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Yourcinemafilms.com | Headstrong Symone’s search for justice takes an unexpected turn as she uncovers buried truths and confronts the past her family was forced to leave behind.   Writer/director - Reneque Samuels  Producer - Charley Packham   Cast:  Symone - Deja Bowens  Annette - Juliet Garricks  Joe - Anthony J Abraham  Cynthia - Victoria Serra  Patricia - Faith Edwards   ’Welcome to Your Cinema' - The home for entertainment from our culture   Our socials:  Tiktok: @yourcinemafilms  Instagram: @yourcinemafilms  Youtube: Your Cinema Films

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00:00The end of the day

00:02The end of the day

00:04The end of the day

00:06The end of the day

00:08The end of the day

00:10The end of the day

00:12The end of the day

00:14Could've never been what you needed, babe

00:16Never would've done all the things you say

00:18Only when it's screwed up a good thing

00:20Cause I am

00:22I don't feel no shame

00:24Yeah?

00:26Cause I made mistakes

00:28Yes, Mum

00:30Yes, Mum

00:32Help me with me email now

00:34Me figure out how feel are gone

00:36But me can't find the email

00:38Sister Janice did send me last week

00:40Two thousand seven hundred emails, Mum?

00:42No, look at me like that

00:44How is there so many?

00:46No, no, no

00:48But it's spam

00:50Mum, all you gotta do

00:52Go to checkout

00:54And you put unsubscribe

00:56To emails

00:58Who are not down my door, sir?

01:00Let me check it out

01:02Alright, you start deleting those

01:04I'll come back

01:05People have no manners

01:06And lack of people do at night time

01:07Chill, Mum

01:08Surprise!

01:10I brought food

01:11Courtesy of Chef Mum

01:12Who dat?

01:13Joe

01:14The love of her life

01:15Her Romeo

01:16Yeah, whatever, get in

01:17It's cold

01:18Joe!

01:20And how are you?

01:23I'm doing good, Aunty Annette

01:25And how is the new job, dear?

01:27Or should I call you Mr. Bill Gates?

01:29No

01:30Not yet

01:31I hope you're taking it easy, though

01:32Oh, yes

01:33Simone is just helping me with my emails

01:35Uh-huh

01:36We could be here a while

01:37Simone, I beg you to check my junk folder too

01:38Because plenty of things get lost in there, sir

01:40Um, where you going, Mum?

01:42You don't have expert, would you know?

01:44I'm going to my bed, I'm going to kill me

01:46I'm going to put her key on me

01:49Yo

01:50Why does she still talk like that to me?

01:52I thought it would be your native tongue type-ish by now, you know?

01:55Joe

01:56You're about as British as they come

01:57She is speaking your native tongue

01:59Whatever, man

02:01I thought you were busy with you

02:02You need deadline anyway

02:03Oh, shush

02:04The block I have this term is

02:08What?

02:16Who's Cynthia Lee?

02:20The woman that forced us out

02:21She was inviting my mum to the opening of her shop

02:25Cheek

02:30Before I started Genie, my dad gave me these

02:34These keys to the place

02:37It's like a mark of womanhood or something

02:39Hmm, I hear it

02:42There used to be a skate park near where I grew up that I'd go to more than church

02:46I know

02:48Skater dude

02:52Council tears it down to replace it with a food haul

02:55Food ain't even that good

02:56Correct

03:04What are you doing?

03:05I'm doing something

03:06I don't know

03:15Yo, how did you get here so fast?

03:17I know a shortcut

03:18Yeah, well, keep me in the loop with these things, yeah?

03:21This tinger's not lightweight, you know

03:25Give me two minutes, just set up

03:27Alright

03:30Auntie Patricia

03:32My goodness

03:34Oh, it's so good to see you, my child

03:38What brings you here?

03:40You know, just

03:43Passing through

03:47What did you get?

03:49Oh no, my nephew took a job here

03:53The people are nice and so they give me a few things from time to time

03:57It's nice

04:01Simone

04:03You remember how much I loved your family's shop?

04:07Sorry

04:11Don't worry

04:13You should come by and see us sometimes

04:15It's really changed, I think you'd like it

04:18Simone?

