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The Long Song

An adaptation of the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy. Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, following the trials, tribulations and survival of July and her odious mistress Caroline on a sugar plantation.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 7 nominations total

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This programme contains some scenes
which some viewers may find upsetting. - The Long Song

This programme contains some scenes which some viewers may f...

Right, there's another
one here! There, there! - The Long Song

Right, there's another one here! There, there!

I'm to be married to Robert Goodwin! - The Long Song

I'm to be married to Robert Goodwin!

The life of a white missus
on a Jamaican sugar plantation - The Long Song

The life of a white missus on a Jamaican sugar plantation

- You are my true wife, July.
- No, no! No, no! - The Long Song

- You are my true wife, July. - No, no! No, no!

I will need you all to work seven
full days a week from now on. - The Long Song

I will need you all to work seven full days a week from now ...

♪ Christmas a come, me wan me lama
Christmas a come, me wan me lama. ♪ - The Long Song

♪ Christmas a come, me wan me lama Christmas a come, me wan ...

For the tale I have to tell
is quite a different one. - The Long Song

For the tale I have to tell is quite a different one.

That Christmas, the sugar
cane grew sweeter and taller - The Long Song

That Christmas, the sugar cane grew sweeter and taller

- Missus' dress. She want it.
- Then go give it. - The Long Song

- Missus' dress. She want it. - Then go give it.

Yeah, when the Missus
give you dress for mendin', - The Long Song

Yeah, when the Missus give you dress for mendin',

Now it must be cut, boiled, - The Long Song

Now it must be cut, boiled,

...or Amity plantation
would be finished. - The Long Song

...or Amity plantation would be finished.

She don't want to listen to nothing,
she don't want to hear nothing. - The Long Song

She don't want to listen to nothing, she don't wan...

But how all this get
done now slaves be free? - The Long Song

But how all this get done now slaves be free?

Robert Goodwin could
think of nothing else - The Long Song

Robert Goodwin could think of nothing else

Where you going? - The Long Song

Where you going?

And July did fear her sweet,
sweet husband prepare for battle. - The Long Song

And July did fear her sweet, sweet husband prepare for battl...

Yes, Missus, me here. - The Long Song

Yes, Missus, me here.

I have decided to arrange a grand
Christmas dinner here at Amity. - The Long Song

I have decided to arrange a grand Christmas dinner here at A...

In England, we used to have such
parties and balls at this time - The Long Song

In England, we used to have such parties and balls at this t...

- What it say?
- Come, read it. - The Long Song

- What it say? - Come, read it.

Carol singers, roaring fires,
fresh holly berries. - The Long Song

Carol singers, roaring fires, fresh holly berries.

- Massa going to double our rent!
- No true! - The Long Song

- Massa going to double our rent! - No true!

♪ If you have no penny,
a ha'penny will do - The Long Song

♪ If you have no penny, a ha'penny will do

True! And hear this,
start from today! - The Long Song

True! And hear this, start from today!

Him try force us work seven days! - The Long Song

Him try force us work seven days!

Slavery. Slavery has
returned to Amity. - The Long Song

Slavery. Slavery has returned to Amity.

...to give a party the likes - The Long Song

...to give a party the likes

And so did battle commence. - The Long Song

And so did battle commence.

Ow! That hurts! That's enough. - The Long Song

Ow! That hurts! That's enough.

Didn't this dress used
to have buttons on the sleeve? - The Long Song

Didn't this dress used to have buttons on the sleeve?

No, no, that be the yellow
dress you think of. - The Long Song

No, no, that be the yellow dress you think of.

- Massa, we not...
- I know why you've come... - The Long Song

- Massa, we not... - I know why you've come...

No, no, no, no, no...
How many times have I told you not - The Long Song

No, no, no, no, no... How many times have I told you not

...and I wish to explain that
I have taken this measure of - The Long Song

...and I wish to explain that I have taken this measure of

But look, the buttons
come loose now. - The Long Song

But look, the buttons come loose now.

You've all lived too long as
slaves to really understand what's - The Long Song

You've all lived too long as slaves to really understan...

You must understand that your
houses, they belong to me, - The Long Song

You must understand that your houses, they belong to me,

...I fear them pearls be back
down at bottom of the sea once more. - The Long Song

...I fear them pearls be back down at bottom of the sea once...

That's my right, you see,
as a landowner. - The Long Song

That's my right, you see, as a landowner.

So it will now be better for
you to work seven days a week, - The Long Song

So it will now be better for you to work seven days a week,

I could have you sent
back into the fields. - The Long Song

I could have you sent back into the fields.

And anyone who does not pay the
rent in full will be evicted. - The Long Song

And anyone who does not pay the rent in full will be evicted...

I am doing this
for your own benefit. - The Long Song

I am doing this for your own benefit.

