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00:00:00Although fictionalized, this film is inspired by three decades of the life and career of Hazel Brannan Smith.
00:00:42She's going to be awful tired.
00:00:44She stopped overnight in New York.
00:00:46New York? London and Paris and Rome? I'd give anything to see Rome.
00:00:52You expect Mr. Jones and Mr. Wiley going to show up?
00:00:55Hardly. I expect they're still off licking their wounds somewheres.
00:00:58That Clarence was a good catch, too.
00:01:02You know, Ruth's sake, Miss Brannan's been in more laps than a napkin.
00:01:05Oh, shut up.
00:01:11There she is.
00:01:17Honey, close your mouth for all the flies escape.
00:01:21Well, what you think?
00:01:23You look great.
00:01:25You sure do, Miss Brannan.
00:01:27Oh, Riley, I'm afraid you can't call me that anymore.
00:01:30I'm married now.
00:01:31What?
00:01:32And, Riley, I meet my husband, Walter Dias Smith.
00:01:36Hi. My friends call me Smitty.
00:01:38Well, hallelujah and amen, brother.
00:01:40I never thought I'd see the date.
00:01:42So you must be in, huh?
00:01:45It's very nice to meet you.
00:01:46Hazel says you're the next best thing since past your eyes note.
00:01:49Hush, Smitty. Next thing you know, she'll be asking for a raise.
00:01:52How did you do it?
00:01:53Every man in this county's been trying for near a decade.
00:01:56Well, I convinced her marriage was a noble institution and that she should be institutionalized.
00:02:00Don't start now, Smitty.
00:02:01No, I said, why suffer the attentions of so many men when you can have the inattention of just one?
00:02:06Besides, we're in love and there's only one cure for that, marriage.
00:02:09He stole all the lines.
00:02:11I said she wouldn't be complete until she was married.
00:02:13And now she's finished.
00:02:15Come on, kids.
00:02:17I want to get these pencil shortings off my feet and wiggle my toes in some Delta dirt.
00:02:21All right, you get that.
00:02:53Accident up ahead.
00:02:54Looked like that truck took it head on.
00:02:56Oh, my Lord, it's a bad one.
00:02:59Start the car.
00:03:01Get out of here, boy.
00:03:03Come on, boy, move that car along.
00:03:06We ain't got company.
00:03:07Come on.
00:03:09Can you hear me?
00:03:11Yeah.
00:03:13Yeah, now.
00:03:14See you there, Miss Brannon.
00:03:16Honey, stay back.
00:03:18You all right, sweetheart?
00:03:24Where's the ambulance?
00:03:26Someone's way.
00:03:27Let's go. Stay back, bro.
00:03:32That man's drunk.
00:03:35Ned says he's in the wrong lane.
00:03:37Well, any fool can see that's a lie.
00:03:39I'll take Ned's word over some poor white trash any day.
00:03:42I don't care.
00:03:43You're not going to arrest him?
00:03:45I'll conduct an investigation.
00:03:48How'd you sleep at night?
00:03:49With my eyes closed.
00:03:54I don't think you understand what I'm...
00:04:05Get that ambulance in here.
00:04:08Let's go.
00:04:18Let's go.
00:04:19Okay-doke.
00:04:24Thank you very much.
00:04:32Did you say it's a place to help?
00:04:34She was here today.
00:04:44Wait, wait, wait.
00:04:47And here we go.
00:04:51Oh!
00:04:53Surprise!
00:04:55Surprise!
00:04:57Well, it looks like the surprise is on us.
00:05:00Did we come in at a wrong time?
00:05:01Everyone, meet my husband, Smitty.
00:05:05Oh, my God!
00:05:06Oh, my God!
00:05:08Oh, my God!
00:05:08I'm here!
00:05:08Hi, Earl.
00:05:09Well, congratulations.
00:05:10I've known Hazel since she was just a twinkle in her dad's eye.
00:05:13Oh, my God!
00:05:15Oh, my God!
00:05:15Smitty, how are you?
00:05:16Oh, my God!
00:05:18Oh, my God!
00:05:29Oh, my God!
00:05:31He came close to you for any chicken.
00:05:33I've been waiting 20 years to throw you a wedding, and you go and eat little.
00:05:36You're gonna love him.
00:05:38One more person to cook for.
00:05:40But no kitchen help?
00:05:43Well, we're gonna get us our dream house.
00:05:46We're gonna have lunches and barbecues and cocktail parties.
00:05:50I might even join the bridge club.
00:05:52I'm married now, Ruth.
00:05:54I'm gonna settle down.
00:05:56I had time, too.
00:05:58Be nice.
00:05:59And I might give you the earpops I bought you in Paris.
00:06:08He's six years younger than her.
00:06:09He was a porter, you know.
00:06:11He was a purser.
00:06:13And who cares?
00:06:14She's married now.
00:06:16Well, at least our men are finally safe.
00:06:18Phoebe, that is not fair.
00:06:20Hazel has never gone after a married man.
00:06:22She sure went after all the single ones, though.
00:06:24I wonder if it was a shotgun wedding.
00:06:26You are a big boss.
00:06:28Do you know that?
00:06:30My ears are burning.
00:06:32Which one of you flibbity-jibbis is talking about me now?
00:06:35We just love your hair, Hazel.
00:06:38Is that one of those new perms?
00:06:40No, it just curled up like that after Smitty ravished me down in the engine room.
00:06:46How could you stand those two hypocrites kissing up like that?
00:06:49Oh, I think she envies them.
00:06:51Those jealous old tongue-waggers?
00:06:52Sure.
00:06:54Hazel pretends that she likes to be different.
00:06:56Deep down, she just wants to belong.
00:06:58Just like everybody else.
00:07:00Is this a party?
00:07:01Or is everybody posing for a portrait?
00:07:04Tell Ruth to spark the lemonade.
00:07:06If it gets any dinner, we'll have to hire an organ player.
00:07:09Miss Hazel?
00:07:09Hmm?
00:07:10I put the suitcases in your room.
00:07:12Thanks, Riley.
00:07:12Now, stop by the kitchen for your leave.
00:07:14Ruth's fixed your plate.
00:07:16I tell you, the storm is gathering.
00:07:19The time back is before it strikes.
00:07:21Right.
00:07:22Is this the same storm that was gathering before I left town?
00:07:26I'd have thought you'd have taken care of it by now, Earl.
00:07:28My kids will stay home before I see them go to school with Negris.
00:07:32Oh, Lyle.
00:07:33This storm will blow over like all the rest.
00:07:36I don't believe it will.
00:07:38Well, everybody's got to believe in something, and I believe I'll have another drink.
00:07:44This is supposed to be a party and many good news.
00:07:46Well, you got the county printing contract.
00:07:49Does that count?
00:07:52Can I cat-link his whiskers?
00:08:01Come on, boys.
00:08:02Let's kick up our shoes and tear up some turf.
00:08:06Come on, Lyle.
00:08:08Come on.
00:08:08Come on there, Lyle.
00:08:09Get up there.
00:08:12Yeah, that's some woman you marry.
00:08:14Hmm.
00:08:15I mean, you must be some kind of man to tame Hazel Vanden.
00:08:18Oh, I didn't say Merv.
00:08:20I hope I never do.
00:08:22Isn't that Lyle?
00:08:23Dancing like a meal on Crushing.
00:08:26Must be hard, huh?
00:08:28Giving everything up.
00:08:30Moving to a strange place.
00:08:33I'd follow that woman into hell itself.
00:08:37Mississippi shouldn't be too bad.
00:08:39Woo!
00:08:40That's it, Lyle.
00:08:41Come on, Lyle.
