look at you! Puttin' all that poison in your hair. 1033 01:04:13,398 --> 01:04:15,593 I think you've been in prison too long, my man... 1034 01:04:15,678 --> 01:04:17,634 ...because everybody on the outside conks. 1035 01:04:17,718 --> 01:04:19,995 Why? Why does everybody on the outside conk? 1036 01:04:20,080 --> 01:04:22,389 Cos they don't want a nappy head, like... 1037 01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:25,277 Like what? Like me? Like a nigger? 1038 01:04:26,759 --> 01:04:29,034 Why don't you wanna look like what you are? 1039 01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:31,837 What makes you ashamed of bein' black? 1040 01:04:31,921 --> 01:04:36,118 Lemme tell you somethin', I'm not ashamed of bein' anything. 1041 01:04:38,601 --> 01:04:41,069 You better get your hands off me. I got to wash this out. 1042 01:04:41,201 --> 01:04:44,272 - Let it burn! - Nigger, get your hands off of me! 1043 01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:47,194 Go on. Burn yourself. Pain yourself! 1044 01:04:47,283 --> 01:04:50,080 Puttin' that poison in your hair, in your body, tryin' to be white! 1045 01:04:50,363 --> 01:04:53,991 (laughs) I don't wanna hear all this shit. 1046 01:04:54,082 --> 01:04:56,199 I thought you was smart. 1047 01:04:56,283 --> 01:04:59,675 But you just another of those cats struttin' down the avenue in your clown suit... 1048 01:04:59,765 --> 01:05:02,198 ...with all that mess on you, lookin' like a monkey! 1049 01:05:02,284 --> 01:05:06,197 The white man sees you and laughs, because he knows you ain't white! 1050 01:05:06,284 --> 01:05:10,243 - Man, who are you? - No. The question is, who are you? 1051 01:05:10,884 --> 01:05:14,640 Well, I'll tell you. You are lost in the darkness. 1052 01:05:16,965 --> 01:05:19,560 But Elijah Muhammad has come to bring you into the light. 1053 01:05:19,806 --> 01:05:22,445 - Who? - Elijah Muhammad... 1054 01:05:22,526 --> 01:05:24,960 ...can get you out of prison. 1055 01:05:25,885 --> 01:05:28,402 Out of the prison of your mind. 1056 01:05:28,848 --> 01:05:31,601 But maybe all you want is another fix. 1057 01:05:37,247 --> 01:05:40,044 (prisoners talk quietly) 1058 01:05:46,568 --> 01:05:49,082 And then you get used to this life, and it puts you to sleep. 1059 01:05:49,168 --> 01:05:52,478 - That's right. - You stop thinking, acting for yourself. 1060 01:05:52,608 --> 01:05:56,450 You couldn't scrounge three squares a day on the outside. 1061 01:05:56,450 --> 01:05:59,522 So you let them feed you. Give you dominoes to play with. 1062 01:05:59,730 --> 01:06:03,245 - Let you shoot marbles, play baseball. - Let's go! Cut the sermon! 1063 01:06:03,330 --> 01:06:06,958 He blows his whistle, and you sit! You stand, you grab, gobble... 1064 01:06:07,049 --> 01:06:08,883 File out! Sleep! 1065 01:06:08,972 --> 01:06:13,602 - Sing out your number, loud as you can! - I told you to knock it off, Baines. 1066 01:06:14,532 --> 01:06:17,126 Now, are you gonna take yard? 1067 01:06:18,851 --> 01:06:20,807 I'm stayin'. 1068 01:06:20,891 --> 01:06:22,327 Uh, yeah, me, too. 1069 01:06:32,973 --> 01:06:37,810 What're you sniffin' around for? I told you I gave you your last fix. 1070 01:06:41,215 --> 01:06:43,728 What's your angle, nigger? Hm? 1071 01:06:44,174 --> 01:06:47,167 Nigger? Who's wearing the conk(?) 1072 01:06:47,255 --> 01:06:51,408 You the only cat in this prison I done seen that act the way you do. 1073 01:06:51,496 --> 01:06:54,613 You ain't even afraid of talking like that in front of them guards or nothin'. 1074 01:06:54,696 --> 01:06:58,689 - What more can he do to me? - Hm. 1075 01:06:58,776 --> 01:07:00,855 I mean, you don't cuss none. 1076 01:07:00,855 --> 01:07:03,247 You don't talk that "Whatcha know, daddy" jive. 1077 01:07:03,338 --> 01:07:06,409 A man curses because he doesn't have the words to say what's on his mind. 1078 01:07:08,098 --> 01:07:09,530 (chuckles) 1079 01:07:10,217 --> 01:07:12,174 Yeah. 1080 01:07:12,258 --> 01:07:15,010 Yeah, I know you got an angle, some kinda way. 1081 01:07:15,097 --> 01:07:17,055 Don't con me. 1082 01:07:19,059 --> 01:07:21,414 Don't con me, and don't try. 1083 01:07:21,779 --> 01:07:23,337 Hey. 1084 01:07:23,419 --> 01:07:26,092 Just offerin' you a cigarette, my man. Ain't no big deal. 1085 01:07:31,781 --> 01:07:33,736 I read, study. 1086 01:07:33,820 --> 01:07:37,018 The first thing a black man must have is respect for himself. 1087 01:07:37,101 --> 01:07:42,049 Respect his body and his mind. Quit takin' the white man's poisons into his body. 1088 01:07:42,140 --> 01:07:44,418 His cigarettes, his dope, his liquor. 1089 01:07:44,503 --> 01:07:46,857 His white woman. His pork. 1090 01:07:47,302 --> 01:07:48,736 Pork? 1091 01:07:48,823 --> 01:07:50,778 Hm. 1092 01:07:52,462 --> 01:07:54,692 Yeah, my mama used to say that, "Don't eat no pork." 1093 01:07:54,782 --> 01:07:58,823 Well, your mama was right. Cos that pig is a filthy beast. 1094 01:07:59,144 --> 01:08:02,533 Part rat, part cat. And the rest is dog. 1095 01:08:02,623 --> 01:08:07,378 All right, pull my coat on this now. What happen if you give all that up? 1096 01:08:07,463 --> 01:08:11,014 I mean, the pork and... You get sick and then you get a medical or somethin'? 1097 01:08:11,105 --> 01:08:14,017 Like when I was on the outside, I ran this hustle. 1098 01:08:14,305 --> 01:08:17,980 - I tried to act like... - I'm tellin' you God's words, not no hustle. 1099 01:08:18,065 --> 01:08:20,943 And I'm gonna tell you, God is black. 1100 01:08:21,065 --> 01:08:23,862 God is black? Everybody knows God is white. 1101 01:08:23,944 --> 01:08:26,222 Everything the white man taught you, you accepted. 1102 01:08:26,307 --> 01:08:29,104 He taught you you were a black heathen, you believed him. 1103 01:08:29,186 --> 01:08:33,065 He taught you to worship a blond, blue-eyed Jesus with white skin... 1104 01:08:33,146 --> 01:08:35,182 ...and you believed him. 1105 01:08:35,266 --> 01:08:38,099 He taught you that black was a curse, and you believe that. 1106 01:08:38,186 --> 01:08:40,702 - Did you look up "black" in a dictionary? - For what? 1107 01:08:40,788 --> 01:08:43,144 Did you ever study anything that wasn't part of some con? 1108 01:08:43,228 --> 01:08:44,786 What the hell for, man? 1109 01:08:45,708 --> 01:08:48,506 (sighs) Come with me. 1110 01:08:50,788 --> 01:08:52,781 "Black." 1111 01:08:52,870 --> 01:08:56,145 "Destitute of light. Devoid of colour." 