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This programme contains scenes of sexual violence,

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some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting

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and graphic violent scenes from the start.

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You are Kunta Kinte. Behold! The only thing greater than yourself.

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The first duty of a Mandinka warrior is to raise a family.

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HE LAUGHS

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HE WHOOPS

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It's time your family paid for all the trouble

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they have caused me, Kunta.

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Run!

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Sell the boy to the British with the other captives.

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HE SCREAMS

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THUNDER CRASHES

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GUNSHOTS, INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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-No more running for you, boy.

-No! No!

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No, please don't!

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HE SCREAMS

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I'm so relieved you're gonna make it.

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My name is Belle.

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Let's make it official.

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BOTH LAUGH

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I never thought I'd be able to have another child.

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I'll protect our child.

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Kizzy, I think I was selfish

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to have you born into a world like this.

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Don't worry, Fa. You trained me well.

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Kizzy! No! No, Kizzy!

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SOBBING

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No!

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Run!

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Kizzy!

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Where the hell do you think you're going?

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This is my right!

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Get off me!

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BABY CRIES

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I'm gonna name you after my daddy...

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George Lea II.

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# One day, one day

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# One day, one day

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# I were walking along

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# I were walking along

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# And I heard a little voice

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# And I heard a little voice

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# Didn't see no-one

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# Didn't see no-one

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# It was old lost John

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# It was old lost John

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# He said he was long gone

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# He said he was long gone

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# Like a turkey through the corn

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# Like a turkey through the corn

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# With his long clothes on

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-# With his long clothes on... #

-MOANING AND GRUNTING

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HE PANTS

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HE SIGHS DEEPLY

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HE SIGHS

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CHICKENS CLUCK

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Seems hotter today than yesterday.

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Yes, Massa.

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Sky just sits on you.

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When I was a boy, I'd spend a day like this

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just sitting buck naked in the creek.

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HE SPITS

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ROOSTER CLUCKS

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HE WHISTLES

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HE GASPS

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Why are you here?

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He pretty. I wanted to touch him.

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He could scratch the prying eyes from your head.

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I'm gonna tell Massa Tom to beat the hell out of you.

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Make sure you stay away from my chickens.

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Now get!

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ROOSTER CROWS

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Mama.

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N-Not in my front of my boy, Massa Tom.

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Get up, George.

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You need to learn!

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George, what'd you do? What... What'd he do, Massa?

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Little monkey keeps bothering Mingo,

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messing with my birds in the range walk.

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Mingo's got too much work to do, boy.

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George, them birds will hurt you.

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You scared of them birds?

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Then I'm gonna put your yellow ass up on the wagon

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when Mingo and me go out and fight.

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You're gonna help.

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Mingo don't like children.

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H-He don't like people.

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Get your clothes on, boy.

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You look pretty in this light, Kizzy.

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Please. He watching us.

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Can I hold the bird, Massa Tom?

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You do what Mingo tells you to do.

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And you be on your best behaviour,

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or I'll sell you to Cherokee savages.

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SHE EXHALES

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Oh, Fa.

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Papa, he trying to take my boy.

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Massa Tom, why you start fighting chickens?

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Gamecocks, George, not chickens.

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And I fight them cos they're magic.

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Carried me from a backwoods shack

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with ten brothers and sisters...

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Abracadabra.

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Bought my own farm.

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Bought my first nigger.

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His name was George, like yourn.

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Tough old boy. Died too fast.

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He my daddy?

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Your daddy's long gone.

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No-account white man passing through.

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Gave you that yellow skin.

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Second nigger I bought was Mingo.

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Best move I ever made.

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-MAN:

-Wants this clear by sundown.

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See that land over there?

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Biggest farm in Carolina ain't enough for Mr William Byrd.

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That bastard hates me cos I'm Irish

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and cos my daddy was backwoods poor.

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Thinks he knows who I am.

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He don't know a damn thing about Tom Lea.

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Thinks he's prince of Caswell County.

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Hell, I'm gonna be king of Caswell County.

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Pay what you owe, Irish!

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I'll pay you in a week!

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-CALLER:

-Oyez! Oyez!

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-MAN:

-Whoa! Hit him! Don't tickle him!

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Ooh!

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Oyez! Oyez!

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The main match... a struggle to the death.

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-I give you Tom Lea...

-Yeah! Whoohoo!

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..and Farnie Deets.

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-MAN:

-Bring that cock to the pen, Mingo.

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-You go get him, Mingo! GEORGE:

-Let's go, Mingo!

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Look at my Red.

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-You ever seen anything so beautiful?

-Unh-unh.

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-Huh?

-Yeah.

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-Gonna bring me luck, boy?

-Yes, Massa.

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Go and add 200 to my bet.

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Bill your cocks.

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ROOSTERS CLUCK

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-MAN:

-Come on now, Mingo!

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-Step back, gentlemen.

-Come on, Mingo!

-Step back.

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-Come on, boy.

-Come on, Mingo!

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Pit your cocks!

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ROOSTERS CLUCK

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INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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-MAN:

-Go, Red!

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Come on.

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Come on!

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-Come on!

-Come on!

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Come on!

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Get him, Red!

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Ah, shit!

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Mingo, what the hell you doing, boy?

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Fight them cocks!

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Come on, Red!

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-Come on, Red!

-Fight the cock, boy!

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Red! Come on!

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Come on!

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Come on, Red!

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Come on, Red!

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Get him! Come on, boy! Get him!

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CROWD MURMURS

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And the match goes to Tom Lea!

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Ah, yeah!

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-Yes!

-Yeah!

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CHEERING

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What a row!

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Nobody beats my Red! Nobody beats my Red!

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Nobody beats the Red! Nobody!

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Yeah!

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-What have you got there, Mingo?

-Attaboy, Mingo!

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-MAN:

-Yeah, Mingo!

-Come on.

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-GEORGE:

-Hey! Mingo!

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Oh, I love your money, boys!

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You can all win it back at the next county fair.

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Mingo, big Red all right?

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HE SPITS

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Piss.

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Piss on the damn bird, boy.

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You sure this good for the bird?

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You think you Massa Tom?

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Don't ever question me about these birds.

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I tell you to do something, you just do it.

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Think you know. Don't know nothing.

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Don't know the Lord gave chickens

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worst things in the world... pip, distemper, apoplexy,

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cholera, lime leg, and canker.

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You don't know pee clean like a good turpentine.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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I don't know why we even brought you along, no way.

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Cos Massa Tom says I can help.

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-How?

-I talk to your birds.

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Talk nothing but hot air.

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Birds use they eyes to talk.

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Got to hold your stare.

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Turn your head away, show you weak.

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HE GRUNTS

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Stand up.

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Got to be a man when you messing with these birds.

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Such a big help you is, Chicken George.

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PATRICIA: "The first cut of...

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"w-wheat is...

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"m-most...most...

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"f-fa...fav..."

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What's this say, Kizzy?

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Favourable.

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"..favourable on a cool...

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"day."

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Yes.

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SHE LAUGHS

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Never thought nobody could learn farming by reading, Kizzy.

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Need to read something to tell me how to act around fancy ladies.

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Bit of gossip, weather, fashion.

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The more you talk about nothing,

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the smarter them ladies think you be.

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-Whoa!

-HORSE WHINNIES

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You won't tell Massa Tom I been teaching you.

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Whew!

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Why don't you pour me a drink, Kizzy?

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Can't you see I'm parched?

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George!

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Oh, my God.

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Whose blood that is?

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What Mingo do to you?

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I got clawed.

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Did they hurt you?

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Massa Tom said I held 'em real good,

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and they true killers.

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Still waiting on that drink, Kizzy.

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George, get over here.

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I got a question for ya.

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You want to keep fighting gamecocks with Mingo and me,

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or you want to get sunburned working them fields?

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Want to work with Mingo...and you!

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-Massa, he a big help with all my chores.

-Mama,

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I like them birds, and they like me.

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Good boy.

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Now, you know you got to sleep with them birds, too.

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Down by old Mingo. That ain't no place for no little boy.

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Ah, you can visit him every Sunday.

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I'm a fair man, Kizzy. You know that.

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Be good for the boy.

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He gonna be my good luck charm.

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-Ain't that right, Tricia?

-Well, uh, maybe he could wait a year.

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What the hell you know about children?

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Since you can't have none.

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Boy, why you still standing there?

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Go help Mingo with the birds.

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Yes, sir.

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DOOR CLOSES

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Boy's gonna be my good luck charm, Kizzy.

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CHICKENS CLUCK

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Here, boy.

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That's bird food, Mingo.

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Barley, milk, corn, rice, and my secret...

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my own brewed hops.

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Let them niggers on the farm eat flesh.

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What's good for birds is good for men.

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You can game a bird for ten years.

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Take him from the cage, leave him one step in the trees,

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he gonna turn back wild just like that.

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Cos these birds, they from across the sea.

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In they hearts, they always free.

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Mingo, can you teach me all about birds?

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Teach me to fight them?

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What you think we is, friends?

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Come on, boy.

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I'll teach you how to clean these cages.

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Oh, Mama.

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You look awful, and you stink.

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It's the cocks.

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Ain't no cocks in here.

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Mama, I let all the birds free, cage by cage!

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Big ones, Mama!

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And fed them and helped Mingo fix them.

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Oh, you should've seen it, Mama.

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All these white men saying, "Hey, Mingo,"

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patting him on his back.

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Can you believe that,

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white man respecting an old nigger like Mingo?

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And it was fun watching Massa Tom

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smiling and strutting around.

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Hey, look. He gave me money.

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Ain't nothing fun about being with that man,

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no matter how they make Mingo feel.

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But Mama...

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Come here.

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Tom Lea ain't no better than no other Toubab.

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No matter how much laughing they do,

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no matter how much you get to play with them damn birds,

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Mingo a slave at the end of it all.

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And you one, too.

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But Massa Tom likes me, Mama.

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He don't know how to like nobody.

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And don't nobody love ya like your mama.

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Go on, eat.

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Wash up. Go to bed.

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Massa Tom like me.

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BELL TOLLS

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INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

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Whoa!

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Uh...

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Miss Patricia.

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Thank you, George.

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I'll be at the church in the trees when you want me,

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ready to go home.

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Since when you a man of faith?

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Since you seen that preacher's daughter?

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-Go on.

-Thank you, sir.

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-Excuse me.

-Only last week, and I...

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Morning.

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Keep walking.

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Patricia.

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Mr Byrd.

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Huh.

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ORGAN PLAYS

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Hmm.

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How come I always end up at the back?

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See, the Lord say th-that he that keepeth his mouth

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keepeth his life.

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-MAN:

-All right, Reverend. All right.

-But he who opens his lips...

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-WOMAN:

-Yes, sir.

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..shall face destruction.

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-Uh-huh.

-Amen!

-Amen!

-Amen!

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-Hallelujah!

-Amen!

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You see, wealth gathered by vanity will diminish.

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-LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE

-And see, my eyes is old,

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but I can see what the Lord says.

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See, the Lord tells us beware of flattering lips

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and men who speak with double hearts.

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-Truth is your sustenance.

-LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE

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And beware that man who talk about money and worship money.

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See, that, too, is vanity.

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THEY LAUGH

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The righteous man eateth to satisfy his soul!

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But the belly of the wicked shall want...

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-CHICKEN!

-LAUGHTER

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And taters!

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Cos a full belly is a righteous belly!

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Whoo!

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Chicken! Oh, chicken!

