1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:28,779 --> 00:00:31,824 [children chattering] 4 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,579 -[child squeals] -[chattering continues] 5 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:47,381 Well, shit, so I was trying to figure out somewhere to put the camera. 6 00:00:48,174 --> 00:00:49,383 Hold on a minute. 7 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:54,221 Today is, um, July 23rd. 8 00:00:54,305 --> 00:00:55,681 [baby cooing] 9 00:00:55,765 --> 00:00:56,849 And, uh... 10 00:00:58,601 --> 00:01:02,480 a lot of things have changed since the beginning of this tape. 11 00:01:04,523 --> 00:01:07,568 Uh, my husband is in jail. 12 00:01:07,651 --> 00:01:10,070 I’ve been out now a week and a day... 13 00:01:11,655 --> 00:01:14,992 after being locked up, uh, since May 24th. 14 00:01:16,368 --> 00:01:21,040 But I know that despite how grim my circumstances may look right now, 15 00:01:21,123 --> 00:01:22,917 everything is gonna be okay. 16 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,418 We’ll come back. 17 00:01:24,502 --> 00:01:27,087 [boy] A motorcycle. 18 00:01:27,171 --> 00:01:29,590 We’ll come back. 19 00:01:29,673 --> 00:01:31,217 Stronger than before. 20 00:01:32,218 --> 00:01:33,636 I’m pregnant with twins. 21 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:36,305 Let me get a shot of the twins. 22 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,640 Look there. 23 00:01:38,808 --> 00:01:41,435 That’s the twins at 22 weeks. 24 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:44,396 Move. Laurence, if you do not move... 25 00:01:58,702 --> 00:02:00,079 [woman] Good morning... 26 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:02,957 six-year-old boy. 27 00:02:04,041 --> 00:02:06,126 Good morning. 28 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:09,588 Today your first day of school, buddy. 29 00:02:09,672 --> 00:02:13,676 Hey. Hey. Hey. 30 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:15,511 Good morning, Robert. 31 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:17,555 Today is August 24, 32 00:02:17,638 --> 00:02:19,473 Remington’s first day of kindergarten. 33 00:02:19,557 --> 00:02:21,976 What you gonna do in kindergarten, Rem? 34 00:02:22,059 --> 00:02:23,269 [Remington] Do my alphabets, 35 00:02:23,352 --> 00:02:25,896 then find me all the girlfriends I want. 36 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:27,857 [woman laughing] 37 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:29,942 [crying] 38 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:37,575 Good morning, baby. 39 00:02:39,034 --> 00:02:41,787 You can hear the ice falling. 40 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:45,666 And there are those ding-dongs in the cold. 41 00:02:45,749 --> 00:02:47,960 Hey, Ding-a-ling Two and One. 42 00:02:48,043 --> 00:02:49,920 Hey. Hey! 43 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:52,298 It’s cold. 44 00:02:52,381 --> 00:02:54,383 -[squealing, laughter] -[woman laughing] 45 00:02:54,466 --> 00:02:55,718 Go, Laurence! 46 00:03:06,562 --> 00:03:10,482 -[screaming, chattering] -[woman] It’s crazy, babe! 47 00:03:12,484 --> 00:03:14,570 Oh, my goodness. How much is that... 48 00:03:14,653 --> 00:03:16,363 [laughing] 49 00:03:16,447 --> 00:03:17,531 [woman] Okay. 50 00:03:20,576 --> 00:03:23,495 -Planning on getting married anytime soon? -[woman] I am married. 51 00:03:23,579 --> 00:03:25,539 Are you? Mm-hmm. To Remington’s father. 52 00:03:25,623 --> 00:03:26,957 When? 53 00:03:27,041 --> 00:03:29,543 We’ve been married a year and a half now. 54 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:32,212 Almost a year and a half. 55 00:03:32,296 --> 00:03:33,839 Where is he? 56 00:03:33,923 --> 00:03:37,092 Uh, he’s-- he’s, uh, out of town now. 57 00:03:39,053 --> 00:03:41,096 And you know what, I don’t want you up there 58 00:03:41,180 --> 00:03:43,265 goofing off with them other boys, okay? 59 00:03:43,349 --> 00:03:45,059 Mm-hmm. You pay attention. 60 00:03:45,142 --> 00:03:48,771 Pay attention. Center. Pay attention. 61 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:50,272 That’s your objective for today. 62 00:03:50,356 --> 00:03:51,982 [girl] Uh-huh. Me and Jared don’t run. 63 00:03:52,066 --> 00:03:53,609 [laughing] 64 00:03:55,986 --> 00:03:57,780 Where my head at, Remington? 65 00:03:57,863 --> 00:03:59,323 [Remington] There it is. 66 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:01,408 Boy, you better grow up to be a man. 67 00:04:01,492 --> 00:04:02,910 With your cute self. 68 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,914 [boy] Well, Dad, this is the fall season. 69 00:04:06,997 --> 00:04:08,832 [woman] Trees starting to turn colors. 70 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:11,126 Today is October 18. 71 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:13,754 [boy] October 18 is today’s date. 72 00:04:16,006 --> 00:04:17,925 I just want to show you these houses, Dad. 73 00:04:18,008 --> 00:04:19,677 [woman] See which one we gonna get. 74 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,971 [boy 1] Yeah, see which one we gonna get. 75 00:04:22,054 --> 00:04:24,682 [woman] Damn, they nice. They close together. 76 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:31,981 So, Pops, this is me. This is myself. 77 00:04:32,064 --> 00:04:33,399 Back to you. 78 00:04:37,403 --> 00:04:39,029 It’s a beautiful day today, baby. 79 00:04:39,113 --> 00:04:40,823 I wish you could enjoy it with me. 80 00:04:41,407 --> 00:04:44,076 My passenger seat is vacant. 81 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:45,494 [chuckles] 82 00:04:46,704 --> 00:04:50,666 Nigga, and just think, I met your ass when I was 16. 83 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:54,545 Sixteen years old. 84 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:55,921 [chuckles] 85 00:04:57,089 --> 00:04:59,550 Always knew there was something about you. 86 00:05:00,426 --> 00:05:02,386 Ooh, boy, I love you, Robert. 87 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:04,596 I love me some Robert. [chuckles] 88 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:08,809 Girl, you got some kind of story. 89 00:05:09,935 --> 00:05:12,688 Do you see this smile, Robert? 90 00:05:13,605 --> 00:05:17,609 Do you know how hard I’m gonna be smiling when you come home? 91 00:05:19,153 --> 00:05:22,406 Nigga, oh... [laughs] 92 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:26,035 Nigga-- What? Smiling? 93 00:05:26,118 --> 00:05:29,955 Me and all my children are probably gonna walk around like this all day. 94 00:05:30,039 --> 00:05:33,250 Nigga’s jaw’s gonna be hurtin’ all the time. 95 00:05:35,294 --> 00:05:36,920 Say what? 96 00:05:37,421 --> 00:05:39,423 Sibil Fox did what? 97 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:42,426 [sighs] 98 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:44,386 I feel like a champion. 99 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:53,520 Mm, I like. 100 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,107 They call it the Big Easy, but truth be told, 101 00:05:57,191 --> 00:05:59,651 without proper transportation, she can-- 102 00:05:59,735 --> 00:06:01,653 You know, as we’re saying "proper transportation," 103 00:06:01,737 --> 00:06:05,365 we’re zooming out, and then, "She can be hard as hell." Right. 104 00:06:05,449 --> 00:06:08,494 And, um-- And then coming back to me 105 00:06:08,577 --> 00:06:11,121 when I’m introducing myself, um-- 106 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:13,332 Peace and love, family. I’m Fox Rich. 107 00:06:13,415 --> 00:06:17,586 And as the wife and mother of six boys, um... 108 00:06:18,629 --> 00:06:21,507 I know the importance of transportation. 109 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:24,259 As a wife and mother of six boys... 110 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:27,846 I appreciate the opportunity to serve 111 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:31,809 as your personal auto buyer at Rich Motors of New Orleans. Cool. 112 00:06:31,892 --> 00:06:34,436 I know what it means to need proper transportation 113 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,647 for you and your family to get around in. 114 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,732 Listen, truth be told, 115 00:06:38,816 --> 00:06:41,527 a car is more important than a house, if you ask me. 116 00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:43,862 ’Cause-- [chuckles] you can sleep in your car, 117 00:06:43,946 --> 00:06:46,406 but, baby, you can’t drive your house around. 118 00:06:46,490 --> 00:06:49,201 [chuckles] Um, so that’s-- that’s it. 119 00:06:49,284 --> 00:06:51,161 Cool. So I think what we’ll do is, 120 00:06:51,245 --> 00:06:53,330 we’ll get a shot of you saying all of that. 121 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:55,124 Okay. And then we’ll also do-- 122 00:06:55,207 --> 00:06:57,126 And then you can even look over my shoulder 123 00:06:57,209 --> 00:07:00,129 and we can kind of do the other stuff together and make sure that’s right. 124 00:07:00,212 --> 00:07:01,588 We can time it out-- 125 00:07:01,672 --> 00:07:03,841 What I wanted to do, too, was just be able to see 126 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:06,969 what I look like, hair-wise, lip-gloss-wise, um-- 127 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:08,554 Yeah, sure, we can do that, too. 128 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:10,722 And see what the shot looks like real quick. 129 00:07:10,806 --> 00:07:12,850 Yeah. It’s gonna take me a second. 130 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:15,060 We’re just gonna get the lights right for you. Okay. 131 00:07:15,144 --> 00:07:18,063 So I’m just gonna take a look at what we’re working with here. 132 00:07:19,356 --> 00:07:23,026 They may call her the Big Easy, but truth be told, 133 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:25,737 being in New Orleans without transportation 134 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:27,614 can be hard as hell. 135 00:07:30,159 --> 00:07:32,369 Awesome. I think I need to roll my shoulders back. 136 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,329 Let’s try it again. All right, do it one more time. 137 00:07:34,413 --> 00:07:36,206 Or as many times as you need, really. Mm-hmm. 138 00:07:36,290 --> 00:07:37,958 Step out just a little more. 139 00:07:51,889 --> 00:07:54,975 [Sibil] I was born Sibil Verdette Fox 140 00:07:55,058 --> 00:07:58,103 on August 18, 1971. 141 00:08:03,609 --> 00:08:05,861 My mother was an educator, and my grandmother 142 00:08:05,944 --> 00:08:09,156 was the housekeeper for Hank Williams’ mother. 143 00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:23,754 I came from a people who had a strong desire to have something, 144 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:26,673 to make something out of ourselves. 145 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:31,261 [lively chattering] 146 00:08:31,345 --> 00:08:33,639 My mother... 147 00:08:35,432 --> 00:08:37,809 she taught me from a very young age 148 00:08:37,893 --> 00:08:40,354 that the American Dream was real. 149 00:08:42,231 --> 00:08:47,361 And she would say, "Sibil, you can make it if you try." 150 00:08:47,444 --> 00:08:49,071 [cheering, applause] 151 00:08:49,154 --> 00:08:50,948 And so, here I was, 152 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:52,741 a young girl from the urban city, 153 00:08:52,824 --> 00:08:57,829 and I was determined to try. 154 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:08,590 There’s the Rich family. What you think about that? 155 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:17,057 I met my husband Robert when I was 16 years old. 156 00:09:18,225 --> 00:09:20,894 I had married my high school sweetheart. 