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A Powerful Thang
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This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine Allen is a writer and single mother who has been dating saxophone teacher Craig Watkins for a month. Wishing to end her self-imposed celibacy following her son's birth, Yasmine has reached a turning point in the relationship. But Craig, the Big Lug, wants to take it slow. Sage advice from friends and family members remind them, "sex is a powerful thang." Like her highly acclaimed CYCLES, Zeinabu irene Davis's film incorporates animation as well as Afro-Haitian dance in a rich exploration of the lives of African Americans.
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Main credits
Chéry, Marc Arthur (screenwriter)
Davis, Zeinabu irene (film director)
Davis, Zeinabu irene (film producer)
Davis, Zeinabu irene (screenwriter)
Feyijinmi, Asma (actor)
Jelks, John Earl (actor)
Other credits
Cinematographer, S. Torriano Berry; editor, Casi Pacillo.
Distributor subjects
African American; SexualityKeywords
Zeinabu irene Davis,Afro-Haitian,dance,sex,celibacy,intimacy,friendship,African American,Sexuality; "A Powerful Thang"; Women Make Movies
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♪smooth jazzy music♪
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-[woman] Mm,
it's a powerful thang.
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Mm, it's a powerful thang.
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Mm, it's a powerful
thang, it's a powerful thang,
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it's a powerful thang.
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Mm, gotta take your time.
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Gotta take your time.
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Gotta take your time, get
your step, make your line
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in line with the time
in line with your mind
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'cause your mind is
a 21st Century find.
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Your mind is a
21st Century find.
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Don't be late.
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No shakes in your gaits 'cause
I sure would hate to mess around
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real late and see death comin'
at me on the roller skates.
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Death comin' at me
on the roller skates.
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Mm, it's a powerful thang.
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Mm, it's a powerful thang.
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It's a powerful thang,
it's a powerful thang,
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it's a powerful thang,
it's a powerful thang.
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Mm, it's a powerful thang.
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Powerful thang.
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♪soft mbira music♪
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-[Yasmine VO] Why is it
deadlines for articles always
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come at the same time I have
something better on my mind?
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Like Craig.
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I'd rather be thinking
about tonight than writing this
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article on black
women's self-image.
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They do connect -- body image,
dating, motherhood -- tonight.
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Akin, what are you writing?
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Give Mama some ideas.
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-Here, I write!
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-Go ahead!
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Very good!
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[keys tapping]
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-[snoring]
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Damn, my slobber stinks.
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[groans]
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-[Craig VO]
Music, lilting, soft,
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and languorous.
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Crashing, splendid, thunderous.
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Music.
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With you touching my fingertips.
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Music.
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With you, soul on
your parted lips.
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Music...is you.
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♪scatting softly♪
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[sighs]
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Take this horn.
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Make notes like Dunbar's words.
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Get this horn
talking about Yasmine.
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♪plays smooth sax♪
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-[Yasmine VO] Long, long ago,
Mother Nature built a beautiful
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continent to hold all the
special and wonderful families
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that she loved best.
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This land was called "Africa."
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The sun was king
over all of Africa,
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and the Earth was his queen...
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-[Yasmine VO] Leave it to Akin
to choose the only ebony prince
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left in the world: the one
who wants me and my child,
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rather than the deadbeats I
always gravitate towards.
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Who would have known a desperate
jaunt to the park to kill some
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time would bring a man
like Craig into our lives?
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I hope the time we spend without
Akin will be just as good.
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Mm-hm.
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What's that?
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-The grass.
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-Mm, what's this here?
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Elephant!
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He--
-What's that?
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-That's a rhinoceros.
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Okay.
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He was as black-- a tree.
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[laughs] He was as--
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-What's that?
-A gazelle.
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-What's that?
-It's a gazelle.
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-[Craig VO] Paul Laurence Dunbar
was a master of grace notes.
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Must be something about Ohio
that fills in the grace notes
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for you.
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That extra flourish where music
makes you burst out laughing.
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Or just feel warm inside.
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Oh, Yasmine's smile
is like a grace note.
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♪jazzy music plays
from record player♪
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[doorbell rings]
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-Hi, how are you doing?
-All right, Pop.
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How are you?
-I'm fine.
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-All right.
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Akin's very tired.
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I think I'm gonna
just lay him down.
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-Okay.
-[Yasmine] All right.
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-So, you have a date
with that musician brother?
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-Yeah, well, we've been seeing
each other for about a month
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now.
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-So, how's it going?
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-Kinda slow.
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Seems like we don't see
each other that much.
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We talk on the phone a lot.
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And why are you so
interested in what's going on?
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-I just want to be able to
give him the third degree.
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I also want to be
sure I'm not too late.
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-Too late for what?
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-For this.
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-[Yasmine] Condoms?
-[Pop] [laughs]
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If it rains, wear a raincoat.
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-Well, thank you.
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I hope these work better
than the last ones you gave me.
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-Why?
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-Akin is the
result of the last one.
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It had a hole in it!
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-There were holes?!
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[both laugh]
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-You ready?
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-[children] Yes, Mr. Watkins.
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-Let's take it
from the top, okay?
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A-one, a-one, two, three, four.
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-[Craig VO] I see
Akin in these kids.
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Working so hard
every other Saturday.
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It's hard learning to smile
through all these off-key
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screeching notes...
