1 00:00:51,580 --> 00:00:53,065 When I was ten, 2 00:00:53,165 --> 00:00:57,352 and my brother, Oz, was seven, 3 00:00:57,452 --> 00:00:59,387 our lives changed. 4 00:00:59,487 --> 00:01:03,558 Our lives changed in the blink of an eye. 5 00:01:04,226 --> 00:01:06,228 Forever. 6 00:01:37,559 --> 00:01:41,229 - I assume you're our driver? - We're here to take you to the farm. 7 00:01:41,329 --> 00:01:43,365 In this? 8 00:01:44,867 --> 00:01:46,819 This is unacceptable. 9 00:01:46,919 --> 00:01:49,838 We require a proper ambulance. 10 00:01:49,938 --> 00:01:52,040 After that, I'll need to inspect the accommodations 11 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:55,487 to ensure that they're acceptable and... 12 00:01:57,212 --> 00:02:01,058 Hello, children. I'm Louisa. 13 00:02:01,850 --> 00:02:05,788 And I know you go by Lou and Oz. 14 00:02:05,888 --> 00:02:08,090 Welcome to Virginia. 15 00:02:08,390 --> 00:02:10,525 This here's my friend, Eugene. 16 00:02:10,625 --> 00:02:14,272 Excuse me, madam. You can't expect us to ride back there. 17 00:02:15,297 --> 00:02:17,733 No, I checked the fare back. 18 00:02:17,833 --> 00:02:22,604 There's enough right here to get you on the first train out. 19 00:02:22,704 --> 00:02:26,608 Perhaps you don't speak English that well. I'm coming with you. 20 00:02:26,708 --> 00:02:32,080 Perhaps you don't understand how folks around here feel about trespassers. 21 00:02:32,180 --> 00:02:34,516 We take it very seriously. 22 00:02:34,616 --> 00:02:37,887 And I've never fired a warning shot in my life. 23 00:02:44,626 --> 00:02:45,922 Come on now. 24 00:02:48,530 --> 00:02:51,933 Amanda, it's Louisa. 25 00:02:53,635 --> 00:02:58,339 I'm so glad we finally get to meet. 26 00:03:55,459 --> 00:03:57,265 That's Hell no. 27 00:03:57,365 --> 00:03:59,928 What you looking at? 28 00:04:21,523 --> 00:04:24,460 - Hop in, Diamond. - Come on, Jeb. Come on. 29 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:27,279 Who's that? 30 00:04:29,481 --> 00:04:31,516 Howdy y'all. 31 00:04:32,167 --> 00:04:35,170 I expect y'all being Ms. Louisa's people. 32 00:04:40,742 --> 00:04:42,744 Folks around here call me Diamond. 33 00:04:42,844 --> 00:04:45,480 My daddy say that's how hard my head be. 34 00:04:46,414 --> 00:04:49,184 I'm Lou. This is Oz. 35 00:04:50,885 --> 00:04:53,788 Sorry to hear about your momma being hurt. 36 00:04:53,888 --> 00:04:56,891 She's going to get better. 37 00:05:07,602 --> 00:05:10,444 - Are we here? - Oh, no. 38 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:13,441 Hell No's just dropping me off at the river to go fishing. 39 00:05:13,541 --> 00:05:17,446 - His name's Eugene. - Folks around here call him Hell No. 40 00:05:17,946 --> 00:05:19,447 Why? 41 00:05:19,547 --> 00:05:22,951 Well, when Hell No was a baby, his daddy left him. 42 00:05:23,251 --> 00:05:27,542 Folks asked, "You gonna come back and get him?" He said, "Hell, no!" 43 00:06:36,058 --> 00:06:40,328 John Jacob Cardinal. 44 00:06:41,980 --> 00:06:43,915 Dad. 45 00:07:11,659 --> 00:07:13,395 Not now, Amanda. 46 00:07:13,495 --> 00:07:17,982 - We can't live off awards, Jack. - I said, not now, Amanda! 47 00:07:59,474 --> 00:08:02,777 I wish you'd stop doing that. It's not going to help. 48 00:08:02,877 --> 00:08:05,680 Your problem is you don't believe in anything. 49 00:08:05,780 --> 00:08:08,917 And your problem is you believe in everything. 50 00:08:11,019 --> 00:08:13,521 Everything all right? 