157 00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:24,147 We had purchased our first home, 158 00:09:24,231 --> 00:09:27,442 put the deposit down on our first business. 159 00:09:29,653 --> 00:09:32,489 We were about to blow up. 160 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:34,241 [Sibil chuckling] 161 00:09:34,324 --> 00:09:36,702 [Sibil] Getting close to Aunt Sandra’s house. 162 00:09:36,785 --> 00:09:40,122 And little does she know what’s coming. [laughs] 163 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:41,415 [boy] Mama. 164 00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:44,501 There they go right there. [laughing] 165 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:54,386 -[excited chattering] -[Sibil laughing] 166 00:09:54,469 --> 00:09:57,347 Ah, Sibil! 167 00:09:57,431 --> 00:09:59,266 [laughter, excited chattering] 168 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:00,809 [Sibil] Surprise! 169 00:10:00,892 --> 00:10:02,436 [laughing, chattering continue] 170 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,232 [Sibil] Little did I know, 171 00:10:07,316 --> 00:10:10,819 my family already had everything we needed. 172 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:15,324 We had each other. 173 00:10:35,052 --> 00:10:37,471 Listen, my story is the story 174 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:42,100 of over two million people in the United States of America 175 00:10:42,184 --> 00:10:45,270 that are falling prey to the incarceration 176 00:10:45,354 --> 00:10:47,397 of poor people and people of color. 177 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:49,566 So I’m asking you to come out and join me. 178 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,943 And I had one other thing. What was it? 179 00:10:52,027 --> 00:10:55,655 Oh, we’re gonna be going live. If you cannot make it tonight, 180 00:10:55,739 --> 00:11:00,911 then I would ask that you catch the live broadcast at 7:00 p.m. on my Facebook page, 181 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:03,497 because we will be posting live from the experience. 182 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:05,916 Listen, it’s more than a conversation, y’all. 183 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,918 It is definitely the-- an experience, 184 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,711 and I hope you can meet me there. 185 00:11:09,795 --> 00:11:12,172 Tulane University, 7:00 p.m. tonight 186 00:11:12,255 --> 00:11:14,007 at the Rogers Memorial Chapel. 187 00:11:14,091 --> 00:11:15,675 Peace and love. 188 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,598 [steam hissing] 189 00:11:48,959 --> 00:11:51,044 [Remington] Hey, you, come here real quick. 190 00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:57,884 This is supposed to always line up. 191 00:11:57,968 --> 00:12:00,137 Your belt is supposed to always line up with the seam of your shirt. 192 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,764 [Sibil] Who pulled the clothes out the dryer like that? 193 00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:09,479 [people chattering] 194 00:12:13,859 --> 00:12:16,528 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, if you will please join me 195 00:12:16,611 --> 00:12:18,864 in giving your warmest Green Wave welcome 196 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:22,701 to my mother, your speaker for this evening, Fox Rich. 197 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:25,036 [cheering, applause] 198 00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,505 [Sibil] Let me get it clear from the start. 199 00:12:36,339 --> 00:12:41,094 I know I didn’t get away with nothing but my life. 200 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,391 [camera clicks, whirs] 201 00:12:46,475 --> 00:12:49,436 September 16, 1997, my husband and I arrive 202 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:51,521 at Grambling Federal Credit Union. 203 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:53,899 Dang-- That’s what I said. 204 00:12:53,982 --> 00:12:56,485 Why the hell did I do that? [laughter] 205 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:58,737 What in the world was I thinking of? 206 00:13:08,205 --> 00:13:13,043 Rob and I had a dream to open Shreveport’s first hip-hop clothing store. 207 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:20,800 But we were struggling to make ends meet. 208 00:13:21,635 --> 00:13:25,388 And what I remember during that time more than anything 209 00:13:25,472 --> 00:13:28,058 was not wanting to fail. 210 00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:33,021 And we had become desperate. 211 00:13:34,648 --> 00:13:37,817 Desperate people do desperate things. 212 00:13:39,611 --> 00:13:41,279 It’s as simple as that. 213 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:04,928 When I dropped my husband and his nephew off... 214 00:14:06,263 --> 00:14:07,764 to rob a bank... 215 00:14:09,474 --> 00:14:13,019 immediately after they got out of the car, I knew. 216 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:20,235 We had entered into a world... 217 00:14:21,236 --> 00:14:25,365 that we... would never forget. 218 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:49,431 At that time, 219 00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:53,602 armed robbery carried a five- to 99-year sentence. 220 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:58,315 And on June 15, 1999, 221 00:14:58,398 --> 00:15:01,610 my husband was sentenced to 60 years in prison 222 00:15:02,152 --> 00:15:05,488 without the benefit of probation, 223 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:09,701 parole or suspension of sentence. 224 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:24,049 Sixty years... 225 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:29,512 of human life. 226 00:15:35,727 --> 00:15:39,356 My mama said, "Shit is easy to get into." 227 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,902 Mm. Mm. 228 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:46,488 Mm. 229 00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:49,032 It’s been 20 years, y’all. 230 00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:51,201 It’s been 20 years, y’all. 231 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:54,079 It’s been two decades, y’all. 232 00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:57,123 It’s been 20 long years. 233 00:15:57,207 --> 00:16:00,710 It is hard to get out of. 234 00:16:06,508 --> 00:16:09,886 It’s almost like slavery time. 235 00:16:12,180 --> 00:16:15,183 Like the white man keep you there until... 236 00:16:16,101 --> 00:16:18,853 he figures it’s time for you to get out. 237 00:16:18,937 --> 00:16:21,690 And that’s what this situation is. 238 00:16:22,524 --> 00:16:24,567 A personal vendetta. 239 00:16:26,945 --> 00:16:30,031 Personal vendetta. Yep. 240 00:16:31,449 --> 00:16:35,161 And see, I told my child, I said, "What you need to do... 241 00:16:36,538 --> 00:16:40,709 is pin your hair up on your head 242 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,669 like you half crazy... 243 00:16:45,046 --> 00:16:47,507 put you on a dress, 244 00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:51,136 a pair of pants and some flat shoes, 245 00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:54,764 and go on down to that courthouse, to court." 246 00:16:57,434 --> 00:16:59,644 She pressed that hair out 247 00:17:00,311 --> 00:17:04,149 and fling it all in them white folks’ faces, okay? 248 00:17:04,232 --> 00:17:06,901 I said, "You ought to not go down there like that. 249 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:10,572 Them white folk already don’t like you." 250 00:17:18,705 --> 00:17:20,248 Wouldn’t listen. 251 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:36,639 I thought that my daughter would marry a doctor, 252 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:39,726 a lawyer or Indian chief... 253 00:17:40,852 --> 00:17:44,773 and that there’d be some things she just wouldn’t do. 254 00:17:45,648 --> 00:17:48,693 You don’t do that. You don’t do that. 255 00:17:53,114 --> 00:17:54,657 [sighs] 256 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:57,368 I’ve always been a firm believer... 257 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:02,582 right don’t come to you doing wrong. 258 00:18:03,792 --> 00:18:05,710 Does it? No. 259 00:18:05,794 --> 00:18:07,462 No. [sniffs] 260 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:10,298 And that’s-- that’s all of that. 261 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:14,552 [siren wailing] 262 00:18:27,315 --> 00:18:28,858 [woman on phone] I don’t have good credit, 263 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,694 so I was trying to see how that would work. 264 00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:35,281 [Sibil] Okay, Miss Kaylin. And which one of our vehicles were you looking at? 265 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:38,409 The, uh-- It was, uh, the white one. 266 00:18:38,493 --> 00:18:43,081 It’s the Cadillac SRX 2008, with a thousand to put down. 267 00:18:43,164 --> 00:18:44,332 Oh, okay. 268 00:18:44,415 --> 00:18:46,417 [static crackles] [phone dings] 269 00:18:46,501 --> 00:18:48,753 She got bad credit, and the first thing she want to do 270 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:51,214 is get the most expensive car we got online. 271 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,383 Yes, ma’am, so do you want to submit your application 272 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,636 so we can see if we can get you enough on that particular car? 273 00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:58,721 And if not, then we can certainly get you 274 00:18:58,805 --> 00:19:01,057 in a car with a thousand dollars down. 275 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,725 Okay, that’s fine. 276 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:13,611 I was reflecting with my husband last night. 277 00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:16,865 It was March of 2013 278 00:19:16,948 --> 00:19:19,409 when I made the decision to move to New Orleans. 279 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:25,456 It was right after March the 5th, as a matter of fact. 280 00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:29,794 We got a letter in the mail from the last high-priced lawyer we hired. 281 00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:34,048 Spent 15 grand in cash... 282 00:19:35,717 --> 00:19:37,385 up front to-- 283 00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:39,470 for him to send us a letter 284 00:19:39,554 --> 00:19:43,683 a few days before he was supposed to file paperwork on our behalf 285 00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:46,686 saying that there was nothing else that they could do for us. 286 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,398 And so I opened the letter 287 00:19:50,481 --> 00:19:54,569 and literally, um, would not cry, 288 00:19:54,652 --> 00:19:58,239 but when we looked in the back of the car, Robert was crying. 