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grating against my ears.
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[chuckles] But each of
them tries so hard for me.
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Like Akin.
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So full of
admiration and smiles.
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Taking anything I can offer.
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-[Craig] Very, very, very good.
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That's all for today.
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See ya!
-[children] Bye!
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-[Craig VO] [sighs] If
only Yasmine was like them.
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Is she willing to
take me the way I am?
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-Mr. Watkins?
-Yes?
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-Can we make sure we
have this part right?
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-Sure!
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A-one, a-one, two, three, four.
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♪kids play sax poorly♪
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Yeah.
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Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo.
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♪funky dance music♪
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-[woman] There is too much
libido being built up in this
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rehearsal.
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And y'all are not concentrating!
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But that's something that y'all
are gonna have to deal with.
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Getting loving is like dancing.
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But you ain't gonna get nothing
if you don't work for it.
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-Well, she could kiss my grits.
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[women giggle]
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♪African drumming♪
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-♪singing in foreign language♪
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Boy, that was a
good rehearsal tonight.
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-[woman] Yeah, I think the
show's gonna be really hot.
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-[woman] Yeah, it
should be real nice.
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-Yeah.
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-I'm just worried
about my drum, though.
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-Oh, yeah?
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What's the matter?
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-Well, it keeps going down.
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And I don't like
putting a lot of feet on it,
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you know?
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-[woman] Oh, yeah, you might
have to put a [inaudible] in it
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or something.
-[woman] I hope not.
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That's a lot of work.
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I'm not into that.
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Listen, excuse me just a minute.
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Be right back.
-Okay.
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-Hey, girl.
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-Hey.
-What's up?
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Listen.
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I have something for you.
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-Dental dams?
-Shh!
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Quiet.
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That's for your
seduction session tonight.
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Listen, just because we're
living in dangerous times
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doesn't mean that
we shouldn't, uh,
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enjoy the full
pleasures of life,
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you know what I mean?
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-Well, thank you.
-Sure.
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-I have something for
your seduction session,
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too.
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-Really?
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[gasps]
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Ooh, girl.
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This is her favorite kind.
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Aw, thanks!
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Listen, good luck tonight.
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-Good luck tonight to you, too.
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[sighs]
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Oh, boy.
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Excuse me.
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Boy, I cannot wait
to get home tonight.
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-[woman] I'm tired too.
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-[Yasmine VO] A
whole day, night,
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and morning without Akin.
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I know Grandpa is loving his
special time with his grandson.
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[indistinct chatter]
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-So, my man, you got a hot
date with that sister with them
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dreadlocks, huh?
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Her hair is so
long and beautiful!
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-Yeah.
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She got hair all over.
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-Yo, man, she got hairy armpits?
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I love burying my nose in the
downy hair pit of a sister's
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arm after we done did the dirty!
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-Yeah, you know, but what I
don't understand is why their
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armpits don't
never stink like ours.
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-'Cause women don't sweat.
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-Who you been with
that don't sweat?
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Well, you must be
making love to dead bodies.
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Everybody sweat!
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Especially if
it's the good stuff,
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right, my man?
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-Yeah.
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-A'ight, hold on, blood,
you're almost through.
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I ain't gonna touch your locks.
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You gonna have the
freshest fade dread I ever did.
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I'ma have to take a
before and after polaroid.
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-You didn't take no
pictures when I came in here.
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-I ain't talking
about your before style.
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See, I want you to come back
here with that fine sister after
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you did the do, so I can
advertise the effects of my
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designs.
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-Man, I'm not coming back
in here for you to take no
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pictures.
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Besides, it'll be Sunday.
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-That don't matter!
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Your wood is good!
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Make it a weekend fling.
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I'll be here Tuesday.
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-[man] Hey, Big Love.
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You're looking good.
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Surely got her now.
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Just remember: don't no
one want no 60-second man.
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-What are you talking about?
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60 seconds is a long time.
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[laughter]
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-Yo, man.
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Play some Dexter Gordon for her.
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I ain't never met no woman
that don't love some Dexter.
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-Right-- right on, man.
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-[man] Good luck, bro!
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-[Craig] Right on.
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-[Craig VO] Sometimes, I
wonder if those guys just play
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[inaudible].
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Bet they'd think the way I did.
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Nah.
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Probably not.
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[inaudible].
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I'm going to
see Miss Garr.
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She'll fix us up with some ribs.
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Maybe some of that cobbler.
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Yeah, all of that.
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-[man on radio] All right, the
next one goes out to my main
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man, Craig "The Love" Watkins.
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The boys down at Sid's
Barbershop tell me you have a
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hot date tonight, so
good luck, my brother.
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Get down tonight!
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♪smooth funky music♪
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[indistinct chatter]
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-[woman] I need an
order of short ribs,
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greens, hash browns.
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-[Miss Garr] Hi, Craig!
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How are you doing?
-How you doing, Miss Garr?
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-[Miss Garr]
Long time, no see!
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-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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-[Miss Garr] Yeah,
how's your mom doing?
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-She's fine, she's fine.
-[Miss Garr] That's great.
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You gonna get a carry-out today?
-Yeah, yeah, let me see.
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Let's-- let me see.
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Let's-- uh, let me get
the chicken and dumplings.
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-[Miss Garr] All righty.
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-Uh, the neck bones.
