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[Afeni] So here's a really good thing about this place
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Dear Mama

So here's a really goodthing about this place is right over therein one of those...

[Afeni] So here's a really good
thing about this place is right over there
in one of those houseboats, That's where
Otis Redding wrote [singing] ♪ Sitting on the
Dock of the Bay ♪ [laughs] I like to think
it was actually this pier that he was sitting on
and-- and, um, writing it

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[Afeni] So here's a really good thing about this place
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is right over there in one of those houseboats,
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That's where Otis Redding wrote
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[singing] ♪ Sitting on the Dock of the Bay ♪
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[laughs]
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I like to think it was actually this pier
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that he was sitting on and-- and, um, writing it.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:52
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Film Cellar

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Movie Summary

A documentary series which follows the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur and his mother, the Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur.
S01 • E02 [Tupac] What we don't see a lot of in films - Dear Mama 00:35
[Tupac] What we don't see a lot of in films
S01 • E03 I'm learning a lot about people's innermost fears - Dear Mama 00:09
I'm learning a lot about people's innermost fears
S01 • E03 It's just about loud rap music, tattoo-having thugs, - Dear Mama 00:26
It's just about loud rap music, tattoo-having thugs,
S01 • E05 I stayed here for, like, three months, - Dear Mama 00:07
I stayed here for, like, three months,
S01 • E05 And then one of the times I was here, - Dear Mama 00:05
And then one of the times I was here,
S01 • E05 I was like, "I need this." [laughs] - Dear Mama 00:36
I was like, "I need this." [laughs]
S01 • E04 [reporter 1] On October 20th, 1981, - Dear Mama 00:29
[reporter 1] On October 20th, 1981,
S01 • E01 He sold crack for, like, I think five days. - Dear Mama 00:05
He sold crack for, like, I think five days.
S01 • E03 We, um, no matter what y'all think about me, - Dear Mama 00:05
We, um, no matter what y'all think about me,
S01 • E02 She had never been to law school, - Dear Mama 00:09
She had never been to law school,
S01 • E01 I think I sold crack for seven, mostly, - Dear Mama 00:12
I think I sold crack for seven, mostly,
S01 • E03 [Man Man] I remember one day, we were leaving the court - Dear Mama 00:26
[Man Man] I remember one day, we were leaving the court
S01 • E02 In New York today, pretrial hearings opened - Dear Mama 00:21
In New York today, pretrial hearings opened
S01 • E01 But we knew very quickly - Dear Mama 00:08
But we knew very quickly
S01 • E01 Because capitalism requires that your empathy level is relatively low, - Dear Mama 00:23
Because capitalism requires that your empathy level is relat...
S01 • E04 I then began reading things in the newspaper. - Dear Mama 00:07
I then began reading things in the newspaper.
S01 • E05 My boy, who I loved, respected, appreciated. - Dear Mama 00:06
My boy, who I loved, respected, appreciated.
S01 • E04 ♪ Ain't nothin' but A gangsta party ♪ - Dear Mama 00:30
♪ Ain't nothin' but A gangsta party ♪
S01 • E02 [anchor] The tone of the pretrial hearing - Dear Mama 00:52
[anchor] The tone of the pretrial hearing
S01 • E05 He was my friend. He called me up - Dear Mama 00:11
He was my friend. He called me up