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Aba's Dance Video 2006
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00:00:28Transcribed by ESO, translated by —
00:00:40In the quiet of the night there is a journey, a journey taken by the soul, it is a journey
00:00:48of the self and its destination is itself.
00:00:53The route taken is a dream, and that dream is said to be the landscape of our yesterdays
00:01:00and tomorrows.
00:01:03With angels as our guide we embark upon the adventure of finding ourselves, but what is
00:01:11it for those who do not take the journey, those who have forsaken the dream, those who
00:01:18do not explore the landscape of their soul?
00:01:23Are they destined to remain lost to themselves, never reaching the kingdom God has given them?
00:01:31Or within the void of their awareness, in the quiet of the night, will they again take the
00:01:39journey, in search of the dream?
00:03:16For security reasons, please keep your luggage with you at all times.
00:04:45Yeah, who is this?
00:04:58Do you know where he is?
00:05:00Oh, the police took him.
00:05:03He got arrested.
00:05:05Tell him don't be coming around here no more.
00:05:08If he wants his clothes, they're at the shelter.
00:05:12And don't you be coming around here either looking for him.
00:05:15You hear me?
00:05:18Okay.
00:05:19Okay.
00:05:23Okay.
00:05:49Here we go.
00:05:49Okay.
00:05:49Yeah.
00:06:09Okay.
00:06:16Here we go.
00:06:16it is said that great spirits travel on the rhythm of the drum and their movement
00:06:24is like the dance of the trees with the wind but when two spirits meet their
00:06:35dance is known as the dance of life
00:06:49yeah excuse me yes you you from ghana yes i am oh hold on a minute oh yes uh i'll
00:06:58call you back
00:06:59with the information later on okay yes okay bye bye hi you from ghana too yes i just i just
00:07:06came from
00:07:07ghana you know my name is david hi my name is abba hi abba hi how are you i'm fine
00:07:14do you do you know
00:07:16where um um oh i hope i didn't take you no that's okay okay do you know where i can
00:07:21generate cities
00:07:22to um american money oh okay well banks are closed right now until the morning um i don't know
00:07:30they close around three but do you know where i can do that do you know the place that i
00:07:36can
00:07:36change my money to them definitely i know the place but they're not open until tomorrow morning
00:07:41i mean you have to wait tomorrow you don't come you come you have no money you come here you
00:07:44know
00:07:44money i only have cities you know i only have um government i do not have um american dollars
00:07:54yes yes um they have um they change the government the government and he came and he do like new
00:08:09roads and he built new houses and everything is really really nice oh really yeah i haven't been
00:08:16there for years i miss my family i've been here in new york and um it's crazy i'd say it's
00:08:22crazy
00:08:22nothing about crime all over the place the cops recently just shot an african-american man with his
00:08:28wallet you know he thought he had a gun you know he held up his wallet and the police officer
00:08:34shot him and
00:08:39the police officer here in new york city uh they thought this guy was robbing some place and he had
00:08:49a wallet in his hand they thought he had a gun and they shot him there oh it's just crazy
00:08:54crazy
00:08:56it's crazy i i want to go back home but you come here you have no money or no american
00:09:02dollars
00:09:02no i do not have any money so you come with bags yes um there was a woman down downstairs
00:09:11and i i
00:09:12left my back with you know her i told her to look for me to eat yes no i did
00:09:18not there's a restaurant
00:09:19around the corner you can eat you know we can talk about back home and all that stuff and you
00:09:23have no
00:09:24place to stay no i do not have a place to stay well i'll put you i will talk and
00:09:28i'll put you in touch with
00:09:29people that i know oh my god thank you so much thank you very much oh my god oh my
00:09:38god okay i will go with
00:09:50hello hey rita how you doing it's david how you doing yeah listen um i have this friend of mine
00:09:56i just
00:09:57met from ghana just came to this country recently and she's looking are you looking for a roommate
00:10:03yeah oh good because she's looking for a place to stay and um i was wondering if you're looking for
00:10:09a roommate and she needs a place to say she has no money um can you opt out for me
00:10:13good okay wonderful
00:10:16what i'll do is i'll send over to your house okay okay i'll send over to your house for you
00:10:22to meet
00:10:22and you talk to her okay she's a good person all right okay rita talk to you later okay bye
00:10:29and you talk to me
00:12:29I'm Abba.
00:12:30That's nice.
00:12:31I don't want anything.
00:12:33Hello?
00:12:43Abba, I came to leave.
00:12:46I don't want to buy anything, okay?
00:12:48No buy.
00:12:49No buy.
00:12:49No buy.
00:12:50No.
00:12:55Are you crazy?
00:12:56No, I came to leave here.
00:12:59What are you talking about?
00:13:00You can't leave here.
00:13:01David said I came to leave here.
00:13:03Oh, okay.
00:13:04All right.
00:13:05You're the one that David said.
00:13:06Come on in.
00:13:06You should have told me that in the beginning.
00:13:08Oh, okay.
00:13:08Oh.
00:13:09Oh, my God.
00:13:09Oh.
00:13:13Oh, my God.
00:13:24Just to see.
00:13:25Just to see.
00:13:33So what did you say your name was again?
00:13:36Abba.
00:13:39So where are you from?
00:13:40Ghana.
00:13:42What, like that in Jersey or something?
00:13:44No, Ghana. Ghana in Africa.
00:13:47Oh, Ghana in Africa.
00:13:51What did you say?
00:13:54Have you been here long?
00:13:56Oh, I came two days ago.
00:13:59Okay, wait a minute.
00:14:00You came here all the way from Ghana, Africa,
00:14:04and you don't have no place to live?
00:14:06I came to leave with my cousin,
00:14:08and the police took my cousin away.
00:14:12Took him away?
00:14:12Took him away where?
00:14:14To jail.
00:14:18What did he say?
00:14:20Look, you're not involved in anything illegal, are you?
00:14:22Because I don't play that shit.
00:14:24No, no, no, no.
00:14:26Uh-huh.
00:14:27Alright, fine.
00:14:30Take this.
00:14:33I'll be back in a minute.
00:14:35ShaboxÃ,
00:14:36Jesus Christ.