-[Miss Garr] Neck bones.
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-Uh, liver and onions.
-[Miss Garr] Liver and onions.
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-Short ribs and beef.
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-[Miss Garr] Short
r-- this all for you?!
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-No, ma'am,
no, ma'am.
00:19:20.034 --> 00:19:22.244
-[Miss Garr] Okay, okay,
just checking, just checking.
00:19:22.244 --> 00:19:24.121
-It's for the guys in the band.
-[Miss Garr] Okay, okay.
00:19:24.121 --> 00:19:26.123
-Did I say codfish?
-[Miss Garr] Nope, no codfish.
00:19:26.123 --> 00:19:27.083
-Yeah, gimme a codfish.
00:19:27.083 --> 00:19:27.958
That's for me.
00:19:27.958 --> 00:19:29.335
-[Miss Garr] Okay, do
you want tartar sauce,
00:19:29.335 --> 00:19:30.169
hot sauce, mustard?
00:19:30.169 --> 00:19:31.420
-Yeah, lots of
that, lots of that.
00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.296
-[Miss Garr] All
right, all right.
00:19:32.296 --> 00:19:33.464
And how about dessert?
00:19:33.464 --> 00:19:35.674
-No, I'm gonna get a barbecue
pork sandwich with the chips.
00:19:35.674 --> 00:19:37.551
-Okay, with the chips?
-You said dessert?
00:19:37.551 --> 00:19:39.428
-Yeah, we have
homemade peach cobbler.
00:19:39.428 --> 00:19:40.596
-Well, yeah, lemme
get two of those.
00:19:40.596 --> 00:19:41.555
-Two of those.
00:19:41.555 --> 00:19:42.098
Do you want any ice cream?
00:19:42.098 --> 00:19:43.557
Ice cream's the whip.
00:19:43.557 --> 00:19:44.642
You gotta have one.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:19:44.642 --> 00:19:45.768
-Okay.
00:19:45.768 --> 00:19:48.104
-Uh, and lemme
get a large Pepsi.
00:19:48.104 --> 00:19:49.230
-Okay, large Pepsi.
00:19:49.230 --> 00:19:50.898
And that's it?
00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.900
-Did I-- did I
say collard greens?
00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:54.026
-Yes, you did.
00:19:54.026 --> 00:19:55.111
I got all of that on here.
00:19:55.111 --> 00:19:55.820
-Let me get three
orders of those.
00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:57.279
-Three orders of
collard greens, okay.
00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:58.406
-Yeah, yeah.
00:19:58.406 --> 00:19:59.365
-And that's it?
-Yeah.
00:19:59.365 --> 00:20:00.699
-Okay, thanks a lot.
00:20:00.699 --> 00:20:03.035
Can I get you something to drink
while you wait for your order?
00:20:03.035 --> 00:20:05.955
-Yeah, a large Pepsi.
-All right, thank you.
00:20:10.376 --> 00:20:14.672
-[Craig VO] Mm, let's just
take this home and eat it.
00:20:15.089 --> 00:20:19.135
Okay, Mama said
something about a meeting.
00:20:19.635 --> 00:20:23.806
If she's out, then she won't
know that I took all of my
00:20:23.806 --> 00:20:28.185
nervousness about
tonight into some cornbread.
00:20:29.395 --> 00:20:31.063
She'll know.
00:20:31.063 --> 00:20:33.065
She always do.
00:20:37.903 --> 00:20:42.241
Hope I don't wear myself out
before I get to Yasmine's.
00:20:44.034 --> 00:20:48.289
This has been the longest day.
00:20:50.875 --> 00:20:54.837
Waiting to see Yasmine.
00:21:02.261 --> 00:21:04.847
What does she want?
00:21:04.847 --> 00:21:08.142
I'm not a
globe-trotting brother.
00:21:08.434 --> 00:21:12.730
I know where I'm from.
00:21:13.772 --> 00:21:18.777
♪African music♪
00:21:20.404 --> 00:21:24.033
-[Yasmine VO] The ache of
wanting that curls itself
00:21:24.033 --> 00:21:27.578
curiously around my every nerve.
00:21:27.828 --> 00:21:32.833
Craig, ebony prince or not, he
is regal in spirit and may not
00:21:33.751 --> 00:21:38.756
come charging across a field on
a black steed to lift me into
00:21:39.632 --> 00:21:44.637
storybook endings, but the way
he brandishes a poem sends my
00:21:45.304 --> 00:21:47.389
soul reeling.
00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:52.144
The way he takes Akin like candy
and cherishes the moments we
00:21:52.144 --> 00:21:57.149
spend together makes butterflies
and cornflowers seem plain.
00:21:59.610 --> 00:22:04.615
The way his hands caress the
keys of his sax makes me think
00:22:05.199 --> 00:22:09.745
of those fingers
sliding across my body,
00:22:09.745 --> 00:22:13.415
sending shivers of passion.
00:22:20.464 --> 00:22:25.469
Yes, it's been two years,
but time is, after all,
00:22:25.469 --> 00:22:27.846
a human construction.
00:22:27.846 --> 00:22:30.349
I know this is desire.
00:22:30.349 --> 00:22:35.145
I've dated over these past two
years and not had this wanting,
00:22:35.145 --> 00:22:39.233
this needing to feel our
connection in every cell of my
00:22:39.233 --> 00:22:40.859
body.
