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he Courage to Love (2000) is a historical drama starring Vanessa Williams as Henriette Delille, a free woman of color in 1850s New Orleans. She rejects the, conventional "plaçage" system (becoming a white man's mistress) to pursue a divine calling, founding a religious order for Black women while fighting against racism and societal pressures.
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00:00:12Before the Civil War, New Orleans was unique in all the world, more French than it was American.
00:00:19Races freely mixed, creating a new class known as Creoles, or free people of color.
00:00:25European men were especially enchanted by the exotic light-skinned women of this class,
00:00:30whose ancestors were the children of master and slave, Spanish and French.
00:00:35Big night tonight.
00:00:41Parties were thrown at the old Orleans ballroom, where the Europeans would select the young women,
00:00:47pledge support, raise families with them, yet never marry.
00:00:51One such liaison, that between Jean-Baptiste and Poupon de Lille,
00:00:56produced a daughter whose dreams would change the old Orleans ballroom and her world forever.
00:01:02Au revoir.
00:01:03Au revoir.
00:01:05Au revoir.
00:01:13Au revoir.
00:01:16Au revoir.
00:01:18Au revoir.
00:01:20Au revoir.
00:01:24Oh, I'm late.
00:01:33Grandmama gave it to me
00:01:34To wear on my night
00:01:36For luck
00:01:37It brought me love
00:01:39It will bring you the same
00:01:43Silly
00:01:45Papa
00:01:46Mama has to finish my hair
00:01:48I want you to show me those fancy new steps of yours
00:01:51A reverse, likely
00:01:53As a bird suddenly flies
00:01:55So, one, two
00:01:56I will fly like a bird
00:01:58But I won't have a partner
00:01:59If my hair's a bird
00:02:03Marsheri
00:02:09Chin up, chin up
00:02:10You don't need to see
00:02:11You must trust your partner
00:02:12I'd like to know where I'm going, Papa
00:02:14Then you should not waltz
00:02:16It is the quadril for you
00:02:17Or the poker
00:02:27Bonsoir, Jean-Baptiste
00:02:28Bonsoir, Jean-Baptiste
00:02:30Oh, Rien
00:02:31Late
00:02:32On your sister's night
00:02:34She forgets everything else
00:02:35When she's in the classroom
00:02:36Forgive me, Celie
00:02:38And will you forget next year
00:02:39When it is your turn?
00:02:41I certainly hope so
00:02:43I might not be able to waltz by then anyway
00:02:45Oh, nonsense
00:02:46Nonsense
00:02:48You must stop with your grand opinions
00:02:50It will only upset her
00:02:52I'm not going to say another word about it
00:02:54I'm so dull without you on Sunday dinner
00:02:58Mama didn't eat a thing
00:03:01Well, I, um
00:03:04Only yet
00:03:07Girl
00:03:08Betsy
00:03:09What is that wine I asked for?
00:03:11Sorry, Mr. Jean
00:03:12Don't give me excuses, girl
00:03:14Bring me some wine
00:03:19Papa, was I doing it so wrong?
00:03:22Maybe you will be ready next year
00:03:24If you keep your chin up
00:03:28Chin up, chin up
00:03:33I know you will have a wonderful time, ma chere
00:03:36You look beautiful
00:03:36But you said you would attend with us
00:03:38I wish I could
00:03:39But unfortunately, I have important business
00:03:43Bonsoir, mon amour
00:03:43Bonsoir
00:03:45But, papa, I...
00:03:48Celie, every man there will watch you dance
00:03:50And wish he were your partner
00:03:51By the way, your bird's nest looks lovely
00:03:55A bientou
00:03:56Bonsoir
00:03:58Yep
00:04:13Je vous présente, monsieur Samuel, tout près
00:04:19Enchanté
00:04:25Your father has chosen well
00:04:28Pray for her
00:04:29Pray for love, Henriette
00:04:40Thank you
00:04:42Thank you
00:04:43Thank you
00:05:01Amen.
00:05:03e go ti patitio,
00:05:06e nomine patres,
00:05:09e fili,
00:05:11e spiritus sancti.
00:05:15Amen.
00:05:16Amen.
00:05:20My mom,
00:05:22why isn't papa here?
00:05:24Obviously, the business of the plantation
00:05:26is taking longer than expected.
00:05:29Well, he said he was gonna be here.
00:05:32Your papa has not stayed with me for 25 years
00:05:35because I insist that he be here or there.
00:05:38Don't you care?
00:05:40Questions.
00:05:41Always questions.
00:05:44Ask too many questions and you will drive your man away.
00:05:49Marie is gonna meet us at the boat.
00:05:51She's bringing school supplies and Julie and I promised to be there.
00:05:55You'll be very careful.
00:05:56It's dangerous there since the Americans came.
00:06:00Au revoir.
00:06:01Au revoir.
00:06:17Now, we start the bidding.
00:06:19I'm bidding at 150.
00:06:21Do I hear 150?
00:06:23Yes sir. Thank you.
00:06:25300.
00:06:27Yes sir.
00:06:31300.
00:06:32Yes sir.
00:06:32Yes sir.
00:06:32Yes sir.
00:06:33325.
00:06:34325.
00:06:35325.
00:06:36Yes sir.
00:06:39Papa?
00:06:45Were you addressing me?
00:06:47No sir.
00:06:48I thought I knew the gentleman we were talking to.
00:06:52Did you now?
00:06:53Henriette.
00:06:55Henriette.
00:06:57I thought I just saw my papa.
00:07:00Bonjour.
00:07:01Here's the bread we wanted for Marie.
00:07:05Henriette.
00:07:06Be right there.
00:07:07Can I go to that for you?
00:07:23Can I go to that for you?
00:07:24Would you like?
00:07:25What's up?
00:07:27Give me that.
00:07:29Do it.
00:07:30Give us a hug.
00:07:32Miss.
00:07:33Let me do that for you.
00:07:33No, no.
00:07:37No.
00:07:37You're sitting semen.
00:07:41In a city like this, the masters do nothing?
00:07:46Oh, yes. Can't work not that.
00:07:49All right.
00:07:52Jacques! Get over here!
00:07:54Yes, sir.
00:07:56Don't make me call you twice.
00:07:58Get over there and help Mrs. Morgan with her things.
00:08:01Sorry, ma'am.
00:08:02Come on. Let me get toast for you.
00:08:04What am I giving Marie now?
00:08:06Oh, she won't go hungry tonight, Julie.
00:08:09Oh, there she is.
00:08:10Marie!
00:08:15Excuse me, sir. Would you mind something?
00:08:23Hello, ma'am. I'm coming.
00:08:33Look at that.
00:08:35Oh, no.
00:08:48Apparently, I miss the Delta waters more than I knew.
00:08:52Oh, thank you. Thank you so much trouble for such an old man.
00:08:57Listen, I'll do it again. It's kind of hot out here anyway.
00:09:03Enough of that.
00:09:04It'll go to his head, and I'll get a week of sulking and slow service out of him.
00:09:09Sir, he dove in to save a woman's life while the rest of you stood by checking your wash fobs.
00:09:14There are laws against Sasser.
00:09:18Better learn that for your own good.
00:09:24Jacques, clean yourself up.