00:14:38You're listening to me.
00:14:53Si acaso estás pensando en mÃ, yo en ti también estoy pensando.
00:15:43No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:16:07No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:16:22No, no, no, no, no.
00:16:56No, no, no, no, no.
00:17:09No, no, no.
00:17:11stand. Look, don't you know somebody here? David. Okay, well, how long have you known him? I met him
00:17:19today. That's just great. All right, here, where it says employer, you wrote down looking for job
00:17:28as a dancer. What is that? You don't have a job? You see, I came to this country to be
00:17:34a successful
00:17:35dancer. Oh, really? Yes. And what makes you think you're going to be a successful dancer?
00:17:40Because I dance very excellently. Oh, is that so? Yes. Well, what are you going to do for
00:17:48money while you're waiting to become a successful dancer? Oh, you see, I brought gana money with
00:17:56me. Honey, that ain't money. I'm talking good old American cash money, you know, dollars.
00:18:02This is money. I will change it to, um, what do you call it? Good old American cash money.
00:18:10Where am I going to stay today? Who said I was going to rent you the room? David. I don't
00:18:16know.
00:18:16No. All right, look. I want one week's rent, one week in advance, and no wild parties. Deal?
00:18:36Deal. By the way, my name is Margarita Reyes, but everybody calls me Rita. Pleased to meet
00:18:43me too, Rita. Now let me show you where you'll be sleeping. Oh, thank you very much.
00:19:07Good morning. Good morning, Rita. Good morning. Good morning, Rita.
00:19:20Good morning, volta. belong here.
00:19:21Oh, do you milk?
00:19:22No. I didn't want to know.
00:19:27Ah, do you milk?
00:19:34Do you milk? I think I você that.
00:19:44Ugh, I don't know how you can eat that shit.
00:19:49I do not understand.
00:19:51That stuff tastes like cardboard.
00:19:54It is very good. Coffee is not good for your body.
00:19:58What's wrong with my coffee?
00:20:00Coffee is not good. It has caffeine in it.
00:20:03It's bad for your body. It's not good.
00:20:05There's nothing wrong with my coffee.
00:20:08Yes, Rita.
00:20:09Whatever.
00:20:17Hey, don't you have that job interview today?
00:20:19Yes, I must get ready and go now.
00:20:24You didn't go to work today?
00:20:26No, actually, I had the day off because of all the overtime I've been working.
00:20:31Overtime?
00:20:33Yeah, it's like when you put in more hours than you're supposed to, they give you extra time off.
00:20:40Oh, you see, in my country there is no overtime. You work until work is done. Then you risk more
00:20:49work.
00:20:50Well, all I know is that for today, my work is done. And I'm going out with my boyfriend Miguel
00:20:56today. We are going to have a blast.
00:20:59Well, I hope you have a lot, lots of fun.
00:21:02Oh, believe me, I plan on it.
00:21:04Okay.
00:21:10I must sleep now.
00:21:14I'm going to go.
00:21:16I'm going to go.
00:21:43Who is it?
00:21:47Miguel, he's early.
00:21:57Hey. Hi.
00:21:59We're kind of early.
00:22:09I was supposed to see somebody today, but they canceled, so I thought we'd get an early start.
00:22:15Sounds good to me. Want some coffee?
00:22:18Yeah, that'd be nice.
00:22:25Some sweets for the sweetest.
00:22:35Oh, Miguel. This is Abba. Abba, this is Miguel, my boyfriend.
00:22:40We finally get to meet.
00:22:52Uh, Rita!
00:22:55You calling me, babe?
00:22:56Yes, uh, definitely. I found one that we should go see. We gotta go see this one. I heard so
00:23:01many good things about it.
00:23:02Alright, Duncan.
00:23:15Rita!
00:23:16Yeah?
00:23:17I'm going for my interview.
00:23:20Okay, good luck. I'll see you later.
00:23:24Oh, yeah. Good luck on your interview.
00:23:27Hey, maybe we can get together later.
00:23:29Would you like that?
00:23:31Would you like that, huh?
00:23:33Here we go. I'm almost ready. I'll be out in a minute.
00:23:37Alright, sounds good.
00:23:43I'm ready.
00:23:47Beautiful. So beautiful.
00:23:49Listen, we better hurry it up because this movie is about to start in 15 minutes.
00:23:54Okay.
00:23:54Well, let me just get my bag.
00:23:56Alright, I'll get my coat.
00:23:57What's the name of that guy in that movie, um...
00:23:59I got his name on the tip of my tongue. He's gonna be in it. It's a freaking five-star
00:24:03movie. I'm telling you.
00:24:04Yeah, yeah, that's true.
00:24:09We're so любим.
00:24:11That's...
00:24:11You, I'm-
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00:26:54and I studied dance. My school sent people to abroad so I decided to come
00:27:02here and be a successful dancer. Wow, a successful dancer, huh? Yes.
00:27:10Well, as you know, while there is some dancing involved, the job is about
00:27:18teaching the history of African dance. What do you know about African dance?
00:27:26Okay, when we talk about African dance, Africa is a big continent. Okay, I'm from the
00:27:33western part of Africa. In the western part, we have so many countries. We have
00:27:40Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and I can't mention it all. And each of these, like my
00:27:47country alone, we have like thousands of different dances. We have different
00:27:53cultures, different tribes, and each tribe, they have like a lot of dances, you know?
00:28:01So, for instance, if I'm gonna do something, if I'm going to perform one song,
00:28:06one dance, I'm gonna choose a tribe. And the tribe that I would choose, I would
00:28:12choose a drum from the tribe that goes with the dance. That's what I'm gonna do.
00:28:19But if I'm saying I'm doing an African dance, there are so many dances that I can't even do today.
00:28:28Right.
00:28:28Okay. Well, obviously, you know your history.
00:28:32Yes.
00:28:33Are you prepared to dance?
00:28:37Yes.
00:28:37Oh, okay. Do you have something to change in?
00:28:40Yes, I've got this.
00:28:41Okay. Well, let me show you where you can change, okay?
00:28:44Okay. Thank you.
00:28:58Hey, folks, let me do a picture for you.
00:29:02Put your name in less than a minute.