1112 01:08:56,629 --> 01:09:00,542 "Enveloped in darkness; hence, utterly dismal or gloomy;... 1113 01:09:00,629 --> 01:09:02,507 ...as, the future looked black." 1114 01:09:02,590 --> 01:09:04,500 Pretty good with them words, ain't you? 1115 01:09:04,589 --> 01:09:06,947 "Soiled with dirt, foul." 1116 01:09:07,392 --> 01:09:09,188 "Sullen, hostile." 1117 01:09:09,311 --> 01:09:11,746 "Forbidding; as, a black day." 1118 01:09:13,031 --> 01:09:15,750 "Foully or outrageously wicked;... 1119 01:09:15,831 --> 01:09:17,388 ...as, black cruelty." 1120 01:09:17,550 --> 01:09:20,908 "Indicating disgrace, dishonour, or culpability." 1121 01:09:20,992 --> 01:09:22,983 And there's others. 1122 01:09:23,072 --> 01:09:25,427 Blackmail, blackball, blackguard. 1123 01:09:25,512 --> 01:09:28,902 - Hmm, well, that's somethin', all right. - Let's look up "white". 1124 01:09:32,232 --> 01:09:34,190 Here. 1125 01:09:34,434 --> 01:09:36,390 Read. 1126 01:09:38,154 --> 01:09:42,386 "White: Of the colour of pure snow;... 1127 01:09:42,674 --> 01:09:46,063 ...reflecting all the rays of the spectrum." 1128 01:09:46,273 --> 01:09:47,789 "The opposite of black." 1129 01:09:51,315 --> 01:09:54,466 Um..."Free from spot or blemish." 1130 01:09:57,076 --> 01:09:59,111 "Innocent. Pure." 1131 01:10:00,758 --> 01:10:02,713 Huh! 1132 01:10:02,797 --> 01:10:05,358 Isn't this somethin'? "Without evil intent." 1133 01:10:05,438 --> 01:10:07,712 "Harmless. Honest." 1134 01:10:07,797 --> 01:10:10,550 "Square-dealing and honourable." Wait a minute. But this... 1135 01:10:10,637 --> 01:10:13,834 This was written by white folks, though, right? This is a white folks' book. 1136 01:10:13,917 --> 01:10:16,558 - This sure ain't no black man's book. - So what we readin' this one for? 1137 01:10:16,639 --> 01:10:19,312 Because the truth is lying there if you read behind the words. 1138 01:10:19,559 --> 01:10:24,314 You got to take everything the white man says and use it against him. 1139 01:10:24,839 --> 01:10:26,794 Yeah? 1140 01:10:27,678 --> 01:10:29,875 All right, but I mean, there's a whole lotta words in here. 1141 01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:33,350 - I mean... - Here. We'll start at the beginning. 1142 01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:36,237 We'll look 'em up, write 'em down and find out what they mean. 1143 01:10:36,319 --> 01:10:40,278 Here. Page one. The first word: Aardvark. 1144 01:10:44,081 --> 01:10:46,197 "Aardvark: Earth pig." 1145 01:10:46,282 --> 01:10:48,237 "African ant-eating mammal." 1146 01:10:48,801 --> 01:10:51,190 "Abacus: A Chinese... 1147 01:10:52,041 --> 01:10:54,191 ...calculating instrument." 1148 01:10:56,123 --> 01:11:00,719 "Abaddon: The place of the lost in... Sh... eol... 1149 01:11:00,803 --> 01:11:02,202 ...the bottomless pit." 1150 01:11:02,443 --> 01:11:06,959 If you take one step toward Allah, He will take two steps toward you. 1151 01:11:08,882 --> 01:11:10,876 (footsteps, coughing) 1152 01:11:12,164 --> 01:11:14,884 - Lights out! - (bell rings) 1153 01:11:16,884 --> 01:11:20,354 Why you readin' them books? You gonna be here longer than me. 1154 01:11:20,444 --> 01:11:22,400 Lights out! 1155 01:11:24,606 --> 01:11:27,724 (prisoner) Might as well put the book down, seein' the light's out. 1156 01:11:27,807 --> 01:11:29,956 He gonna go blind. 1157 01:11:37,248 --> 01:11:39,000 (shouting) 1158 01:11:39,488 --> 01:11:41,922 (shouting, applause) 1159 01:11:46,127 --> 01:11:48,800 - (team) Oh, yeah! - C'mon, Pete! 1160 01:11:49,206 --> 01:11:52,565 (chuckles) Boy'll wear out a baseball, won't he? 1161 01:11:52,649 --> 01:11:56,608 - Hey, Chuck! What's the score, my man? - Ten to one! We're murderin' them! 1162 01:11:56,689 --> 01:11:58,041 Didn't you hear? 1163 01:11:58,128 --> 01:11:59,926 No, what happened? 1164 01:12:00,009 --> 01:12:01,441 The Brooklyn Dodgers brought up Jackie Robinson. 1165 01:12:01,528 --> 01:12:03,439 We're poundin' the hell out of 'em, celebratin'! 1166 01:12:03,528 --> 01:12:05,600 Yeah, that's all right! 1167 01:12:05,810 --> 01:12:08,891 Sure. White man throw us a bone... 1168 01:12:08,891 --> 01:12:12,678 ...and we are supposed to forget 1169 01:12:12,850 --> 01:12:17,688 Yeah, but a nigger... a Negro playin' in the big leagues, that's somethin', ain't it? 1170 01:12:17,892 --> 01:12:21,089 I told you to go behind the words and dig out the truth. 1171 01:12:21,532 --> 01:12:24,490 They let us sing and dance and smile. 1172 01:12:24,612 --> 01:12:27,490 And then they let one so-called Negro into the majors. 1173 01:12:27,572 --> 01:12:30,165 That doesn't cancel out the greatest crime in history. 1174 01:12:30,251 --> 01:12:35,327 When that crafty blue-eyed devil locked us in chains, 100 million of us... 1175 01:12:35,413 --> 01:12:38,167 ...broke up our families, tortured us... 1176 01:12:38,373 --> 01:12:42,287 ...cut us off from our language, our religion, our history. 1177 01:12:43,693 --> 01:12:46,164 Let me tell you about black history. 1178 01:12:46,256 --> 01:12:48,405 We are the original man. 1179 01:12:48,855 --> 01:12:51,927 The first men on earth were black. They ruled... 1180 01:12:52,015 --> 01:12:54,769 ...and there wasn't a white face anywhere. 1181 01:12:55,055 --> 01:12:57,814 But they teach us that we lived in caves and swung from trees. 1182 01:12:57,814 --> 01:13:00,330 That's a lie. Black men never did that. 1183 01:13:00,416 --> 01:13:02,771 We were a race of kings... 1184 01:13:02,856 --> 01:13:05,814 ...when the white man crawled around on all fours over the hills of Europe. 1185 01:13:05,896 --> 01:13:08,456 Do they know who they are? 1186 01:13:09,336 --> 01:13:12,489 Do you know where you came from? What's your name? 1187 01:13:12,578 --> 01:13:13,488 Malcolm Little. 1188 01:13:13,578 --> 01:13:17,651 No. That's the name of the slave masters who owned your family. 1189 01:13:18,538 --> 01:13:23,134 You don't even know who you are. You're nothing. Less than nothing. 1190 01:13:23,298 --> 01:13:25,253 Who are you? 1191 01:13:27,899 --> 01:13:30,254 Look, I ain't... Shit. 1192 01:13:33,619 --> 01:13:36,179 All right, I ain't Malcolm Little, I ain't Red... 1193 01:13:36,259 --> 01:13:38,773 ...I damn sure ain't Satan. - That's right. So who are you? 1194 01:13:43,261 --> 01:13:45,456 - I don't know. - We are a nation. 1195 01:13:45,781 --> 01:13:47,781 The tribe of Shabazz... 1196 01:13:47,781 --> 01:13:51,535 ...lost in this wilderness called North America. 1197 01:13:58,023 --> 01:13:59,979 Tribe of Shabazz. 