Nothing But A Man
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00:00:30Go on!
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00:01:30That's for doing man to man stuff at night, what he makes.
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00:02:57Go to hell, Frankie.
00:02:58Man, you sure are one ugly cat.
00:03:01Why don't you guys buy your own?
00:03:05You ought to give them smoking, Jocko.
00:03:14How much longer we got on this stretch, Riddick?
00:03:17Five weeks, maybe six.
00:03:20Man, what a dump.
00:03:27What you getting all pretty for?
00:03:30Why don't you relax, huh, Frankie?
00:04:27Who's gonna buy me a beer?
00:04:31What's the matter, Doris? Business bad?
00:04:33Sure is.
00:04:35Everybody giving away free, huh?
00:04:37You gonna buy me a beer, Frankie?
00:04:40See, Doris, he's a money man.
00:04:43What do you say, Doris?
00:04:48Your beer.
00:04:49Thanks, Doris. You're a nice guy.
00:04:53Not like Frankie.
00:04:57Here you are.
00:04:59Thanks.
00:05:02You know, Doris, you'd make some guy a swell wife.
00:05:06You think so, Frankie?
00:05:08Yeah, you got steady work.
00:05:10Oh, shut up.
00:05:12What's the matter, baby?
00:05:14Quit riding, Frankie.
00:05:16I ain't riding. Wouldn't ride on a bed.
00:05:20Hey.
00:05:22Where you going?
00:05:24Out.
00:05:27Want me to come?
00:05:29No, thanks.
00:05:31Oh, come on, huh?
00:05:33See you.
00:05:40Where you going?
00:05:43Round town.
00:05:45What's so hot around town?
00:05:48Take it easy, man.
00:05:50Don't want to fish you out of no jailhouse, man.
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00:06:25Take my hands, lest I fall, take my hands, Precious Lord, lead me on.
00:06:50Oh, Precious Lord, take my hands, lead me on, as we stand, I'm your child, and I will be, and I will, oh Lord, through the storm, through the night, lead me on.
00:07:10Through the night, take my hands, Precious Lord, lead me on.
00:07:20I'm glad to see this meeting off to such a good start. Now we'll take a break, and then come back and hear from our distinguished guests, Reverend Butler of the Morgan Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. See you all in a little while.
00:07:35What a lovely choir. Thank you very much.
00:07:48Joseph, this is Brother Anderson. Now you give him some of that good food of yours. He's a nice young man.
00:07:55Thank you, ma'am.
00:07:56Ain't it a wonderful meeting?
00:07:58Certainly is.
00:08:04Thank you, ma'am. That's fine.
00:08:08You must be new in town.
00:08:12I'll have me some of that punch there, too.
00:08:16I haven't seen you around, have I?
00:08:19No. I'm new in town.
00:08:24You working?
00:08:26Yeah. On the section game.
00:08:30I see.
00:08:32You working around town?
00:08:35I'm a teacher.
00:08:37Oh. In the college, huh?
00:08:40That's right.
00:08:42Where?
00:08:43Birmingham.
00:08:44Where? It's my hometown.
00:08:47Your folks live there?
00:08:49No. My mother's dead.
00:08:55You going back inside?
00:08:57Yes. Aren't you?
00:08:59No. I never had much use for hell hollering. How about you?
00:09:05My father's a preacher.
00:09:08Oh, yeah? I guess you ain't got no choice then, huh?
00:09:12That's right.
00:09:16Well, I don't know what you've been told about section hands, but how about coming out with me sometime?
00:09:22Maybe.
00:09:26God will provide.
00:09:29Oh, yes, he will.
00:09:31When you're hungry, he'll provide.
00:09:35When you're thirsty, God's a boy.
00:09:40In a dry land, warfare be over.
00:09:45Life will give out on you.
00:09:47I heard him saying.
00:09:51Oh, you're dead.
00:09:53You're dead.
00:09:57You're looking for God.
00:10:00Oh, Lord.
00:10:02When you're feeling down, he's providing joy for your soul.
00:10:10Father, father, father, father, father, father, father, father, father, father.
00:10:20Help me.
00:10:23I'm so glad trouble don't last always.
00:10:33I'm so glad trouble don't last always.
00:10:43Oh, my Lord, oh, my Lord, what shall I do?
00:11:07You got a lousy hand, Frankie.
00:11:10Yeah, I quit.
00:11:25Frankie, you ain't got nothing on your mind but your hair.
00:11:31Hey, Reddy, how about your car?
00:11:33Yeah, you can have it.
00:11:35Man, you won't like that backseat.
00:11:38Why you mess around with a chick like that?
00:11:40You won't get nowhere.
00:11:42Hell, Frankie, they're all after the same thing.
00:11:44Yeah, all a colored woman wants is your money.
00:11:48What do you know about women, Pop?
00:11:52Well, I got married to one of them.
00:11:54Hell, I didn't know you was married.
00:11:56Sure, got a 16-year-old girl.
00:12:00Is that right?
00:12:06You think you're gonna make it with her?
00:12:09How about the keys?
00:12:13I bet she's easy jam.
00:12:15Just get her drunk.
00:12:21Thank you.
00:12:24I know you pay no mind to my feelings,
00:12:26but do you think it's right for you to go out with him?
00:12:29I'm 26 years old, Susan.
00:12:33Perhaps you ought to tell the Frank.
00:12:38Well, we have a position in town, Josie.
00:12:40We have to remember that.
00:12:42There are lots of other young men.
00:12:45I don't think your mother would have approved.
00:12:47I do.
00:12:49Well, there's just one thing you can be looking for
00:12:52in a man like that.
00:12:54I know that's what you think.
00:12:56It's your mouth, child.
00:13:04Good night, Dad.
00:13:07Good night.
00:13:11That's pretty good for a preacher's daughter.
00:13:13What did you expect?
00:13:18You know, baby,
00:13:20I've been thinking about you.
00:13:24I've been thinking about you.
00:13:29I've been thinking about you.
00:13:34I've been thinking about you.
00:13:39You know, baby, I just can't figure you out.
00:13:44How do you mean?