51 00:08:19,427 --> 00:08:23,065 - What is that for, Oz? - A way to help Mom. 52 00:08:23,165 --> 00:08:25,662 Lou doesn't believe it. 53 00:08:26,168 --> 00:08:27,462 Well... 54 00:08:27,562 --> 00:08:29,971 believing in something is... 55 00:08:30,071 --> 00:08:34,009 a lot better than having an empty heart. 56 00:09:27,562 --> 00:09:29,431 What smells? 57 00:09:29,531 --> 00:09:33,210 - Well, that'd be manure. - Oh, you'll get to love that smell. 58 00:09:33,310 --> 00:09:37,757 Now come on over here. Eugene's gonna show you how to plow. 59 00:09:37,857 --> 00:09:42,711 Now Mable here is about as strong as anything in the world. 60 00:09:42,811 --> 00:09:46,515 I read an animal book. They have to show them who's in charge. 61 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,524 I guess Mable didn't read that book. 62 00:10:05,733 --> 00:10:06,868 Louisa. 63 00:10:06,968 --> 00:10:10,872 Lou, Oz, I want you to meet Cotton Longfellow. 64 00:10:11,272 --> 00:10:13,341 He's one of the finest lawyers around here. 65 00:10:13,441 --> 00:10:17,979 Well, seeing as I'm also one of the only lawyers around here, 66 00:10:18,079 --> 00:10:20,548 that is a dubious distinction. 67 00:10:20,648 --> 00:10:22,317 Oz. 68 00:10:23,151 --> 00:10:25,153 Lou. 69 00:10:25,954 --> 00:10:28,690 Lou fell in manure. That's why she smells. 70 00:10:28,790 --> 00:10:30,792 Oz! 71 00:10:31,526 --> 00:10:35,664 I don't know a farmer worth his take who hasn't fallen in manure at least once. 72 00:10:37,298 --> 00:10:41,202 I want to say how sorry I am for your father's passing. 73 00:10:41,769 --> 00:10:44,806 He was one of the greatest writers this country has ever had. 74 00:10:45,306 --> 00:10:51,279 Lou, I think you might get along right well with Mr. Longfellow. 75 00:10:51,379 --> 00:10:54,716 Are you related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? 76 00:10:54,816 --> 00:10:58,853 - I am indeed. - He was a great writer, too. 77 00:10:59,353 --> 00:11:01,489 I live in the shadow of greatness. 78 00:11:01,589 --> 00:11:04,426 Can be a little difficult for some family members. 79 00:11:04,526 --> 00:11:07,395 Well, Mr. Longfellow and I have things to talk over, 80 00:11:07,495 --> 00:11:11,107 so you... you best go get cleaned up. You go help your sister. 81 00:11:11,499 --> 00:11:13,535 It's nice to meet you, Oz, Lou. 82 00:11:22,377 --> 00:11:25,413 So what'd you find out, Cotton? 83 00:11:29,517 --> 00:11:31,138 Well... 84 00:11:31,238 --> 00:11:33,922 there is no money... 85 00:11:34,022 --> 00:11:36,658 in Jack Cardinal's estate. 86 00:11:37,492 --> 00:11:39,043 And... 87 00:11:39,143 --> 00:11:43,948 there are a lot of unpaid hospital bills for Ms. Amanda. 88 00:11:47,168 --> 00:11:50,671 Well, we'll get by, we always do. 89 00:11:51,205 --> 00:11:54,809 What exactly is wrong with Ms. Amanda? 90 00:11:55,977 --> 00:11:58,947 Mental trauma... 91 00:11:59,581 --> 00:12:02,784 is what the doctor in New York wrote me. 92 00:12:03,317 --> 00:12:06,254 Say she may not get better. 93 00:12:07,054 --> 00:12:09,323 It's up to her. 94 00:12:11,072 --> 00:12:13,528 Maybe up to God. 95 00:12:15,296 --> 00:12:17,131 Well, 96 00:12:17,231 --> 00:12:22,270 mental trauma can sometimes be overcome by mental stimulation. 