0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains prolonged violent scenes
0:00:05 > 0:00:09and scenes which some viewers may find upsetting
0:00:09 > 0:00:12'This is how I heard about the boy, Kunta Kinte.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17'And this is how I'll tell you the story.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25'The two most important days in a man's life
0:00:25 > 0:00:27'are the day he is born
0:00:27 > 0:00:30'and the day that he understands why.'
0:00:30 > 0:00:32INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:00:32 > 0:00:34MAN GROANS
0:00:36 > 0:00:39HE SCREAMS
0:00:44 > 0:00:48'There was once a rich and sophisticated city named Juffure
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'in a Mandinka kingdom in West Africa.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54'It was located on the banks of the Kamby Bolongo,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58'the Great River of the Gambia.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05'Like the Greeks, Romans and Hebrews,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08'Mandinka kept slaves as servants.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12'Some slaves married into these families,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'others paid ransoms to be free.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22'Then Europeans arrived in great sailing ships.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'Some Mandinka were corrupted by European guns and gold,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28'creating a violent market for slaves.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31'But the many Africans who fought European plundering
0:01:31 > 0:01:35'suffered brutal reprisals.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40'Kunta Kinte's family were warriors loyal to the king.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42'On the day that Kunta was born,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44'the Kinte family had a violent clash
0:01:44 > 0:01:46'with their rivals, the Koros,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49'who were loyal only to their greed.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51MAN SHOUTS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:01:53 > 0:01:56HE GRUNTS IN PAIN
0:02:04 > 0:02:06'It would take Kunta a long time
0:02:06 > 0:02:10'to understand why he was born into this world, but when he did,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12'it was as clear as the sky above the Kamby Bolongo.'
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Sir, permission? I do not need permission.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The king needs my sons and I to support him.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38The king knows you sail upriver to buy slaves at favourable prices.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42He knows you're trading them for English guns.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44None of this is your business, Omoro Kinte.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48We control who goes up and down the river.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51For our Mansa, the king.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Argh!
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Do not sacrifice your sons for your own greed!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05HORSE WHINNIES
0:03:11 > 0:03:14DRUM PLAYS
0:03:25 > 0:03:26HORSE GRUNTS
0:03:32 > 0:03:34WOMAN SCREAMS
0:03:39 > 0:03:41SHE SCREAMS AND GRUNTS
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Push, push!
0:03:47 > 0:03:48SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Push. - Argh! Argh!
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Push! Push!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Turn. Go. Wait.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34WOMAN SCREAMS
0:04:37 > 0:04:40DRUMMING STOPS
0:04:46 > 0:04:49WOMAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:04:49 > 0:04:52WOMEN LAUGH
0:04:52 > 0:04:55SINGING CONTINUES
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Now you can enter, brave Mandinka warrior. - WOMEN LAUGH
0:04:59 > 0:05:01TRANSLATED SINGING:
0:05:27 > 0:05:30SHE HUMS
0:05:40 > 0:05:43You must hear your name first.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50You are Kunta Kinte, son of Omoro and Binta Kinte.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Grandson of Kairaba Kunta Kinte and Yaisa.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59You must always honour your ancestors,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02the ones who love you and watch over you.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Your name is your spirit.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Your name is your shield.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Allahu Akbar!
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Behold Kunta Kinte,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20the only thing that is greater than you.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39HE LAUGHS
0:06:40 > 0:06:43THEY WHOOP AND CHEER
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I am king of the Kamby Bolongo! HE LAUGHS
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- SHE GASPS - Crocodile!- Argh! Argh!
0:06:55 > 0:06:58THEY LAUGH
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Kunta, don't run away. You are so sour,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06a crocodile would spit you out.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09HE CHUCKLES Jinna, come swim down river with me.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Then we will see who's scared of crocodiles.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Back to work, Jinna. And I don't see many oysters in your basket.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Because they have disappeared into your belly.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- OTHERS LAUGH - Kunta, don't bother with that girl.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Soon an older warrior will take her for his bride.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Jinna is getting married? - One of the Koros.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30He agreed to bring her into the family.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Then she can bother the Koros instead of you.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39MUSIC
0:07:43 > 0:07:48WOMAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:07:50 > 0:07:53ALL SING IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:08:17 > 0:08:20SINGING CONTINUES
0:08:20 > 0:08:23RHYTHMIC CLAPPING
0:08:23 > 0:08:26SINGING CONTINUES
0:08:47 > 0:08:50THEY CHEER
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Kunta!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:09:07 > 0:09:11No, Kunta. This is not the time. Control your temper.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Anger is the path to poor decisions.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Lamin is hungry.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Go to my room and get a bowl of cooked rice.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- But he's sleeping. - Is this back talk?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31RHYTHMIC CLAPPING CONTINUES
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Cooked rice...
0:09:42 > 0:09:45SWORD CLANGS, MAN SHOUTS
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Make me proud.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53KUNTA PANTS Argh!
0:10:08 > 0:10:10HE PANTS
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- MAN:- Argh!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Uncle Silla!
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Did I ask you to speak? - No, Uncle Silla.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35If I didn't ask you to speak, why do you keep saying my name?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I'm dying of thirst.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Argh! Is there water?!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Of course there is water.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49If I had run as far as you, I would want water, too.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53But what you want is of no importance.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54I am your Kintago!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- ALL:- Peace be with you.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59KINTAGO SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:10:59 > 0:11:02And with you.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05May Allah's mercy rain upon you.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07You will need it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Your lives will be measured by what you do now.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Only the bravest will be selected
0:11:13 > 0:11:17to become warriors to serve your king.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21But if you fail, no woman will bear your children.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26You must leave Juffure and live your days somewhere else.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Now stand up!
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Line up! And shut up!
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Your jujuo is across the river.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You will live there like the old Mandinka way
0:11:39 > 0:11:42in warm, comfy lean-tos.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44What are you waiting for? Now cross the river.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Go! - WHIP CRACKS
0:11:47 > 0:11:50THEY SHOUT
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- THEY GRUNT - Go! Go!
0:12:42 > 0:12:44HORSE WHINNIES
0:12:48 > 0:12:51For a Mandinka warrior,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55one horse is worth 20 men in battle.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I know you have been taught to ride by your family,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59but not a horse like this.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01He is a king of a royal line
0:13:01 > 0:13:04that goes back to the great kings of Mali.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Who will ride him?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Kunta volunteers.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18But I don't see a saddle or reins.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22This horse will never allow a boy like you to put a bit in his mouth.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23And what if your enemy took your saddle?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Would you try to run without your horse?
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Hands up together. - But how will I hold on?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- WHIP CRACKS - What are your legs for?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37HE GRUNTS
0:13:37 > 0:13:39HORSE WHINNIES
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Argh! Argh!
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Slow! Wait, slow down!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Go around. Go around.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Go around! Go around!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00HORSE WHINNIES
0:14:03 > 0:14:06HE GROANS
0:14:06 > 0:14:09HORSE SNORTS
0:14:17 > 0:14:22This king of horses has made you all look weak, unprepared.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25You have far to go if you want to be called a Mandinka warrior.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27This horse could feel your fear
0:14:27 > 0:14:30because you are only thinking of yourselves,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33not about the horse.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35MAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:14:37 > 0:14:41THEY ALL SING IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:14:53 > 0:14:56MEN GRUNT
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Are we moving?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Why do I still feel we are on the river bank?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Faster!