00:29:04All right.
00:29:05Okay.
00:29:07Let's print the name.
00:29:08Hello, let me...
00:29:17Okay.
00:29:19Here we go.
00:29:20Little magic, folks.
00:29:26Oh, that's so cool, look at that.
00:29:28Oh, it's me.
00:29:29Hey, look!
00:29:31I think that's supposed to be...
00:29:32Oh, look, that's me.
00:29:41Oh, you got the hair going.
00:29:48Hey, is that the other woman?
00:29:50Uh, I don't know.
00:29:51I think so.
00:29:52There she is.
00:29:53I'd like to know about her.
00:29:55Look at that.
00:29:57Oh, there's more than one?
00:29:59That's her brother.
00:30:00What are you doing there?
00:30:04Oh, there are three women there.
00:30:06Check that out.
00:30:08I'm a lucky guy.
00:30:12That is too cool.
00:30:14Look at that.
00:30:14Okay.
00:30:15This is amazing.
00:30:17Miguel Arreda.
00:30:20And her cousin and her brother and her sister and her mother.
00:30:23The whole family.
00:30:26Check that out.
00:30:27I look surprised.
00:30:28I know, right?
00:30:29Do you like that, folks?
00:30:31Let me sign it for you.
00:30:32Okay.
00:30:34I just made an artist out of you.
00:30:37Your lines and my lines make this picture.
00:30:42Incredible talent.
00:30:47Here you go.
00:30:55Have a good day.
00:31:04Hey, come on.
00:31:05I think I found a spot.
00:31:08Yeah?
00:31:09Over there.
00:31:10Cool.
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00:31:122
00:31:121
00:31:222
00:31:232
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00:31:52Your hair looks great.
00:31:54Thanks, baby.
00:31:55You know I always try and look good for you.
00:32:02You want to find another spot?
00:32:03Yep.
00:32:04Maybe near the lake?
00:32:05Yeah.
00:32:06All right, let's go.
00:32:07Great idea.
00:32:08You lead the way.
00:32:39Good spot.
00:32:41Yeah, I know, right?
00:32:42It's so nice out.
00:32:50I'll keep my jacket on.
00:32:51It's a little chilly.
00:32:55Ah.
00:32:56Ah.
00:32:59Ah.
00:33:01Ah.
00:33:03Ah.
00:33:07Ah.
00:33:08Ah.
00:33:08Ah.
00:33:12I just love it here.
00:33:14It's so beautiful out today.
00:33:18Hey, what do you expect?
00:33:19It's natural beauty.
00:33:22Igualita a ti.
00:33:24Oh my god.
00:33:24Oh my god.
00:33:25We always know exactly what to say at exactly the right time.
00:33:27Oh my god.
00:33:27Yeah.
00:33:27Oh my god.
00:33:45Oh my god, oh my god.
00:33:54I do, you know, just for being you.
00:33:59Hey, anything for my baby girl.
00:34:03Anything?
00:34:06Anything.
00:34:12Well, there is something I wanted to talk to you about.
00:34:16Yeah, what is that?
00:34:19Well, you know, we've been going out for a while
00:34:24and everything's been going really well, you know?
00:34:29Even when we fight, it's like...
00:34:31Ah, ah, ah.
00:34:32No fighting.
00:34:34Disagree.
00:34:36Okay, disagree.
00:34:38Every time we disagree, it's like, you know,
00:34:40everything always ends up working out
00:34:43and things are better than they were before.
00:34:46And I just think that maybe we should start to consider...
00:34:53Yeah.
00:34:56Well, we should start to consider
00:34:58getting more serious about our relationship.
00:35:03Serious about a relationship?
00:35:05Yeah, I just...
00:35:06You mean...
00:35:07You mean...
00:35:08Yeah, I just think that we should further define our relationship.
00:35:12What are you talking?
00:35:13What do you mean?
00:35:16Well, you know, things are going so well,
00:35:18I just thought maybe we'd make more of a commitment to each other.
00:35:23Commitment?
00:35:25I can't believe you.
00:35:27Jesus.
00:35:28What?
00:35:30What is it?
00:35:31There you go again.
00:35:32You're doing it again.
00:35:33What am I doing?
00:35:35What?
00:35:39Every sick...
00:35:40Fucking time we go out,
00:35:42we can't go home without you having to ruin it.
00:35:44Ruin it?
00:35:46Yeah, ruin it.
00:35:48What is it?
00:35:49You enjoy this shit?
00:35:50You plan this shit before you leave the house?
00:35:52Yeah, that's exactly what the fuck I do, right?
00:35:55You know the pressure that I'm getting right now.
00:35:59Now let me ask you one question.
00:36:02Why do you have to put this pressure on me?
00:36:04Why?
00:36:05Like, what is it?
00:36:06You don't think that I get enough pressure from anybody else?
00:36:09My family wants me out the fucking house?
00:36:11My boss hates me to death.
00:36:13He won't give me a promotion.
00:36:15And my baby's mother is fucking me in court.
00:36:18And now you.
00:36:19You think I need this?
00:36:21Tell us your problem.
00:36:23What's my fucking problem?
00:36:24Yeah, what is your fucking problem?
00:36:26Tell me, because I'd like to know.
00:36:27I'll tell you what my fucking problem is.
00:36:29My fucking problem is guys who want to screw me in more ways than one.
00:36:35Okay, now what is that supposed to mean?
00:36:37You know exactly what the fuck it means.
00:36:38Punk-ass, boricua, cabrones who want to come and go as they fucking please.
00:36:43You are one sick fucking puta, you know that?
00:36:45Oh, yeah?
00:36:46That's right.
00:36:47Well, you know what?
00:36:48You can kiss this bitch ass.
00:36:50Well, I'm sorry.
00:36:51Been there and done that.
00:36:53You see, that's exactly what the fuck I'm talking about.
00:36:56And now you're going to leave, right?
00:36:59As a matter of fact, I am.
00:37:00Well, go then.
00:37:03Mama, if you want a fuck, call your mother.
00:37:07I can't believe it.
00:37:08I'm going to put up for this shit.
00:37:11Fuck you!
00:37:12Nah, what the fuck?