00:09:26I don't want people thinking that we dress you like that.
00:09:34Looks like Plainspeed and Sardin.
00:09:37How can you make me leave Charleston for this?
00:09:40Look at them, parading around.
00:09:43Give it time, dear. Things are going to change.
00:09:47Well, is anyone else for a swim?
00:09:50Allow me to introduce myself.
00:09:51I am Gerard Gauthier.
00:09:52My parents have just taken up residence in a plantation up near Ponce-Train.
00:09:56Enchanté.
00:09:57I'm Marie Alicott, and these are my good friends, Julie Godin and Henriette Delisle.
00:10:02Welcome to New Orleans.
00:10:03Would you do me the honor of allowing me to see you home?
00:10:06We have our own carriage, but thank you.
00:10:08Then at least I can carry your things.
00:10:10Well, well, well.
00:10:11The accent's not from the West Indies. I think he's from France.
00:10:14You can always ask him at the ball next week.
00:10:16I'm not going to the ball.
00:10:18But it's been arranged.
00:10:21Oh, I saw my father today.
00:10:23Of course, he didn't see me.
00:10:25I don't want that. Not for me, not for my children.
00:10:28I expect you'll be telling your mother soon.
00:10:31She'll understand.
00:10:34Ah, you've imported rocks?
00:10:37They're books.
00:10:38We're teachers at the parish school, and Marie's a missionary.
00:10:41Oh, wonderful.
00:10:43These will be difficult to accomplish with dignity.
00:10:47I'm sure you'll be able to manage somehow.
00:10:49Only we shall steadfastly live and encourage my mamas.
00:10:57One, two, three, four.
00:11:00Excellent.
00:11:00That's it for today.
00:11:02Au revoir. Merci.
00:11:06Au revoir.
00:11:07Au revoir.
00:11:08Merci.
00:11:09Au revoir.
00:11:10Au revoir.
00:11:11Merci.
00:11:16Take your seats.
00:11:18Merci, Mom.
00:11:19I'm so glad we found you a parish, Father Rousselon.
00:11:22The cathedral seemed, well, full of foreigners.
00:11:24We're glad to find you, Mrs. Morgan, and to have your husband as a warden.
00:11:31A catacism class for girls this late?
00:11:41Slave children?
00:11:42Mrs. Morgan slaves our God's children, too.
00:11:47We are allowed to teach them at night.
00:11:49Henriette.
00:11:51Bonsoir, Father.
00:11:52Bonsoir.
00:11:53Bonsoir, Father.
00:11:54This is our newest student, Simone.
00:11:56Her father will bring her to church on Sunday.
00:11:59That's my Jacques' daughter.
00:12:01I can read, Father.
00:12:03Very good.
00:12:04Very good.
00:12:05Teaching colors to read requires permission.
00:12:14God is love.
00:12:18Repeat.
00:12:19God is love.
00:12:22Excellent.
00:12:29Henriette, do you have their permission?
00:12:33You know it's illegal to teach slaves to read without their master's consent.
00:12:38How can they learn the catechism unless they read it?
00:12:41How can they truly worship if they can't read the Bible?
00:12:44Do the masters know, Henriette?
00:12:47God knows.
00:12:49God knows.
00:13:07God knows.
00:13:18What is this I have heard?
00:13:20You are teaching slave children.
00:13:23Do you want to hurt your father?
00:13:25Do you realize he does business with their masters?
00:13:28And the sons of those masters will be attending your ball this week.
00:13:31Do you want them laughing at you behind your back?
00:13:34Do you want them to wash their hands after they finish dancing with you?
00:13:40Henriette, I have asked you a question.
00:13:43Papa?
00:13:58No.
00:14:01You will not raid your heart for these white bastards to see.
00:14:16Come on, Henri.
00:14:18She'll blame me if you're not ready.
00:14:20I hate this.
00:14:21You know how much I do.
00:14:24My mom was right about the green.
00:14:29You love him?
00:14:31Who?
00:14:32I'll send you?
00:14:34Yes.
00:14:36It is promised that we will be together until we're old and crudgy.
00:14:42But you can't marry, Ceiling.
00:14:43What difference does it make if he stays with me?
00:14:47God means us to be married till death parts us.
00:14:50To walk across a square openly as man and wife.
00:14:54Otherwise, we're just being bought.
00:14:56It's like the...
00:14:58Look.
00:14:59Rie, think before you speak.
00:15:04What made you think things would be different with us?
00:15:08Jean-Baptiste, you made a promise to me.
00:15:11Was I naive to believe in you?
00:15:13And I've kept my word.
00:15:14I help you raise the girls.
00:15:17Cecilia is taken care of.
00:15:18And now, Henriette is well-placed, too.
00:15:20And me, Jean.
00:15:22Me!
00:15:23I must produce legitimate heirs.
00:15:26You knew that.
00:15:27It is something I must do.
00:15:37You will be ravishing.
00:15:39Every man there will hunger after you.
00:15:42And they will envy your gentleman, Paul Cartier.
00:15:45Who has assured me he will provide you with the finest of everything.
00:15:51Did he say for how long?
00:15:54And when I see you in the square tomorrow or the next day,
00:15:57will you see me?
00:16:01You are my beloved children.
00:16:03And you always will be.
00:16:06Even if I can't see you again for a long time.
00:16:11I'm getting married.
00:16:14I'm getting married.
00:16:16And then you'll leave us.
00:16:20So this is the life you want for me, Maman?
00:16:24I will not go to the ball.
00:16:27I will not meet Paul Cartier.
00:16:29And how do you intend to live if you don't go to the ball, my dear?
00:16:32How will we?
00:16:35If you have not understood things,
00:16:38your papa
00:16:40has just ended our lives.
00:16:42Oh, papa, don't be so dramatic.
00:16:45You can keep the slave and lease her out.
00:16:47And the house, of course, too, as I promised.
00:16:50Well, at least we won't be begging in the square
00:16:53where you and your wife might see us.
00:16:55Papa...
00:16:56Oh, Jean-Baptiste.
00:16:58If this is my house...
00:17:02get out.
00:17:21No, no, no, no.
00:17:23Not now.
00:17:25Cecilia, you fasten your sister's gown.
00:17:27She's right.
00:17:28Let's go.
00:17:29We will be late if we don't hurry.
00:17:34All right.
00:17:42Not a minute.
00:17:46Nice to meet you.
00:17:52Nice to meet you.
00:18:01There is no love here.
00:18:05This is what we do.
00:18:07We have no choices.
00:18:24I present you, Mr. Paul Cartier.
00:18:30I am delighted, mademoiselle.
00:18:35Shall we?
00:19:11May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:13May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:13May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:25May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:28May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:32May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:39May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:42May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:43May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:44May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:46May I, mademoiselle?
00:19:49May I, mademoiselle?
00:20:11Monsieur, you took me by surprise.
00:20:13Was there any other way?
00:20:16Monsieur Gauthier, I have made previous arrangements for this one.
00:20:22But don't worry, there are plenty others to choose from.
00:20:26Shall we dance now?
00:20:29I've always understood that a lady could choose her partner.
00:20:33A lady?
00:20:35Monsieur, I am committed to a year's support.