0:15:04 > 0:15:07If we met an enemy, this would be a canoe full of dead warriors.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10My hands are like monkey paws.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Faster! Faster! Paddle!
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- HORN BLOWS - You hear that?
0:15:17 > 0:15:23The enemy approaches. We must stop the enemy on the river, or he will kill you and attack your families.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- This can't be real, is it? - Your weapons are at your feet.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33But these are not sharpened.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Oh. Did you all forget to prepare your weapons in advance?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40There is a word for a Mandinka who is unprepared in battle.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43A slave!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I see them.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's only Master Silla.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Addo, stand up! Use your javelin.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Attack your enemy before he kills you.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- What if I hit Master Silla?- A warrior who hesitates is a dead warrior.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Throw now!
0:16:00 > 0:16:02HE GRUNTS
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Argh!
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Kunta! Up!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18If you cannot fight your enemy across the river,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21you will be killed! Taken as a slave!
0:16:23 > 0:16:25KUNTA GRUNTS
0:16:34 > 0:16:39I will not tolerate your insolence. You disobeyed my order.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I instructed you to use your javelin.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Instead, you insulted Silla Ba Dibba, your teacher.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I defeated my enemy.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Kunta Kinte,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54we will see if you are as good as you think you are.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57You will be given a head start.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00If you make it back to our jujuo before the others catch you,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04you can continue your training. But if you are caught,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08you will fail your training. You will never become a warrior,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10and you will be banished.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13HE SHOUTS
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Now run, Kunta Kinte.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Run!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Go!
0:17:28 > 0:17:31HE PANTS
0:17:42 > 0:17:44MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:17:52 > 0:17:54MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:18:06 > 0:18:09MAN SHOUTS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:18:09 > 0:18:12COW LOWS
0:18:13 > 0:18:15KUNTA LAUGHS
0:19:19 > 0:19:21You sure the dead man was from Juffure?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Yes, Uncle Silla. I knew him.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27His name was Musa.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30His family trades rice and oysters.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33His neck was tied like a goat.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38The Koros have gone too far. First they defy the king
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and sell slaves from upriver without permission.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Now they're taking our own to sell for guns.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Brother, it's too dangerous to be this far from Juffure.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53Especially for our sons. The Koros can take them as hostages and hold them for ransom.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56We must fight them, Fa.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02It's far easier to rush into fighting than to stop it once it starts.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10MAN SHRIEKS
0:20:10 > 0:20:12He is asking you a question.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15What is the warrior's first responsibility?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19To serve his king. MAN SHRIEKS
0:20:19 > 0:20:22MEN SHOUT IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- MAN SHRIEKS - He says you are wrong.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27To honour Allah. MAN SHRIEKS
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- MEN SHOUT - Also wrong.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34The first duty of a Mandinka warrior is to raise a family,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38to have children, to pass on our way of life.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43This starts with a clean and healthy foto.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47What we're about to do to you has been done to your fathers
0:20:47 > 0:20:51and their fathers and all of your forefathers.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56The paste will help numb you a little, but not enough.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00The pain will help you remember Kasa Boyo.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04And trust me, you will remember it.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Hold out your foto! Kunta Kinte.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16HE SCREAMS
0:21:25 > 0:21:27HE HOWLS
0:21:28 > 0:21:31VILLAGERS SING IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Jinna.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I missed your wedding.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04But I am not married, Kunta.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08MAN SHRIEKS
0:22:08 > 0:22:10VILLAGERS CHEER
0:22:13 > 0:22:15BINTA SINGS:
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Kunta.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Rise up, Mother.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I'm sorry for coming inside your new home
0:22:35 > 0:22:37without your permission, Kunta Kinte.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I'm happy to see you, Mother.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I made you a prayer rug,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45a bowl for rice, and...
0:22:47 > 0:22:50..and beads.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05The guests will be arriving soon.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12SHE HUMS
0:23:26 > 0:23:29THEY LAUGH
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- OMORO:- Have you ever seen his like?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38HORSE WHINNIES
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Now that you will serve in the king's cavalry, your horse should be the best.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45His line traces back to the great herds of the Sahara.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48HORSE WHINNIES
0:23:48 > 0:23:51If I accept this horse,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53must I stay in Juffure?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I don't understand. Juffure is our home.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Why would you leave?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04To study in Timbuktu.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Then we'd never see you again. - That's true.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09It is very, very far, Kunta.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I need to know if I can attend university.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Test myself against the best students in the world.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Timbuktu is a giant city with aggressive and ambitious people
0:24:20 > 0:24:24where boys fight like dogs to be accepted in the university.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It'll be my own fight.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30You would do this to your mother? I won't allow it.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Are you ordering me to stay?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I want you to perform your duties to this family
0:24:35 > 0:24:40like I did, like my father did, and his father before him.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I won't always be there
0:24:43 > 0:24:46to clean up the trouble you cause, Kunta.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Listen to your elders.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Stay here.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Stop filling your head with dreams.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And forget that girl.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02We will make you a better match.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Old Mandinka say they shall bring him back to us in peace.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57HORSE NEIGHS Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- You scared him. - A wild-tempered horse.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Perfect for you, Kunta.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09So, Kalabi Koro chose someone else?
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I turned HIM down.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14But I know the right warrior for me.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18If he even exists.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21My parents want to arrange a marriage for me.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I turned them down, too. But I came to speak to you.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27There's nothing to talk about.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Now they say you are going to Timbuktu to study.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Far, far away.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Instead of serving the king or taking a wife.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Jinna. Look, will you slow down?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43I agree.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48And you should only choose the right warrior.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Jinna, I'm the right warrior.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54You know this. We both do.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Everyone in Juffure tells me what I can't do,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59but...
0:26:59 > 0:27:03HE SIGHS ..I know what I want.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Peace be upon you, brother.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10And upon you.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12You look familiar.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Yes. I think I have seen you.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18You are the boy of Omoro Kinte.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23You speak Mandinka, but you're not one of us.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I speak many languages.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28How else can a man make a living here on the Kamby Bolongo?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30HORSE GRUNTS
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Go home, girl, quickly, or I will beat you.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37HE CHUCKLES
0:27:37 > 0:27:41It's time your family pay for all the trouble they have caused me, Kunta.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Come peacefully.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45The ransom negotiations should not take long,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47then you can go free.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Go free? I am free.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- Run! Tell my father! - Shoot her!
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Yah!
0:28:08 > 0:28:10SHE SCREAMS
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!
0:28:27 > 0:28:30HORSE WHINNIES
0:28:34 > 0:28:36HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:28:39 > 0:28:41HORSE WHINNIES Hyah!
0:28:53 > 0:28:56HORSE WHINNIES
0:28:57 > 0:29:00HE GRUNTS
0:29:00 > 0:29:03MEN SHOUT
0:29:11 > 0:29:14How long must I endure your family?
0:29:24 > 0:29:26There will be no ransom.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Sell the boy to the English with the other captives.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Take as many of his friends as you can.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37I want Omoro Kinte to feel what I feel.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38WHIP CRACKS
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- MAN:- Hove! Bring him forward! Drop him now!
0:29:43 > 0:29:46BRANDING IRON SIZZLES, HE SCREAMS
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Three crates of muskets. - That's twice their worth.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53- These men are warriors. - Two crates. No more.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Restrain him!
