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She tried to fight 'em off

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

She tried to fight 'em off. I could see where it wasn't gonna do her any good. I didn't...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom • 2020

She tried to fight 'em off. I could see where
it wasn't gonna do her any good. I didn't know what they was doing to her, but I figured whatever it was,
they might as well do to me too. My daddy had a knife he kept around there
for hunting and working and whatnot. And I knew where he kept it.
I went and got it. I'm gonna show you
how spooked up I was by the white man. I tried my damnedest
to cut one of them's throat. I hit him on the shoulder. He reached back,
grabbed hold of that knife, and whacked me across the chest with it

Full Transcript

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She tried to fight 'em off.

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I could see where it wasn't gonna do her any good.

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I didn't know what they was doing to her,

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but I figured whatever it was, they might as well do to me too.

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My daddy had a knife he kept around there for hunting and working and whatnot.

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And I knew where he kept it. I went and got it.

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I'm gonna show you how spooked up I was by the white man.

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I tried my damnedest to cut one of them's throat.

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I hit him on the shoulder.

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He reached back, grabbed hold of that knife,

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and whacked me across the chest with it.

Duration

43 seconds

Views

61

Timestamp in Movie

00:37:18

Uploaded

May 31, 2025

Genres

Production

Escape Artists,Mundy Lane Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.