00:20:38Retire.
00:20:40I'm sure your friends used to believe that you were a gentleman.
00:20:45Sir.
00:20:45I'm sorry, maybe I do not understand the way of things in America.
00:20:52Yet.
00:21:01So this is what's to come of my steadfast belief in encouragement, Gerard Gauthier?
00:21:07You saved me.
00:21:08If you had not taken my hand, I would have been committed to a duel at the Orcs.
00:21:12I am sure of it.
00:21:14Some of the men that attend these balls are suspect in character.
00:21:19I suppose that's to be expected.
00:21:23You have nothing to say for yourself?
00:21:25Forgive me.
00:21:27I only came here to look for you.
00:21:31Oh, yet.
00:21:34May I call on you sometime?
00:21:39Don't look back.
00:21:40Be coy.
00:21:43Good night.
00:21:48What were you thinking tonight?
00:21:50You shamed me, Henriette.
00:21:52Your life is not for me.
00:21:54Oh.
00:21:55My life is not good enough for you.
00:21:58Not good enough for your father.
00:22:00Not good enough for you.
00:22:01I have no say in this.
00:22:03I have no freedom.
00:22:04You get out.
00:22:06You are his.
00:22:07You are just like him.
00:22:09You just get out.
00:22:10Get out, Henriette.
00:22:12Get out of my house.
00:22:58Who's there?
00:23:01Henriette?
00:23:03Are you hurt?
00:23:04I can't live the life I'm supposed to live.
00:23:06I can't pretend.
00:23:09Then you mustn't.
00:23:10Then I can never go home.
00:23:13You always will come here.
00:23:15In God's house.
00:23:18God's house?
00:23:20Yes.
00:23:25Everyone's house.
00:23:39There you go.
00:23:41For you.
00:23:45For you.
00:23:49Oh, Marie will look at your leg over there.
00:23:54Henriette?
00:23:55May I present Dr. Gérard Gauthier?
00:23:58I said I would pay a call.
00:24:01You have already met?
00:24:04Doctor.
00:24:04I was.
00:24:05I gave it up.
00:24:07Dr. Gauthier is trained in the most advanced medical science, and he has come to help our
00:24:11set up the infirmary.
00:24:13You were given the gift of healing, and you gave it up?
00:24:16For what?
00:24:18I'm sorry.
00:24:20I'm sorry.
00:24:20I always ask him any questions.
00:24:23In France, I shared a practice with my uncle, but my patients were so rich, they could have
00:24:30hired God himself to cure them.
00:24:32They certainly did not need me.
00:24:34But you couldn't give it up in your heart.
00:24:36So here you are, helping us.
00:24:39If you will have me.
00:24:41This was your idea.
00:24:43Well, now I...
00:24:44But Father Rousselon tells me...
00:24:46I just saw a place that would be safe for them.
00:24:49The people of the parish bring food, and Julie, Marie, and I serve it every day to them.
00:24:54So that's where you have been?
00:24:56Here?
00:24:57Oh, I, uh...
00:24:58I called at your cottage more than once.
00:25:01Your sister, Cecilia, is it?
00:25:04She would not give me any information, even when I assured her that my intentions were honorable.
00:25:09She means well.
00:25:12I stay with Julie now.
00:25:15I, uh...
00:25:16I understand your mother is ill.
00:25:19Is there anything I can do?
00:25:22There's nothing the medicine can cure.
00:25:24I apologize.
00:25:26I do not mean to cry.
00:25:29Miss Sealy?
00:25:30Miss Sealy!
00:25:32That's it?
00:25:32My mom went mad.
00:25:34She tried to hurt herself.
00:25:35I finally got her settled in bed.
00:25:36She was a wild thing.
00:25:37She's screaming and running.
00:25:39Amelia, bring her here.
00:25:41Oh, my mom.
00:25:43She's screaming and running.
00:25:45I don't want to go get Henriette.
00:25:47Come on.
00:25:57We'll see you tomorrow, Memo.
00:25:59I'll bring you some pears.
00:26:01I would prefer if you waited a few days.
00:26:04She needs to settle in on her own.
00:26:10Have you seen my little Sasha?
00:26:12Have you seen my little Sasha?
00:26:14They took her, you know.
00:26:15Madam Dorsey, I'm sure these women know nothing about your little girl.
00:26:19Come now.
00:26:24Come now.
00:26:25Forgive me.
00:26:28Forgive me.
00:26:28Forgive me.
00:26:36Forgive me.
00:27:00I'll be seen her.
00:27:05I'll be seen my little girl.
00:27:05You know, she's a girl.
00:27:06I'll be there.
00:27:07She's a girl.
00:27:07I'll be there.
00:27:08I'll be there.
00:27:10I took the liberty of speaking with your mother's doctor
00:27:15The night of the ball I broke my mother's heart
00:27:19I was too proud, too selfish
00:27:21I couldn't see the pain of her life
00:27:23I'll never forgive myself
00:27:26Henriette
00:27:27She will be well taken care of
00:27:37What happened?
00:27:38Some white folk call them reading, sir
00:27:40Reading?
00:27:41They say there's a new law
00:27:42Every week they publish a new law in that journal
00:27:44Of course, slaves are not allowed to read it
00:27:47Excuse me
00:28:00Imagine if you weren't here
00:28:02My class make me feel so ashamed
00:28:05My own class has slaves
00:28:07People choose to be full of love or hate
00:28:10It's not limited to class
00:28:11Well, it seems mine has chosen aid
00:28:14Well, he's in God's hands now
00:28:18You asked me how I could give up healing
00:28:22It is answers like that
00:28:23It is in God's hands
00:28:25It is God's will
00:28:27God knows
00:28:29It is not good enough
00:28:30I'm a doctor
00:28:31I want to save lives
00:28:33Oh, so you believe you're the healer
00:28:35That it's all up to you
00:28:38That's pride
00:28:39Vanity
00:28:40Yet, uh, you blame yourself for your mother's illness
00:28:43You broke her heart
00:28:46People do not die from broken hearts
00:28:48Maybe that is your vanity
00:28:51All I know is that
00:28:52If the spirit breaks, so does the will
00:28:54You've both seen that
00:28:56You've also seen people fight to live and win
00:28:59I believe that's the true mystery of God
00:29:04No science can have the answer for that
00:29:07Ah, touche
00:29:09May I be so bold as to claim this tune as our own?
00:29:28Are you asking me to dance here?
00:29:30Is that a chaperone?
00:29:33Yes
00:29:46In Paris
00:29:48Couples stare into each other's eyes during the waltz
00:29:52I might get dizzy
00:29:55I'll be a center
00:29:57Make me your steel point
00:30:10That is it
00:30:12Oh
00:30:12Oh, for luck
00:30:14And if I am good
00:30:16He will love me forever
00:30:20Oh
00:30:22Oh
00:30:24I must get ready
00:30:28My gown is lilac
00:30:30It has just arrived from Paris
00:30:35See you tomorrow, my mom
00:30:43Today was a good day?
00:30:45Yes
00:30:45She was much better, thank you
00:30:47Maybe we can take her home soon?