00:08:43Shake your ankle.
00:08:44Come on.
00:08:46Woo!
00:08:48Yeah!
00:08:51Come on!
00:08:57Woo!
00:09:01It was an awful fun party.
00:09:04Thank you so much.
00:09:05Not in.
00:09:06Nice to meet you.
00:09:07Congratulations.
00:09:07Y'all take care.
00:09:08Nice to meet you, Smitty.
00:09:09Nice to meet you, finally, Ann.
00:09:10Bye-bye.
00:09:10Bye-bye.
00:09:11Bye.
00:09:12Bye-bye.
00:09:16Bye-bye.
00:09:19Bye-bye.
00:09:21Bye-bye.
00:09:21Bye-bye.
00:09:21Bye-bye.
00:09:22Bye-bye.
00:09:23Bye-bye.
00:09:24Bye-bye.
00:09:26Bye-bye.
00:09:27Bye-bye.
00:09:27Bye-bye.
00:09:28Bye-bye.
00:09:29Bye-bye.
00:09:30Bye-bye.
00:09:31Bye-bye.
00:09:45Hi, John.
00:09:46Morning, Nathan.
00:09:47Morning, Mary.
00:09:49Looking good.
00:10:21I can't even find work.
00:10:25I'm doing renovation on the old Harbour mansion.
00:10:28I'll give you minimum wage plus 10% to oversee it.
00:10:34Ma'am, I take it.
00:10:36I take it.
00:10:37Good.
00:10:38Well, have Raleigh give you directions.
00:10:40I'll meet you there tomorrow.
00:10:41Yes, ma'am.
00:10:42Yes, ma'am.
00:10:54Hi, ma'am.
00:10:56Someone named Jackson wanted to run an ad.
00:10:58You told him no?
00:10:59It's Jackson's barbecue stand.
00:11:02Out on the highway.
00:11:05Right, anyway.
00:11:07Mr. Rollins, can I call you right back?
00:11:11Hazel, that ain't gonna sit well with our regular advertisers.
00:11:15You know, Jackson's is colored.
00:11:17Well, his money's green.
00:11:20So, they do have the best ribs to decide in Mississippi.
00:11:24Oh, why, Lily, what a pleasant surprise.
00:11:27Hazel, I have a favor to ask.
00:11:29Well, come on in.
00:11:32Come on, Lily.
00:11:33How are you?
00:11:36Mr. Jackson, this is Ann Sinclair at the Advertiser.
00:11:39We'd be happy to run that ad for you.
00:11:43So, if you can provide the ad space,
00:11:46we're hoping to be able to raise enough money
00:11:47to replant the Riverbanks Park
00:11:49before the Fourth of July Gala.
00:11:51I'd love to.
00:11:53In the meantime...
00:11:56Why, Hazel, you are too generous.
00:12:00Not at all.
00:12:01Oh, I love what the Historical Society's been doing.
00:12:10Can you keep a secret?
00:12:13You have been nominated for membership.
00:12:16Well, they must be desperate for new blood.
00:12:18I thought hell would freeze over if they'd let me join.
00:12:20But you're married now.
00:12:22There are a few detractors who think you're a little bit bohemian.
00:12:25But you're a dear friend,
00:12:27and I want to sponsor you personally.
00:12:30I guess I have to act respectable now.
00:12:33Damn.
00:12:34Bad reputation's so much easier to maintain.
00:12:42This roast is turning into jerky.
00:12:44I can't imagine what's keeping him.
00:12:47I'll clean up if you want to take Selena on home.
00:12:50Oh, her mama's gonna pick us up on her way home from work.
00:12:59That is mighty fine printing, Selena.
00:13:02You been practicing?
00:13:03Yes, ma'am.
00:13:08Now, for a dime, who was the first president?
00:13:11George Washington.
00:13:13That's too easy for someone so smart.
00:13:16Now, for a quarter,
00:13:18we invented the light bulb.
00:13:23Well, I'm gonna put this quarter right there.
00:13:25And when you know the answer,
00:13:27you're gonna have it.
00:13:41Honey, my new cherry.
00:13:43Earl got me a great deal.
00:13:44What do you think?
00:13:46It's beautiful.
00:13:49You smell like a brewery.
00:13:51Oh, just a couple of toast
00:13:53for Memorial Hospital's new administrator.
00:13:56What?
00:13:56I am now gainfully employed.
00:13:58Well, that's incredible.
00:13:59Without excellent shots,
00:14:00bad for my image.
00:14:01And I was worried you would end up drinking beer
00:14:03and chasing bar girls with all the old veterans.
00:14:05I still have my evenings free.
00:14:07Not while I'm around.
00:14:08I'll have Ruth set another place.
00:14:10Oh, no.
00:14:10I know for a fact
00:14:12that Lily is at the Historical Society tonight
00:14:15and you are not leaving
00:14:15until you've had something to eat.
00:14:17Well, all right.
00:14:20That was a mighty fine dinner, Hazel.
00:14:23My daughter's here.
00:14:26See you tomorrow.
00:14:27Good night, Ruth.
00:14:28Good night, Selena.
00:14:30Say good night, Priscilla.
00:14:31Good night.
00:14:32Good night, Mrs. Smith.
00:14:33Let's clean your hand.
00:14:40You let her bring a little girl here
00:14:42while she works, huh?
00:14:44Her mother's working late tonight.
00:14:50Integration will never succeed.
00:14:53Not down here.
00:14:55I don't think you're in any immediate danger, Earl.
00:14:58Someone should probably tell the Supreme Court.
00:15:02Yankee intellectuals have never set foot
00:15:04south of the Mason-Dixon.
00:15:05No fits.
00:15:07Oh, don't worry.
00:15:07No one ever accused me
00:15:08of being an intellectual.
00:15:10They got the NAACP organizing
00:15:12in Atlanta, Little Rock,
00:15:14now here.
00:15:16We need our own committee
00:15:18if we're going to fight them.
00:15:20Well, if the hospital supply
00:15:22of white sheets suddenly dwindles,
00:15:23you'll know where to find them.
00:15:24I'm not talking about marauding hooligans.
00:15:27I'm talking about concerned citizens
00:15:30trying to preserve this county.
00:15:31I think I'll leave local politics
00:15:33to you locals.
00:15:37Getting in on the ground floor
00:15:38wouldn't hurt your ambitions,
00:15:40Hazel.
00:15:42Well, if I attend,
00:15:44it would be in my capacity
00:15:46as a journalist.
00:15:48You come to the first meeting.
00:15:50Then you make your decision.
00:15:54Hmm?
00:16:05Amen.
00:16:25Don't you dare go to sleep on me.
00:16:30Latitudes of lovely languor.
00:16:33That is the only thing you will us describe Mississippi.
00:16:37You can drip honey better than any man I ever knew.
00:16:40I have a feeling we're talking big numbers.
00:16:44It doesn't matter how many men you dance with.
00:16:46It's only who takes you home.
00:16:49Are you happy here?
00:16:51I am happier than I have ever been in my whole life.
00:16:56No more wonderlust.
00:16:59I lost the wonder part.
00:17:18It was a lovely sermon this morning.
00:17:20Thank you again.
00:17:23Now, I realize it's the 4th of July, but was that a sermon or a filibuster?
00:17:28Reverend Moffitt, it takes him a half hour to say hello.
00:17:31He's right, though.
00:17:33Communism's a threat to Christianity.
00:17:36Not as long as we've got Joe McCarthy.
00:17:38All this talk of Reds under the bed, I was starting to feel conspicuous in this dress.
00:17:44See y'all at a picnic.
00:17:46Come on, ladies.
00:17:48Let's go home.