00:37:27Bullshit.
00:37:29Nah!
00:37:29Asshole!
00:38:11dearest daughter I hope you are fine and the spirit have taken good care of you we were
00:38:16surprised when you told us about your cousin Chrissy being taken by the police but happy when
00:38:22you told us that you had found a place to live the same day we have been praying that God
00:38:28would
00:38:29take care of you and our prayers were answered we were expecting your cousin Chrissy to return
00:38:34home to Ghana soon because they are making him leave the country once again we thank God for
00:38:42watching over you now your sister is fine we have sent you a picture of your new niece like you
00:38:50she
00:38:50has been given the name Abba we pray that she will grow up to be as strong and determined as
00:38:58her aunt
00:38:58your father and I sent our love and I want you to know that the whole family is praying for
00:39:05you
00:39:05may God keep you in his embrace love your mother and father
00:39:31Richard are you okay
00:39:35yeah I guess I will be
00:39:38you want to talk
00:39:42I broke up with Miguel today
00:39:45what what happened
00:39:49you know he's such a puto
00:39:53we had this big fight he turned into this big asshole and he left me in the middle of the
00:39:58woods all by
00:39:59myself every time that I tried tried to talk to him about being in a relationship he would freak out
00:40:09same thing happened today so I mean that's it it's just over
00:40:14oh I'm sorry
00:40:17you want me to fish you some tea
00:40:20actually I'd rather have some coffee
00:40:22coffee you know coffee smells good
00:40:27I'd rather have some coffee let me have some coffee please
00:40:33okay
00:40:33coffee
00:40:41I just don't know
00:40:51you know I don't know I keep thinking that it's me you know I just try to be everything that
00:41:01you're supposed to be in a relationship
00:41:03I give my heart and I can't give it halfway I give it completely that's the only way that I
00:41:10know how to love
00:41:12you see that's not too good you have to be careful what you give your heart to
00:41:17you see I don't really think he's worth it
00:41:19you know so we shouldn't even talk about you right now let's just talk about something else
00:41:25alright
00:41:26well what are you doing
00:41:29um I I went for the interview today
00:41:32oh yeah that's right
00:41:33they gave me the job
00:41:34oh that's great
00:41:35yes at least I can help you to pay the bills
00:41:38yeah yeah well you know at least you know it's only been a month a lot of people have a
00:41:43hard time
00:41:43a much harder time finding a job right here
00:41:46I'm lucky though because right away you know he said oh yeah welcome so
00:42:01I don't know you eat some funky shit
00:42:04I don't know why don't we just order some Chinese
00:42:09please okay I'll do that
00:42:11I'm gonna bring you all right okay
00:42:35hello
00:42:45Angelina is this you?
00:42:47si
00:42:48what else do you want to do?
00:42:49don't you know her sister?
00:42:51of course I know it's you
00:42:53and would you please speak English?
00:42:56why?
00:42:56we forgot how to speak Spanish all of a sudden?
00:42:59whatever anyway what are you doing here I thought that you were supposed to be in California until the end
00:43:04of next month
00:43:06yeah well Miss Diva Jennifer decided to walk off set again
00:43:11no way what happened?
00:43:14I don't know you know how these things are
00:43:19well girl it's been pretty hard over here
00:43:21my boss has been riding me like crazy
00:43:25really why?
00:43:27she says I have some sort of attitude or something I don't know
00:43:31man why don't you just tell that bitch to take the job and shove it
00:43:35believe me I wish I could
00:43:38so what's wrong with you? did you and Roberto have another fight?
00:43:43yeah how did you know?
00:43:45lucky guess
00:43:46what is it this time?
00:43:49let me tell you I had to beat his ass until the cops came and took his
00:43:54cheating lying butt out of my face
00:43:56what? not again you two are always fighting what did he do this time?
00:44:01I found some puta's phone number in his cell phone and when I try to ask him about it
00:44:05he tried to tell me she was just a friend
00:44:08yeah right
00:44:10you know that Roberto's never met a woman under 40 that he didn't want to fuck
00:44:15now if you actually believe that why do you keep going back together with him?
00:44:25oh I get it
00:44:27te esta dando duro verdad?
00:44:30uh hello
00:44:35anyway um you still looking at that girl Alba?
00:44:38yeah yeah she's at work right now actually
00:44:41man I told you you need to get a man in there what's the deal with you and Miguel?
00:44:46can we just change the subject? I'd rather not talk about it
00:44:49coño, está bien, está bien
00:44:59anyway do you know that your brothers are fighting again?
00:45:03whatever what's the drama now?
00:45:06well we had dinner at mommy's house last night and Luis brought over his lover and you know how she
00:45:11feels about that whole gay thing so Johnny got really pissed off at Luis and then the both of
00:45:17them started fighting after that it just got really crazy
00:45:20really man I don't blame Johnny he knows how mommy feels about that gay stuff
00:45:26Luis is always starring that shit
00:45:28Angelina come on
00:45:30no Rita he's always doing that ever since we were little kids
00:45:36man always pissing her off I'm sick of it
00:45:43anyway he's just lucky that I wasn't there because I would be his and his boyfriend's ass
00:45:48well it doesn't matter because no matter what Luis is still your brother gay or not and there's
00:45:52nothing that's going to change that
00:45:55whatever
00:45:58Rita hang on my cell phone's ringing
00:46:01okay
00:46:02hello
00:46:04okay just a minute
00:46:06Rita I gotta go it's my agent I'll have to talk to you later okay
00:46:10all right talk to you later bye
00:46:18what do you mean he's not paying me it's not my fault she walked off set
00:46:24listen you tell him that playing around with my money would be the last thing that he ever does
00:46:29I'm not paying my...
00:46:31his money is not my fault
00:46:36it's not my fault
00:46:38that's my fault
00:46:54yeah
00:46:55oh
00:46:58smoking
00:46:59I don't want
00:46:59but I see
00:47:02Greetings.
00:47:04How you doing?
00:47:05Good.
00:47:06Do you hear yet?
00:47:08Nope, not yet.
00:47:10Okay, cool, check this out.
00:47:11Remember the bracelet set?
00:47:13The matching necklace.