97 00:12:25,673 --> 00:12:28,876 What better way to stimulate somebody than to read to them, 98 00:12:28,976 --> 00:12:32,114 particularly something that they are very familiar with. 99 00:12:33,614 --> 00:12:36,218 My eyes ain't what they used to be. 100 00:12:37,852 --> 00:12:39,887 But... 101 00:12:45,093 --> 00:12:47,495 I would be honored to read to her. 102 00:12:50,864 --> 00:12:52,867 Good. 103 00:13:03,745 --> 00:13:05,780 Wake up, Lou. 104 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,651 Lou. Wake up, Lou. Breakfast is ready. 105 00:13:09,751 --> 00:13:12,068 Eugene's gonna take you to school. 106 00:13:24,899 --> 00:13:28,169 It's all right. Go ahead. 107 00:13:40,448 --> 00:13:42,450 Lou. 108 00:13:46,888 --> 00:13:50,858 Can anybody tell me where the second and fourth grade classes are? 109 00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:55,963 Sure. Come on. 110 00:13:56,531 --> 00:13:58,833 Right over here. 111 00:14:00,434 --> 00:14:02,948 Of course, that's just for Yankees. 112 00:14:08,142 --> 00:14:12,580 Class, I'd like to introduce Louisa Mae and Oscar Cardinal. 113 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,116 Louisa Mae and Oscar, will you stand up please? 114 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:18,152 My name is Lou. 115 00:14:22,456 --> 00:14:24,626 Their father was Jack Cardinal, 116 00:14:25,126 --> 00:14:28,462 a famous writer and my former student. 117 00:14:28,562 --> 00:14:31,432 Even met President Roosevelt. 118 00:14:31,532 --> 00:14:34,936 And I hear that Louisa Mae is also a writer. 119 00:14:37,605 --> 00:14:39,390 Well, 120 00:14:39,490 --> 00:14:43,560 we welcome you, Louisa Mae and Oscar. 121 00:14:47,281 --> 00:14:50,584 My name is Lou. 122 00:15:04,131 --> 00:15:06,734 Why, it's Miss Louisa Mae. 123 00:15:07,034 --> 00:15:09,871 You've been up to see the President, too? 124 00:15:10,238 --> 00:15:12,408 Are you always this scintillating? 125 00:15:14,742 --> 00:15:16,911 You call me a name? 126 00:15:17,011 --> 00:15:19,981 Didn't you call us Yankees? 127 00:15:20,081 --> 00:15:23,851 You're living with that old woman and that crippled colored. 128 00:15:23,951 --> 00:15:27,121 Pa said she ain't keeping that farm going. 129 00:15:27,655 --> 00:15:30,257 Not with three more mouths to feed. 130 00:15:30,358 --> 00:15:32,627 I don't care what your Pa says. 131 00:15:34,162 --> 00:15:37,065 He got a wad a cash as big as my fist. 132 00:15:39,733 --> 00:15:42,376 Then maybe he should spend it on his family. 133 00:15:43,337 --> 00:15:46,173 You best take that back. 134 00:15:46,674 --> 00:15:48,302 Make me. 135 00:15:49,744 --> 00:15:53,047 Shoot. I ain't hitting no girl. 136 00:15:53,147 --> 00:15:56,784 You're going to have to. Unless you can take that back. 137 00:16:00,104 --> 00:16:02,606 What have we got here? 138 00:16:04,692 --> 00:16:08,162 - I guess you ain't much of a writer. - She is too a writer. 139 00:16:09,125 --> 00:16:12,400 Dang you, you no good stinking blue blood. 140 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:13,801 Stop it! 141 00:16:13,901 --> 00:16:16,570 Hey! You stop it, now! 142 00:16:16,670 --> 00:16:19,173 - Get off of me. - Now you apologize to each other! 143 00:16:19,273 --> 00:16:22,577 - You can go straight to hell! - Stop your nonsense, Billy. 144 00:16:22,677 --> 00:16:25,513 Louisa Mae, come back here! 145 00:16:26,881 --> 00:16:30,117 Ma'am, her name is Lou. 146 00:16:35,289 --> 00:16:39,794 Glad to see you made such a nice first impression, Lou. 147 00:16:39,894 --> 00:16:45,132 - They called us Yankees. - Oh, good Lord, ain't that evil. 148 00:16:45,232 --> 00:16:48,936 The boy said we were going to lose the farm. 149 00:16:49,036 --> 00:16:51,639 It'll be okay, Oz. 150 00:16:54,876 --> 00:16:57,311 I got this for my last birthday. 