00:17:50Let's go home.
00:18:38Let's go home.
00:19:06Let's go home.
00:19:08Let's go home.
00:19:30Let's go home.
00:19:33Let's go home.
00:19:39Let's go home.
00:19:40Let's go home.
00:19:40Isn't this fun?
00:19:42Hi.
00:19:44Fireworks in a few minutes.
00:19:45Hi.
00:19:47Oh, you're polishing more apples than a campaigner and politician.
00:19:51It's good for business.
00:19:52You know, bull.
00:19:53You'd wash their feet and drink the water to get in their silly club.
00:19:56There's no need to act ugly.
00:19:57Now, wait.
00:19:58Now, wait.
00:19:58I just hate seeing you grovel to those women.
00:20:01I mean, hell.
00:20:02If they were fish, every one of them would have been thrown back in.
00:20:07They don't deserve you.
00:20:09I just want to belong, sweetie.
00:20:10Right.
00:20:12And then what?
00:20:14Maybe I'll run for office.
00:20:15No.
00:20:17No.
00:20:21No.
00:20:26No.
00:20:28Oh, my God.
00:21:08Look at that one, look at that one, look at that one.
00:21:56Hold it, hold it, hold it.
00:21:58What did you say?
00:21:59You're gonna shoot.
00:22:00You didn't know?
00:22:01No, man!
00:22:02I'm gonna go, Marsh!
00:22:03Marsh!
00:22:05No, man.
00:22:07No, man, you didn't have to shoot him!
00:22:34Yeah, hi, Mabel.
00:22:354-4-2-8, please.
00:22:39Hi, hi, it's me.
00:22:41No, no, I'm fine.
00:22:43Could you come down here for a second?
00:22:46No, no, there's just something that I would like you to see.
00:22:50Okay, thank you.
00:22:54What's the big secret, anyway?
00:22:56No secret, I just want you to see this for yourself.
00:23:13Hey, Marsh.
00:23:14Feeling a little better?
00:23:18I want you to tell her exactly what you told me.
00:23:22No, it's all right.
00:23:24She's my wife.
00:23:34Not a bunch of animals.
00:23:36There's just a lot of tension in the air right now.
00:23:38You've been defending this town for the last ten minutes, Hazel.
00:23:40I have not made one accusation, all right?
00:23:42I know what you're thinking.
00:23:43Well, excuse me for thinking so loud.
00:23:46There are a few hateful men in any town, Smitty.
00:23:49But Sheriff Cole just happens to lead the pack here.
00:23:52Right, Norman.
00:23:53Are you referring to him or me?
00:23:56No, it's him.
00:23:58Bring him in here.
00:23:59On the stand.
00:24:04Um, get Doc Cannon.
00:24:06His hand is going.
00:24:07This man's critical.
00:24:08I said get Doc Cannon.
00:24:10Oh, he's an operating room.
00:24:12I'll be right there.
00:24:15Excuse me, Doctor.
00:24:17Maybe you didn't hear me?
00:24:21Didn't I just say I'd be right there?
00:24:24And while you finish with your white patient, that Negro's going to bleed to death?
00:24:28Well, since I'm in charge of emergency, why not let me worry about that?
00:24:31Because I'm in charge of this hospital, Doctor.
00:24:33Now get over there.
00:24:37This one I need, some newcomer.
00:24:39He only got the job because of his wife telling me how to handle emergency.
00:24:51Hazel.
00:25:15Well, what a pleasure.
00:25:18I'm here about Sheriff Cole.
00:25:20I need your help, Earl.
00:25:22Yeah.
00:25:23Yeah, we all heard about that incident yesterday.
00:25:26He was resisting arrest.
00:25:28That's a lie, Earl.
00:25:29There was no crime, no charges made.
00:25:32Sheriff Cole was just in a bad mood, and it wasn't the first time.
00:25:35He's been reprimanded and warned to restrain himself in the future.
00:25:39That's it?
00:25:41That's his punishment?
00:25:42We got bigger fish to fry.
00:25:44Let me remind you, the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in the schools this week.
00:25:49The Cullens are real cocky.
00:25:51That's not the point.
00:25:52You're one of us, Hazel.
00:25:54They'll just spare us the liberal hogwash.
00:25:57Is Sheriff Cole one of us?
00:25:58Cole said those boys are agitators.
00:26:01N-A-C-P, probably.
00:26:03You start defending them, you're gonna make some enemies.
00:26:06Damn it, Earl.
00:26:07That isn't you talking.
00:26:08He can't get away with this scot-free.
00:26:11We've known each other a long time, Hazel.
00:26:14But I can't help you.
00:26:16Not on this.
00:26:20I see it in the middle.
00:26:29Talking!
00:26:31Talking don't do no good, Earl.
00:26:34Might as well try talking to a stump.
00:26:38Don't underestimate them, buddy.
00:26:40They were smart enough to join the N-A-A-C-P.
00:26:43I got three colored hands working my farm.
00:26:46If they try to send their kids to the white school, I'll fire them.
00:26:52Hey, I'll tell you another thing.
00:26:55Half my customers are colored.
00:26:56Now, if I cut off their credit, they'll come around.
00:26:59You better believe that.
00:27:02Wait a minute.
00:27:03We can't fight integration with more ranting.
00:27:08We need a plan.
00:27:09Well, I plan to stop it.
00:27:11With a bullet if I have to.
00:27:15Sit down, you fool, for I have your bodily removed.
00:27:18Now, listen, I got just as much right...
00:27:20Appreciate it.
00:27:22Why don't you sit down?
00:27:28Now, does anybody have a more intelligent suggestion?
00:27:39Y'all know that I've always supported segregation.
00:27:43But the time has come to face the facts.
00:27:47The collards have lousy schools, lousy wages, and no opportunity.
00:27:51Well, they've accepted this so far.
00:27:54But they won't sit still.
00:27:56If they can't even expect equal protection under the law.
00:28:00Or in some cases, from the law itself.
00:28:03All hell's gonna break loose unless we start making some changes.
00:28:06And the first one should be the removal of that man from office.
00:28:11Pete Cole and his deputies is what stands between them and us.
00:28:15It's his job to uphold the law.
00:28:17Well, what are they gonna think if we fire him?
00:28:19Well, they'll think they won!
00:28:23Sit down, buddy. Let her talk.
00:28:27Is this what we're becoming?
00:28:29Since Brown versus the Board of Education,
00:28:32there's been more than a hundred racially motivated arsons and bombings in the South.
00:28:37Decent, church-going citizens have been dripping from their homes in the middle of the night.
00:28:42Their children terrorized.
00:28:45Simply because they're common.
00:28:48Well, if we don't speak out against the trash doing this, then we're accomplices.
00:28:53The ministers who fail to preach.
00:28:55The teachers who fail to teach.
00:28:58The lawmen and judges who fail to uphold the law.
00:29:02And the plane informed citizens who knows what's going on is wrong, but doesn't speak out.
00:29:08We are all to blame.
00:29:16This meeting is adjourned.
00:29:33Hazel.
00:29:35That was a idiotic thing to do.
00:29:38I hope you're talking about the sheriff's actions, not mine.
00:29:41You made a fool of me in there.
00:29:42Well, I couldn't have done it without you, Hale.
00:29:44You're caught in the devil, Hazel.
00:29:45I was thinking the same thing about you.
00:29:48Don't you expect any support from the committee.
00:29:51In fact, you can expect trouble.
00:29:53We've already got trouble, Earl.
00:29:55And most of it, we're cooking up our sails.
00:30:11Get him!
00:30:12Now make sure he made this part.
00:30:20Oh, Smitty.
00:30:23I dreamed of this house as I was a little girl.