00:22:42.236 --> 00:22:46.240
Our lead drummer today noticed
how this desire consumes my
00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.533
thoughts.
00:22:47.533 --> 00:22:50.828
Stopping
rehearsal to lecture me?
00:22:50.995 --> 00:22:53.163
It pissed me off.
00:22:53.372 --> 00:22:58.377
I think passion contained
lends a spark to the movement.
00:23:02.006 --> 00:23:05.259
I feel like a
flame in a tinder box;
00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:10.264
the possibility of raging
bonfires or quiet like the pilot
00:23:10.681 --> 00:23:12.391
in the stove.
00:23:22.776 --> 00:23:25.821
I hope he likes
the lingerie I bought.
00:23:25.821 --> 00:23:30.034
It is not outrageous like a
garter belt and lace stockings.
00:23:30.034 --> 00:23:34.288
It is subtle, like the
time we've spent together,
00:23:34.288 --> 00:23:38.000
filling ourselves up
with each other's thoughts.
00:23:39.793 --> 00:23:42.504
Maybe I won't even wear it.
00:23:42.504 --> 00:23:46.175
How do I know I am ready to make
myself that vulnerable and open
00:23:46.175 --> 00:23:47.676
to someone?
00:23:53.182 --> 00:23:56.852
I can't say that I feel
ready to say I love him.
00:23:59.688 --> 00:24:04.693
Is this my mind interfering with
[inaudible] spirit and body of
00:24:04.818 --> 00:24:06.236
the spirit?
00:24:12.493 --> 00:24:15.454
Perhaps I do love him.
00:24:29.927 --> 00:24:31.470
-[woman] Craig!
00:24:31.887 --> 00:24:33.722
Miss Garr called.
00:24:34.056 --> 00:24:36.392
She said you were
playing tonight.
00:24:37.393 --> 00:24:39.228
I thought you had a date.
00:24:39.228 --> 00:24:40.646
-I do, Mama.
00:24:44.983 --> 00:24:47.778
-[laughs] Why are
you eating like that?
00:24:48.362 --> 00:24:52.616
You it's not good for your blood
pressure or your cholesterol.
00:24:52.616 --> 00:24:55.285
-[laughing] I know,
Mama, but it tastes good!
00:24:56.495 --> 00:24:58.455
-Mm-hm...
00:25:06.630 --> 00:25:09.299
Something's wrong
when you eat like this.
00:25:11.009 --> 00:25:13.053
-I'm kinda nervous.
00:25:21.270 --> 00:25:22.396
-I like your hair.
00:25:22.396 --> 00:25:23.772
-Thanks.
00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:28.193
-Yasmine and that
baby [inaudible].
00:25:31.071 --> 00:25:35.868
-You know, Mama, I think I'm
falling in love with Yasmine.
00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.995
-Mm-hm...
00:25:37.995 --> 00:25:41.123
-I think I can be a
good father to Akin but...
00:25:42.624 --> 00:25:44.293
I want to take it slow.
00:25:44.293 --> 00:25:46.211
You know what I mean?
00:25:54.303 --> 00:25:55.637
[both chuckle]
00:25:55.637 --> 00:25:56.638
-Scared that if
she gets you alone,
00:25:56.638 --> 00:25:58.682
she gonna jump them bones?
00:25:58.682 --> 00:26:00.184
If she can find them.
00:26:00.184 --> 00:26:01.602
-Well...
00:26:02.936 --> 00:26:04.897
I don't know.
00:26:07.274 --> 00:26:10.903
It's just that I don't want to
get into something that's just
00:26:10.903 --> 00:26:13.739
purely physical.
00:26:27.252 --> 00:26:29.546
-[woman] You said
she liked tea, huh?
00:26:32.049 --> 00:26:35.552
Maybe I'll make a batch
of that black willow.
00:26:35.969 --> 00:26:39.598
-That stuff you was making for
me when I started dating in high
00:26:39.598 --> 00:26:40.849
school?
00:26:40.849 --> 00:26:45.604
[both laugh]
00:26:45.896 --> 00:26:48.607
Yeah, well, okay.
00:26:48.941 --> 00:26:51.276
Just don't make it
so strong this time.
00:26:51.276 --> 00:26:54.196
I said I need a little
time but not a whole year.
00:26:54.196 --> 00:26:55.697
[laughs]
00:26:55.697 --> 00:26:58.075
-Get outta here, I
didn't make it that strong.
00:26:58.075 --> 00:27:00.035
-[laughs]
00:27:01.078 --> 00:27:03.330
[both laugh]
00:27:08.752 --> 00:27:13.757
♪African music♪
00:28:46.224 --> 00:28:48.226
-[Yasmine VO] [inaudible].
00:28:53.607 --> 00:28:56.610
[phone rings]
00:28:58.862 --> 00:29:00.072
-Hello?
00:29:06.244 --> 00:29:10.082
Okay, so you want me to
bring the oboe and the sax?
00:29:12.209 --> 00:29:13.627
Where is this?
00:29:13.627 --> 00:29:15.879
Okay, tomorrow night?
00:29:16.546 --> 00:29:18.006
Okay.
00:29:18.757 --> 00:29:20.717
Okay, I'll see you then.