00:47:14I need some earrings, but not too big, Lester.
00:47:16But I want something with the stones.
00:47:18You know what I want.
00:47:20I'll show you what I got.
00:47:21Let's see.
00:47:26Let's see if I do it like that.
00:47:29Because I'm going to take off my jacket.
00:47:33I just have that on.
00:47:36Yes, it goes to the necklace perfectly.
00:47:38Perfect, yeah.
00:47:41Excuse me, sir.
00:47:42Yes, ma'am. One minute.
00:47:44I'll be right with you, okay?
00:47:46Oh, okay.
00:47:49Okay.
00:47:50They look great. I love them.
00:47:52They look fabulous.
00:47:58Looks beautiful.
00:47:59Look nice.
00:48:03He's...
00:48:04Listen, I gotta go.
00:48:05Tell Dee I tried to wait for her.
00:48:06All right.
00:48:07I'll call later on, okay?
00:48:08Okay.
00:48:08Okay, see you later.
00:48:09Okay.
00:48:10You're welcome.
00:48:18Yes, can I help you?
00:48:19Oh, yes, sir.
00:48:22Wow, you have a very beautiful place.
00:48:24You know, I've been going everywhere, trying to look for a place that carries all these beautiful African stuff.
00:48:32Thank you, thank you.
00:48:33I didn't really find any.
00:48:34I'm very happy.
00:48:34So, where are you from?
00:48:36Oh, Ghana.
00:48:37How long has this store been open?
00:48:40Well, I've been here for four years, but I started back in 1962 in Brooklyn on Broadway.
00:48:46Very good.
00:48:47I've been fighting this issue.
00:48:50What issue?
00:48:51Black issue.
00:48:53Black issue?
00:48:54Yeah.
00:48:54You know, to carry our history.
00:48:56You know, I've been fighting to carry our history.
00:48:58Yeah, you see, maybe a lot of people don't know that you have this store.
00:49:03And that's the most important thing that you have it now.
00:49:06Because I've been roaming all over to look for a place like this.
00:49:12Do you have, oh, that's your card.
00:49:14Yeah, this is my card.
00:49:15Okay.
00:49:16And it's a house of a million earrings.
00:49:19Yes.
00:49:19Okay.
00:49:19I'm going to give it to my friends and definitely we will come back here.
00:49:24All right.
00:49:24And get, you know, more stuff.
00:49:27Okay.
00:49:28Anyway, so I'll see you.
00:49:30I'll definitely come back.
00:49:31Okay, my dear.
00:49:31Nice to meet you.
00:49:32My pleasure.
00:49:33Have a good day.
00:49:33You too.
00:49:34Bye-bye.
00:49:34Bye-bye.
00:49:36Oh, these are blessings to you, sister.
00:49:38You too.
00:49:38Did I hear you was from Ghana?
00:49:40Yes.
00:49:40Oh, I've been there.
00:49:41I've been to Alamena castle, sort of slave dungeon.
00:49:44You went to Alamena.
00:49:46Yes, it was nice.
00:49:47Very nice.
00:49:48Wow.
00:49:48It was the slave castle, right?
00:49:50Yeah, but made me cry like a baby.
00:49:52Oh, I'm glad you went.
00:49:54Yes, I am too.
00:49:55Wow.
00:49:55Well, it's pleased to meet you.
00:49:57Nice to meet you.
00:49:57I'm Abba.
00:49:58What's your name?
00:49:59I'm Yao.
00:50:00Yao.
00:50:00You know what that means, right?
00:50:01No.
00:50:02Yao means male child born on Thursday.
00:50:05Oh, Yao.
00:50:06And Abba is born on Thursday.
00:50:09Oh, my God.
00:50:11Okay.
00:50:12Nice to meet you, Yao.
00:50:13Peace and blessings to you.
00:50:13Okay.
00:50:14I'll see you around.
00:50:15Peace and blessings.
00:50:32Peace and blessings.
00:50:35Peace and blessings.
00:50:37Peace and blessings.
00:50:40Peace and blessings.
00:50:42Peace and blessings.
00:50:44Peace and blessings.
00:50:46Peace and blessings.
00:50:47Peace and blessings.
00:50:48Peace and blessings.
00:50:49Peace and blessings.
00:50:50Peace and blessings.
00:50:52Peace and blessings.
00:50:53Peace and blessings.
00:50:53Peace and blessings.
00:50:54Hello? Yes, this is Margarita. Yes, I know Abba. She's been shot? Where? Where is
00:51:11she right now? Okay, okay. I'll be there within the hour. Bye.
00:51:29The journey of life takes us to many places between day and night. By day, it is possible
00:51:40to see clearly that which is before us. While the night can only be lit by the light from
00:51:51the heavens above.
00:52:34Okay. Be careful. Got it? Yes. All right. Just take it slow. Okay. Just be real careful.
00:52:51You doing all right? Yeah. Okay. Just take it slow. Doing all right? Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
00:53:02Be careful. Good. Okay. I'm going to get you comfortable on the couch. Give me this one.
00:53:16Okay. I'll move back here. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. All right. I'm going to be as careful
00:53:36as I can be here. All right. Get you nice and comfortable. Is that all right? Is that better?
00:53:57Yeah. Okay. All right. You just relax. Get comfortable. I'll take care of you. Okay? Okay. Thank you.
00:54:25Oh. Are you awake? Um, I've made some tea. Thank you.
00:54:47I was going down to the subway and then I heard this noise but I didn't know it till
00:54:55it was a gunshot and I walked like a couple of steps and I couldn't touch my feet on the
00:55:01ground no more so this guy came and helped me you know the guy helped me and he called 9
00:55:09-1-1
00:55:12at least there was somebody there to help you
00:55:14yeah
00:55:21I don't know I just gosh I just don't know you know like something like this happened to me
00:55:29you know it's out of our control you know but everything's going to be alright because
00:55:34you know I'm taking care of everything here and uh I dance you know I can't dance like
00:55:42this I'm not I'm not I'm not gonna um I cannot dance I got shot in my leg and I
00:55:52can't do
00:55:52anything I don't know I don't even know what's going on with my job I don't know
00:56:05um your job called while you were in the hospital what did they say they uh they asked about you
00:56:16and you know what was going on but um they said that they really needed to have an instructor
00:56:23for your class
00:56:25so what they can't wait for me
00:56:33actually they've already replaced you they have another instructor
00:56:36yeah yeah I mean don't pretend that uh look I stayed a long time to get this job you
00:56:46know and it was perfect and now I have to start I have to start all over again
00:56:55you know everything that everything I worked so hard for everything is I feel like she's
00:57:26I mean, you're lucky, it could have been worse.