00:30:51You should know
00:30:52She told me that she didn't have a home
00:30:54It's ridiculous, of course she is
00:30:56For now
00:30:57You must be thankful for the good days
00:31:07Been sick of the stomach
00:31:08Tired all the time
00:31:10Master say she more trouble than she worth
00:31:15Master have company
00:31:16I supposed to be getting more whiskey
00:31:19Instead I'm here
00:31:20Where's her mother?
00:31:21I don't know
00:31:25Simon
00:31:29It is time to tell us
00:31:30It's nothing
00:31:34Master say we're time to breed me
00:31:36You're 12 years old
00:31:40Breed you?
00:31:41Who he breed you with?
00:31:43He come in tonight
00:31:46And he said
00:31:47I'm a woman now
00:31:48No
00:31:57Jack
00:31:57Do not make it worse
00:32:00Master gonna free me
00:32:02So her baby can be free too
00:32:05It's gonna be alright
00:32:15The same thing happened to her mother
00:32:18And she wasn't alright
00:32:29Henriette
00:32:33Henriette
00:32:33Where are you going?
00:32:36To put a stop to this
00:32:39Henriette is good for the money
00:32:41She's always been good
00:32:44Oh
00:32:44Miss Henriette
00:32:46May I speak to your master please?
00:32:47Well he got company
00:32:49Tell him it's an urgent matter
00:32:51Well
00:32:52What is it?
00:32:53Oh
00:32:54You
00:32:56One feet of niggers at the church
00:32:58You want scraps
00:32:59You ought to go around the kitchen
00:33:00I've come about Simone
00:33:02Simone
00:33:04Simone
00:33:04Simone
00:33:05I have a house full of guests
00:33:07I'm her catechism teacher
00:33:09The Lord's Prayer
00:33:11The Ten Commandments
00:33:12I teach her that they apply to white people
00:33:15As well as black
00:33:18Are you sassing me?
00:33:21Adultery is a sin
00:33:23What the devil are you talking about
00:33:25Standing at my front door
00:33:26Preaching?
00:33:27Did your wife know that your mistress is a twelve year old child?
00:33:32Simone's my slave
00:33:34Nothing more
00:33:35Simone is pregnant
00:33:37Frank
00:33:38What's the matter?
00:33:39What's she doing here?
00:33:40Just some half a lute and quadroon
00:33:42Confused about where she's at
00:33:43She's just leaving
00:33:44I was just leaving myself
00:33:46Mr. Morgan
00:33:46I would be happy to see the young lady out
00:33:48Oh you will
00:33:49So you do know each other
00:33:51How about that?
00:33:54Mr. Morgan
00:33:55Your hospitality was bewitching as always
00:33:57Merci beaucoup
00:34:15What is the matter with you?
00:34:16Are you mad?
00:34:18Yes
00:34:20Perhaps not as mad as Maman
00:34:21But in my own small way
00:34:23Yes
00:34:23You dare to challenge a man of my class?
00:34:25Do you even care to know what he did?
00:34:29Frank Morgan and his Americans are making a new Louisiana
00:34:32They are the future, ma chère
00:34:33So you dine with them
00:34:35And you sell to them
00:34:37You marry one of them
00:34:38And now you'll become one of them
00:34:41We must all survive, ma chère
00:34:46Maman wants to hear from you every day
00:34:57May God help you
00:35:00And you're kind
00:35:09Maria
00:35:11Maria
00:35:22Ellie
00:35:32Goodbye, papa
00:35:34Goodbye, papa
00:35:54I'm finally falling asleep
00:35:55I'm going to put her down
00:35:56No
00:36:02Oh, yet
00:36:03Please
00:36:04You're my sister
00:36:06This ridiculous law about covering or braiding your hair
00:36:09It has no place amongst family
00:36:12I am not your family, Samuel
00:36:19I offended you in some way
00:36:22I will take care of you as my family
00:36:24I swear
00:36:25But you're not married to Cecilia
00:36:28You know, it's only that the law forbids it
00:36:32Have you presented my sister and your child to your parents?
00:36:36My parents are in Europe
00:36:37And I'm not close to my family here
00:36:40You know that
00:36:41Do they even know you have a daughter?
00:36:43Any of them?
00:36:44I cannot change the way things are
00:36:46Please, Henriette
00:36:48Is it just the way things are?
00:36:55This, this Dr. Gérard
00:36:57Cecilia tells me that
00:36:58He will not be taking care of me, either
00:37:00Oh, I wasn't asking that
00:37:03I just thought
00:37:05Perhaps he has introduced you to his parents
00:37:09Oh, well
00:37:10Perhaps when the time comes
00:37:21I told Master
00:37:23If he touch her again
00:37:24He best kill me
00:37:28And leave Simone alone
00:37:29She going on and on
00:37:32About hope
00:37:33Any white church selling hope
00:37:36Is selling lies
00:37:37Jacques
00:37:38Jacques, come on Sunday
00:37:40God's ways are mysterious sometimes
00:37:42But
00:37:43If you open your heart and pray
00:37:45I believe you
00:37:46Pray
00:37:46Pray
00:37:47Pray for what?
00:37:50For things to get better
00:37:51I did that already
00:37:53I guess your God must be having a joke with me
00:38:03He has a right to his anger
00:38:05Perhaps we can only heal his physical wounds
00:38:12I will not give up on him
00:38:14Simone's way too important
00:38:18If I come on Sunday
00:38:20Will you sit with me?
00:38:24Mr. Morgan and his wife would not approve
00:38:27And that would be fantastic
00:38:30What about you sit with me?
00:38:34Thought so
00:38:38Can I walk you on, Miss Dillian?
00:38:41That would be fine
00:38:42You're willing to wait?
00:38:45So
00:38:53I don't know.
00:39:22Good night, sir.
00:39:25Such beautiful hands.
00:39:27They do so much.
00:39:29No.
00:39:30But I want to be with you.
00:39:32To make my life with you.
00:39:36We can't even sit together in church.
00:39:39And I won't be your mistress.
00:39:41What was I thinking could come of this?
00:39:43Henriette, listen.
00:39:45In front of all of these people.
00:39:47I ask you.
00:39:52Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?
00:40:02If it were only possible.
00:40:05But it is.
00:40:06In France, we can be legally married.
00:40:09France.
00:40:11But my mother, my sister, the church, my school.
00:40:14We can work together.
00:40:16Side by side.
00:40:17A man and his wife in France without this insanity.
00:40:20I can't abandon my people.
00:40:22But what about yourself?
00:40:23What about your happiness?
00:40:26Gerard?
00:40:28To be a wife?
00:40:30No, just to say that.
00:40:32Your wife.
00:40:35It's like a dream come true, but I can't.
00:40:38It means I'm running away.
00:40:40Do not say no just yet.
00:40:41I will wait.
00:40:44As long as you want.
00:40:46I will wait.
00:41:07There's so many out there.
00:41:09Must be the rain.
00:41:26I must say, it's most encouraging.
00:41:29We have 20 more today.
00:41:30Welcome them and they will come.
00:41:32We're also working on the free families.
00:41:33Father, you stop bringing too many blacks in here.
00:41:36Collection plate's going to get mighty bear,
00:41:37because no white folks will be feeling it.