00:30:04.594 --> 00:30:07.264
-[Yasmine VO] Putting on makeup
and writing this article about
00:30:07.264 --> 00:30:09.850
black women's self-image.
00:30:09.850 --> 00:30:14.062
When I put on coal, I feel
connected to my desert sisters
00:30:14.062 --> 00:30:18.108
whose self-protection
enhances their beauty.
00:30:18.108 --> 00:30:22.320
Black women are truly like
densely-woven water baskets:
00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:27.325
practical, beautiful,
artistic, and adaptable.
00:30:27.534 --> 00:30:30.954
I hope Craig sees this in me.
00:30:30.954 --> 00:30:35.959
If Craig calls now, I can get a
half-hour in on my article and
00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:38.378
still be ready for him.
00:30:38.378 --> 00:30:42.507
I wonder why his friends
call him "The Big Lug."
00:30:42.507 --> 00:30:46.595
Bet it's for his
deltoids [inaudible].
00:30:51.808 --> 00:30:55.854
[phone rings]
00:30:57.898 --> 00:30:59.566
Hi.
00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.277
How y'all doin'?
00:31:02.569 --> 00:31:03.153
Oh!
00:31:03.153 --> 00:31:05.363
So you definitely
want the article.
00:31:06.865 --> 00:31:08.366
Good.
00:31:08.992 --> 00:31:09.826
All right.
00:31:09.826 --> 00:31:11.870
So when should I send it in by?
00:31:25.383 --> 00:31:27.636
[keys beeping]
00:31:30.222 --> 00:31:34.142
[busy tone]
00:31:39.981 --> 00:31:42.109
I'll be sure to do that.
00:31:42.317 --> 00:31:44.486
Okay, thanks for calling.
00:31:44.486 --> 00:31:45.779
Bye.
00:31:50.325 --> 00:31:53.328
-[Craig VO] Just
don't think I'm her type.
00:31:53.537 --> 00:31:57.040
A cool vegetarian mystic.
00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:58.708
Me?
00:31:58.708 --> 00:32:03.338
Give me some right
from the home turf.
00:32:03.713 --> 00:32:08.718
A record of Henderson
making joy with his tenor sax.
00:32:09.094 --> 00:32:13.390
Or reading Dunbar and Rita
[inaudible], pushing my mind to
00:32:13.390 --> 00:32:17.894
the outer limits of
historical funkiness.
00:32:18.645 --> 00:32:20.564
Yeah...
00:32:20.772 --> 00:32:22.566
all of that.
00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:26.820
-[Yasmine VO] Now, I know why
his buddies call him "The Big
00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.904
Lug."
00:32:27.904 --> 00:32:30.907
Because he goes draggin' around
not calling folks when he's
00:32:30.907 --> 00:32:32.492
supposed to.
00:32:32.492 --> 00:32:36.246
Like a big
lumpity-lug wasting my time.
00:32:36.246 --> 00:32:37.747
I'm ready for him.
00:32:37.747 --> 00:32:41.168
Got all my childcare
and he can't even call.
00:32:41.168 --> 00:32:43.253
I shouldn't talk
so bad about him.
00:32:43.253 --> 00:32:45.922
But childcare is precious.
00:32:45.922 --> 00:32:50.927
[phone rings]
00:32:54.014 --> 00:32:55.974
Hello?
00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:58.727
Hi, girlfriend.
00:32:58.727 --> 00:33:01.188
How you doin'?
00:33:01.188 --> 00:33:03.398
I'm fine.
00:33:03.857 --> 00:33:06.651
Yeah, I had a long day.
00:33:06.651 --> 00:33:08.862
I'm tired.
00:33:10.113 --> 00:33:12.324
No, I was just sitting
here working on the Sojourner
00:33:12.324 --> 00:33:13.325
article.
00:33:13.325 --> 00:33:15.619
I finally heard from them.
00:33:16.536 --> 00:33:19.956
I just wish that man
would call, though.
00:33:21.208 --> 00:33:22.709
Yeah.
00:33:23.710 --> 00:33:25.378
I'm wearing it, too.
00:33:25.378 --> 00:33:28.632
My finest lingerie
and the man ain't here!
00:33:29.925 --> 00:33:33.637
Yeah, [sighs] I know it
be's that way sometimes.
00:33:37.307 --> 00:33:40.060
[cows mooing]
00:33:41.269 --> 00:33:46.274
[car horn blaring]
00:33:50.237 --> 00:33:53.823
-[Craig VO] I thought I
knew all these backroads.
00:33:53.823 --> 00:33:57.744
After all, I did
go to Wilberforce.
00:33:57.744 --> 00:33:59.537
Damn it!
00:34:00.121 --> 00:34:04.501
But still, she should've been
off the phone in case I needed
00:34:04.501 --> 00:34:06.711
directions.
00:34:08.213 --> 00:34:10.674
She's going to be mad.
00:34:12.425 --> 00:34:15.011
I'll take her some of this corn.
00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:20.725
Come bearing food to
nourish our relationship.
00:34:21.101 --> 00:34:22.602
[chuckles]
00:34:22.602 --> 00:34:24.813
She'll think that's deep.