151 00:16:57,411 --> 00:16:59,747 I want you to have it. 152 00:17:01,282 --> 00:17:04,151 Birthday presents are special, Lou. 153 00:17:04,251 --> 00:17:06,158 But I want to help. 154 00:17:07,855 --> 00:17:12,159 This land has provided for me all my life. 155 00:17:12,259 --> 00:17:15,854 I think it'll provide for us now. 156 00:17:16,497 --> 00:17:20,534 I know it's a lot with three more mouths to feed, but... 157 00:17:21,769 --> 00:17:25,455 I wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world, honey. 158 00:17:27,341 --> 00:17:29,143 Hi, Cotton. 159 00:17:29,243 --> 00:17:31,012 Hey, Cotton. 160 00:17:31,112 --> 00:17:33,580 What are you doing here? 161 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,518 Well, I'm gonna read one of your father's books to your mother. 162 00:17:37,618 --> 00:17:40,604 Our dad already read all his books to her. 163 00:17:40,704 --> 00:17:43,658 Besides, she can't hear you anyway. 164 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:48,696 Lou, go change your clothes and help Eugene with the chores. 165 00:17:48,796 --> 00:17:50,798 Go on. 166 00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:55,569 Reading to Mom is a good idea. 167 00:17:56,537 --> 00:18:00,975 Thank you Oz. I will do my best. 168 00:18:10,351 --> 00:18:12,936 Good afternoon, Ms. Amanda. 169 00:18:13,721 --> 00:18:16,991 My name is Cotton Longfellow. 170 00:18:17,658 --> 00:18:21,161 And it will be my pleasure to read to you. 171 00:18:29,236 --> 00:18:31,273 What you working on there, Ms. Lou? 172 00:18:31,873 --> 00:18:33,808 A story. 173 00:18:33,908 --> 00:18:36,542 What it be about? 174 00:18:36,842 --> 00:18:39,370 I don't know, Eugene. 175 00:18:40,281 --> 00:18:43,184 Anything else we can do, Eugene? 176 00:18:44,166 --> 00:18:48,315 - Firewood's got to go inside. - I'll do it. 177 00:18:50,558 --> 00:18:52,994 What are you going to do now? 178 00:18:54,044 --> 00:18:57,631 - More chores. - Can I help? 179 00:18:58,164 --> 00:18:59,521 Come on. 180 00:18:59,621 --> 00:19:02,436 "The dirt lane nudged over to the north, 181 00:19:02,536 --> 00:19:04,805 "as it cleared a rise. 182 00:19:04,905 --> 00:19:09,443 "Here the land splayed out into a broad valley of simple beauty, 183 00:19:09,543 --> 00:19:14,882 "green meadows were bracketed by vast forests of every wood the state boasted. 184 00:19:14,982 --> 00:19:20,654 "Next to the meadow were cleared patchwork fields that yielded to... 185 00:19:28,830 --> 00:19:31,298 "weathered gray, 186 00:19:31,398 --> 00:19:35,102 and wrapped with naked rambling rose vines..." 187 00:19:35,202 --> 00:19:38,372 Cotton was reading my father's words. 188 00:19:40,041 --> 00:19:42,810 Words about this place. 189 00:19:44,111 --> 00:19:47,047 The fields he used to play in. 190 00:19:48,983 --> 00:19:53,187 My only memories of my dad had been in New York. 191 00:19:54,321 --> 00:19:56,524 But now, 192 00:19:56,824 --> 00:20:00,461 now I was starting to feel him all around me here, 193 00:20:00,561 --> 00:20:02,663 in this place, too. 194 00:20:10,237 --> 00:20:13,908 - All right. Good boy. - Good boy, Jeb. 195 00:20:14,008 --> 00:20:17,812 Hell No, come here. Throw it. Give it a whirl. 