00:41:41All colors I've worshipped here together for generations, sir.
00:41:45Is that a fact?
00:41:46Well, maybe we better start having two services then, huh?
00:41:53Miss Henriette!
00:41:55That's it?
00:41:56Miss Henriette.
00:41:57You must come quick.
00:41:59Please, Isilie.
00:42:00Mr. Samuel, there's been an accident.
00:42:18Mr. Samuel's aunt's coming.
00:42:21Ma'am, the hearse is here.
00:42:22You have to leave.
00:42:23We haven't even paid our respects.
00:42:25Ma'am, I'm so sorry.
00:42:26I shouldn't have let you in in the first place.
00:42:29What?
00:42:30What?
00:42:31I'm the only family that he has.
00:42:33He hasn't even met his aunt.
00:42:35Miss, please.
00:42:36You have to go.
00:42:38Why?
00:42:38How can they do this?
00:42:40I'm his dad.
00:42:46Bishop Blanc.
00:42:50I represent the wardens of Father Roussillon's church.
00:42:55Are you aware of what's been going on these last few months?
00:42:58Because it just keeps getting worse.
00:43:00And all you do is nip at the edges.
00:43:18Children, children.
00:43:20Come, come.
00:43:21Come, come.
00:43:22Come, come.
00:43:23Okay.
00:43:25Repeat.
00:43:26Oh.
00:43:28See?
00:43:29See?
00:43:30See?
00:43:30See?
00:43:32Etienne, why are these lay workers wearing habits?
00:43:37They donated their wardrobes to the needy
00:43:39and simply chose to dress in a uniform more practical for their work.
00:43:43The wardens want to put a stop to all this work.
00:43:48These women are bringing this parish to life.
00:43:51We must refuse.
00:43:53I have.
00:43:55For now.
00:43:56But it's rumored Rome will denounce slavery.
00:44:01Our position is precarious with the Americans.
00:44:04They want the school closed.
00:44:06They want you out.
00:44:07And I see you've started an infirmary.
00:44:15Many of those we helped return to Mass on Sunday.
00:44:19The church is filling up with abandoned slaves.
00:44:28What they are doing is so clearly God's work.
00:44:32And we may not be able to protect them.
00:44:39Oh, oh, no.
00:44:41Not this one, too.
00:44:42You can't give away your ball gown.
00:44:43That one more than any other.
00:44:45No.
00:44:45I'll keep it.
00:44:48You've been speaking with Betsy about freedom.
00:44:51Giving away all your clothes.
00:44:52And next will be this cottage.
00:44:54And where will that leave me and my children?
00:44:56There is no worry.
00:44:57God will care for us.
00:44:58And my mom?
00:45:01We'll pray for her.
00:45:04Everything Samuel left to the children, our children, will be giving to his white family.
00:45:10Is that how God answers your prayers?
00:45:19After I have this baby, it would seem that I will have to attend a ball.
00:45:24Because I'll need to find someone to take care of us.
00:45:27I hope I look as bewitching as you were when I wear green.
00:45:34Are we taking all these, ma'am?
00:45:36And this one, too?
00:45:37Thank you, ma'am.
00:45:46Miss Henry.
00:45:47I came as soon as I heard.
00:45:48It's bad, Miss.
00:45:49Oh.
00:46:05She came too soon.
00:46:07Gonna die here in my arms.
00:46:09And that'll be the end of this.
00:46:12I give up on your God.
00:46:14Papa, is she here?
00:46:17Ask her.
00:46:18I don't want none of this.
00:46:19Bed time I may before she die.
00:46:21I can't baptize the child.
00:46:25I'll send for Father Rousseland.
00:46:27But she might die before then.
00:46:30There won't be time.
00:46:33Please, sister.
00:46:36Please.
00:46:39Please.
00:46:39Please.
00:46:41Please.
00:46:42Please.
00:46:43Please.
00:46:45Please.
00:46:46Please.
00:46:48Please.
00:46:50Please.
00:47:11I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
00:47:22She's safe now.
00:47:37The baby has a chance to survive.
00:47:39You did the right thing.
00:47:40There wasn't time to ask for permission, was there?
00:47:44What if my prayers don't work?
00:47:46No, no.
00:47:47It was right.
00:47:48You changed the world for them tonight.
00:47:50Oh, Gerard.
00:47:50I felt it.
00:47:51I felt it.
00:47:52I really did.
00:47:53You changed the world for me.
00:47:58Do you know how much?
00:48:01You make me feel hope.
00:48:05You make me feel like I can make a difference.
00:48:08And yet, will you come with me to meet my parents?
00:48:17Yes.
00:48:18And we can be together forever?
00:48:25Yes.
00:48:42Oh, you're so beautiful.
00:48:45Cecilia, let me borrow her dress.
00:48:48Hey, I'm going to love you.
00:48:58All right.
00:49:16Get out of the way!
00:49:18Move!
00:49:29Get out of the way!
00:49:34Your people are so dedicated to making us feel inferior.
00:49:38Is this our day then?
00:49:41You poking me with daggers, me hanging my head?
00:49:46If a man insults me, there is no question of what I would do.
00:49:50I would oil my pistols and meet them at Twin Oaks.
00:49:52I know how to be brave for that.
00:49:54But this, it is like walking in a fog.
00:49:56There are no boundaries.
00:49:58The look on their faces, I wanted to hide from it.
00:50:04Henriette, I do not know how to be brave for this.
00:50:08I love you.
00:50:10I'm sorry.
00:50:14We'll both have to learn.
00:50:17I'll depend on you for strength in it.
00:50:20Perhaps we should spend some time alone before we fight more ghosts.
00:50:24Oh, but I put my dress on.
00:50:26I did my hair to meet your mom.
00:50:29She's expecting us for dinner.
00:50:31Henriette.
00:50:33I am afraid.
00:50:36You did tell them.
00:50:43They said they would treat you with kindness.
00:50:49Pity.
00:50:50Respect.
00:50:51Respect for you.
00:50:54Their stomachs will turn at the sight of me and then they'll wash their hands twice before I'm gone.
00:50:57I cannot protect you from that.
00:50:59I don't want to be protected.
00:51:01I want to be free of it.
00:51:05I'm sorry.
00:51:08You don't understand.
00:51:09You can't.
00:51:10Gerard, I do believe you love me.
00:51:12But you can't make me disappear into your world.
00:51:19Henriette, please.
00:51:20No.
00:51:21Let me take you back.
00:51:35Henriette?
00:51:37I didn't recognize you.
00:51:41I used to hear the angels sing.
00:51:44I can't hear them anymore.
00:51:47They're still here.
00:51:50I'll see you at the funeral.
00:51:53What funeral?
00:51:56You haven't heard them.
00:52:00Heard what?
00:52:01Simone.
00:52:02Simone hemorrhaged in the night.
00:52:05She never woke up.
00:52:11They found our baby sleeping peacefully beside her.
00:52:15I heard what you did.
00:52:17I'm sure it gave her peace.
00:52:52Is God so wrathful?
00:52:54Suffering on top of suffering with no lesson, no reason?
00:52:58I don't understand, Father.
00:53:01Bonjour, sister.
00:53:04I've sought.
00:53:05I've prayed.