00:30:25Come on, I'll show you.
00:30:31Well, what do you think?
00:30:32I think it's right.
00:30:34I want you to say something.
00:30:35Come on.
00:30:39Hey, Sam.
00:30:40Hey, Mr. Smith, how you doing?
00:30:42How you, Mr. Smith?
00:30:44Hazel, this man is on time and under budget.
00:30:46He should be in Congress.
00:30:47Well, I tell you, work just begun, Mr. Smith, so it's too soon for anything to go wrong.
00:30:52This here is my oldest boy, Ray.
00:30:54He wants to be in carpentry.
00:30:55Why hadn't he in school?
00:30:57Well, it's summer, Mr. Smith.
00:31:02Hey, your daddy said he wanted to be a carpenter.
00:31:05Hey, you give me the name of one famous carpenter, and I'll give you this corner.
00:31:16Jesus was a carpenter.
00:31:17Now, you come up with one other name before the next time I see you, and I'll give you a
00:31:20dollar.
00:31:21Thanks, Miss Smith.
00:31:24Now, listen.
00:31:25I'm going to build you that closet upstairs, and I'm going to line the whole thing in cedar.
00:31:29I've got enough room for all those hats and shoes.
00:31:31Well, she do dress to kill, now, don't she?
00:31:33Yeah, cooks that way, too.
00:31:37Oh, I've got a truckload of flowers I need to have planted this weekend.
00:31:39You know anyone needs to work?
00:31:41Well, now, Miss Smith, you know I could use the extra money,
00:31:43but why do you want to do all that work uptown when you're going to be moving down here in
00:31:47a couple of months?
00:31:47I'm going to have a big party.
00:31:49She's trying to impress a bunch of old babies she can't stand in the first place.
00:31:52Well, that's not so.
00:31:54Well, it's just that I've got a husband now, so I'm respectable.
00:31:57This is my coming out party.
00:32:01All right, see y'all.
00:32:04Okay, let me see here now.
00:32:07It's time Sheriff Cole learned we are all members of the same human race.
00:32:12Perhaps his removal will result in more serious consideration being held for the personal rights of all men,
00:32:18white or black.
00:32:21Well?
00:32:23I don't know, Miss Hazel.
00:32:25You've always been one for causes, but this is like poking at a bad tooth with a bobby pin.
00:32:30It's going to cost us advertisers.
00:32:32I know you're going to help, but it's just going to make things worse.
00:32:36I'm not doing this to help.
00:32:39This is the truth, isn't it?
00:32:42This is a newspaper, isn't it?
00:32:45Run it.
00:32:59She's biting off more than she can chew this time.
00:33:08Phone rang all day.
00:33:11You should have heard someone speak if you bet my language is bad.
00:33:14You're expecting a medal?
00:33:16Well, I wasn't expecting less.
00:33:18God, my mouth is dry as an old man's kiss.
00:33:24I've written tonight's meeting.
00:33:25The floor is cold.
00:33:27If you want roses, there's going to be another $50.
00:33:29Fine.
00:33:31I want this party to be special.
00:33:32I want them to be thinking about it for months.
00:33:35I'll call them back.
00:33:43I don't deserve you.
00:33:45You're right.
00:33:47Hey!
00:33:48Hey!
00:33:48Hey!
00:33:59Hey!
00:34:14not tonight
00:34:16sheriff even hussies are allowed in church
00:34:18well this is a private meeting
00:34:21besides
00:34:22your name ain't on the list
00:34:24i want to speak with earl claiborne
00:34:26he's the one who gave the orders
00:34:29well you tell earl
00:34:31the better men and him have tried to stop
00:34:33the press and failed
00:34:37do you think you can remember all that
00:34:39i should have write it down
00:35:22darn that lily claiborne she's responsible for this
00:35:29i'm so sorry that lyle couldn't have made it he was coming down with the flu or something
00:35:36i guess we should feel lucky the epidemic hasn't reached us yet
00:35:43why don't we get this all loaded up and send it on to the orphanage
00:35:57you think you're helping but you're only stirring things up
00:36:02i didn't create the situation rose
00:36:03you tell that to them decent folk who stood you up today
00:36:07they're just scared
00:36:09they'd rather face the devil they know and the devil they don't know
00:36:12scared
00:36:13they've been trying to scare us for a hundred years
00:36:17you don't know what it's like
00:36:19waiting for your man to come home at night
00:36:22worried he'd be lynched
00:36:23beat to death
00:36:25shot in the back
00:36:27that's not just scared
00:36:29that's snakes in the pit of your stomach
00:36:33what the sheriff did was wrong
00:36:35where you been
00:36:37that isn't the first time a white man has done something like this
00:36:41well what do you want me to do
00:36:42you do what you want to do
00:36:45like always
00:36:47but in the meantime
00:36:48your friends are spitting on my feet
00:36:52like i put you up to all of this
00:36:54you want me to hush up too
00:36:56no
00:36:58no
00:37:03times are changing
00:37:04like it or not
00:37:06and for the first time in my life
00:37:09i got hoped
00:37:10maybe things will be better
00:37:12if not for me
00:37:15then maybe for my granddaughter
00:37:34what on earth
00:37:50you can't get you cowards
00:37:53no
00:37:53take that reward
00:37:55you think it love us
00:37:59you think it love us
00:38:24Hey, buddy.
00:38:28Hey, Mr. Kleber.
00:38:30Woo!
00:38:32Kind of hot, huh?
00:38:33You bet.
00:38:35I hear that, um,
00:38:38Hazel had some trouble out her way last night.
00:38:43Well, boys will be boys.
00:38:44Yeah.
00:38:48You put them up to it?
00:38:51What if I did?
00:38:54Now, you let me make one thing perfectly clear.
00:38:58I don't cotton to vandals.
00:39:01I don't condone petty harassment,
00:39:03and I can't abide lawlessness.
00:39:05And by God, I won't tolerate it
00:39:07from any member of the Citizens Committee, either.
00:39:11We supposed to sit around like a bunch of old ladies, huh?
00:39:14They had a meeting last week, too.
00:39:15Over 200 of them showed up.
00:39:16We'll devise an intelligent and effective strategy.
00:39:19We're not a mob!
00:39:22Now, you conform to the dictates of this committee,
00:39:24that you're out.
00:39:26Count me out.
00:39:39Well, you've got to do something, Hazel.
00:39:41They destroyed your property.
00:39:43What, call the police?
00:39:45How about if you call the marshal?
00:39:49This kind of conduct on the part
00:39:52of our highest elected peace officer
00:39:54has done serious injury
00:39:57to relations between the races.
00:40:03I just thank God we got men like him around here
00:40:06to keep them folks in line.
00:40:08Things are a waste of paper.
00:40:10Not really, Carl.
00:40:11I use mine to line the cat box.
00:40:17You'd think some people would be ashamed
00:40:19to show their face.
00:40:20Some people ought to keep their stupid opinions
00:40:22to themselves.
00:40:24Thanks for the free advice.
00:40:25I guess you get what you pay for.
00:40:30Maybe you should write an article
00:40:31about commie trash.
00:40:33Reba, I see you finally developed a sense of humor.
00:40:36This is a private conversation.
00:40:38Oh, yeah?
00:40:38Well, it's just too bad that you're IQ
00:40:40and as big as those falsies.
00:40:42I am.
00:40:43Don't go getting into a battle of wits
00:40:45with these women.
00:40:46They're not armed.
00:40:52The reign of terror must be stopped
00:40:54along with the countless floggings,
00:40:56assaults, bombings, cross-burnings
00:40:59and other acts of intimidation.