289 00:19:58,323 --> 00:20:01,576 It was me, Laurence, Freedom, Justus and Robert. 290 00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:08,499 And I think the rest of us, we were so accustomed to the-- to the letdowns 291 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:11,544 that, you know, we just all kind of sat in silence. 292 00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:15,506 And then, when we looked up, baby boy was boo-hooing. 293 00:20:15,590 --> 00:20:18,301 You know, so he made us tap back into the emotion 294 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,845 that we were all trying not to feel. 295 00:20:23,056 --> 00:20:25,266 And, uh, to have spent all of that money 296 00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,268 and still have absolutely no results, 297 00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:31,147 after I had expended all of the family’s money again, 298 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:34,400 um, I knew that if it was gonna be, 299 00:20:34,484 --> 00:20:37,362 it was gonna be totally up to me. [chuckles] 300 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:44,077 [Sibil] Brother Ronnie. 301 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,954 [Ronald on speakerphone] Yeah, tell me the story. 302 00:20:46,037 --> 00:20:47,914 [Sibil] Ah, we got a few more hours 303 00:20:47,997 --> 00:20:49,832 before the judge supposed to issue a ruling. 304 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:53,544 He said two days, so today is day two. 305 00:20:53,628 --> 00:20:56,589 [Ronald] Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. 306 00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:59,509 Yeah, so that’s what we’re working on. 307 00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:01,928 That’s close. This is as close as you’ve ever been. 308 00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:04,305 [laughs] Yeah, don’t remind me. 309 00:21:04,389 --> 00:21:06,391 This is the closest I’ve ever been. [Ronald laughs] 310 00:21:06,474 --> 00:21:09,018 Just waiting on-- At least waiting on an answer. 311 00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:12,397 Yeah, we might as well be praying and be patient. 312 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,774 Yeah. Yeah. You know, like... 313 00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:17,360 Yeah, send the Holy Ghost. 314 00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,862 Yeah. Send the Holy Ghost. 315 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:22,198 So... Uh... 316 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:24,158 All right, uh... 317 00:21:25,159 --> 00:21:29,330 we’re taking it step by step. 318 00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:32,500 Uh... 319 00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:35,670 Well, by 5:00 I oughta know something. 320 00:21:35,753 --> 00:21:37,588 I’ll either know it wasn’t answered today, 321 00:21:37,672 --> 00:21:40,925 or I’ll know, um-- What the answer is. 322 00:21:41,009 --> 00:21:43,428 What the answer is. [laughs] 323 00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:45,096 We’ll know what the answer is. 324 00:21:45,179 --> 00:21:48,349 Really by 4:00, ’cause, you know, they, um-- 325 00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:51,102 I think the clerk of courts closes about 4:00. 326 00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:54,939 So I’m gonna call after lunch and see if it has come down, 327 00:21:55,023 --> 00:22:00,570 if it has been issued, and, um, take it from there. 328 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:02,280 I’ll keep you posted, though. Yeah. 329 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:03,948 All right, keep me posted. All right. 330 00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:05,783 Take care. Bye. Bye-bye. 331 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:07,326 [line clicks] 332 00:22:11,414 --> 00:22:13,166 [phone: line ringing] 333 00:22:19,130 --> 00:22:21,132 [line continues ringing] 334 00:22:32,226 --> 00:22:33,770 [receptionist] Judge’s office. 335 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:36,272 Yes, I was trying to reach Miss Sandra. 336 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:37,982 Just a minute. 337 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:47,033 No, it’s for Sandr-- [line cuts off] 338 00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:48,659 [on phone] ♪ Birds flying-- ♪ 339 00:22:48,743 --> 00:22:51,287 [faint chattering] [line goes silent] 340 00:23:35,164 --> 00:23:36,707 [receptionist] Sandra’s on her phone. 341 00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:38,584 I’m trying to wait for her to get off. 342 00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:40,670 I appreciate that. Do you want to continue to hold? 343 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,630 Yes, ma’am, if you’d be so kind. 344 00:23:42,713 --> 00:23:45,174 Okay. [line goes silent] 345 00:24:08,573 --> 00:24:10,491 Sandra. Hey, Miss Sandra. 346 00:24:10,575 --> 00:24:12,910 This is Sibil Richardson again. Hi. 347 00:24:12,994 --> 00:24:14,162 Mm-hmm. Were you able-- 348 00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:15,955 No, we don’t have anything. 349 00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:17,832 You have to check with us on Monday. 350 00:24:17,915 --> 00:24:19,375 Yes, ma’am. Thank you so much. 351 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:20,877 Okay. All right. Have a good weekend. 352 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,837 Bye-bye. All right. You, too. 353 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,756 [line clicks] [sighs] 354 00:24:33,181 --> 00:24:35,391 All right, it is, um, 355 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:37,602 I think, probably about... 356 00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:40,271 2:20 in the morning. 357 00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:44,901 It is October 20th, and we are on our way-- 358 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,069 uh, today is the 21st-- 359 00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:49,614 on our way down to go see my husband. 360 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:54,076 Big Rob, it’s time to go see your daddy, man. 361 00:24:56,245 --> 00:24:59,540 [reporter on TV] Twenty-year-old Marcus Taylor, 18-year-old Jesse Stewart 362 00:24:59,624 --> 00:25:01,959 and 22-year-old Joseph Kennedy Junior 363 00:25:02,043 --> 00:25:05,213 were charged with the first-degree murder of Lottie Myers. 364 00:25:05,296 --> 00:25:07,673 It’s day three of jury selection in the Virginia trial 365 00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:09,675 of sniper suspect John Muhammad. 366 00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:22,021 [Sibil] At the beginning of every year, 367 00:25:22,104 --> 00:25:25,608 every New Year’s Eve for the past 20 years, 368 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:27,568 we have always started the new year 369 00:25:27,652 --> 00:25:29,862 knowing that this was gonna be the year 370 00:25:29,946 --> 00:25:31,822 that my husband was coming home. 371 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:38,579 And if you haven’t done something in the courts by Thanksgiving, 372 00:25:38,663 --> 00:25:41,791 then you know that you’re about to end the year 373 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,627 and you’re still gonna be incarcerated. 374 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:50,591 The hope that you’ve given yourself all year long or the-- 375 00:25:50,675 --> 00:25:55,554 truth be told, the lie you’ve given yourself all year long-- 376 00:25:56,305 --> 00:26:00,685 you have to accept that maybe this just wasn’t the year. 377 00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:02,979 But next year is the year. 378 00:26:36,971 --> 00:26:40,391 [woman] When I would see Rob, they’d be coming or going. 379 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:45,396 So, I got nothing against him. 380 00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:47,064 I just don’t know him. 381 00:26:54,739 --> 00:26:56,657 Now, they did do it. 382 00:26:56,741 --> 00:26:58,784 Now, if... 383 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:03,831 he had gone in there and accepted the plea bargain, 384 00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:07,918 which was 12 years, he’d have been on the ground. 385 00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:13,090 Sibil went in there, she accepted her 12 years. 386 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:14,842 She on the ground, ain’t she? 387 00:27:14,925 --> 00:27:16,177 Okay. 388 00:27:20,556 --> 00:27:22,224 Life goes on. 389 00:27:23,476 --> 00:27:25,895 And keep hope alive. 390 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:29,815 Ain’t that what Jesse Jackson say? Keep hope alive. 391 00:27:29,899 --> 00:27:32,151 Keep hoping that one of these days, 392 00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:35,488 when you walk up in that courtroom, that this is it. 393 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:48,209 What tenacity, what fortitude, what hope, what faith 394 00:27:48,292 --> 00:27:50,503 to sit there and a lawyer tell you 395 00:27:50,586 --> 00:27:53,172 that you looking at 300 years in prison, 396 00:27:53,255 --> 00:27:55,007 and you have the gird 397 00:27:55,091 --> 00:27:58,094 to stand before your wife and say to her, 398 00:27:58,761 --> 00:28:00,513 "We gonna be all right." 399 00:28:06,227 --> 00:28:09,688 He said, "God looks after the sparrows, Sibil. 400 00:28:10,648 --> 00:28:13,192 I know he gonna take care of us. 401 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:17,446 God watches over the sparrows. 402 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,408 I know God will watch us." 403 00:28:22,410 --> 00:28:25,454 My son, Remington, he was the eldest at the time, 404 00:28:25,538 --> 00:28:28,207 and I said to him, uh... 405 00:28:30,251 --> 00:28:33,129 "They are requiring me to go to prison. 406 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:35,214 And I’m gonna have to leave you, 407 00:28:35,297 --> 00:28:38,759 and I am going to need you to help your grandmother 408 00:28:38,843 --> 00:28:40,428 with your brothers." 409 00:28:42,346 --> 00:28:45,224 He broke out crying. 410 00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:49,812 Screaming and howling. 411 00:28:49,895 --> 00:28:52,314 "I thought you said you wasn’t gonna have to go." 412 00:28:53,107 --> 00:28:56,652 And I’m crying, and I’m saying, "I know. 413 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,196 I didn’t think they were gonna make me go, 414 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,032 but they are, and so I have to. 415 00:29:02,116 --> 00:29:04,618 And I’m gonna need you to go on, cry, 416 00:29:04,702 --> 00:29:07,371 and wipe your eyes and come over here, 417 00:29:07,455 --> 00:29:10,875 and let’s start counting down to when I leave." 