00:34:24.813 --> 00:34:29.818
♪upbeat jazz♪
00:34:44.916 --> 00:34:49.921
♪smooth funk♪
00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:14.904
♪mellow music♪
00:36:01.076 --> 00:36:06.081
♪plays smooth jazz music♪
00:37:10.478 --> 00:37:12.105
[knocking]
00:37:16.526 --> 00:37:18.945
[knocking]
00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:22.282
[knocking]
00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:28.288
[banging]
00:37:33.752 --> 00:37:35.712
[banging]
00:37:41.426 --> 00:37:42.677
-Hi.
-Hi.
00:37:42.677 --> 00:37:44.846
-How you doin'?
-All right.
00:37:44.846 --> 00:37:46.598
-Come on in.
00:37:49.809 --> 00:37:51.769
How you doin'?
00:37:58.485 --> 00:38:00.737
What's the corn about?
00:38:00.737 --> 00:38:02.822
-It's a long story.
00:38:02.822 --> 00:38:04.032
This is for you.
00:38:04.032 --> 00:38:05.909
-Ooh, thank you,
they're beautiful.
00:38:05.909 --> 00:38:07.160
-I tried to phone.
00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:10.079
-I'm sorry, I-- I left
the phone off the hook.
00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:11.331
Well, it's good to see you.
00:38:11.331 --> 00:38:13.208
Come, let's sit down.
00:39:02.048 --> 00:39:04.509
-You know, uh...
00:39:04.509 --> 00:39:08.179
on my way over here, I stopped
off at one of my favorite
00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.847
places.
00:39:10.682 --> 00:39:13.434
It's, um, this...
00:39:13.643 --> 00:39:18.064
wooded covered bridge that...
00:39:19.107 --> 00:39:23.945
that served as one of the
Underground Railroad stations
00:39:23.945 --> 00:39:26.406
back in the 1800s.
00:39:28.866 --> 00:39:31.202
Then I started playing, right?
00:39:31.202 --> 00:39:33.037
And...
00:39:36.457 --> 00:39:39.085
it's kinda hard
to explain, but...
00:39:42.589 --> 00:39:44.716
when I was playing...
00:39:47.510 --> 00:39:49.637
it was like...
00:39:50.430 --> 00:39:54.559
it was-- it was like me
not really playing at all.
00:39:57.770 --> 00:39:59.856
I mean, it was like...
00:40:04.861 --> 00:40:07.405
it was like the
ancestors playing.
00:40:16.873 --> 00:40:20.001
Like I said, it's
kinda hard to explain.
00:40:21.336 --> 00:40:24.380
It's like the
weirdest, weirdest feeling.
00:40:33.556 --> 00:40:35.475
So I stayed there
and I was playing,
00:40:35.475 --> 00:40:36.809
right?
00:40:37.477 --> 00:40:39.687
And, um...
00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:43.149
I was thinking about you.
00:40:49.405 --> 00:40:51.741
You don't wanna hear all that.
00:40:56.871 --> 00:41:00.124
♪minimal drumming♪
00:41:11.386 --> 00:41:14.263
-How about some
black willow tea now?
00:41:14.555 --> 00:41:16.057
-Thanks.
00:41:22.605 --> 00:41:25.024
You know, I didn't
get my hug today.
00:41:25.024 --> 00:41:27.276
-Me neither.
00:41:27.652 --> 00:41:30.071
-[inaudible] kiss.
00:41:48.923 --> 00:41:50.550
-[sighs]
00:41:57.473 --> 00:41:59.142
-[sighs]
00:42:06.858 --> 00:42:08.609
[sighs]
00:42:25.543 --> 00:42:28.588
♪minimal drumming♪
00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.173
-[man] Yo!
00:42:30.173 --> 00:42:30.882
Now, look.
00:42:30.882 --> 00:42:32.216
Y'all know this is
an independent film,
00:42:32.216 --> 00:42:33.217
right?
00:42:33.217 --> 00:42:35.678
Okay, now, Zeinabu does not have
the money to be spending on all
00:42:35.678 --> 00:42:36.387
these takes.
00:42:36.387 --> 00:42:38.890
You think can get it
right for a change?
00:42:39.348 --> 00:42:40.683
-[both] Okay.
00:42:41.058 --> 00:42:42.769
-[muttering] God, dog...
00:42:43.227 --> 00:42:45.563
All right, let's
shoot this puppy.
00:42:46.898 --> 00:42:48.816
-[woman] Seduction
scene, take three.
00:42:48.816 --> 00:42:49.901
[clap]
00:43:26.604 --> 00:43:31.609
♪"Tell Me Something Good"
by Rufus and Chaka Khan♪
00:44:37.008 --> 00:44:38.467
-You want a massage?
00:44:38.467 --> 00:44:40.386
-Mm, yes.
00:44:42.013 --> 00:44:43.848
-You know...
00:44:43.848 --> 00:44:46.934
my mom taught me reflexology.
00:44:47.518 --> 00:44:50.271
You know, I can massage your
foot and make your whole body
00:44:50.271 --> 00:44:52.231
feel good.
00:44:58.696 --> 00:45:00.907
-[Yasmine VO] My
heart to thy heart...
00:45:00.907 --> 00:45:03.534
-[Craig VO] My hand to thine.
00:45:04.327 --> 00:45:06.078
-[Yasmine VO] My
lips to thy lips...
00:45:06.078 --> 00:45:08.623
-[Craig VO] Kisses are wine.
00:45:08.623 --> 00:45:11.751
-[Yasmine VO] Brewed for the
lover in sunshine and shade...
