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We need to get together.
We need to do something." So we said, "Let's plan a picnic. We're gonna have a picnic
during spring break." I said, you know, "We need to have
some kind of a theme for the year so we can plan all of our events
around a theme." And I remember Tony said to me, something to the effect that, "We should bring back the freak." And so from that point on, each event that we had,
somehow or another, had the word "freak"
incorporated into the name of the event when we promoted it
We need to do something." So we said, "Let's plan a picnic. We're gonna have a picnic
during spring break." I said, you know, "We need to have
some kind of a theme for the year so we can plan all of our events
around a theme." And I remember Tony said to me, something to the effect that, "We should bring back the freak." And so from that point on, each event that we had,
somehow or another, had the word "freak"
incorporated into the name of the event when we promoted it
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We need to get together.
We need to do something."
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So we said, "Let's plan a picnic.
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We're gonna have a picnic
during spring break."
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I said, you know, "We need to have
some kind of a theme for the year
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so we can plan all of our events
around a theme."
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And I remember Tony said to me,
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something to the effect that,
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"We should bring back the freak."
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And so from that point on,
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each event that we had,
somehow or another,
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had the word "freak"
incorporated into the name of the event
00:00:32.489 --> 00:00:33.741
when we promoted it.
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Movie Summary
Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.