Because whatever benefits the
plantation, it benefits you, - The Long Song

Because whatever benefits the plantation, it benefits you,

For it not be plain how this crafty
girl come to be a lady's maid, - The Long Song

For it not be plain how this crafty girl come to be a lady&#...

Let me finish! Let me finish. - The Long Song

Let me finish! Let me finish.

No, me must start at the beginning. - The Long Song

No, me must start at the beginning.

And let's come together,
seven days a week, - The Long Song

And let's come together, seven days a week,

The successful cultivation
of the sugar cane crop requires - The Long Song

The successful cultivation of the sugar cane crop requires

No, I've not yet
taken a wife myself. - The Long Song

No, I've not yet taken a wife myself.

My father encouraged me
to find my vocation first. - The Long Song

My father encouraged me to find my vocation first.

Plenty water, plenty
sunshine, plenty shit. - The Long Song

Plenty water, plenty sunshine, plenty shit.

And at the time of which I am
speaking, plenty slaves. - The Long Song

And at the time of which I am speaking, plenty slaves.

July's mama was a field
slave named Kitty. - The Long Song

July's mama was a field slave named Kitty.

His long, elegant fingers. - The Long Song

His long, elegant fingers.

One small word, 300 years coming. - The Long Song

One small word, 300 years coming.

Kitty had not felt the lash
of the driver's whip for many - The Long Song

Kitty had not felt the lash of the driver's whip for ma...

And sparkling, bluest eyes you've... - The Long Song

And sparkling, bluest eyes you've...

Thankfully, his part was small,
and he was always done quick. - The Long Song

Thankfully, his part was small, and he was always done quick...

And if she kept quiet,
he seldom hit her. - The Long Song

And if she kept quiet, he seldom hit her.

Well spoken, husband. - The Long Song

Well spoken, husband.

I was just thinking about
what the overseer did say. - The Long Song

I was just thinking about what the overseer did say.

That we can leave, you know. - The Long Song

That we can leave, you know.

You have a very easy life
of it here, I can assure you that. - The Long Song

You have a very easy life of it here, I can assure you that.

No, me see it! Him ride up
and he nail it to the tree! - The Long Song

No, me see it! Him ride up and he nail it to the tree!

- Me see him walk...
- Hush up, hush up, hush up. Hush up! Hush up! - The Long Song

- Me see him walk... - Hush up, hush up, hush up. Hush up! H...

Oh, it's so, so pretty. - The Long Song

Oh, it's so, so pretty.

Not all the Negroes were present
to hear Robert Goodwin - The Long Song

Not all the Negroes were present to hear Robert Goodwin

- Massa no hear we.
- Him no listen. - The Long Song

- Massa no hear we. - Him no listen.

Him say we must work as him direct
or him will throw us out of we homes! - The Long Song

Him say we must work as him direct or him will throw us out ...

Some already pack up
and fled that plantation - The Long Song

Some already pack up and fled that plantation

Others were still laid
up upon their beds - The Long Song

Others were still laid up upon their beds

No more rent! Where we
going to get the money? - The Long Song

No more rent! Where we going to get the money?

Hush, hush up! Hear me now! - The Long Song

Hush, hush up! Hear me now!

Well, she be July. - The Long Song

Well, she be July.

There be lands to the west
of here, past the cotton tree, - The Long Song

There be lands to the west of here, past the cotton tree,

No rent be paid, no bakkra come. - The Long Song

No rent be paid, no bakkra come.

Him surely have some fine,
fine boots upon him foot. - The Long Song

Him surely have some fine, fine boots upon him foot.

And there we could live, free. - The Long Song

And there we could live, free.

But the land be bad there -
too many stone and rock. - The Long Song

But the land be bad there - too many stone and rock.

Now, as you're all no doubt well
aware, - The Long Song

Now, as you're all no doubt well aware,

We have we home here!
Our garden feed we! - The Long Song

We have we home here! Our garden feed we!

There be only one way to
make the Massa listen. - The Long Song

There be only one way to make the Massa listen.

You must remember
that the houses you live in, - The Long Song

You must remember that the houses you live in,

- How?
- We stop work and we pay no rent! - The Long Song

- How? - We stop work and we pay no rent!

No, they are the property
of your mistress, so, - The Long Song

No, they are the property of your mistress, so,

We going to make Massa listen to we,
whether he want to listen or not! - The Long Song

We going to make Massa listen to we, whether he want to list...

Next daybreak,
the conch was not blown. - The Long Song

Next daybreak, the conch was not blown.

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An adaptation of the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy. Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, following the trials, tribulations and survival of July and her odious mistress Caroline on a sugar plantation.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: First Films

Genre: drama

Year: 2018

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ImdbRating: 7.3

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Released: 31 Jan 2021

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 7 nominations total

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