00:45:11.751 --> 00:45:14.045
-[Craig VO] Let me
drink deep, then,
00:45:14.045 --> 00:45:17.048
my African maid.
00:45:17.757 --> 00:45:21.260
-[Yasmine VO] Lily to
lily, rose unto rose...
00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:24.055
-[Craig VO] My
love to thy love...
00:45:24.388 --> 00:45:26.474
tenderly grows.
00:45:26.474 --> 00:45:31.479
♪plinking percussion♪
00:45:35.316 --> 00:45:40.071
After all, there's no
need to say anything.
00:45:40.071 --> 00:45:43.366
-[Yasmine VO] At first, an
orange peeled and quartered
00:45:43.366 --> 00:45:44.200
flares...
00:45:44.200 --> 00:45:48.621
-[Craig VO] Like a
tulip on a wedgewood plate.
00:45:49.038 --> 00:45:52.416
Anything can happen.
00:45:52.416 --> 00:45:56.796
-[Yasmine VO] Outside, the
sun has rolled up her rugs...
00:45:56.796 --> 00:46:01.801
-[Craig VO] And night
strewn salt across the sky.
00:46:02.218 --> 00:46:04.512
My heart...
00:46:05.137 --> 00:46:10.142
-[both VO] Is humming a
tune I haven't heard in years.
00:46:10.893 --> 00:46:15.773
-[Craig VO] Quiet, cool flesh.
00:46:17.024 --> 00:46:19.026
[inhales]
00:46:19.026 --> 00:46:21.654
Let's sniff and eat it.
00:46:21.946 --> 00:46:25.324
-[Yasmine VO] There are
ways to make up the moment.
00:46:25.324 --> 00:46:29.078
A topiary so the
pleasure's in...
00:46:29.078 --> 00:46:31.497
-[both VO] Walking through.
00:47:43.402 --> 00:47:45.529
-I want you.
00:47:50.534 --> 00:47:55.539
-[snoring]
00:47:59.418 --> 00:48:02.713
-[Yasmine VO] Next time, I'm
going to switch his mama's black
00:48:02.713 --> 00:48:06.884
willow with my own
passionflower ginseng blend.
00:48:06.884 --> 00:48:08.803
But 'til then...
00:48:41.877 --> 00:48:46.882
[buzzing]
00:48:49.051 --> 00:48:54.056
[birds chirping]
00:49:59.622 --> 00:50:00.748
-Hi.
00:50:00.748 --> 00:50:02.458
-Hi.
00:50:07.296 --> 00:50:11.133
Why didn't you want to
make love last night?
00:50:27.483 --> 00:50:31.654
-Sex is a-- is a powerful thing.
00:50:34.240 --> 00:50:38.369
You know, people that
make love too soon...
00:50:38.702 --> 00:50:41.997
run into serious problems.
00:50:42.790 --> 00:50:46.669
You see, they fall in love
with their bodies before...
00:50:47.002 --> 00:50:50.256
they really get a
chance to know each other.
00:50:51.173 --> 00:50:53.467
I like you, woman.
00:50:55.344 --> 00:50:59.974
I want to know
you...and be your friend.
00:51:15.781 --> 00:51:20.786
♪African drumming♪
00:51:21.870 --> 00:51:24.999
-[Yasmine VO] Hugging and
kissing all night doesn't put
00:51:24.999 --> 00:51:27.084
the fire out.
00:51:30.254 --> 00:51:34.967
It makes the mind and
body undulate like a river,
00:51:34.967 --> 00:51:39.972
while further
downstream, it crests...
00:51:41.140 --> 00:51:44.560
into magnificent ocean waves.
00:51:48.063 --> 00:51:50.733
I find last night ironic.
00:51:57.448 --> 00:52:02.453
I think not making love made
me ready to say I love him.
00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:10.044
If sex is a powerful thing,
then love must be omnipotence.
00:52:17.885 --> 00:52:22.890
[river flowing]
00:52:33.233 --> 00:52:36.111
-[woman VO] Mm,
it's a powerful thang.
00:52:36.111 --> 00:52:38.947
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:52:38.947 --> 00:52:41.450
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:52:41.450 --> 00:52:44.787
It's a powerful thang,
it's a powerful thang.
00:52:44.787 --> 00:52:49.792
Mm, gotta take your time.
00:52:50.209 --> 00:52:53.003
Gotta take your time.
00:52:53.003 --> 00:52:55.089
Gotta take your
time, get your step,
00:52:55.089 --> 00:52:58.675
make your line in line with
the time in line with your mind
00:52:58.675 --> 00:53:01.720
'cause your mind is
a 21st Century find.
00:53:01.720 --> 00:53:04.807
Your mind is a
21st Century find.
00:53:04.807 --> 00:53:05.808
Don't be late.
00:53:05.808 --> 00:53:09.311
No shakes in your gaits 'cause
I sure would hate to mess around
00:53:09.311 --> 00:53:13.315
real late and see death comin'
at me on the roller skates.
00:53:13.315 --> 00:53:16.235
Death comin' at me
on the roller skates.
00:53:16.235 --> 00:53:19.071
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:53:19.071 --> 00:53:21.573
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:53:21.573 --> 00:53:22.991
It's a powerful thang.
00:53:22.991 --> 00:53:24.451
It's a powerful thang.