00:57:30I have dreams, you know.
00:57:32I have a lot of things to do.
00:57:35I have to go to work and teach these little kids, you know.
00:57:41You know, look at me.
00:57:45I'm sitting here and I can't do anything.
00:57:52I talked to the police officers that took your report,
00:57:59and they told me to contact a victim review board,
00:58:05hoping that that would, you know, be something to help you.
00:58:09And I did that, I took care of that,
00:58:10but they said that there's nothing that they can do.
00:58:14I don't have money, you know.
00:58:18I do not have money to pay for my bills.
00:58:24Did you know that you were in the newspaper?
00:58:28What?
00:58:29Yeah.
00:58:30You actually made a couple of newspapers.
00:58:33What did they say?
00:58:36It said that the shooting was gang related,
00:58:39but it said that you were a member of one of the gangs.
00:58:43And they wrote the story.
00:58:45They should have come and listened to my story, you know.
00:58:49I'm a dancer, and I'm shot in my life.
00:58:52How am I going to eat?
00:58:54How am I going to spill my pills and stuff?
00:58:57Just focus on getting back, you know,
00:59:01getting back to where you were,
00:59:03and then, you know, everything else will hand it together.
00:59:06You know, I'm here for you.
00:59:07I want you to know that.
00:59:08Thank you very much.
00:59:31You've got to give it to Abba.
00:59:33After she came home from the hospital, she cried for a while.
00:59:37Yeah, she was really angry about it.
00:59:40Wouldn't you be?
00:59:41Anyway, she tried to go on dancing.
00:59:44In fact, I have never seen anyone work as hard as she did
00:59:48to overcome her injury.
00:59:50But no matter how hard she tried, it was never the same.
00:59:55I remember when the doctors at the hospital told her
00:59:57that she could never dance again.
01:00:00Ave Maria Purisima.
01:00:02I thought they were going to arrest her or something.
01:00:05I mean, she just wasn't having it.
01:00:07But after losing her job at the dance school
01:00:09and running out of money,
01:00:11she finally decided she had to go back to Ghana
01:00:13to be with her family.
01:00:15A dancer getting shot in the leg?
01:00:19Damn.
01:00:21But you know, life has a strange way of showing you
01:00:24what it wants you to know.
01:00:26You know, like what works for one person
01:00:28may not work for somebody else.
01:00:31I don't know about Abba,
01:00:33but if there's one thing she taught me,
01:00:36it was that I should have never given up on my dream.
01:00:49It can't look at her way when she knew
01:01:02it was her job in a dream.
01:01:02And it was her job when it was a new boy.
01:01:04And I said,
01:01:09You know what I mean?
01:01:10you know.
01:01:58I'm so glad that was done.
01:02:01Yeah, that was done pretty quick.
01:02:02That might help.
01:02:05Thanks, by the way.
01:02:08So what are you going to do since Alva's gone now?
01:02:11I don't know.
01:02:12I mean, at least I have my space back, but...
01:02:15Who buys this shit?
01:02:17Damn it, man.
01:02:18It's commercials.
01:02:19I freaking hate them.
01:02:20Change it.
01:02:20Change it.
01:02:25Hey.
01:02:26You know what you're saying?
01:02:27I'm sorry.
01:02:27Oh, yeah, I don't know.
01:02:29I was just...
01:02:31I was thinking about a couple of things.
01:02:36Well, I told you you've got to get a man in here.
01:02:38You have way too much free time.
01:02:39Oh, don't start with that again.
01:02:41Why not?
01:02:43I don't know.
01:02:44I just...
01:02:44I'm thinking about maybe...
01:02:47You know, doing a lot of different stuff.
01:02:48Maybe...
01:02:50I've been thinking about going back to Dancing Sansa.
01:02:53Oh, cool.
01:02:54Cool.
01:02:55That's awesome.
01:02:55You've got to get into it.
01:02:56Why don't you do it more often?
01:02:59Well, I've got to get back into shape first.
01:03:02Want to go work out right now?
01:03:04Yeah, sure.
01:03:04Come on, I've got tons of energy.
01:03:05What are you talking about?
01:03:06You're killing me.
01:03:08I'm done with this cleaning.
01:03:10I'm done for the day.
01:03:12I can't believe they can shoot movies like this.
01:03:15My agent's an idiot.
01:03:16They're going to get me out of this...
01:03:18You know I had an audition for this film?
01:03:20What?
01:03:20I laughed at his ass.
01:03:21I'm like, what the hell are you talking about?
01:03:23Jesus Christ already.
01:03:25Hang on.
01:03:27Hello?
01:03:28Oh, really?
01:03:30Okay, cool.
01:03:31All right, bye.
01:03:32Since I already got to go.
01:03:33All right.
01:03:34Nice seeing you.
01:03:35Thanks.
01:03:43Hey, that guy would not have told Super to come tomorrow.
01:03:47Hello?
01:03:49Is somebody there?
01:03:54Ay, it's part of those damn kids.
01:04:06Look!
01:04:12It's always been one of my favorite positions.
01:04:17Miguel?
01:04:18Here.
01:04:19Let me help you in there.
01:04:26Miguel?
01:04:27That's right, baby.
01:04:28It's me.
01:04:29What are you doing here?
01:04:32What do you mean, what am I doing here?
01:04:33I came to see you.
01:04:35Why?
01:04:36Well, first of all, I want to apologize for what happened in the park that day.
01:04:41And I'm hoping that you'll forgive me.
01:04:43Wait a minute.
01:04:44You came here to apologize for being an hijo de puta that day in the park?
01:04:50And then you expect me to forgive you because you buy me some cheap ass flowers?
