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Between the World and Me

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The special will include powerful readings from Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, it will also incorporate documentary footage from the actors' home life, archival footage, and animation.
Director
Kamilah Forbes
Year
2020
Genre
documentary
Box Office
N/A
Production
HBO Documentary Films
Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Homepage
https://www.hbo.com/specials/between-the-world-and-me
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You... - Between the World and Me 00:06
You...
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:04
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Shortly before you were born, I was pulled over - Between the World and Me 00:19
Shortly before you were born, I was pulled over
I sat there terrified. (SIGHS) - Between the World and Me 00:07
I sat there terrified. (SIGHS)
So you only have one activated-- active brake light, - Between the World and Me 00:17
So you only have one activated-- active brake light,
I knew they shot Gary Hopkins, - Between the World and Me 00:05
I knew they shot Gary Hopkins,
I knew they beat Freddie McCollum half-blind, - Between the World and Me 00:14
I knew they beat Freddie McCollum half-blind,
SANDRA: Other than to identify myself-- - Between the World and Me 00:17
SANDRA: Other than to identify myself--
I knew they shot at moving cars, - Between the World and Me 00:08
I knew they shot at moving cars,
At this point in American history, - Between the World and Me 00:08
At this point in American history,
FBI has opened multiple cases. Sometimes within the same week. - Between the World and Me 00:05
FBI has opened multiple cases. Sometimes within the same wee...
The police chief was rewarded a raise. - Between the World and Me 00:05
The police chief was rewarded a raise.
KENDRICK SAMPSON: I replayed all this - Between the World and Me 00:14
KENDRICK SAMPSON: I replayed all this
Someone might call the killer to account. - Between the World and Me 00:10
Someone might call the killer to account.
MJ RODRIGUEZ: Had my body, - Between the World and Me 00:08
MJ RODRIGUEZ: Had my body,
The officer returned. - Between the World and Me 00:06
The officer returned.
GREG ALVEREZ REID: That September, I picked up the Washington Post - Between the World and Me 00:08
GREG ALVEREZ REID: That September, I picked up the Washingto...
And holding you, a month old by then... - Between the World and Me 00:04
And holding you, a month old by then...
♪ (MELANCHOLIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:05
♪ (MELANCHOLIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
I scanned the headline. - Between the World and Me 00:16
I scanned the headline.
Then, on the third day, a photo appeared with the story, - Between the World and Me 00:25
Then, on the third day, a photo appeared with the story,
I know I had love for this boy, Prince Jones, - Between the World and Me 00:23
I know I had love for this boy, Prince Jones,
This can never be true, but there are people - Between the World and Me 00:06
This can never be true, but there are people
A boy about whom I think of every day, - Between the World and Me 00:09
A boy about whom I think of every day,
Because when the young are killed, - Between the World and Me 00:29
Because when the young are killed,
The gravity that condemned me to the schools, - Between the World and Me 00:05
The gravity that condemned me to the schools,
Prince Jones had made it through, - Between the World and Me 00:05
Prince Jones had made it through,
And even though I already knew - Between the World and Me 00:07
And even though I already knew
There were very few details. - Between the World and Me 00:23
There were very few details.
The officer had been dressed like - Between the World and Me 00:14
The officer had been dressed like
The officer claimed that Prince had tried - Between the World and Me 00:21
The officer claimed that Prince had tried
This investigation produced no information - Between the World and Me 00:12
This investigation produced no information
This officer... - Between the World and Me 00:09
This officer...
♪ (MELANCHOLIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:39
♪ (MELANCHOLIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
This is common for Black people. - Between the World and Me 00:09
This is common for Black people.
♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:05
♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
PAULETTA: Credit cards used for vacations, - Between the World and Me 00:23
PAULETTA: Credit cards used for vacations,
This entire episode took me from fear to rage, - Between the World and Me 00:07
This entire episode took me from fear to rage,
Most of us drink our travesties straight, - Between the World and Me 00:09
Most of us drink our travesties straight,
The officer that killed Prince Jones was Black. - Between the World and Me 00:05
The officer that killed Prince Jones was Black.
Black politicians, twice as good, unconcerned. - Between the World and Me 00:05
Black politicians, twice as good, unconcerned.
All your life, whenever you've had a question, - Between the World and Me 00:07
All your life, whenever you've had a question,
I remember typewriters, - Between the World and Me 00:10
I remember typewriters,
My curiosity, in the case of Prince Jones, - Between the World and Me 00:08
My curiosity, in the case of Prince Jones,
I called politicians, questioned them, - Between the World and Me 00:17
I called politicians, questioned them,
I knew these theories, even in the mouths - Between the World and Me 00:15
I knew these theories, even in the mouths
What I would not have given back in Baltimore - Between the World and Me 00:07
What I would not have given back in Baltimore
Whenever I saw the police, - Between the World and Me 00:05
Whenever I saw the police,
All along I knew - Between the World and Me 00:09
All along I knew
Ours, men with guns who view us with contempt. - Between the World and Me 00:06
Ours, men with guns who view us with contempt.