00:53:07I still do not understand.
00:53:09Bonjour, sister.
00:53:12Draw on your faith.
00:53:13We're not meant to grasp everything at once.
00:53:18That answer does not satisfy me.
00:53:20I need to know why.
00:53:21I don't understand.
00:53:23He called you sister.
00:53:24They all do.
00:53:25Haven't you heard them?
00:53:26You've touched them, and so you've become a sister of the Lord.
00:53:30I didn't ask for it.
00:53:32No.
00:53:32You say God hasn't held the suffering.
00:53:35But he has.
00:53:36He gave them you.
00:53:38But I...
00:53:39I can't...
00:53:39Do you remember the night you came to him?
00:53:42You were abandoned, and yet you knew where to come.
00:53:46You knew the solace it could bring others.
00:53:51What does God want from me?
00:54:05Come on, sister.
00:54:22you cannot give me a second chance
00:54:27let's begin at the beginning
00:54:29why were you at the ball that night
00:54:31I was there looking for you
00:54:33to be your concubine
00:54:36Gerard I want to be able to believe you always
00:54:39then believe me
00:54:40because every time I visit my mother
00:54:42and see how she was destroyed
00:54:44because she was loving a man from a different world
00:54:46I am not your father
00:54:47I could not abandon you
00:54:50if I have to choose
00:54:52between you and my world
00:54:54my parents even
00:54:57I choose you
00:55:00we can have a real life in France
00:55:03our real marriage
00:55:06we can be happy
00:55:07happy?
00:55:09yes Michelle
00:55:11I will protect you
00:55:13people will look at us
00:55:15and shake their heads
00:55:17and wish
00:55:18that they'd married for love
00:55:20we will change the world
00:55:25we will change the world
00:55:50enjoy whatever time you have together
00:55:54to be loved
00:55:56to let yourself be loved
00:55:58to be touched so deeply
00:55:59Celie
00:56:00you told me but
00:56:02how could I know
00:56:03you might as well take some of these dresses
00:56:05they don't fit me anymore
00:56:11you have nothing to worry about
00:56:13Gerard has promised to take care of you and Maman
00:56:16he's going to help you fight for your inheritance
00:56:19that Samuel wanted you to have
00:56:21you're so lucky
00:56:23you must write to me the moment you set foot in Paris
00:56:27right
00:56:29you'll visit
00:56:31we expect you at the wedding
00:56:34oh
00:56:37Gerard's going to complain about my rocks
00:56:39my books
00:56:40he's always
00:56:44Celie
00:56:46Celie
00:56:47come on
00:56:57Harriet
00:56:57look what I have
00:57:01it's Celia
00:57:02her fever is very high
00:57:04they say creoles don't get it
00:57:06but she got it
00:57:07there's an outbreak of yellow fever
00:57:09it can affect anyone
00:57:11my medical bag is here
00:57:13Gerard
00:57:14I'm
00:57:15I
00:57:16I know
00:57:19I'm sorry
00:57:22me too
00:57:24it would be nice to have a conversation between us
00:57:26where one of us does not have to say how sorry we are
00:57:47canine solution is very effective in
00:57:49no
00:57:50bless me
00:57:52bless me
00:57:54bless me
00:57:54we have no blessing
00:57:56for if I were Jesus
00:57:58I'm
00:57:59I've come
00:58:01for Jesus
00:58:04amen
00:58:20you're going to pray for me sister
00:58:21with all my heart
00:58:24how is Celie
00:58:25the fever broke just an hour ago
00:58:27the quinine mixture
00:58:28it was um
00:58:30I was trying something new
00:58:31the quinine had little to do with it
00:58:34but it was the medicine that saved her
00:58:39how many times have you given medicine to patients and lost them
00:58:42but without it
00:58:43prayer
00:58:44saved her
00:58:45how can you believe that
00:58:47because it's true
00:58:51your sister is well
00:58:52I do not care why
00:58:53it does not matter why
00:58:55this is wonderful
00:58:56and we can begin to plan again
00:58:59Henriette
00:58:59do not turn your back on us
00:59:02not now
00:59:03I'm supposed to be here
00:59:05my work is here
00:59:07but we can do even more in France
00:59:09we can work openly
00:59:10perhaps build a hospital
00:59:11and you would not be accused of corrupting the slaves
00:59:14because there are no slaves
00:59:16we can heal bodies and spirits
00:59:19I prayed for the answers
00:59:20Gerard
00:59:23I found out what God wants for me
00:59:26God has been calling me for a long time
00:59:28and I can't deny it
00:59:31I feel God is working through me
00:59:40you said you wanted
00:59:43an ordinary life
00:59:45a life with me
00:59:46I know
00:59:51we can't have it
00:59:54and so now there is nothing for me
00:59:57here
00:59:57we cannot even marry
01:00:03what
01:00:04do you want from me
01:00:18welcome
01:00:18thank you sister
01:00:23these women are not sisters
01:00:25you must not call them that
01:00:27you deceive this parish with those costumes
01:00:33thank you sister
01:00:37I'm sorry
01:00:38but this time
01:00:39you'll have to stop wearing them
01:00:41what am I to wear
01:00:42I've given everything away
01:00:45Henriette
01:00:45do you know what I see when I pray
01:00:48I see the Virgin Mary
01:00:49but her skin is brown
01:00:51the slaves and the gens de couleur
01:00:53need to know that God is their God too
01:00:55and we can't just tell them
01:00:56color needs to be seen with their own eyes
01:01:00God wants black faces
01:01:02working in his church
01:01:03Henriette
01:01:04there are forces against you
01:01:07powerful people
01:01:08who can ruin
01:01:09everything we've accomplished
01:01:10we need to go slow
01:01:12are we intended to be frightened
01:01:14into submission?
01:01:17Marie
01:01:19you're crying
01:01:20the bishop has just banished me
01:01:23from the parish
01:01:23banished?
01:01:24yes
01:01:25I'm being sent upriver
01:01:27to teach wealthy children
01:01:28on a plantation
01:01:29apparently the wardens
01:01:30have pointed out
01:01:31that it's become illegal
01:01:31for integrated groups
01:01:32to work together
01:01:34and you knew about this?
01:01:39the bishop is forced
01:01:40to disband you
01:01:41so he's decided to play
01:01:42on the side of the masters
01:01:45they will also close
01:01:46the parish school
01:01:47since slave children
01:01:48are being taught
01:01:48in the same room as whites
01:01:50I am next on their list
01:01:55this has got to stop
01:02:07as I see by your costume
01:02:11obedience is not a virtue
01:02:13you put much store by
01:02:15please your excellence
01:02:17just here an idea
01:02:20there's a house
01:02:22my friends and I
01:02:24have just enough money
01:02:25to buy it
01:02:27with donations
01:02:28there's a building next door
01:02:30that we can fix up
01:02:31and turn into a mother house
01:02:33you mean
01:02:33to build your own church now?
01:02:37complete?
01:02:38with a convent?