00:13:46Why'd you come out with me?
00:13:48You slumming or something?
00:13:52What you doing with a cat like me in a joint like this?
00:13:56You don't think much of yourself, do you?
00:14:00Well, that's a funny thing to say, ain't it?
00:14:03You're asking me why I'm here.
00:14:05Yeah, and you keep on not answering, too.
00:14:11Well, I like a place with a lot of life.
00:14:14How about another beer?
00:14:16No, thanks.
00:14:17Oh, you can have one.
00:14:19Thanks.
00:14:22Oh, hell.
00:14:24What is it?
00:14:26Well, if it ain't the...
00:14:30How you doing?
00:14:33Hi, there.
00:14:34Hi.
00:14:36You, uh, mind if we sit down?
00:14:40We was just leaving, fellas.
00:14:44Come on, Jocko.
00:14:45A man's gotta homework.
00:14:48I'll see you around, though.
00:14:50Yeah, see you in hell.
00:14:53They must work on the section game.
00:14:56That's right.
00:14:58Well, you seem just like everyone else.
00:15:01Come on, baby.
00:15:02I'll bet you think we got tails.
00:15:04We do.
00:15:07Come on, baby.
00:15:08Let's get out of here.
00:15:13School teacher.
00:15:15A nappy head.
00:15:22I guess it's hard working on the road like that.
00:15:26There's a damn few places a man can make 80 bucks a week.
00:15:29I mean, you're kind of cut off, aren't you?
00:15:32It's fine with me.
00:15:35Keeps me out of trouble.
00:15:38How do you mean?
00:15:42I don't get on so well in those places.
00:15:45I see.
00:15:48That beer made me dizzy.
00:15:52You got a lovely face, kid.
00:15:56Ain't too often I get a chance to meet a girl like you.
00:16:00At all.
00:16:08Baby, how many times you been kissed now?
00:16:13Well, I see now.
00:16:21Not counting tonight.
00:16:25Must be about 28 times.
00:16:27Yeah, you got a problem, all right.
00:16:34Hi.
00:16:36They doing anything?
00:16:38No, nothing.
00:16:39Get out of here.
00:16:40Don't, Duff.
00:16:42Relax, man.
00:16:44What's going on?
00:16:48Cut that out.
00:16:51I said cut it out.
00:16:53Don't start no trouble, boy.
00:16:56Let's go.
00:16:57That's the preacher's girl.
00:16:59You mess with him, you get old man Johnson on your back.
00:17:02Come on.
00:17:07Let's go, Duff.
00:17:10Take it easy.
00:17:18You don't sound human, do you?
00:17:27How come you stay around here?
00:17:37Well, my mother was the only good teacher the college school ever had.
00:17:45Nobody bothers with those kids.
00:17:48That's why you come back, huh?
00:17:50It's hard to see any change, but I'm gonna stay.
00:17:55Another year anyway.
00:17:58You got more guts than me, baby.
00:18:00This is no good time.
00:18:04It's better than it used to be.
00:18:06Eight years ago, they still had a lynching here.
00:18:10Tied a man to a car and dragged him to death.
00:18:16My father knew who did it, but he didn't say anything.
00:18:22Scared, huh?
00:18:35Well, good night, baby.
00:18:39Not here, Duff.
00:18:42I get it.
00:18:43Yeah, I can see old man with a shotgun right now.
00:18:48But I would like to see you again.
00:18:51You would, huh?
00:18:52Mm-hmm.
00:18:54Well, if I was you, baby, I wouldn't go around sticking out my jugular vein.
00:18:59What do you mean?
00:19:02Well, you almost got into trouble back there, you know.
00:19:06I wouldn't have let you.
00:19:08Oh, baby, I ain't in the third grade, you know.
00:19:12Yeah.
00:19:14What we gonna do next time?
00:19:16We gonna have a nice long chat in the parlor?
00:19:19No.
00:19:21On the porch.
00:19:22Oh, yeah.
00:19:23And then what?
00:19:25What?
00:19:27Well, either we gonna hit the hay or get married.
00:19:31Now, you don't wanna hit the hay, and I don't wanna get married.
00:19:35You have some very primitive ideas, don't you?
00:19:40All right, so I'm primitive.
00:19:42So what you want with me?
00:19:45Look, Duff, most of the men I know, they're kind of sad.
00:19:53When I met you the other day, I had the feeling that you're different.
00:19:57That's why I went out with you.
00:19:59I thought we might have something to say to each other.
00:20:02Hell, baby, I don't know what to say.
00:20:07Good night, Duff.
00:20:09Good night, Duff.
00:20:27Ha! Ha! Ha!
00:20:30Woo-ha!
00:20:35Ha! I got it.
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00:21:15Are you finished, Jackie?
00:21:17Yes, ma'am.
00:21:18Well, I'm not.
00:21:30All right, class dismissed.
00:21:40At first, it was real strange.
00:21:59It's a long ways from Alabama.
00:22:03Really got under my skin, though.
00:22:06Almost didn't come back.
00:22:09Why did you?
00:22:10I don't know.
00:22:11Guess I belong here more than there.
00:22:14Been up north?
00:22:16Yeah.
00:22:17I knocked around a couple of months after the army.
00:22:19You been there?
00:22:20No.
00:22:21Well, it ain't that good up there, neither.
00:22:26Might as well make it here.
00:22:27Of course, I ain't really making it now.
00:22:33Anyway, he can't get to you if you keep moving.
00:22:41Oh, I'm sorry.
00:22:46Come on in, Josie.
00:22:52We're all through.
00:22:53Daddy, this is Duff Anderson.
00:22:54Hello.
00:22:55How you doing?
00:22:56All right, son.
00:22:57This is Mr. Johnson, our school superintendent.
00:22:58How are you?
00:22:59I'll be right back.
00:23:00Okay.
00:23:01Hey, you're courting the preacher's girl, huh?
00:23:02Well, you just better watch your step, boy, or he'll preach you right into hell.
00:23:03I'm counting on you, Reverend.
00:23:04I understand.
00:23:05What do you do?