00:41:01It is not enough to remain aloof from the mob.
00:41:04We must create a climate of public opinion
00:41:06in which they cannot operate.
00:41:09What do you think?
00:41:10I'm not the one that you're convincing.
00:41:13Let it be, Miss Hazel.
00:41:15You ought to go on home.
00:41:18Your eyes look like two chairs in the snow.
00:41:21I'm almost done.
00:41:24Thanks, Riley.
00:41:26For everything.
00:41:46Let me reiterate,
00:41:48the man was critical
00:41:49and in my opinion,
00:41:51Dr. Barnes-Seer
00:41:52was misdirecting his energies.
00:41:56If this were the only incident...
00:41:58You keep mentioning other incidents,
00:42:00other complaints.
00:42:01Well, what were they
00:42:01and who made them?
00:42:03Because certainly no one
00:42:04has confronted me directly.
00:42:07We're not at liberty to say...
00:42:09You are not at liberty to say.
00:42:12Then how am I supposed to answer these charges?
00:42:14You're not.
00:42:16We have taken a vote
00:42:18and decided to terminate your position here.
00:42:22Effective.
00:42:23Immediately.
00:42:28God help the man
00:42:30who holds up a mirror
00:42:31to this town.
00:42:32You get two weeks' severance.
00:42:36It's ironic, isn't it?
00:42:38The greatest democracy
00:42:40in the history of mankind
00:42:41has produced this pathetic room full of bums.
00:42:44We all know what this is about.
00:42:46It has nothing to do with my performance.
00:42:49Now, if any of you had an ounce of guts,
00:42:51you would have called it like it was
00:42:52and spared me
00:42:53this silly little kangaroo court.
00:42:56Gentlemen.
00:43:14Hank.
00:43:16You scared the putting out of me.
00:43:19Sorry.
00:43:23Reggie's a cat.
00:43:25I've been hearing things all night.
00:43:28What's wrong?
00:43:31They fired me.
00:43:35It's in about you, you know.
00:43:38Yeah, who the hell cares?
00:43:40I wasn't cut out for a desk job anyway.
00:43:45Come on.
00:43:50Let's go home.
00:44:08Well,
00:44:10it's a blessing anyway.
00:44:11Now you can supervise the ventilation.
00:44:17Back, back, back!
00:44:20Get down!
00:44:24Go!
00:44:25Go!
00:44:27Go!
00:44:28Go!
00:44:29Go!
00:44:30Go!
00:44:32Go!
00:44:32Go!
00:44:33Go!
00:44:34Go!
00:44:36Go!
00:44:37Go!
00:44:37Go!
00:44:48Go!
00:44:56This is my daddy's desk.
00:45:00He gave it to me when I got the loan
00:45:02to buy the paper
00:45:05That's all I had left of him
00:45:09Thanks, sweetie
00:45:11It's paper, glass, wood
00:45:13It's all right
00:45:14It's not all right
00:45:1520 years of your life was in that desk
00:45:18The last 20 years don't mean a thing
00:45:19You weren't part of it
00:45:27Faye
00:45:31How's the printing equipment?
00:45:32I'm going to need a lot of new parts
00:45:33but I think I can save it
00:45:35Mr. Smith
00:45:36Could you loan me a hand at the back door?
00:45:38It's kind of stuck
00:45:44Will you be okay?
00:45:56Some mean folks in this world
00:45:59I expect we ought to call the sheriff
00:46:02What for?
00:46:04He spent about five minutes
00:46:05on his investigation of our fire
00:46:07It'll get worse
00:46:08before getting it better
00:46:09Yeah
00:46:11Help me get this down
00:46:12before I hear the season
00:46:20I think that's a great idea
00:46:24Look what I found
00:46:25Good
00:46:27Hey, Ray
00:46:28Do you think any more famous carpenters?
00:46:30Yes, ma'am
00:46:31My bad
00:47:01Why don't you go down to Lucy's
00:47:02The property owner
00:47:04is always the prime suspect
00:47:05in any arson
00:47:06Don't stop to think, Sheriff
00:47:08You might never get started again
00:47:14But you've been advertising with us
00:47:16for 14 years, Della
00:47:19Business is double
00:47:20Well, you said so yourself
00:47:21I don't want to give him any excuse
00:47:23to shop in those new stores
00:47:24over in Jackson
00:47:25You're not just hurting Hazel, Della
00:47:27You're hurting everybody
00:47:28that works at the paper
00:47:29Oh, Ann, honey
00:47:30I'm sorry
00:47:32The committee is organizing a boycott
00:47:34No one's going to advertise
00:47:36No one's going to subscribe
00:47:37I just can't go against my own husband
00:48:02Committees organized a boycott
00:48:04They lost at least 60% of my advertising
00:48:06What kind of people are these?
00:48:09We sure do appreciate
00:48:10what you're doing for us, Miss Smith
00:48:11Don't make me out of be so noble, Sam
00:48:13I would have done the same thing
00:48:14if Morris Jones had been white
00:48:15Well, it wouldn't have happened
00:48:16if he had been white
00:48:17Well, one bad apple
00:48:18didn't spoil the whole bunch
00:48:31What do you want, Sheriff?
00:48:37Got something for you, Hazel
00:48:41Wanted to deliver it myself
00:48:46Have a nice day
00:48:51He just filed a liable suit against me
00:48:53for $100,000
00:48:54I guess things can't get much worse
00:49:01Yes, they can
00:49:03My sister's coming to visit
00:49:05Oh, Smitty
00:49:16Why, Lily
00:49:17What a surprise
00:49:19Hello, Hazel
00:49:21I haven't seen you lately
00:49:22I hope you haven't come down
00:49:24with that flu that's been going around
00:49:26Um, I was going to call you
00:49:28but, um, I've just been real
00:49:31Oh, that's all right
00:49:33Seems I'm very difficult to reach lately
00:49:35Yeah
00:49:35Now, that flu's left you looking a bit peevish
00:49:39Or is it the hair
00:49:40Yeah, it does start dragging the face down
00:49:43when you get older
00:49:44Maybe you should consider wearing it up
00:49:46Something a bit like this
00:49:48Yes, that's lovely
00:49:49Thank you, Hazel
00:49:50Oh, by the way
00:49:51I'm afraid I'm going to have to withdraw
00:49:53my membership of the Historical Society
00:49:55I'm sure everyone will be devastated
00:49:57Oh, it can't be helped
00:50:00Apart with rebuilding the paper and all
00:50:02I just don't have a minute
00:50:04Bye
00:50:32Bye
00:50:41Be the jury
00:50:42Fine for the plaintiff
00:50:44Yes
00:50:44Sheriff Cole
00:50:45For libel
00:50:46Damage is awarded in the amount of $10,000
00:51:01Justice
00:51:03That man needs to bully the way a flea needs a dog
00:51:06You're going to appeal?
00:51:07The Constitution guarantees the freedom of the press, doesn't it?
00:51:10Well, I'd rather eat bugs than give that parasite a dime
00:51:16But everyone here would love to see me dragged over hot coals
00:51:19And I already owe you a fortune in legal bills
00:51:26Vern
00:51:27Can I call you right back?
00:51:31What's wrong?
00:51:33Sam's wife, Henrietta, just called
00:51:35He was arrested this morning for stealing a saddle
00:51:39It's ludicrous
00:51:41Sam's as honest as they come
00:51:45I'll arrange bail
00:51:46I'll get a lawyer
00:51:47It's too late, Miss Hazel
00:51:49The man that had him arrested posted his bond about an hour ago
00:51:53What?
00:51:55Where's he now?
00:51:56Nobody's seen him since they let him go
00:51:58Oh, God
00:52:07Oh, God
00:52:08I just hate it, isn't it?