01:02:39and we need you
01:02:41to bless the endeavor
01:02:49as there are
01:02:50no colored
01:02:50religious orders
01:02:53I would be blessing
01:02:55only
01:02:55an act of your pride
01:02:59but you've seen
01:03:00their faces
01:03:00those hungry souls
01:03:02that worship
01:03:02in our church
01:03:03you cannot say
01:03:04you are not moved
01:03:05do you expect
01:03:06the catholic church
01:03:07of louisiana
01:03:08to challenge the state
01:03:10to start a fire
01:03:11that could sweep away
01:03:13what they've left
01:03:13of their freedom?
01:03:15but the reward
01:03:16would be greater
01:03:17than the risk
01:03:19even if I believed
01:03:20you should be nuns
01:03:21it can take years
01:03:23to receive Rome's
01:03:24consideration
01:03:24and then the answer
01:03:25could well be no
01:03:26I cannot see
01:03:27how I can help you
01:03:29perhaps you don't need
01:03:30to appear
01:03:30to be helping us
01:03:36this church
01:03:38serves a changing
01:03:39community
01:03:40why that sounds
01:03:41positively threatening
01:03:44I understand
01:03:46you have moved
01:03:47to block my appointment
01:03:48of father
01:03:49to the cathedral
01:03:50we will not continue
01:03:53to tolerate
01:03:54interference
01:03:54in church business
01:03:56I understand
01:03:57you filed a lawsuit
01:03:58against us
01:03:59rather extreme reaction
01:04:02I thought you
01:04:03should know
01:04:03I also am connected
01:04:05with the courts
01:04:05down in the delta
01:04:06and I can assure you
01:04:08money will win
01:04:09out in the end
01:04:11and I can assure you
01:04:12the rape of a child
01:04:14is considered a sin
01:04:16even in the delta
01:04:19there are no secrets
01:04:21in this parish
01:04:22what about baptizing
01:04:24a half-breed
01:04:25bastard child
01:04:26outside the church
01:04:27a warden of the church
01:04:29should be
01:04:30above reproach
01:04:32especially
01:04:33one married
01:04:34to someone
01:04:34as pious
01:04:35as her wife
01:04:36but
01:04:38as I said
01:04:40the church
01:04:41is here
01:04:42to serve
01:04:42the whole community
01:04:45may I suggest
01:04:46instead
01:04:47we let them
01:04:48build a place
01:04:49of their own
01:04:50the coloreds
01:04:52they'll never
01:04:53do it
01:04:54but we must
01:04:55let them
01:04:56build it
01:04:56and if they fail
01:04:58they fail
01:04:59on their own
01:05:00terms
01:05:01because if they
01:05:02don't
01:05:02there's no telling
01:05:03what trouble
01:05:04they'll cause
01:05:04your excellence
01:05:15mama
01:05:17you're so thin
01:05:18I
01:05:19thought you promised
01:05:20me that you would
01:05:21eat
01:05:21and you
01:05:22you look like a nun
01:05:26you should wear
01:05:27more color
01:05:30green
01:05:32it goes so well
01:05:34with your eyes
01:05:35oh
01:05:36oh
01:05:37how we danced
01:05:39at the ball
01:05:41your papa
01:05:42never danced
01:05:43with another woman
01:05:44after he walks
01:05:44with me
01:05:54oh
01:05:56oh
01:06:20it's hard to imagine
01:06:21this as a convent
01:06:23at this rate
01:06:23it will take us years
01:06:24to raise enough money
01:06:25to fix it up
01:06:26we don't have years
01:06:27to waste
01:06:29to be in effective order
01:06:30we need a place to live
01:06:31an infirmary
01:06:32properly equipped
01:06:33a school
01:06:35what about your house
01:06:37sell my house
01:06:39well
01:06:40the cottage
01:06:40isn't mine to sell
01:06:42Cecilia needs it
01:06:43to raise a family
01:06:44my parents
01:06:45worked themselves
01:06:45to death
01:06:46to leave that place
01:06:47to me
01:06:48am I mad
01:06:49to consider
01:06:50giving all that up
01:06:51in the name of God
01:06:54I think your parents
01:06:55would be proud
01:06:56to know their legacy
01:06:57is being used
01:06:58to serve the community
01:07:01Julie
01:07:02we need to sever
01:07:02all of our attachments
01:07:04and Gerard
01:07:05were you able
01:07:06to say goodbye
01:07:07so easily
01:07:09goodbye
01:07:12I thought you knew
01:07:15he's going back
01:07:16to France
01:07:17Ray
01:07:19within a month
01:07:47thank you
01:07:48for what?
01:07:50for coming
01:07:52I wasn't sure
01:07:53you would
01:07:56I've been offered
01:07:57a post
01:07:58at a hospital
01:07:59in Nice
01:08:00a teaching hospital
01:08:01quite experimental
01:08:03you make a wonderful teacher
01:08:05oh yes
01:08:07why am I here?
01:08:11my reason
01:08:13our church
01:08:14has run out
01:08:15of building funds
01:08:15is that all I am
01:08:16to you?
01:08:17no
01:08:18you might as well
01:08:19have stayed at the ball
01:08:21I apologize
01:08:25when that was uncalled for
01:08:28the truth is
01:08:29I wanted to know
01:08:30whether you still
01:08:31will
01:08:32always love you
01:08:38my parents
01:08:38have cut me off
01:08:40for refusing
01:08:41to marry
01:08:42the suitable woman
01:08:43they have found
01:08:45a year ago
01:08:46I
01:08:47might have
01:08:48but you changed me
01:08:51so
01:08:53now we both
01:08:54work for the poor
01:08:56alone
01:08:58apart
01:09:00you're right
01:09:01I'm sorry
01:09:01sorry
01:09:03is that why
01:09:04God made us
01:09:05twin souls
01:09:05so we could be
01:09:07so unhappy
01:09:10such beautiful eyes
01:09:40ORIETTE
01:09:41it's official
01:09:41The bishop says we can build a church if we can raise the funds.
01:10:17The bishop says we can raise the funds.
01:10:57The bishop says we can raise the funds.
01:11:11The bishop says we can raise the funds.
01:11:13Hallelujah!
01:11:17Praise God!
01:11:39Is it not illegal for blacks to congregate?
01:11:41Yes, it is.
01:11:43Well, something will have to be done.
01:11:50Our first service.
01:11:52Giving out my house is worth it.
01:11:54We may not be nuns as yet, but the bishop will have to, at the very least, recognize our dedication.
01:12:01The bishop has arranged for you to study as novices at St. Michael's.
01:12:05He feels you need experience living in a religious community.
01:12:08So the wardens got us out of their church, and the bishop...
01:12:12He will petition the Vatican upon your completion.
01:12:16In the meantime, he has appointed me to your church.
01:12:20He's a clever man.
01:12:22Our parish is very lucky to have you.
01:12:23I'm only disappointed we're suddenly so far from our goal.
01:12:28Ri, remember Sister Martha when we were in school?
01:12:31No cross, no crown.
01:12:33We are going to see this through.
01:12:36Until the Pope himself invites us to Rome and says,
01:12:41You must be Sister Julie.
01:12:43I have heard so much about you.
01:13:09What are you doing?
01:13:13Being a nun.
01:13:14Ah, that sense of humor again.
01:13:17Do you see the chapel?
01:13:18I'd say it hasn't been clean this week.
01:13:20No, we just finished...