00:23:06I'm a pastor.
00:23:07Pastor?
00:23:08Yeah.
00:23:09Pastor.
00:23:10Pastor.
00:23:11Pastor.
00:23:12Pastor.
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00:23:14Pastor.
00:23:15Pastor.
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00:23:19Pastor.
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00:23:21Pastor.
00:23:22Pastor.
00:23:23What do you do for one of your people to see you at a time like this?
00:23:26I know.
00:23:27I'll talk to the mayor.
00:23:28That'll make the folks very happy.
00:23:37It's hard to know how to talk to the white folks these days.
00:23:43Yeah.
00:23:44Well, I guess it ain't never been easy.
00:23:47It's a changing times.
00:23:49Sit down, son.
00:23:51Thank you.
00:23:56Well, it looks like we'll be getting our new school.
00:24:02How come y'all ain't sending them all to the same school?
00:24:05Well, you've got to go easy.
00:24:09We haven't had any trouble in town for eight years, and we're not going to have any now.
00:24:16Can't live without trouble, can you?
00:24:21It's a nice place you got here.
00:24:22It's real nice.
00:24:24Yes, the Lord has been pretty good to us.
00:24:27I guess you're a churchman, aren't you?
00:24:30I guess I ain't.
00:24:32Why?
00:24:33Don't you believe in the Lord?
00:24:34Oh, I do.
00:24:36It's just, it seems to me us colored folks do a whole lot of church going.
00:24:41The white folks didn't need it real bad.
00:24:44I think if you tried living in a town like this, instead of running free and easy, you'd soon change your tune.
00:24:53I doubt it.
00:24:56I see.
00:24:58Well, I guess you and I don't have much to say to each other now, do we?
00:25:04I guess not.
00:25:06And since we're talking, my wife and I don't want you hanging around our daughter.
00:25:13Well, that figures.
00:25:18That fits in with everything else, doesn't it?
00:25:37I'm sorry.
00:25:38It ain't your fault.
00:25:43That's the way he is.
00:25:45Yeah.
00:25:47It's just that I figured.
00:25:49What do you mean?
00:25:51Hell, I don't belong here.
00:25:55I don't know what I've been thinking.
00:26:03Look, Doug.
00:26:05If you're free, I'm not working tomorrow.
00:26:08Sorry, baby.
00:26:10I'm going to Birmingham.
00:26:12Just for the day?
00:26:16I want to see my kid.
00:26:21I didn't know you had one.
00:26:24Yeah.
00:26:26Well, I do.
00:26:30Are you married?
00:26:35No, I ain't married.
00:26:38Well.
00:26:41Goodbye.
00:26:56Well, what do you know?
00:26:58Surprise?
00:27:00Nope.
00:27:02Women always follow me around.
00:27:04I'm just going in to do my shopping.
00:27:06Oh.
00:27:08It's just a coincidence, huh?
00:27:10That's right.
00:27:12Okay, I'll see you later.
00:27:14Good here, Doug.
00:27:18No point running away from coincidence.
00:27:24Baby, you must be crazy.
00:27:35I know.
00:27:44How old is your boy?
00:27:46Four.
00:27:48What's he like?
00:27:52I ain't seen him in a couple of years.
00:28:04Come on.
00:28:30You have a few cents?
00:28:32What do you want?
00:28:35Guess you must be looking after my boy.
00:28:37I'm Doug Anderson.
00:28:39About time you showed.
00:28:41Door's open.
00:28:48James Lee?
00:28:50Come in here and meet your daddy.
00:28:55Where's Wilma?
00:28:57She done moved to Detroit.
00:29:00Ain't she gonna take the boy?
00:29:02She got herself a husband now.
00:29:04They don't want him around.
00:29:06And I tell you, man, I got no use for him neither.
00:29:11I've been sending her money.
00:29:14Well, she never gave me none.
00:29:16Look, you better find him a place pretty quick.
00:29:20Like where?
00:29:22I don't know. He's your boy.
00:29:24I ain't so sure of that.
00:29:26If I was, maybe I'd feel different.
00:29:34James Lee, I said for you to come in here.
00:29:43How you been, boy?
00:29:46Go on. Tell him.
00:29:48I got you something.
00:30:18Get up.
00:30:33Doctor says he could use some shots.
00:30:38Look, I'll be sending you the money from now on.
00:30:43Okay.
00:30:46Make sure he gets those shots.
00:30:53They say your dad's around town.
00:30:57Is that right?
00:31:00I thought he was up north.
00:31:03People seen him around.
00:31:07Where's he at?
00:31:09I don't know.
00:31:15Take care of him.
00:31:45You will, Anderson?
00:31:48Who are you?
00:31:51I'm Duff.
00:31:59Couldn't have known.
00:32:02I'm Duff.
00:32:05Duff.
00:32:08Duff.
00:32:11Duff.
00:32:14Couldn't have known you.
00:32:16I wouldn't have known you.
00:32:28What's on your mind?
00:32:30Nothing.
00:32:32Heard you was in town.
00:32:35Want to look at your old man, huh?
00:32:37Yeah, that's right.
00:32:40Want a drink?
00:32:48What happened?
00:32:53I reckon I saw him now.
00:32:56It's two.
00:32:58Come on.
00:33:09Mary, I want you to meet Duff.
00:33:15Hi.
00:33:17He's my son.
00:33:21Come and have some coffee.
00:33:28I'm Lee.
00:33:30Sit down.
00:33:33Come on, Will.
00:33:37What's the matter?
00:33:39You mad at me?
00:33:41No.
00:33:43Why?
00:33:45Nothing, baby.
00:33:51She's all right.
00:33:53Wouldn't have made it without her.
00:33:55Christ, I haven't worked in eight months.
00:33:58But right now, I'm waiting on some insurance money.
00:34:01And, man, when I get it,
00:34:03I got plans to make me some more.
00:34:08Well, let's get out of here.
00:34:12This place gives me the willies.
00:34:17Got some money?
00:34:20Let's stay here, Will.
00:34:22What's the matter?
00:34:24It's a celebration.