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Take him down, for God's sake.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Argh!
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Hove! Bring him forward
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Get him.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- Stop wriggling! - Drop him down!
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Uncle Silla! Uncle Silla!
0:30:21 > 0:30:23HE SCREAMS
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Move him on!
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- DISTANT:- All hands on deck!
0:30:41 > 0:30:44INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:30:52 > 0:30:54MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY
0:30:56 > 0:30:58SHIP RUMBLES
0:30:58 > 0:31:01MAN GRUNTS
0:31:04 > 0:31:05- SILLA:- Kunta!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Uncle Silla! Are you here?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11HE GROANS
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- Uncle Silla! - Kunta!
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Uncle Silla! What is this noise?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22The ship is getting ready to move.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27I cannot breathe.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Why is there no air in this hole?
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Are we under water?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35COUGHING
0:31:35 > 0:31:37How long have we been here?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Do you speak Mandinka, Father?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44MAN COUGHS
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Uncle Silla.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I soiled myself.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Like an animal.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I'm ashamed.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14The shame is not ours, Kunta.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20WATER SPLASHES
0:32:21 > 0:32:24INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:32:27 > 0:32:30GROANING
0:32:30 > 0:32:33They hurt you, Uncle Silla.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Your voice comforts me.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42What if the Koros hurt my father and my mother and my brothers?
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Uncle Silla, how will my family find us?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50MAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Kunta.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08I think Allah sends us dreams to guide us.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Dream of seeing your family again. Will you do that for me, Kunta?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Yes, Uncle Silla.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Fa.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Please find me.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28MAN CONTINUES SINGING
0:33:31 > 0:33:33SCREAMING
0:33:53 > 0:33:57HE SCREAMS AND SOBS
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- MAN:- Up!
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Clear a path!
0:34:10 > 0:34:13I want food in every black belly.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- Move! - Just beat them back!
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Back! Move your filthy legs! Eat!
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Don't look at me, monkey. - Clear a path! Move!
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- Don't let them spit it out. - Back, back!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Move, monkey! - Move sharply, lads!
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Faster they're fed, faster we're out of this privy.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Shove it in their faces, but make them eat.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Watch their hands, boys, and their teeth.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Eat now or go hungry.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Quickly, or you'll get nothing.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Feed him, boy!
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Eat, nigger.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55No "nigger eat."
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Here's another one who won't eat, Captain.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06A sharp poke in the ribs if you need, boys.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Secure his chin.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- Don't fight me, monkey. - HE GRUNTS
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Hold him still.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Hold still!
0:35:22 > 0:35:25KUNTA GRUNTS
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Pour it now, boy.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Listen for the gurgle.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- KUNTA GURGLES - Down it goes.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Young fool!
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Don't let even one starve himself, Mr Taylor.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48A dead nigger is money lost.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Out. Out when you're done.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57You'll eat or suck metal, but food will get in your belly.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02We got more work up on deck, boys.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05HE SPITS
0:36:07 > 0:36:09DOOR SLAMS
0:36:11 > 0:36:12- SILLA:- Kunta Kinte.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15You will not live if you do not eat.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Let me die.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Kunta! Live!
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- Live! See what comes! - Do you know what will come?!
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Does Allah?!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36HE BREATHES SHALLOWLY
0:36:39 > 0:36:42THUNDER CRASHES
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Man:- Come on!
0:36:46 > 0:36:47HE SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Brothers, I am Silla Ba Dibba from Juffure.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53How many are Mandinka here?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01We must help each other.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Mandinka sold the Wolof to the Portuguese!
0:37:04 > 0:37:07MEN SHOUT IN OWN LANGUAGES
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Brothers, stop!
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Stop!
0:37:23 > 0:37:26We will not survive as enemies.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30I've been in chains on this ship for two moons.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34I do not want to survive.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39THUNDER CRASHES
0:37:39 > 0:37:41WOMAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:37:50 > 0:37:54MAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:38:14 > 0:38:16SAILORS SHOUT
0:38:22 > 0:38:25HE SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:38:33 > 0:38:37THEY SING IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Come inside, Kunta.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08HE HUMS TUNE
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- MAN:- Up, up, up, niggers!
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Get up! Move! On your feet! Get them moving, Mr Peck!
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- Move!- Get up! Move!
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Back! Run! Move!
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Run! Move!
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Move! Up, nigger!
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Faster!
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- Argh!- Up!
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- Get them in line!- Move! Don't look at me!
0:39:50 > 0:39:51WHIP CRACKS
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Move!
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Stay in line.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Keep it straight!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Scrub them down, Mr Taylor.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Yes, Mr Carrington. Boy!
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Eyes open, lad. Back in line.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31SLAVES SHOUT
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Keep an eye, lads.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Every second out of the hold, dancing with the devil, lads.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Do your jobs.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46THEY GRUNT
0:40:46 > 0:40:50HE SCREAMS
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Drum!
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Now, you're gonna jump!
0:41:04 > 0:41:07You're gonna stretch your limbs, work your muscles!
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Keep it up until the drum stops!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Jump! Jump!
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Jump! Jump! Move! Move!
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Jump! Move!
0:41:24 > 0:41:28DRUM RHYTHM CONTINUES
0:41:28 > 0:41:31HE SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:41:37 > 0:41:41MEN SING
0:41:49 > 0:41:53WOMAN SINGS:
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Bring me the girl I like. Bring her now, Mr Carrington.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Yes, Captain. Mr Peck.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31SINGING CONTINUES
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Jinna!
0:42:35 > 0:42:37- Kunta!- Jinna!
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Hey!- Kunta!
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Very, very pretty.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48I've got some extra food for you.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51JINNA SCREAMS
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Grab her! But don't hurt her. No cuts or scars!
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- Mr Taylor! - JINNA CRIES
0:42:58 > 0:43:00What's going on here now?
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Grab her!
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Kunta!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Grab her!
0:43:14 > 0:43:17SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:43:17 > 0:43:20THEY SHOUT
0:43:27 > 0:43:31SHE CRIES AND SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:43:34 > 0:43:36That nigger girl has provoked them.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Take them down now, Mr Taylor.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Move! Come on! Move! Move!
0:43:43 > 0:43:46I know when my cargo starts to turn bad, Mr Carrington.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48We need an example.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52We need to make them think twice about starting trouble.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55That one with the wound.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01His arm is diseased! It must come off.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- Yes, Mr Carrington. - Make sure they all watch.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08- Get over here. - SILLA:- Argh!
0:44:08 > 0:44:12Get him on the deck.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Hold that arm out.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Hold him steady.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21SILLA SCREAMS
0:44:33 > 0:44:36HE SCREAMS
0:44:43 > 0:44:46MAN COUGHS
0:44:47 > 0:44:50I was dreaming of my daughters.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56They would always run to me when I came home.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00Arms waving like the wings of a stork.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06Keep your dreams to yourself.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20I am not a brave man, Kunta.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26But if the time comes, I'll fight.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31And if we die,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34the spirits of our ancestors
0:45:34 > 0:45:36will tell our families
0:45:36 > 0:45:38that we tried to come home to them.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:46:01 > 0:46:07Is there another man who will fight with me to take this ship?
