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00:00:05Oh, man.
00:00:07What you wanna do?
00:00:09Back up.
00:00:15Now y'all know y'all crazy.
00:00:17Leaving this door with letting my air out.
00:00:27Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:00:28Hey, listen to my mojo.
00:00:30Gosh, is it that serious?
00:00:33I'm trying to win.
00:00:34Man, what you think you're doing, man?
00:00:37Kayla, how long long are you?
00:00:39I am almost seven months.
00:00:41Ooh, and you still got that cute little shade.
00:00:43That's why I know it's gonna be a girl.
00:00:46Well, we don't know that yet.
00:00:47Girl, you want girls,
00:00:48because when I had them boys, they gave me vertigo.
00:00:51Damn, you ain't got vertigo. Your ass drink too much.
00:00:53Mama, did you bring out your ribs yet?
00:00:55Uh, here you go, babe.
00:00:56Oh, thank you, baby.
00:00:58There you go.
00:00:59Mwah.
00:00:59Mwah.
00:01:00That's a good man, Savannah.
00:01:02Kayla, you really need to go sit down somewhere.
00:01:04It's not good for a pregnant woman to be on her feet like that.
00:01:06Mama, the doctor said in moderation, okay?
00:01:09As long as I'm listening to my body.
00:01:11Okay.
00:01:12Micah's not gonna wanna rub them feet if they're swept up like ham hocks.
00:01:16Mm-hmm.
00:01:17Yeah, that's gonna get you a seat.
00:01:18Come on.
00:01:18That's right.
00:01:19That's right.
00:01:21Whew.
00:01:22Ain't nothing like a man loving on his woman.
00:01:24Mm-hmm.
00:01:24I remember those days.
00:01:26Me too.
00:01:27Mine was loving on the barber, the dog walker, the trainer, all my dreams.
00:01:32Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
00:01:32So, Val, what did you and Ross do for your anniversary?
00:01:36Mm-hmm.
00:01:3627 years.
00:01:37I just know it was something special.
00:01:39Mm-hmm.
00:01:40So, um, Ross upgraded our cable, and we watched a marathon of Unsolved Mysteries all night long.
00:01:47Okay, wait a damn minute.
00:01:48Okay, hold on, hold on before y'all even get started.
00:01:52Jeremiah is spending the night at somebody's house, and, uh, I already have the champagne
00:01:57and the whipped cream chilling in the refrigerator.
00:02:00Ooh!
00:02:00Nasty.
00:02:02Oh, crazy.
00:02:03Excuse me, Mama.
00:02:04What?
00:02:04I think it's time to shut the party down on Cheryl's outside talking to Luther Vandross.
00:02:08Okay, it's disgusting.
00:02:09Dad's about to beat somebody up on dominoes.
00:02:10Oh, look at our big college boy.
00:02:13Acting just like his daddy, walking around here like he running things.
00:02:16Not for long, Aunt Donna.
00:02:18I'm sure Mama and Pops can't wait for me to get out the house and have it to themselves.
00:02:20Uh, boy, you have no idea.
00:02:23Stop it.
00:02:24What is that?
00:02:25All right, I'm gonna get your father up here.
00:02:27What?
00:02:28How do you think you got here?
00:02:29Hmm.
00:02:38This is my one.
00:02:46Wow.
00:02:47Ouch.
00:02:49This is my master's wedding.apanie
00:02:49you're under Shiva. What?
00:02:49I don't
00:02:49know about the mother's wedding skin, but you're doing the one. Give me the
00:02:49time to check. Yeah. You're
00:02:52going to
00:02:52check, fuck it really? Oh. I need
00:02:59Ross.
00:03:05Hey.
00:03:14Um, I'm not feeling well.
00:03:21Oh, um, I thought...
00:03:24Yeah, all that food, that beer got my stomach acting crazy.
00:03:28I think it was some collard greens.
00:03:33Collard greens?
00:03:34Yeah, yeah. Go on upstairs.
00:03:36Don't wait up for me.
00:04:00Yeah.
00:04:03Yeah.
00:04:08Yeah.
00:04:23Hey, good morning.
00:04:25Do you still plan on fixing the refrigerator? It's been two weeks.
00:04:28I've got somebody coming to look at it later this week.
00:04:32You said that last week.
00:04:37Okay, look, there's a, um...
00:04:40There's a new exhibit at the Museum of Art that I really wanted to see,
00:04:44and I was hoping that maybe you would want to go tonight.
00:04:50Well, you get the tickets. I'll be there.
00:04:55Between you and Jeremiah, I don't know whose phone I gotta compete with more these days.
00:04:59It's Micah letting us know that he and Kayla landed home in New Orleans.
00:05:04Oh.
00:05:06Thank God.
00:05:07I was really worried about Kayla flying in almost seven months.
00:05:12Leave it to you to stress and worry about stuff you can't control.
00:05:18What's wrong with you?
00:05:22I...
00:05:23Baby, you know I don't like blueberries in my pancakes?
00:05:29That's all right.
00:05:30I'll stop and get me a breakfast sandwich on the way to work.
00:05:38Later, pops.
00:05:40Boy!
00:05:42Oh, my gosh. Blueberry pancakes.
00:05:44Use your fork!
00:05:46Can I get some syrup, please?
00:05:48Yes. Here.
00:05:50I'm looking forward to a lot.
00:05:51But trading your cooking for ramen noodles every day feels crazy.
00:05:57Mm.
00:05:58What are you looking forward to?
00:06:01Maybe I'll find my girl at tech like Dad did.
00:06:03Well, I don't know if these new-age tech girls got anything like,
00:06:08you know, your momma had.
00:06:09Oh, right.
00:06:09You know, not as bad as your momma that was two kids ago,
00:06:12and that's when your daddy had a high-top pay, but okay.
00:06:20I like seeing you happy.
00:06:24You know, it's kind of like a new chapter for the both of us.
00:06:26Think so?
00:06:28Yeah.
00:06:30Maybe you can spend the time doing something you've always wanted to do,
00:06:33and not spend the next four years worrying about me.
00:06:36I'm your momma.
00:06:38I'm gonna worry about you whether you like it or not.
00:06:41Okay, I'm gonna remember that.
00:06:43Because outside is sending me $500 every month.
00:06:45I think I can take it from here.
00:06:46$500?
00:06:47$500 what?
00:06:48Dollars?
00:06:48Oh, no, boy.
00:06:49Try $250.
00:06:50$250. I can work with you.
00:06:51Okay.
00:06:56Oh.
00:07:01Hey, Ross, honey, don't worry about parking.
00:07:03There's a garage on 8th that...
00:07:04I'm not gonna make it.
00:07:07There's some emergency maintenance that's keeping me stuck at work.
00:07:11Ross, I was really looking forward to this.
00:07:13I...
00:07:13You should still go and enjoy it, baby.
00:07:16I'm sorry, but I gotta run.
00:07:30No more.
00:07:33No more.
00:07:34No more clipping my wings down.
00:07:37No more holding me low down.
00:07:41Low down.
00:07:42Again.
00:07:46No more.
00:07:49No more.
00:07:51No more keeping me boxed in.
00:07:53I'm done blocking my blessings.
00:07:57Time to let them end.
00:08:03No more.
00:08:05No more keeping me boxed in.
00:08:16No more.
00:08:17No more...
00:08:19Oh.
00:08:21Maybe she's exploring herself.
00:08:24Her...
00:08:25Solitude.
00:08:27Her...
00:08:28Softness.
00:08:31The version of herself that...
00:08:34doesn't have to perform or prove herself to anyone, looming in her own time, in her own way.
00:08:54Exploring new places helps you remember who you are and sometimes who you're still becoming.
00:09:03Coming. It's like the theme of the day.
00:09:08Damn, Kim, what'd you say you put in this hot girl summer drink?
00:09:11Some of this and some of that. Oh, see, I'm not messing with Kim. I'm not doing it. I'm no.
00:09:16Here. Cheers to 30 years of friendship and a new chapter in this book and a new chapter in Val's
00:09:23life.
00:09:24Yes.
00:09:24Sis, I hope you get everything you want and deserve.
00:09:27To Life After Motherhood.
00:09:30To Life After Motherhood. Yes.
00:09:35Okay, you guys, I am so excited about this book.
00:09:37Girl, forget about that book. Tell us what happened the other night.
00:09:39Oh, right. So, yeah, it didn't happen.
00:09:44Why?
00:09:45He decided to spend his night with Betty instead.
00:09:48Who the hell is Betty?
00:09:49Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:09:49You mean that old hunk of junk in the garage?
00:09:52Mm-hmm. I see Ross done lost his damn mind.
00:09:54Have you tried talking to him?
00:09:56Talk? Oh, my gosh.
