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Between the World and Me

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than justice

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Safety was a higher value than justice.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:42
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

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.
♪ ("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.