1198 01:14:00,063 --> 01:14:02,623 The merciful Allah has sent us a messenger... 1199 01:14:02,703 --> 01:14:05,262 ...a black man named Elijah Muhammad. 1200 01:14:05,342 --> 01:14:08,780 He reveals to us the true knowledge about ourselves. 1201 01:14:08,864 --> 01:14:12,903 He teaches us that the true nature of the original man, the black man... 1202 01:14:12,984 --> 01:14:15,019 ...is righteousness. 1203 01:14:15,103 --> 01:14:17,333 So if the nature of the black man is righteousness, Malcolm... 1204 01:14:17,423 --> 01:14:20,221 Then the true nature of the white man is wickedness. 1205 01:14:20,303 --> 01:14:22,057 I knew you'd get it. 1206 01:14:22,145 --> 01:14:25,615 The Honourable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that the white man is a devil. 1207 01:14:25,705 --> 01:14:28,139 Hm. I sure met some in my life. 1208 01:14:29,145 --> 01:14:33,899 No. Elijah Muhammad does not say that some white men are devils. 1209 01:14:34,587 --> 01:14:38,340 He teaches us that allwhite men are devils. 1210 01:14:38,546 --> 01:14:40,856 Look, have you ever known a good white man? 1211 01:14:40,947 --> 01:14:43,335 I mean, think back in all your life. 1212 01:14:43,426 --> 01:14:45,782 Have you ever met one who wasn't evil? 1213 01:14:53,629 --> 01:14:57,223 (Baines) The body is a sacred temple. It must be purified. 1214 01:14:59,308 --> 01:15:02,144 I will not touch the white man's poison... 1215 01:15:02,231 --> 01:15:04,824 ...his drugs, his liquor... 1216 01:15:06,270 --> 01:15:09,103 ...his swine, his... women. 1217 01:15:10,350 --> 01:15:14,662 A Muslim must be strikingly upright, an outstanding example... 1218 01:15:15,030 --> 01:15:18,991 ...so that those in the darkness can see the power of the light. 1219 01:15:20,592 --> 01:15:23,388 I will not commit adultery or fornication. 1220 01:15:25,151 --> 01:15:28,062 I will not lie, cheat or steal. 1221 01:15:29,833 --> 01:15:32,392 But the key to Islam is submission. 1222 01:15:36,472 --> 01:15:39,987 That is why, five times daily, we turn to Mecca to pray... 1223 01:15:40,072 --> 01:15:42,586 ...to bend our knees in submission. 1224 01:15:45,994 --> 01:15:48,554 I can't do that, Brother Baines. 1225 01:15:48,634 --> 01:15:52,388 For lost-founds to bend their knees, to admit their guilt... 1226 01:15:52,674 --> 01:15:55,188 ...to implore Allah's forgiveness... 1227 01:15:55,274 --> 01:15:57,744 ...is the hardest thing on earth. 1228 01:16:02,876 --> 01:16:05,435 The hardest, and the greatest. 1229 01:16:09,955 --> 01:16:12,711 I don't know what I would say to Allah. 1230 01:16:13,117 --> 01:16:16,076 Have you ever bent your knees, Malcolm? 1231 01:16:18,077 --> 01:16:20,228 Yes, when I was, uh... 1232 01:16:20,318 --> 01:16:23,389 ...when I was picking a lock to rob someone's house. 1233 01:16:23,477 --> 01:16:25,435 Tell Allah that. 1234 01:16:35,838 --> 01:16:39,833 You can grovel and crawl for sin, but not to save your soul? 1235 01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:41,955 Pick the lock, Malcolm. Pick it. 1236 01:16:42,600 --> 01:16:44,716 Brother, I want to. 1237 01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:49,950 God knows, I want to. 1238 01:17:00,081 --> 01:17:03,835 I received a letter that day from The Honourable Elijah Muhammad. 1239 01:17:03,921 --> 01:17:09,156 The dear Holy Apostle wrote to me, a nobody, ajunkie, a pimp and a convict. 1240 01:17:09,243 --> 01:17:12,280 (Elijah Muhammad) I have come to give you... 1241 01:17:12,363 --> 01:17:16,117 ...something which can neverbe taken away from you. 1242 01:17:16,203 --> 01:17:20,517 I bring to you a sense of your own worth. 1243 01:17:21,685 --> 01:17:24,565 The word of one human being. 1244 01:17:24,565 --> 01:17:27,033 The knowledge of self. 1245 01:17:27,124 --> 01:17:31,276 It was like a blinding light, and I became aware that he was in the room with me. 1246 01:17:31,804 --> 01:17:33,763 He wore a dark suit, and on his face... 1247 01:17:33,847 --> 01:17:38,477 ...I saw a wisdom andpain so old and deep that I could scarcely look at him. 1248 01:17:38,847 --> 01:17:41,964 But I knew I wasn't dreaming. He was right there with me. 1249 01:17:42,247 --> 01:17:44,202 I tell you... 1250 01:17:45,406 --> 01:17:48,763 ...the most dangerous creation in the world... 1251 01:17:48,847 --> 01:17:50,804 ...in any society... 1252 01:17:51,648 --> 01:17:53,956 ...is the man with nothing to lose. 1253 01:17:54,287 --> 01:17:58,997 You do not need ten such men to change the world. 1254 01:17:59,970 --> 01:18:01,960 One will do. 1255 01:18:02,809 --> 01:18:05,562 The earth belongs to us. 1256 01:18:05,649 --> 01:18:07,401 The black man. 1257 01:18:07,489 --> 01:18:12,324 And whatever is around it, or on it, or in it... 1258 01:18:13,128 --> 01:18:15,087 ...belongs to us. 1259 01:18:15,331 --> 01:18:18,562 And then, as suddenly as he came, he was gone. 1260 01:18:19,851 --> 01:18:22,125 And then I could do it. 1261 01:18:25,130 --> 01:18:29,808 We are taught that Paul, on the road to Damascus, heard the voice of Christ. 1262 01:18:29,892 --> 01:18:32,733 He was so smitten by the truth that he fell from his horse. 1263 01:18:32,733 --> 01:18:36,885 Now, I don't liken myself to Paul, but I do understand. 1264 01:18:38,452 --> 01:18:41,049 - You see, it happened to me. - Aameen. 1265 01:18:42,734 --> 01:18:44,725 (Baines) Dear Brother Malcolm... 1266 01:18:44,814 --> 01:18:47,647 ...I am back in the bosom of Islam. Praise Allah. 1267 01:18:47,734 --> 01:18:50,612 We don't have much, but what we have is yours. 1268 01:18:50,694 --> 01:18:54,288 My wife Lorraine and my son Sidney join me in saying that when you come out... 1269 01:18:54,373 --> 01:18:56,970 ...which will not be too long, come straight to us. 1270 01:18:57,056 --> 01:18:59,011 Next! 1271 01:19:04,135 --> 01:19:06,284 What'll it be, Little? 1272 01:19:06,574 --> 01:19:08,533 Take it all off. 1273 01:19:08,617 --> 01:19:12,370 - Oh, gettin' rid of that conk, huh? - Yes, sir. 1274 01:19:12,656 --> 01:19:16,615 You write thanking me. (chuckles) Don't thank me. 1275 01:19:16,856 --> 01:19:19,416 Thank Allah. He did it all. 1276 01:19:22,096 --> 01:19:24,054 (Malcolm) Dear Brother Baines... 1277 01:19:24,138 --> 01:19:26,891 ...please thank The Honourable Elijah Muhammad for the money... 1278 01:19:26,978 --> 01:19:30,766 ...and tell him I have not written him because I have not yet proven myself. 1279 01:19:30,857 --> 01:19:33,611 - What is this? - But I have shared his teachings... 