418 00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:14,795 "Well, why we gotta count down to when you leave, Mama?" 419 00:29:14,879 --> 00:29:17,339 I said, "Because the sooner I can leave, 420 00:29:17,423 --> 00:29:21,010 the sooner I can get back home." 421 00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:30,728 [Sibil] What I’m gonna do with a big boy like you? 422 00:29:30,811 --> 00:29:32,938 And I will say ma-- you will say, 423 00:29:33,022 --> 00:29:36,108 "Man, I don’t-- You gonna pick that up." 424 00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:39,904 And I’m gonna say, "Mama, you don’t need to hold that. Let me carry it." 425 00:29:39,987 --> 00:29:42,031 Yeah? ’Cause I’m your kindergartener. 426 00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:43,824 Yeah. My kindergartener. 427 00:29:43,908 --> 00:29:46,452 And then you put it in my hand, I get ready to carry it. 428 00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:50,289 All right. I carry it wherever you tell me to take it. 429 00:29:50,372 --> 00:29:51,957 All right. 430 00:29:56,837 --> 00:29:58,797 [faint chattering] 431 00:30:00,174 --> 00:30:01,258 What? 432 00:30:03,552 --> 00:30:06,680 [no audible dialogue] 433 00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:18,442 Yeah, you should. 434 00:30:18,526 --> 00:30:21,070 But this how we-- this how we are in class. 435 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,780 This how they lined us up yesterday. 436 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:27,326 Bonita, Maggie, me, Regan. 437 00:30:27,409 --> 00:30:29,036 All right. Wait, so over here? 438 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,330 Yeah, so you’re in front of Maggie, right? 439 00:30:50,224 --> 00:30:52,184 [man] What, perhaps, is most impressive 440 00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:55,646 are the things you decided not to do. 441 00:30:56,397 --> 00:30:59,692 You decided not to be defined by your limitations, 442 00:30:59,775 --> 00:31:03,946 not to be held captive by the opinions of others, 443 00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:06,156 not to follow the crowd. 444 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,409 In fact, you have chosen not to be limited 445 00:31:08,492 --> 00:31:12,037 to the most common pitfalls of our very generation. 446 00:31:12,121 --> 00:31:15,165 And your families, they probably don’t understand it, 447 00:31:15,249 --> 00:31:17,376 and your friends, they probably can’t explain it, 448 00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:19,461 and you probably can’t explain it yourself. 449 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:22,965 But it’s only by the grace of God that you are here today. 450 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:25,175 [woman] Amen. [applause] 451 00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:34,268 [Remington] Through dentistry, you get the image of who somebody is, 452 00:31:34,351 --> 00:31:35,936 from the first impression. 453 00:31:37,104 --> 00:31:40,482 And in our society, image is everything. 454 00:31:43,485 --> 00:31:46,238 My family has a very strong image, 455 00:31:46,322 --> 00:31:49,450 but hiding behind that is a lot of hurt. 456 00:31:50,951 --> 00:31:52,453 Lot of pain. 457 00:32:19,188 --> 00:32:21,357 [cheering, shouting] 458 00:32:32,910 --> 00:32:37,331 [Remington] Time is influenced by our emotions. 459 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:42,002 It’s influenced by our actions. 460 00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:07,152 [Sibil] Time is when you look at pictures 461 00:33:07,236 --> 00:33:09,947 from when your babies were small, and... 462 00:33:12,199 --> 00:33:14,076 then you look at them and you see 463 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:18,580 that they have mustaches and beards, 464 00:33:18,664 --> 00:33:22,000 and that the biggest hope that you had 465 00:33:22,084 --> 00:33:25,129 was that before they turned into men, 466 00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:28,549 they would have a chance to be with their father. 467 00:33:31,885 --> 00:33:33,929 [children laughing, chattering] 468 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:36,515 [Sibil] Today is July the 3rd. 469 00:33:36,598 --> 00:33:38,225 Oh, you see me! 470 00:33:38,308 --> 00:33:41,311 And I am recording Freedom and Justus. 471 00:33:41,395 --> 00:33:43,147 [laughter] 472 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:44,648 You Mama. 473 00:33:45,733 --> 00:33:47,067 Ha! What’s your name? 474 00:33:47,151 --> 00:33:50,612 "Justice." Justus what? 475 00:33:50,696 --> 00:33:51,989 "Justice" Freedom. 476 00:33:52,072 --> 00:33:54,867 Your name is not Justice. It’s Just-us. 477 00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:57,494 Justus. Oh. 478 00:33:58,871 --> 00:34:02,249 [Sibil] Freedom won the student of the month award 479 00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:05,544 at Our Lady Blessed Sacrament. [woman cheering, clapping] 480 00:34:05,627 --> 00:34:09,214 Everybody, give Freedom a hand. Give Freedom a hand. 481 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,176 [Sibil] Did JJ get a trophy of the month? 482 00:34:12,259 --> 00:34:14,011 No. He wasn’t a student of the month? 483 00:34:14,094 --> 00:34:16,138 No! Why? 484 00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:18,640 He didn’t work hard. JJ. 485 00:34:18,724 --> 00:34:20,976 So you’re not the-- You didn’t get an award 486 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:23,562 for being student of the month? Let me see. 487 00:34:23,645 --> 00:34:26,356 No, I said, "You didn’t get an award for being student of the month?" 488 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,859 Uh-uh. You didn’t? 489 00:34:28,942 --> 00:34:30,861 Why you didn’t get one? 490 00:34:30,944 --> 00:34:33,030 [audio fades] 491 00:34:39,453 --> 00:34:42,331 [Justus] When my mother and father were arrested 492 00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:46,293 for robbing a bank, 493 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:50,130 she ended up having a-- a set of twins, 494 00:34:50,214 --> 00:34:52,049 one of them being myself 495 00:34:52,132 --> 00:34:54,551 and the other being my twin brother Freedom. 496 00:34:55,677 --> 00:35:00,599 She named me Justus because, during that time, 497 00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:02,768 in the early stages, 498 00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:06,188 it was just my mother and my father. 499 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:10,901 So she named me Justus without any spacing in the middle. 500 00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:17,741 Time is what you make of it. 501 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,077 Time is unbiased. 502 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,330 Time is lost. Time flies. 503 00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:24,873 [chattering] 504 00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:27,251 This situation has just been... 505 00:35:28,752 --> 00:35:30,587 a long time. 506 00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:33,632 A really long time. 507 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,640 [Sibil] Here, Freedom. You want to keep the key? 508 00:35:44,726 --> 00:35:46,353 [bell tolling] 509 00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:48,730 Y’all don’t have no Bible, huh? 510 00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:50,274 [Freedom] I have a mobile app. 511 00:35:50,357 --> 00:35:52,234 [Sibil scoffs] [car door closes] 512 00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:54,987 Okay. You good? 513 00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:57,072 Good morning. 514 00:36:01,743 --> 00:36:03,579 Y’all sent him an e-mail? 515 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,747 [chattering] 516 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:13,964 -[Sibil] Where is he? -Up front, in the, uh, plaid shirt. 517 00:36:14,047 --> 00:36:15,674 Hmm. 518 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,013 How you doing? Happy Father’s Day. 519 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,307 [man] Fox. [Sibil] Yes, sir! 520 00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:26,018 I can’t even begin to tell you how much you blessed my life. 521 00:36:26,101 --> 00:36:28,520 When you talked about what a real husband does. 522 00:36:28,604 --> 00:36:33,066 Um, Pastor, my husband has been gone for 19 and a half years. 523 00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:35,319 September will make 20 years for us. 524 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:37,988 And what’s your husband’s name? 525 00:36:38,071 --> 00:36:39,114 Robert... 526 00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:41,658 Richardson. 527 00:36:45,495 --> 00:36:46,747 Okay. Yeah? 528 00:36:46,830 --> 00:36:49,583 And he’s on the West Yard, too? Mm-hmm. He is. 529 00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:51,209 He’s, um, in Walnut Four. 530 00:36:51,293 --> 00:36:52,711 Walnut Four. You know what? Mm-hmm. 531 00:36:52,794 --> 00:36:56,048 I, um-- I try to visit on Fridays whenever I can 532 00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:58,175 because Saturdays and Sundays are so crowded. 533 00:36:58,258 --> 00:37:00,093 But I went last week, and I went back-to-back, 534 00:37:00,177 --> 00:37:02,346 ’cause I told him, "I’m not coming up here Father’s Day. 535 00:37:02,429 --> 00:37:04,473 It’s gonna be packed in here." 536 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,266 I wouldn’t never tell him I’m gonna be here Father’s Day. 537 00:37:06,350 --> 00:37:08,226 "You know I love you, but I’ll see you the week after." 538 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:11,063 And mine was, I just, uh, probably anger. 539 00:37:11,146 --> 00:37:14,024 They didn’t have power all week, so they didn’t have any visits on Friday. 540 00:37:14,107 --> 00:37:16,735 So, you know... Right, yeah. It is gonna be busy, huh? 541 00:37:16,818 --> 00:37:18,695 I didn’t go because it was gonna be busy. 542 00:37:18,779 --> 00:37:21,448 I just didn’t go because I just couldn’t take it today. 543 00:37:21,531 --> 00:37:23,325 Yeah, it’s hard. Not today. Yeah. 544 00:37:23,408 --> 00:37:26,203 You know, it’s like, I can’t even believe we’re still here, 545 00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:28,330 so today not to go is just like... 546 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:32,292 But, you know, I be praying every year that they cut their budget. 547 00:37:32,376 --> 00:37:34,503 Their budget needs to be cut, so they have to release them. 548 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:37,047 They cut everything. I mean, we said that during Katrina. 549 00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:39,091 We said that during the last great flood. 550 00:37:39,174 --> 00:37:40,676 We said that before Katrina, 551 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:43,595 um, when the-- when oil and gas plummeted. 552 00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:45,347 My husband and I, you know, been saying, 553 00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:47,516 "Oh, this is gonna be the year they’re gonna have to..." 554 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,060 And, baby, they will cut from education, they will cut from health care, 555 00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:52,980 but they will not cut that budget. 556 00:37:53,063 --> 00:37:54,606 They will not cut that budget. 