00:09:58We don't do anything like we used to. We don't laugh like we used to.
00:10:02And we definitely don't have sex like we used to.
00:10:05Okay. The Browns across the street from me started couples therapy when they hit a rough patch and they seem
00:10:09to be doing just fine.
00:10:11You talking about that white lady with her white husband?
00:10:12Hold on now, Donna.
00:10:14Kim, didn't you and Lee try counseling before you got a divorce?
00:10:18Yeah. And it was going well, too, until he tried to hump the damn therapist.
00:10:22Oh, hell no.
00:10:23Oh, hell yeah, honey. Lee was a certified freak, but at least therapist let me know why.
00:10:28Mm.
00:10:29Well, I want to know why.
00:10:31Well, sis, it's not your fault, okay? It's called male menopause.
00:10:35Girl, what? Now what?
00:10:36Okay, listen. The brain is the first to go, and then they start wanting to hump everything they see, or
00:10:42their stuff just stops working completely.
00:10:45Is that a real thing? Hell yeah, girl.
00:10:47Yeah, honey. The mood swing, the midlife crisis, them buying cars they can't fit into, and they women, they know
00:10:53they can't satisfy, right?
00:10:55Mm-hmm. Now how long did that meat stop working?
00:10:57Kim!
00:11:00It's...
00:11:01Okay. It's been, um, three years and 22 days.
00:11:06Bitch!
00:11:07I know!
00:11:08Years?
00:11:08The problem is the man is my husband, and the father of my children, and the one person that I
00:11:16just do not understand right now.
00:11:19Mm. Well, sis, it sounds like you're not happy.
00:11:22I don't think any of us were raised to be happy wives. We were raised to work it out.
00:11:27Mm-hmm. My mama used to say, as long as he's not in and out of jail and knocking you
00:11:31upside your head, you got something to be thankful for.
00:11:34Your mama is a liar.
00:11:36Hey, don't...
00:11:37That's exactly why I walked up out of my marriage.
00:11:39Well, I want to water my marriage, you guys. I don't want to burn it down.
00:11:44Well, Val, if you want him to change, then you're going to have to bring the ideas to him.
00:11:49So what should I do?
00:11:59You're ready.
00:12:01I'm ready.
00:12:02I'm ready.
00:12:06How are you?
00:12:07I'm ready.
00:12:20There's an hour to go.
00:12:25Even though I'm shined up
00:12:27I've been trying to shake this
00:12:28Honey, why you gotta hold the camera at that angle?
00:12:30Val, do you want to take the picture?
00:12:32Let's just take the picture
00:12:33All right, say tag
00:12:35Tag
00:12:37Babe, can you at least take one pic without that hat?
00:12:41No, I've had this hat since I graduated from this school
00:12:44Yeah, well, while you're here, maybe you can get a new one
00:12:47Mom and dad
00:12:48Mom, baby
00:12:49Mama, baby
00:12:51All right, now?
00:12:52All right, quick
00:12:53There you go
00:12:54Bye, baby
00:12:55Mommy loves you
00:12:56Okay, okay
00:12:58Call mommy
00:13:01We really have another tech man in the family
00:13:03We do, we do, we do
00:13:05Hey, you want to go over to the fine arts building
00:13:09and see if our names are still on the wall?
00:13:11Val, that was 30 years ago
00:13:12You know they painted over that by now?
00:13:17Door's open
00:13:21And here we are with another timeless army classic
00:13:25Love myself in love to know when it's time
00:13:30Time to let go
00:13:38All I really want is to be happy
00:13:43Find an honest life
00:13:45Find an honest life
00:13:46It'll be so sweet
00:13:48All I really want is to be happy
00:13:53Yeah
00:13:53Find an honest life
00:13:56That could be so sweet
00:13:58Come on, baby
00:13:58Remember I used to blast the radio to stay awake driving home for the holidays
00:14:02Oh my gosh
00:14:03I miss this
00:14:04Yeah
00:14:05Folks be sleeping on the radio
00:14:07They still play good music
00:14:08No, Ross
00:14:10I mean us
00:14:11I miss us, you know, feeling, you know, like a real marriage
00:14:1527 years feels like a real marriage to me
00:14:24Ross, when was the last time you touched me?
00:14:27What kind of question is that?
00:14:30You just said it's been 27 years, right?
00:14:32For the last seven, I feel like I've kind of been living with a roommate
00:14:36Yeah, a roommate who pays the mortgage and all the bills
00:14:38Uh-uh
00:14:39Now, I have tried to get a job for years and you know that
00:14:41But you're the one who wanted me to stay home with the kids cooking and keeping house
00:14:45Yeah, a lot of women would have called that a good life
00:14:47A life without intimacy?
00:14:51Is this about the other night?
00:14:52No, it's not about the other night, Ross
00:14:55It's about us
00:14:57It's about you never wanting to do anything that I want to do
00:15:00I can't even express to you or share with you how I feel
00:15:04And I have no idea how you feel about anything either
00:15:06I feel like this conversation is ridiculous
00:15:11Our kids are finally out of the house
00:15:14And you and I should be together somewhere
00:15:16Enjoying each other
00:15:18Just traveling or sipping on piña coladas at some beach or something
00:15:22What are you talking about?
00:15:24I don't even have a passport because I'm working
00:15:25And that's another thing
00:15:27We've had extensive conversations about early retirement
00:15:30Oh, no, no, no
00:15:30We just dropped Jeremiah off at his freshman year of college
00:15:33And you're talking about early retirement?
00:15:36Oh, this conversation is over
00:15:38Why is it so hard for you to talk to me?
00:15:41Why?
00:15:43You know what?
00:15:44I really, really think we need to see couples counseling
00:15:49Oh, you've really gone off the deep end now
00:15:51What else do I ask you for?
00:15:54You asked for that damn expensive-ass refrigerator
00:15:56That you use, too
00:15:57If I can't do anything right, why are you still with me?
00:16:07Oh, my God
00:16:14You all right?
00:16:17And he got so defensive, he almost wrecked the car
00:16:21Oh, God
00:16:23It's like he doesn't care
00:16:26He could live like this for the rest of his life
00:16:28And be perfectly fine
00:16:30Ugh, Charmaine, girl
00:16:33It's frustrating, girl
00:16:34I know
00:16:36Do you think you could change a marriage?
00:16:39You know
00:16:40I've been thinking about what Donna said
00:16:42That if we want change
00:16:43Or wanted to change about Charles
00:16:45Of course there is
00:16:48But you can't change nobody
00:16:49You can only change yourself
00:16:52Look, girl
00:16:53I gotta go
00:16:54Oh, okay
00:16:55Bye
00:16:56Bye
00:16:57Love you
00:16:59Ugh
00:17:26Here you go
00:17:27Just like the ones you grabbed on the way to work
00:17:29Thank you, honey
00:17:30Hmm?
00:17:35So
00:17:37I scheduled us for a consultation for couples therapy
00:17:43I really think that this will be good for us, Ross
00:17:47Where is all this coming from?
00:17:48Look, Charmaine told me about this couple
00:17:50Charmaine needs to worry about why Charles would rather sit at a slot machine than sit at home
00:17:57I scheduled it for when you get off work today
00:18:00Then you need to cancel it
00:18:01I wanna go, Ross
00:18:02Then go alone
00:18:06I'm not going to therapy
00:18:09That's for crazy people, and we're not crazy
00:18:18I kinda figured you would say something like that
00:18:28You wanna know what's really crazy?
00:18:33Staying here
00:18:36Knowing that you're okay
00:18:39With where we are in our marriage
00:18:43And I know I'm not crazy
00:18:58Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to New Orleans
00:19:04We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:13We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:15We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:16We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:18We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:19We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:20We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:21We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:22We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:22We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:24We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:25We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:26We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:28We'll be right back to New Orleans
00:19:38have you spoken to your father he called and asked about my last appointment look i'm really
00:19:44sorry i don't want to scare you about any of this mom what are you apologizing for
00:19:49look i love you and daddy together but i want you both to be happy plus i'm a big girl
00:19:55now
00:19:56you are a big girl now who can use all the help she can get now that i'm here we
00:20:01can deep clean
00:20:02the house personalize the nursery with pictures and knitted knitted uh blankets why are they so loud
00:20:14mom that's how the city gets down oh well since you have all these ideas maybe you can pencil in
00:20:21some time to explore the magic of the city what does that mean it's what they say around here
00:20:30mama let the good times roll you don't need to roll anything else but that's how you got into
00:20:36this predicament you get yours and you do it too come on yeah yeah yeah
00:20:49morning you hungry i made eggs and dewey sausage and homemade biscuits whoa mama v that looks amazing
00:20:54but i got my own meal prep for breakfast fitness goals oh all right well don't mind me then
00:21:00uh do you know what happened to the blue containers that went here yeah you know what the food was
00:21:04gone bad and all i threw all that out well v that was my meal prep oh well in that
00:21:12case i'll just
00:21:14refill it with the food i made see look at that michael have you seen my yoga mat i can't
00:21:20find it
00:21:20anywhere you know what baby i called myself throwing it in the washing machine and it crumbled into pieces
00:21:26i'll just get you one of those beach towels i saw in the garage might be better for your back
00:21:30anyway
00:21:34where did that painting come from
00:21:42do you think she's going through a midlife crisis i mean it's all she's ever known for the last 27
00:21:48years wouldn't you i'd probably be out on bourbon street i'm drunk calling you just to take me back
00:21:53yeah well she's the one who left i talked to dad and trust me he is going just as crazy
00:22:01oh yeah i'm
00:22:02sure he misses her folding his underwear into tiny little squares just like she does mine i don't think
00:22:07she knows what else to do with herself right now i think this is the only thing keeping her going
00:22:14so
00:23:33That's so dumb.