1280 01:19:33,698 --> 01:19:36,168 ...with some of my old running buddies back in Harlem... 1281 01:19:36,260 --> 01:19:39,217 ...and with my main man Shorty, who was transferred upstate. 1282 01:19:39,299 --> 01:19:41,052 He's gone nuts. 1283 01:19:41,300 --> 01:19:45,452 "Dear brothers, I thank you for your endeared time and concern." 1284 01:19:46,460 --> 01:19:50,091 "All praise is due to Allah for The Honourable Elijah Muhammad." 1285 01:19:50,542 --> 01:19:53,180 "I wrote the Mayor, the Governor and the President... 1286 01:19:53,261 --> 01:19:56,378 ...but for some reason, I haven't heard from them." 1287 01:19:56,461 --> 01:19:57,416 Hm. 1288 01:19:57,501 --> 01:20:00,140 (Malcolm) Please tell The Honourable Elijah Muhammad... 1289 01:20:00,221 --> 01:20:03,977 ...that I have dedicated my life to telling the white devil the truth to his face. 1290 01:20:04,063 --> 01:20:06,861 I greet you with the ancient words of peace: As salaam alaikum. 1291 01:20:06,943 --> 01:20:08,296 Wa-alaikum salaam. 1292 01:20:08,383 --> 01:20:11,580 Oh. PS: I've finally copied out the entire dictionary. 1293 01:20:13,103 --> 01:20:16,060 I think the brother is coming along. 1294 01:20:16,501 --> 01:20:17,539 (metal door slams) 1295 01:20:17,624 --> 01:20:20,695 "And the thief cometh not but for to steal... 1296 01:20:20,783 --> 01:20:22,775 ...and to kill... 1297 01:20:23,104 --> 01:20:25,173 ...and to destroy." 1298 01:20:25,263 --> 01:20:29,176 "But I am come, that they might have life... 1299 01:20:30,103 --> 01:20:33,893 ...and that they might have it more abundantly." 1300 01:20:34,625 --> 01:20:36,617 St John 10. Verse 10. 1301 01:20:36,706 --> 01:20:39,014 Are there any questions? 1302 01:20:42,425 --> 01:20:45,100 Hey, watch it, baby. This cat is heavy on religion. 1303 01:20:47,347 --> 01:20:50,100 I can see this has become a struggle between good and evil. 1304 01:20:50,187 --> 01:20:51,506 Satan has a question. 1305 01:20:51,587 --> 01:20:55,296 (laughs) Yes, sir, Chaplain Gill. But since neither one of us are God... 1306 01:20:55,387 --> 01:20:58,222 ...neither one of us is in any position to say who's good and who's evil. 1307 01:20:58,309 --> 01:20:59,662 Just ask your question. 1308 01:20:59,749 --> 01:21:01,943 We were discussing the disciples. What colour were they? 1309 01:21:03,589 --> 01:21:05,545 Well, I don't think... 1310 01:21:05,629 --> 01:21:07,665 ...we know that for certain. 1311 01:21:07,749 --> 01:21:09,819 - But they were Hebrews. - That's right. 1312 01:21:09,908 --> 01:21:12,027 As was Jesus. Jesus was also a Hebrew. 1313 01:21:12,311 --> 01:21:16,189 - Just ask your question. - What colour were the original Hebrews? 1314 01:21:16,271 --> 01:21:19,706 I have told you that we don't know that for certain. 1315 01:21:19,790 --> 01:21:23,829 Then you can't believe for certain that Jesus was white. 1316 01:21:24,150 --> 01:21:27,189 Just, er, just a moment. Just a moment. 1317 01:21:27,352 --> 01:21:30,230 God is white. Isn't it obvious? 1318 01:21:30,312 --> 01:21:33,109 That is obvious, but it's not obvious that God is white. 1319 01:21:33,191 --> 01:21:35,261 The Honourable Elijah Muhammad teaches us... 1320 01:21:35,351 --> 01:21:37,706 ...that Jesus did not have blond hair and blue eyes. 1321 01:21:37,791 --> 01:21:39,863 The Honourable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that the images of Jesus... 1322 01:21:39,953 --> 01:21:43,069 ...that are on prison walls and churches throughout the world... 1323 01:21:43,152 --> 01:21:46,429 ...are not historically correct, because history teaches us... 1324 01:21:46,513 --> 01:21:49,949 ...that Jesus was born in a region where the people had colour. 1325 01:21:50,033 --> 01:21:52,913 There is proof in the very Bible that you ask us to read... 1326 01:21:52,995 --> 01:21:55,667 ...in Revelations, first chapter, verse 14 and 15... 1327 01:21:55,754 --> 01:21:59,463 ...that Jesus had hair like wool and feet the colour of brass. 1328 01:21:59,554 --> 01:22:02,115 - Now, just... just what are you saying? - I'm not saying anything. 1329 01:22:02,195 --> 01:22:04,583 I'm proving to you that Jesus was not... 1330 01:22:04,674 --> 01:22:07,668 ...and I might quote one of our Indian brothers, he was not a paleface. 1331 01:22:07,756 --> 01:22:09,712 (prisoners whisper and chuckle) 1332 01:22:09,796 --> 01:22:11,230 - A-ha. - Amen. 1333 01:22:11,916 --> 01:22:14,032 (Chaplain) Isn't that interesting? 1334 01:22:14,116 --> 01:22:16,584 (bell rings) 1335 01:22:17,036 --> 01:22:18,515 Brother Malcolm! 1336 01:22:18,596 --> 01:22:20,074 Brother Malcolm! 1337 01:22:21,398 --> 01:22:23,548 He's waiting for you. 1338 01:23:06,002 --> 01:23:07,958 My son. 1339 01:23:10,642 --> 01:23:12,917 You have been a thief... 1340 01:23:14,241 --> 01:23:17,202 ...a drug dealer, and a... and a hustler... 1341 01:23:18,443 --> 01:23:21,402 ...and the world is still full of temptation. 1342 01:23:25,764 --> 01:23:30,281 When God spoke to the devil about how faithful Job was... 1343 01:23:30,365 --> 01:23:35,041 ...the devil argued that it was only God's protective hedge around him... 1344 01:23:35,125 --> 01:23:37,320 ...that kept him pure. 1345 01:23:37,725 --> 01:23:41,274 Fact about it, the devil said "Remove that hedge... 1346 01:23:41,525 --> 01:23:43,995 ...and he will curse his Maker." 1347 01:23:45,367 --> 01:23:47,323 Well, Malcolm... 1348 01:23:48,287 --> 01:23:50,846 ...your hedge has been removed. 1349 01:23:53,527 --> 01:23:56,326 ...and I believe... 1350 01:23:57,248 --> 01:24:00,763 ...you will remain faithful. 1351 01:24:01,448 --> 01:24:03,403 Yes, sir. 1352 01:24:06,848 --> 01:24:09,762 Thank you, sister. Brother Sidney, now how many of these should we turn out? 1353 01:24:09,850 --> 01:24:11,441 - 500. - Make it 1,000. 1354 01:24:11,529 --> 01:24:12,484 Yes, sir. 1355 01:24:12,569 --> 01:24:14,959 Brother Malcolm, this is Brother Earl. He just accepted the teachings. 1356 01:24:15,050 --> 01:24:17,005 - As salaam alaikum, brother. - Wa-alaikum salaam. 1357 01:24:17,089 --> 01:24:20,923 Brother Earl is dedicated. We need good men like him. 1358 01:24:21,209 --> 01:24:24,248 I'm a willing servant for The Honourable Elijah Muhammad. 1359 01:24:24,331 --> 01:24:26,606 OK, brothers, let's keep it busy. 1360 01:24:26,691 --> 01:24:29,489 Take a real good look at where you live! Not just where you live... 1361 01:24:29,571 --> 01:24:32,768 ...but take a good look at where everybody you know lives! 