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Everybody need chicken!

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I told you what I'd do.

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You keep it up every Sunday.

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So rude and disrespectful to my daddy.

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Oh, Lord, help me now. I got a she-wolf on me.

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My daddy is a kind man. You just a flim-flam fool

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not fit to walk in my daddy's shadow.

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Don't you have love in your heart

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for anybody but yourself?

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-OTHERS:

-Oh-h!

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Hang on, now. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

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-Hold on. Hold on.

-Move away or I'll whop you again.

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And I deserve it. Ain't got no right to be mocking your daddy.

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He a fine preacher.

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Look around.

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More folks watching me than listening to him.

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Now, if all these folk,

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tired from working so hard every day,

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will stop to hear the word of the Lord,

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does it really matter if it comes

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from the mouth of a fool like me?

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"Thy lips are as the honeycomb.

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"Honey and milk are on thy tongue.

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"Thou art all fair, my love."

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I heard your daddy preach that from King Solomon's songs.

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Save your pretty talk.

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You see me giggling and swooning?

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Hm. I know one thing.

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You ain't never met a girl like me.

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Well, maybe not.

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I'm not a pious man like your daddy,

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but I know you ain't let go of my hand yet.

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SHE GASPS

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I'm George. Live on the Lea farm.

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I know who you is,

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and I know all you care about is fighting chickens.

0:18:540:18:56

I do. Know about other birds, too...

0:18:560:18:58

starling, sparrow,

0:18:580:19:00

morning doves sing so sweet and soft,

0:19:000:19:03

make you want to open your eyes to a new day.

0:19:030:19:05

And I'm gonna see you again, my morning dove.

0:19:050:19:08

My daddy decides who courts me.

0:19:090:19:12

Well, I ain't afraid of your daddy.

0:19:120:19:13

Then why don't you try me out?

0:19:130:19:15

Hold this, Til.

0:19:170:19:18

You got something to say to me, boy?

0:19:200:19:21

Now, I can feel the Holy Spirit right here...

0:19:250:19:30

right now!

0:19:300:19:33

Mm! Whoo!

0:19:330:19:35

Hallelujah! You my one and only.

0:19:350:19:37

He gonna put the fear of God in them other handlers.

0:19:430:19:46

ROOSTER CLUCKS

0:19:460:19:48

What the hell you doing, boy?

0:19:480:19:50

Letting him see me eye-to-eye.

0:19:500:19:53

I want him to know my hands

0:19:530:19:54

till he thinks we the same, me and him.

0:19:540:19:57

Just feed him, clean him, and put him away.

0:19:570:19:59

Mingo, I got a notion from watching all these fights.

0:20:060:20:11

Keep a count.

0:20:110:20:12

Times we lose mostly when some other bird

0:20:120:20:15

get over Massa's bird, gaff him from the top.

0:20:150:20:17

I think we need to give Massa's birds

0:20:170:20:18

a whole lot of training for they wings,

0:20:180:20:20

make them stronger so they fly higher,

0:20:200:20:23

win even more than they do now.

0:20:230:20:25

I figured out special exercises.

0:20:250:20:26

You good at exercising your mouth,

0:20:260:20:28

but you don't know birds.

0:20:280:20:31

Killing bred into the bird.

0:20:310:20:33

Don't need no wing training.

0:20:330:20:36

You don't do nothing till I say so.

0:20:360:20:39

Been doing this 'fore you was alive.

0:20:390:20:42

ROOSTER CROWS

0:20:460:20:48

Get back here!

0:20:550:20:56

What you doing to that bird?

0:21:070:21:09

What'd I tell you?

0:21:090:21:10

You don't listen.

0:21:100:21:12

Damn fool.

0:21:120:21:13

Look how high I got him to fly.

0:21:130:21:15

Told you I could do it.

0:21:150:21:16

I know what I see. Damn truth.

0:21:200:21:23

MINGO COUGHS

0:21:230:21:25

Want my mama to look at that cough?

0:21:360:21:38

Don't need no African medicine.

0:21:380:21:40

And don't you say nothing about this to Massa Tom.

0:21:400:21:45

HE COUGHS

0:21:460:21:48

There's a gathering down by the river tonight.

0:21:560:21:58

Boys stopping by to play for everybody.

0:21:590:22:02

Come with me.

0:22:020:22:03

Don't need to see nobody.

0:22:030:22:06

Malizy said she ain't never see you come by to visit.

0:22:060:22:09

Only see you driving out or coming back here.

0:22:090:22:11

Can't stay by yourself all the time.

0:22:110:22:14

Leave me be.

0:22:140:22:15

You a shadow on a moonless night.

0:22:150:22:17

You ain't hardly here, Mingo.

0:22:170:22:20

The way I like it.

0:22:200:22:21

People say they know who I am.

0:22:230:22:26

They don't know me.

0:22:260:22:28

Say they care about me.

0:22:280:22:30

Had too many people taken away

0:22:300:22:33

cos of gossip and tall tale.

0:22:330:22:36

Can't trust nobody.

0:22:360:22:38

These birds, they can cut my flesh,

0:22:400:22:43

not my inside.

0:22:430:22:45

Trust my birds, no-one else.

0:22:450:22:48

Don't trust you, neither.

0:22:480:22:50

MINGO SIGHS

0:22:560:22:58

-MAN:

-Your bid is clear and ready.

0:23:010:23:03

Pit your cock!

0:23:030:23:04

Come on!

0:23:040:23:06

Come on! Come on!

0:23:060:23:08

-Get up!

-Get him!

0:23:080:23:10

TOM: Come on!

0:23:100:23:12

Come on up! Come on! Get him!

0:23:120:23:14

Come on, you son of a bitch!

0:23:140:23:16

Fight him!

0:23:160:23:18

-That's it!

-Come on!

0:23:190:23:22

Fight him, Mingo!

0:23:220:23:23

Get him!

0:23:230:23:24

Get him!

0:23:260:23:27

-Aw!

-Come on!

0:23:270:23:29

Come on! Come on, now!

0:23:290:23:31

Come on!

0:23:310:23:32

Get him! Get him!

0:23:320:23:35

-Fight him, Mingo!

-Get him!

0:23:350:23:38

Come on! Rise up!

0:23:380:23:40

Show him who we are!

0:23:420:23:43

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

0:23:430:23:45

Mingo!

0:23:470:23:48

It's over. It's done.

0:23:480:23:49

-MAN:

-He's done.

0:23:490:23:51

-MAN:

-Tom Lea resigns. Match to Francis Dunnery.

0:23:510:23:54

Shit.

0:23:540:23:56

Get your bets in, gentlemen.

0:23:560:23:58

Goddamn me!

0:23:580:23:59

I'll take a French pox and a screw 'fore I lose this goddamn bet.

0:23:590:24:02

Massa, I got a scheme.

0:24:020:24:04

Mingo said his bird was sure to win.

0:24:040:24:05

I'm tired of working land.

0:24:050:24:07

I ain't gonna wait till I'm old to rise up where I should be.

0:24:070:24:10

We need these goddamn birds to win!

0:24:100:24:12

I'll fetch the white.

0:24:120:24:13

You can bet him hard. Can't lose.

0:24:130:24:14

Nuh-uh. Use the Red for the next fight.

0:24:140:24:16

Red?

0:24:160:24:17

No. No, he ain't trained.

0:24:170:24:19

I trained him...myself.

0:24:190:24:21

You sneaking round 'hind my back?

0:24:210:24:23

Massa, all these birds attack head on,

0:24:230:24:24

maybe with a little jump.

0:24:240:24:26

Now, I trained my Red out in the woods.

0:24:260:24:27

I dropped from a chestnut tree high as a hawk,

0:24:270:24:29

so he got wings stronger than nothing else.

0:24:290:24:31

Ain't no bird gonna get above him.

0:24:310:24:33

Ain't no bird gonna beat him.

0:24:330:24:35

You think you can throw me out like some used-up old bird

0:24:350:24:39

just cos you kissing Massa's ass?

0:24:390:24:41

I raised these birds since they was chicks.

0:24:410:24:45

But I trained them right.

0:24:450:24:47

I trained them better.

0:24:470:24:48

Massa.

0:24:480:24:50

I can still make you money.

0:24:500:24:53

Whole lot.

0:24:530:24:54

George, next fight's yours.

0:24:580:25:02

Let's see if your scheme works.

0:25:020:25:04

But, George, if you lose this fight,

0:25:040:25:07

you can forget about me buying that Matilda gal.

0:25:070:25:10

Son of a bitch.

0:25:120:25:14

Tom Lea ain't never gonna forgive poor old Mingo

0:25:240:25:26

for losing his money.

0:25:260:25:28

Tom Lea dreams of every penny slipped through.

0:25:280:25:32

I'm gonna win back all them pennies and more.

0:25:320:25:35

I hope not.

0:25:350:25:37

You and me hack fighting next.

0:25:370:25:39

Then, your massa gonna be terribly disappointed.

0:25:390:25:42

I fight for myself.

0:25:420:25:44

Bought my papers three years ago.

0:25:440:25:46

Now these my birds, my money.

0:25:460:25:49

You a free man?

0:25:510:25:52

Whole lot more than just me.

0:25:520:25:54

Durham, Fayetteville. You'll find us.

0:25:540:25:57

But, yeah, I'm free.

0:25:570:26:01

Till some sheriff wakes up in a bad mood,

0:26:010:26:04

has a sore tooth.

0:26:040:26:05

Being free takes a watchful eye,

0:26:050:26:08

but I prefer it to the alternative.

0:26:080:26:10

But how'd you get the money?

0:26:100:26:12

Kept my hand in my own pocket, coin by coin.

0:26:120:26:15

Went without a lot of things.

0:26:150:26:17

Kept looking ahead,

0:26:170:26:18

not regretting what got left behind.

0:26:180:26:19

Way you carry yourself, I thought for a minute you was free, too.

0:26:190:26:23

-I got a good Massa.

-Good enough to let you buy yourself?

0:26:230:26:27

He is giving you a fine cut of his winnings?

0:26:270:26:30

Think I'll take your good Massa's money today.

0:26:330:26:36

'Course, nobody knows you.

0:26:380:26:40

Might be a skinny purse.

0:26:400:26:42

These boys might need a push to risk their money.

0:26:420:26:45

Gentlemen, a hack fight!

0:26:490:26:51

Birds... 4lb 6.

0:26:510:26:54

Last wagers!

0:26:540:26:56

Whoo!

0:26:560:26:58

The ear of man has not heard nor head has felt

0:26:580:27:02

nor eye has seen a bird such as this.

0:27:020:27:06

CROWD MURMURS

0:27:060:27:08

Wait. Hang on now.

0:27:080:27:10

I mislead you boys.

0:27:100:27:12

This ain't no bird at all.

0:27:120:27:14

This is a creature you ain't never seen...

0:27:140:27:17

half bird, half man,

0:27:170:27:18

half of the forest, half of my own soul.

0:27:180:27:20

-Now, what do y'all think of that?

-CHEERING

0:27:200:27:23

I'll take 500, sir.

0:27:230:27:26

-And I'll give it.

-All right, all right, all right, all right.

0:27:260:27:29

Now, you are all men of refinement and discretion,

0:27:290:27:31

but why'd y'all come here today?

0:27:310:27:33

For a simple gambling diversion?

0:27:330:27:35

To take a chance against a fine man like my Massa Tom Lea?

0:27:350:27:39

No.