01:04:53Is that right?
01:04:55Well, yeah, I guess so.
01:04:58Excuse me.
01:04:58Let me blow you up.
01:05:11And then I think I can do it in the park.
01:05:21Here.
01:05:22I think that you'll give me some bad ideas for aoru.
01:05:28Bye.
01:05:33I'll kill you!
01:05:34Jesus, Rita, what the hell's wrong with you?
01:05:36What's wrong with me?
01:05:37Yeah!
01:05:38I haven't cut your balls off yet and fed it to my cat!
01:05:40Maldito!
01:05:41You, stop and put the fucking knife down, Rita!
01:05:44Well, I'll put the knife down, all right.
01:05:46Write down your pants and cut off that beetroot you love so much!
01:05:48Please, Rita, put the knife down before somebody gets hurt!
01:05:51Oh, somebody's gonna get hurt, and now somebody's you!
01:05:53Jesus Christ, Rita, would you stop for a minute and please listen to me?
01:05:57Listen to what? Listen to how I was ruined everything?
01:06:00Or how you can give me everything that I want?
01:06:02Yeah, everything except for commitment, why don't you take your tired-ass apology
01:06:06and your cheap-ass flowers and get the hell out of my house?
01:06:09Get out! Get out! Get out!
01:06:24Rita, please. Listen to me.
01:06:28You've gotta believe me what I'm telling you. I'm telling you the truth.
01:06:31I'm very sorry about hurting you.
01:06:39I know that I can be a little bit of puta sometimes, but I'm very sorry for that.
01:06:45And I'm extremely sorry for all those stupid things that I've said and all the stupid things that I've been
01:06:49doing to you.
01:06:53Believe me, if I could take everything back right now, this second, I would, but I don't have a choice.
01:06:58Please.
01:07:00All I can do is just apologize and beg for your forgiveness.
01:07:10I'll be old Miguel. I got rid of him a long time ago. I just, I fired him.
01:07:15You fired him, huh?
01:07:16Yes. I gave him his walking papers.
01:07:18I told him I didn't want to see him anymore. Out of my life.
01:07:22He ruined my life. He ruined my job. He ruined everything.
01:07:28But most of all, you ruined the best thing that ever happened to me.
01:07:33And that was the relationship that I had with you.
01:07:37Now, please, Rita, if you can just give me one chance to show you the new Miguel.
01:07:45The one that wants to love you. The one that wants to take care of you.
01:07:48The one that's not afraid to commit.
01:07:52Please.
01:07:56Tell me it's not too late to start over.
01:08:11You take care of me.
01:08:14Remember when I was at home here?
01:08:15I had a good fun site, too.
01:08:20I gotta look for my new Miguel.
01:08:20I'm going home soon.
01:08:20If you were on the other side.
01:08:22I saw him outside her house.
01:08:22I'm going to be for you.
01:08:24I'm going home soon.
01:08:24I'm going home soon.
01:08:25I'm going home soon.
01:08:29I'm going home soon.
01:08:33You're going home now.
01:09:21Miguel, it's ready.
01:09:24Be right there.
01:09:37Wow, this food smells delicious.
01:09:46Wow, this is really good.
01:09:49I'm telling you, nobody can cook this stuff better than you.
01:09:54Hey, that girl you had stay in here, is she around?
01:09:58Abba?
01:10:00Yeah, that's her, Abba.
01:10:02Now she left and she moved back to Ghana.
01:10:06Really?
01:10:08Didn't she want to be like a dancer or something?
01:10:11Yeah.
01:10:12Oh, I guess that didn't work out, did it?
01:10:16Anyway, I need to tell you something.
01:10:20I really did miss you.
01:10:21What about you?
01:10:23What?
01:10:24Did you miss me?
01:10:30Well, honestly, I'd like to tell you that you were the furthest thing from my mind.
01:10:37But I'd be lying if I did.
01:10:45So how's work?
01:10:47I told you already, I fired the old Miguel.
01:10:51So are you looking for a new job?
01:10:53No.
01:10:54Then what?
01:10:57Okay, you remember Tito.
01:10:59I introduced you to him one night at the club.
01:11:02Oh, yeah.
01:11:03Okay, check it out.
01:11:04Him and I, we get together, right?
01:11:07We're throwing these ideas around.
01:11:08We come up with this final plan.
01:11:10We started our own business together.
01:11:12Wow, that's great, Miguel.
01:11:13It gets better.
01:11:15Last week, we landed a seven-figure contract with the city.
01:11:21Wow, I'm really happy for you, Miguel.
01:11:24What do you mean happy for me?
01:11:26Happy for us.
01:11:28For us?
01:11:29That's right, for us.
01:11:30Listen, if there's one thing that happened from us breaking up,
01:11:36was that I learned how much you really knew to me.
01:11:38Now, I didn't come here with, like, an engagement ring or anything,
01:11:43but I'm here now, okay?
01:11:46And I'm ready to make a commitment to you.
01:11:49I don't ever want to be without you again.
01:11:53You know, in Puerto Rico, my grandma used to tell us,
01:12:06It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
01:12:10I speak Spanish, too, you know?
01:12:14What do you say?
01:12:15Are you ready to make a commitment to me?
01:12:29I don't know.
01:12:33What do you mean, you don't know?
01:12:35I'm telling you, I don't know.
01:12:38Look, Rita, I'm not trying to force the issue here,
01:12:40but I just thought that maybe with this contract with the city,
01:12:44I'd finally have enough money to take care of you.
01:12:46Take care of me?
01:12:47What makes you think I want to be taken care of?
01:12:50You know what I mean.
01:12:51I mean, like, to take you to nice places, buy you nice things.
01:12:55You could even quit that job.
01:12:57I mean, don't get me wrong.
01:12:58Don't rush on the job thing.
01:13:00Oh, well, thank you very much.
01:13:10Rita, why do you have to sound so condescending about it?
01:13:13I'm sorry, Miguel.
01:13:15You know, I'm really happy for you,
01:13:18and I appreciate you wanting to take care of me.
01:13:21But I've changed a lot since the last time we saw each other.
01:13:25Changed? Changed how?
01:13:29Are you seeing someone?