1362 01:24:32,851 --> 01:24:36,082 Cos I don't want you to think you just a bad luck accident! 1363 01:24:36,170 --> 01:24:39,165 Then I want you go downtown, over to Central Park West... 1364 01:24:39,253 --> 01:24:41,208 ...and take a good look at how he lives! (fades off) 1365 01:24:41,292 --> 01:24:44,762 Look at how you live and how he lives! 1366 01:24:44,852 --> 01:24:47,970 You've never seen a Booker T Washington linguini store! 1367 01:24:48,053 --> 01:24:50,043 You never went to a Jewish community... 1368 01:24:50,132 --> 01:24:52,853 ...and seen no Frederick Douglass delicatessen! 1369 01:24:52,934 --> 01:24:56,052 Why is everybody making money but us? 1370 01:24:56,135 --> 01:24:58,773 (other speaker) Dick, Jane and Spot(!) 1371 01:24:58,854 --> 01:25:02,014 The only thing that's black in the book is the spot on the back of the dog's back! 1372 01:25:02,014 --> 01:25:05,247 It's time for us to use our dollars... 1373 01:25:05,336 --> 01:25:07,850 We can do what everyone else can do! 1374 01:25:07,936 --> 01:25:11,928 If we become producers, and if we become the masters of our own destiny... 1375 01:25:12,015 --> 01:25:15,052 ...we can have wool from sheep just like anyone else! 1376 01:25:15,135 --> 01:25:17,171 But where are our clothing stores? 1377 01:25:17,255 --> 01:25:21,011 We can get milk from cows like anyone else! But where are our grocery stores? 1378 01:25:21,097 --> 01:25:25,010 We need to control our dollars! We need to control our destiny! 1379 01:25:25,097 --> 01:25:27,816 The only thing they respect is our dollars! 1380 01:25:27,897 --> 01:25:30,615 The only thing they respect is the wealth that we give them! 1381 01:25:30,696 --> 01:25:32,655 Where's that freedom that you and I are supposed to have? 1382 01:25:32,739 --> 01:25:34,694 The Statue of Liberty's standin' like this... 1383 01:25:34,778 --> 01:25:38,088 ...and for you and I, it might as well be sayin' "Stop! Don't come no further!" 1384 01:25:38,178 --> 01:25:40,738 This is what it be sayin'! "Don't come no further!" 1385 01:25:40,818 --> 01:25:41,774 That's right! 1386 01:25:41,859 --> 01:25:45,695 So what I want you to do, brothers and sisters, is come on down to the temple. 1387 01:25:45,861 --> 01:25:48,932 Oh! I'm so surprised! I'm so surprised! 1388 01:25:49,020 --> 01:25:51,978 Y'all been in church two hours and you're expectin' to see heaven out here... 1389 01:25:52,060 --> 01:25:54,449 ...and there ain't no heaven! You're still right here on earth! 1390 01:25:54,539 --> 01:25:57,418 Sister, why don't you come on down to the temple at two o'clock? 1391 01:25:57,500 --> 01:25:59,458 Hear the truth! Hear the black man's truth! 1392 01:25:59,622 --> 01:26:03,341 No, you can't deny it! You've been on your knees the last two hours, haven't you... 1393 01:26:03,341 --> 01:26:05,936 ...beggin' some God to help you in the hereafter. 1394 01:26:06,022 --> 01:26:09,378 But the hereafter's right now, brother! The hereafter is here and now! 1395 01:26:09,462 --> 01:26:12,259 Let me... Let me talk to you for one second, brother. Now, listen to me. 1396 01:26:12,341 --> 01:26:15,335 Now, I know you a smart man. I can tell. You're a wise man. You look good. 1397 01:26:15,423 --> 01:26:18,939 Now, you're in here in this church every day, prayin' to this God. 1398 01:26:19,024 --> 01:26:21,218 I'm tellin' you, these so-called white Christians... 1399 01:26:21,302 --> 01:26:23,816 ...they're hangin' our black Christians from trees, brother! 1400 01:26:23,902 --> 01:26:27,454 The man hates you! He says he loves you, but he doesn't do anything for you! 1401 01:26:27,544 --> 01:26:29,500 He tells you to foam at the mouth... 1402 01:26:29,584 --> 01:26:32,178 ...to faint and sing and shout, and hope for something in the hereafter. 1403 01:26:32,264 --> 01:26:34,824 We can have it right now, brother. We can have it right now. 1404 01:26:34,904 --> 01:26:36,860 - Come on down. As salaam alaikum. - Yeah. I'll see you later. 1405 01:26:36,944 --> 01:26:39,094 Do you know what that means, brother? "Peace be unto you." 1406 01:26:39,184 --> 01:26:42,223 My beautiful black sisters, can I have a moment of your time? 1407 01:26:42,306 --> 01:26:45,059 Don't be ashamed when I call you black. 1408 01:26:45,146 --> 01:26:47,740 Cos you're beautiful. Black is beautiful. 1409 01:26:47,826 --> 01:26:51,535 You don't have to come here every day beggin' these folks for a job! 1410 01:26:51,626 --> 01:26:54,540 Why, you can wash their clothes for 'em, scrub their floors... 1411 01:26:54,628 --> 01:26:57,425 ...rock their little brats to sleep for the rest of your life! 1412 01:26:57,507 --> 01:26:59,578 You'll still end up poor and without anything. 1413 01:26:59,668 --> 01:27:01,703 And yet you're here on the auction block! 1414 01:27:01,787 --> 01:27:04,904 They're examining you like a chicken, or a horse, or a slave! 1415 01:27:04,987 --> 01:27:09,904 You see this here? This is who you are. Beautiful. Your beautiful black selves. 1416 01:27:09,989 --> 01:27:12,550 With pride, and dignity. In fact... 1417 01:27:14,269 --> 01:27:17,579 Uh... I'd also expect you to work one Saturday every month... 1418 01:27:17,669 --> 01:27:19,739 ...and occasionally into the evening. I hope my... 1419 01:27:25,350 --> 01:27:27,546 You see, these are the questions! 1420 01:27:27,631 --> 01:27:30,703 The questions you and I have to ask. How did we get this mind? 1421 01:27:30,791 --> 01:27:34,543 You're not an American. You're an African who happens to be an American. 1422 01:27:34,629 --> 01:27:36,588 You have to understand the difference. 1423 01:27:36,672 --> 01:27:40,062 We didn't come over on the Nina, the Pinta and the... and the Whatchamacallit! 1424 01:27:40,152 --> 01:27:43,860 We didn't land on Plymouth Rock! Plymouth Rock landed on us! 1425 01:27:44,271 --> 01:27:46,660 Landed right on top of us! 1426 01:27:48,111 --> 01:27:50,069 Shorty? 1427 01:27:50,153 --> 01:27:52,667 Is that you, brother? 1428 01:27:52,793 --> 01:27:57,583 Praise be to Allah. That's what I'm talking about, the slave mentality, the slave mind. 1429 01:27:57,673 --> 01:27:59,903 This brother and I, we had the slave mind. 1430 01:27:59,993 --> 01:28:04,147 We used to rob together, sleep with white women. We even went to prison together. 1431 01:28:04,235 --> 01:28:06,226 Now, don't be surprised when I say we went to prison... 