00:23:45Hello?
00:23:47Hey.
00:23:52Hello?
00:23:54How you doing?
00:23:55Uh, I'm doing all right.
00:23:59You okay?
00:24:02Um, yeah, I'm doing just, you know, I'm doing okay.
00:24:06Uh, when you coming back?
00:24:08After Kayla has the baby?
00:24:12Something like that.
00:24:14That should give you enough time, right?
00:24:17Enough time for what?
00:24:18Well, uh, figure yourself out and come on home.
00:24:28Yeah, so, Ross, I don't know if I can.
00:24:32Can what?
00:24:34Come back.
00:24:36I gotta go.
00:24:47Good morning.
00:25:01Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:25:03I want them to be together.
00:25:05Let's let them stay together.
00:25:08We need to stay together.
00:25:09You're doing all right over here.
00:25:11Oh, yeah, yeah, totally.
00:25:13I think I want another one, but I'm not totally sure that I could feel my legs.
00:25:21Let me get you some water.
00:25:24Okay.
00:25:25You know, people come to New Orleans for all kinds of reasons.
00:25:28To heal, to lose themselves, or to find something they didn't even know they was looking for.
00:25:35What you okay for?
00:25:37This is not what it looks like.
00:25:40Hmm.
00:25:43It looked like a woman not from here, going through it in her marriage, and she came
00:25:50to New Orleans to figure some things out.
00:25:54Is it tattooed across my forehead?
00:25:57Does it also say I haven't had sex in three years?
00:26:01Oh, baby, most of us could get that tattoo.
00:26:05Big Kenny, when's the last time you had some?
00:26:09About six, seven years, huh?
00:26:11Oh, Kenny, no.
00:26:13Oh, I thought I had it, man.
00:26:16Next round's on me, Kenny.
00:26:27Welcome in.
00:26:32Oh, you have a Horace Imhater.
00:26:38Uh, yeah, we do.
00:26:41There is something so sacred about the way he sees us.
00:26:46Black people.
00:26:48It's not just pain.
00:26:51There's dignity and humanity.
00:26:56The lines feel very intentional.
00:27:00Wow.
00:27:01That's what's up.
00:27:03Oh, and you have an Aaron F. Henderson.
00:27:06Oh, my God.
00:27:07He is my absolute favorite.
00:27:10I love how he exposes the ways in which history continues to shape our understanding of race
00:27:16and identity.
00:27:18Ugh.
00:27:20Yeah, he is, uh, he is my mom's favorite, too.
00:27:24Well, your mom has very good taste.
00:27:27Uh, do you and your mom run this gallery together?
00:27:31Uh, no.
00:27:32This was, um, her thing before she passed, so.
00:27:35Oh.
00:27:35I've been just, you know, trying my best to hold things down.
00:27:38Guess it's my way of keeping her legacy alive.
00:27:40Sorry.
00:27:42Hmm.
00:27:42I'm sure she's very proud of you.
00:27:45Hmm.
00:27:51Oh, wow.
00:27:54Look at the sadness in his eyes.
00:27:57Really?
00:27:58He always looked happy to me.
00:28:02Sometimes joy is the mask you wear when the weight gets too heavy.
00:28:09Who are you?
00:28:10Where are you from?
00:28:10Oh, sorry.
00:28:13North Carolina.
00:28:14Okay.
00:28:15I'm Valerie.
00:28:16Okay, Jacoby.
00:28:17You know art well?
00:28:18Oh, no, I wouldn't say all that.
00:28:20I did major in art in college.
00:28:24Okay.
00:28:24But, you know, life was lifin'.
00:28:26It took me in a different direction.
00:28:28But the love, the love is, the love is still there.
00:28:32Yeah.
00:28:32So, um, are you thinking about jumping back in?
00:28:36Sometimes.
00:28:37But I really wouldn't know where to start, so.
00:28:40Well, um, I've, you know, I've been trying to do my best to make sure this place reflects
00:28:45the new New Orleans by scouting local new talent.
00:28:48But, um, this whole curating art thing, I just feel a little out of my league.
00:28:53No, no, no, you did a beautiful job.
00:28:56This place really feels like it has soul.
00:28:58Yeah, yeah, but the soul, it just needs, it needs structure, you know?
00:29:02Like a vision, an expert.
00:29:08Are you offering me a job?
00:29:18And now here we have a Peter Moseley.
00:29:22And although I'm not deeply familiar with his work, you can see that he definitely has
00:29:26a special way of capturing black women.
00:29:29It doesn't feel like he's just taking a photo.
00:29:32It feels like he's bearing witness without trying to be too radical.
00:29:36I actually find him to be very radical.
00:29:39In a world that either overexposes or erases black women, showing them in their natural
00:29:45state without spectacle, seems pretty radical to me.
00:29:51Well, hearing the word radical makes me feel like you're saying that Moseley is trying to
00:29:57convey sex.
00:29:58And it's much, much, much more subtle than that.
00:30:01Yeah, but subtlety is extremely sexy.
00:30:06You actually strike me as someone who understands exactly how powerful that can be.
00:30:12That's good for you.
00:30:13So for those of you who actually paid for this tour, please go into the other room.
00:30:19There's refreshments and we have so much more to see.
00:30:28Um, you know your boy's coming back tonight, right?
00:30:31My boy.
00:30:32That was my boy.
00:30:35Yeah.
00:30:37Something tells me you're going to be into this.
00:30:43It was really that Chicago 95 collection.
00:30:46It was, that was amazing, right?
00:30:47Like, that's when I was like, I am a fan of Moseley's work.
00:30:51It's incredible.
00:30:51Much obliged, much obliged.
00:30:52Yeah, so what draws you to a subject?
00:30:58Wow, that's a, uh, damn good question.
00:31:02But my portraiture work is only about connection.
00:31:06When I lock eyes with someone and we have this, I don't know, unspoken understanding,
00:31:16that's when I know.
00:31:19And if they let me in, only for a moment, that's the shot.
00:31:28Oh, he is everything.
00:31:30So when you say let you in.
00:31:32Uh-huh.
00:31:33Nice to meet you.
00:31:34Pleasure.
00:31:39Hi.
00:31:41Valerie Matthews.
00:31:44Peter Moseley.
00:31:45No, of course you are.
00:31:47I just wanted to apologize for earlier.
00:31:50No, no, no, no.
00:31:51Look, I'm apologizing for earlier.
00:31:54I didn't mean to interrupt you like that.
00:31:56But listen, there's no need to apologize, okay?
00:31:59My work is meant to be spoken about.
00:32:02And you challenged my eye.
00:32:04But I like that.
00:32:05Okay.
00:32:06Mm-hmm.
00:32:07Well, I just came over to, you know, tell you how much I love the conversation tonight,
00:32:12especially how you find your subjects.
00:32:16Oh, connection.
00:32:17Oh, yeah, the connection.
00:32:19That is so powerful.
00:32:20And I bet that connection takes you all over the place as a photographer.
00:32:26Where are you from?
00:32:28What?
00:32:29You don't hear the Nola accent, baby?
00:32:33A little bit of that, but no, I haven't seen you before.
00:32:36Oh, so you remember all your fans.
00:32:38I get it.
00:32:39Oh, wow, she's a fan now.
00:32:40Oh!
00:32:41Oh, now I've made it.
00:32:42Forget about it.
00:32:43No.
00:32:44I got fan fans.
00:32:45Okay, okay, I'm actually from North Carolina.
00:32:48I'm just here for about a month, hanging out with my daughter, helping her out,
00:32:52because she's going to make me a grandmother.
00:32:54Really?
00:32:55Yeah.
00:32:55Wow.
00:32:56All right, well, congratulations on that.
00:32:58Thanks.
