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The Inheritance

Based on real events, the film’s protagonist inherits a house in West Philadelphia that becomes home to an urban collective for activists of color. The increasingly claustrophobic drama unfolds as the group attempts to live together and find consensus through Black political discourse and social philosophy.

Director

Ephraim Asili

Year

Genre

drama, documentary

Box Office

N/A

Production

Grasshopper Film

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

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- This was actually a
conversation I had the other day - The Inheritance

- This was actually a conversation I had the other day

It's very much like mom,
dad, kids, you know, - The Inheritance

It's very much like mom, dad, kids, you know,

I've also like done a
lot of different jobs - The Inheritance

I've also like done a lot of different jobs

Okay, there's milk in
the fridge. Toodles." - The Inheritance

Okay, there's milk in the fridge. Toodles."

There's not a shortage
of someone that you know - The Inheritance

There's not a shortage of someone that you know

It's like 2019." - The Inheritance

It's like 2019."

But like I keep trying
to tell her like, - The Inheritance

But like I keep trying to tell her like,

And all the reason
why I go to jail, - The Inheritance

And all the reason why I go to jail,

- Gwen - The Inheritance

- Our first step therefore,
must be to reeducate ourselves, - The Inheritance

- Our first step therefore, must be to reeducate ourselves,

"In our traditional African
society, we were individuals - The Inheritance

"In our traditional African society, we were individual...

We neither needed nor wished
to exploit our fellow men." - The Inheritance

We neither needed nor wished to exploit our fellow men."...

To us in Africa, land
was always recognized - The Inheritance

To us in Africa, land was always recognized

Modern African
socialism can draw - The Inheritance

Modern African socialism can draw

- The foundation and the
objective of African socialism - The Inheritance

- The foundation and the objective of African socialism

The true African socialists
does not look on one class - The Inheritance

The true African socialists does not look on one class

It is opposed to capitalism,
which seeks to build - The Inheritance

It is opposed to capitalism, which seeks to build

We in Africa have no more
need of being converted - The Inheritance

We in Africa have no more need of being converted

Both are rooted in our past - The Inheritance

Both are rooted in our past

- [Woman] I know many of
you are very enthusiastic - The Inheritance

- [Woman] I know many of you are very enthusiastic

And just to give her an
opportunity to address you - The Inheritance

And just to give her an opportunity to address you

- I want to tell you that, - The Inheritance

- I want to tell you that,

And you're going to have
the dooms day criers out - The Inheritance

And you're going to have the dooms day criers out

But they said I was
crazy from 20 years ago - The Inheritance

But they said I was crazy from 20 years ago

My brain power has been
utilized by many persons - The Inheritance

My brain power has been utilized by many persons

You heard when it was
time for me to merge, - The Inheritance

You heard when it was time for me to merge,

You women better wake
up if you wanna help - The Inheritance

You women better wake up if you wanna help

And the ability that
you have is ability - The Inheritance

And the ability that you have is ability

The only thing that you
have is your integrity - The Inheritance

The only thing that you have is your integrity

I believe that it's
very important to
consider first of all, - The Inheritance

I believe that it's very important to consider first of...

Has to recognize that you
can take on that group - The Inheritance

Has to recognize that you can take on that group

That what you've got to
do is to form coalitions - The Inheritance

That what you've got to do is to form coalitions

To make that particular group
or that particular segment - The Inheritance

To make that particular group or that particular segment

It has to be done to the
creative use of brain power - The Inheritance

It has to be done to the creative use of brain power

It cannot be done
in any other way - The Inheritance

It cannot be done in any other way

If you want to
indulge in rhetoric - The Inheritance

If you want to indulge in rhetoric

- [Gwen] We're still unpacking
and sorting through some - The Inheritance

- [Gwen] We're still unpacking and sorting through some

It's for a good cause, and
trust me, you'll probably learn - The Inheritance

It's for a good cause, and trust me, you'll probab...

- [Stephanie] You know, it's
funny how you educated folks - The Inheritance

- [Stephanie] You know, it's funny how you educated fol...

It's like, when I'm
at the cafe all day - The Inheritance

It's like, when I'm at the cafe all day

Just like, I swear
you educated peeves, - The Inheritance

Just like, I swear you educated peeves,

There are way too
many students and half - The Inheritance

There are way too many students and half

I'm sure most of
the people working - The Inheritance

I'm sure most of the people working

- Yeah, but they
still have money - The Inheritance

- Yeah, but they still have money

And on top of that, they
pull off and they're like, - The Inheritance

And on top of that, they pull off and they're like,

So one time this woman
comes into the cafe - The Inheritance

So one time this woman comes into the cafe

I'm wearing this shirt, this
is Bard, which I think is tight - The Inheritance

I'm wearing this shirt, this is Bard, which I think is ...