557 00:37:54,690 --> 00:37:56,274 I think they went back and fully funded it. 558 00:37:56,358 --> 00:37:59,361 [chattering, fades] 559 00:38:09,204 --> 00:38:11,707 [Freedom] Statistics say that children of incarcerated parents 560 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:14,001 aren’t even supposed to graduate from high school. 561 00:38:14,084 --> 00:38:16,586 So the fact that I can graduate from high school two years early 562 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:19,339 and then be at a prestigious university like this just speaks volumes. 563 00:38:19,423 --> 00:38:21,091 It’s like everything that I do-- 564 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:22,718 And that’s why I always talk to a lot of people. 565 00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:25,053 What’s your major? My major’s poli sci. 566 00:38:25,137 --> 00:38:26,972 So political science. 567 00:38:27,055 --> 00:38:30,684 And so my whole thing is, if we are to transform the criminal justice system 568 00:38:30,767 --> 00:38:33,061 in order to make it more a forgiving system, 569 00:38:33,145 --> 00:38:35,480 uh, then you have to understand how it operates. 570 00:38:35,564 --> 00:38:38,275 And so, my whole thing is, as soon as I learn how it is that it operates, 571 00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:41,486 uh, then being able to be some kind of policy advocate 572 00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:43,280 or even a maker, 573 00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:44,906 uh, being able to reform those policies 574 00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:46,992 that have targeted communities of color. 575 00:38:48,118 --> 00:38:50,662 [applause, cheering] 576 00:38:50,746 --> 00:38:52,414 Thank you so much. Hey, man, best of luck to you. 577 00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:54,207 [woman] I have a question. 578 00:38:54,291 --> 00:38:56,376 [man] For the Senate here at large? Yeah. 579 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:59,921 Um, two of them have never served on Senate before. 580 00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:01,590 Except for Kirsten. 581 00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:03,008 I’m sorry. I’ve actually-- 582 00:39:03,091 --> 00:39:04,634 You’ve been in FYC. 583 00:39:04,718 --> 00:39:07,054 Well, well-- Thank you. Uh, so I did-- 584 00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:11,141 I’m so sorry to cut you off, but I do feel like experience is extremely important to have. 585 00:39:11,224 --> 00:39:12,934 Something that I’ve done, though I am a sophomore, 586 00:39:13,018 --> 00:39:14,352 I have served on the first-year council, 587 00:39:14,436 --> 00:39:16,396 so I know where to find the bathroom, 588 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,148 and I know what the legislative processes are 589 00:39:18,231 --> 00:39:19,441 and how to go about doing them. 590 00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:21,276 Did you know that the board, 591 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,862 whatever you’re talking about, already exists on OrgSync? 592 00:39:23,945 --> 00:39:26,448 Every piece of legislation is uploaded on OrgSync. 593 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:28,950 I’m-- Anybody that wants to see legislation 594 00:39:29,034 --> 00:39:32,329 that’s being worked on in Senate can sign in to OrgSync. 595 00:39:32,412 --> 00:39:34,998 Rhonda, let’s be truthful here. When we’re talking about transparency-- 596 00:39:35,082 --> 00:39:37,250 And I appreciate you confronting me on this issue, 597 00:39:37,334 --> 00:39:39,544 because it’s something that every student needs to have access to 598 00:39:39,628 --> 00:39:41,338 and something that every student should know. 599 00:39:41,421 --> 00:39:43,757 Whenever we’re navigating OrgSync, 600 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,426 you know darn well that students on our campus, 601 00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:47,761 particularly first-year students, 602 00:39:47,844 --> 00:39:50,097 do not navigate OrgSync easily. 603 00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:53,016 It is a personal issue because when I wanted to first get involved, 604 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:54,935 I had to look around every bathroom 605 00:39:55,018 --> 00:39:57,270 and every flyer that was posted, uh... [chuckles] 606 00:39:57,354 --> 00:39:59,397 necessarily, uh, in Monroe, the second floor, 607 00:39:59,481 --> 00:40:01,274 or even the fourth floor, in order to get involved. 608 00:40:01,358 --> 00:40:03,485 SGA has to play a more active role 609 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:07,114 and a more personalized role in confronting students so that we play a more-- 610 00:40:07,197 --> 00:40:09,908 [Rhonda] I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m saying it already exists. 611 00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:11,952 [man] Let’s let Richard respond to the question. 612 00:40:12,035 --> 00:40:15,455 Of course, and I’d love to talk to you about that after the debate. 613 00:40:15,539 --> 00:40:18,583 [rhythmic clanking] 614 00:40:32,305 --> 00:40:33,849 [sighs] 615 00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:35,433 Come on, Lord. 616 00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:38,520 Let this be the day. 617 00:40:57,205 --> 00:40:59,040 [line beeps, clicks] This is Marcy. 618 00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:01,918 Hi, Miss Marcy. How you doing? I’m good. How are you? 619 00:41:02,002 --> 00:41:03,962 Good. Thank you so much for asking. 620 00:41:04,045 --> 00:41:08,300 I hear you have the pleasure of being Judge Rogers’, um, secretary. 621 00:41:08,383 --> 00:41:09,843 Is that the right word? I am. 622 00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:11,469 [chuckles] Okay, wonderful. 623 00:41:11,553 --> 00:41:13,180 My name is, um, Sibil Richardson, 624 00:41:13,263 --> 00:41:15,432 and, um, my family, the Richardson family, 625 00:41:15,515 --> 00:41:19,060 is waiting on a ruling from Judge Rogers, 626 00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:21,521 um, regarding my husband’s matter. 627 00:41:21,605 --> 00:41:24,649 And I know he had said in open court 628 00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:27,444 that he would, um, have it out in a couple of days. 629 00:41:27,527 --> 00:41:30,030 I was just wondering if you might have any information 630 00:41:30,113 --> 00:41:32,657 on an update on it, if it’s not asking too much? 631 00:41:32,741 --> 00:41:35,202 I do not. I have not typed any rulings. 632 00:41:35,285 --> 00:41:38,496 I was out of the office on Friday, but I didn’t type any on Thursday. 633 00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:41,833 Okay. Okay. All right, then. Okay? 634 00:41:41,917 --> 00:41:43,752 Yes, ma’am. Thank you so much for your time. 635 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,337 You’re welcome. Bye-bye. 636 00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:47,714 Bye-bye. [line clicks] 637 00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:49,466 [sighs] So she’s the one. 638 00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:52,385 I call back and ask for her. She’ll know when it’s typed up. 639 00:41:52,469 --> 00:41:54,679 She gotta type it. 640 00:41:54,763 --> 00:41:58,600 Maybe he wrote it today. Maybe he gonna give it to her tomorrow to type. 641 00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:05,774 [line rings, clicks] 642 00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:08,068 [woman] Good afternoon. 643 00:42:08,151 --> 00:42:10,070 [Sibil] Hey, this is, um, Sibil again. 644 00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:12,906 Did you-- Were you able to get that message to Val? 645 00:42:12,989 --> 00:42:16,868 Uh, he just got off the phone, and I’ve got it up there waiting on him. 646 00:42:16,952 --> 00:42:20,538 Okay. Um... all right. 647 00:42:21,331 --> 00:42:24,334 So, as soon as he gets-- Hold on just a minute. 648 00:42:31,007 --> 00:42:32,550 Sibil? Yes, ma’am. 649 00:42:32,634 --> 00:42:35,220 Uh, he said he has not heard anything, 650 00:42:35,303 --> 00:42:37,264 and as soon as he does hear something, 651 00:42:37,347 --> 00:42:39,474 he will definitely let you know. 652 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:42,060 Yeah, I just know the judge had said two days. 653 00:42:42,143 --> 00:42:45,188 I guess maybe he changed his mind and took a little bit longer, huh? 654 00:42:45,272 --> 00:42:47,565 Oh. [scoffs] Judges’ll lie. 655 00:42:47,649 --> 00:42:49,943 No, they don’t intentionally, but-- Yeah. 656 00:42:50,026 --> 00:42:52,570 I’m sure he intended, you know... Yeah. 657 00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:54,781 Um, but I guess, like everybody else, 658 00:42:54,864 --> 00:42:56,366 you never know what’s gonna come up. 659 00:42:56,449 --> 00:42:57,951 Yeah. Yeah. 660 00:42:58,034 --> 00:43:01,204 Um... all righty, thank you so much. 661 00:43:01,288 --> 00:43:03,373 Okay, hon. Bye-bye. [line clicks] 662 00:43:05,417 --> 00:43:07,252 [sighs] 663 00:43:40,744 --> 00:43:44,414 [grunting, exhaling] 664 00:44:21,493 --> 00:44:24,621 I’ve been home from prison for 15 years now. 665 00:44:24,704 --> 00:44:27,791 [applause] 666 00:44:27,874 --> 00:44:30,001 You ain’t never lie. 667 00:44:30,085 --> 00:44:32,754 Yeah, give me mine. Give me a little bit more of that. Yeah. 668 00:44:32,837 --> 00:44:34,881 I appreciate you. [applause continues] 669 00:44:37,634 --> 00:44:39,511 Because one of the things that I committed to was 670 00:44:39,594 --> 00:44:42,639 that they would never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, 671 00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:47,644 ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever... 672 00:44:47,727 --> 00:44:52,482 and ever get me like that again. 673 00:44:52,565 --> 00:44:55,151 Would never give up my freedom. 674 00:44:55,235 --> 00:44:57,487 Would never let myself be subjugated 675 00:44:57,570 --> 00:44:59,489 to such inhumane treatment. 676 00:44:59,572 --> 00:45:03,076 Ain’t touched my husband. Can’t sleep in the bed with him. Can’t hold him. 677 00:45:03,159 --> 00:45:05,662 And by law, he belongs to me. 678 00:45:05,745 --> 00:45:08,248 Had to raise my children by myself. 679 00:45:08,331 --> 00:45:10,708 When I was in prison, I had to bend over and cough 680 00:45:10,792 --> 00:45:14,254 and allow somebody to look up my rectal cavity. 681 00:45:15,422 --> 00:45:17,799 At a whim, tell me to take off all my clothes 682 00:45:17,882 --> 00:45:19,759 ’cause they want to see. 683 00:45:20,802 --> 00:45:25,223 Can only visit my family when they say I can visit my family. 684 00:45:26,182 --> 00:45:29,811 I get to visit my husband two times a month. 685 00:45:31,604 --> 00:45:37,318 The state is only committed to giving us two visits a month. 686 00:45:38,736 --> 00:45:41,239 And they are only required by law 687 00:45:41,322 --> 00:45:45,702 to allow us to visit for two hours. 688 00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:57,213 You raise a family for 20 years behind bars. 689 00:45:57,922 --> 00:46:00,008 You keep a family together 690 00:46:00,091 --> 00:46:03,678 for two decades in this institution. 691 00:46:05,305 --> 00:46:08,975 You hold on to your loved ones and your sanity 692 00:46:09,058 --> 00:46:13,980 in the midst of this cruel and unusual punishment. 