0:46:17 > 0:46:19I will fight with the boy from Juffure.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31MEN SHOUT IN OWN LANGUAGES
0:46:37 > 0:46:40And I will see you again.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44DRUMMING
0:46:44 > 0:46:46MEN SING:
0:47:20 > 0:47:23WOMAN SINGS:
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Bring the girl to me.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Mr Peck.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42HE SINGS:
0:47:49 > 0:47:52DRUMMING QUICKENS
0:47:54 > 0:47:57MEN SING LOUDER
0:48:03 > 0:48:05SPOKEN:
0:48:10 > 0:48:12They broke the chain!
0:48:12 > 0:48:14GUNSHOTS
0:48:16 > 0:48:18- MAN:- Shoot the ones in front! Shoot them!
0:48:18 > 0:48:21- Get behind the door, everyone! - CARRINGTON:- Fire at will!
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Don't let them get behind the doors, lads!
0:48:28 > 0:48:33- Close it now! - Watch out!
0:48:33 > 0:48:36- THEY GRUNT - Close it!
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Close the damn door!
0:48:43 > 0:48:45SQUELCHING
0:48:49 > 0:48:52- MAN:- Help me! Help me!
0:48:52 > 0:48:54THEY SHOUT
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Close the damn door!
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Watch out!
0:49:01 > 0:49:04I'm going for the other gun!
0:49:09 > 0:49:13SOUND CUTS OUT
0:49:17 > 0:49:19CANON HINGES ECHO
0:49:38 > 0:49:41CANON HINGES SQUEAK AND ECHO
0:49:52 > 0:49:55MOURNFUL MUSIC PLAYS
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- ECHOING:- All of you, backed up!
0:50:12 > 0:50:15THUNDER RUMBLES
0:50:20 > 0:50:23- DAVIES:- Look at his eyes. He's not worth feeding.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Proof is in the pigmentation, gentlemen.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Fresh off the boat... Guinea boys. You will notice their midnight hue,
0:50:58 > 0:51:00their sizable feet.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03A rare opportunity to purchase lifelong labourers
0:51:03 > 0:51:06and natural breeders...
0:51:06 > 0:51:08DOOR OPENS
0:51:08 > 0:51:11..females, young and lively with them.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Hips for child-bearing, shoulders for field work.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17- Fine form for the kitchen workplace. - 300.- Who will start for 300?
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Let the scramble commence!
0:51:24 > 0:51:25- MAN:- Open his mouth.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Don't tarry, gentlemen. Someone else will buy.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- This one has the flux. - Six minutes, gentlemen.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Take my word. They'll all be sold.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Master. Strong boy.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Aah.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Three sold over here!
0:51:52 > 0:51:55HE SNIFFS
0:51:55 > 0:51:58HE GRUNTS
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Hey, boy! Stand still.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Sold!
0:52:02 > 0:52:03Cough. Cough!
0:52:03 > 0:52:05HE COUGHS AND GRUNTS
0:52:08 > 0:52:10- Come. - Sold! Sold!
0:52:13 > 0:52:15HORSE WHINNIES
0:52:32 > 0:52:36Hey! No Guineaman talk. Just Virginia talk, you hear?
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Now, you call me Samson.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Settle down. We almost at Massa's farm.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46HORSE WHINNIES
0:53:18 > 0:53:21HE HUMS
0:53:48 > 0:53:50- CHAINS JANGLE - Hey! Guineaman!
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Come back here, Guineaman!
0:53:52 > 0:53:55I said come back here!
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Settle down, boy!
0:54:08 > 0:54:11HE PANTS
0:54:13 > 0:54:15- Come back here! - Hey, one of you grab him!
0:54:15 > 0:54:18Get away, Guineaman! You're going to get us all hanged!
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Come back, Guineaman!
0:54:24 > 0:54:26HORSE GRUNTS
0:54:32 > 0:54:35- WOMAN:- That there's a Guineaman.
0:54:39 > 0:54:44If the overseer asks for me, tell him Miss Elizabeth sent me to the Albrights' party.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47- THEY LAUGH - Of course, if there's a pretty little filly in there
0:54:47 > 0:54:50who needs a good hard ride, tell him I'm gonna be playing all night long.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Whoa, whoa, whoa! You the new Guineaman?
0:54:53 > 0:54:55No, no, no. Can't be here. Get back!
0:54:57 > 0:55:00What you done to me, boy? What you done to me?
0:55:01 > 0:55:04KUNTA GRUNTS
0:55:05 > 0:55:08You let him get away.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13He... he... he... he a slippery one, Massa.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19What's that?
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Your words are hubble-bubble to me, African.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23I didn't tell you to leave, Fiddler.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Miss Elizabeth said she wants me to be on time,
0:55:28 > 0:55:31so that's what I intend to do.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35She won't mind if you linger a moment, as a... as a favour to me.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41- Step away from the African. - Y-y-yes, Massa.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53- SAMSON GRUNTS - How many mistakes you going to make?!
0:55:53 > 0:55:57Big, stupid bear of a nigger, eh? You can't do what you're told, huh?
0:55:57 > 0:55:59How many?! How many?! How many?!
0:55:59 > 0:56:01No!
0:56:01 > 0:56:05What's Master Waller going to say if you kill him?
0:56:05 > 0:56:09I'm an artist with a club, just like you and your fiddle, Fiddler.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14SAMSON SCREAMS
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Know just when to stop.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22SAMSON WHIMPERS
0:56:25 > 0:56:28You just had your first lesson in how things work.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33All these fancy Virginian gentlemen, they don't understand you.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37But I do. You can't buy a slave.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39You got to make a slave.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Connelly. Georgia man is here to buy.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46Ephraim, here.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Candide, and...yes, Miss Ellen.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Come on, you're going Georgia way.
0:56:52 > 0:56:58- Not my mama! You can't! - Not me, Massa! Please!
0:56:58 > 0:57:00Ah, shush, shush, shush...
0:57:00 > 0:57:03- Come on. Get them in the wagon. - Please!- Get ahold of them.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- Not my daughter!- Get them inside!
0:57:06 > 0:57:09WALLER: That one's a fine cook and I gave you a damn fine price for her.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- All right?- Samson, sir. He's more trouble now than help.
0:57:11 > 0:57:15It'll send a message to them all and put some extra money in your pocket.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17Very good.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20All right, come on, take him. Get him in the back of the wagon.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Come on, move. Hurry up.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25Samson work harder than anybody on this farm, Master Waller.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Massa, please. My daughter, Massa!
0:57:31 > 0:57:32Sure about Samson?
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Who we going to get to break the African boy?
0:57:35 > 0:57:40Need to speak to you about that, sir. In private.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Get the African chained up in a tobacco shed.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48ELLEN CRIES
0:57:50 > 0:57:52- TABITHA:- Mama!
0:57:56 > 0:57:58FLIES BUZZ
0:58:08 > 0:58:11DOOR OPENS This one is easily spooked.
0:58:11 > 0:58:16Elizabeth. I told you, this is no place for my wife.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19And I almost obeyed you, darling. I only came to find Fiddler.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22- Massa Waller. - Yes.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25They told me that you wanted to see me. They didn't tell me why.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28Connelly here tells me that you knew the African girl
0:58:28 > 0:58:31over at the Randolph place.
0:58:31 > 0:58:35I wouldn't say I knew her, Massa. We didn't do much talking.
0:58:35 > 0:58:38- That was years ago. - Fine notion, sir.