00:52:09Hey, Errol
00:52:10What can I do you for?
00:52:12Well, you know
00:52:15I've been thinking of this by getting me a set of those white walls
00:52:18Well, now, you can't buy a finer tire
00:52:20Yeah
00:52:22And then I'm going to need me a new battery for my tractor
00:52:27The problem is, Lyle
00:52:30You're still advertising in Hazel's paper
00:52:34I never thought you'd line up with them, Lyle
00:52:36Errol, you know that ain't true
00:52:38It's just
00:52:39Maybe you happen to forget I sell advertising for Hazel's paper
00:52:42Not much, from what I hear
00:52:43You all certainly made sure of that, haven't you?
00:52:45Sneaking around like rats
00:52:47Nobody's sneaking around
00:52:48What we're doing is completely above board
00:52:51What is?
00:52:53Blackmailing people and forcing them to join you?
00:52:55Nobody's forcing you
00:52:56You don't want to join?
00:52:58Go ahead
00:53:00Look, Errol
00:53:01I got to advertise
00:53:03Whether I like it or not
00:53:04She's the only game in town
00:53:10It's your choice, Lyle
00:53:17No, you're right, Lyle
00:53:21Lexington needs an alternative to Hazel Smith
00:53:31I'm sorry, Hazel
00:53:34Sorry
00:53:48This town can't sport one paper, much less two
00:53:51They'll be back in a month looking for their jobs
00:53:55Citizens Chronicle
00:53:56Who do they think they're kidding?
00:53:58They're scared
00:54:00They just want to make sure they have a job in another year
00:54:03And you're not
00:54:08I got no choice, Hazel
00:54:11If I don't take the new job, they're going to put Lyle out of business
00:54:14Save your breath, I understand
00:54:16Hazel, you can't win
00:54:18Spare me the lecture, Ian
00:54:21I've already heard it a dozen ways
00:54:25Hazel
00:54:35I'll let you know
00:54:38You, Judas
00:54:49Not you, too
00:54:51No
00:54:52No, no, never, Miss Hazel
00:54:56They found Sam's body in the river
00:55:00He was beaten to death
00:55:02Oh, no
00:55:04No
00:55:06They did this biggest to me
00:55:09It's my fault
00:55:29This is just a hearing, Mrs. Burke
00:55:31What we want are just the facts
00:55:32Now, tell us what happened
00:55:35After Mr. Dodd Sr. paid his bail
00:55:41Sam called me
00:55:44And what did your husband say?
00:55:51He said that Mr. Dodd was getting him out so that he could settle things personally
00:56:01For stealing a saddle?
00:56:05For stealing a saddle?
00:56:06Sam didn't take that saddle
00:56:09They found it on two kids
00:56:12A week later
00:56:14And you never saw or heard from your husband again
00:56:25Not till I identified his body
00:56:35I want you to know your daddy didn't do nothing wrong
00:56:38Pull your head up and be proud
00:56:40He was a good man
00:56:43Hi, Ray
00:56:46I'm Hazel Smith
00:56:49I know
00:56:50I saw you at the funeral
00:56:53He was so brave of you to come
00:56:56I never got to tell you personally how sorry I am
00:57:00Sam's a fine man
00:57:05You talking to this woman?
00:57:07What if I am?
00:57:08She's under a gag order, that's what
00:57:10You're in contempt
00:57:12And you're coming with me
00:57:17For your information
00:57:19A gag order means you can't talk to a witness
00:57:22I was unaware that she was in the custody of the court
00:57:25I was talking to her as my friend
00:57:26Even if I chose to believe you, which I don't
00:57:29Ignorance is no excuse
00:57:32Therefore, I find you in contempt of court
00:57:35And ordered you to pay a $50 fine
00:57:38And serve 15 days in the county jail
00:57:41Yeah
00:57:44Sentence is suspended
00:57:45Provided you behave yourself for the next two years
00:57:49Miss Smith
00:57:51I'm going to be frank with you and speak my mind
00:57:53Well, why don't you?
00:57:54You've got nothing to lose
00:57:59Before you go trying to clean up somebody else's house
00:58:02You best look after your own
00:58:04There are so few pure of us left
00:58:11Dismissed
00:58:18At least it's only 15 days
00:58:19You'd have to take your shoes off to count me higher than that
00:58:22Pompous idiot
00:58:23There isn't another court in the country that'll uphold it
00:58:27You're going to appeal this one too?
00:58:28It's the Supreme Court if I have to
00:58:30Hazel, what do you think you're doing?
00:58:31It's not going to make any difference
00:58:33These people are so narrow-minded
00:58:35They do not want to change
00:58:36These people happen to be my people
00:58:38And this is still my home
00:58:40All right, I'm on your side, remember?
00:58:42So is my pimmicks
00:58:43Hazel, wait, wait
00:58:46I'm wrong, you're right
00:58:47Is that good enough?
00:58:50Hazel, I cannot stand to see them hurt you like this
00:58:53I would much rather that they hurt me
00:58:57Silverton devil
00:59:01Can I buy you a drink?
00:59:03Drink?
00:59:05Hell, buy me the bottle
00:59:09And until the white south refuses to tolerate
00:59:12The bombings, the shootings, the beatings and murders
00:59:16Southerners will continue to be hailed in scorn
00:59:18As barbarians to the rest of the nation
00:59:20It's brilliant
00:59:21What do we have to lose?
00:59:28What now?
00:59:35They've cancelled our printing contracts
00:59:37All of them
00:59:47I don't know how much longer I can pay you, Ruth
00:59:51You should probably start looking for something else
00:59:53I don't want to look for nothing else
00:59:55I'm too old and too spoiled
00:59:58Don't be stumbling
00:59:59How are you going to pay the rent?
01:00:01I've been trying to tell you for 20 years
01:00:03But you don't listen
01:00:04The Lord will provide
01:00:11Don't you worry about a thing
01:00:12We're going to make it
01:00:30Oh, hi
01:00:30And here she is
01:00:34I've been so looking forward to this
01:00:35Smitty's told us such wonderful things about you
01:00:37Not that he had to
01:00:38The one who could have come after 36 years had to be pretty special
01:00:41Well, he's told me so much about you too
01:00:43I can't wait to find out how much of it's true
01:00:52Smitty's been telling us about some of the troubles you've been having lately
01:00:55The violence and harassment are bad enough
01:00:57But to have it be done by the very people you go to church with
01:01:00And to lose your friends
01:01:01None that really mattered
01:01:03It's the best argument there is for better education
01:01:06You can't end racism until you end ignorance
01:01:09Y'all ended all your socials in Massachusetts?
01:01:11Well, no
01:01:12Weren't there protests in Boston last year?
01:01:15Yes
01:01:15And what about the riots in Philadelphia?
01:01:17Well, sure, but that's...
01:01:18We're not all a bunch of provincial high seats here
01:01:25I'll go see how the coffee's doing
01:01:38Smitty
01:01:42I'm sorry if I embarrassed you
01:01:45John just doesn't know when to shut up
01:01:49I guess that makes two of us
01:01:52He'll get over it
01:01:56It's not bad, it's the printing contract
01:02:03We'll figure something out
01:02:04What?
