Mr. Denby, I'm not ignorant - and I'm not selling my land
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Edna Spalding:
I was thinking, if I was to plant cotton... Albert Denby:
Mrs. Spalding, you don't know a thing about cotton farming. Edna Spalding:
Yes, I know, but Moses says... Albert Denby:
Moses? Who's Moses? Edna Spalding:
He's this Negro man. Albert Denby:
I don't know any Negro around here named Moses. Edna Spalding:
He was just passing through, and I gave him a job doing some chores. Albert Denby:
You mean to tell me you're lettin' some Negro hobo talk you into plantin' cotton? Did you ever hear of anything called The Depression? Now, you see these? These are all foreclosures. And that's just in the last three months. And that's white men who've cotton-farmin' all their lives and can't make a go of it. And you listenin' to some no-account nigger. You'll excuse me, Mrs. Spalding, but that's just about the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. Edna Spalding:
Mr. Denby, I'm not ignorant - and I'm not selling my land
I was thinking, if I was to plant cotton... Albert Denby:
Mrs. Spalding, you don't know a thing about cotton farming. Edna Spalding:
Yes, I know, but Moses says... Albert Denby:
Moses? Who's Moses? Edna Spalding:
He's this Negro man. Albert Denby:
I don't know any Negro around here named Moses. Edna Spalding:
He was just passing through, and I gave him a job doing some chores. Albert Denby:
You mean to tell me you're lettin' some Negro hobo talk you into plantin' cotton? Did you ever hear of anything called The Depression? Now, you see these? These are all foreclosures. And that's just in the last three months. And that's white men who've cotton-farmin' all their lives and can't make a go of it. And you listenin' to some no-account nigger. You'll excuse me, Mrs. Spalding, but that's just about the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. Edna Spalding:
Mr. Denby, I'm not ignorant - and I'm not selling my land
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Down here I was thinking
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if I was to plant cotton
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Mrs Spalding you don't know a thing about cotton farming
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Yes I know but Moses says Moses Who's Moses
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He's this Negro man
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I don't know any Negro around here named Moses
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He was just passing through and I gave him a job doing some chores
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You're telling me you let some Negro hobo talk you into planting cotton
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Did you ever hear of the Depression
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Now
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you see these
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These are all foreclosures And that's just in the last three months
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White men who've cotton farmed all their lives and can't make a go of it
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And you listening to some no account nigger
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You'll excuse me Mrs Spalding
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but that's just about the most ignorant thing I've ever heard
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Mr Denby
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I'm not ignorant
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and I'm not selling my land
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Movie Summary
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
Actors
Edna Spalding
Albert Denby