00:32:58And I'm assuming that her father is still back in North Carolina?
00:33:04He is.
00:33:05Oh, okay.
00:33:07So, uh, how are you enjoying New Orleans so far?
00:33:10Oh, I've eaten my way through the French Quarter, and I drank so many daiquiris,
00:33:16more than I have in my entire life.
00:33:18And I found this gallery that has helped me remember how much I love art.
00:33:24Right.
00:33:25Yeah.
00:33:27I don't know if it's the history or the liquor, but this city definitely has a way of helping
00:33:33you find yourself again.
00:33:35Well, let me tell you something.
00:33:36You're going to have to get your behind out of the French Quarter in order to really see
00:33:40how this city gets down.
00:33:44Is that right?
00:33:48Do you like crawfish?
00:33:56Nice.
00:33:58Oh, gosh.
00:34:00Oh, I'm sorry about the wind, okay?
00:34:02It's okay.
00:34:03I got something for you.
00:34:04Hold on a second.
00:34:04Hold on.
00:34:05I got you.
00:34:05Don't worry.
00:34:06Don't worry.
00:34:07Yeah.
00:34:07Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:34:08I can't take your hat.
00:34:09No, it's okay.
00:34:10I'll buy another one.
00:34:11It's yours.
00:34:12That's you.
00:34:14My gift to you.
00:34:15Oh, thank you.
00:34:16All right?
00:34:18My brother, good to see you as always.
00:34:19I'll see you next time.
00:34:22You know, when I first got here, I went looking for the best crawfish in town all over the
00:34:28city.
00:34:29I happened to stumble upon these old heads sitting in front of a corner store playing dominoes.
00:34:33They told me about this cat.
00:34:35Oh, okay.
00:34:36It's beautiful.
00:34:37I knew you'd like it.
00:34:41Anyway, you moved here from Chicago, right?
00:34:46Yeah.
00:34:46Well, I grew up on the south side, but I lived in Brooklyn, Miami, Berlin, Johannesburg, among
00:34:53other places.
00:34:54And now I'm here for now.
00:34:57What are you laughing at?
00:34:59What's that giggling about?
00:35:00No, you know what?
00:35:01I just got this new book, Art and Travel, right?
00:35:04And it mentions all the cities that you just talked about.
00:35:07And it's just, you know, you artists.
00:35:10You live like nomadic lifestyles.
00:35:12What a life.
00:35:13Well, I love capturing the beauty in the world, you know?
00:35:16I don't like to feel like I'm missing out on anything.
00:35:22This smells delicious.
00:35:24I could eat ten of these.
00:35:26Mm-hmm.
00:35:29And you have no idea what the hell you're doing, do you?
00:35:32What?
00:35:33You don't see these skills?
00:35:34I see you're struggling.
00:35:35Give me this thing.
00:35:36Let me show you how to do it.
00:35:37Fine.
00:35:38Now, look at this.
00:35:38This is very simple.
00:35:39You just grab the head like this, okay?
00:35:41Then you just do a nice little simple twist and pull.
00:35:44You see that?
00:35:45Okay.
00:35:46Professionals like me, we suck the head.
00:35:48Okay.
00:35:49Oh, damn.
00:35:50Look at you dripping.
00:35:51Look what you made me do.
00:35:52I'm trying to teach you some stuff, and look what you made me do.
00:35:56That's you.
00:35:57You're crazy.
00:35:58Oh, man.
00:35:59You got me jammed up out here.
00:36:01Looking crazy.
00:36:05Well, listen, while we're making a mess, I got another question for you to answer.
00:36:08Oh, boy, what?
00:36:10How long have you been married?
00:36:14Um, a long time.
00:36:16Would you care to elaborate?
00:36:20I'm sorry.
00:36:20We don't have to talk about this.
00:36:22It's cool.
00:36:22It's cool.
00:36:23You know, marriage could start out with all the spark and plans and dreams, and then life happens.
00:36:32And then here come the kids, and the bills, and the routine, and then silence.
00:36:41Hmm.
00:36:42But my husband is, my husband's a good guy.
00:36:46Oh, I'm sure.
00:36:47That's not what I mean.
00:36:47I'm sure.
00:36:48He is an amazing father, and he's a hard worker.
00:36:52Mm-hmm.
00:36:53And he gave me the best job in the world, being somebody's mother.
00:36:56I bet you're a great mother.
00:36:59Yeah, you know, my kids are terrific kids.
00:37:02I don't know.
00:37:02I don't think I'm much of a family guy.
00:37:05My work and my career, they keep me pretty fulfilled.
00:37:09That doesn't ever get lonely?
00:37:11It does not.
00:37:12Oh.
00:37:14Well, I have friends and extended family all over the world.
00:37:18Ah.
00:37:19Women friends.
00:37:26Of course I do.
00:37:28Well, I mean, you know, I asked because you're the one who said you don't like missing out on things.
00:37:33Yeah, I don't like missing out on things because I have time for everything.
00:37:37I like to focus on the freedom of time and not the stress.
00:37:40The stress of time is what makes people buy into the whole happily ever after type of thing.
00:37:47I don't think it's real.
00:37:48Seriously?
00:37:49I don't.
00:37:50No, I feel like people that feel like-
00:37:52I don't think it is.
00:37:52Listen, I feel like people who think that it's not real are actually just scared.
00:37:57It's a lot of work.
00:37:58It's a lot of work.
00:38:00Look, I was reading this book, this other book, and the main character compares love to a roller coaster.
00:38:08Some people are afraid to get on.
00:38:10Some people are afraid to let go.
00:38:12And then there are some who just are afraid to fall.
00:38:17All right.
00:38:20I feel that.
00:38:21Okay.
00:38:22But you know, in this short conversation we've had, this is the second book you've brought up.
00:38:25Yes, I'm quite astute.
00:38:27Are you a nerd?
00:38:29I'm talking to a nerd.
00:38:30You are.
00:38:31No, go ahead.
00:38:32Go ahead.
00:38:32Sorry.
00:38:33Mm-hmm.
00:38:34Oh, it's-
00:38:36Hey, Jeremiah, what's up?
00:38:38No, I just put money into your account two days ago.
00:38:41What are you talking about, babe?
00:38:43Well, you gotta ask your father.
00:38:47No, I'm not putting him on three-way.
00:38:48I'm on a d-
00:38:50I'm in the middle of something.
00:38:52Yeah, so you call him and then text me and let me know what he says.
00:38:58Okay.
00:38:59Love you too.
00:39:00Bye.
00:39:01Sorry.
00:39:03Everything good?
00:39:06Everything's great.
00:39:07Mm.
00:39:08You know, I'm starting a new exhibition.
00:39:10Something that's a little bit more personal to me.
00:39:12Really?
00:39:12Yeah?
00:39:12Yeah.
00:39:13Okay.
00:39:14Tell you the truth, I'm kind of stuck on a couple of pieces.
00:39:17So I figured that maybe after this beautiful sunset, we can go over to the studio and you
00:39:22can give me your thoughts.
00:39:25Because you've got a good eye, all right?
00:39:28And even better than that, you mean what you say.
00:39:33And I respect what you have to say.
00:39:40Come on in, take it all in.
00:39:42Okay.
00:39:43Make yourself at home.
00:39:45I'm gonna go and change this shirt because I got the, you know.
00:39:48Oh yeah, the problem is juice.
00:39:50Make yourself at home.
00:39:51I'll be right back.
00:40:08Wow.
00:40:11Did you shoot this on film?
00:40:14Oh yeah, absolutely.
00:40:15That was a completely spontaneous shot of a mother's son
00:40:20walking on Biloxi Beach.
00:40:25Something special about the way she's holding his hands.
00:40:29It's not just about motherly love.
00:40:31It's her guidance.
00:40:33Exactly.
00:40:33Yeah.
00:40:36This picture's special to me, you know?
00:40:41I didn't really grow up knowing about this kind of love.
00:40:45My relationship with motherhood was more about abandonment than anything else.
00:40:54I grew up in the foster care system.
00:40:58That's where I got my first camera.
00:41:01Wow.
00:41:02I wondered where it all began.
00:41:05Huh.
00:41:06My social worker gave it to me.
00:41:09Tell you the truth.
00:41:13It's probably saved my life.
00:41:15I know it definitely changed it.
00:41:18Hmm.
00:41:19So, let me show you something.
00:41:21Let me show you something.
00:41:22Okay.
00:41:24This is part of a series that I'm showing at the New Orleans Museum of Art to close out my
00:41:30residency.
00:41:31The edit, the sequence, everything that I'm trying to convey is so important here.
00:41:35Yeah, I see it.
00:41:37The connectivity that you talked about.
00:41:39Absolutely.