1432 01:28:06,315 --> 01:28:09,387 ...cos some of y'all still in prison. Prisons of your mind. 1433 01:28:09,475 --> 01:28:11,705 Stand up, brother. C'mon. 1434 01:28:11,795 --> 01:28:15,992 (chuckles) The brother's a little shy. Come on, brother! Give me a hug. 1435 01:28:16,837 --> 01:28:18,270 Yeah! 1436 01:28:18,717 --> 01:28:21,515 That's all right, brother. That's all right. 1437 01:28:21,597 --> 01:28:23,552 He's still got his hair fried. That's all right, though. 1438 01:28:23,636 --> 01:28:26,231 - That's the slave mind. - (laughter) 1439 01:28:26,317 --> 01:28:29,592 I gotta hand it to you, Red, best preacher hype I ever did hear. 1440 01:28:29,676 --> 01:28:31,475 No hype, brother. It's the truth. 1441 01:28:31,558 --> 01:28:33,628 Why don't you come on back down to the temple and hear some more? 1442 01:28:33,718 --> 01:28:36,835 - Man, I can't pay that shit no mind. - Brother, you need to pay it all your mind. 1443 01:28:36,918 --> 01:28:40,035 - What mind you have left. - Take it easy, greasy. This is me. Shorty! 1444 01:28:40,758 --> 01:28:43,147 Let's go around the corner. (sniffs) 1445 01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:46,991 No, sir. Not any more. I've been clean for eight years, brother. 1446 01:28:47,080 --> 01:28:48,751 - Eight years? - Eight years. 1447 01:28:48,839 --> 01:28:50,795 You are somethin', homey. 1448 01:28:50,879 --> 01:28:52,915 My trouble is I love pig's feet and white women too much. 1449 01:28:52,999 --> 01:28:55,274 - (laughs) - I damn sure can't be no Muslim! 1450 01:28:55,399 --> 01:28:58,552 That's cos you're lost, brother. That's cos you're lost. 1451 01:28:59,641 --> 01:29:01,996 But we can find you. 1452 01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:09,359 - So what d'you hear about the old gang? - Heard about Sammy? 1453 01:29:09,680 --> 01:29:13,800 Dead. Knocked overin a bed with a chick 1454 01:29:14,082 --> 01:29:16,915 Had 25 grand in his pocket also. 1455 01:29:17,002 --> 01:29:19,038 Guess it was his lucky number(!) 1456 01:29:19,122 --> 01:29:23,035 What about, uh... What was that brother's name? 1457 01:29:23,122 --> 01:29:25,763 Cadillac? Gone, too? 1458 01:29:25,924 --> 01:29:30,076 Hooked on heroin. Been in and out of Lexington five orsix times. 1459 01:29:30,324 --> 01:29:33,599 - Sophia? - Still happily married to that rich ofay. 1460 01:29:33,683 --> 01:29:36,278 - She married him? - She married him. 1461 01:29:36,364 --> 01:29:38,755 - Went for the money. - The money. 1462 01:29:38,846 --> 01:29:41,280 Thank you, honey. 1463 01:29:41,725 --> 01:29:43,523 I haven't seen West Indian Archie. 1464 01:29:43,606 --> 01:29:46,517 Grapevine says he lives in the Bronx... 1465 01:29:46,605 --> 01:29:48,642 ...if you want to call that livin '. 1466 01:29:48,726 --> 01:29:52,687 - Shorty, it's been good seein'you. - Same here, Red. 1467 01:29:58,247 --> 01:30:01,637 - You in? - (slurs) Get the hell away from me. 1468 01:30:01,727 --> 01:30:03,682 Bitch! 1469 01:30:04,966 --> 01:30:08,517 - (knock at door) - I'll pay you tomorrow! 1470 01:30:21,570 --> 01:30:23,560 How you doing, Archie? 1471 01:30:24,210 --> 01:30:26,280 My man Red. 1472 01:30:28,369 --> 01:30:30,326 C'mere, man. 1473 01:30:34,052 --> 01:30:36,485 No, don't get up. It's all right. 1474 01:30:40,251 --> 01:30:42,207 (whispers) Yes. 1475 01:30:43,811 --> 01:30:45,767 Is... 1476 01:30:46,934 --> 01:30:48,889 ...really you, Red? 1477 01:30:49,733 --> 01:30:51,769 Yes, it's me. 1478 01:30:55,293 --> 01:30:57,329 I came to, uh... 1479 01:30:57,973 --> 01:30:59,849 ...just to thank you. 1480 01:31:00,615 --> 01:31:02,685 Thank you for saving my life. 1481 01:31:02,775 --> 01:31:06,085 When I think back to when we were on the streets of Harlem... 1482 01:31:06,175 --> 01:31:10,248 ...tryin' to gun each other down... - I wasn't gonna shoot you, man. 1483 01:31:11,735 --> 01:31:13,374 It was... 1484 01:31:13,374 --> 01:31:16,651 ...just my rep. Y'know? 1485 01:31:18,135 --> 01:31:20,490 All I had was my rep. 1486 01:31:22,295 --> 01:31:24,252 But now... 1487 01:31:24,935 --> 01:31:26,971 ...you tell me this. 1488 01:31:27,415 --> 01:31:30,056 You didn't really have that number? 1489 01:31:31,937 --> 01:31:34,007 I don't know, Archie, I... 1490 01:31:34,097 --> 01:31:37,214 I really don't even remember. That's not even important. 1491 01:31:37,297 --> 01:31:40,130 The important thing now is to get you back on your feet. 1492 01:31:40,417 --> 01:31:43,172 Yeah. Y'know, I have some angles... 1493 01:31:45,378 --> 01:31:47,529 ...ain't been figured yet. 1494 01:31:49,338 --> 01:31:50,612 (grunts) 1495 01:31:51,179 --> 01:31:53,533 Archie, here. Hang on. 1496 01:31:53,618 --> 01:31:55,771 - (grunts) - It's all right. 1497 01:32:00,981 --> 01:32:04,256 Help me with my arm. (exhales heavily) 1498 01:32:04,340 --> 01:32:07,969 - All right. - Have to exercise my arm. 1499 01:32:08,100 --> 01:32:10,058 Here? 1500 01:32:11,262 --> 01:32:13,218 Yeah. 1501 01:32:13,783 --> 01:32:17,661 - That's better? - Yeah. It feels good. 1502 01:32:17,742 --> 01:32:19,494 Good. 1503 01:32:19,982 --> 01:32:23,579 - Yes, right here! - Sweetness, I got somethin' for you, baby! 1504 01:32:23,664 --> 01:32:25,461 What happened to our women? 1505 01:32:25,544 --> 01:32:29,582 They could have been doctors, or lawyers, or teachers, or mothers? 1506 01:32:29,663 --> 01:32:31,539 Who's going to raise our children? 1507 01:32:31,622 --> 01:32:32,976 What happened to ourmen? 1508 01:32:33,063 --> 01:32:37,305 They could have been mathematicians, electricians orphysicians. 1509 01:32:37,305 --> 01:32:39,454 What happened to 'em? What's the little boy gonna do... 1510 01:32:39,544 --> 01:32:42,776 ...when he's lookin' for his father and his father's downtown injail? 1511 01:32:42,865 --> 01:32:45,458 What's the little girl gonna do when she's lookin' for her mother... 1512 01:32:45,544 --> 01:32:48,104 ...and she's selling herself on the street? - Laura! Laura, wait up for me! 1513 01:32:48,184 --> 01:32:51,895 No, I'm telling you that devil has made dead souls out of you and I! 1514 01:32:51,986 --> 01:32:54,295 - You're dead! You're dead spirits! - Take the money. 1515 01:32:54,386 --> 01:32:55,506 Put your money away. 1516 01:32:55,506 --> 01:32:56,905 You're dead to the knowledge of yourself! 1517 01:32:56,986 --> 01:32:58,942 You're dead to the knowledge of your people... 1518 01:32:59,026 --> 01:33:00,982 ...and you're dead to the knowledge of your god! 1519 01:33:01,066 --> 01:33:06,062 My brothers and sisters, he should get down on his knees, and beg ourmercy! 1520 01:33:06,148 --> 01:33:08,103 Oh, my brothers and sisters... 