00:34:30Thanks.
00:34:36So what's this about a woman?
00:34:39You got a woman trouble?
00:34:41I said I'd come into town with a girl.
00:34:45Planning on getting married?
00:34:47Nope.
00:34:49Don't sound so sure.
00:34:51Well, as a matter of fact,
00:34:54done a lot of banging around.
00:34:56Yeah.
00:34:58Tell me when your mother got started.
00:35:03I'm telling you, boy,
00:35:05you ain't got a chance without dough.
00:35:07It'd take it all away from you.
00:35:13Pour your own trouble, Will.
00:35:22Mother used to lay for a boss, boy.
00:35:24Did you know that?
00:35:26Shut up, Will.
00:35:28Okay.
00:35:30So what's a girl supposed to do?
00:35:32Me, not working.
00:35:34Not cleaning house for a while, you know.
00:35:36I'm telling you, boy,
00:35:38keep away from marriage.
00:35:40You got to stay light on your feet,
00:35:42or you won't make it.
00:35:46She couldn't, eh?
00:35:48No point in marrying her just to find out.
00:35:52Is there, baby?
00:35:55If you don't quit it, Will, I'm leaving.
00:35:58You're breaking my heart.
00:36:07Gotta see a man about a dog.
00:36:19Don't let him get you, Doug.
00:36:25How often does he get like that?
00:36:29Whenever he's got an edge on him.
00:36:31How often is that?
00:36:33I don't know.
00:36:35I don't know.
00:36:37I don't know.
00:36:39I don't know.
00:36:41I don't know.
00:36:43I don't know.
00:36:45I don't know.
00:36:47How often is that?
00:36:52He's been hitting it pretty hard.
00:36:56He's got high blood pressure, too.
00:37:03I guess it's hard on him having you around.
00:37:18Well, what do you think of that?
00:37:27I asked you something, boy.
00:37:31I heard you.
00:37:33Pretty good for a one-armed nigger, huh?
00:37:36Great.
00:37:40What do you want, anyhow?
00:37:42What do you come bothering me for?
00:37:44He's your son.
00:37:49Okay, boy, beat it.
00:37:54You got the point.
00:37:59I'll see you, Lee.
00:38:03Come back some other time, will you?
00:38:06Yeah, sure.
00:38:08Good luck.
00:38:14See you.
00:38:45Hi.
00:38:48I thought you wasn't coming.
00:38:51How did it go?
00:38:53What?
00:38:55Your boy.
00:38:57Okay, I guess.
00:39:01I'll have some coffee, please.
00:39:05I'll have some coffee, please.
00:39:09I'll have some coffee, please.
00:39:11I'll have some coffee, please.
00:39:14Okay.
00:39:18You know, I've been thinking.
00:39:21How about us getting married?
00:39:26What do you mean?
00:39:29Just what I said.
00:39:33Don't look so scared.
00:39:37Thank you.
00:39:43How about it?
00:39:47What happened, Duff?
00:39:50Look, baby, I don't know about you,
00:39:52but it's the right thing for me.
00:39:54I just know it is.
00:39:58So what'd you say?
00:40:01Don't push me, Duff.
00:40:04Yeah.
00:40:06Wouldn't be no picnic for you.
00:40:09I ain't exactly housebroken.
00:40:13What about that girl?
00:40:19She don't mean nothing to me.
00:40:21That's all over.
00:40:24Hell, baby,
00:40:26I'm asking you to marry me.
00:40:32I guess you want a big scene, huh?
00:40:36No.
00:40:39Yeah.
00:40:41How about a small one?
00:40:45Cheers, huh?
00:40:57I'll be a monkey's kid sister.
00:40:59What do you want to do a thing like that for?
00:41:02Must have knocked her out.
00:41:04What are you gonna get out of it, huh?
00:41:06A whole lot, Frankie.
00:41:08Like what?
00:41:10Like a home, for one thing.
00:41:12You're gonna sit at home the rest of your life?
00:41:15Jesus.
00:41:17Well, it's better than winding up like a bum.
00:41:20What you signifying?
00:41:23I won't think about you, Frankie.
00:41:26Old Doris surely will miss you.
00:41:28Just give her a couple of months.
00:41:31A girl like that, she don't know any tricks.
00:41:34You know what Doris told me?
00:41:37She said that Duff's a nice guy.
00:41:39Wouldn't even charge him nothing.
00:41:42I guess you'll be quitting the railroad, huh, man?
00:41:45That's right.
00:41:47Man, you must be plumb out of your mind.
00:41:49You'll be making 20 bucks a week,
00:41:51if you're lucky.
00:41:57Frankie!
00:42:01Frankie!
00:42:04Frankie!
00:42:08Turn here.
00:42:12There it is.
00:42:25I used to know them.
00:42:27Yeah?
00:42:29They've gone north.
00:42:32I can see why.
00:42:37Well, what do you think?
00:42:40It's okay with me, baby.
00:42:42How you gonna like it?
00:42:46It'll be fine when we get done with it.
00:42:50Who's that?
00:42:53That's Bessie Hall.
00:42:55Barney works at the mill.
00:42:57Yeah?
00:43:00Hey, watch out.
00:43:04Guess you want a house full of pig and ninnies too, huh?
00:43:08Don't call them that.
00:43:10It's all right with me.
00:43:12I always liked kids.
00:43:17What about your boy?
00:43:20What about him?
00:43:22He can live with us.
00:43:29Let's just see how the two of us make out first, huh?
00:44:00Thank you.
00:44:02Thank you.
00:44:29Good luck, baby.
00:44:39Hard to get up in the morning, huh?
00:44:41That's right.
00:44:43I'm tired.
00:44:45I'm tired.
00:44:47I'm tired.
00:44:49I'm tired.
00:44:51I'm tired.
00:44:53I'm tired.
00:44:55I'm tired.
00:44:57Hard to get up in the morning, huh?
00:44:59That's right.
00:45:01How you doing, buddy?
00:45:03Okay.
00:45:05Come on, Willie.
00:45:08Just a minute, man.
00:45:10Come on, we're late.
