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Selah and the Spades

Five factions run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction, The Spades, sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved.

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Tayarisha Poe

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2 wins & 3 nominations total

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[narrator]
At the Haldwell School
for Boarding and Day Students, - Selah and the Spades

[narrator] At the Haldwell School for Boarding and Day Stude...

The factions are realistic
about the need - Selah and the Spades

The factions are realistic about the need

The first rule that they live by
is that of not being a rat. - Selah and the Spades

The first rule that they live by is that of not being a rat.

And the only consequences
they’re concerned with - Selah and the Spades

And the only consequences they’re concerned with

The Sea, run by Tarit, - Selah and the Spades

The Sea, run by Tarit,

The Skins, led by Amber, - Selah and the Spades

The Skins, led by Amber,

The Bobbys,
led by Bobby, of course, - Selah and the Spades

The Bobbys, led by Bobby, of course,

The Prefects are the ones
who keep the administration - Selah and the Spades

The Prefects are the ones who keep the administration

Current senior Prefect,
Thomas Richard Thomas. - Selah and the Spades

Current senior Prefect, Thomas Richard Thomas.

The Spades deal in
the most classic of vices: - Selah and the Spades

The Spades deal in the most classic of vices:

Led by Selah,
with Maxxie at her side, - Selah and the Spades

Led by Selah, with Maxxie at her side,

[birds chirping] - Selah and the Spades

[birds chirping]

It’s about her, Selah Summers, - Selah and the Spades

It’s about her, Selah Summers,

[clamoring] - Selah and the Spades

I’m telling you,
he’s cracking the whip
’cause he’s got some complex - Selah and the Spades

I’m telling you, he’s cracking the whip ’cause he’s got some...

Next thing you know, one of us
gets slammed to the floor - Selah and the Spades

Next thing you know, one of us gets slammed to the floor

-That doesn’t even make sense.
-Don’t you dare tell me
I don’t make any sense - Selah and the Spades

-That doesn’t even make sense. -Don’t you dare tell me I don...

We all agreed at the end
of winter term - Selah and the Spades

We all agreed at the end of winter term

[shoves papers] - Selah and the Spades

[shoves papers]

All in favor of the water
proposal for senior prank. - Selah and the Spades

All in favor of the water proposal for senior prank.

Honestly, it’s no surprise
you can’t find anyone - Selah and the Spades

Honestly, it’s no surprise you can’t find anyone

The Bobbys will happily
take over your racket - Selah and the Spades

The Bobbys will happily take over your racket

[Selah scoffs] - Selah and the Spades

What if she tries to poach June
to get back at us for Teela? - Selah and the Spades

What if she tries to poach June to get back at us for Teela?

♪ Get up, get up, go ♪ - Selah and the Spades

♪ Get up, get up, go ♪

Entering a new place
in the midst of things. - Selah and the Spades

Entering a new place in the midst of things.

Uh, you know, even I
experienced a feeling of... - Selah and the Spades

Uh, you know, even I experienced a feeling of...

Being a touch overwhelmed
in my new position here. - Selah and the Spades

Being a touch overwhelmed in my new position here.

Yes, extracurriculars
are imperative - Selah and the Spades

Yes, extracurriculars are imperative

-[tapping papers]
-...your scholarship seems - Selah and the Spades

-[tapping papers] -...your scholarship seems

That’s right.
How are you adjusting socially? - Selah and the Spades

That’s right. How are you adjusting socially?

[indistinct chatter] - Selah and the Spades

[indistinct chatter]

We-We had a game
the night before, - Selah and the Spades

We-We had a game the night before,

I also had, like,
an AP bio test, and... - Selah and the Spades

I also had, like, an AP bio test, and...

I mean, but I got higher
on the last one, so... - Selah and the Spades

I mean, but I got higher on the last one, so...

[sighs] - Selah and the Spades

I knew him for much longer
than you did, Selah. - Selah and the Spades

I knew him for much longer than you did, Selah.

[shutter clicks] - Selah and the Spades

[shutter clicks]

That’s a mistake
the whole world makes. - Selah and the Spades

That’s a mistake the whole world makes.

-So it’s like this.
-[shutter clicks] - Selah and the Spades

-So it’s like this. -[shutter clicks]

Your mom tells you,
change your dress,
it’s too fast, - Selah and the Spades

Your mom tells you, change your dress, it’s too fast,

The school tells you, - Selah and the Spades

The school tells you,

[chuckles] - Selah and the Spades

They tell you they’ll only
like you if you look impossible. - Selah and the Spades

They tell you they’ll only like you if you look impossible....