0:27:390:27:40

You crave wonderment, jubilation, revelation!

0:27:400:27:43

Ooh, glory! That's what you came to see!

0:27:430:27:46

This bird, this uncommon, fearsome campaigner leaves

0:27:460:27:49

the barn in victory, you will cry tears

0:27:490:27:52

that you've seen the last of him,

0:27:520:27:53

and you will yearn for more!

0:27:530:27:55

I yearn to win my money back, Chicken George.

0:27:550:27:58

-LAUGHTER

-All right.

0:27:580:28:01

CROWD CHANT: Chicken George! Chicken George!

0:28:010:28:03

I like it. Yes, sir!

0:28:030:28:05

CHANTING CONTINUES

0:28:050:28:08

Come on! Put your money on me, boys!

0:28:080:28:11

Bet 1,000?

0:28:110:28:13

If you have faith in your Chicken George.

0:28:130:28:16

Always happy to take your money, Jewett.

0:28:160:28:19

What you got, boy? What you got?

0:28:190:28:23

-MAN:

-Place your birds.

0:28:230:28:26

You put on a good show for your Massa, didn't you?

0:28:260:28:29

Come on now, George.

0:28:290:28:31

Step out.

0:28:350:28:37

Pit your cocks!

0:28:470:28:48

ROOSTER SQUAWKS, CRACKING

0:28:540:28:57

INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

0:28:570:29:00

No hard feelings, right?

0:29:000:29:01

None at all.

0:29:010:29:03

Just make sure some of that pot is yours.

0:29:030:29:04

You staying around these parts?

0:29:040:29:06

For a while, long as it's safe.

0:29:060:29:09

Come by the Easter picnic.

0:29:090:29:10

I want to hear more about what it takes

0:29:100:29:12

to get that paper make you free.

0:29:120:29:14

Now, if you'll excuse me...

0:29:140:29:16

go ask Massa for my cut.

0:29:160:29:17

-MAN:

-Pay the man his money.

0:29:170:29:20

Thank you.

0:29:200:29:21

Your Chicken George has skill.

0:29:210:29:24

I had more skill to see it.

0:29:240:29:26

MAN CHUCKLES

0:29:260:29:27

Mr Lea, as one gentlemen to another,

0:29:270:29:29

I'd like to buy the boy from you.

0:29:290:29:32

Buy my George?

0:29:320:29:34

I inquire merely because I understand

0:29:340:29:36

you've acquired debt on your farm

0:29:360:29:37

for equipment, seed, and stock.

0:29:370:29:39

What happened to your nigger?

0:29:390:29:41

I heard he was a good man with the birds.

0:29:410:29:43

Boy forgot his pass

0:29:430:29:44

while travelling to buy gamecocks for me.

0:29:440:29:47

Patrol scared him.

0:29:470:29:48

He ran, and they shot him.

0:29:480:29:50

Sorry for your inconvenience.

0:29:500:29:53

Name your price, but I'd have this boy.

0:29:530:29:56

No.

0:29:560:29:58

Not now. Not never.

0:29:580:30:00

Never is a long time.

0:30:020:30:04

And never to you, sir.

0:30:060:30:07

May I invite you and your lovely wife

0:30:110:30:13

to dine at our table at the Easter picnic?

0:30:130:30:16

You can expect it.

0:30:180:30:19

I look forward to it.

0:30:190:30:21

-Mr Jewett.

-Mr Lea.

0:30:210:30:23

Gentlemen.

0:30:230:30:24

-MAN:

-Got lucky this time.

0:30:270:30:29

HE LAUGHS

0:30:300:30:32

Here we come, George, just like I said.

0:30:320:30:34

Here we come.

0:30:340:30:35

Look, Massa, some folks saying it's a custom

0:30:350:30:37

to give me a bigger piece of the pot when I win big.

0:30:370:30:40

Did Mingo tell you that?

0:30:400:30:42

Son of a bitch.

0:30:420:30:44

HE SIGHS

0:30:440:30:46

You won me lots of money, sir.

0:30:500:30:51

Thanks, George. You won me plenty today.

0:30:510:30:53

Thank you. Thank you. All right.

0:30:530:30:56

I think I'm gonna save up my money, just like you, Massa.

0:30:560:30:59

You earned it.

0:30:590:31:01

-Thank you.

-Mm-hm.

0:31:010:31:03

Thank you, Massa. Thank you.

0:31:030:31:04

Ah, we're winning, George.

0:31:040:31:08

Boy, come on. You ain't got no money.

0:31:080:31:10

Shit.

0:31:110:31:13

I'm gonna do something for you, George.

0:31:220:31:24

I need younger field hands.

0:31:240:31:26

Old Pompey and Malizy gonna be used up sooner than later.

0:31:260:31:30

Old Sarah don't work so hard right now.

0:31:300:31:32

So if that gal's fool enough to jump the broom

0:31:320:31:34

with someone who loves running tail as much as you,

0:31:340:31:37

I'll ride over and talk to MacGregor.

0:31:370:31:39

If he's got as many hands as you say,

0:31:390:31:41

he ought not to miss a field gal.

0:31:410:31:43

Thank you, Massa.

0:31:430:31:44

That's if we come to a decent price.

0:31:440:31:47

Then you can move that gal...

0:31:470:31:49

What's her name?

0:31:490:31:51

Matilda.

0:31:510:31:52

You can build Matilda a cabin at my place.

0:31:520:31:54

Long as you understand your first place is with my birds.

0:31:540:31:58

The way it should be.

0:31:580:31:59

And I expect you to keep her belly full.

0:31:590:32:01

Keep them babies sliding out, increase my stock.

0:32:010:32:05

I'll make my money back, and more.

0:32:050:32:08

Kizzy like this gal?

0:32:100:32:11

I wouldn't want to get on her bad side, if I were you.

0:32:110:32:13

KIZZY CHUCKLES

0:32:180:32:20

All this spinning is making me dizzy.

0:32:200:32:22

One, two, three.

0:32:220:32:23

That's how they do it.

0:32:230:32:25

BOTH LAUGH

0:32:250:32:26

Where you get all this finery?

0:32:260:32:28

Oh, I bought these.

0:32:280:32:29

Massa pays us a little when our birds win.

0:32:290:32:32

Money ain't nothing but a butterfly to you...

0:32:320:32:36

come pretty and go fast.

0:32:360:32:37

You don't need no fancy clothes.

0:32:370:32:40

Mama, you need to meet somebody.

0:32:420:32:45

What you need me to come for?

0:32:450:32:47

She Matilda.

0:32:470:32:48

She hard-headed, but I like her.

0:32:480:32:50

Come on.

0:32:500:32:51

I thought you said tonight was our night.

0:32:510:32:53

You and that girl connived this whole coming together.

0:32:530:32:56

-Matilda.

-I'm Matilda, ma'am.

0:32:580:33:01

This my father, Reverend Lyon.

0:33:010:33:04

Your son say you a woman of, uh, faith.

0:33:040:33:06

I am.

0:33:070:33:09

But it ain't your faith.

0:33:090:33:11

I ain't interested in the white man's God.

0:33:110:33:13

My daddy say the only reason our folk is

0:33:130:33:15

is cos it got beat into us.

0:33:150:33:17

-The Lord say that...

-Mama, why don't we get our guests something to eat?

0:33:170:33:20

Uh, I ain't offended.

0:33:200:33:21

I know my God's real.

0:33:210:33:23

He love me, and he love you, too.

0:33:230:33:25

Amen. Let's dance, Mama.

0:33:250:33:27

You ever preach from the book of Exodus?

0:33:270:33:28

-Well, yeah.

-White preacher don't let no slave preacher man

0:33:280:33:32

talk about the Israelites or Pharaoh, do they?

0:33:320:33:34

No slaves marching across the sea to be free.

0:33:340:33:37

Bet them pages cut right out your Bible.

0:33:370:33:40

Start preaching about Exodus,

0:33:400:33:42

find yourself swinging from a low limb.

0:33:420:33:44

Mama, folks say make the best of a hard situation.

0:33:440:33:47

Maybe that's all folks who believe in God trying to do.

0:33:470:33:50

Have his God make slavery go away,

0:33:500:33:52

I'll meet you in church every Sunday.

0:33:520:33:54

LAUGHTER AND MUSIC

0:34:050:34:07

My daddy like to beat you

0:34:230:34:25

if he hear you playing like that.

0:34:250:34:27

Mama, I make Massa money.

0:34:270:34:30

Truth is, I know the white gamblers

0:34:300:34:33

bet more just to see me.

0:34:330:34:35

All that stuff matter more to him than you.

0:34:350:34:38

It ain't our way.

0:34:380:34:40

I heard about some slaves buying their freedom nowadays.

0:34:400:34:43

More famous I get, more I get a chance to buy my freedom.

0:34:430:34:46

You think you gonna buy your freedom?

0:34:460:34:48

Mine, yours.

0:34:480:34:50

Mama, I want to marry Matilda.

0:34:500:34:53

I can look after all of us.

0:34:530:34:55

Do you love her?

0:34:550:34:57

She a good woman, Mama.

0:34:570:34:58

Different than everybody else.

0:34:580:35:00

She's smart, stubborn, like you.

0:35:000:35:02

She's so pretty.

0:35:040:35:05

Not as pretty as me, but she pretty.

0:35:050:35:07

You can't make no plans depend on Massa.

0:35:070:35:09

You mean so much to me.

0:35:110:35:15

Let me teach you how to read, so you can be your own man.

0:35:150:35:18

I'll always be my own man.

0:35:180:35:20

Only knew one other somebody live his life

0:35:210:35:24

trying to be his own man...

0:35:240:35:26

your grandpapa, Kunta Kinte.

0:35:260:35:30

With them roosters, I can do anything.

0:35:300:35:33

That's how I'm getting free.

0:35:330:35:36

That's how we're all getting free.

0:35:360:35:38

Come on, Mama. They ain't gonna play all night.

0:35:380:35:40

You go.

0:35:400:35:41

I'm gonna stay here,

0:35:410:35:43

spend some time talking with my daddy.

0:35:430:35:45

Mama, you can't...

0:35:450:35:47

You go.

0:35:470:35:49

INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

0:36:100:36:12

Mrs Shubal, breakfast looks delightful, does it not?

0:36:120:36:15

-MAN:

-It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

0:36:150:36:18

My favourite holiday.

0:36:180:36:19

Mr Lea, Miss Patricia.

0:36:190:36:21

Morning, Reverend.

0:36:210:36:23

Your hat, sir?

0:36:230:36:25

George, what are you doing?

0:36:350:36:37

Well, there's Tom Lea and his lovely wife, Patricia.

0:36:370:36:41

Good morning, Mr Lea.

0:36:410:36:43

Good morning, Mr Jewett.

0:36:430:36:44

-Mrs Lea.

-Morning.

0:36:440:36:47

-WOMAN:

-Good morning, Mrs Lea.

0:36:470:36:49

Morning, Mrs Jewett.

0:36:490:36:50

SHE CHUCKLES

0:36:530:36:55

Please, allow me.

0:36:550:36:56

Oh, thank you, Mr Jewett.

0:36:560:36:59

There you are.

0:36:590:37:01

Now, our table is complete.

0:37:010:37:04

Mama, this is Marcellus, free man I told you about.

0:37:080:37:13

I'm not sure which one of y'all is the bad influence.

0:37:130:37:16

I'm not sure anyone has much sway over your boy.

0:37:160:37:20

Seems like his spark can dazzle anyone.