01:13:22I'll return to inspect it.
01:13:25After dinner.
01:13:31Shall we just cut your tongue out and be over with it?
01:13:34Julie, what are we supposed to learn here?
01:13:36How to keep a conference spotless.
01:13:39We could be serving on the outside.
01:13:41Teaching.
01:13:42Scrub.
01:13:43Scrub.
01:13:44Scrub.
01:13:45Scrub.
01:13:47Would you like some help?
01:13:48Reverend Mother.
01:13:50Jesus washed the feet of his apostles.
01:14:04Iris, if you want...
01:14:08...and.
01:14:20The捻 assured...
01:14:20This is geliyor.
01:14:21Here he is.
01:14:41Oh, Reverend Mother, I'm sorry.
01:14:45There's something with these flowers at night that reminds me of my mother's perfume.
01:14:55Does it make you sad?
01:14:58When I was in office, I was too proud to admit my previous life still mattered for me.
01:15:03The more I pretended, the worse it felt.
01:15:06I worry that conquering my own pride is impossible.
01:15:10That's what this grubbing is for, to help you sleep.
01:15:15Did you love someone?
01:15:21I thought so.
01:15:23I try to forget.
01:15:27I try to stop.
01:15:29Why?
01:15:31Do you think because you're becoming a nun you stop being a woman?
01:15:35You must bring all of yourself to service.
01:15:38It's your humanity which will give you compassion for those who most need to be saved.
01:15:46Good night, Shale.
01:15:48Good night, Reverend Mother.
01:16:04Father!
01:16:05It's yellow fever.
01:16:07So many are sick.
01:16:08I'm sorry, but the infirmary is closed.
01:16:10Please, Father.
01:16:11The hospitals are full.
01:16:12They're even turning away white folks.
01:16:15Run to the St. Michael's convent.
01:16:17Tell Sister Henriette and Julie.
01:16:18Tell them to come fast as they can run.
01:16:29Sister Henriette.
01:16:32Hospital 4.
01:16:33Don't turn us away.
01:16:35Master Morgan, he's sick bad with fever.
01:16:38He needn't, didn't he?
01:16:39Put him here on the table.
01:16:41I will pay for a bed.
01:16:43Mrs. Morgan, the beds are taken.
01:16:45Your money won't make a difference here.
01:16:48I can pay for anything you need.
01:16:50Your money can't even buy quinine.
01:16:52Only doctors can get it, and we don't have one here.
01:16:58I'll take care of her.
01:17:00There are more coming, white and black.
01:17:02Look at this.
01:17:02We need a miracle.
01:17:03Short of that, you must rest.
01:17:08Amen.
01:17:10We need more water.
01:17:17Marie!
01:17:19Oh, Marie.
01:17:21Oh, Marie.
01:17:24I heard what's been happening here while I was on the plantation.
01:17:31Marie.
01:17:39Quinine.
01:17:40Oh, my goodness.
01:17:43Who could have sent you this much quinine?
01:17:45Oh, you doctor.
01:17:48My dear Henriette, you know my wish is to give you so much more than mere medicine.
01:17:54Whenever you are in need, look to your heart, and I will be there.
01:17:58Love, Gerald.
01:18:00Love, Gerald.
01:18:00Oh, my love.
01:18:18I wonder, oh.
01:18:49Please help him.
01:18:51Please.
01:18:53I'm so cold.
01:18:59Can you forgive me?
01:19:02I'll send for Father Russel.
01:19:14Sister.
01:19:18I'm afraid.
01:19:22Sister.
01:19:23Forgive me.
01:19:27I will pray for your forgiveness, Mr. Morgan.
01:19:45Father!
01:19:48Father!
01:19:49Father!
01:19:50They're coming to Merlin Church!
01:19:56Fire!
01:19:57Fire!
01:19:59Get everyone out!
01:20:01Fire!
01:20:02Get everyone out!
01:20:03All in!
01:20:04Get everyone out!
01:20:10Hurry!
01:20:10Hurry!
01:20:11Come on, Mike!
01:20:12Okay, come on, Mike!
01:20:14Okay.
01:20:15We're going to the corner, right there!
01:20:16We're going to the corner!
01:20:17I can't believe I've got to help you!
01:20:19I said, I can't believe I've got to help you!
01:20:21Come on to me!
01:20:23Let's go!
01:20:23Let's go!
01:20:24I suppose you brought the fires of hell right to your doorstep!
01:20:27You have to go now.
01:20:28Yes.
01:20:29Sister, help!
01:20:30Come on.
01:20:35We have to leave now.
01:20:37We have to leave now.
01:20:37Come on.
01:20:43Come on, darling!
01:20:47Come on, Jelly!
01:20:50Everyone up.
01:20:51Come on!
01:20:58Where's everybody out?
01:21:00Come on!
01:21:02Oh, Jelly!
01:21:03Juliet!
01:21:05Julie.
01:21:06Julie!
01:21:07Oh, my God.
01:21:08Julie's inside.
01:21:10Is everybody out?
01:21:12No!
01:21:15Juliet!
01:21:30Julie.
01:21:31God help us.
01:21:33Hurry!
01:21:34Hurry!
01:21:35Hurry!
01:21:35Hurry!
01:21:36Hurry!
01:21:41Let it burn.
01:21:43Yeah, let it burn.
01:21:48Julie!
01:22:00Huh.
01:22:02You are my hope.
01:22:04You are my life.
01:22:06I love you.
01:22:07And I will die for you.
01:22:11No!
01:22:12You are my hope.
01:22:30You are my other one.
01:22:32I don't know who you are!
01:22:33Fun.
01:22:33Hey, give me that.
01:22:34Thank you, William!
01:22:37You're good guy!
01:22:38Let me see you on his face!
01:22:41Is this the other end?
01:22:43Jack!
01:22:47Julie, look at the angel goddess sent us.
01:23:23Juliet, rest. I'll help you, Sister Julie.
01:23:40Ah, Sister Henriette, you need funds. Let me look and see what's in the coffers of the diocese.
01:23:51Oh, thank you, Your Excellency.
01:23:55Thank you, my child.
01:24:06No, wait. Let it be. It will give everyone something to think about.
01:24:33Sister, Nasa's wife freed us this morning.
01:24:36She paid the fee for all of us, the entire household and the field slaves.
01:24:40Oh, God bless her.
01:24:42I always dreamt to this day.
01:24:45I figured my first day of freedom I was gonna sleep till I wake up.
01:24:49Then I was gonna roll over and go back to sleep again.
01:24:54Instead, I got my life packed up and I'm gonna be on a riverboat by sundown.
01:24:59And that feels mighty fine.
01:25:01God bless you.
01:25:03Goodbye, Sister.
01:25:05And thank you for everything.
01:25:30Onriette's community received a formal religious rule of life, adopted a habit and pronounced their vows.
01:25:37They bought the old Orleans ballroom and converted it into a sanctuary for education and the needy.
01:25:43Today, they continue to service the poor, the sick, and the illiterate.
01:25:52Before that, I'd like a damn bullornment.
01:25:53It's really wild.
01:26:16In the way you will remain all of us, though, my mother at sixth time was finally moving on a
01:26:17triangle,
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