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Martha

"You'renot doing it right." He would give us anorder. "Weed the tomatoes." And if we...

Martha • 2024
[poignant music playing] [Martha] "You're
not doing it right." [Eric] He would give us an
order. "Weed the tomatoes." And if we didn't follow
through, we paid the penalty

Full Transcript

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[poignant music playing]
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[Martha] "You're not doing it right."
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[Eric] He would give us an order. "Weed the tomatoes."
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And if we didn't follow through, we paid the penalty.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:26
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
This Machine Filmworks

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Movie Summary

The film covers the breadth of her extraordinary life through intimate interviews with Stewart herself, who opened up her personal archives to share never-before-seen photos, letters, and diary entries.
{\an8}We dreaded the yardstick. And at times, it was the end of the belt. - Martha 00:05
{\an8}We dreaded the yardstick. And at times, it was the end...
["Good Lookin' by Etta James playing] - Martha 00:09
["Good Lookin' by Etta James playing]
She and her mother one day said to me, - Martha 00:13
She and her mother one day said to me,
{\an8}That was a major event in Nutley, New Jersey. - Martha 00:06
{\an8}That was a major event in Nutley, New Jersey.
I would give most of my paycheck to my mother - Martha 00:07
I would give most of my paycheck to my mother
I stood by my mother's side in the kitchen, - Martha 00:07
I stood by my mother's side in the kitchen,
She was a schoolteacher, and she had to cook 16 meals a day. - Martha 00:06
She was a schoolteacher, and she had to cook 16 meals a day.
I thought that was pretty fantastic that she could do all that. - Martha 00:06
I thought that was pretty fantastic that she could do all th...
But the cookie-cutter house and the cookie-cutter life, - Martha 00:07
But the cookie-cutter house and the cookie-cutter life,
[peppy strings music playing] - Martha 00:09
[peppy strings music playing]
I really liked history, art history, economics. - Martha 00:05
I really liked history, art history, economics.
People knew who I was, a tall, blonde, pretty girl from New Jersey, - Martha 00:09
People knew who I was, a tall, blonde, pretty girl from New ...
I was looking for adventure, - Martha 00:07
I was looking for adventure,
[music ends] - Martha 00:09
[music ends]
And we all sort of scratched our heads. "Who the heck is that?" - Martha 00:07
And we all sort of scratched our heads. "Who the heck i...
And she said, "I have a brother who goes to Yale Law School." - Martha 00:11
And she said, "I have a brother who goes to Yale Law Sc...
We went out to dinner. He was very polite and handsome. - Martha 00:05
We went out to dinner. He was very polite and handsome.
It was exciting to meet a sophisticated young man. - Martha 00:05
It was exciting to meet a sophisticated young man.
And he had an American Express card, which was a very big deal in those days. - Martha 00:06
And he had an American Express card, which was a very big de...
And he was just intriguing, playful, and nice. - Martha 00:05
And he was just intriguing, playful, and nice.