00:00 ♪
00:02 - Mom made me promise I'd come by today.
00:04 It's my birthday.
00:05 - Wait, today is your birthday?
00:07 - Yeah. [chuckles]
00:09 - Happy birthday.
00:11 Um, it's--
00:12 - It's Brett. [chuckles]
00:13 - I'm Isabelle. - Yeah, I know.
00:15 ♪
00:20 - Most relationships end.
00:22 ♪
00:24 Friendships, romances.
00:27 ♪
00:30 They break.
00:32 ♪
00:37 - You okay?
00:39 ♪
00:41 - If you look closely,
00:43 you'll find something tragic is happening.
00:47 ♪
00:50 - Are you interested in writing something for us?
00:52 - I don't do assignments anymore.
00:54 - Yeah, but you're a better writer than most people do anything.
00:56 - Have you heard the tapes?
00:58 - No. Of what?
01:00 ♪
01:01 - Stafford Police Department, Busker Shop.
01:03 - Hey, we've had some break-ins in my neighborhood,
01:06 and there's a real suspicious guy.
01:08 Looks like he's up to no good or something.
01:11 ♪
01:15 - I want to be in the story.
01:18 ♪
01:20 Really inside the story.
01:23 ♪
01:25 - And build a thesis that shows how all of this is linked.
01:29 ♪
01:31 - I gotta be honest with you. I don't understand.
01:33 I don't see it.
01:35 ♪
01:36 - You go and write your story.
01:38 Folks need to know about this.
01:40 ♪
01:41 - You're trying to make sense of racism,
01:44 but your thesis is flawed.
01:46 ♪
01:47 - It was all lies. They knew we weren't inferior.
01:50 [all shouting]
01:51 ♪
01:53 - You don't escape trauma by ignoring it.
01:56 ♪
01:57 - Stand up!
01:59 - You escape trauma by confronting it.
02:02 ♪
02:05 - I don't write questions.
02:07 ♪
02:10 I write answers.
02:12 ♪
02:17 ♪
02:23 (dramatic music)
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