00:45:16Yes, boss.
00:45:18I was coming as fast as I can.
00:45:21Get in the car, man.
00:45:23How you doing, man?
00:45:25Okay, let's go.
00:45:27That's right, Jethro.
00:45:29Takes us to the plan in horror, boy.
00:45:31I's got a heavy day.
00:45:39I tells you, man,
00:45:41you gives these niggers a machine
00:45:43and they go stargraving wild.
00:45:46You new here?
00:45:48That's right.
00:46:00Hey, Jack.
00:46:05Hey, boy.
00:46:07I'm talking to you.
00:46:09Hey, Jack.
00:46:11Hey, boy.
00:46:13I'm talking to you.
00:46:16Name's Doug.
00:46:19How you doing?
00:46:21Okay.
00:46:24Looks like you're doing a good job.
00:46:26Thanks.
00:46:29Don't say much, do you?
00:46:32Guess I don't.
00:46:34Just so you do your work.
00:46:44Hell, I'll bet those black girls
00:46:46really go for you, huh?
00:46:48That's the best-looking colored girl in town.
00:46:53What's the matter?
00:46:56Still on your honeymoon, huh?
00:47:00Just like you, Barney,
00:47:02been on your honeymoon 20 years, huh?
00:47:05Yeah.
00:47:07How many kids you got now, Barney?
00:47:09Four.
00:47:12Mm.
00:47:14She can cook, too.
00:47:17Man, it's no wonder you've been
00:47:19dragging your tail on the job.
00:47:21You've been doing your best work at home.
00:47:28What's the matter, boy?
00:47:30Never smile?
00:47:32Never smile.
00:47:34What's the matter, boy?
00:47:36Never smile?
00:47:38I smile when it's funny.
00:47:43It wasn't funny, huh?
00:47:46Well, I thought it was.
00:47:49Why you say, Barney?
00:47:51Wasn't it funny?
00:47:53Yeah, it was funny.
00:47:55Sure.
00:47:57What do you say, boys?
00:47:59Wasn't it funny?
00:48:01Sure.
00:48:03The trouble with you boys,
00:48:05you ain't got no sense of humor.
00:48:07You ought to smile more.
00:48:10I know.
00:48:14You're new here, man.
00:48:17See you, boys.
00:48:24You know, man,
00:48:26that guy was trying to be friendly.
00:48:29That ain't my idea of friendliness.
00:48:32You got to watch yourself pretty close.
00:48:34Yeah, you want to get along, act a nigger.
00:48:36Like hell.
00:48:38You know,
00:48:40if you fellas stuck together
00:48:42instead of letting them walk all over you,
00:48:44they might not try it.
00:48:46Like hell they wouldn't.
00:48:48They've been doing it all my life.
00:48:50Well, maybe it's time you stopped letting them.
00:48:54Man, you sound like a trouble man.
00:49:01Use the glass, honey.
00:49:03That's what it's for.
00:49:06Is that so?
00:49:08Yes, that's so.
00:49:18What's wrong?
00:49:20I don't know.
00:49:22What's wrong?
00:49:24I don't know.
00:49:26What's wrong?
00:49:28Nothing.
00:49:30I don't know.
00:49:32You smell like something crawled up in there and died.
00:49:34Oh, really?
00:49:37I thought it was pretty good.
00:49:39Come here, baby.
00:49:42Anything you cook is good.
00:49:48Doug?
00:49:50You know those women you used to know?
00:49:54What about them?
00:50:00Am I as good as they?
00:50:05Good coffee.
00:50:08You didn't answer my question.
00:50:11Baby,
00:50:13you're the best thing that ever happened to me.
00:50:16You still didn't answer my question.
00:50:21Well,
00:50:23if you don't know,
00:50:25I can't tell you.
00:50:31You know how to box?
00:50:33Mm-hmm.
00:50:35Why?
00:50:37My kids want me to teach them.
00:50:41Okay. Come on.
00:50:44Move on.
00:50:48Come on. Here. Hold it.
00:50:50That's it. Baby, that's it.
00:50:52Come on.
00:50:54Come on.
00:50:56Come on.
00:50:58Baby, that's it.
00:51:00Okay. Ready? Come on.
00:51:02I don't want to hurt you.
00:51:04It's all right. Come on. Hit me.
00:51:06Ooh!
00:51:08My, my!
00:51:29Okay.
00:51:31If you don't want to do nothing,
00:51:33then just leave me alone.
00:51:35You can sit out here all night.
00:51:37I don't care what you do.
00:51:39You're no good around the house anyway.
00:51:53Sure scares you,
00:51:55a guy like that
00:51:57on the porch doing nothing.
00:51:59Seen hundreds of them
00:52:01all my life.
00:52:05My father's never done a thing
00:52:07for any of them.
00:52:15I'm very happy, Duff.
00:52:21How about you?
00:52:28You sure done a great job, Mrs. Anderson.
00:52:30Thanks.
00:52:32But you haven't eaten very much.
00:52:35How about it, Frankie?
00:52:37I bet you could eat some more.
00:52:39No, thanks, ma'am.
00:52:41How's that job coming?
00:52:43Well, I don't know, Frankie.
00:52:45I don't know.
00:52:47I don't know.
00:52:49I don't know.
00:52:51I don't know.
00:52:53I don't know.
00:52:55Well, it ain't the railroad.
00:52:57Those guys are scared.
00:52:59I guess they never know nothing but taking it.
00:53:02They all got families to support.
00:53:06Yeah, that's right, Jocko.
00:53:09Those white guys sure shoot up at you
00:53:11like a yeast cake if you just cock a eye at them.
00:53:14Guess you'll be making some changes around here.
00:53:18What's eating you, Jocko?
00:53:21Nothing.
00:53:23Nothin'.
00:53:25I just figured you were the right man for the job.
00:53:31I guess you'll all keep working together, won't you?
00:53:34Heck no. They're shipping us all over the map.
00:53:38That's too bad.
00:53:40If you want them, there's some expert dishwashers here.
00:53:43No thanks. My kitchen's too small.