0:37:200:37:23

Now it's obvious he gets that from you,

0:37:250:37:28

which makes his daddy a lucky man.

0:37:280:37:29

My mama lives alone.

0:37:290:37:31

Just like I like it.

0:37:310:37:32

I'd never have some man bossing me around,

0:37:320:37:34

acting like he my second massa.

0:37:340:37:36

Ma'am, there are two things I'll never understand.

0:37:360:37:41

A man who mistreats a woman who loves him.

0:37:410:37:44

That's one.

0:37:440:37:46

Oh, the other would be a man who can't appreciate

0:37:460:37:49

a woman who knows her own mind.

0:37:490:37:52

I thought you were a free man.

0:38:000:38:02

Who's freely deciding to carry this tray

0:38:020:38:05

for a beautiful woman.

0:38:050:38:06

Anyone can see that Jackson is too boorish to be president.

0:38:090:38:13

He's a warmonger and an adulterer.

0:38:130:38:16

Only ignorant men without land or education would back him.

0:38:160:38:21

Tom.

0:38:210:38:23

I say Old Hickory's gonna be a damn good president.

0:38:230:38:26

He'll protect cotton investors clearing out woods

0:38:260:38:28

in Mississippi and Alabama.

0:38:280:38:30

Yeah, I'll vote Jackson.

0:38:300:38:32

My point proven.

0:38:320:38:34

This country will sink into a cesspool

0:38:340:38:36

if we keep giving lowborn men a vote.

0:38:360:38:38

-WOMAN:

-We're going by train to New York to visit my cousin.

0:38:380:38:41

Her husband has a position with new clothiers...

0:38:410:38:44

Mr Lord and Mr Taylor.

0:38:440:38:45

But she warned us that the streets are foul

0:38:450:38:48

with horse droppings and Irish.

0:38:480:38:50

HE CHUCKLES

0:38:500:38:53

What have I ever done to you, sir?

0:38:540:38:56

I pay no attention to you at all...sir.

0:38:570:39:01

I offer conversation and good cheer on a fine holiday.

0:39:010:39:04

And yet you poke, poke, poke me like a damn hog.

0:39:040:39:07

HE LAUGHS

0:39:070:39:10

I demand you tell me why.

0:39:120:39:14

Take your hands off me.

0:39:140:39:15

Let's go. Can't stop these men once they start.

0:39:150:39:17

I have no idea if they're clean.

0:39:170:39:19

Goddamn me.

0:39:190:39:21

On Easter Sunday,

0:39:210:39:22

in front of my wife and these good people.

0:39:220:39:25

SLAMS TABLE Look at me, Byrd!

0:39:270:39:29

I see you clearly, sir,

0:39:290:39:32

exactly as they all see you.

0:39:320:39:34

You bungle your farm till it's near in ruin,

0:39:340:39:37

waste your money on drink and gambling.

0:39:370:39:39

Earn a penny, spend a dollar...

0:39:390:39:40

Oh, that's the Irish. I know them.

0:39:400:39:42

Scrub all you will, sir.

0:39:420:39:44

The dirt is not under your nails, sir.

0:39:440:39:47

It's in your soul.

0:39:470:39:49

And I'd dine with niggers before I'd dine with you.

0:39:490:39:51

GASPS

0:39:520:39:54

Get off of me! Get off me!

0:39:540:39:56

Get your hands off me, you son of a bitch!

0:39:560:39:59

I'll geld you, you bastard.

0:39:590:40:01

You need to come home, Massa!

0:40:010:40:04

I'm worth ten like you.

0:40:040:40:06

You never did a hard day's work in your life.

0:40:060:40:08

Soft hands, like a woman.

0:40:080:40:10

You think your money makes you a man?

0:40:100:40:12

I'm the only real man in this goddamn county.

0:40:120:40:14

Son of a bitch!

0:40:140:40:16

I do not settle my battles with fisticuffs

0:40:160:40:18

like some drunken bog-trotter!

0:40:180:40:20

You settle this however the hell you will.

0:40:200:40:23

For once, act like a gentleman.

0:40:230:40:25

Allow me satisfaction in the field...a duel.

0:40:250:40:28

Face-to-face.

0:40:280:40:29

Whenever and wherever you say.

0:40:290:40:32

HE SPITS

0:40:320:40:33

You bucket of piss!

0:40:330:40:36

You'll stand by me, George. Attend my weapons, be my second.

0:40:360:40:39

You ain't fired a gun in a while, Massa.

0:40:390:40:41

-Let it be. We got...

-George, I need you to do this for me.

0:40:410:40:45

I depend on you.

0:40:450:40:47

Yes, Massa.

0:40:470:40:49

Patricia.

0:40:490:40:51

Can't no slave be 'round no white men

0:40:510:40:52

when they get like this.

0:40:520:40:54

Massa Byrd can kill you without thinking.

0:40:540:40:57

And ain't no sheriff gonna do nothing 'bout it.

0:40:570:40:59

Kizzy, he can't say no.

0:40:590:41:01

Yes, he can.

0:41:010:41:02

But he too caught up and concerned

0:41:020:41:04

about that no-count cracker and his birds.

0:41:040:41:06

What you think gonna happen if Massa Tom get killed?

0:41:060:41:09

Think Miss Patricia gonna sell us all together?

0:41:090:41:11

She gonna run off to the woods she came from,

0:41:110:41:13

and we gonna end up on paddle-wheelers

0:41:130:41:14

-for cotton Mississippi.

-Why can't you understand?

0:41:140:41:17

You can't risk your life for that man.

0:41:170:41:20

Not for him...for us.

0:41:200:41:22

I need to keep Tom Lea alive for us.

0:41:220:41:24

George.

0:41:260:41:28

Not by chance, not any of this.

0:41:280:41:32

There's the man wants your massa dead.

0:41:340:41:36

Massa Jewett?

0:41:400:41:42

If Tom Lea is killed, he's gonna buy your son.

0:41:420:41:44

Tom Lea made a mistake refusing his offer for George.

0:41:440:41:47

And the thing about rich white men,

0:41:470:41:50

they'll take ten steps at a tilt

0:41:500:41:52

just to take one step straight to what they want.

0:41:520:41:54

THUNDER RUMBLES

0:42:030:42:04

HORSE WHINNIES

0:42:060:42:08

-MINGO:

-Whoa.

0:42:080:42:10

You think you doing this for your family.

0:42:180:42:21

But I known you since you was a little boy.

0:42:210:42:23

I know the love you got inside you for Massa.

0:42:230:42:26

You thinking maybe one tiny piece of him inside the same.

0:42:260:42:29

Make you as stupid as he is.

0:42:290:42:31

He ain't never gonna see you for what you truly is

0:42:310:42:34

no matter what you think.

0:42:340:42:35

Pardon me if I don't wish him luck.

0:42:350:42:38

HORSE WHINNIES

0:42:410:42:42

I'll look after him.

0:43:050:43:07

Less likely to string the two of us up,

0:43:160:43:18

but I've been wrong before.

0:43:180:43:20

High card will decide who fires first.

0:43:310:43:34

You will then separate and face each other.

0:43:340:43:36

On my command, you will each

0:43:360:43:37

discharge your pistols in succession.

0:43:370:43:39

If you both remain alive,

0:43:390:43:42

you will proceed with swords until one of you is dead.

0:43:420:43:45

-Five diamonds.

-HE CHUCKLES

0:43:510:43:53

Three clubs.

0:43:570:43:59

Mr Lea will shoot first.

0:43:590:44:01

And may God have mercy on your souls.

0:44:010:44:04

HORSE NEIGHS

0:44:060:44:08

This your day.

0:44:150:44:17

Take your time.

0:44:180:44:20

Got to wait till your eyes see clear,

0:44:200:44:22

breathing even.

0:44:220:44:24

You hear me?

0:44:240:44:25

Take your time.

0:44:250:44:27

I know, George.

0:44:270:44:29

I intend to kill him with my first shot.

0:44:290:44:31

HE EXHALES

0:44:330:44:35

You're my only true friend.

0:44:490:44:52

Do this friend a favour.

0:44:520:44:54

Kill that son of a bitch.

0:44:540:44:55

Your first shot, Mr Lea.

0:44:580:45:00

Still shaking, didn't even take aim.

0:45:110:45:13

Mr Byrd.

0:45:130:45:14

-First shot.

-PISTOL COCKS

0:45:140:45:16

Goddamn. This can't be.

0:45:210:45:24

Aah! HE GRUNTS

0:45:250:45:27

You do this next shot right, now.

0:45:330:45:36

Take your time. Nice and steady.

0:45:360:45:39

If you niggers interfere, we'll kill you!

0:45:410:45:43

Be sure of that!

0:45:430:45:45

-MAN:

-Second shot, Mr Lea.

0:45:450:45:48

PISTOL COCKS

0:45:500:45:52

HE SCREAMS

0:46:060:46:08

Mr Byrd, second shot.

0:46:120:46:14

Aah!

0:46:330:46:35

-MAN:

-Gentleman.

0:46:350:46:36

HE SCREAMS

0:46:360:46:38

Gentlemen, do either of you yield?

0:46:380:46:41

No.

0:46:430:46:44

No!

0:46:440:46:45

Mr Lea does not yield!

0:46:450:46:48

Gentlemen, swords.

0:46:480:46:50

Sword.

0:46:520:46:54

-MAN:

-Damn it, Byrd, yield.

0:46:540:46:55

He's bleeding hard. Can't let him find his legs.

0:46:550:46:58

Get right at him.

0:46:580:46:59

No! Get away.

0:46:590:47:00

I can't feel my hand, George.

0:47:000:47:02

You take this sword.

0:47:020:47:03

You got to fight hard if you want to stay alive.

0:47:030:47:05

Now get on your damn feet! Get up!

0:47:050:47:07

HE GRUNTS

0:47:070:47:09

Get up!

0:47:090:47:10

Sword! Put it in my hand.

0:47:100:47:12

-Come on!

-Got it.

0:47:120:47:15

-Get up!

-HE GRUNTS

0:47:150:47:17

Aargh!

0:47:230:47:25

No, no.

0:47:510:47:53

HE GROANS

0:47:530:47:54

Massa, you stay down, you gonna die.

0:47:550:47:57

That what you want?

0:47:570:47:59

-That what you came here for today?

-HE GROANS

0:47:590:48:01

Him on his feet, looking down on you?

0:48:030:48:05

The way everybody look down on you?

0:48:050:48:07

He say you dirt.

0:48:070:48:09

That's how we'll bury you if you want,

0:48:090:48:11

deep in the damn dirt!

0:48:110:48:13

Mr Lea, do you yield?

0:48:130:48:16

George, it hurts so bad.

0:48:160:48:18

Oh, you in the pit now, Massa.

0:48:180:48:20

Want to let him jeer you,

0:48:200:48:22

throw you carcass in a dung hole?

0:48:220:48:23

Step back, boy!

0:48:230:48:25

-Rise up high. You the gamecock now.

-Get up, George.

0:48:250:48:27

Rise up! Come down on this son of a bitch! Rise up, Tom Lea, come on!

0:48:270:48:31

Come on, show them all!

0:48:310:48:32

Show him, Tom!

0:48:330:48:35

HE SCREAMS

0:48:400:48:42

Aah!

0:48:490:48:51

-No, Massa!

-I yield! I yield!

0:48:510:48:53

-I yield.

-He yields. Let him be.