So you’ve got all these people
telling you - Selah and the Spades

So you’ve got all these people telling you

We tell you how short
our skirts will be, - Selah and the Spades

We tell you how short our skirts will be,

I mean, if you got
a problem with it, well, - Selah and the Spades

I mean, if you got a problem with it, well,

Because we do it for ourselves, - Selah and the Spades

Because we do it for ourselves,

’Cause when you’re 17...
[chuckles softly] - Selah and the Spades

’Cause when you’re 17... [chuckles softly]

[shutter clicks] - Selah and the Spades

[shutter clicks]

[grunts, groans] - Selah and the Spades

[grunts, groans]

[Maxxie sighs] - Selah and the Spades

Yes, sir,
down the north stairwell, - Selah and the Spades

Yes, sir, down the north stairwell,

Lot of students falling down
the north stairwell
these days, huh? - Selah and the Spades

Lot of students falling down the north stairwell these days,...

Maybe the school
should invest in - Selah and the Spades

Maybe the school should invest in

[sighs] - Selah and the Spades

[Selah chuckles] - Selah and the Spades

[Selah chuckles]

Hey, are Two Tom and Morgan R.
still going out? - Selah and the Spades

Hey, are Two Tom and Morgan R. still going out?

They even applied
to the same schools, - Selah and the Spades

They even applied to the same schools,

Hey. [chuckles] - Selah and the Spades

Hey. [chuckles]

[Paloma]
You know, I don’t, um... - Selah and the Spades

[Paloma] You know, I don’t, um...

I told you--
Modern Socialization
in the Surveillance Era. - Selah and the Spades

I told you-- Modern Socialization in the Surveillance Era.

Yeah, you’re new.
No one’s expecting you
to memorize the course catalog. - Selah and the Spades

Yeah, you’re new. No one’s expecting you to memorize the cou...

But you never know
who or why or when, - Selah and the Spades

But you never know who or why or when,

[shutter clicks] - Selah and the Spades

[shutter clicks]

You may be a cog in the machine
that is Haldwell, - Selah and the Spades

You may be a cog in the machine that is Haldwell,

[shutter clicks] - Selah and the Spades

[shutter clicks]

It’s the only thing
we’ve really got that’s
worth anything at all. - Selah and the Spades

It’s the only thing we’ve really got that’s worth anything a...

[school bell rings] - Selah and the Spades

[school bell rings]

[opens mailbox] - Selah and the Spades

[opens mailbox]

[indistinct arguing] - Selah and the Spades

[indistinct arguing]

♪ ...some dust,
and you were swept away ♪ - Selah and the Spades

♪ ...some dust, and you were swept away ♪

♪ I determine that’s all
in your dreams ♪ - Selah and the Spades

♪ I determine that’s all in your dreams ♪

Uh, soon, I should.
Lot of homework. - Selah and the Spades

Uh, soon, I should. Lot of homework.

Something very,
very, very exciting
is going down tonight, - Selah and the Spades

Something very, very, very exciting is going down tonight,

[Paloma chuckles] - Selah and the Spades

[Paloma chuckles]

Not everyone has a type.
I don’t do that. - Selah and the Spades

Not everyone has a type. I don’t do that.

Like, like, dating and sex
and, like, making out. - Selah and the Spades

Like, like, dating and sex and, like, making out.

Have you ever, like,
done that stuff? - Selah and the Spades

Have you ever, like, done that stuff?

Nothing serious, though,
like sex or anything. - Selah and the Spades

Nothing serious, though, like sex or anything.

[chuckles] - Selah and the Spades

I don’t think I’m waiting
for some right person. - Selah and the Spades

I don’t think I’m waiting for some right person.

I just don’t think I’m
interested in the thing itself. - Selah and the Spades

I just don’t think I’m interested in the thing itself.

I see girls crying
in the bathroom, - Selah and the Spades

I see girls crying in the bathroom,

Why not just do things
that keep you from crying
in bathrooms? - Selah and the Spades

Why not just do things that keep you from crying in bathroom...

[clicks] - Selah and the Spades

[shutter clicks twice] - Selah and the Spades

[shutter clicks twice]

[footsteps approaching] - Selah and the Spades

[footsteps approaching]

Now, I could either
be selfish and smoke it - Selah and the Spades

Now, I could either be selfish and smoke it

One, two, three, four,
five, six. - Selah and the Spades

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Selah and the Spades poster

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Five factions run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction, The Spades, sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved.

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Director: Tayarisha Poe

Writer: Tayarisha Poe

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 5.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Apr 2020

Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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