00:53:48Okay, fellas, let's give the folks some privacy.
00:53:54Bye-bye, Frankie.
00:53:56You got a good thing there.
00:53:58See you. Take it easy, pal.
00:54:01I'll see you before you take off again.
00:54:03Okay, Doc.
00:54:05I'll see you, Doc.
00:54:07Bye, John.
00:54:23Doc?
00:54:40Hmm?
00:54:45My back itches.
00:54:48How would you like to have a baby, Doc?
00:54:51Hmm?
00:54:54Don't look so scared.
00:54:57You tired of me?
00:54:59Well, I haven't come around.
00:55:02Well, ain't that something?
00:55:08That's just fine, baby.
00:55:11You'll be all right.
00:55:14You'll be all right.
00:55:20Man, we sure hit the jackpot fast around here.
00:55:27What about your boy?
00:55:29How come you keep asking?
00:55:32I keep thinking about him.
00:55:34Well, he ain't mine, so skip it, huh?
00:55:45Baby, we gonna put a whole lot of little kids in this world.
00:55:50Hell, we'll swamp them.
00:56:00Well, if they could do it in Birmingham, and that's a dean town,
00:56:05we ought to do something here.
00:56:08You Duff Anderson?
00:56:10That's right.
00:56:12I want to talk to you.
00:56:14Okay.
00:56:25I hear you're trying to organize this place.
00:56:28Yeah, I'm trying to organize it.
00:56:31I'm trying to organize it.
00:56:35I hear you're trying to organize this place.
00:56:39I don't know what you're talking about.
00:56:41Well, that's no way to talk, boy.
00:56:44Now, we had one of them union men around here a couple years ago.
00:56:47Stirred up a lot of trouble.
00:56:49They're always after you colored boys.
00:56:52I still don't know what you're talking about.
00:56:56You a union man?
00:56:59Used to be, on the railroad.
00:57:02On the railroad?
00:57:04Well, this ain't the railroad.
00:57:09Now, what's all this talk about sticking together?
00:57:14Well, what do you know?
00:57:22Now, look, boy, we got a smooth operation here, and I aim to keep it that way.
00:57:25Now, I got an idea you're playing with trouble.
00:57:29You got the wrong idea.
00:57:32All right, then.
00:57:34All I want you to do is tell these boys here that you didn't mean what you said about sticking together and all.
00:57:52You want to keep the job, boy?
00:57:56What you think.
00:57:58Then do like I said.
00:58:01Ben, this boy here's got something he wants to tell you all.
00:58:10Well, how about it?
00:58:21Boy, you acting like a nigger with no sense.
00:58:26All right.
00:58:28Go down to the office and get your pay.
00:58:30Tell them he flew.
00:58:56Don't, Duff.
00:59:04Yeah.
00:59:12Jumpy, that's all.
00:59:16Well, you've had quite a day.
00:59:20I like to be a mother.
00:59:24Jesus, baby, leave me alone, will you?
00:59:36Don't deny me, Duff.
00:59:40Hell, baby, I met this beautiful chick, and she's just dying for me.
00:59:44Okay?
00:59:48Don't be so silly.
00:59:52Yeah.
00:59:54But just how we gonna make out, baby?
00:59:58I gotta get me a job.
01:00:00You will.
01:00:02The pay's so damn low.
01:00:06I don't want my kids to grow up like Barney's.
01:00:08They won't.
01:00:12I'm telling you, baby.
01:00:16I'm telling you, baby.
01:00:18Maybe we'd better get out of here.
01:00:22We can always do that, Duff.
01:00:24Yeah.
01:00:26Yeah, I know. I ain't really thinking about it.
01:00:30Anyhow, I don't want them white guys laughing up their sleeve at me when they see me pull out.
01:00:36Yeah.
01:00:38We can use you.
01:00:40Paperwork or sawmill?
01:00:42Yeah.
01:00:43Where was that?
01:00:45Walkin' Williams.
01:00:49What did you say your name is?
01:00:51Anderson.
01:00:57Sorry, Barney.
01:00:58Ain't nothin' to you.
01:01:09Hiya, Francis.
01:01:16How you doin', man?
01:01:18Okay.
01:01:20Have a quarter.
01:01:22I've been aimin' to talk to you.
01:01:25Oh, yeah?
01:01:27You know, over at the plant, there's just one guy that talks.
01:01:31Is that right?
01:01:33It's kinda late to say it, but we should've acted differently.
01:01:37Thank you.
01:01:42Been over to the other mill?
01:01:45Yeah, I been there.
01:01:54It's just that we're not used to seein' anyone stand up around here.
01:01:58Kinda took us by surprise.
01:02:01Oh, yeah?
01:02:04That's good.
01:02:07Well, you tried all the mills.
01:02:10There's no other industry around here.
01:02:12How about that furniture plant?
01:02:14Man, the darkest thing they got in there is Coca-Cola.
01:02:18Yeah.
01:02:20Now, if you wanna work like a real nigger, you can always go out and chop cotton.
01:02:26They done that too long in my family.
01:02:29Well, they pay you three bucks a day and all the cotton you can eat.
01:02:38Yeah, I might have somethin' for ya if you wanna put on a uniform.
01:02:50What's the pay?
01:02:51Pay's $10 a week plus tips and lunch.
01:02:55I see.
01:02:56Ain't for me.
01:02:57Thanks.
01:02:59Now, what about soap?
01:03:01I ain't got enough.
01:03:02I got a good buyer on soap.
01:03:04Come over there and take a look.
01:03:05Right over there.
01:03:06Go ahead.
01:03:09Yeah?
01:03:10I'm lookin' for work.
01:03:11I got a buyer.
01:03:12Thanks.
01:03:28Hi.
01:03:31All ass, baby, huh?
01:03:36How much money you got with ya?
01:03:38About $10.
01:03:41Water pump's busted.
01:03:44I don't know if it's worth fixin', but I need that car.
01:03:48You can have what I've got.
01:03:49It's right there.
01:04:02Thanks.
01:04:18Startin' tomorrow mornin', we got work for 15 hands.
