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MAN 2: I thought she'd been crying
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Between the World and Me

I thought she'd been crying. I could not tell. She was what people I escaped...

MAN 2:
I thought she'd been crying. I could not tell. She was what people
once referred to as a lady. PHYLICIA RASHAD: I escaped the
sharecropper life of my father and all the others around me. I said to myself,
"I am not gonna live like this."

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MAN 2: I thought she'd been crying.
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I could not tell.
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She was what people once referred to as a lady.
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PHYLICIA RASHAD: I escaped the sharecropper life of my father
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and all the others around me.
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I said to myself, "I am not gonna live like this."
Duration
20 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:55
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
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.