♪ (DRUM STOPS) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:08
♪ (DRUM STOPS) ♪
♪ ("WELCOME TO AMERICA" BY LECRAE PLAYING) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:46
♪ ("WELCOME TO AMERICA" BY LECRAE PLAYING) ♪
♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:04
♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
COURTNEY B. VANCE: We lived in a basement apartment in Brooklyn. - Between the World and Me 00:11
COURTNEY B. VANCE: We lived in a basement apartment in Brook...
I remember your grandfather coming to New York, - Between the World and Me 00:06
I remember your grandfather coming to New York,
He handed me a check for 120 dollars. - Between the World and Me 00:09
He handed me a check for 120 dollars.
I would take the train into Manhattan. - Between the World and Me 00:10
I would take the train into Manhattan.
Everyone has a story. Here's mine. - Between the World and Me 00:11
Everyone has a story. Here's mine.
-(WIND BLOWING) -(RUMBLING) - Between the World and Me 00:18
-(WIND BLOWING) -(RUMBLING)
I would never consider any American citizen pure. - Between the World and Me 00:06
I would never consider any American citizen pure.
I kept thinking about how Southern Manhattan - Between the World and Me 00:08
I kept thinking about how Southern Manhattan
They auctioned our bodies down there - Between the World and Me 00:08
They auctioned our bodies down there
There was once a burial ground for the auctioned there. - Between the World and Me 00:05
There was once a burial ground for the auctioned there.
They built a department store over part of it. - Between the World and Me 00:05
They built a department store over part of it.
Bin Laden was not the first man to bring terror - Between the World and Me 00:07
Bin Laden was not the first man to bring terror
♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Between the World and Me 00:08
♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
MICHELLE WILSON: There was so much money everywhere. - Between the World and Me 00:20
MICHELLE WILSON: There was so much money everywhere.
(SCOFFS) They were utterly fearless. - Between the World and Me 00:04
(SCOFFS) They were utterly fearless.
WENDELL PIERCE: I saw white parents - Between the World and Me 00:14
WENDELL PIERCE: I saw white parents
(INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Between the World and Me 00:14
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I remember feeling ill at ease. - Between the World and Me 00:05
I remember feeling ill at ease.
Perhaps you remember the time - Between the World and Me 00:08
Perhaps you remember the time
-♪ (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Between the World and Me 00:11
-♪ (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
And as you came off... (CHUCKLES WRYLY) - Between the World and Me 00:08
And as you came off... (CHUCKLES WRYLY)
(WOMAN AND CHILDREN TALKING INDISTINCTLY) - Between the World and Me 00:08
(WOMAN AND CHILDREN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
-"Come on!" -"Come on!" - Between the World and Me 00:05
-"Come on!" -"Come on!"
...when a stranger lays a hand on the body of his or her child. - Between the World and Me 00:04
...when a stranger lays a hand on the body of his or her chi...
And there was my own insecurity - Between the World and Me 00:08
And there was my own insecurity
She would not have pushed a Black child - Between the World and Me 00:04
She would not have pushed a Black child
...that there would be a penalty for such an action. - Between the World and Me 00:04
...that there would be a penalty for such an action.
And I was not in West Baltimore. And I was far from the Mecca. - Between the World and Me 00:05
And I was not in West Baltimore. And I was far from the Mecc...
I was only aware that someone had invoked their right - Between the World and Me 00:07
I was only aware that someone had invoked their right
And my words were hot - Between the World and Me 00:05
And my words were hot
And she shrunk back, shocked. - Between the World and Me 00:04
And she shrunk back, shocked.
-A white man standing nearby spoke up in her defense. -(INDISTINCT ARGUING) - Between the World and Me 00:07
-A white man standing nearby spoke up in her defense. -(INDI...
And he was now supported by other white people - Between the World and Me 00:06
And he was now supported by other white people
He said, "I could have you arrested." - Between the World and Me 00:05
He said, "I could have you arrested."
I told him this, and the desire to do much more - Between the World and Me 00:06
I told him this, and the desire to do much more
And this desire was only controllable - Between the World and Me 00:26
And this desire was only controllable
-"I could have you arrested." -"I could have you arrested." - Between the World and Me 00:26
-"I could have you arrested." -"I could have ...
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The special will include powerful readings from Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, it will also incorporate documentary footage from the actors' home life, archival footage, and animation.

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Director: Kamilah Forbes
Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Teague, Lauren Whitehead
Production: HBO Documentary Films
Genre: documentary
Year: 2020
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.2
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 21 Nov 2020
Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/specials/between-the-world-and-me
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