00:41:39It's not exploitative.
00:41:41It's more celebratory.
00:41:43Right.
00:41:44You see, the goal is to capture the beauty that most people might not see.
00:41:47Yeah, you're really good at that.
00:41:49Why, thank you.
00:41:50Oh.
00:41:59What do you see when you see me?
00:42:04How do you do what you do to me?
00:42:13Come here.
00:42:14Okay.
00:42:14Come on.
00:42:18All right.
00:42:19Well.
00:42:22It started with your eyes.
00:42:26And as beautiful as they are, they seem to be carrying a weight of sadness.
00:42:38Do you see what I see?
00:42:45Oh, you're shaking.
00:42:47You all right?
00:42:47Are you cold?
00:42:48I gotta go.
00:42:48Can I get you something?
00:42:49I gotta go.
00:43:06What's going on here?
00:43:08I practice corporate law.
00:43:10It's divorce.
00:43:11There's a whole little beast.
00:43:12And why are you looking into that?
00:43:15Oh, baby, come on.
00:43:17It's not for me.
00:43:18It's for your mom.
00:43:21Mom, why are you talking to Micah about divorce?
00:43:25Nothing is definite, okay?
00:43:27I'm just trying to understand my options.
00:43:30Since when did divorce become an option?
00:43:32Have you and Daddy talked about this?
00:43:34Oh, my God.
00:43:34You really should have been a lawyer asking me all these questions.
00:43:37Your father and I haven't decided anything, okay?
00:43:40I just asked Micah if he could help me understand what it would look like if we did.
00:43:47All these years, and I don't think I have ever seen you without a roller set.
00:43:53Curl, you know my curls won't hold up in this swamp heat.
00:43:56Oh, so that's why you got your shoulders and your back out, too?
00:43:59Mom, what?
00:44:00You don't like my dress?
00:44:01I bought it in a store in a quarter.
00:44:05I mean, you cute or whatever, but...
00:44:07Who are you trying to impress?
00:44:09Nobody!
00:44:10Oh, my God.
00:44:10I gotta go.
00:44:13Micah, thanks for this.
00:44:14Yes, ma'am.
00:44:24No, it's still crooked.
00:44:26Okay, I have moved this painting like three times.
00:44:27You sure it's the painting and not your neck?
00:44:31Oh.
00:44:32Hey.
00:44:33Hey.
00:44:35Hey.
00:44:36Hey.
00:44:37As a continuation of helping you explore the real New Orleans,
00:44:40I thought I'd try to excite your taste buds once again.
00:44:44What is this?
00:44:46Beignets?
00:44:47No, they're called calas.
00:44:49It's a popular street food made from the enslaved Africans
00:44:51to purchase their freedom from Spanish.
00:44:53Now, we can't talk about New Orleans food history
00:44:56without talking about those.
00:44:57And Café du Monde could never.
00:44:59You ate that.
00:45:00Why?
00:45:00He told that story.
00:45:02Okay.
00:45:03Mmm, this is so good.
00:45:06Oh, that's good.
00:45:17Well, you have a good morning.
00:45:21Peter.
00:45:28Yes?
00:45:29I want to explore more of New Orleans with you.
00:45:36Really?
00:45:39Yeah.
00:45:42So, I'm just staring at this Bob Barker-looking type dude.
00:45:46Uh-uh.
00:45:47Like, what the hell are you going to do
00:45:48with a five-foot image of a brother
00:45:50from the Ninth Ward with gold fronts
00:45:52and a pit bull named Nipsey?
00:45:53Exactly!
00:45:55See, sometimes these white collectors
00:45:57who are drawn to black aesthetics
00:45:59completely ignore the history and the context.
00:46:02And that's why sometimes I add a little reparations fee on that.
00:46:05Ah, there's no rest for me.
00:46:07You know, I wanted to ask you, um,
00:46:10what made you walk away from the art world?
00:46:12Oh, okay, well, during my last year of college,
00:46:14I got pregnant with Kayla.
00:46:17And after that, the closest thing I ever came to the art world
00:46:20was working at the framing department
00:46:23at my local craft store.
00:46:27But then I quit once I had the baby
00:46:29because my husband thought it was a better idea for me
00:46:32to stay at home while he brought home the money.
00:46:34Hmm.
00:46:35And how'd you feel about that?
00:46:37I was completely fine with it at the time
00:46:39because I've always wanted to be a mother.
00:46:41But I just didn't know what kind of a full-time job it was going to be.
00:46:45I mean, what girl knows that at that age, though?
00:46:48And look at you now.
00:46:50Yeah, see, look at me now.
00:46:51I'm working at the gallery.
00:46:53I feel like I'm getting that old thing back, you know.
00:46:59So, over the years, did you find yourself longing for anything else?
00:47:06I mean, of course.
00:47:09But when I made the decision to be a wife and a mother,
00:47:13all the other choices just seemed selfish.
00:47:17Oh, so you chose to abandon your wants and desires
00:47:22because they felt selfish.
00:47:27I chose to make the best decision for me
00:47:32and my family and my marriage.
00:47:37I feel you.
00:47:38I'm just saying, you being here, though,
00:47:40it's kind of like you're starting to awaken
00:47:43those abandoned wants and desires.
00:47:47Yeah, in a way.
00:47:50I never got a chance to travel.
00:47:53So, I really want to explore art all over the world.
00:48:00What else do you want?
00:48:03What are you really trying to ask me?
00:48:07When was the last time someone made love to you?
00:48:19It's been a while.
00:48:22Look, if you want me to stop, I'll stop, okay?
00:48:25I don't want to be invasive.
00:48:26No one said that.
00:48:36It's been about three years and some change.
00:48:42Who was the position?
00:48:47Missionary.
00:48:50Were you satisfied?
00:48:56It was fine.
00:48:59Dance with me.
00:49:02Okay.
00:49:06Bye.
00:49:28You know, I love the real body feelings.
00:49:41I want to photograph you.
00:49:44Don't be gentle.
00:49:46Mm-hmm.
00:49:48Don't be gentle.
00:49:51We'll see.
00:49:58Mark, you can just hit that mark.
00:50:00Okay.
00:50:01Okay?
00:50:02And just relax.
00:50:03Just take it easy.
00:50:06Photography, as you already know,
00:50:11is all about trust.
00:50:19Only do my subjects feel safe.
00:50:25Do they truly
00:50:29let their essence
00:50:30shine through?
00:50:37So the question is,
00:50:41do you trust me?
00:50:50Do you trust me?
00:50:53Do you trust me?
00:51:05Do you trust me?
00:51:07You make me want to live again
00:51:11You make me want to try again
00:51:14You make me want to love again
00:51:18And again, and again, and again
00:51:20You make me want to live again
00:51:24You make me want to try again
00:51:26Beautiful.
00:51:27You make me want to love again
00:51:30All right.
00:51:32All right, I'm gonna go get a couple of things, okay?
00:51:35Just relax.
00:51:36I'll be right back
00:51:41Just try a little something like this
00:51:45Very nice.
00:51:46Very nice.
00:51:46Let me just move
00:51:47Your hair there
00:51:50Looks beautiful
00:51:51Put this on you
00:51:52Just size this up here
00:51:55Make sure that
00:51:56I'll be right back
00:52:03Sure that fits
00:52:04Pretty good
00:52:06What's bad?
00:52:07Does that feel?
00:52:11I'll be right back
00:52:13I'll be right back
00:52:13And you've been
00:52:15On my mind
00:52:18I wrote letters in my head to manifest you
00:52:24You make me wanna live again
00:52:27You make me wanna try again
00:52:30You make me wanna love again, again
00:52:34You make me wanna live again
00:52:36You make me wanna try again
00:52:39You make me wanna love again
00:52:43And again, and again, and again
00:52:55Mom?
00:52:57Oh, hey.
00:52:59What are you still doing up?
00:53:01Well, baby girl here decided to start doing the electric sliders
00:53:05I was trying to go to bed, so Micah ordered us some food
00:53:07and we watched a couple episodes of Real Housewives.
00:53:10That's nice.
00:53:11Yeah, that is nice.
00:53:12Hold on.
00:53:13You look mighty snazzy.
00:53:15What did you have going on tonight?
00:53:16Oh, there was an event at the gallery.
00:53:19Must have been some kind of event.
00:53:21Doesn't feel like you were five-inch heels.
00:53:24Which is why I need to go lay down, so good night.
00:53:49Good morning.
00:53:51Morning.
00:53:53I picked you up a little something, because I was wondering about how you felt about last night.
00:54:02Because I know things are a little complicated right now, so...
00:54:13But I thought last night was a perfect evening.
00:54:24Oh, yeah.
00:54:26Oh, yeah.
00:54:28It's all right.
00:54:30It's all right to love on you.