0:48:530:48:55

I'm a better man than you.

0:48:590:49:00

He yielded. It's time for mercy.

0:49:020:49:05

All right. I got you, I got you.

0:49:100:49:12

-I got you.

-Mr Byrd! Mr Byrd!

0:49:120:49:15

Folks are gonna talk about what you did today.

0:49:150:49:17

All across Carolina, they'll say,

0:49:170:49:18

"Tom Lea is a gentleman."

0:49:180:49:20

HE GASPS

0:49:200:49:22

I was a fine gentleman.

0:49:220:49:25

They're gonna say my name, ain't they? Tom Lea.

0:49:250:49:28

For sure.

0:49:280:49:30

Take me home, George.

0:49:320:49:34

Take me home.

0:49:350:49:37

ROOSTER CROWS

0:49:450:49:47

You over there?

0:50:130:50:14

HE COUGHS

0:50:160:50:18

HE COUGHS

0:50:260:50:28

I'd have bled my soul out on that field.

0:50:320:50:34

You pushed me hard.

0:50:360:50:37

Kept me strong.

0:50:380:50:40

You don't win, what happen to all of us?

0:50:400:50:43

Damn right.

0:50:430:50:45

I want to tell you something.

0:50:470:50:48

I was 11 years old when I hit the road,

0:50:520:50:56

asking for a job.

0:50:560:50:59

I ate scraps.

0:50:590:51:01

Nights I'd chew bark.

0:51:020:51:03

Dry leaves my only blanket.

0:51:040:51:07

Froze my ass.

0:51:070:51:09

HE COUGHS

0:51:090:51:11

The whole lot of you has it a damn lot easier.

0:51:110:51:14

Oh, any man with eyes can see that.

0:51:140:51:17

HE CHUCKLES

0:51:190:51:20

Oh, hell, George.

0:51:200:51:22

I ain't as bad as some.

0:51:220:51:24

What do I always say?

0:51:260:51:28

Make me rich.

0:51:280:51:30

Raise yourself up.

0:51:310:51:32

That's how money works.

0:51:350:51:36

Then I'd like some of that money to start working to get me papers...

0:51:390:51:43

to be free.

0:51:430:51:45

HE GRUNTS

0:51:470:51:48

I intend to work hard.

0:51:500:51:52

Win every cock fight, make you real rich.

0:51:520:51:54

I got to know a time gonna come when I can buy me free.

0:51:560:52:00

I don't see why not, George.

0:52:040:52:06

It's all dollars and cents.

0:52:070:52:09

When the number's right,

0:52:150:52:17

I promise

0:52:170:52:20

I'm gonna write those papers for you.

0:52:200:52:23

Then I'm gonna make you so damn dirty rich,

0:52:260:52:29

gonna need to buy a new wagon just to load the moneybags.

0:52:290:52:33

HE LAUGHS

0:52:330:52:36

Oh, you and me think the same way, George.

0:52:360:52:39

I brought you up right.

0:52:390:52:42

She ought to thank me.

0:52:420:52:44

-ALL:

-One, two, three.

0:52:540:52:58

Oh!

0:52:580:53:00

Thank y'all. Thank y'all.

0:53:020:53:05

-MAN:

-Congratulations. Bless you.

0:53:050:53:08

Oh.

0:53:090:53:11

LAUGHTER

0:53:140:53:16

I promise to stay by your side for ever.

0:53:180:53:20

I never had a daddy,

0:53:200:53:22

but my baby's gonna have me all the time.

0:53:220:53:25

Nothing ever gonna pull me away from you.

0:53:250:53:28

That's all I want, George.

0:53:280:53:29

May the Lord keep and bless this holy union.

0:53:320:53:34

Hallelujah!

0:53:340:53:36

-ALL:

-Hallelujah!

0:53:360:53:37

All right.

0:53:370:53:38

-WOMAN:

-Yes, sir.

0:53:420:53:44

It was so nice of Mama Kizzy

0:53:440:53:46

-to lend me her dress for the wedding.

-So beautiful.

0:53:460:53:48

THEY LAUGH

0:53:480:53:50

What you know about that?

0:53:550:53:57

You ain't the only one know about African tradition.

0:53:570:54:00

You declaring your intention?

0:54:000:54:02

Expect so.

0:54:020:54:04

SHE LAUGHS

0:54:050:54:06

That make you dizzy?

0:54:060:54:08

No, dance didn't make me dizzy.

0:54:080:54:10

Just feel like I fit right in your arms.

0:54:100:54:13

My arms can go wide.

0:54:130:54:15

They can come tight.

0:54:150:54:16

SHE LAUGHS

0:54:160:54:18

But I do what I can to make the fit work.

0:54:180:54:20

George.

0:54:240:54:26

Why is that man always showing off your boy?

0:54:330:54:36

For better or worse, they got a bond.

0:54:360:54:38

What WE got is a bond.

0:54:380:54:41

What they got, something completely different.

0:54:410:54:44

Glad to see you're feeling better, Massa.

0:54:470:54:51

We can get back on the road, make some money.

0:54:510:54:54

Of course, it's gonna take your first year's salary,

0:54:540:54:57

pay me back for buying that Matilda gal from MacGregor.

0:54:570:55:00

She worth every penny.

0:55:000:55:03

You get to making babies, increase my stock.

0:55:030:55:06

And when a boy comes,

0:55:080:55:10

Tom would be a fine name for a boy.

0:55:100:55:12

Ain't that right, Sarah?

0:55:120:55:14

Strong name, Massa.

0:55:140:55:17

Tom it'll be, Massa.

0:55:170:55:19

If it's a boy.

0:55:200:55:21

-PATRICIA:

-George.

0:55:210:55:23

I think you mama's sweet on that boy.

0:55:230:55:26

I ain't never seen mama in a mood like this.

0:55:260:55:29

Wakes up happy.

0:55:290:55:30

She always prettier when she smiles.

0:55:300:55:33

Mm-hm.

0:55:330:55:35

DRUMMING

0:55:350:55:36

You know what they call a free nigger in North Carolina?

0:55:390:55:42

Nigger.

0:55:450:55:46

HE CLEARS THROAT

0:55:570:55:59

Folks sure did miss you at the wedding.

0:55:590:56:02

Smoothest liar I ever met.

0:56:020:56:04

Thank you.

0:56:040:56:06

CHICKENS CLUCK

0:56:060:56:08

ROOSTER CROWS

0:56:080:56:10

Bet your mama gonna be after you

0:56:100:56:12

to hatch some chickens of your own.

0:56:120:56:14

Not if he gonna name the first one Tom.

0:56:140:56:17

Miss Kizzy.

0:56:170:56:18

Congratulations on your happy day.

0:56:180:56:20

It was happy, till I heard my boy

0:56:200:56:22

promised his first-born son gonna carry Massa's name.

0:56:220:56:26

Me and Matilda gonna have lots of babies.

0:56:260:56:28

Plenty of names to go around.

0:56:280:56:30

Maybe even Mingo.

0:56:300:56:32

You can't name no-one in this family after that man.

0:56:320:56:34

Gonna go gather up some wood for my fire.

0:56:370:56:38

I know how to handle Tom Lea, Mama.

0:56:400:56:42

Ain't no handling no massa,

0:56:420:56:44

especially not one like Tom Lea.

0:56:440:56:47

It's just a name, Mama.

0:56:470:56:49

A name is who you is.

0:56:490:56:51

My daddy took whippings night and day

0:56:510:56:54

to protect his name.

0:56:540:56:55

What is it you want from me?

0:56:550:56:57

Wouldn't make no sense to say

0:56:570:56:58

cos I ain't never gonna get it.

0:56:580:57:00

I shouldn't be surprised you act the way you do.

0:57:000:57:03

But don't you ever get no shame, George.

0:57:030:57:06

I'm famous up and down this county.

0:57:060:57:08

I know who I am, and you should, too.

0:57:080:57:10

Only time I knew who you was

0:57:100:57:11

was when I took your yellow ass

0:57:110:57:13

out to the spot where I stood and named you.

0:57:130:57:15

Well, I ain't trying to be

0:57:150:57:17

no beat-down African with half a foot!

0:57:170:57:19

You ain't nowhere near the man my daddy was.

0:57:210:57:24

Some time I look at you, and I see Tom Lea.

0:57:240:57:28

I can't even tell you 'part!

0:57:280:57:31

And it break my heart.

0:57:310:57:33

GOAT BLEATS

0:57:460:57:49

KIZZY HUMS

0:57:490:57:51

It's pretty.

0:57:540:57:56

Came up from Durham way?

0:57:560:57:58

SHE CHUCKLES

0:57:580:58:00

Came from my papa.

0:58:000:58:02

Came from Juffure, from Africa.

0:58:020:58:05

What don't come from Africa, according to you?

0:58:050:58:08

Hey.

0:58:080:58:09

SHE CHUCKLES

0:58:090:58:11

I spent my life in a cabin like this.

0:58:140:58:17

And now that I'm free,

0:58:170:58:20

I'd rather sleep under the stars.

0:58:200:58:22

Kizzy.

0:58:240:58:26

I'm always passing through places,

0:58:260:58:29

so I find it best to speak my mind.

0:58:290:58:31

I want you to come with me.

0:58:320:58:35

What would we do?

0:58:350:58:37

Go north...

0:58:370:58:38

Pennsylvania, Vermont.

0:58:380:58:42

I'm tired of pulling out my papers

0:58:420:58:44

every time some sheriff gets in a mood

0:58:440:58:46

or some cracker don't like my look.

0:58:460:58:49

I like your look.

0:58:490:58:51

Getting free was all my daddy ever wanted.

0:58:590:59:01

But I'd be so far from George.

0:59:010:59:03

Far is free.

0:59:030:59:06

Your boy has his own life now.

0:59:080:59:11

It's time you loved yours.

0:59:110:59:13

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

0:59:150:59:17

That's Massa Lea.

0:59:170:59:18

Didn't know you were entertaining, Kizzy.

0:59:260:59:28

Now you see, so you can go on home.

0:59:280:59:32

This is my property, boy.

0:59:320:59:34

I own it and everything on it.

0:59:340:59:37

Then turn a profit on what you own.

0:59:370:59:39

I want to buy Kizzy.

0:59:390:59:40

Is that right?

0:59:420:59:43

Mm-hmm.

0:59:430:59:45

I'd have to reckon it.

0:59:450:59:46

Name your price...any number.

0:59:460:59:49

I can pay it.

0:59:490:59:51

Ain't you a businessman?

0:59:510:59:53

HE CHUCKLES

0:59:530:59:55

Well, she's almost past having babies.

0:59:550:59:58

That's in your favour.

0:59:581:00:00

But she's strong as a woman half her age.

1:00:001:00:02

That's in my favour.

1:00:021:00:04

Reads, too, by my good graces.

1:00:041:00:06

Other masters wouldn't have it.

1:00:061:00:09

Cooks, sews, handles the house.

1:00:091:00:11

Understands a man's needs.

1:00:121:00:14

2,000.

1:00:151:00:17

-You can't.

-HE LAUGHS

1:00:171:00:19

You don't have half it.

1:00:191:00:21

It's everything, but I have it.

1:00:211:00:24

Make her free to leave with me tomorrow,

1:00:241:00:27

and I'll give it to you.

1:00:271:00:28

I think we can come to some kind of agreement.

1:00:331:00:36

SHE HUMS

1:00:511:00:53

HUMMING STOPS

1:01:031:01:05

Something you need, Massa?