01:04:22All we're gonna pay is $2.50 a day.
01:04:26Can't pay you the three,
01:04:27cause ain't gonna be much of a crop this year.
01:04:31Now, y'all who wanna work, step up or take your name.
01:04:42It's not as hard on a girl.
01:04:45They're not afraid of us.
01:04:51You know, Duff, we do have enough money.
01:04:54Especially now.
01:04:56Sure, baby.
01:04:59Fact, I don't ever have to work no more.
01:05:02When that baby comes, I can just stay home
01:05:04and send you back to school.
01:05:05How about that?
01:05:07I'm tryin' to help, Duff.
01:05:08Yeah.
01:05:11I could work even after the baby comes.
01:05:14A few hours a week anyway.
01:05:16What the hell could you do?
01:05:18Day work.
01:05:20You kiddin'?
01:05:23You ain't goin' to no white home.
01:05:26I seen the way they look at ya.
01:05:28Goin' down the street.
01:05:32No point fixin' it.
01:05:33What are you gonna do?
01:05:34Don't do that!
01:05:35Watch out!
01:05:54That's good killin'.
01:05:58But what's bitin' you now?
01:06:03You hurt me.
01:06:09I can't stand to see you like that.
01:06:13I know you can't help it.
01:06:19Stop bein' so damned understanding.
01:06:36I know just how you feel, son.
01:06:38But believe me,
01:06:40you're going about it the wrong way.
01:06:43Don't look like there's a right way.
01:06:45Well, you have to be reasonable.
01:06:48Now, they say you're a troublemaker.
01:06:50That's no good.
01:06:52Use a little psychology.
01:06:54Make them think you're going along
01:06:55and get what you want.
01:06:59It ain't in me.
01:07:01Well, you'll be in trouble, son.
01:07:05Now, just how do you intend to support your family, huh?
01:07:10I guess I'll rob a bank.
01:07:13Don't you get smart with me, boy.
01:07:24Maybe you ought to move.
01:07:27You'd be a lot better off in the North.
01:07:31So I've been told.
01:07:33It's for your own good.
01:07:36Oh, yeah.
01:07:40You know, it seems to me, Revan,
01:07:42I'm more concerned about your good.
01:07:47Guess it looks kind of bad
01:07:48havin' me for a son-in-law, huh?
01:07:54You can be cocky now, boy.
01:07:57But you won't last.
01:07:58You won't make it.
01:08:00I just feel sorry for Josie.
01:08:02I knew it wouldn't work out.
01:08:04Well, at least she ain't married
01:08:05to no white man's nigger.
01:08:08You've been stupid so long, Revan,
01:08:11you don't know how to stand straight no more.
01:08:14You're just half a man.
01:08:34Maybe I could talk to Bud Ellis.
01:08:37He may have a job for you at his filling station.
01:08:42Oh, yeah.
01:08:45I'll be seeing you.
01:08:47Bye, Dad.
01:08:49Bye.
01:09:01How come you don't hate their guts?
01:09:05I don't know.
01:09:09I guess I'm not afraid of them.
01:09:14You were plenty scared that night in the car.
01:09:20Just of getting hurt.
01:09:24They can't touch me inside.
01:09:28Like hell they can't.
01:09:31They can reach right in with their damn white hands
01:09:33and turn you off and on.
01:09:38Not if you see them for what they are, Duff.
01:09:43Jesus, baby, you're so full of talk.
01:09:49You ain't never really been a nigger, have you?
01:09:52Living like that in your father's house.
01:09:55So just shut your mouth.
01:10:04That's two bucks, Joe.
01:10:08Why don't you come over for a beer when you get through?
01:10:11Okay, I will.
01:10:15Hey, Duff, run the truck down Holly Road.
01:10:17There's a guy in a ditch.
01:10:22Hey, Duff, run the truck down Holly Road.
01:10:25There's a guy in a ditch.
01:10:52Sure glad to see you, boy.
01:11:07Guess I was kind of lucky, huh?
01:11:12My wife's going to give me hell.
01:11:18How you doing, boy?
01:11:20Okay.
01:11:27Want me to hold the light for you?
01:11:30No, thanks.
01:11:33Just trying to be helpful.
01:11:36Most folks around here got nothing to do with it.
01:11:40I'm just trying to help.
01:11:45Most folks around here got no use for niggers.
01:11:49Gotta understand them, that's all.
01:11:52How you doing, boy?
01:11:56Okay.
01:12:04Seems a little loose.
01:12:06She'll do.
01:12:10She ain't coming up even.
01:12:14Jesus, I told you to watch it!
01:12:17Sorry.
01:12:20Trouble with you boys.
01:12:22Don't listen when a man tells you something.
01:12:25She don't look no worse to me.
01:12:27Well, it didn't do her no good to get banged like that.
01:12:30Won't do her no good to run into a tree.
01:12:33What'd you say, boy?
01:12:36I said she's in great shape.
01:12:38I heard you.
01:12:40Now, instead of being smart, you just get that car out of here!
01:12:45Help me.
01:12:48Like some service from that boy there.
01:12:51Like the way he takes care of you.
01:12:54He's a good boy.
01:12:57He's a good boy.
01:13:00He's a good boy.
01:13:03He's a good boy.
01:13:06He's a good boy.
01:13:09He's a good boy.
01:13:12Like the way he takes care of us.
01:13:17Okay.
01:13:21Fill up?
01:13:24No, boy.
01:13:2638 cents worth of gas.
01:13:28And watch you don't make it 39.
01:13:32We got business with you, boy.
01:13:35You, uh, gonna apologize to our friend here?
01:13:44Didn't hear you say yes, sir.
01:13:48Don't they say yes, sir, where you come from?
01:13:52Didn't hear you say yes, sir.
01:13:56Don't they say yes, sir, where you come from?
01:14:01Boy, you hear me?
01:14:08That'll be 38 cents.
01:14:11Goddamn it, nigga, you must think you're white.
01:14:13Who do you think you are, King of Harlem?
01:14:16How about this windshield, boy?
01:14:18Like a little service.
01:14:23Come on.