00:54:34It's all right.
00:54:36It's all right to just be true.
00:54:40Going on a ride.
00:54:43I want to feel the sun on my nose.
00:54:46Feel my inner light.
00:54:49Feel the freedom all in my soul.
00:54:53Got my head flowing.
00:54:55Got my mind free.
00:54:56Music stay pumping.
00:54:58Off of me.
00:54:59Don't let the day go away.
00:55:02Without a thinking to yourself, baby.
00:55:05Yeah, yeah.
00:55:06It's all right.
00:55:08It's all right to love on you.
00:55:13It's all right.
00:55:15It's all right to just be.
00:55:17It's all right to love on you.
00:55:21And just be you.
00:55:24Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:55:28Okay, then.
00:55:30She been out here messing with that boop doop.
00:55:33Hey, come on there.
00:55:34Oh, these are so cute.
00:55:38This is my last one.
00:55:39All right, right, right.
00:55:40Miss Joy.
00:55:41Oh, I love Miss Joy.
00:55:43There you go, baby.
00:55:45Oh, my goodness.
00:55:48This is so cute, Aunt Charmaine.
00:55:50And it's by Black-owned Company.
00:55:52Okay, come on.
00:55:53Yes, yes, yes.
00:55:55I got it.
00:55:55Thanks, honey.
00:55:56Okay, okay.
00:55:57Okay.
00:55:58Oh, hold on.
00:56:02Hey, Daddy.
00:56:03Daddy, I miss you.
00:56:05I miss you guys, too.
00:56:07I know your mama's over there holding it down.
00:56:09Uh, yeah.
00:56:12Hi, Ross.
00:56:14Hi, Valerie.
00:56:15Look at you.
00:56:16You've always been the hostess with the mostess.
00:56:18Yeah, well, you know me.
00:56:20I do.
00:56:24All right, then.
00:56:26Listen, I'm going to get ready to go to the gym.
00:56:28Um, okay, Daddy.
00:56:30Enjoy your workout.
00:56:32I love you.
00:56:32I'll call you later.
00:56:33Bye, Ross.
00:56:34Hold on.
00:56:35Are those biceps and triceps I see?
00:56:50Val, are you okay?
00:56:56I'm having an affair.
00:56:59What?
00:57:00Hold on.
00:57:01This, this man, this photographer I met out here.
00:57:05When did this happen, and where did you meet him?
00:57:08At the gallery.
00:57:09I met him at the gallery, and it's very new, and oh, my God, I'm just so happy I could
00:57:13finally
00:57:13tell someone.
00:57:15Okay, okay, but I just want to know, how did we go from moving out here to help Kayla to
00:57:19laying low and spreading it wide?
00:57:21Shut up, okay?
00:57:22I just want to know how low did you go, and I want to know everything about it.
00:57:26Um, can we start with a photo of this man?
00:57:29Yes.
00:57:29Look, look, look, look, look.
00:57:34Oh, baby, he paid rent.
00:57:37Oh, God, it's been amazing.
00:57:41I never knew my body could feel like this, and you guys, this man, this man can go all night
00:57:47long.
00:57:48Is he on the pill?
00:57:50He doesn't need it.
00:57:51Bitch.
00:57:54And it's not just the sex, you guys.
00:57:56It's not just the sex.
00:57:57He sees me.
00:57:59He makes me feel like I exist outside of just being a wife and a mother, and the more I'm
00:58:07around him, the more I remember who I am and who I was before, and it's not just that.
00:58:15It's the city.
00:58:16It's New Orleans, and it just makes you feel alive, and it's the music and the art and the
00:58:22people and the joy.
00:58:23Okay, I hear you, sis, but what you gonna do when Ross finds out?
00:58:27Or the kids?
00:58:28Donna, can you please stop being a hater?
00:58:31No, I am being a friend.
00:58:32Look, if any of her friends should be traumatized by her having an affair, it should be me.
00:58:36Men do this all the time, and get away with it, okay?
00:58:39If Val wanna be selfish for once in her life, let her be it.
00:58:43And damn them kids.
00:58:45Are you still considering a divorce?
00:58:50I don't know.
00:58:51I'm not sure.
00:58:52Okay, well, good.
00:58:53So at least you also don't see this affair going anywhere.
00:58:57Can I just live in a moment for once?
00:58:59Donna, damn.
00:59:01Sis, I am not trying to talk you into an empty bed.
00:59:04What you're doing is dangerous.
00:59:07Look, I just want you to be careful.
00:59:11Are you scared at all about this?
00:59:15Of course I'm scared.
00:59:19Something.
00:59:20Okay.
00:59:20Oh, okay.
00:59:24That's right on time.
00:59:26So give me a second.
00:59:26Let me go get my jacket.
00:59:28All right.
00:59:36Wow.
00:59:36Oh, shit.
00:59:38Hold on a second.
00:59:40I don't know.
00:59:41Wardrobe malfunction.
00:59:42Ugh.
00:59:43You know, I almost put those in the exhibition tonight.
00:59:45No, you didn't.
00:59:46Take it easy.
00:59:48Those are from my personal archives.
00:59:50Come on, help me out here, please.
00:59:51I am, I am, I am, I am.
00:59:52Oh, boy.
00:59:53What's going on?
00:59:54Are you nervous?
00:59:55I'm always nervous before these.
00:59:57What?
00:59:58Yeah, ma'am.
00:59:58The great Peter Mosley is nothing?
01:00:01Yeah, that guy.
01:00:04God, you're just so...
01:00:06I don't know.
01:00:07I'm just not used to a man being vulnerable about his feelings.
01:00:12What?
01:00:13Oh, yeah.
01:00:14You talking to a thug from the south side of Chicago.
01:00:16You better recognize.
01:00:17Shut up.
01:00:19No, but seriously, I'm looking forward to introducing you to quite a few people tonight,
01:00:27especially the museum director.
01:00:29They're always looking for strong curators such as yourself.
01:00:33I appreciate that.
01:00:35No, thank you for being my date tonight.
01:00:38It's my honor.
01:00:39It's me too.
01:00:41Come on.
01:00:42Let's get out of here.
01:00:44You look beautiful.
01:00:49I feel in love with you.
01:00:58Here we are.
01:00:59Excuse us.
01:01:00Pardon me.
01:01:01Hey, how you doing?
01:01:03Wow.
01:01:04Are you impressed yet?
01:01:05I am very impressed.
01:01:06Ah, that's what I want to hear.
01:01:07This is amazing.
01:01:08I know that guy.
01:01:09Oh, you do?
01:01:10I do.
01:01:10Me too.
01:01:11Cool dude.
01:01:14Oh, hey.
01:01:16Excuse me.
01:01:18All right.
01:01:19Oh, hey, how you doing?
01:01:20Baby, just give me one minute.
01:01:21No, no, no, no.
01:01:22No, go, go, go, go.
01:01:23Okay, I'll be right back.
01:01:24Go.
01:01:28Ooh, you got to be so green.
01:01:31Oh, Jacoby, I'm so glad you're here.
01:01:34Oh, my God.
01:01:35Uh, you look amazing.
01:01:37I like that hat.
01:01:38So you have a hat for every occasion?
01:01:40I actually do.
01:01:41You know, because at an event like this,
01:01:42a good hat shouldn't just compliment the look.
01:01:44It should start the conversation.
01:01:45I like that.
01:01:46I know.
01:01:46My husband likes hats too.
01:01:48Oh, okay.
01:01:48Well, shout out to him.
01:01:49Yeah.
01:01:50Mm-hmm.
01:01:50So, uh, who you came here with?
01:01:53Oh, um, yeah, Mr. Mosley invited me.
01:01:58I know, that's right.
01:02:01Oh, by the way, so we might have secured this, like,
01:02:03painting that my mother really loved from this artist
01:02:05out in Treme, so fingers crossed we get to add it to the gallery.
01:02:09That's incredible.
01:02:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:02:11I know how much that means to you.
01:02:12Yeah.
01:02:13Yeah.
01:02:14Uh-huh.
01:02:14Yeah.
01:02:15Yeah.
01:02:16Mm-hmm.
01:02:19You're good.
01:02:19Okay.
01:02:20Go ahead.
01:02:20Sorry.
01:02:21Sorry, sorry, sorry.
01:02:21No, go ahead and go.
01:02:23Mm-hmm.
01:02:24Oh, thank you.
01:02:25But you know, I'm glad you showed up.
01:02:27Oh, look, hey.
01:02:29Hi.
01:02:29Danny, Kenya, this is my new intelligent art friend, Valerie.
01:02:34Hi.
01:02:36Hi.
01:02:36Hi.
01:02:36Uh, yeah, I'm the intelligent art friend.