1:01:051:01:07

Miss Patricia need something?

1:01:111:01:13

She's sleeping.

1:01:131:01:15

Not that that matters.

1:01:151:01:17

SHE SIGHS

1:01:181:01:20

I'm making sweet rolls for tomorrow.

1:01:201:01:22

Ah. Tomorrow.

1:01:221:01:24

Way of saying goodbye?

1:01:291:01:31

Tell me you want to go.

1:01:341:01:36

He gonna pay you well.

1:01:361:01:38

You expect me to sell you

1:01:381:01:40

to that nigger bastard who looks down on me?!

1:01:401:01:42

Pick that nigger over me?!

1:01:421:01:44

Over George?!

1:01:441:01:45

GLASS SHATTERS

1:01:451:01:47

You have a place here with people who love you,

1:01:471:01:49

and you just want to go somewheres else.

1:01:491:01:51

Please!

1:01:511:01:53

Please, Massa! Don't.

1:01:531:01:55

You ain't never been beat. I don't overwork you.

1:01:551:01:59

I have more right than that free nigger!

1:01:591:02:03

You've been bragging to George

1:02:031:02:05

about how you gonna be leaving me.

1:02:051:02:06

I ain't been bragging.

1:02:061:02:08

You just expect me to let you go?

1:02:081:02:10

I can't go.

1:02:111:02:14

Ungrateful.

1:02:141:02:15

You think I'm just gonna let you go?

1:02:151:02:18

I can't go.

1:02:181:02:19

Ungrateful.

1:02:191:02:21

I ain't leaving! I ain't leaving!

1:02:211:02:23

You think I'd leave my family here with you?

1:02:231:02:25

And the time they start having babies,

1:02:251:02:28

I'd be a thousand miles gone.

1:02:281:02:31

And I see you still they massa,

1:02:311:02:35

I'd die every day.

1:02:351:02:38

But when George and Matilda have children,

1:02:381:02:42

if you ever touch just one,

1:02:421:02:45

I'll kill you.

1:02:451:02:47

And I'll hang for it gladly.

1:02:471:02:49

Now, now, Kizzy.

1:02:541:02:55

They're gonna be my grandchildren, too.

1:02:561:02:59

Now be quick about it.

1:03:071:03:10

If you won't come with me, take this.

1:04:101:04:14

Day might come when you're able to buy yourself free.

1:04:141:04:17

I can't.

1:04:181:04:21

You start a new life.

1:04:211:04:23

Keep travelling north and find some...

1:04:231:04:26

..find somebody else.

1:04:301:04:32

My daddy would have liked you.

1:05:011:05:03

Get up, now.

1:05:181:05:19

HE CLICKS TONGUE

1:05:191:05:20

HOOVES CLOP

1:05:201:05:22

SHE SOBS

1:05:501:05:52

-GEORGE:

-Give me that.

1:05:571:05:59

Don't need no help.

1:05:591:06:00

You sure Massa say I should come?

1:06:011:06:05

Long ride, lots to do.

1:06:051:06:08

Greensville County in Virginia.

1:06:081:06:11

A thousand men come for this match.

1:06:111:06:12

Six tents. We taking 20 birds.

1:06:121:06:14

20?

1:06:141:06:16

Told Massa he want that many, he can't do it without Mingo.

1:06:161:06:19

Clear as day to those got eyes.

1:06:191:06:21

To watch the cages.

1:06:221:06:24

Tend the birds.

1:06:241:06:26

Oh.

1:06:281:06:29

You got my feed?

1:06:301:06:32

Just like I told you, boy.

1:06:401:06:41

Birds leave they marks on a man.

1:06:411:06:43

But still so pretty, women cry when I pass by.

1:06:431:06:47

-CHUCKLES

-You still a slave, too.

1:06:471:06:49

That may be.

1:06:491:06:51

I've been saving up. Got me a scheme.

1:06:511:06:53

Scheme? Uh-huh.

1:06:531:06:54

Mm-hm.

1:06:541:06:56

I'm gonna buy Matilda, then all my babies free.

1:06:561:06:59

Man saving up money got to pinch every penny.

1:06:591:07:02

Damn hard scheme for the likes of you.

1:07:021:07:05

You toss away money like you feeding it to the hens.

1:07:051:07:08

ROOSTER CLUCKS

1:07:081:07:10

All your bragging and carrying on,

1:07:101:07:12

I know how much time you spend with my birds.

1:07:121:07:15

Folks say birds are stupid.

1:07:151:07:17

Birds know who they can trust, know who love them.

1:07:171:07:21

Folks is mostly fools when it come to knowing that.

1:07:211:07:24

Birds know a man by his touch, by the sweat.

1:07:261:07:30

You a better bird man than me.

1:07:371:07:39

Only cos I had the best damn teacher in Carolina.

1:07:421:07:45

You damn right you did.

1:07:461:07:48

GUNSHOT

1:07:541:07:57

Hyah! Hyah!

1:07:571:07:58

GUNSHOT

1:07:581:08:00

-MAN:

-The Prophet's coming! The Prophet's coming!

1:08:001:08:03

He's on his way!

1:08:031:08:05

River of blood is what's speeding him on his way!

1:08:051:08:07

Whoa, you! Hup!

1:08:071:08:08

-MAN:

-Got plenty of ammunition?

1:08:081:08:11

DOGS BARK

1:08:111:08:13

Everybody carrying guns.

1:08:131:08:14

TOM: Damn. What the hell is this?

1:08:141:08:16

Where's everybody going?

1:08:161:08:17

Never heard of cancelling no match, rain or shine, Massa.

1:08:171:08:19

GUNSHOT IN DISTANCE

1:08:191:08:21

HORSE NEIGHS

1:08:211:08:22

I don't think we should stay, Massa.

1:08:221:08:24

We just drove four days to Virginia.

1:08:241:08:25

Pretty penny out of pocket, too.

1:08:251:08:27

I need an explanation, or someone's gonna pay me for my trouble.

1:08:271:08:30

Savages! That's all they are, is savages!

1:08:301:08:32

What's going on here?

1:08:321:08:33

Nigger from Sam Turner's farm named Nat

1:08:331:08:35

running loose with hundreds of other niggers.

1:08:351:08:37

I hear thousands.

1:08:371:08:39

Killing men, women, children, any white folks they come upon.

1:08:391:08:42

Whole families dead.

1:08:421:08:43

Babies in their beds, using axes, swords, clubs.

1:08:431:08:47

They beat Margaret Whitehead to death with a fence post.

1:08:471:08:51

Reading the Bible over their bloody bodies,

1:08:511:08:53

calling himself the Prophet.

1:08:531:08:55

He ain't just killing. He's a cannibal.

1:08:551:08:57

Burning up little babies, serving them to his gang to eat.

1:08:571:09:01

Why ain't nobody find him yet?

1:09:011:09:02

Other slaves hiding these killers on farms,

1:09:021:09:05

in barns, cabins... right under our noses.

1:09:051:09:07

I'm warning you boys, murder's spreading everywhere!

1:09:071:09:10

I'm six days from home, and I got five little ones.

1:09:101:09:14

God!

1:09:141:09:15

I'll kill any nigger that gets in my way!

1:09:151:09:18

ROOSTER CLUCKS

1:09:181:09:20

Hey! What y'all doing?

1:09:201:09:22

Don't hurt my birds. Don't hurt my birds.

1:09:221:09:24

You got any guns and knives in this wagon?

1:09:241:09:26

Get away from Massa Lea's birds.

1:09:281:09:29

Mingo! Mingo!

1:09:291:09:32

Hey, boy!

1:09:321:09:33

No, please! Please, Massa!

1:09:331:09:34

Please!

1:09:341:09:36

He a good ol' boy. Good ol' boy, no problem.

1:09:361:09:38

-We with Massa Tom...

-Hey!

1:09:381:09:40

These yours?

1:09:431:09:45

Yeah.

1:09:451:09:47

You vouch for them?

1:09:471:09:49

Came with me to fight birds.

1:09:501:09:52

Can't find that devil's prophet.

1:09:531:09:56

-Niggers.

-HE SPITS

1:09:561:09:58

Hiding guns and knives any place they can.

1:09:581:10:01

I don't care how long you owned them sons of bitches.

1:10:011:10:04

I wouldn't trust no-one.

1:10:041:10:06

We need a doctor for Mingo, Massa.

1:10:111:10:14

We need to go home now. Patricia's by herself.

1:10:191:10:21

Mama there for Miss Patricia. She be fine.

1:10:211:10:23

You take us home. Now!

1:10:231:10:25

Yes, Massa.

1:10:251:10:26

Yes, Massa.

1:10:261:10:28

Now, come on. I got you.

1:10:281:10:29

You strong. You fine, you hear me?

1:10:291:10:32

-GRUNTS

-You fine!

1:10:321:10:34

Hurry up, George!

1:10:341:10:35

-Yes, Massa.

-HE GRUNTS

1:10:351:10:37

Come on, let's go!

1:10:371:10:39

That nigger Turner's the devil on earth.

1:10:391:10:42

Mingo's hurt real bad, Massa.

1:10:421:10:43

We've been riding like this for three days.

1:10:431:10:45

You'd never think of rising up with no slaves

1:10:451:10:47

against me and Tricia, would you, George?

1:10:471:10:49

No, Massa. You know me.

1:10:491:10:51

We got to find a doctor somewhere.

1:10:511:10:54

Cos if you did, George, I'd blow your goddamn head off.

1:10:541:10:57

HORSE NEIGHS

1:10:571:10:59

Stop the wagon.

1:10:591:11:01

Ho! Ho!

1:11:011:11:02

Hold up now. Hold up.

1:11:021:11:04

Where y'all coming from?

1:11:041:11:05

Southampton.

1:11:051:11:07

Trying to get home before the Prophet reaches my farm.

1:11:071:11:09

-We got every man with a gun out looking for him.

-Uh-huh.

1:11:091:11:12

This your boy?

1:11:141:11:15

Yes, sir.

1:11:171:11:19

Well, you a damn fool if you ain't got him tied up good.

1:11:191:11:21

That Nat Turner's a fever.

1:11:211:11:23

You never know which nigger's gonna catch it.

1:11:231:11:26

Massa, what you doing?

1:11:341:11:36

Chain yourself to the wagon, George.

1:11:391:11:41

Massa, it's me.

1:11:431:11:45

It's George. You trust me.

1:11:451:11:46

Do it, George, or I will shoot you.

1:11:461:11:49

Go on!

1:11:491:11:50

-MAN:

-Let 'em through.

1:12:131:12:15

You've known me since I was a child.

1:12:181:12:20

I can trust a child.

1:12:201:12:22

It's when y'all get growed is when you get ideas.

1:12:221:12:24

God help you if anything's happened to Tricia. Hyah!

1:12:241:12:27

HORSE WHINNIES

1:12:271:12:30

Hyah!

1:12:301:12:31

Hyah!

1:12:341:12:36

Hyah!

1:12:381:12:40

Ho!

1:12:401:12:41

What have you niggers done to my farm?

1:12:451:12:47

GUNSHOT

1:12:471:12:49

Tricia! BARKING

1:12:491:12:52

Don't you move, boy. Stay in that wagon.

1:12:521:12:55

Tricia!

1:12:551:12:56

Tom! Tom!

1:12:561:12:57

I come to make sure Miss Patricia's all right.

1:12:571:13:00

SHE SOBS

1:13:001:13:03

Dirty nigger. Dirty bastards!