01:14:28Hell, they're getting too big for their britches.
01:14:31Yeah, his wife's the same way.
01:14:34Strutting through town like she owns the place.
01:14:37Shaking that little rear end.
01:14:40Must be all that education they're getting.
01:14:46Real cool, ain't he?
01:14:49Just like we ain't here.
01:14:58That'll be 38 cents.
01:15:02You in a big hurry, boy?
01:15:04Yeah, he's trying to get home.
01:15:07Bet she's pretty hot, huh?
01:15:13You better watch your mouth, man.
01:15:17All right.
01:15:20I bet she's a sly little nigga, that girl.
01:15:23Wouldn't mind a piece of her myself.
01:15:25All right, now, you get out of here.
01:15:26Who you telling to get, boy?
01:15:28You watch your mouth, there'll be some dying done around here.
01:15:31Dying's gonna be done two ways.
01:15:32Let's go, Al, he ain't worth it.
01:15:34Now, you stay out of it.
01:15:36What's going on, huh?
01:15:39You better get rid of this white-eyed nigga here.
01:15:43What happened?
01:15:45Never mind.
01:15:46You keep them working around here and this place won't be around.
01:15:50And I ain't kidding.
01:16:16I guess we got trouble.
01:16:19You ain't got none, mister.
01:16:23I'm sorry, Doc.
01:16:26Don't tell me, I know.
01:16:46I called the gas station.
01:16:49I've been worried.
01:17:00Well...
01:17:05If they don't blow up this place,
01:17:08they'll get in some other way.
01:17:12It'll make no difference no how.
01:17:15What do you mean?
01:17:19Nothing.
01:17:22Quit looking at me like that.
01:17:27Doc...
01:17:30I love you.
01:17:32Yeah, well, that don't do me one damn bit of good.
01:17:36Come on, honey, let's go.
01:17:41Come on.
01:17:52I never should have married you in the first place.
01:17:59Ain't you gonna say something?
01:18:05There's nothing to say.
01:18:08Well...
01:18:11It'll be the first time.
01:18:38Where are you gonna go?
01:18:41When I get sick,
01:18:44I'll send for you.
01:18:48I don't think that'll happen.
01:18:53I'll be back.
01:18:56I'll be back.
01:18:59I'll be back.
01:19:02I'll be back.
01:19:06You'd be better off without me.
01:19:11I ain't fit to live with no more.
01:19:17It's just like a lynching.
01:19:20Maybe they don't use a knife on you,
01:19:23but they got other ways.
01:19:29You're not a man because of a job, Doc.
01:19:32You don't know nothing about it, me.
01:19:35Nothing.
01:19:38And don't kid yourself.
01:19:41You did your bit.
01:19:51Okay.
01:19:54Doc?
01:19:57Like I said, baby,
01:20:00I'll write you.
01:20:30Okay.
01:20:52Who is it?
01:20:55It's your son.
01:20:58My son? I ain't got no son.
01:21:08You're Doc?
01:21:11That's right.
01:21:15Eat it.
01:21:21Take it easy, Pop.
01:21:24What's the matter? It smells so good, huh?
01:21:27Must have broken some ruckets.
01:21:39Come on, Pop.
01:21:42Nothing you can do.
01:21:45It's been like this for days.
01:21:48No use to know about it.
01:21:52Huh?
01:21:55Where is he?
01:21:58What's the matter?
01:22:01Now you lay down and get some sleep.
01:22:05Go.
01:22:09Come on, you stay put.
01:22:20I ain't drunk, honey.
01:22:23Like hell you ain't.
01:22:27I'm not drunk.
01:22:30I'm not drunk.
01:22:33I'm not drunk.
01:22:37That's a thick ceiling here.
01:22:40What's the matter?
01:22:43Better now.
01:22:49Where you at?
01:22:52Right here.
01:22:55Couldn't get the words out before.
01:22:58Better get him to a hospital.
01:23:01Not today.
01:23:05They tell you to beat it, huh?
01:23:10Let's go.
01:23:16Anything you say, baby.
01:23:34Duff?
01:23:37Duff.
01:23:40He stopped breathing.
01:24:05We thought you might want these.
01:24:10Thanks.
01:24:13Would you like me to say anything tomorrow?
01:24:16I guess so.
01:24:19Have anything in mind?
01:24:22No.
01:24:25What you usually say, I guess.
01:24:29Where was your father born?
01:24:32I don't know.
01:24:37His profession?
01:24:40Well, he worked around.
01:24:43And his age?
01:24:46I don't know.
01:24:4948, I guess.
01:24:52Any other family?
01:24:55No, just me.
01:24:58Me and her.
01:25:02Well, I guess that's all until tomorrow.
01:25:05Okay, thanks very much.
01:25:32What are you gonna do?
01:25:38You want to come up the house?
01:25:41You can stay there till you get on your feet.
01:25:44There's no point paying the hotel.
01:25:47No, thanks, Lee.
01:25:50I don't know.
01:25:53I don't know.
01:25:56I don't know.
01:25:59I'm sorry.
01:26:04It's just that I hate empty rooms.
01:26:07Sure.
01:26:12Well...
01:26:15What are you gonna do?
01:26:19I guess I'll make me some trouble in that town.
01:26:24Going back, huh?
01:26:27That's right.
01:26:30They'll run you out.
01:26:33No, they won't.
01:26:37How you gonna live?
01:26:42I can always chop cotton if I have to.
01:26:48If you want a ride, I'll take you home.
01:26:51No, thanks.
01:26:53I'll take the bus.
01:26:56Okay.
01:27:02Don't be too hard on him.
01:27:06Hell, I'm just like him.
01:27:10I know he wasn't much of a father.
01:27:14Who is?
01:27:17Goodbye, Doc.
01:27:48That window's broke, boy.
01:27:51If you stay over there, you're gonna get awful wet.
01:28:17I'm sorry.
01:28:47Hi.
01:29:17Hi.
01:29:35It ain't gonna be easy, babe.
01:29:38But it's gonna be all right.
01:29:42Babe...
01:29:45I feel so free inside.
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