693 00:46:15,398 --> 00:46:17,442 Then you can talk to me. 694 00:46:20,028 --> 00:46:22,989 Then you can tell me, 695 00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:27,410 if I do the crime, I should do the time. 696 00:46:29,746 --> 00:46:32,999 [children, woman singing, faint] 697 00:46:37,879 --> 00:46:41,883 [singing continues] 698 00:46:45,553 --> 00:46:47,222 [man] Amen! Amen! [song ends] 699 00:46:47,305 --> 00:46:49,057 [cheering, applause] 700 00:46:51,351 --> 00:46:53,603 I hadn’t taken this chair since I was four years old. 701 00:46:53,686 --> 00:46:55,438 [laughs] [man] Amen. 702 00:46:55,522 --> 00:47:00,568 I, um, had to share with my church family on, um-- 703 00:47:00,652 --> 00:47:03,488 Most of you, well-- This September will make seven years 704 00:47:03,571 --> 00:47:05,990 since my husband and I robbed a bank. 705 00:47:06,074 --> 00:47:08,952 And, uh, last week, God made it possible for me 706 00:47:09,035 --> 00:47:13,248 to meet with two of the, uh, women from the bank. 707 00:47:14,165 --> 00:47:17,126 I never understood how the choices we can make 708 00:47:17,210 --> 00:47:19,254 affect the people around us. 709 00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:21,798 Before this happened, thought I was an island, 710 00:47:21,881 --> 00:47:24,968 that what I do is just me and it doesn’t bother anybody else. 711 00:47:25,051 --> 00:47:28,429 But I saw the rippling effect that the choice that I made 712 00:47:28,513 --> 00:47:30,723 not only had on my own family, 713 00:47:30,807 --> 00:47:32,976 but I can only imagine the effect that it had 714 00:47:33,059 --> 00:47:35,436 on all of those women that were in the bank 715 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,022 the day that we went in there. 716 00:47:38,106 --> 00:47:39,774 And one of the women said to me, 717 00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:41,651 as I was asking for their forgiveness, 718 00:47:41,734 --> 00:47:43,319 she said, "Well, the choices that you make--" 719 00:47:43,403 --> 00:47:45,113 I said, "I saw how it affected my family." 720 00:47:45,196 --> 00:47:48,199 She says, "Well, did you apologize to your family? 721 00:47:48,283 --> 00:47:49,826 Did you apologize to your mother?" 722 00:47:49,909 --> 00:47:51,244 And I said... 723 00:47:53,496 --> 00:47:58,209 "You know, I know that I told my mother I loved her. 724 00:47:58,835 --> 00:48:01,879 I know that I told my mother I appreciate her. 725 00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:05,008 But I cannot recall 726 00:48:05,091 --> 00:48:08,803 asking my mama to forgive me... 727 00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:11,431 [congregation murmuring] ...for the choices I made." 728 00:48:13,308 --> 00:48:14,851 And so the lady goes on, and I say, 729 00:48:14,934 --> 00:48:17,478 "I’m gonna go home today and I’m gonna do that. 730 00:48:17,562 --> 00:48:19,856 I’m gonna go home right when this meeting is over 731 00:48:19,939 --> 00:48:21,941 and ask and beg her forgiveness." 732 00:48:22,025 --> 00:48:24,611 And she says, "No, you don’t just do it like that. 733 00:48:24,694 --> 00:48:28,239 I want you to remember that moment when you apologize to her, 734 00:48:28,323 --> 00:48:30,074 just like you’ll remember this moment 735 00:48:30,158 --> 00:48:32,577 when you’re sitting here at the table with us." 736 00:48:33,620 --> 00:48:35,705 And so, as I’m going through and I’m trying to figure out, 737 00:48:35,788 --> 00:48:37,957 Lord, how am I gonna do this? 738 00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:40,460 You know, I can’t just, you know-- [laughs] 739 00:48:40,543 --> 00:48:43,254 get my ego out of the way and bow down and just let her-- 740 00:48:43,338 --> 00:48:46,716 I know I feel it, but, you know, just getting those words out. 741 00:48:46,799 --> 00:48:49,886 "Please forgive me, ’cause I know my choice 742 00:48:49,969 --> 00:48:52,764 was not a good choice and I know I hurt you." 743 00:48:53,806 --> 00:48:57,894 And so, um, I thought to myself, "What better way than--" 744 00:48:57,977 --> 00:49:02,357 Because not only did I need to ask for forgiveness from my mother. 745 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,777 I need to ask for forgiveness from my children. 746 00:49:05,860 --> 00:49:09,238 And I need to ask for forgiveness from my pastor. 747 00:49:09,322 --> 00:49:13,076 And I need to ask for forgiveness from my church family. 748 00:49:13,159 --> 00:49:16,245 Because all of you helped raise me. 749 00:49:16,329 --> 00:49:20,375 So, to all of you, I ask that you please forgive me... 750 00:49:20,458 --> 00:49:23,127 [congregation] Amen. ...for the choice I made. 751 00:49:23,211 --> 00:49:25,338 [applause] 752 00:49:44,816 --> 00:49:46,651 [Sibil] While incarcerated, 753 00:49:46,734 --> 00:49:50,154 my prayer was that, upon my release from prison, 754 00:49:50,238 --> 00:49:54,492 God would allow me to use my voice for the voiceless. 755 00:49:55,118 --> 00:49:57,328 Because what I clearly understood 756 00:49:57,412 --> 00:50:01,749 was that our prison system is nothing more than slavery. 757 00:50:01,833 --> 00:50:06,421 And I see myself as an abolitionist. 758 00:50:06,504 --> 00:50:09,882 That power operating inside of you-- You remember the pulse? 759 00:50:10,717 --> 00:50:12,802 When we could feel our power? 760 00:50:13,636 --> 00:50:15,388 That same power got you through those storms, 761 00:50:15,471 --> 00:50:17,598 that same power will get you through the next one. 762 00:50:17,682 --> 00:50:19,600 And this one, if you’re going through one. 763 00:50:19,684 --> 00:50:22,270 I’m here to tell you, great ones, it ain’t what you go through. 764 00:50:22,353 --> 00:50:26,315 It’s how you choose to grow as a person through it. 765 00:50:26,399 --> 00:50:29,277 Anybody in here want a little bit more? [applause, shouting] 766 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,362 I mean, a project and a welfare check 767 00:50:31,446 --> 00:50:32,905 just ain’t gonna cut it for you. 768 00:50:32,989 --> 00:50:35,825 Anybody in here want a little bit more? [cheering] 769 00:50:35,908 --> 00:50:37,744 Let me hear you say it. "It’s my power." 770 00:50:37,827 --> 00:50:40,246 [all] It’s my power. And I’m taking it back. 771 00:50:40,329 --> 00:50:42,498 I won’t quit. [all] I won’t quit. 772 00:50:42,582 --> 00:50:44,375 Because I’m too rich. Because I’m too rich. 773 00:50:44,459 --> 00:50:46,085 I’m Fox Rich. Fox Rich. 774 00:50:46,169 --> 00:50:47,879 I won’t quit. I won’t quit. 775 00:50:47,962 --> 00:50:49,547 Because I’m too rich. Because I’m too rich. 776 00:50:49,630 --> 00:50:50,840 Oh, say it like you mean it. 777 00:50:50,923 --> 00:50:52,717 You Fox Rich? Fox Rich! 778 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:54,260 I won’t quit. I won’t quit. 779 00:50:54,343 --> 00:50:55,636 Fox Rich. Fox Rich. 780 00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:57,638 I got the power. I got the power. 781 00:50:57,722 --> 00:51:00,266 The power’s in me. The power’s in me. 782 00:51:00,349 --> 00:51:02,518 And as long as you don’t quit in this life, 783 00:51:02,602 --> 00:51:04,604 anything that your heart desires, 784 00:51:04,687 --> 00:51:07,356 I’m telling y’all, you can have. 785 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,525 No matter what your obstacle is, 786 00:51:09,609 --> 00:51:12,487 all you got to do is just believe and keep putting one, one, one, 787 00:51:12,570 --> 00:51:14,113 one foot in front of the other foot 788 00:51:14,197 --> 00:51:15,656 and one foot in front of the other foot, 789 00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:17,450 and you keep walking up here to class, 790 00:51:17,533 --> 00:51:20,828 and I promise you, great ones, life can get better. 791 00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:24,081 But you gotta believe. 792 00:51:25,583 --> 00:51:29,212 You only need to let those enter into the gates of heaven 793 00:51:29,295 --> 00:51:32,465 that you can look at and say, "If I were a man... 794 00:51:33,549 --> 00:51:36,135 that’s the type of man I would be." 795 00:51:37,428 --> 00:51:39,055 The men that we date are supposed to be 796 00:51:39,138 --> 00:51:41,140 a reflection of our masculine energy. 797 00:51:41,224 --> 00:51:43,392 [applause, chattering] 798 00:51:43,476 --> 00:51:45,603 Say, "If I were a man... 799 00:51:47,188 --> 00:51:49,607 if this energy was embodied in the male species, 800 00:51:49,690 --> 00:51:53,027 that is the type of man I would be." 801 00:51:59,575 --> 00:52:01,911 [siren wailing in distance] 802 00:52:05,790 --> 00:52:09,669 [man] We are three weeks out from Robert’s parole hearing. 803 00:52:09,752 --> 00:52:12,338 Game plan is different from the last time. 804 00:52:12,421 --> 00:52:17,385 Instead of Jim going to the parole board with you, 805 00:52:17,468 --> 00:52:19,554 I’m gonna accompany you to the parole board. 806 00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:22,139 And I believe your mother is gonna be with us as well. 807 00:52:22,223 --> 00:52:24,183 [Sibil] Yes. [Robert] Okay. 808 00:52:25,184 --> 00:52:28,563 [man 2] I really think they very much resent 809 00:52:28,646 --> 00:52:32,900 that, um-- that you all are coming from a place of power 810 00:52:32,984 --> 00:52:34,902 and assertion of your rights, 811 00:52:34,986 --> 00:52:38,531 as opposed to soliciting a favor. 812 00:52:38,614 --> 00:52:43,327 But the impact that you have together as parents 813 00:52:43,411 --> 00:52:46,914 on the growth of these young men 814 00:52:46,998 --> 00:52:48,583 and to who they are 815 00:52:48,666 --> 00:52:54,255 is-- is such a strong point that, um... 816 00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:56,757 I thought it was great that, just on the fly... 817 00:52:56,841 --> 00:52:58,342 [voice fades] 818 00:52:58,426 --> 00:53:00,428 [siren wailing in distance] 819 00:53:07,351 --> 00:53:11,230 [boy] Mom, so this is what happened to the guy, the coach. 820 00:53:11,314 --> 00:53:13,524 He said that I can’t play on that team. 821 00:53:13,608 --> 00:53:16,569 -He said I’m too advanced for the team. -[Sibil] Aw. 822 00:53:16,652 --> 00:53:19,614 So I was playing ’cause I’m 11 years old, so... 823 00:53:19,697 --> 00:53:21,616 the rest of the kids on there are, like, nine and ten. 824 00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:24,035 Oh. And so he told-- So he recommended me 825 00:53:24,118 --> 00:53:26,537 to the coach for the, um, elite team. 826 00:53:26,621 --> 00:53:28,539 Mm-hmm. Chicago Fire. 827 00:53:28,623 --> 00:53:31,626 And so I’m gonna call-- So he told me to call them tomorrow 828 00:53:31,709 --> 00:53:33,669 and set up an appointment or trial date. 829 00:53:33,753 --> 00:53:35,296 [phone: ringtone] Yeah. 830 00:53:36,547 --> 00:53:38,507 [automated voice] This is a prepaid collect call from... 831 00:53:38,591 --> 00:53:39,842 [Robert] Rob. 832 00:53:41,344 --> 00:53:44,805 [automated voice] An inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. 833 00:53:44,889 --> 00:53:47,266 This call is subject to recording and monitoring. 834 00:53:47,350 --> 00:53:49,060 This is a call from an offender 835 00:53:49,143 --> 00:53:51,354 at a Louisiana Department of Corrections facility. 836 00:53:51,437 --> 00:53:55,066 To accept charges, press one. To refuse charges, press... 837 00:53:55,149 --> 00:53:57,234 Thank you for using Securus. 838 00:53:57,318 --> 00:53:59,236 You may start the conversation now. 839 00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,822 [Robert] Hey, girlie. Hey. 840 00:54:01,906 --> 00:54:03,074 How you doing? 841 00:54:03,157 --> 00:54:05,368 Good. What took you so long? 842 00:54:06,243 --> 00:54:09,330 Uh, I don’t know. Just, uh, giving you, um... 843 00:54:09,413 --> 00:54:12,333 Now you getting short and-- you getting short and shitty. 