1:13:031:13:06

Get inside, Tricia.

1:13:071:13:09

Now! Go on!

1:13:091:13:10

-MAN:

-Five militiamen came over here looking for slaves.

1:13:101:13:13

They set the cabins on fire.

1:13:131:13:15

Thank God you're back. I was so scared.

1:13:151:13:17

Reverend Lyon, what the hell you doing here?

1:13:211:13:23

This ain't no place to be right now.

1:13:231:13:25

Heard some riders was heading for the Lea farm,

1:13:251:13:27

so I come over to check on Matilda and the family.

1:13:271:13:30

But them white boys came up on... on the cabins so fast.

1:13:301:13:32

I had to hide.

1:13:321:13:34

They burned down everything they could.

1:13:341:13:37

HE CRIES I don't know where Kizzy and Tilda are.

1:13:391:13:42

Guess I talk a lot, but I can't help nobody.

1:13:421:13:45

Look at me, look at me.

1:13:451:13:47

Give me that axe. Give me that axe.

1:13:471:13:49

Hit the wood.

1:13:531:13:55

Gonna find Mama and Matilda.

1:14:011:14:03

I need to find my children, but I'll be back.

1:14:031:14:05

You can watch Mingo till I can find help, all right?

1:14:051:14:07

-I'll stay with him.

-All right.

1:14:071:14:09

Promise me you'll hold on, all right?

1:14:111:14:14

You strong like nobody else.

1:14:141:14:16

Watch out for Massa Tom.

1:14:161:14:19

He ain't never gonna see you for who you truly is.

1:14:191:14:22

Hold on.

1:14:221:14:24

I'll be back.

1:14:241:14:26

Take my secret feed.

1:14:291:14:31

I got something for you.

1:14:311:14:34

For your scheme.

1:14:341:14:36

All right.

1:14:381:14:39

All right.

1:14:391:14:41

-PATRICIA:

-I see you, George!

1:14:501:14:52

You ain't gonna slit my throat while I sleep!

1:14:521:14:54

I see you!

1:14:541:14:56

Tilda!

1:14:561:14:58

Tilda!

1:15:011:15:03

Matilda, it's me!

1:15:031:15:04

Matilda, it's me!

1:15:091:15:11

Tilda!

1:15:171:15:19

Mama?

1:15:211:15:22

Matilda!

1:15:221:15:23

Mama!

1:15:251:15:27

Matilda, it's me, George!

1:15:271:15:29

Oh, George.

1:15:441:15:46

SHE SIGHS

1:15:461:15:48

I thought you was dead.

1:15:481:15:51

Come see the babies.

1:15:581:16:00

BABY CRIES

1:16:041:16:07

Matilda was scared to death

1:16:071:16:08

she was never gonna see you again.

1:16:081:16:10

Sister Sarah.

1:16:101:16:11

George! Oh, child!

1:16:111:16:13

-MAN: Thank God.

-Oh, God.

1:16:131:16:15

-Glad to see you.

-Thank God!

1:16:151:16:18

Tilda, come on out.

1:16:181:16:19

Come on.

1:16:211:16:22

WHIMPERING: George.

1:16:251:16:26

-George! George!

-Tilda!

1:16:261:16:28

SHE CRIES

1:16:281:16:29

George.

1:16:291:16:31

Oh, George.

1:16:311:16:32

Your mama the only reason we're alive.

1:16:351:16:38

She brought us out here, been catching food for us, too.

1:16:381:16:40

Cabins was on fire.

1:16:401:16:42

I didn't know what happened to you.

1:16:421:16:44

We heard them coming in the night.

1:16:441:16:45

Me and Mama Kizzy went to Miss Patricia with babies,

1:16:451:16:48

but she had locked everything up,

1:16:481:16:49

and we couldn't get in.

1:16:491:16:51

Then the militiamen showed up,

1:16:511:16:54

set fire everywhere.

1:16:541:16:56

Screaming about some man named Turner and an uprising.

1:16:561:17:00

They was hunting us, George.

1:17:001:17:02

We barely made it out here to the woods.

1:17:021:17:05

It's all right now. It's all right now.

1:17:051:17:07

Where my babies?

1:17:071:17:08

BABY CRIES

1:17:081:17:12

It's all right. It's all right.

1:17:121:17:13

I'm home now.

1:17:131:17:15

He's gone.

1:17:301:17:32

Never did talk about hisself.

1:17:351:17:38

Just talked about them birds.

1:17:381:17:40

I don't even know where he was born.

1:17:411:17:43

I don't know if he had one damn person cry for him!

1:17:431:17:46

He had you.

1:17:461:17:47

He had you.

1:17:471:17:50

He had you.

1:17:501:17:51

Let me go.

1:17:511:17:53

You need to be with Matilda now.

1:17:571:17:58

Son of a bitch!

1:17:581:18:00

Too goddamn good to come down here.

1:18:001:18:02

Mingo worked his life away for him.

1:18:021:18:04

That's what that bastard want for all of them...

1:18:041:18:06

-just work till we dead.

-George, no.

1:18:061:18:09

You gonna kill Massa Tom?

1:18:091:18:10

That gonna make anything better for us?

1:18:101:18:12

You think I've been ignorant about that man my whole life? Look at me!

1:18:121:18:16

You think I don't know I'm his son?

1:18:161:18:19

I've been drowning that truth in my head

1:18:191:18:21

cos I want so bad for us to be away from here.

1:18:211:18:24

And I ain't never gonna be that.

1:18:241:18:27

We're all gonna be like Mingo.

1:18:271:18:29

And I've been waiting for the right moment

1:18:291:18:31

to give him everything he gave us, and right now I'm gonna kill him.

1:18:311:18:34

No, you can't kill him.

1:18:341:18:36

Cos then they gonna kill you, and that would rip me apart.

1:18:361:18:39

All I know is how to make all this liveable.

1:18:391:18:42

And can't do that no more.

1:18:421:18:44

I almost took my life when you was born.

1:18:461:18:49

And yours, too.

1:18:491:18:51

For a while, I didn't know how to feel nothing.

1:18:521:18:55

Nothing but shame and sorrow.

1:18:551:18:58

And so far away from my mama and daddy,

1:18:591:19:02

but it would have been a terrible sin

1:19:021:19:04

against everything my daddy taught me.

1:19:041:19:06

It seemed like I could hear his voice right here

1:19:061:19:10

stopping me.

1:19:101:19:12

He came to me, and I decided to live.

1:19:131:19:18

You a fine man, George.

1:19:181:19:22

And I ain't told you enough.

1:19:221:19:24

Maybe I was scared you got too much of Massa's blood.

1:19:241:19:29

But you have honoured my father.

1:19:291:19:33

You here to keep this family going, to survive.

1:19:331:19:37

He always said we fight when we need,

1:19:371:19:41

but first, we got to survive.

1:19:411:19:45

Tom Lea whole life gonna be a waste,

1:19:451:19:50

but not yours.

1:19:501:19:52

What keeps me living.

1:19:521:19:55

I love you.

1:19:551:19:56

I love you too much.

1:19:561:19:59

Stay with me.

1:19:591:20:02

Please.

1:20:021:20:03

Live.

1:20:041:20:06

CHICKENS CLUCK

1:20:241:20:27

ROOSTER CROWS

1:20:321:20:33

Oh, uh, Mingo wanted you to have this bucket

1:20:331:20:35

with his secret feed in it.

1:20:351:20:37

Hey, that's too heavy for you.

1:20:371:20:38

Oh, shit.

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SLAVES SINGING

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BABY CRIES

1:21:231:21:25

George, you and Matilda got two girls and two boys,

1:21:331:21:35

and ain't none of them named Tom yet.

1:21:351:21:37

I ain't giving them that man's name. Mama, you said...

1:21:371:21:39

I know what I said,

1:21:391:21:41

and I knew what he'd do if you don't name that boy Tom.

1:21:411:21:44

He'll ride him the rest of his living days.

1:21:441:21:46

Do it, George.

1:21:461:21:48

Name him Tom.

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Tilda.

1:21:521:21:53

Morning Dove, you need to rest.

1:21:531:21:55

And I want you to name him

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the way Mama Kizzy says her daddy taught her.

1:21:571:22:00

The way Kunta Kinte would do it.

1:22:001:22:02

I know I didn't pay it no mind with all our other babies.

1:22:041:22:07

It ain't the way my daddy taught me.

1:22:071:22:11

But I heard Mama Kizzy telling the stories

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to the boys one night.

1:22:131:22:15

Something passed through me, George.

1:22:151:22:18

I don't see how both ways...

1:22:191:22:21

mine and Mama Kizzy's... can't be true.

1:22:211:22:25

And I believe it will protect this baby and all of us.

1:22:251:22:29

I don't know how.

1:22:331:22:34

Moving too fast for me, Mama.

1:22:401:22:42

I ain't hardly trying, George.

1:22:421:22:44

Like I say, them birds a soft kind of work.

1:22:441:22:48

Here.

1:22:531:22:54

How you know it's the right spot?

1:23:001:23:02

I know.

1:23:021:23:03

Look up, little one.

1:23:131:23:14

That's the only thing greater than yourself.

1:23:171:23:19

Gonna be more money at that Charleston jamboree

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than we ever seen,

1:23:371:23:38

and I am gonna win it.

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And turn it to ash in a bonfire of foolishness...

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the way you always do.

1:23:431:23:44

Matilda, after George leaves,

1:23:451:23:48

get the children weaving new grain baskets.

1:23:481:23:50

Ashford and George Jr can start clearing out

1:23:501:23:52

-that stand of walnut trees.

-Yes, ma'am.

1:23:521:23:55

How we looking, George?

1:23:551:23:57

We got ten strong killers,

1:23:571:23:59

five young stags hungry for blood.

1:23:591:24:01

I say we be fine,

1:24:011:24:02

long as you listen to me.

1:24:021:24:04

Can't ever talk to me like that, George.

1:24:041:24:07

Goddamn.

1:24:071:24:08

I swear I'll sell your ass in New Orleans.

1:24:081:24:10

And fight your own birds.

1:24:101:24:12

Look, George,

1:24:131:24:15

there's more money to be won in that Charleston jamboree

1:24:151:24:18

than we ever seen,

1:24:181:24:19

and we got to win big.

1:24:201:24:22

That's what we'll do.

1:24:221:24:24

George, you and me used to be best friends.

1:24:241:24:28

Ever since Mingo died,

1:24:281:24:31

I can barely get a word out of you.

1:24:311:24:33

It's a long road to Charleston, Massa Tom.

1:24:351:24:37

I'm gonna go help our boys in the field.

1:24:401:24:43

I'll bring back gifts for everybody,

1:24:431:24:45

my morning dove.

1:24:451:24:46

Just bring yourself home safe.

1:24:461:24:50

Hey, hey, hey.

1:24:571:24:59

You ain't never been gone this long before, George.

1:24:591:25:03

Well, got you to watch over everybody.

1:25:031:25:06

Ain't got no worries.

1:25:061:25:08

And my daddy gonna watch over you.

1:25:101:25:13

Charleston's a long ways away.

1:25:131:25:15

Yes, Mama.

1:25:201:25:22

Hyah!

1:25:331:25:34

INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

1:25:461:25:49

BAND PLAYS

1:25:491:25:51

George, there's more money here than I ever thought could be.

1:25:571:26:01

Where we going, Massa?

1:26:011:26:03

TOM CLEARS THROAT

1:26:031:26:05

Here he is, Jewett.