01:02:40Uh, how do you guys know each other?
01:02:43We used to date.
01:02:45Oh.
01:02:47Really?
01:02:48Okay.
01:02:49Um, at the same time?
01:02:51Technically, but Danny and I didn't know.
01:02:53Um, now we're together.
01:02:57Hmm.
01:02:58Oh.
01:03:02Oh, hey, Glenn.
01:03:03What's up, man?
01:03:04Hi.
01:03:04How you doing?
01:03:05Good to see you.
01:03:05Oh, my gosh.
01:03:05We need a photo.
01:03:06Yes.
01:03:07Oh, yeah, let's do that.
01:03:08Let's knock it out.
01:03:09Good to see you, brother.
01:03:11Yeah.
01:03:13Thank you once again.
01:03:15It's a beautiful event.
01:03:16Oh, sorry, baby.
01:03:18And once again, I'm sorry I couldn't introduce you to Glenn.
01:03:21You know these things get a little crazy, but I'm sure I can set up some coffee or lunch or
01:03:24something like that.
01:03:25Sure.
01:03:26I'll tell you the truth.
01:03:27I really don't even like this stuff.
01:03:28The photos, the smoozing.
01:03:30It's not really my style.
01:03:31Okay.
01:03:31Do you always date multiple women at the same time?
01:03:34Well, hey, thank you for coming.
01:03:42All right, listen, listen, listen, listen.
01:03:44Hey, hey, hey, wait a second.
01:03:45Wait a second.
01:03:47If you're asking me if I practice non-monogamy, then the answer is yes.
01:03:53I guess I shouldn't be so surprised, coming from the man who doesn't like to miss out
01:03:57on anything.
01:03:58What is this?
01:03:59This, I, this right here really isn't going anywhere, is it?
01:04:03Al, look, let's go outside and let's talk about this.
01:04:05Am I right?
01:04:06It's not going anywhere.
01:04:10Why don't you answer your own question?
01:04:12You're the one that's married.
01:04:15Don't act like you care now.
01:04:16Don't, don't do that.
01:04:17I don't appreciate you coming at me like this because I haven't judged you.
01:04:20Really?
01:04:21Really.
01:04:21Let me tell you something.
01:04:22I'm surprised you're still allowing this trauma to lead your life.
01:04:26Trauma?
01:04:27Trauma.
01:04:27You can't even commit to one city, let alone one woman, because the little boy inside
01:04:31feels abandoned by his mother.
01:04:33And you're too grown and you're too old to act like that.
01:04:36This coming from a woman who can't decide whether to mail off divorce papers or keep writing
01:04:40me.
01:04:41You know what the difference is between you and I?
01:04:43No, listen, do you?
01:04:44Do you know what the difference is?
01:04:45The difference is, I know who I am, and you're too damn old to be deciding who you
01:04:51are right now.
01:04:57Yes, Micah.
01:05:02Hello?
01:05:03Hey, I'm Avie.
01:05:04Hey, it's happening.
01:05:04Baby's coming.
01:05:05Oh my God.
01:05:06Okay, I'm on my way to the hospital right now, okay?
01:05:08Okay, bye.
01:05:09All right, look, let's, let me take you to the hospital.
01:05:12We can talk about this in the car.
01:05:13No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:05:14This old lady can call her own car.
01:05:17Good night.
01:05:19Val.
01:05:27Yeah, sorry I'm late.
01:05:28I thought the first thing's smoking, so I can't.
01:05:30Daddy, it's okay.
01:05:34Mom, will you hand her to him?
01:05:36Oh, yeah.
01:05:39Anaya, meet your granddad.
01:05:45Hi, Anaya.
01:05:59Hi, Anaya.
01:06:14I know you don't really want any of that junk.
01:06:19Well, I, this is about as good as it gets since I plan on staying here overnight.
01:06:23There's got to be some place right here still open.
01:06:29Of course.
01:06:32God, jeez.
01:06:35Go ahead.
01:06:36Thanks.
01:06:48I guess all that time in the gym is working out for you, huh?
01:06:52Yeah.
01:06:54You know, that haircut looked nice on you.
01:06:57Oh, thanks.
01:06:58I see you got a new tech hat.
01:06:59I see you got a new tech hat.
01:07:01Yeah.
01:07:02I had Jeremiah give me a new one.
01:07:04I know you didn't like the other one.
01:07:05Yeah, that thing was awful.
01:07:09Hey, there's no chips here.
01:07:10I don't do nothing for you.
01:07:13Let me take you to get something to eat.
01:07:18Okay.
01:07:20Okay.
01:07:24Let's go downstairs.
01:07:26Thanks.
01:07:30We drove all over the city just to end up in some greasy junk food spot on bourbon.
01:07:35What the hell is a boudin ball?
01:07:38I don't know.
01:07:39You picked this place.
01:07:41It was the only place that was open?
01:07:44And can you please cut a brother some slack?
01:07:48I mean, we all celebrate.
01:07:51What are we celebrating, Ross?
01:07:54Being grandparents.
01:07:59Well, in that case, can we have two hand grenades, please?
01:08:04When the hell did you start drinking like that?
01:08:07Laissez le bouteau roulet.
01:08:09It means that the good time drove.
01:08:13That was kind of sexy.
01:08:15What?
01:08:16No, wait.
01:08:16You know I told Jeremiah about that high-top face he used to rock.
01:08:21Woo!
01:08:22Then two weeks later, I tried to put a texturizer in that thing.
01:08:25And it was awful.
01:08:27It was awful.
01:08:28Do you hear me?
01:08:29All my hair fell out because I'm trying to impress you.
01:08:32Oh!
01:08:33Uh-uh!
01:08:33Do not blame me for that.
01:08:35I'm not taking a blame.
01:08:37That was the same night as the Mary J. Blige concert.
01:08:40Oh, my 19th birthday.
01:08:42I picked you up in Betty.
01:08:44Betty.
01:08:45And she broke down on the side of the road.
01:08:47Hey, hey, hey, now.
01:08:49I popped that cassette in the deck.
01:08:52And I gave you a concert.
01:08:54On the side of the road.
01:08:55You did.
01:08:55You did.
01:08:55Hey, hey, get it.
01:08:57All I really want to be happy is to find a love.
01:09:03They all looking at you.
01:09:05Look at everybody looking at you.
01:09:07Just don't take no pictures.
01:09:10I ain't gonna take no pictures.
01:09:13And that night, I told Jamie, do whatever I can to get this girl.
01:09:24How is your brother?
01:09:26Him and Stephanie getting a divorce.
01:09:28Oh, no.
01:09:30Yeah, he, uh, he stayed at the house for a few weeks.
01:09:35But had enough room.
01:09:39Well, I'm glad that you were there for your brother.
01:09:44I'm sure you guys got some bonding time and broke open a couple of beers,
01:09:48worked on Betty.
01:09:51Actually, I ain't touched Betty since you left.
01:09:57Divorce seems so sad.
01:10:00It's like losing a leg and waking up in the morning and reaching for it,
01:10:08and it just ain't there no more.
01:10:15I think we need another.
01:10:16Hey, can we have two more?
01:10:18You don't drink more than me.
01:10:19I might have an easy life.
01:10:22Oh, shut up.
01:10:26Just shut up.
01:10:27What you talking about?
01:10:28Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:10:29I need help.
01:10:30Okay, come on.
01:10:32Okay.
01:10:34Okay, what's all it is?
01:10:37You know I've been in the gym.
01:11:03What are you learning?
01:11:04No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:11:49Mom, you okay?
01:11:50Oh, yeah, honey, I'm fine.
01:11:53The nurse came in while you were asleep.
01:11:57That man is driving you nuts, huh?
01:12:01Your father and I, we...
01:12:04We're still figuring out our stuff.
01:12:06I'm talking about the photographer, Mom.
01:12:14How did you know about that?
01:12:16Well, after watching you stumbling in the house all hours of the night,
01:12:19I had to see what was up.
01:12:20So I asked that guy you work with at the gallery.
01:12:23Oh, my God.
01:12:24Mom, he didn't want to say anything.
01:12:27I just...
01:12:28I made him.
01:12:29I'm sorry.
01:12:33No, no.
01:12:35Oh, no.
01:12:39No, don't do that.
01:12:42You have nothing to be sorry for.
01:12:45Or ashamed of.
01:12:53I think it's only fair that I share a secret of my own.
01:12:59I never told you this, but during that first year, we split up for a bit.
01:13:08And during that time, I received the most random message on social media from Christian Mitchell.
01:13:16Oh, my God.
01:13:18Yes.
01:13:20I haven't heard that meme in a long time.
01:13:23Exactly.
01:13:24Yeah.
01:13:25He started liking all these pictures and telling me how good I looked.