0:58:38 > 0:58:40Fiddler knows his way around an African.
0:58:40 > 0:58:42Let him handle the boy.
0:58:42 > 0:58:47John. We spoke at length. No more purchases for a while, and look what you did.
0:58:47 > 0:58:51Brother, I do not like holding so much of your debt.
0:58:51 > 0:58:54What on earth are you talking about?
0:58:54 > 0:58:56I'm going to get 30 years good service out of him.
0:58:56 > 0:59:00And I have money in my pocket from selling the niggers that he's replacing.
0:59:00 > 0:59:05- FIDDLER:- Massa Waller, that's a brand-new Guineaman. It's a mighty responsibility. Much more
0:59:05 > 0:59:08responsibility for an overseer than it is for a fiddle player like me.
0:59:08 > 0:59:11No, no, Fiddler. He's yours starting today.
0:59:11 > 0:59:15And if the boy proves to be recalcitrant, then he'll go in my pocket, too,
0:59:15 > 0:59:17courtesy of the Georgia man, same as Samson.
0:59:19 > 0:59:21What are we calling this one?
0:59:21 > 0:59:25- WILLIAM:- Does the lady have a proposal?- Hey. Hey!
0:59:25 > 0:59:28In Dorset, we had an old slave in the stables.
0:59:28 > 0:59:32- Don't you ever look at my wife.- He taught me to abandon side-saddle.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35Sit astride a stallion.
0:59:35 > 0:59:37Call this one Toby.
0:59:37 > 0:59:39Named after the horse or the slave?
0:59:39 > 0:59:42Both.
0:59:42 > 0:59:45- Come along, Connelly. CONNELLY:- Yes, sir.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47Come up to the house as soon as you're finished.
0:59:47 > 0:59:49I want to hear all about the Albrights' party.
0:59:49 > 0:59:51Mrs Albright put on a barrel of weight.
0:59:51 > 0:59:53Look like a new-born calf at the udder.
0:59:53 > 0:59:56- I knew it. I want all the details. - Yes, ma'am.
0:59:56 > 1:00:00- You're hurt. - It's nothing to fuss about.
1:00:00 > 1:00:03- William... - WILLIAM:- Hmm?
1:00:04 > 1:00:08Yes, that could go septic. I'll attend to you up at the house, Fiddler.
1:00:10 > 1:00:12Thank you, ma'am.
1:00:19 > 1:00:23(Damn Albrights.)
1:00:23 > 1:00:25Playing for six hours.
1:00:25 > 1:00:27Asked the oldest son if I could take some time to rest
1:00:27 > 1:00:30cos my fingers were clawing up.
1:00:30 > 1:00:34Spoiled boy took my hand, held it over the candle flame.
1:00:35 > 1:00:37I still had to play more tunes.
1:00:39 > 1:00:43But you a tune I never was expecting to play.
1:00:46 > 1:00:49Just calm down! Calm down. Calm down.
1:00:49 > 1:00:55Why you think that overseer got Massa to give you to me, huh?
1:00:55 > 1:00:58Cos overseer know that you're going to take off again.
1:00:58 > 1:01:01Then the Massa, he going to have to blame me.
1:01:01 > 1:01:04I'll end up like Samson, going out Georgia way.
1:01:06 > 1:01:09You going to start working - today.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15You'll be planting a new tobacco field.
1:01:15 > 1:01:17Try to say this word.
1:01:18 > 1:01:21Tobacco.
1:01:22 > 1:01:24Tobacco.
1:01:27 > 1:01:30Tobacco.
1:01:30 > 1:01:31That's right.
1:01:31 > 1:01:35Tobacco like a hole in a water bucket.
1:01:35 > 1:01:38Makes a... makes a field run dry.
1:01:38 > 1:01:41Run field dry.
1:01:42 > 1:01:45It's going to be a long summer.
1:01:46 > 1:01:50Killing heat, biting flies.
1:01:52 > 1:01:53Stay light so long,
1:01:53 > 1:01:55it seem like the night gonna never come.
1:01:57 > 1:02:01I'm going to get Miss Elizabeth to hand you back over to the overseer.
1:02:01 > 1:02:03I got me a nice, warm spot like an old hound
1:02:03 > 1:02:06right there at the fireplace by her feet.
1:02:06 > 1:02:11I ain't gonna let no Guineaman get me kicked back out to that field.
1:02:11 > 1:02:14You understand me, Toby?
1:02:14 > 1:02:17Kunta Kinte.
1:02:17 > 1:02:19No, no, listen to me.
1:02:19 > 1:02:22Massa's wife done named you Toby.
1:02:22 > 1:02:24Kunta Kinte!
1:02:24 > 1:02:26HE SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE
1:02:26 > 1:02:29I ain't got time to chinwag with a Guineaman.
1:02:29 > 1:02:31Toby. Toby!
1:02:31 > 1:02:33Toby! Toby! Toby! Toby! Toby! Toby! Toby!
1:02:33 > 1:02:36You're gonna be Toby now, and you're gonna be Toby forever!
1:02:38 > 1:02:42And I don't care nothing about your Africa ways!
1:02:42 > 1:02:46You gonna work hard, and you gonna cause no trouble,
1:02:46 > 1:02:49you hear me, Toby?
1:02:54 > 1:02:56Kunta Kinte!
1:03:10 > 1:03:12- MAN:- # Life is smoke
1:03:12 > 1:03:15# So this be true
1:03:15 > 1:03:19# Tobacco gon' my life renew
1:03:20 > 1:03:23# Don't fear death
1:03:23 > 1:03:26# No killin' care
1:03:26 > 1:03:28# Soul's gonna rise... #
1:03:28 > 1:03:33KUNTA HUMS
1:03:33 > 1:03:36WHISPERING VOICES ECHO
1:03:36 > 1:03:38- MAN:- Hey.
1:03:38 > 1:03:40- Hey! - GUN COCKS
1:03:40 > 1:03:43Back to work.
1:03:43 > 1:03:45FLIES BUZZ
1:04:01 > 1:04:03I'm gonna come by and see you tonight.
1:04:06 > 1:04:09If you want me...
1:04:09 > 1:04:11you can have me.
1:04:11 > 1:04:15Understand?
1:04:18 > 1:04:21No.
1:04:21 > 1:04:24That be so bad?
1:04:38 > 1:04:41Go.
1:04:51 > 1:04:53- MAN:- Come on, now, move fast, nigger,
1:04:53 > 1:04:57- before you gets us all in trouble. - No nigger. Mandinka.
1:05:00 > 1:05:04Snuck you something from the kitchen.
1:05:04 > 1:05:06With honey.
1:05:07 > 1:05:09Always hungry when you working in the field.
1:05:09 > 1:05:13- I remember that. - Thank you, Fiddler.
1:05:14 > 1:05:17Your boy ain't keeping up, Fiddler.
1:05:17 > 1:05:20Need to get these hogs' heads to the Liverpool packet.
1:05:20 > 1:05:24Miss that ship, I'm telling Mr Waller it's your fault.
1:05:24 > 1:05:26Almost done.
1:05:28 > 1:05:32I'm getting about damn tired of you, Guineaman!
1:05:32 > 1:05:35I got this. I got this.
1:05:37 > 1:05:40What's the matter? You don't want to fight, Guineaman? Come here!