01:13:33You know, Miguel, you know I don't sleep around.
01:13:36I'm no puta.
01:13:39So what is it then?
01:13:41Well, you know,
01:13:43Abba came here
01:13:45to become a dancer,
01:13:46and, you know,
01:13:48even though she tried really hard,
01:13:49she still gave up on her dream.
01:13:53And...
01:13:56Well, it reminded me
01:13:58about how I've given up on my dream.
01:14:04And...
01:14:05And?
01:14:08Well, I've decided to start dancing salsa again.
01:14:12Oh, Jesus Christ, Rita.
01:14:13You have got to be kidding me.
01:14:15Why do I have to be kidding?
01:14:17You know,
01:14:18there's a saying in Puerto Rico,
01:14:20La vida es muy corta para no vivirla.
01:14:23Oh, yeah.
01:14:24Life isn't too short not to live.
01:14:25I know the saying.
01:14:26Well, it's right, Miguel.
01:14:28Don't you remember?
01:14:29That's how we met.
01:14:32At the ballroom.
01:14:34And even though we only won second place,
01:14:37living with you was like
01:14:39winning the grand prize.
01:14:41Yeah, I remember.
01:14:42Those were the best times of my life.
01:14:45You know,
01:14:45that was then.
01:14:46This is now.
01:14:50Yeah, well,
01:14:51it's never too late to live your dream.
01:14:53Yeah, it's too late.
01:14:54It's too late when your dream is so far behind
01:14:57that it can hardly catch up
01:14:58to where you are right now.
01:15:00Look, Rita,
01:15:01when I was younger,
01:15:02I used to have dreams too, you know.
01:15:04But you know what finally woke me up?
01:15:06Needing a job woke me up.
01:15:08Having to pay bills woke me up.
01:15:10Needing a roof over my head
01:15:11and having to feed myself.
01:15:13That woke me up.
01:15:16Look,
01:15:17I've been there too, Miguel,
01:15:18but I've realized that money alone
01:15:20is not going to make me happy.
01:15:22Money can't bring you happiness,
01:15:24but it sure as hell
01:15:25can prevent you from starving to death
01:15:26while you're looking for so-called happiness.
01:15:28Real happiness is not found on the outside, Miguel.
01:15:31It's found on the inside.
01:15:33And the only way to find it
01:15:34is by living the truth that is on the inside.
01:15:37Are you listening to yourself?
01:15:39Jesus,
01:15:39sure you've changed.
01:15:42You sound like a philosopher or something.
01:15:43And what's wrong with that?
01:15:44What's wrong with that?
01:15:45I'll tell you what's wrong with that.
01:15:47It's not realistic.
01:15:48That's what's wrong with that.
01:15:49Look, Miguel, please.
01:15:53Don't miss this opportunity.
01:15:54For just once in your life,
01:15:56please don't mess this up.
01:15:58Don't mess this up, huh?
01:15:59Well, let me tell you something,
01:16:00Mr. Businessman.
01:16:02You come here with your tired-ass apology
01:16:04and your cheap-ass flowers
01:16:05talking about how the old Miguel was fired.
01:16:08He wasn't fired.
01:16:09He was on vacation.
01:16:11And now he's back
01:16:12with his macho, manly attitude,
01:16:15a place for everything
01:16:15and everything in its place,
01:16:17including women.
01:16:19Well, yeah, that's their place,
01:16:20but by the man's side.
01:16:22Yeah, by his side,
01:16:23not on the leash, like a pet.
01:16:25Just because you gave up on your dreams
01:16:27doesn't mean I have to give up on mine.
01:16:29Not for you,
01:16:29not for money,
01:16:30not for anybody or anything else.
01:16:32You can all go to hell.
01:16:36So it's like that, huh?
01:16:38Just like that.
01:16:41I see.
01:16:42Why don't you see yourself to the door?
01:16:47Listen, Rita.
01:16:49Forget it, Miguel.
01:16:51Just leave.
01:16:53And while you're at it,
01:16:54take your cheap-ass flowers with you.
01:17:01All right.
01:17:02If that's the way you want it,
01:17:09don't forget to take...
01:17:10Yeah, I know.
01:17:10My cheap-ass flowers, right?
01:17:30What was I thinking?
01:17:58What was I thinking?
01:18:00You're so close and you're so lejos
01:18:04I cry in my eyes and kisses
01:18:07I miss you
01:18:09You're so close and you're so lejos
01:18:41Please Rita, before you say anything just hear me out for one minute
01:18:46I just wanted to start by saying that you were right
01:18:50You were right about everything
01:18:52You were even right about me abandoning my dream for dancing
01:18:56And for what, for money?
01:18:59You know, you're the only one that can see right through me
01:19:02The only one that can tell it to me like it is
01:19:04And for that alone, I'll always love you
01:19:08Miguel, please, please, please, let me finish
01:19:12Thanks to you, I finally got a chance to wake up
01:19:17And realize that a real man is one that stands by his woman
01:19:23So, I'm here, I'm ready to stand by your side
01:19:27If you'll allow me, I'd like to be that man for you
01:19:32Right here, right now, tonight
01:19:35If you let me be your dance partner
01:19:37Please, how about it?
01:19:44What?
01:19:46You couldn't stop and buy some cheap-ass flowers?
01:19:52What can I say, they were closed
01:19:55Come on, let's go
01:20:02Aren't those the same shoes you were wearing when we met?
01:20:05Yep, they're my lucky shoes
01:20:08And those shoes, you don't look lucky, you look broke
01:20:12You think?
01:20:14Come on
01:20:16What?
01:20:38So, beloved, as your glorious days unfold before you
01:20:43Look not to the heavens for miracles
01:20:46For life is your miracle given to you from the loving heart of God
01:20:53Follow the song of your spirit
01:20:57Its journey will lead you to your destiny
01:21:01Believe in the magic that is you
01:21:04For dreams do come true
01:21:07The journey is as distant and near as the beating of your heart
01:21:12Dance the dance
01:21:15Live the dream
01:21:17Dream will
01:21:17Dream
01:21:18Dream
01:21:18Dream
01:21:19Dream
01:21:20Dream
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