01:02:06There's nothing left
01:02:08Paper can't go on without money
01:02:12Well, we'll get a loan or sell the car
01:02:16Maybe we should move on
01:02:18There's a paper for sale in Arizona
01:02:21You've never run from a fight in your life
01:02:23Well, maybe it's time that I did
01:02:28It's not the fight I'm afraid of
01:02:32It's being shut out
01:02:34Not having any friends
01:02:37Always that, Smitty
01:02:39They're not gonna run us off, Hazel
01:02:42This is our home, too
01:02:46They'll come around
01:02:47You'll see
01:02:50Besides
01:02:51I just can't see you in a cowboy hat
01:02:53Too bad we gotta go all the way to Jackson for a loan
01:03:09Mortgage to the health
01:03:10Still haven't finished the renovation yet
01:03:12That'll teach me to marry for money
01:03:16My name is Davis Franklin
01:03:17I called Riley Sims this morning
01:03:19He told me where I could find you
01:03:21Why'd you want to find me?
01:03:23The church is just down the way
01:03:25The pastor's letting us use it for a meeting place
01:03:28Maybe we can talk there
01:03:29About what?
01:03:31That's a group of us
01:03:32Well
01:03:34We want to publish our own newspaper
01:03:36We got the financial backing
01:03:37Only
01:03:39We can't find anyone to print it
01:03:42What makes you think I will?
01:03:44Riley said you were fair-minded
01:03:47And you need the business
01:03:51That's right about that
01:03:56Why not?
01:04:00Why not?
01:04:07When you close your earthly story, will you join them in their bliss?
01:04:19Will the circle be unbroken, by and by and by?
01:04:28In a better home of waiting, in the sun, in the sky.
01:04:50But if we think the present situation is serious, we should take a long, hard look at the future.
01:04:56It can and will get infinitely worse, unless we find the character and guts to change things that need changing.
01:05:05No man, white or black, should live in fear, or be compelled to sleep with a loaded gun by his
01:05:13bedside.
01:05:15That won't raise some happiness.
01:05:18It's your paper.
01:05:21Say a word and I'll rewrite it.
01:05:27It's time to stand up and be counted.
01:05:29It's time to dance, or be JesĂșs.
01:05:33Sleep on mother, hope you trust by God you save.
01:05:39I'm going to meet you in a judgment.
01:05:44May you lead, your Turns degrade.
01:05:48I'm in the circle.
01:05:50Be unbroken.
01:05:51Bye-bye.
01:06:21I think Laura Stewart will be named debutante of the year. Lily's hired a band from New Orleans, too. Everyone
01:06:29will be there. Let's do something special. Maybe up in Chignon. Chignon? Isn't that those little braids that the pickaninnies
01:06:41wear?
01:06:44That's enough. I've always been proud to say I come from Mississippi. You make me ashamed.
01:07:00The silence in these times is just as ugly as their words. I apologize.
01:07:07I'd like for you and Smitty to come to the ball as my personal guest.
01:07:13Thank you, Eudora. But we already have another invitation for tonight.
01:07:19You have dignity and grace under pressure, Hazel. That's a quality very few ladies have these days.
01:07:39Oh, hi. Just a minute.
01:07:50Hey, I'm glad you made it.
01:07:51Hey, I'll follow me.
01:07:52Your baby's good tonight.
01:07:54Watch out now.
01:07:55Hey, Elroy, don't hurt nobody now, all right?
01:07:59Oh.
01:08:00This is Ad Lane of the American Civil Liberties Union and Brewster Conway of the NAACP.
01:08:06Hazel and Walter Dyer Smith.
01:08:08Now, Smitty, please.
01:08:09Eugene, these two people, drive.
01:08:12Take a martini and a scotch up, please.
01:08:15So you're the ones causing every cracker in the South throwing themselves.
01:08:19You look more like fraternity boys and revolutionaries to me.
01:08:23You hardly look the crusading editor.
01:08:25Well, I'm no crusader.
01:08:27That's someone that goes out looking for trouble.
01:08:28Well, I can barely keep up with the trouble coming to my door.
01:08:31Well, we appreciate you printing our paper.
01:08:33No one else would touch it.
01:08:35Well, I'm being paid.
01:08:36Well, regardless of that, we are awfully glad you're on our team.
01:08:41I'm a journalist, boys.
01:08:43I don't take sides.
01:08:44Like it or not, I'd say you have.
01:08:49Gentlemen, if you will excuse us, I'm about to pull up on politics.
01:08:52I would like to cut loose and dance with my wife.
01:08:54Sugar, put it away.
01:08:57In the next couple of hours, I want the carefree brat I'm married.
01:09:09Oh, forget those stuffed shirts back on, baby.
01:09:15This is living.
01:09:16Well, I know you think of chili.
01:09:32Read this.
01:09:50Before you put down payment on that lake house you've been eyeballing, you better listen to this.
01:09:54Today, the Mississippi State Supreme Court held that editor Hazel Smith's right to publish the truth with good motives and
01:10:04just ends is inherent in the Constitution.
01:10:07Looks like telling the truth falls under my First Amendment rights.
01:10:15Score one for the nigger lovers.
01:10:19Get your sweet...
01:10:26My brother sent this from Ohio.
01:10:29Now, they are printing Hazel's editorials in here.
01:10:33And that's not the only place.
01:10:36Baltimore, Wilmington...
01:10:37They're trying to make her high and mighty.
01:10:40And us look like a bunch of fools.
01:10:41That is right.
01:10:42Now, Earl, she's gone too far.
01:10:45Well, what do you suggest, Lyle?
01:10:48Her advertising's gone.
01:10:49She's got no subscriptions.
01:10:51The county contracts dried up six months ago.
01:10:53How does she keep printing, then?
01:10:55I don't know.
01:10:56I'm tired of waiting.
01:10:58If you've got a rotten tooth, pull it.
01:11:00Yeah, that's right.
01:11:01That's right.
01:11:03Just wait a minute.
01:11:04Listen up here.
01:11:06I want Hazel Smith out of business as much as anybody.
01:11:09But you go to breaking the law, you're no better than those newspapers say you are.
01:11:13Earl's right.
01:11:14We're not hooligans.
01:11:15No, we're not.
01:11:17Now, let's just see if we can figure out how she's staying in business.
01:11:25Wake up, sleepyhead.
01:11:32Hey, I sure do appreciate this.
01:11:37The truck will be fixed by tomorrow.
01:11:38That's no problem.
01:11:39We had to come up for a meeting with the bank anyway.
01:11:41Okay.
01:11:41Oh, come on.
01:11:50There you go.
01:11:54Isn't this on it?
01:11:58Come on, boss.
01:11:59You know what to do.
01:12:00All right, Earl.
01:12:14What about the insurance?
01:12:16Won't they cover?
01:12:18Couldn't afford the premiums.
01:12:31They don't let up for one minute, do they?
01:12:34I would use a picture that makes my behind look as big as a truck.
01:12:37I'll get them for that.
01:12:40First, I'm going to get us a couple of beers.
01:12:42We're going to be here all night.
01:12:50Well, if I didn't, my dear friend, Earl Clayton.
01:12:54Hazel, I...
01:12:57Oh, my God.
01:13:01Hazel, I want you to know I had absolutely nothing to do with this.
01:13:04You had everything to do with it.
01:13:06Hazel, I'm not a barbarian.
01:13:08I'd never be a party to anything like this.
01:13:11Of course not, Earl.
01:13:12That'd be the slimy tactics of the downtown clan.
01:13:15And everybody knows you're strictly uptown clan.
01:13:29How you doing, Earl?
01:13:33Hazel called you a brute and a bully.
01:13:36And this whole town stood up to defend you.
01:13:40I stood up to defend you.
01:13:42What the hell are you talking about?
01:13:44Last night, you proved her right.
01:13:48So, who cares?
01:13:50This whole town's going to care.
01:13:53I'm going to see to that.
01:13:55You nothing but a sniveling hypocrite.
01:13:57You and all your blue-nosed friends.
01:14:00That may be.