1:05:40 > 1:05:43- Don't stop. - Come on, then.
1:05:43 > 1:05:47- Come on out of that hole. Come on. - Get up, Toby.- Come on!- Back to work.
1:05:47 > 1:05:51- Toby. - (Get up.)
1:05:51 > 1:05:54- On your feet. - No Toby.
1:05:54 > 1:05:56Kunta Kinte.
1:05:58 > 1:06:02- Toby! Toby! - KUNTA GRUNTS
1:06:02 > 1:06:04I got him! I got him! I got him! I got this.
1:06:04 > 1:06:06Your name's Toby.
1:06:06 > 1:06:08- Now, get up, Toby. - (Listen to me.)
1:06:08 > 1:06:11(You're gonna get your head cracked open like a Chesapeake oyster.
1:06:11 > 1:06:15(I need you to get up. All right, hear me?)
1:06:17 > 1:06:21Next time he doesn't answer to Toby, you're the one gets a beating.
1:06:21 > 1:06:24Let's go right now, ask Miss Elizabeth what she think about all that.
1:06:24 > 1:06:27You think she can keep you safe?
1:06:27 > 1:06:29Like the Queen of England.
1:06:29 > 1:06:32Ain't just Toby don't know who he really is.
1:06:38 > 1:06:41You think that Mandinka god hear you?
1:06:41 > 1:06:43Best thing to forget all that.
1:06:43 > 1:06:47White folk don't like no Africa god. Get you in bad trouble, Toby.
1:06:51 > 1:06:55I can't believe I got to ride ten mile...
1:06:56 > 1:06:59..then I got to work all damn night.
1:06:59 > 1:07:01Miss Elizabeth called me a...her protege.
1:07:01 > 1:07:05Protege just mean that she... she...she rent me out and she keep all the money.
1:07:05 > 1:07:08HE CHUCKLES
1:07:08 > 1:07:11KUNTA SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
1:07:38 > 1:07:41What's that tune?
1:07:42 > 1:07:46HE CONTINUES SINGING
1:07:48 > 1:07:51Long time ago...
1:07:51 > 1:07:55I swear that my grandmama sang that...
1:07:55 > 1:07:58'fore I got sold.
1:07:58 > 1:08:00There was a man on the farm, played this old Africa guitar.
1:08:00 > 1:08:03- He...I think he played it, too. - No guitar.
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Kontingo.
1:08:05 > 1:08:09I've been chasing that tune i-in my head for...
1:08:11 > 1:08:16..a long, long time.
1:08:18 > 1:08:20You must be putting that Mandinka magic on me.
1:08:20 > 1:08:24Making me think of too many things
1:08:24 > 1:08:27tucked away real deep inside.
1:08:33 > 1:08:36My mother sings this to me...
1:08:37 > 1:08:40..every night when I'm young.
1:08:42 > 1:08:45It's a real pretty song.
1:08:48 > 1:08:51I'm gonna figure it out.
1:08:51 > 1:08:54Maybe build me one of them...
1:08:54 > 1:08:56Africa guitars.
1:08:56 > 1:08:58This song is mine.
1:08:58 > 1:09:02Nobody in this place can have it.
1:09:04 > 1:09:08- It's OK. It's OK. - HE CHUCKLES
1:09:08 > 1:09:11I can wait till you share it with me.
1:09:13 > 1:09:17Mama sing her boy a song like that, she must be a fine lady.
1:09:18 > 1:09:24She got to have a fine...fine family.
1:09:24 > 1:09:27DOOR CLOSES
1:09:51 > 1:09:55CHISEL SCRAPING
1:10:15 > 1:10:18- WILLIAM:- You cut me off! Now I'll pass you.
1:10:18 > 1:10:20- ELIZABETH:- Come on!
1:10:20 > 1:10:23One day, she gonna let Massa's brother catch her,
1:10:23 > 1:10:26and this whole farm gonna catch on fire.
1:10:26 > 1:10:28HE CHUCKLES
1:10:28 > 1:10:31I got a surprise for you later.
1:10:31 > 1:10:34Surprise in this place be when toubab do their own work.
1:10:36 > 1:10:39- ELIZABETH:- I won!
1:10:40 > 1:10:41Or did you let me win?
1:10:41 > 1:10:43- No, no, no, I did my best. - SHE CHUCKLES
1:10:43 > 1:10:47Although I must say I've become rather partial to the view from second place.
1:10:47 > 1:10:50SHE CHUCKLES
1:10:50 > 1:10:52Walk him down, Toby. See that he gets a good wash.
1:10:52 > 1:10:55Oh, and I like to spoil him with a bucket of carrots.
1:10:59 > 1:11:01Understand?
1:11:03 > 1:11:05Don't be afraid, Toby.
1:11:07 > 1:11:10Toby?
1:11:10 > 1:11:13Please do this for me.
1:11:18 > 1:11:21Miss Elizabeth being really kind to you.
1:11:21 > 1:11:22That's her favourite horse.
1:11:22 > 1:11:25- Just do what she say, all right? - Fiddler?
1:11:25 > 1:11:29Why are you making me wait after all I do for you?
1:11:31 > 1:11:35Get the boy to take my horse to the stable now.
1:11:35 > 1:11:39Yes, ma'am. He's gonna do it. I promise.
1:11:39 > 1:11:41Just got to, uh, be a little patient with him, that's all.
1:11:41 > 1:11:43Stop protecting Toby.
1:11:45 > 1:11:48You pick up those reins and tend to my horse.
1:11:50 > 1:11:53JOHN: Is there a problem here, my dear?
1:11:53 > 1:11:55I want Toby to attend to my stallion.
1:11:55 > 1:12:00I asked Fiddler for his assistance, but he's not helping me.
1:12:00 > 1:12:03- You do as Mrs Wal... - Connelly.
1:12:05 > 1:12:07Toby.
1:12:07 > 1:12:10Obey my wife immediately.
1:12:16 > 1:12:19Toby!
1:12:21 > 1:12:25Obey my wife immediately.
1:12:29 > 1:12:31Toby!
1:12:31 > 1:12:33John.
1:12:37 > 1:12:41You are supposed to have trained the boy.
1:12:42 > 1:12:46Clearly you've not been doing your damn job, Fiddler.
1:12:46 > 1:12:49Yes, Massa. He gonna clean your horse,
1:12:49 > 1:12:53take care of your horse real fine, Miss Elizabeth.
1:12:53 > 1:12:54Real fine.
1:12:56 > 1:12:59- CONNELLY:- Get back to work, Toby.
1:12:59 > 1:13:02Back to work.
1:13:02 > 1:13:05FIDDLE PLAYS CLASSICAL TUNE
1:13:29 > 1:13:33I thought I'd carved out a life for myself.
1:13:33 > 1:13:35How'd these white folks get to me?
1:13:38 > 1:13:40HE CHUCKLES
1:13:40 > 1:13:43I guess your Mandinka magic is starting to work on me.
1:13:44 > 1:13:48Fiddler. What road is north?
1:13:59 > 1:14:02Just follow the dead niggers hanging from the trees.
1:14:02 > 1:14:03Get you right there.
1:14:03 > 1:14:06HE SIGHS I can't stay here.
1:14:06 > 1:14:10- When right time come, I go north. - Ain't no right time.
1:14:10 > 1:14:13Overseer could walk backwards and catch you in them irons.