She comes in and she's
like, "Did you go to Bard?" - The Inheritance

She comes in and she's like, "Did you go to Bard?&...

She just laughs, and she
wants to know my story, - The Inheritance

She just laughs, and she wants to know my story,

- [Gwen] Okay, I'm gonna
go out on a whim and say, - The Inheritance

- [Gwen] Okay, I'm gonna go out on a whim and say,

- Yeah, but tell Julian
I'm getting night education - The Inheritance

- Yeah, but tell Julian I'm getting night education

Just like so funny how
hurt white people look - The Inheritance

Just like so funny how hurt white people look

Oh man, we went
for a few drinks, - The Inheritance

Oh man, we went for a few drinks,

- I wish, at first I'm like, - The Inheritance

- I wish, at first I'm like,

Like, why should she get to
walk into my place of work, - The Inheritance

Like, why should she get to walk into my place of work,

- Maybe it's silly, - The Inheritance

- Maybe it's silly,

But anyways, long story
short, she was on that same - The Inheritance

But anyways, long story short, she was on that same

But when it came time
to talk about the movie, - The Inheritance

But when it came time to talk about the movie,

(instrumental music) - The Inheritance

(instrumental music)

And it's a house that
is focused and geared - The Inheritance

And it's a house that is focused and geared

- That poem mean togetherness, - The Inheritance

- That poem mean togetherness,

- "The bushwazee tries to stifle - The Inheritance

- "The bushwazee tries to stifle

Art is a human expression of
endless birth and rebirth, - The Inheritance

Art is a human expression of endless birth and rebirth,

- "The transformative power
of art as opposed to ain't, - The Inheritance

- "The transformative power of art as opposed to ain�...

So that now asked first of the
would be revolutionary artist - The Inheritance

So that now asked first of the would be revolutionary artist

We are taught to deny the power - The Inheritance

We are taught to deny the power

We are the good manners
of that empires." - The Inheritance

We are the good manners of that empires."

We settle for being
craft persons, - The Inheritance

We settle for being craft persons,

- [Rich] Yeah,
but Julian my man, - The Inheritance

- [Rich] Yeah, but Julian my man,

- Yo, how comes every
time I have a conversation - The Inheritance

- Yo, how comes every time I have a conversation

So I don't talk to
you for a month, - The Inheritance

So I don't talk to you for a month,

Look. No disrespect, you know, - The Inheritance

Look. No disrespect, you know,

You know, I hate to ask it bro, - The Inheritance

You know, I hate to ask it bro,

- Okay, well, because we
were running as a collective, - The Inheritance

- Okay, well, because we were running as a collective,

We're operating through
the principle of consensus, - The Inheritance

We're operating through the principle of consensus,

Yo dude, like you stay
with my mom for like years, - The Inheritance

Yo dude, like you stay with my mom for like years,

But I have to put it on the
agenda for our next meeting - The Inheritance

But I have to put it on the agenda for our next meeting

I'll talk to Gwen,
I'll get Gwen on board - The Inheritance

I'll talk to Gwen, I'll get Gwen on board

- The cost share, we
don't like the term rent - The Inheritance

- The cost share, we don't like the term rent

- Actually, just to have an idea - The Inheritance

- Actually, just to have an idea

- [Gwen] Wait?
(foreign language) - The Inheritance

- [Gwen] Wait? (foreign language)

- [Rich] (foreign language) - The Inheritance

- [Rich] (foreign language)

- (foreign language) - The Inheritance

- (foreign language)

They use a wood-burning
stove for heat - The Inheritance

They use a wood-burning stove for heat

- This room that you are in
now has a great significance - The Inheritance

- This room that you are in now has a great significance

We see John Africa then,
rather we saw John Africa - The Inheritance

We see John Africa then, rather we saw John Africa

Now we know that
John Africa is a man - The Inheritance

Now we know that John Africa is a man

Everything you see, the
sun, the air, the water - The Inheritance

Everything you see, the sun, the air, the water

(woman yelling) - The Inheritance

(woman yelling)

Janine Africa, Charles Sims- - The Inheritance

Janine Africa, Charles Sims-

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Based on real events, the film’s protagonist inherits a house in West Philadelphia that becomes home to an urban collective for activists of color. The increasingly claustrophobic drama unfolds as the group attempts to live together and find consensus through Black political discourse and social philosophy.

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Director: Ephraim Asili

Writer: Ephraim Asili

Production: Grasshopper Film

Genre: drama, documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 86/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 12 Mar 2021

Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations

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