1:26:051:26:07

Oh, Chicken George.

1:26:071:26:09

Meet my cousin from Hampshire, Sir C Eric Russell.

1:26:091:26:15

Jewett tells me you're a sovereign of avifauna.

1:26:151:26:16

I look forward to testing your prowess against my birds.

1:26:161:26:19

Thank you, sir.

1:26:191:26:21

Tom Lea and I have wanted to settle once and for all

1:26:211:26:24

who's best in our noble sport.

1:26:241:26:26

But it's gonna cost you to find out.

1:26:261:26:28

Mr Lea, while I understand your confidence

1:26:281:26:31

about a bird or two,

1:26:311:26:32

I did not get wealthy by betting small.

1:26:321:26:35

A man who bets a mere thousand here or there

1:26:351:26:38

is a man who won't risk enough to take what he wants.

1:26:381:26:41

Or perhaps Chicken George is only a small-time fighter.

1:26:411:26:44

Oh, you ain't never seen a fighter like me before...

1:26:441:26:46

sir.

1:26:461:26:47

10,000.

1:26:471:26:49

MEN CHUCKLE

1:26:491:26:50

Plus side bets.

1:26:501:26:51

Accepted.

1:26:571:26:58

CHEERING

1:26:581:26:59

10,000 it is.

1:26:591:27:02

And, boys, I'll be open to all offers.

1:27:021:27:05

HE SPITS

1:27:051:27:07

Gentlemen.

1:27:111:27:12

-Feel good about the birds?

-Best I ever felt.

1:27:171:27:19

Today's the day, George.

1:27:191:27:21

I'm gonna rise up above every man who ever looked down on me.

1:27:211:27:23

10,000? Massa, you ain't got that much.

1:27:231:27:25

Don't matter how much I got if we win, do it, George?

1:27:251:27:28

Besides, my farm's worth half that much.

1:27:281:27:30

No.

1:27:301:27:32

Can't bet our home.

1:27:321:27:34

Not where my family live.

1:27:341:27:36

You win this for me,

1:27:421:27:44

and I'll set you free.

1:27:441:27:46

I swear.

1:27:461:27:47

Write it.

1:27:491:27:51

Write that paper, right here.

1:27:511:27:54

Be waiting for you when you're done.

1:27:541:27:56

This ain't no dream, George.

1:27:591:28:01

Wide awake as I ever been.

1:28:011:28:02

We're gonna be rich, just like I said.

1:28:031:28:07

Who that Englishman think he is?

1:28:151:28:17

How dare he fight us.

1:28:171:28:19

We faster, smarter, stronger, prettier.

1:28:191:28:24

Insult to be in the same pit with you and me.

1:28:241:28:26

Come on now, you little bastard.

1:28:261:28:29

I gave you blood and sweat.

1:28:291:28:31

Make George a free man today.

1:28:311:28:34

INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

1:28:341:28:37

George.

1:28:391:28:41

-MAN:

-Oyez! Oyez!

1:28:471:28:49

Our final pair of the Charleston Main!

1:28:491:28:52

A heavy match of birds.

1:28:521:28:54

6lb 4,

1:28:541:28:56

Sir C Eric Russell of Hampshire, England.

1:28:561:29:00

And Tom Lea of Caswell County, North Carolina.

1:29:001:29:04

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

1:29:041:29:06

Gentlemen, face your birds!

1:29:061:29:11

Come on now, George!

1:29:111:29:13

ROOSTERS SQUAWK

1:29:151:29:18

Rile 'em up.

1:29:201:29:21

Step out.

1:29:231:29:25

Ready!

1:29:291:29:31

TOM: Come on now, George.

1:29:311:29:33

Pit your cocks!

1:29:351:29:36

-MAN:

-Kill him!

-Fight him!

1:29:411:29:43

Come on now!

1:29:451:29:47

Come down on him!

1:29:471:29:49

Come on, George.

1:29:501:29:52

Come on! Get him, boy!

1:29:581:30:00

Come on now, Red! Come on, Red!

1:30:081:30:10

-MAN:

-The match goes to Tom Lea!

1:30:171:30:19

-Yes!

-Yeah!

1:30:191:30:21

Whoo!

1:30:211:30:23

Yeah, boys!

1:30:231:30:26

CHEERING

1:30:261:30:28

Thanks, boys.

1:30:381:30:40

I'm free.

1:31:101:31:12

HE LAUGHS

1:31:141:31:17

I'm free!

1:31:171:31:19

-I'm free!

-HE LAUGHS LOUDLY

1:31:211:31:24

Now you get the cock out.

1:31:301:31:32

TOM LAUGHS

1:31:391:31:40

Come on. Get in it.

1:31:401:31:42

Get in, boys.

1:31:421:31:43

Glad y'all made money.

1:31:431:31:45

I know you can read it, George.

1:31:471:31:49

Know Kizzy been teaching you.

1:31:491:31:52

It looks fine.

1:31:521:31:54

It look real fine.

1:31:541:31:56

-SIR ERIC:

-Your man has a rare skill.

1:31:561:31:58

Plain to see.

1:32:001:32:01

And yet why do I feel like a marionette,

1:32:011:32:03

my strings pulled by a clever manipulator?

1:32:031:32:07

Did you set me up, Mr Lea?

1:32:071:32:08

GEORGE CHUCKLES

1:32:081:32:09

You challenged me.

1:32:091:32:11

I had the courage to take it, and I had the man to win it.

1:32:111:32:15

Then I assume your courage will permit me

1:32:151:32:18

an opportunity to recoup my losses,

1:32:181:32:19

penny for penny.

1:32:191:32:21

Well, even an Irishman understands fair play.

1:32:211:32:23

Sir Eric is willing to wager another 10,000.

1:32:231:32:26

CROWD MURMURS

1:32:261:32:27

Can your damn English cousin handle 20,000?

1:32:301:32:33

CROWD MURMURS

1:32:331:32:34

I relish the opportunity.

1:32:371:32:39

Done.

1:32:391:32:40

CHEERING

1:32:401:32:42

Come with me, cousin.

1:32:451:32:47

I have something I want to show you.

1:32:471:32:48

Here you are, sir.

1:32:501:32:52

His line has fought for kings.

1:32:541:32:56

He'll have no trouble with an Irishman and a nigger.

1:32:561:32:58

ROOSTER SQUAWKS

1:32:581:33:01

My money's on you.

1:33:091:33:10

My money's on you. You can do it.

1:33:101:33:11

Do it, George.

1:33:111:33:12

Come on, clear the ring!

1:33:121:33:14

-MAN:

-Look at the size of that.

1:33:251:33:28

Look at the bird. He's looking well.

1:33:311:33:34

Oyez! Oyez!

1:33:361:33:38

A private hack between Tom Lea

1:33:381:33:40

of Caswell County, North Carolina...

1:33:401:33:43

APPLAUSE

1:33:431:33:44

..and Sir C Eric Russell of Hampshire, England.

1:33:441:33:48

APPLAUSE

1:33:481:33:50

Gentlemen, face your birds!

1:33:501:33:52

CHEERING

1:33:521:33:55

ROOSTERS SQUAWK

1:33:551:33:58

That's it, George.

1:33:581:33:59

Step out!

1:33:591:34:01

-MAN:

-Oh, he smells blood, Chicken George! I know it!

1:34:011:34:04

-MAN:

-Let's go, Chicken George!

1:34:041:34:07

Gentlemen...

1:34:071:34:08

..pit your cocks!

1:34:111:34:12

Come on! Come on, now!

1:34:121:34:15

Damn it!

1:34:241:34:26

-MAN:

-That's it! That's it!

1:34:281:34:30

-Just like that!

-Come on, boy!

1:34:301:34:33

Down! Down! Down! Come down hard on him!

1:34:331:34:36

ROOSTER CROWS

1:34:371:34:40

ROOSTER SQUAWKS

1:34:411:34:44

Come on, George!

1:34:441:34:45

Come on!

1:34:451:34:47

Come on.

1:34:481:34:50

Shit!

1:34:531:34:54

Finish him!

1:34:591:35:00

-MAN:

-Match to Sir C Eric Russell.

1:35:081:35:10

SOUND FADES OUT

1:35:221:35:25

George.

1:35:491:35:50

I don't know what happened. We need to set up another fight.

1:35:521:35:54

They gamed us, George, like fish at the end of a line.

1:35:541:35:59

I lost everything...

1:35:591:36:01

..every penny.

1:36:021:36:03

Look, George, the farm ain't gonna cover my bets.

1:36:061:36:10

Ain't even gonna cover what I borrowed against it.

1:36:101:36:12

I'm ruined,

1:36:131:36:15

but that English bastard's offering me a way out.

1:36:151:36:18

SIGHS

1:36:191:36:20

Said he never saw a man with a touch for the birds like you.

1:36:201:36:23

Said you was a magician. Used that very word.

1:36:231:36:27

What you saying?

1:36:271:36:29

HE SIGHS

1:36:291:36:30

Not to drag it out,

1:36:301:36:32

that Englishman will call me even if I give you to him...

1:36:321:36:35

take back to England.

1:36:351:36:37

-England?!

-Mm-hm.

1:36:371:36:38

Now you ain't making no sense.

1:36:381:36:40

Train his birds and his handlers.

1:36:401:36:43

I don't understand what the hell you saying to me.

1:36:431:36:46

I'm free! That's what we agreed.

1:36:461:36:48

Money was in my hand, George.

1:36:481:36:50

What's worse than being rich for one day?

1:36:501:36:52

You can't tell me to leave my family!

1:36:521:36:54

I ain't going nowhere for you, you understand me?!

1:36:541:36:56

I'm sorry, George.

1:36:561:36:58

I ain't got no other way to survive.

1:36:581:37:00

The time will pass like a summer squall.

1:37:001:37:01

No, you bastard. I am a free man.

1:37:011:37:04

You ain't free, George.

1:37:041:37:07

Not unless I register them papers with the county.

1:37:071:37:10

Now I will tell you something.

1:37:101:37:12

When you come back, I'll have papers

1:37:121:37:15

-for your whole family waiting in a lockbox.

-I'm not going!

1:37:151:37:18

I'm tired of explaining it to you!

1:37:181:37:20

I don't have to give no damn explanation to no damn slave!

1:37:201:37:23

Sir Eric's carriage is leaving. Do not resist. Do not waste his time.

1:37:231:37:27

You can't do this! You hear me?!

1:37:271:37:29

I earned it! I'm free!

1:37:291:37:30

You low bastard, Tom Lea!

1:37:301:37:33

You ain't a man!

1:37:331:37:34

You don't love nothing but money and a whisky jug!

1:37:341:37:37

That's all you love!

1:37:371:37:39

-Get this nigger off of me!

-Stop him!

1:37:391:37:41

You really are the trash everybody says you is!

1:37:431:37:45

Ain't got no honour and ain't got no pride!

1:37:451:37:49

Not even say goodbye to my family?!

1:37:491:37:51

Matilda?! My children and my mama?!

1:37:511:37:53

You a lying dog, Tom Lea!

1:37:531:37:56

Who gonna watch 'em, Tom?!

1:37:561:37:57

Who gonna watch my family?!

1:37:571:37:59

-Tom Lea!

-HE GRUNTS

1:37:591:38:01

HE COUGHS

1:38:101:38:12

HORSE NEIGHS

1:38:201:38:21

HE ROARS

1:38:511:38:53

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