01:14:02But you shouldn't have made us so aware of it.
01:14:20You really gave them a run for your money, Miss Hazel.
01:14:23No one can ever say you went out without a fight.
01:14:25I'm not out, Riley.
01:14:28And I'm not about to give up the fight.
01:14:30We can't print without a press.
01:14:32And then I will beg, I will borrow, I will steal until I have enough money to buy a new
01:14:36one.
01:14:37They can burn, they can boycott, they can tear me down a hundred times.
01:14:41But if they want to stop me from telling the truth, they're going to have to kill me.
01:14:47Uh-huh.
01:14:48I'll sign a personal note.
01:14:49Well, the Atlanta Herald, New Orleans Times, Miami Troop, they're all running our editorials.
01:14:54Okay.
01:14:54Well, how about Hazel on the 23rd, we'll arrange transportation.
01:14:58That's highway robbery.
01:14:59Right.
01:14:59Make it prime plus 1%.
01:15:02Done.
01:15:04That's 5,500 so far.
01:15:06Well, people must be reading your articles, because I've got eight speaking engagements lined up.
01:15:09That's at least, what, another 5,000?
01:15:11I hate this.
01:15:12I feel like I'm standing on a street corner with a cup in my hand.
01:15:20Congregation at my church took this up yesterday.
01:15:23Oh, Riley.
01:15:26$2,832.
01:15:29I won't cry.
01:15:32I promised I wouldn't cry.
01:15:35If this doesn't work, maybe the new boycott will.
01:15:37What's new about it?
01:15:39They've been boycotting me for months.
01:15:40Not that boycott.
01:15:42We figured two could play at this game.
01:15:44Not a colored person in this town going to buy from anybody boycotting you.
01:15:48Well, those people will have to drive all the way to Jackson to shop.
01:15:51I expect they're doing what they think is right.
01:15:53Just like you.
01:15:55Oh.
01:16:11Even if we can't sell this house, it's just not enough.
01:16:14Oh, fine work.
01:16:16We've been through that.
01:16:17No one's going to hire you.
01:16:19Besides, I'll need your help.
01:16:21If we don't scrape together enough to rebuild.
01:16:23If?
01:16:24What happened to when?
01:16:26Well, there's just nothing left.
01:16:28That's right.
01:16:29You're out of place, too.
01:16:32What new horror makes me...
01:16:38Yes?
01:16:40Of course.
01:16:44Right.
01:16:46I know where that is.
01:16:49Half an hour.
01:17:02Who was that?
01:17:05I don't know.
01:17:06A man.
01:17:08What do you want?
01:17:10He said he wanted to help me.
01:17:15I'm going to meet him down at the old cotton mill in half an hour.
01:17:18You're going to what?
01:17:20He said he'd been following our story.
01:17:22Fine.
01:17:22I'll go with you.
01:17:22No.
01:17:23He said it had to be anonymous.
01:17:26I have to go alone.
01:17:27You're actually planning to go?
01:17:28He mentioned other journalists I know.
01:17:31People I've worked with.
01:17:32So what?
01:17:32He did his research.
01:17:33This could be one of the sheriff's thugs.
01:17:35This man is no thug.
01:17:37He was too intelligent.
01:17:38He was sincere.
01:17:39No way.
01:17:40I won't allow it.
01:17:41I was on my own for 20 years before I met you, mister, and I took care of myself just
01:17:45fine.
01:17:45Those were entirely different circumstances.
01:17:48Don't you walk out that door.
01:17:50I'm a big girl, Smitty, and I'm sick and tired of everyone telling me what to do.
01:17:57You are acting like a lunatic just to prove how tough you are.
01:18:00Get out of my way, Smitty.
01:18:01Don't make me prove how mean I am, too.
01:18:05Fine.
01:18:09It's going to be all right.
01:18:11Please don't go.
01:18:13It could be a trap.
01:18:14No, it's not.
01:18:16How can you know that?
01:18:19Female intuition.
01:18:23I have to.
01:19:12Who are you?
01:19:14A friend of your friends.
01:19:16I can count the friends I got left on one hand, and none of them knows you.
01:19:20Your friends are over, Miss Smith.
01:19:21People you don't even know.
01:19:23I wish to God people would quit making me out to be some kind of crusader.
01:19:26I never wanted this damn battle in the first place.
01:19:37Where are you from?
01:19:38Why are you doing this?
01:19:40Let's just say I'm somebody who doesn't want the bad guys to win.
01:19:43Well, what's with all the cloak and daggers, sir?
01:19:47Perhaps I just don't have the courage you do.
01:19:56You're a newspaper man.
01:20:01Good luck, Miss Smith.
01:20:08I don't know.
01:20:08Keep going.
01:20:20Come on.
01:20:32Oh, it's me, it's me, it's me
01:20:35For God's sake, Smitty
01:20:36What are you doing here?
01:20:38You followed me
01:20:40Actually, I was just running into town for some bread
01:20:44Well, don't bother
01:20:47We got all the bread we need
01:20:49He gave us thousands and thousands of dollars
01:20:54What?
01:20:57Let's go
01:21:00It's ready
01:21:05Here goes nothing
01:21:07Oh!
01:21:17Now we're ready for them
01:21:44What you whistling them Christmas songs?
01:21:47It ain't even Thanksgiving
01:21:48I don't know any Thanksgiving songs, do you?
01:21:51Gobble, gobble, gobble
01:21:52Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble
01:21:57How about a joke?
01:21:58How do you know when a politician's lying?
01:22:01Hmm?
01:22:03Watch out!
01:22:04That's all right
01:22:14Get the ambulance
01:22:17Go!
01:22:19I should be still
01:22:22Don't this just beat all
01:22:24We've been bombed, burned, boycotted and bankrupted
01:22:29And I have to go and die in a ladder
01:22:31Oh, if you think you're getting away from me that easy
01:22:34You can forget it, mister
01:22:37Think of some really clever last words, okay?
01:22:46Smitty?
01:22:48Smitty?
01:22:50Smitty?
01:22:51Smitty?
01:23:05Smitty?
01:23:06Smitty?
01:23:08Smitty?
01:23:11Smitty?
01:23:15Smitty?
01:23:15Smitty?
01:23:16Smitty?
01:23:16Smitty?
01:23:17Smitty?
01:23:18Smitty?
01:23:19Smitty?
01:23:20Smitty?
01:23:20Smitty?
01:23:36There's supposed to be a picket line outside Hazel's paper.
01:23:42Should we cancel?
01:23:45What do you think?
01:23:48Jim Bob thinks we ought to have a meeting this afternoon instead.
01:23:52Think up a new plan, maybe write a new editorial.
01:24:00Do whatever you like.
01:24:03I got other plans for this afternoon.
01:24:21Feel the courage, and he shall strengthen your heart.
01:24:26Openly, Lord.
01:24:29For just as troubles and earthly suffering are over for our brother Walter.
01:24:58I came for Sneddy.
01:25:00No, Miss Hazel, they came for you.
01:25:18As surely as he gave us life, heaven awaits us after death.
01:25:24A place where hunger is fed and fear forgotten, hatred and time.
01:25:32And all God's children will be in peace.
01:25:36Let us pray.
01:25:40My Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
01:25:45Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
01:25:50Give us this day our daily bread.
01:25:54Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
01:25:59Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil.
01:26:05For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
01:26:10Amen.
01:26:12Amen.
01:26:24In 1964, Hazel Brannon Smith became the first woman to receive the nation's highest honor in editorial writing,
01:26:34the Pulitzer Prize.
01:26:35Amen.
01:26:37Amen.
01:27:06Amen.
01:27:35Amen.
01:27:37Amen.
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