844 00:54:12,416 --> 00:54:14,961 You’re acting all funny ’cause you’re about to go home. 845 00:54:15,044 --> 00:54:18,005 No, no, no, no, no. And you’re taking your time calling. 846 00:54:18,089 --> 00:54:20,716 That’s how they get when they get short. 847 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:24,553 Uh-uh. That’s why I’ve been e-mailing you in between, trying to pick up. 848 00:54:24,637 --> 00:54:26,681 Oh, boy, you ain’t e-mailed me in hours. 849 00:54:26,764 --> 00:54:27,974 What? Yeah. 850 00:54:28,057 --> 00:54:29,475 I did e-mail you, 851 00:54:29,558 --> 00:54:31,268 uh, once-- no, twice. 852 00:54:31,352 --> 00:54:34,105 Robert all at the bathroom trying to talk to you. 853 00:54:34,188 --> 00:54:35,523 Tell him I said hey. Hey. 854 00:54:35,606 --> 00:54:36,983 [Robert] What he up to over there? 855 00:54:37,066 --> 00:54:38,651 He need to be up to that shower 856 00:54:38,734 --> 00:54:40,486 that he got running, wasting my water. 857 00:54:40,569 --> 00:54:42,321 I thought water was free. [Robert] All right. 858 00:54:42,405 --> 00:54:44,740 I don’t care if water-- Water ain’t free. [laughing] 859 00:54:44,824 --> 00:54:46,409 Tell me he thought water was free. 860 00:54:46,492 --> 00:54:48,953 [Robert laughs] Uh-huh. 861 00:54:49,036 --> 00:54:51,872 I got a manicure and a pedicure. 862 00:54:51,956 --> 00:54:53,916 Oh! 863 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:56,419 And I got my hair done. 864 00:54:57,336 --> 00:54:58,421 Whoa. 865 00:54:58,504 --> 00:55:00,548 [laughing] Yeah. What? 866 00:55:00,631 --> 00:55:03,342 I got my hair straight, just like you like it. 867 00:55:03,426 --> 00:55:07,054 And I went to a Dominican hair shop and got it done. 868 00:55:07,138 --> 00:55:09,515 And when I tell you they know how to straighten... 869 00:55:10,933 --> 00:55:14,061 What’s the first thing you’re gonna do when you come home, Mr. Richardson? 870 00:55:14,937 --> 00:55:17,231 Oh, shit. I don’t know. 871 00:55:18,482 --> 00:55:20,818 Gonna pack up and go to Disney World. 872 00:55:20,901 --> 00:55:23,029 Ooh, ooh, that sound good. 873 00:55:23,112 --> 00:55:25,364 That’s what they say after they win the championship. 874 00:55:25,448 --> 00:55:28,159 Every time they win the championship, they be like, "So what’s next?" 875 00:55:28,242 --> 00:55:31,495 They say-- Yeah. Disney World. 876 00:55:31,579 --> 00:55:33,456 [laughter] 877 00:55:33,539 --> 00:55:36,667 Are you excited? Um, am I excited? 878 00:55:36,751 --> 00:55:39,086 I guess I should be, but I guess I’m spoiled. 879 00:55:39,170 --> 00:55:41,547 I’m Robert’s mama, so I’m tired of, you know, 880 00:55:41,630 --> 00:55:45,217 looking for the little lining at the end of the road. 881 00:55:45,301 --> 00:55:47,553 The little nugget. 882 00:55:47,636 --> 00:55:50,848 Well, we didn’t get everything we wanted, but we got a little something. 883 00:55:50,931 --> 00:55:54,060 We a little further along than we were last time. 884 00:55:57,188 --> 00:56:00,066 I want my man. [scoffs] 885 00:56:00,149 --> 00:56:01,942 [laughs] All right. 886 00:56:02,651 --> 00:56:04,612 And there ain’t nothing else pacifying me. 887 00:56:04,695 --> 00:56:06,822 Ain’t no "further on up the road." 888 00:56:06,906 --> 00:56:08,699 Ain’t no "I think y’all are wonderful. 889 00:56:08,783 --> 00:56:10,409 Y’all are doing a great job." 890 00:56:10,493 --> 00:56:13,829 I want my family home. I want my family together. 891 00:56:13,913 --> 00:56:15,873 I want my children to have their daddy. 892 00:56:15,956 --> 00:56:19,543 And I want him before my-- my-- my twins turn 18. 893 00:56:21,796 --> 00:56:24,256 And we have the possibility to do it. 894 00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:26,926 And you got the possibility to get it done. 895 00:56:30,012 --> 00:56:31,263 Uh-huh. 896 00:56:34,100 --> 00:56:36,685 What’s Robert doing? [Sibil] He left out. 897 00:56:36,769 --> 00:56:39,939 He just wanted to hear your voice. I think he getting excited. 898 00:56:40,022 --> 00:56:43,818 Gonna come sit in here by me to hear you talk. [chuckles] 899 00:56:43,901 --> 00:56:45,694 Yeah. [laughs] 900 00:56:49,031 --> 00:56:51,242 Boy, I looked up at the clouds today. 901 00:56:53,619 --> 00:56:56,372 You know, those big old fluffy clouds. 902 00:56:57,081 --> 00:56:59,542 Like I could just jump from one to the other one. 903 00:57:02,878 --> 00:57:07,466 They have the, um, pecan orchard that they have right there. 904 00:57:07,550 --> 00:57:10,636 And I’m looking and thinking, like, wow, they planted those trees 905 00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:14,014 20 years ago when I first got here. Really? 906 00:57:14,098 --> 00:57:15,808 Yeah. [rapid beeping over phone] 907 00:57:15,891 --> 00:57:17,643 [automated voice] Thank you for using Securus. 908 00:57:17,726 --> 00:57:18,978 Goodbye. 909 00:57:25,860 --> 00:57:28,195 [Sibil] My twins will be 18 next month. 910 00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,828 18 years old. 911 00:57:35,911 --> 00:57:40,249 When their daddy got sentenced, I was three months’ pregnant. 912 00:57:42,751 --> 00:57:44,587 They have absolutely... 913 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:49,800 no idea about what it means 914 00:57:49,884 --> 00:57:52,803 to have a father in their house. 915 00:57:52,887 --> 00:57:54,930 What fathers even do. 916 00:58:01,145 --> 00:58:02,980 [Sibil] Justus, can you bring me the hammer? 917 00:58:03,063 --> 00:58:04,398 [Justus] Sure. 918 00:58:08,152 --> 00:58:09,820 Thank you. 919 00:58:09,904 --> 00:58:11,155 [Robert Jr.] Where is it? 920 00:58:11,238 --> 00:58:12,781 [Justus] Throw it away. 921 00:58:12,865 --> 00:58:15,201 Oh, Justus, you taller than me. 922 00:58:15,284 --> 00:58:18,120 -Fit it into that hole right there? -Mm-hmm. 923 00:58:27,254 --> 00:58:30,424 Thank you. You the man. I appreciate you. [Justus] I try to be. 924 00:58:44,521 --> 00:58:46,023 [Sibil] Whose birthday is it? 925 00:58:46,106 --> 00:58:47,733 Me. Freedom. 926 00:58:47,816 --> 00:58:50,694 [Sibil] It’s Freedom’s birthday today, Mama. 927 00:58:50,778 --> 00:58:52,071 [woman] Yeah. 928 00:58:52,154 --> 00:58:53,656 Yes, yes, yes. 929 00:58:53,739 --> 00:58:57,284 [Sibil] And JJ’s birthday. 930 00:58:57,368 --> 00:58:59,870 Happy birthday, JJ. 931 00:59:00,829 --> 00:59:03,165 Hold on. Here, come talk to your daddy. 932 00:59:03,249 --> 00:59:05,793 [chattering] 933 00:59:05,876 --> 00:59:08,337 [Sibil] Hey, Miss Moore. Peace and love to you. 934 00:59:08,420 --> 00:59:10,798 [Miss Moore] How are you? And peace and love to you also. 935 00:59:10,881 --> 00:59:12,633 [Sibil] I’m sorry I’m late. 936 00:59:12,716 --> 00:59:14,718 [children chattering] 937 00:59:14,802 --> 00:59:17,721 We understand, because you’re a busy lady. 938 00:59:17,805 --> 00:59:19,473 [boy] Hi. 939 00:59:19,556 --> 00:59:22,268 [Sibil] Hi. How you doing? [children] Hi. 940 00:59:22,351 --> 00:59:24,270 Hi. 941 00:59:24,353 --> 00:59:26,063 You want to talk to Daddy? 942 00:59:26,146 --> 00:59:28,649 [Sibil] No, he wanted to talk to you. 943 00:59:30,150 --> 00:59:31,860 If you’re through talking, give me the phone. 944 00:59:31,944 --> 00:59:34,113 No. I’m talking. Yeah, here you go. 945 00:59:34,196 --> 00:59:37,241 Get that from him. It’s my daddy. 946 00:59:37,324 --> 00:59:39,201 Here you go. Thank you. 947 00:59:39,285 --> 00:59:40,494 Okay. 948 00:59:42,371 --> 00:59:46,792 [woman] It seems like there is some kind of a need 949 00:59:46,875 --> 00:59:49,920 or a compulsion that we feel as individuals 950 00:59:50,004 --> 00:59:51,463 to rank people, right? 951 00:59:51,547 --> 00:59:53,632 To come up with a ranking system. 952 00:59:53,716 --> 00:59:55,676 And so that is the question that, uh, 953 00:59:55,759 --> 00:59:57,303 we are trying to make sense of, 954 00:59:57,386 --> 00:59:59,805 is that, is it an inevitable feature 955 00:59:59,888 --> 01:00:02,308 of human, uh, society? 956 01:00:02,391 --> 01:00:05,894 Even within a prison system, among prisoners, 957 01:00:05,978 --> 01:00:08,397 where everybody is equal 958 01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:11,233 in the sense of that they have committed a crime, 959 01:00:11,317 --> 01:00:15,779 we nevertheless see there’s a stratification system that comes into place. 960 01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:47,019 [automated voice] Quatre-vingt-douze. 961 01:00:48,103 --> 01:00:50,856 [slowly] Quatre-vingt-douze. 962 01:00:53,442 --> 01:00:55,527 [regular speed] Quatre-vingt-douze. 963 01:00:56,779 --> 01:00:58,739 Quatre-vingt-treize. 964 01:00:59,865 --> 01:01:01,408 [Sibil] It’s Thursday. 965 01:01:02,993 --> 01:01:06,872 His brother and his, um, sister-in-law called last night 966 01:01:06,955 --> 01:01:08,749 and said that they had some plumbing issue 967 01:01:08,832 --> 01:01:10,751 at their house this week and their house flooded 968 01:01:10,834 --> 01:01:14,254 and that they were not gonna be able to make it down. 969 01:01:14,338 --> 01:01:17,299 Uh, and I don’t have enough people at Angola with him. 970 01:01:17,383 --> 01:01:18,967 Is that, like, pushing you too far 971 01:01:19,051 --> 01:01:21,595 to ask for you to be with him at Angola? 972 01:01:22,721 --> 01:01:26,266 Yes, sir. You can make that one? 973 01:01:27,393 --> 01:01:28,894 Praise God. 974 01:01:28,977 --> 01:01:31,480 Praise God. You’re gonna make me shout. 975 01:01:32,022 --> 01:01:33,315 Thank you. 976 01:01:39,279 --> 01:01:41,323 [automated voice] Quatre-vingt-quatorze. 977 01:01:44,785 --> 01:01:46,495 Quatre-vingt-quinze. 978 01:01:47,955 --> 01:01:50,374 Quatre-vingt-seize. 979 01:01:50,457 --> 01:01:52,876 "Je t’en prie." 980 01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:54,545 [Justus] "Je t’en prie"? 981 01:01:54,628 --> 01:01:56,755 Uh, it means "you’re welcome." 982 01:01:56,839 --> 01:01:59,383 -Mm, you’re doing good. -But informal. 983 01:01:59,466 --> 01:02:02,553 [Sibil] "Comment ça s’éscrit?" 984 01:02:03,178 --> 01:02:04,847 "Comment ça s’éscrit?" Uh, "how do you spell it?" 985 01:02:04,930 --> 01:02:06,640 "Comment ça s’éscrit?" 986 01:02:06,723 --> 01:02:08,308 Mm-hmm. "Comment ça s’éscrit?" 987 01:02:08,809 --> 01:02:10,352 "Ça va?" 988 01:02:10,894 --> 01:02:12,521 "How is it going?" 989 01:02:12,604 --> 01:02:15,482 Okay, so this one is: "Ça va." 990 01:02:15,566 --> 01:02:17,443 And then this one is, "Comment ça va?" 991 01:02:17,526 --> 01:02:19,486 The thing about French is how you say it. 992 01:02:19,570 --> 01:02:21,613 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So "ça va," 993 01:02:21,697 --> 01:02:24,283 in the question form, is, "How are you doing?" 994 01:02:24,366 --> 01:02:27,619 But if you say, like, "ça va," like, as a statement, 995 01:02:27,703 --> 01:02:29,329 it just means "good." 996 01:02:30,038 --> 01:02:32,207 So, like, if I was like, "Ça va?" 997 01:02:32,291 --> 01:02:34,418 And you’d be like, "Ça va." 998 01:02:34,501 --> 01:02:36,753 Or you could say, uh... "Good." Like, "You good"? 999 01:02:36,837 --> 01:02:38,881 Yeah, or you could say, "Ça va bien. Et toi?" 1000 01:02:38,964 --> 01:02:41,216 Like, "Doing well. And you?" 1001 01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:42,885 Boy, you learning something. 1002 01:02:42,968 --> 01:02:44,386 Let me see. Say that again. I’m trying. 1003 01:02:44,470 --> 01:02:45,929 Say that again. That’s sexy, boy. 1004 01:02:46,013 --> 01:02:47,639 Ça va bien. Et toi? 1005 01:02:47,723 --> 01:02:49,308 Ooh, you get to talking like that, J, 1006 01:02:49,391 --> 01:02:50,726 you gonna have all the girls. 