1:14:13 > 1:14:17And the day you run, that's my last day on this farm.
1:14:17 > 1:14:22Besides, can't just fly off north like a bird.
1:14:22 > 1:14:24Country ain't like it used to be.
1:14:24 > 1:14:28White folks cutting down old trees fast as they can and putting up new houses.
1:14:28 > 1:14:31You got to twist and turn your way to get there.
1:14:31 > 1:14:33And paddyrollers on the road all the time
1:14:33 > 1:14:37- just hunting for niggers like you. - I'm not scared of paddyrollers.
1:14:38 > 1:14:41Stupid never scared.
1:14:44 > 1:14:47Of course, ain't that many paddyrollers
1:14:47 > 1:14:50on the road around Christmas.
1:14:53 > 1:14:58A man could vanish before anybody could tell he gone.
1:14:58 > 1:15:02And the Massa be having a grand celebration for the baby Jesus.
1:15:02 > 1:15:05Everybody occupied then.
1:15:05 > 1:15:07How soon this English Christmas is coming?
1:15:09 > 1:15:12It's almost here.
1:15:17 > 1:15:18Merry Christmas, Caesar.
1:15:18 > 1:15:21Merry Christmas to you, too, Miss Elizabeth.
1:15:21 > 1:15:24- Merry Christmas, Abigail. - Thank you. Thank you, ma'am.
1:15:24 > 1:15:27- Merry Christmas, Pollidore. - Much obliged, ma'am.
1:15:27 > 1:15:29- Merry Christmas. - Blessing to you, ma'am.
1:15:29 > 1:15:31Merry Christmas, July.
1:15:31 > 1:15:34MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
1:15:34 > 1:15:38THEY CHEER AND CLAP TO MUSIC
1:15:38 > 1:15:41WOMAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
1:15:43 > 1:15:46THEY SING IN OWN LANGUAGE
1:15:56 > 1:15:59DISTANT MUSIC AND LAUGHTER
1:16:11 > 1:16:15SINGING CONTINUES
1:16:29 > 1:16:32DOOR OPENS
1:16:33 > 1:16:36Came in to check on you.
1:16:41 > 1:16:45All right. Now you done it.
1:16:45 > 1:16:49Can't put that chain back together again. That's for sure.
1:16:49 > 1:16:50Need to get you off of this farm
1:16:50 > 1:16:53'fore the overseer sees what you did.
1:17:00 > 1:17:04Got to put a lot of miles between you and this farm 'fore they know you're gone.
1:17:04 > 1:17:08DISTANT LAUGHTER
1:17:10 > 1:17:13These boys experts at catching slaves.
1:17:15 > 1:17:18They not going to catch me.
1:17:18 > 1:17:20Not on her big horse.
1:17:21 > 1:17:24You know how to ride that hot-blooded stallion?
1:17:24 > 1:17:27She been riding horses all her life, and...and she can't even handle it.
1:17:27 > 1:17:31Don't ride like English lady. Ride like Mandinka warrior.
1:17:38 > 1:17:41I know what to do.
1:17:42 > 1:17:45Fancy white folk like to hear a real musician
1:17:45 > 1:17:48around Christmas-time. Me.
1:17:50 > 1:17:54I'll play so they... so they can't take they eyes off me.
1:17:54 > 1:17:56But I'm really playing for you.
1:17:56 > 1:17:59You understand me?
1:17:59 > 1:18:01That special surprise I been working on.
1:18:02 > 1:18:05So, when you hear my fiddle playing, that'll tell you that the overseer,
1:18:05 > 1:18:10he ain't walking around. And it's time for you to go.
1:18:10 > 1:18:12At least one of us gonna be free.
1:18:24 > 1:18:27Fiddler. What name is you?
1:18:30 > 1:18:33Name from your mother?
1:18:34 > 1:18:37Henry.
1:18:38 > 1:18:40I remember that's what she called me.
1:18:40 > 1:18:43Henry.
1:18:45 > 1:18:47Thank you.
1:18:49 > 1:18:52FIDDLE PLAYS UPBEAT TUNE
1:19:11 > 1:19:13HORSE GRUNTS
1:19:13 > 1:19:15- BLAINE:- Stay out tomorrow? - CONNELLY:- I'll go up to the house
1:19:15 > 1:19:18and offer Mrs Waller a merry Christmas. Enjoy her hospitality.
1:19:18 > 1:19:21Now, Waller will drink himself to an early bed.
1:19:21 > 1:19:24You can spend the rest of the night with your wife,
1:19:24 > 1:19:27but be back early, give the slaves a half day without work.
1:19:27 > 1:19:29HORSE GRUNTS
1:19:29 > 1:19:30Shhh.
1:19:34 > 1:19:35Now you fly for me.
1:20:10 > 1:20:12MUSIC STOPS, GUESTS APPLAUD
1:20:18 > 1:20:22HE PLAYS BINTA'S LULLABY
1:20:40 > 1:20:43SHE SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE
1:20:54 > 1:20:58BINTA'S LULLABY CONTINUES
1:21:01 > 1:21:03HORSE WHINNIES
1:21:38 > 1:21:41DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS
1:21:48 > 1:21:50HORSE WHINNIES
1:21:58 > 1:22:01HORSE SNORTS
1:22:24 > 1:22:27SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
1:22:27 > 1:22:30DOGS BARK
1:22:34 > 1:22:36HORSE SNORTS
1:22:36 > 1:22:39Run like a warrior.
1:22:51 > 1:22:54DISTANT DOGS BARK
1:23:04 > 1:23:07BARKING CONTINUES
1:23:29 > 1:23:32DOGS BARK AND SNARL
1:23:34 > 1:23:37HE GRUNTS
1:23:38 > 1:23:41CONNELLY WHISTLES
1:24:14 > 1:24:18- BLAINE:- Got the black bastard!
1:24:21 > 1:24:23Saved you the trouble of burying him.
1:24:28 > 1:24:31- POUNDING ON DOOR Man:- Fiddler!
1:24:31 > 1:24:32Fiddler!
1:24:37 > 1:24:40HORSE WHINNIES
1:24:46 > 1:24:48Massa Waller, Massa Waller. Can I talk to you about Toby?
1:24:48 > 1:24:52He had to know the African would escape while he was playing for you at your party.
1:24:52 > 1:24:54He probably planned it with him.
1:24:54 > 1:24:56Fiddler, what do you got to say?
1:24:56 > 1:24:58Boy just got scared, that's all.
1:24:58 > 1:25:01I can teach him better. Just give me one more...
1:25:08 > 1:25:12Always acting so cocksure and pleased, as if we're the same!
1:25:12 > 1:25:15I ain't the same as you! I'm not a nigger, understand?!
1:25:15 > 1:25:17I ain't no nigger.
1:25:17 > 1:25:21You ain't the same! I ain't the same! We ain't the same!
1:25:21 > 1:25:23I don't never want to be the same as you!
1:25:23 > 1:25:26Never want to be the same as you!
1:25:36 > 1:25:40I'm sorry, Massa Waller.
1:25:41 > 1:25:43Miss Elizabeth.
1:25:46 > 1:25:47Massa Waller.
1:25:47 > 1:25:49Sell him.
1:25:49 > 1:25:52Or you'll ruin this farm.
1:25:52 > 1:25:55The other gentry will laugh at you.