196 00:20:17,912 --> 00:20:21,315 Diamond told me about Eugene's daddy leaving him. 197 00:20:21,415 --> 00:20:23,885 That is a darn lie. 198 00:20:23,985 --> 00:20:28,823 Eugene's daddy did not leave him, he was killed in a logging accident. 199 00:20:30,024 --> 00:20:33,127 And then after his Auntie passed on, 200 00:20:33,227 --> 00:20:35,463 I took him in. 201 00:20:35,563 --> 00:20:37,631 So why do people call him that awful name? 202 00:20:37,731 --> 00:20:40,834 Because they're ignorant, that's why. 203 00:20:41,869 --> 00:20:44,505 Memories are a funny thing. 204 00:20:44,605 --> 00:20:46,764 People like to change the past 205 00:20:46,864 --> 00:20:50,026 so they can remember what it is they want to remember. 206 00:20:51,045 --> 00:20:54,474 - All right, good boy. - Good boy, Jeb. 207 00:20:57,484 --> 00:20:59,687 How'd you learn how to toss like that? 208 00:21:09,930 --> 00:21:12,299 Your brother's got a really good arm. 209 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:14,635 Yeah. 210 00:21:14,835 --> 00:21:19,540 What'd you do for fun in the city? Ever go skinny dippin' in a gravel pit? 211 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,782 There aren't gravel pits in Brooklyn. 212 00:21:25,946 --> 00:21:28,983 I haven't met a boy like Diamond before. 213 00:21:29,083 --> 00:21:31,886 He lived all by himself on the mountain. 214 00:21:31,986 --> 00:21:34,522 His mom had died when he was born 215 00:21:34,622 --> 00:21:37,358 and his dad died during a mining accident. 216 00:21:37,458 --> 00:21:39,927 The whole mountain had fallen on him. 217 00:21:42,479 --> 00:21:45,967 Louisa said that Diamond and I were like family. 218 00:21:46,067 --> 00:21:48,402 We're distant cousins. 219 00:21:50,070 --> 00:21:54,341 I never knew I had so much family here. 220 00:21:57,378 --> 00:21:59,614 This here well, it's magic. 221 00:22:00,014 --> 00:22:02,516 What do you mean? 222 00:22:02,616 --> 00:22:05,459 There was a guy and a gal, they want to get hitched, 223 00:22:05,559 --> 00:22:07,221 but their families wouldn't let them. 224 00:22:07,321 --> 00:22:10,424 So, they made a plan to run off. 225 00:22:10,524 --> 00:22:12,526 Only something happened, 226 00:22:12,626 --> 00:22:17,214 and the fella, he thought the gal done got killed. 227 00:22:17,465 --> 00:22:18,699 So... 228 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:22,403 he come down here and he jump in. 229 00:22:22,603 --> 00:22:25,473 That gal, she found out, 230 00:22:25,773 --> 00:22:30,194 she come down here and she jump in, too. 231 00:22:30,294 --> 00:22:33,647 - That sounds like Romeo and Juliet. - Who? 232 00:22:33,747 --> 00:22:36,350 What makes it magic, Diamond? 233 00:22:36,450 --> 00:22:37,985 Well, 234 00:22:38,085 --> 00:22:42,523 them two people, dying for each other, that's what made the well magic. 235 00:22:42,623 --> 00:22:45,626 Anybody have a wish, they come down here, it'll happen. 236 00:22:45,926 --> 00:22:48,629 - There's just one little catch. - What? 237 00:22:48,729 --> 00:22:51,665 You got to give up the most important thing you got, 238 00:22:51,765 --> 00:22:54,168 just like they did. 239 00:22:54,268 --> 00:22:56,437 But how do you know if it works? 240 00:22:56,537 --> 00:22:58,565 Well, this here bucket, 241 00:22:58,665 --> 00:23:01,904 - swing from left to right. - Lou, maybe we can... 242 00:23:02,004 --> 00:23:03,507 - No, Oz. - But... 243 00:23:03,607 --> 00:23:06,580 It's just like your stupid necklace, it won't work. 244 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,816 Mom's never coming back. 245 00:23:12,986 --> 00:23:16,023 This morning's lessons we will practice our letters. 