1007 01:02:50,809 --> 01:02:52,186 Freedom ain’t gonna have nothing on you. 1008 01:02:52,269 --> 01:02:53,729 We got a lot more cards to go. 1009 01:02:53,812 --> 01:02:55,731 [laughs] "Bonjour, madame." 1010 01:02:55,814 --> 01:02:58,901 Uh, "Good morning, ma’am, madam." 1011 01:02:58,984 --> 01:03:01,069 "Bonjour, madame." 1012 01:03:01,153 --> 01:03:03,530 [woman] Kids are resilient. 1013 01:03:04,781 --> 01:03:06,408 [sighs] I think the old-- 1014 01:03:06,492 --> 01:03:09,536 They’re getting a little older now. 1015 01:03:09,620 --> 01:03:15,167 And I’m thinking that they understand life a little more. 1016 01:03:15,250 --> 01:03:18,629 Uh, that they want to grab 1017 01:03:18,712 --> 01:03:22,216 a piece of life-- 1018 01:03:22,299 --> 01:03:25,719 positive life-- for themselves. 1019 01:03:26,637 --> 01:03:28,096 [chattering, faint] 1020 01:03:28,180 --> 01:03:30,766 And I think it’s all because of Sibil. 1021 01:03:31,892 --> 01:03:34,937 I think she set the tone. 1022 01:03:35,020 --> 01:03:36,897 [applause on TV] 1023 01:03:37,773 --> 01:03:41,193 And I have always known black women who rock. 1024 01:03:41,902 --> 01:03:44,488 I was raised by black women who rock. 1025 01:03:44,571 --> 01:03:47,366 My mother is a black woman who rocks. 1026 01:03:47,449 --> 01:03:50,911 My sisters are black women who rock. 1027 01:03:52,079 --> 01:03:54,373 And it’s taken me a while 1028 01:03:54,456 --> 01:03:56,333 for me to realize that I rock. 1029 01:03:56,416 --> 01:04:00,295 It took me a long time to get here, to stand here. 1030 01:04:00,379 --> 01:04:02,172 [audience cheering] As a black woman, 1031 01:04:02,256 --> 01:04:06,009 it is so, so hard out here for us. 1032 01:04:06,093 --> 01:04:07,970 And it means so much to me 1033 01:04:08,053 --> 01:04:11,890 for the world to see black girls rocking together. 1034 01:04:11,974 --> 01:04:13,433 Thank you so much. 1035 01:04:13,517 --> 01:04:15,644 Good night. [audience cheering] 1036 01:04:21,775 --> 01:04:24,570 Thank you. Thank you. 1037 01:04:29,199 --> 01:04:31,076 Dear God, it’s just so overwhelming, brother, 1038 01:04:31,159 --> 01:04:33,370 to be able to... as early as tomorrow, 1039 01:04:33,453 --> 01:04:35,706 to be able to hold you in my arms. 1040 01:04:37,124 --> 01:04:38,584 Whew. 1041 01:04:43,797 --> 01:04:46,216 To be sitting here recording with you 1042 01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:48,135 this time tomorrow night. 1043 01:04:48,218 --> 01:04:54,308 [woman] ♪ I’ve been going through ♪ 1044 01:04:56,393 --> 01:04:58,145 [woman continues singing] 1045 01:04:58,228 --> 01:05:00,689 Oh, baby. 1046 01:05:07,237 --> 01:05:11,491 If I could come home to you... [laughs] 1047 01:05:22,753 --> 01:05:27,132 [woman, faint] ♪ Since we were Very young... ♪ 1048 01:05:27,215 --> 01:05:29,760 [exhales slowly] 1049 01:05:29,843 --> 01:05:31,637 [siren blaring] 1050 01:05:38,894 --> 01:05:40,228 [woman on phone] Hello. 1051 01:05:40,312 --> 01:05:42,105 Hey, Miss Judy. Hey. 1052 01:05:42,189 --> 01:05:44,358 Did you get any word from over at the big house today? 1053 01:05:44,441 --> 01:05:45,776 No, not anything yet. 1054 01:05:45,859 --> 01:05:47,611 Nothing yet? No. 1055 01:05:47,694 --> 01:05:50,030 Okay. You got a chance to call today? 1056 01:05:50,113 --> 01:05:52,532 I have not. No? Okay. 1057 01:05:52,616 --> 01:05:54,368 All right, then. I appreciate you. 1058 01:05:54,451 --> 01:05:56,703 All right, thank you. [line clicks] 1059 01:05:56,787 --> 01:05:58,664 How the hell she gonna sit there and say 1060 01:05:58,747 --> 01:06:01,541 she ain’t got nothing today and she ain’t even call? 1061 01:06:02,542 --> 01:06:04,336 [laughing] 1062 01:06:08,632 --> 01:06:12,678 Man, these people have no respect for other human beings’ lives. 1063 01:06:12,761 --> 01:06:14,638 I mean, that just drives you crazy. 1064 01:06:14,721 --> 01:06:17,391 No matter how sane or how cognizant 1065 01:06:17,474 --> 01:06:20,519 or understanding you try to be, 1066 01:06:20,602 --> 01:06:24,564 it just will make you lose your absolute mind. 1067 01:06:25,899 --> 01:06:30,153 I’m not gonna do it. I’m just freaking not gon’ do it. 1068 01:06:31,405 --> 01:06:33,990 Success is the best revenge. 1069 01:06:34,074 --> 01:06:36,868 Success is the best revenge. 1070 01:06:36,952 --> 01:06:39,204 See, I’m like one of those little retarded children. 1071 01:06:39,287 --> 01:06:42,708 Success is the best revenge. You gon’ get ’em, Fox. You gon’ get ’em. 1072 01:06:42,791 --> 01:06:45,836 You gon’ show ’em that they can’t treat human life this way. 1073 01:06:45,919 --> 01:06:49,965 Success is the best revenge. Just hang in there, ’cause when you get him home, 1074 01:06:50,048 --> 01:06:52,426 they gon’ pay, they gon’ pay, they gon’ pay. 1075 01:06:52,509 --> 01:06:54,928 They gon’-- They gon’ fucking pay! 1076 01:06:55,011 --> 01:06:58,765 Goddamn! He could’ve been home, been home with his family. 1077 01:06:58,849 --> 01:07:01,101 Just ’cause they bullshitting. 1078 01:07:02,394 --> 01:07:03,895 Ain’t no hurry. 1079 01:07:05,814 --> 01:07:08,942 "Oh, just some more niggas trying to get home from the penitentiary. 1080 01:07:09,025 --> 01:07:10,652 All of them will be trying to come out. 1081 01:07:10,736 --> 01:07:12,821 If I rehear one sentence, 1082 01:07:12,904 --> 01:07:14,823 then the rest of them will be trying to come out of there." 1083 01:07:14,906 --> 01:07:16,825 Do you know that’s what they told our lawyer? 1084 01:07:16,908 --> 01:07:18,785 Don’t you want anybody out of the system 1085 01:07:18,869 --> 01:07:20,579 that ain’t supposed to be there? 1086 01:07:23,540 --> 01:07:26,376 [sighs] You know, "I open this matter up, 1087 01:07:26,460 --> 01:07:29,629 then they’ll all be trying to come in here and get resentenced." 1088 01:07:32,924 --> 01:07:34,551 Bless me, Lord. 1089 01:07:36,970 --> 01:07:38,680 All right, what we got next? 1090 01:07:38,764 --> 01:07:40,891 I need to-- So, you putting, um... 1091 01:07:40,974 --> 01:07:42,851 [man] Jonathan on it. 1092 01:07:42,934 --> 01:07:45,103 ...Jonathan on the system, and then can you... 1093 01:07:45,187 --> 01:07:46,938 [voice fades] 1094 01:08:06,958 --> 01:08:10,796 [Sibil] By the time that little Robert is 18... 1095 01:08:12,714 --> 01:08:16,218 I want to be as far away from this level of pain 1096 01:08:16,301 --> 01:08:19,095 for my whole family as I can be. 1097 01:08:20,263 --> 01:08:23,058 So far away that I don’t even remember 1098 01:08:23,141 --> 01:08:25,185 how bad it really hurt. 1099 01:08:34,194 --> 01:08:35,821 [rattling] 1100 01:08:47,457 --> 01:08:49,751 [dog barking in distance] 1101 01:09:09,980 --> 01:09:13,233 [woman] In the name of all that is holy, we salute you, sister. 1102 01:09:13,316 --> 01:09:15,110 In the name of all that is holy, 1103 01:09:15,193 --> 01:09:18,154 we give thanks for your spirit, for your Ori, 1104 01:09:18,238 --> 01:09:21,408 the spirit guides that guide you. 1105 01:09:21,491 --> 01:09:23,118 Thank you. 1106 01:09:23,201 --> 01:09:25,912 And I give thanks for your whole family. 1107 01:09:25,996 --> 01:09:27,581 Then we say, "Ase." 1108 01:09:27,664 --> 01:09:29,207 Ase. 1109 01:09:29,916 --> 01:09:31,376 [bell dings] 1110 01:09:34,337 --> 01:09:36,339 We give thanks from the north. 1111 01:09:37,966 --> 01:09:40,051 [dings] 1112 01:09:40,719 --> 01:09:43,263 We give thanks from the west. 1113 01:09:45,390 --> 01:09:46,933 [bell dings] 1114 01:09:48,351 --> 01:09:50,353 [bell dinging repeatedly] 1115 01:09:55,734 --> 01:09:56,943 East. 1116 01:09:58,111 --> 01:09:59,321 South. 1117 01:10:00,530 --> 01:10:02,699 Thank you for giving your husband the endurance 1118 01:10:02,782 --> 01:10:04,743 to stand the test of time. 1119 01:10:05,869 --> 01:10:07,495 [bell dings] 1120 01:10:14,544 --> 01:10:17,005 [traffic passing] 1121 01:10:56,252 --> 01:10:57,754 [Sibil] Curtis Ray. 1122 01:10:58,755 --> 01:11:00,590 Angola just called me, baby, 1123 01:11:00,674 --> 01:11:03,468 said that they gonna have his paperwork done in 30 minutes, 1124 01:11:03,551 --> 01:11:05,512 so they’ll have him free before I get there. 1125 01:11:05,595 --> 01:11:07,681 But the limo is already on its way. 1126 01:11:09,099 --> 01:11:11,351 You may not have butterflies, but I do. 1127 01:11:11,434 --> 01:11:13,228 [Sibil laughs] 1128 01:11:34,749 --> 01:11:38,420 [yelling] 1129 01:11:43,925 --> 01:11:48,054 Boy, you better come here! You better come here, Robert! 1130 01:11:48,138 --> 01:11:50,098 [Sibil yelling] 1131 01:11:58,231 --> 01:12:00,608 [laughing] 1132 01:12:14,122 --> 01:12:17,000 [both yell] 1133 01:12:19,544 --> 01:12:21,379 [laughing] 1134 01:13:57,100 --> 01:13:59,727 [no audible dialogue] 1135 01:13:59,811 --> 01:14:02,355 [no audible dialogue] 1136 01:14:43,146 --> 01:14:45,315 [Remington] I’ve been riding around with you all day, 1137 01:14:45,398 --> 01:14:47,525 and it still don’t feel real. [laughter] 1138 01:14:47,609 --> 01:14:49,444 It’s all right, baby. It’s okay. 1139 01:14:49,527 --> 01:14:51,571 God is good. God is good. [clapping] 1140 01:14:51,654 --> 01:14:53,364 [people chattering] 1141 01:14:56,910 --> 01:14:59,495 [Robert] I love you, man. [Remington] I love you, too. 1142 01:14:59,579 --> 01:15:01,289 [Remington] And, um, from here on out, 1143 01:15:01,372 --> 01:15:02,624 I just want you to love that woman. 1144 01:15:02,707 --> 01:15:04,417 That’s right. Yes. 1145 01:15:04,500 --> 01:15:06,586 [chattering continues] 1146 01:15:06,669 --> 01:15:08,922 And we gonna have a great rest of this life. 1147 01:15:09,005 --> 01:15:10,423 [laughter] 1148 01:15:10,506 --> 01:15:12,258 [clapping] 1149 01:15:14,928 --> 01:15:16,971 When they speak about love, 1150 01:15:17,055 --> 01:15:21,142 you spoke about the fact that before God created the church, he created the family. 1151 01:15:21,226 --> 01:15:24,729 But before he created family, he created what I believe to be 1152 01:15:24,812 --> 01:15:26,981 the most powerful force in the universe, 1153 01:15:27,065 --> 01:15:29,150 and that is, is when he created love. 1154 01:15:29,234 --> 01:15:30,735 If it could be an acronym, 1155 01:15:30,818 --> 01:15:32,820 it would be "life’s only valid expression." 1156 01:15:39,410 --> 01:15:42,622 There were about four things that I went into prison understanding, 1157 01:15:42,705 --> 01:15:44,916 and I got these from my Uncle Vernon. 1158 01:15:44,999 --> 01:15:48,211 I said that once I went to prison, I would stand like a man, 1159 01:15:48,294 --> 01:15:51,422 that I would speak truth to falsehoods, 1160 01:15:51,506 --> 01:15:53,549 that I would finish strong. 1161 01:15:53,633 --> 01:15:55,551 And God knows I’d never give up. 1162 01:15:55,635 --> 01:15:57,804 Because y’all are worth fighting for. 1163 01:15:57,887 --> 01:16:00,265 [laughs] I love you. [clapping] 1164 01:16:05,186 --> 01:16:09,065 It’s always good to see you. Yeah. 1165 01:16:12,777 --> 01:16:14,779 [women chattering, faint] 1166 01:16:14,862 --> 01:16:16,906 [woman] Remy, get out of her shoes. 1167 01:16:16,990 --> 01:16:18,950 [chattering continues] 1168 01:16:20,159 --> 01:16:22,537 In somebody else shoes. Calvin Kleins! 1169 01:16:22,620 --> 01:16:25,415 [chattering continues] 1170 01:16:25,498 --> 01:16:27,500 [Remington] Calvin Kleins! 1171 01:16:31,921 --> 01:16:34,590 [Sibil] I thank God that I am surrounded by fighters. 1172 01:16:34,674 --> 01:16:36,009 [woman] Mm-hmm. 1173 01:16:40,430 --> 01:16:46,019 I’m thankful for a community of people that are willing to love us... 1174 01:16:46,102 --> 01:16:48,146 [woman] Yes. ...through it all. 1175 01:16:48,229 --> 01:16:49,522 [woman 2] Through it all. 1176 01:16:49,605 --> 01:16:52,567 And through it all is how we get there. 1177 01:17:45,578 --> 01:17:47,455 [crying] 1178 01:17:56,255 --> 01:17:59,717 [screaming, squealing]