01:13:32But then I went to his page, and he was looking good, too, Mom.
01:13:39After a few messages, I ended up meeting up with him.
01:13:44We started talking about high school and life after.
01:13:49Before I knew it, I was feeling 16 again.
01:13:54Christian felt like the perfect escape from the chokehold I felt my marriage was.
01:14:02But then I started having doubts that this spontaneous rekindling would survive over time.
01:14:10That eventually, the issues I was dealing with with Micah would show up with Christian.
01:14:16Yeah.
01:14:18Then I remember my therapist comparing the situation to a theme park.
01:14:24Sure, it's exciting.
01:14:26But you can't live there.
01:14:30You cannot substitute romance for true love.
01:14:37And I believe that learning how to love yourself will make it easier to love the one you're with.
01:14:47Whoever that is.
01:14:51Come here.
01:14:58Oh, God.
01:15:04Hey, when did you become the mother?
01:15:15Strawberry Dax.
01:15:16You made it back, huh?
01:15:18Yeah.
01:15:19Nice time.
01:15:21You too.
01:15:23The city really got a hold of you, huh?
01:15:26Yeah, it certainly has.
01:15:38Yes, indeed.
01:15:40I guess that three-year drought is over, huh?
01:15:43Oh, girl.
01:15:48All right, now.
01:15:51Val, let me just start by saying...
01:15:53Wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:15:54Can you just give me a sec?
01:15:55I just have to say one thing, okay?
01:15:58Okay.
01:15:59Okay.
01:15:59Okay.
01:15:59So, the other night was a culmination of a few things, but mostly it was like the woman that I
01:16:11was running away from and the woman that I'm becoming collided at that event.
01:16:19And instead of fighting with you, I really should have been thanking you.
01:16:26Look, I came here to be with my daughter, and then here you come.
01:16:33And you showed me a part of me that I didn't know was still there.
01:16:39You gave me the space to remember who I was.
01:16:43It has been such a gift to me.
01:16:48Val, um...
01:16:50You have to understand that you've been a gift to me, too.
01:16:54You know, I haven't been able to shake what you told me.
01:16:59You told me that, um, some people were afraid to fall.
01:17:06I don't want to be afraid with you.
01:17:18I want you to come to Paris with me.
01:17:24Why not start the journey now?
01:17:27Well, think about it.
01:17:28It'll be just like here.
01:17:29The art, the, uh, the food, the culture.
01:17:32What about my family?
01:17:35Like, I can't just move across the world.
01:17:38And why can't you?
01:17:40I mean, look at what you're building for yourself.
01:17:43You yourself said that you've never traveled before.
01:17:47Think about it.
01:17:47This is the beginning.
01:17:50You're doing something that's just for you, finally.
01:18:00Let's explore another magical city.
01:18:04Together.
01:18:24Now, come home with me.
01:18:28Look, there's a lot I didn't say last night.
01:18:32You know, it could have been the, um...
01:18:35Hand grenades.
01:18:37Those.
01:18:38Yeah.
01:18:40And when you mentioned Betty last night,
01:18:44I didn't tell you a thought I had about her.
01:18:49I've been working on that car for almost 30 years.
01:18:53And it seems like every time I would fix something on it,
01:18:56something else would break.
01:18:59And after all those years, no matter what,
01:19:01I didn't give up on it.
01:19:03I didn't get rid of it.
01:19:04I just, I just kept working on it.
01:19:07And Val, I don't want to give up on you.
01:19:11And I really don't want you to give up on me.
01:19:15I mean, I, I, at my age,
01:19:18I, I didn't know how to tell you
01:19:19what was going on with me
01:19:23regarding my...
01:19:24Oh, my God.
01:19:27Ross, this isn't just about sex.
01:19:30I wanted love.
01:19:32I wanted you.
01:19:33You know what it was like?
01:19:34It was like, it was like I was grieving you.
01:19:37I was grieving the old you.
01:19:38You didn't want to fix any of the issues in our marriage.
01:19:41And you know what else?
01:19:42The day that I left you,
01:19:43you didn't even ask me to stay.
01:19:45Val, do you hear me?
01:19:46I, I am here.
01:19:52And I'm sorry.
01:19:56Listen.
01:19:59When you stood in front of that vending machine,
01:20:02my life flashed before my eyes.
01:20:06I mean, even, even now,
01:20:08seeing the version of the woman
01:20:09you always wanted to be,
01:20:13and I always thought we were too old
01:20:15to be anything other than who we were.
01:20:17Oh, my God.
01:20:18Here we go.
01:20:18No, but I was wrong.
01:20:23I was wrong about a lot.
01:20:26But I am not wrong about us starting over.
01:20:31I can't start over.
01:20:33I'm not building a relationship in a graveyard.
01:20:37You said it yourself.
01:20:38I'm not the same woman that you married.
01:20:40I still believe you are.
01:20:41No, I'm not.
01:20:43I'm not.
01:20:45You gotta understand that, Ross.
01:20:48I'm not starting from scratch.
01:20:51I'm starting with all the things that I've learned
01:20:57and that I accept
01:20:59and that I love about myself.
01:21:03And if you really want to make this work,
01:21:06you gotta be willing to love the woman that I am now.
01:21:11What do you need from me?
01:21:26Baby.
01:21:38I don't want to give you directions on how to love me.
01:21:46I want you to find your way to me.
01:22:12Wow.
01:22:15She would have loved this.
01:22:18I want to thank you, Valerie.
01:22:21Now, um, I know I've said this before,
01:22:23but you, you have been an angel.
01:22:26No, no, no.
01:22:28You and your mother are the angels.
01:22:32Look, you helped a 50-something-year-old woman.
01:22:38I remember a dream that she forgot she had, so...
01:22:43I'm the grateful one.
01:22:49How old would you say you were?
01:22:50Uh-uh!
01:22:52Have you lost your mind?
01:22:57Okay.
01:22:58Well, I see you're still learning French.
01:23:00You never know.
01:23:01Hmm.
01:23:02Well, speaking of,
01:23:04what are we going to do about this box
01:23:05that we have in Paris?
01:23:08Paris?
01:23:09Paris?
01:23:09Mm-hmm.
01:23:16You got it?
01:23:17I got it.
01:23:17Okay.
01:23:18Here we go.
01:23:20All right.
01:23:27Oh, my God.
01:23:29I mean, have you ever looked more beautiful?
01:23:43Sweet.
01:23:46Wow.
01:23:46Hmm.
01:23:48Yeah, so...
01:23:49We're definitely going to have to add this to the gallery.
01:24:09I don't think I've seen you more beautiful.
01:24:16You drove all the way down here on a Wednesday.
01:24:19Don't you have work in the morning?
01:24:21I retired, pal.
01:24:29All his time.
01:24:31And you finally did it.
01:24:34At this point in my life,
01:24:35it felt more important to spend my days
01:24:37with someone I care for
01:24:38more than anyone else in the world.
01:24:41Not just because I want to,
01:24:44but...
01:24:45because she deserves it.
01:24:51Life wouldn't be life without you.
01:24:55And when I think about spending my life with you
01:24:58at this age,
01:25:01my only regret is it won't be long enough.
01:25:08I want this next chapter to be
01:25:11something we cherish together.
01:25:17I got my passport.
01:25:19What is that?
01:25:24Oh, my God.
01:25:25I don't know.
01:25:25I mean, uh...
01:25:26I thought maybe we'd go somewhere
01:25:27you always wanted to go, like...
01:25:29like pass or something.
01:25:31Hmm.
01:25:33Yeah, sure.
01:25:33We'll figure it out.
01:25:38Yes.
01:25:39We'll figure it out.
01:25:43You want a ride?
01:25:45Yeah.
01:25:46Let's do that.
01:25:51I saw that Mary's performing at night.
01:25:54You still like Mary, right?
01:25:55Oh, come on.
01:25:57Mary J. Blige,
01:25:58you know that's my girl.
01:25:59I know, I know.
01:26:01No, wait.
01:26:01Is Betty gonna make it?
01:26:03Because, you know,
01:26:03she likes to break down.
01:26:05It's only a mile away.
01:26:06She better not.
01:26:07She better not.
01:26:07It's time,
01:26:08time to let go.
01:26:15Sing.
01:26:17All I really want
01:26:18is to be happy.
01:26:21Okay.
01:26:22So ride along the climb.
01:26:24It'll be so sweet.
01:26:26Hey.
01:26:27All I really want
01:26:29is to be happy.
01:26:39All I really want
01:26:41All I really want
01:26:47All I really want
01:26:55is to be happy.
01:26:55All I really want
01:26:55All I really want
01:26:55All I really want
01:26:56is to be happy.
01:26:56All I really want
01:26:56All I really want
01:27:07is to be happy.
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