04:19Simone?

04:20Oh yes, Auntie

04:21Yeah, maybe

04:23I've got to go now

04:24Okay

04:25Say hi to your mum for me

04:27And don't be a stranger

04:29Alright

04:31Oh is this for me?

04:32Hi, Simone?

04:33Yeah, thank you so much again for seeing us on such short notice

04:36Oh, of course

04:38I remember how a headache my last year of uni was

04:40Journalism, is it?

04:41Yeah, what did you study?

04:43Business

04:44Well that worked out well for you, didn't it?

04:46Are you hungry?

04:47No, we're fine

04:49I think we should just get straight into this

04:55So do you want to start by introducing yourself?

04:57Yes

04:59I'm Cynthia Lee

05:00I'm an entrepreneur here in London

05:02I own a variety of hospitality businesses within the city

05:06Great, that good?

05:08Okay, first question

05:10Cynthia, where do you usually like to target?

05:14I usually open up where I feel there's potential for growth

05:18Oh yes, I did hear that you opened a Mediterranean not too far from here

05:22It was a really good investment opportunity

05:24Why Mediterranean?

05:26I did my market research

05:27Which market?

05:30My aim is to generate long-term value both for individuals and for whole communities

05:36Great quote

05:37Thank you

05:38Would you say your actions and views don't always align, Miss Lee?

05:41I try my best to uphold a high moral standard

05:45So no

05:47It's just, well, which individuals were you referring to exactly?

05:52Because it wasn't recently Widowed Mother or as you would know her Unit 67 Rice and Peace?

05:57I don't have time for this

06:00Miss Lee?

06:01Simone?

06:02This property was a leasehold

06:04I'm sorry to hear you're not happy with your mother's decision to sell but that's really not my problem

06:08Decision?

06:10Babe?

06:11No, you took

06:16Come on, let's get off now

06:18Come on

06:30Let me help you get out, Aunty

06:32Oh, thank you my dear

06:33I'm happy you see

06:41And who did?

06:51I think I'm going to go home Aunty

06:53Bye babe

06:59Simone?

07:01Oh, I'll go on

07:02And watch your words because if I hear pregnancy

07:06My project

07:08Mm-hmm

07:11I interviewed Cynthia today

07:14What did she say?

07:16Well, for starters, apparently a new Mediterranean was needed in the area

07:19Hmm

07:22And that we didn't need to leave

07:26You lied

07:28I mean I lied

07:29You said she was the reason we had to go

07:31And we did, Afi

07:33She came to the landlord with an offer and he was going make we leave

07:38You should have said something, Mum

07:40You could have done something, that was our home

07:42They're not mine, King's done that

07:44But I wasn't born there, Mum

07:48You think because we had shop, that was my community?

07:51Hmm?

07:54The way we was treated back then

07:57Before we opened in the morning, your daddy would have to spend hours

08:00A clean off egg from the front of the shop

08:02Before sunrise and it scramble

08:03Those things leave a mark, Simone

08:14Cynthia asked if we

08:15We?

08:17Me and your daddy

08:19She asked us before in pass

08:23If we wanted to move about a mile that way

08:25And we decided to set up the lease

08:28Why?

08:30Mum, I

08:32You shouldn't have taken it

08:34But what is this?

08:38He built that place up

08:40You both did

08:42The memories

08:44And we still have that

08:45He served his purpose for you

08:55But Simone

08:57Me never get a chance to go out of school

09:02But Mummy and Daddy give me everything them have

09:04And we give you what we had

09:07All we had

09:09Me hope, sir

09:14When you have children

09:16When

09:18What them get is

09:21Even better

09:25And not a Brockfoot like me

09:31Was the shop your dream, though?

09:34Mmm, don't worry yourself about that

09:35Don't worry yourself about that

09:37Me dream many dreams

09:39But right now

09:40Me dream, sir

09:42You

09:43Go make me a hot cup of tea

09:45And put away the shopping

10:05You

10:06I

10:07That

10:09You

10:12You

10:15You

10:16But

10:18I

10:23I

10:25Didn't

10:27Think

10:29This

10:30Pleasant

10:31Thing

10:32But now I can't evade

10:38So set me to

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