1:25:55 > 1:25:59The African boy, he's young. He's got...he's got years of work in him.
1:25:59 > 1:26:01Not this one.
1:26:01 > 1:26:03You can't trust Fiddler.
1:26:03 > 1:26:05Don't do this, Massa.
1:26:05 > 1:26:07Don't do it.
1:26:07 > 1:26:08I spent all my life working with you.
1:26:08 > 1:26:10Turn him into money in your pocket.
1:26:10 > 1:26:14And I made you...good money.
1:26:14 > 1:26:17Send word to the broker.
1:26:17 > 1:26:19Get a good price for me, huh?
1:26:23 > 1:26:26- WILLIAM:- I'll buy him.
1:26:28 > 1:26:31This is none of your business, brother.
1:26:31 > 1:26:33The amount of money that you owe me, brother,
1:26:33 > 1:26:35the entire estate is my business.
1:26:39 > 1:26:42Anyone looks away takes a turn.
1:26:46 > 1:26:50Toby, I'm gonna give you a chance to avoid this.
1:26:50 > 1:26:54Maybe Mr Waller will let everyone enjoy this blessed day.
1:26:54 > 1:26:58I want you healthy so you'll work hard.
1:27:00 > 1:27:02All you have to do is tell me your name.
1:27:12 > 1:27:17I'm Kunta Kinte.
1:27:17 > 1:27:20- Son of a... - WHIP CRACKS, HE SCREAMS
1:27:20 > 1:27:24Your name is Toby. Now tell me your name.
1:27:31 > 1:27:35- I am Kunta Kinte. - That's not your name.
1:27:35 > 1:27:38- HE SCREAMS - Toby's your name. Now, what is your name?
1:27:38 > 1:27:39(Say it.)
1:27:42 > 1:27:43WEAKLY: Kunta Kinte.
1:27:43 > 1:27:45WHIP CRACKS
1:27:48 > 1:27:51Toby's your name.
1:27:51 > 1:27:54Now, I'll ask you again. Tell me your name.
1:27:55 > 1:27:58- Say it! - HE SCREAMS
1:27:58 > 1:28:01Say it! Say it!
1:28:01 > 1:28:04- HE SCREAMS - Toby!
1:28:04 > 1:28:06- (Say it.) - KUNTA GASPS FOR BREATH
1:28:06 > 1:28:08Just say it.
1:28:08 > 1:28:12- Kunta Kinte. - Toby!
1:28:12 > 1:28:14It's Toby! Now say it!
1:28:14 > 1:28:17- Toby! Damn you. - Please! Please!
1:28:17 > 1:28:20- You black nigger bastard. - Please.
1:28:20 > 1:28:22You will not move from here till you say your name,
1:28:22 > 1:28:25not if night falls or a new day comes.
1:28:25 > 1:28:27Now, you will say Toby. Say it. Say it!
1:28:29 > 1:28:31- Say it! - KUNTA SCREAMS
1:28:31 > 1:28:34- Say it! - WHIP CRACKS, KUNTA SCREAMS
1:28:35 > 1:28:39Omoro, I heard my boy.
1:28:39 > 1:28:42Please. I'm here.
1:28:42 > 1:28:46No, Binta. I can't hear our boy.
1:28:46 > 1:28:48- I've looked for him everywhere... - CONNELLY:- Just say it, boy.
1:28:48 > 1:28:50..he isn't coming home.
1:28:50 > 1:28:52- Say it! - WHIP CRACKS
1:28:52 > 1:28:54Say it!
1:28:54 > 1:28:56Say it!
1:28:56 > 1:28:57Say it!
1:28:59 > 1:29:03Say your name your owner's wife chose for you.
1:29:03 > 1:29:07Say your name so you know this ain't Africa.
1:29:07 > 1:29:11This is Virginia, and you're the property of John Waller,
1:29:11 > 1:29:14like the horses and hogs, nothing more!
1:29:14 > 1:29:17Now, say your name so you know what you are.
1:29:17 > 1:29:19WEAKLY: Kunta Kinte.
1:29:19 > 1:29:23- Say it. Say it. Say it! - WHIP CRACKS
1:29:23 > 1:29:25Say it!
1:29:25 > 1:29:28- HE SCREAMS - Say your name!
1:29:28 > 1:29:30Say it! Say Toby!
1:29:32 > 1:29:35Tell me your name! Say it, damn you!
1:29:35 > 1:29:37HE SCREAMS, WHIP CRACKS
1:29:38 > 1:29:41Toby!
1:29:41 > 1:29:43Say Toby! Just say your name!
1:29:43 > 1:29:45- He said it. - WHIP CRACKS
1:29:45 > 1:29:47He said it.
1:29:47 > 1:29:49Say it again, louder.
1:29:49 > 1:29:51What's your name?
1:29:51 > 1:29:53- HE SCREAMS - What's your name?
1:29:57 > 1:29:58WEAKLY: Toby.
1:29:59 > 1:30:01HE GROANS
1:30:04 > 1:30:05He said it.
1:30:05 > 1:30:07Massa Waller, he said it.
1:30:07 > 1:30:09HE GROANS
1:30:12 > 1:30:14Toby...
1:30:23 > 1:30:25Get me that grease inside there!
1:30:25 > 1:30:29Go home now. Everyone, go on, go.
1:30:31 > 1:30:33Tomorrow's another work day.
1:30:35 > 1:30:38If you came from another plantation, get back there.
1:30:38 > 1:30:40Holiday's over. Go.
1:30:40 > 1:30:43KUNTA GROANS
1:30:45 > 1:30:47Where that grease?
1:30:52 > 1:30:54Where are you?
1:30:57 > 1:31:00I'm here, son.
1:31:00 > 1:31:02I'm here.
1:31:02 > 1:31:05Fa. Please.
1:31:07 > 1:31:10Please don't leave me alone.
1:31:10 > 1:31:12You ain't alone, son.
1:31:12 > 1:31:17You got lots of people here who care about you.
1:31:17 > 1:31:21It don't matter what the Massa call you.
1:31:21 > 1:31:25You keep your true name inside.
1:31:27 > 1:31:31I'm gonna keep it there, too. I promise.
1:31:33 > 1:31:36This ain't your home.
1:31:37 > 1:31:39But it's where you got to be.
1:31:50 > 1:31:54I don't know what else to say to you.
1:31:54 > 1:31:57All I know is...
1:31:57 > 1:32:01rain that fall in Virginia
1:32:01 > 1:32:05get burned off by the sun...
1:32:05 > 1:32:07KUNTA GROANS
1:32:07 > 1:32:10..rise up to the clouds,
1:32:10 > 1:32:14and then them clouds, they drift away.
1:32:14 > 1:32:16They may drift all the way across the ocean
1:32:16 > 1:32:19till they get to that river you call Kamby Bolongo.
1:32:22 > 1:32:26Maybe the same rain that fall here fall there
1:32:26 > 1:32:31on your own people.
1:32:31 > 1:32:33And I know they want you to live.
1:32:33 > 1:32:36HE BREATHES SHALLOWLY
1:32:38 > 1:32:42And they know your true name.
1:32:42 > 1:32:45Kunta Kinte.
1:32:45 > 1:32:49Son of Omoro Kinte.
1:32:50 > 1:32:54You live, Kunta Kinte.
1:32:56 > 1:32:59You live.