00:53:24.451 --> 00:53:25.786
It's a powerful thang.
00:53:25.786 --> 00:53:27.704
It's a powerful thang.
00:53:27.704 --> 00:53:30.624
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:53:30.624 --> 00:53:33.127
Powerful thang.
00:53:33.127 --> 00:53:38.132
♪smooth jazz music♪
00:53:39.133 --> 00:53:41.927
Woman or man, do
you have a plan?
00:53:41.927 --> 00:53:44.555
A plan to thrive,
not merely survive.
00:53:44.555 --> 00:53:47.474
All the way alive,
all the way alive!
00:53:47.474 --> 00:53:50.519
Staying alive to thrive,
staying alive to thrive.
00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:53.355
Out of the fire
and the frying pan,
00:53:53.355 --> 00:53:56.275
out of the fire
and the frying pan.
00:53:56.275 --> 00:53:59.153
Thriving and grand,
thriving and grand!
00:53:59.153 --> 00:54:00.446
Where is your plan?
00:54:00.446 --> 00:54:01.822
Let me see your dental dam!
00:54:01.822 --> 00:54:05.784
Dental dam, your dental
damn, your dental dam,
00:54:05.784 --> 00:54:07.161
you dental dam.
00:54:07.161 --> 00:54:10.122
No time for
flim-flam, no time for butter.
00:54:10.122 --> 00:54:13.083
If you is a sho-nuff
sister or brother,
00:54:13.083 --> 00:54:16.128
you gotta get a rubber,
you gotta get a rubber!
00:54:16.128 --> 00:54:18.172
Where is your
rubber, your rubber,
00:54:18.172 --> 00:54:19.047
your rubber?
00:54:19.047 --> 00:54:20.924
Where is your
rubber, your rubber,
00:54:20.924 --> 00:54:21.884
your rubber?
00:54:21.884 --> 00:54:25.929
Lesbian, gay, straight,
other, father or mother,
00:54:25.929 --> 00:54:30.309
[inaudible],
homegirl, soul brother,
00:54:30.309 --> 00:54:35.314
dungarees, suit and tie,
nappy naps or curls that fly,
00:54:36.023 --> 00:54:38.817
tailored pockets
or just getting by,
00:54:38.817 --> 00:54:41.695
vegetarian or chitlin fry.
00:54:41.695 --> 00:54:44.573
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:54:44.573 --> 00:54:47.534
Ooh, it's a powerful thang.
00:54:47.534 --> 00:54:50.287
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:54:50.287 --> 00:54:53.123
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:54:53.123 --> 00:54:55.792
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:54:55.792 --> 00:54:57.377
It's a powerful thang.
00:54:57.377 --> 00:55:00.047
Sex is a powerful thang.
00:55:00.047 --> 00:55:03.050
But love is a powerful thang.
00:55:03.050 --> 00:55:06.053
Sex is a powerful thang.
00:55:06.053 --> 00:55:08.514
Love is a powerful thang.
00:55:08.514 --> 00:55:10.766
Gotta take our
time, get our step,
00:55:10.766 --> 00:55:12.809
make our line in
line with the time,
00:55:12.809 --> 00:55:14.603
in line with our minds.
00:55:14.603 --> 00:55:16.396
Our minds are
21st Century finds.
00:55:16.396 --> 00:55:18.857
Our minds are
21st Century finds.
00:55:18.857 --> 00:55:19.816
Don't be late.
00:55:19.816 --> 00:55:21.735
No shakes in your gaits!
00:55:21.735 --> 00:55:24.279
Wouldn't you hate to
mess around real late?
00:55:24.279 --> 00:55:27.449
See death coming at us
on the roller skates.
00:55:27.449 --> 00:55:29.952
Death comin' at us
on the roller skates.
00:55:29.952 --> 00:55:33.330
See death comin' at us
on the roller skates.
00:55:33.330 --> 00:55:36.166
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:55:36.166 --> 00:55:38.961
Ooh, it's a powerful thang.
00:55:38.961 --> 00:55:41.797
Mm, it's a powerful thang.
00:55:41.797 --> 00:55:45.050
Mm, it's a powerful
thang, it's a powerful thang.
00:55:45.050 --> 00:55:47.803
It's a powerful thang,
it's a powerful thang.
00:55:47.803 --> 00:55:49.638
It's a powerful thang.
00:55:49.638 --> 00:55:52.432
Sex is a powerful thang.
00:55:52.432 --> 00:55:55.185
Love is a powerful thang.
00:55:55.185 --> 00:55:58.105
Sex is a powerful thang.
00:55:58.105 --> 00:56:00.566
Love is a powerful thang.
00:56:00.566 --> 00:56:03.443
It's a powerful thang,
it's a powerful thang,
00:56:03.443 --> 00:56:06.280
it's a powerful thang,
it's a powerful thang,
00:56:06.280 --> 00:56:08.574
it's a powerful thang.
00:56:12.578 --> 00:56:15.581
-[man] You're listening to cool
cosmic cosmologist Kevvy Kev on
00:56:15.581 --> 00:56:17.791
We Funk, WFNK.
00:56:17.791 --> 00:56:19.042
We funk.
00:56:19.042 --> 00:56:20.252
We funk.
00:56:20.252 --> 00:56:22.045
We funk!
