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So I cannot-- I cannot have you telling me I didn't do my job as a father
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American Son

So I cannot-- I cannot have you telling meI didn't do my job as a father

So I cannot-- I cannot have you telling me
I didn't do my job as a father

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So I cannot-- I cannot have you telling me I didn't do my job as a father.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:18
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
drama
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Movie Summary

An estranged couple reunite in a Florida police station to help find their missing teenage son.
This time of night, I always get agitated. - American Son 00:04
This time of night, I always get agitated.
I don't know I've had a sleep-filled night since that boy was born. - American Son 00:05
I don't know I've had a sleep-filled night since t...
Most nights, my eyes fire wide open out of a sound sleep. - American Son 00:12
Most nights, my eyes fire wide open out of a sound sleep.
Too late to go back to sleep... - American Son 00:07
Too late to go back to sleep...
You... just snoring away. - American Son 00:06
You... just snoring away.
Usually, I go stand in the door to his room... - American Son 00:04
Usually, I go stand in the door to his room...
and listen to him breathe. - American Son 00:11
and listen to him breathe.
Stand there and bullshit myself, - American Son 00:18
Stand there and bullshit myself,
And whatever nightmare that has just woke me up, - American Son 00:14
And whatever nightmare that has just woke me up,
Most mothers can sit there in the dark and get rational, - American Son 00:05
Most mothers can sit there in the dark and get rational,
But sometimes, in my nightmares, I see nooses and crosses - American Son 00:09
But sometimes, in my nightmares, I see nooses and crosses
Last summer... when Jamal wanted to drive with Jeff to Bonnaroo, - American Son 00:13
Last summer... when Jamal wanted to drive with Jeff to Bonna...
My granddaddy was fighting in Okinawa when he was 17. - American Son 00:04
My granddaddy was fighting in Okinawa when he was 17.
Too young? - American Son 00:06
Too young?
It was the prospect of him driving through the Deep South. - American Son 00:06
It was the prospect of him driving through the Deep South.
My son, alone with a white boy - American Son 00:08
My son, alone with a white boy
Maybe he and Jeff stopped to get gas in some little town - American Son 00:13
Maybe he and Jeff stopped to get gas in some little town
And he starts batting his doe eyes at some cute little white girl. - American Son 00:06
And he starts batting his doe eyes at some cute little white...
Maybe the two of them walk into a burger joint, - American Son 00:06
Maybe the two of them walk into a burger joint,
Maybe... some guy with a swastika tattooed to his biceps - American Son 00:09
Maybe... some guy with a swastika tattooed to his biceps