1521 01:33:08,187 --> 01:33:11,896 ...his kind has committed God's greatest crime against your and my kind... 1522 01:33:11,987 --> 01:33:14,104 ...every day of his life! - (cheering) 1523 01:33:14,188 --> 01:33:17,785 He oughta get on his knees and say he's committed a crime! 1524 01:33:17,870 --> 01:33:20,622 But does he do that? Does he do that? No! 1525 01:33:20,789 --> 01:33:24,338 No, he scorns you. He splits your head with his night stick! 1526 01:33:24,429 --> 01:33:27,103 He busts you upside the head with that billy club! 1527 01:33:27,190 --> 01:33:28,861 And he calls you a nigger! 1528 01:33:28,949 --> 01:33:32,830 I'm tellin' you, he calls you a coon! That's what he says to you! "Boy! Nigger!" 1529 01:33:32,911 --> 01:33:35,151 - 400 years is long enough. - (approving shouts) 1530 01:33:35,151 --> 01:33:38,621 You've been sittin' down and layin' down and bowin' down for 400 years. 1531 01:33:38,711 --> 01:33:42,180 I think it's time to stand up. I think it's time to stand up. 1532 01:33:42,270 --> 01:33:45,389 - We're with you, Brother Malcolm! - All right! Bless you. 1533 01:33:45,472 --> 01:33:47,827 - Bless you. - We're together. 1534 01:33:48,592 --> 01:33:51,425 - Praise him! Praise him! - Come on up. 1535 01:33:51,912 --> 01:33:55,427 - Glory, my Lord! Praise him! Praise him! - Yeah! 1536 01:33:55,512 --> 01:33:56,581 Praise him! 1537 01:33:56,672 --> 01:34:00,462 - Praise him! - How you doin'? 1538 01:34:00,554 --> 01:34:03,705 Yeah. All right. Yes. Good to see you. 1539 01:34:03,794 --> 01:34:06,353 (excited chatter) 1540 01:34:07,874 --> 01:34:09,829 Yes, sir. Next Wednesday, eight o'clock. 1541 01:34:09,913 --> 01:34:12,874 - I'll be there! - I'll see you there. 1542 01:34:12,956 --> 01:34:15,025 Brother Baines? Excuse me, sister. 1543 01:34:15,115 --> 01:34:17,948 You think we can, uh, get a loudspeaker set up outside? 1544 01:34:18,035 --> 01:34:21,472 I'm sure we can. Brother Malcolm, this is Sister Betty. 1545 01:34:21,556 --> 01:34:24,353 She lectures our Muslim women on hygiene and diet. 1546 01:34:24,435 --> 01:34:27,634 She stresses care for the body and regular eating habits. 1547 01:34:27,717 --> 01:34:28,911 Good. Good. 1548 01:34:28,997 --> 01:34:32,353 - As salaam alaikum. - Wa-alaikum salaam, sister. 1549 01:34:33,317 --> 01:34:35,751 Brother Minister, your sister wonders... 1550 01:34:35,837 --> 01:34:38,589 ...if you know what Sister Harriet Tubman did... 1551 01:34:38,676 --> 01:34:41,477 ...between taking souls to the Promised Land. 1552 01:34:41,559 --> 01:34:44,152 Uh, I don't know. What's that, sister? 1553 01:34:45,039 --> 01:34:47,154 She ate. 1554 01:34:49,719 --> 01:34:51,674 Excuse me. 1555 01:34:58,680 --> 01:35:00,715 She's interesting. 1556 01:35:00,799 --> 01:35:04,269 So, Brother Minister, I was hoping that you would come and speak to my class. 1557 01:35:04,359 --> 01:35:06,919 Yes. Yes, I'll speak to your class. 1558 01:35:08,041 --> 01:35:11,238 - But I'm a hard man on the women. - Are you? 1559 01:35:11,321 --> 01:35:13,710 Yes, we have to be careful when it comes to women. 1560 01:35:13,801 --> 01:35:19,080 Because too many of our women, they have too much of the devil in 'em. 1561 01:35:19,401 --> 01:35:22,361 Bleachin' and dyein' and... 1562 01:35:23,163 --> 01:35:25,438 ...ironin' their hair. 1563 01:35:26,243 --> 01:35:29,518 Runnin' around in the streets half-naked. 1564 01:35:31,643 --> 01:35:35,081 (snorts) Talkin' too much, listenin' to the wrong men. 1565 01:35:35,165 --> 01:35:38,634 Makin' em deceitful, untrustworthy, fresh... 1566 01:35:38,724 --> 01:35:41,079 And you men are to blame, too. 1567 01:35:41,164 --> 01:35:44,644 We don't protect, we don't value, we don't even support them. 1568 01:35:44,644 --> 01:35:47,112 See, the building of a new nation... 1569 01:35:48,124 --> 01:35:50,356 ...begins with the woman. 1570 01:35:50,446 --> 01:35:54,724 Because the mother is the first teacher of the child. 1571 01:35:54,806 --> 01:35:56,925 The message she gives that child... 1572 01:35:56,925 --> 01:35:59,201 ...the child gives to the world, so we have to be very careful. 1573 01:35:59,286 --> 01:36:02,200 When it comes to... to choosing a mate... 1574 01:36:03,128 --> 01:36:06,564 ...Samson, the strongest man that ever lived... 1575 01:36:06,648 --> 01:36:09,922 ...was destroyed by the woman that slept in his arms. 1576 01:36:10,006 --> 01:36:12,396 Should I tell my sisters, then, that... 1577 01:36:12,487 --> 01:36:15,046 ...we don't believe in marriage? 1578 01:36:15,126 --> 01:36:17,767 No! (chuckles) We don't oppose marriage. 1579 01:36:17,848 --> 01:36:21,602 Cos we're not Catholic priests. We don't believe in celibacy, no. 1580 01:36:21,688 --> 01:36:23,963 Mr Muhammad teaches us that if a woman is, uh... 1581 01:36:24,048 --> 01:36:26,767 ...the right height for a man, the right complexion... 1582 01:36:26,848 --> 01:36:30,889 If she's half the man's age, plus seven... 1583 01:36:32,370 --> 01:36:38,605 ...and if she understands that man's essential nature is strong... 1584 01:36:38,690 --> 01:36:41,204 ...and she's willin' to support that... 1585 01:36:41,290 --> 01:36:43,248 ...and if she's, uh... 1586 01:36:43,332 --> 01:36:47,290 ...if she can sew, and she can cook, and, um, loves children... 1587 01:36:47,371 --> 01:36:49,488 ...and stays out of trouble... 1588 01:36:49,572 --> 01:36:52,644 I think you've made your points, Brother Minister Malcolm. 1589 01:36:52,732 --> 01:36:55,803 - Good. - You haven't any time for marriage. 1590 01:36:55,891 --> 01:36:57,213 - No. - (both laugh) 1591 01:36:57,294 --> 01:37:01,572 So what I'll do is put the chapters down, I'll write them down for you. 1592 01:37:01,654 --> 01:37:02,609 All right. 1593 01:37:02,694 --> 01:37:06,130 As well as the New Testament chapters of St Matthew. 1594 01:37:06,214 --> 01:37:07,612 - Brother Minister. - Yes? 1595 01:37:07,693 --> 01:37:10,494 I hope that doesn't mean you won't come and visit my class, though. 1596 01:37:10,576 --> 01:37:12,645 Oh, no! No. I'd love to come to your class. 1597 01:37:12,735 --> 01:37:15,011 - (chuckles) - I love to teach. I love sharing. 1598 01:37:15,096 --> 01:37:17,211 You see, this is the wonderful thing about Mr Muhammad. 1599 01:37:17,295 --> 01:37:19,809 When he gives you this knowledge, when he shares this knowledge with you... 1600 01:37:19,895 --> 01:37:24,176 ...you can't help but to run out and... - Excuse me, um, Brother Minister... 1601 01:37:24,176 --> 01:37:27,929 ...would it be OK if we just sat down for a moment? 1602 01:37:28,015 --> 01:37:31,406 - It's a pretty big building, and, uh... - Oh, yes. 1603 01:37:31,496 --> 01:37:33,612 - (chuckles) - Yes, sister. I'm sorry. 1604 01:37:33,696 --> 01:37:36,334 - I've had you on your feet all day. - Oh, no. No, no. 1605 01:37:36,415 --> 01:37:40,171 - My mistake. - You've been on your feet for days. 1606 01:37:40,937 --> 01:37:44,213 And, uh... you didn't even finish your salad. 1607 01:37:46,497 --> 01:37:49,136 - So, let's talk about you for a change. - Mm. 1608 01:37:49,377 --> 01:37:53,213 - How tall are you? - Why do you ask? 1609 01:37:53,299 --> 01:37:54,971 - Idle question. - Oh. 1610 01:37:55,859 --> 01:37:59,329 Well, if it's just an idle question, I hope you won't force me to answer it. 1611 01:37:59,459 --> 01:38:02,451 (chuckles) No. I won't force you. 1612 01:38:05,781 --> 01:38:11,174 Well, Brother Baines says that I'm tall enough for a tall man. 1613 01:38:11,421 --> 01:38:16,176 He's briefed you also, then? (laughs) How old are you, sister? 1614 01:38:16,981 --> 01:38:19,183 You know, Brother Malcolm... 1615 01:38:19,183 --> 01:38:22,811 ...there are a few things about women that you don't understand. 1616 01:38:23,062 --> 01:38:26,737 - Some of us, we're possessive, very vain. - Are you? 1617 01:38:26,822 --> 01:38:30,132 And persistent, when we've set our mind to something. 1618 01:38:30,222 --> 01:38:32,053 What have you set your mind to? 1619 01:38:35,103 --> 01:38:37,459 Being a good Muslim... 1620 01:38:37,743 --> 01:38:39,813 ...a good nurse... 1621 01:38:40,383 --> 01:38:42,339 ...and a good wife. 1622 01:38:42,423 --> 01:38:44,493 Brother Malcolm? 1623 01:38:44,583 --> 01:38:46,303 - Excuse me, Sister Betty. - Certainly. 1624 01:38:46,385 --> 01:38:48,853 Brother Malcolm, Brother Johnson was attacked by the police. 1625 01:38:50,985 --> 01:38:51,656 Excuse me, sister. 1626 01:38:51,745 --> 01:38:53,781 - There was a scuffle! - The brother was just watchin'! 1627 01:38:53,865 --> 01:38:57,335 - The cop came along, he said "Move on!" - Didn't move quick enough for the ofay! 1628 01:38:57,425 --> 01:38:59,540 Crack! He was bleedin' like a stuck hog! 1629 01:38:59,624 --> 01:39:01,618 So what you gonna do? 1630 01:39:02,426 --> 01:39:05,066 He'll rap a little. He's a Muslim. 1631 01:39:05,307 --> 01:39:08,503 But you ain't gonna do nothin' but make a speech. 1632 01:39:08,586 --> 01:39:11,862 Muslims talk a good game, but they never do nothin'. 1633 01:39:11,946 --> 01:39:14,258 Unless somebody bothers Muslims. 1634 01:39:24,428 --> 01:39:29,424 - Charlie, wait up. - More troublemakers. Here they come. 1635 01:39:30,070 --> 01:39:33,779 (* radio plays Perry Como: "Round And Round") 1636 01:39:33,870 --> 01:39:36,589 We demand to see Brother Johnson. 1637 01:39:36,670 --> 01:39:38,661 Who the hell are you? 1638 01:39:38,750 --> 01:39:40,501 I'm the minister for Muslim Temple Number Seven. 1639 01:39:40,589 --> 01:39:42,742 - Never heard of you. - Where is he? 1640 01:39:42,832 --> 01:39:46,063 - Nobody here by that name. - Wait a second. What is your name, fella? 1641 01:39:46,152 --> 01:39:48,584 Don't worry about what my name is. 1642 01:39:48,670 --> 01:39:51,060 Two witnesses saw Brother Johnson brought in here, beat up. 1643 01:39:51,151 --> 01:39:54,142 - Nobody saw him brought out. - You didn't hear the sergeant? 1644 01:39:54,230 --> 01:39:57,110 - Outside. - I suggest you look outside that window. 1645 01:39:57,192 --> 01:40:00,628 * Cos you've found what you've been dreamin' of 1646 01:40:01,552 --> 01:40:05,022 * In the night, you see the oval moon 1647 01:40:05,512 --> 01:40:08,904 * Going round and round in tune 1648 01:40:08,994 --> 01:40:12,270 - Jimmy, c'mere a second. - Yes, we intend to see Brother Johnson. 1649 01:40:13,474 --> 01:40:16,670 - Who the hell are they supposed to be? - They're brothers of Brother Johnson. 1650 01:40:21,193 --> 01:40:23,949 Eddie, let me take a look at that blotter. 1651 01:40:27,716 --> 01:40:29,671 Uh... 1652 01:40:32,356 --> 01:40:35,153 Yeah. We got a Muslim. Relief musta put it down. 1653 01:40:35,235 --> 01:40:36,876 - Must have. - Yeah, but you can't see him. 1654 01:40:36,958 --> 01:40:40,233 - Because you ain't his lawyer. - No lawyer, no see. 1655 01:40:40,317 --> 01:40:44,674 Well, until I am satisfied Brother Johnson is receiving proper medical care... 1656 01:40:44,757 --> 01:40:46,748 ...nobody will move. 1657 01:40:49,477 --> 01:40:53,267 * Then your love, you'll hold herround, round, round 1658 01:40:53,719 --> 01:40:56,597 * In your heart's a song with a brand-new... 1659 01:40:59,799 --> 01:41:01,834 Get an ambulance. 1660 01:41:01,918 --> 01:41:02,713 Now! 1661 01:41:15,479 --> 01:41:17,120 (siren wails) 1662 01:41:20,641 --> 01:41:22,791 All right, break it up! You got what you wanted. 1663 01:41:22,881 --> 01:41:25,270 No. I'm not satisfied. 1664 01:41:25,401 --> 01:41:27,039 To the hospital. 1665 01:41:27,121 --> 01:41:28,793 (* military drumbeat) 1666 01:41:32,283 --> 01:41:34,797 (crowd murmurs) 1667 01:41:55,645 --> 01:41:58,161 - Walk on! - (shouts and conversation) 1668 01:41:59,207 --> 01:42:00,878 Sidney, come on! 1669 01:42:22,447 --> 01:42:25,407 (crowd shouts) 1670 01:42:59,332 --> 01:43:01,288 Keep fightin', son! 1671 01:43:01,372 --> 01:43:05,808 - (siren wails) - (shouting and chanting) 1672 01:43:20,256 --> 01:43:24,966 (crowd) We want justice! We want justice! We want justice! 1673 01:43:25,056 --> 01:43:28,842 All right, that's enough. I want these people moved outta here. 1674 01:43:28,934 --> 01:43:33,325 Fruit of Islam are disciplined men. They haven't broken any laws. Yet. 1675 01:43:33,414 --> 01:43:36,135 - What about them? - That's your headache, Captain. 1676 01:43:36,216 --> 01:43:39,413 - But if Brother Johnson dies, I pity you. - We want justice! 1677 01:43:39,496 --> 01:43:40,929 Doctor? 1678 01:43:41,016 --> 01:43:43,325 He'll live. He's getting the best care we can give. 1679 01:43:43,416 --> 01:43:44,610 - Thank you, Doctor. - Certainly. 1680 01:43:44,696 --> 01:43:47,084 - We want justice! - All right. OK. 1681 01:43:47,175 --> 01:43:49,294 Now let's disperse this mob! 1682 01:43:50,058 --> 01:43:53,130 We want justice! We want justice! 1683 01:43:53,338 --> 01:43:56,488 We want justice! We want justice! 1684 01:43:56,778 --> 01:43:59,849 We want justice! We want justice! 1685 01:44:00,137 --> 01:44:03,416 We want justice! We want justice! 1686 01:44:03,500 --> 01:44:05,012 We want justice!