246 00:23:16,123 --> 00:23:20,194 Please take out your books and write each letter five times. 247 00:23:24,998 --> 00:23:27,248 Lou, is something wrong? 248 00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:34,759 No. 249 00:23:55,129 --> 00:23:57,030 I'm gonna whoop you. 250 00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:58,832 Go get 'em, Will, go get 'em! 251 00:24:09,410 --> 00:24:12,112 What the hell is going on here? 252 00:24:12,212 --> 00:24:14,849 Billy got in another fight, George. 253 00:24:17,651 --> 00:24:19,416 Sorry, pa. 254 00:24:21,355 --> 00:24:24,692 I was working in the damn fields, boy. Now get up. 255 00:24:25,492 --> 00:24:29,196 Did that damn girl do that to you? I ain't through with you, boy. 256 00:24:29,296 --> 00:24:31,965 - George, you leave him be. - Get off of me. 257 00:24:34,001 --> 00:24:36,937 Next year, no more damn school for you. 258 00:24:37,037 --> 00:24:38,539 - You hear me? - Yes, sir. 259 00:24:38,639 --> 00:24:41,575 Why don't you let Billy decide that? 260 00:24:42,976 --> 00:24:45,679 He a boy, he do what I say. 261 00:24:45,779 --> 00:24:48,983 - Well, I see me a fine young man. - He ain't a grown man. 262 00:24:49,083 --> 00:24:51,986 Yeah, but you are, so you keep your hands off of him! 263 00:24:55,322 --> 00:24:59,317 You got that big colored living in your house, don't ya? 264 00:24:59,793 --> 00:25:03,565 God gonna strike you dead. God gonna strike you down for that. 265 00:25:04,365 --> 00:25:07,534 Got that Injun blood in ya. 266 00:25:07,634 --> 00:25:10,303 You don't belong here, old woman. 267 00:25:10,504 --> 00:25:13,340 If you ever lay a hand on him again, 268 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,711 you'd better pray to whatever God it is you counsel with, 269 00:25:17,811 --> 00:25:20,414 that I don't find you, George Davis. 270 00:25:20,514 --> 00:25:22,383 Hey! 271 00:25:22,483 --> 00:25:24,051 Do you know who you're messing with, old woman? 272 00:25:24,151 --> 00:25:26,120 Yeah, I know who I'm messing with. 273 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:30,090 Your daddy beat you bad and he starved you and your sisters. 274 00:25:30,190 --> 00:25:32,926 Many a time I tried to come between ya's. 275 00:25:33,026 --> 00:25:35,696 And now you've grown up to be just like him. 276 00:25:35,796 --> 00:25:38,877 Well, Billy's not gonna be like that. 277 00:25:39,566 --> 00:25:42,103 Billy. Wake up, come on. 278 00:25:42,603 --> 00:25:44,671 Come on. 279 00:25:46,039 --> 00:25:47,775 You're gonna hear from me, woman. 280 00:25:48,675 --> 00:25:49,967 Don't you worry, Ms. Louisa, 281 00:25:50,067 --> 00:25:52,931 that man ain't gonna touch you or the children while I'm around. 282 00:25:53,814 --> 00:25:56,083 Come on, children. 283 00:26:02,523 --> 00:26:05,993 Why did George Davis say you don't belong here? 284 00:26:06,093 --> 00:26:10,597 Well, my daddy was part Cherokee and some folks around here don't like that. 285 00:26:10,697 --> 00:26:13,300 Me, I'm proud of it. 286 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,907 So you got Native blood in you, too. I think that's pretty special. 287 00:26:18,007 --> 00:26:20,841 You should've seen Billy's face when he opened that lunch pail. 288 00:26:20,941 --> 00:26:23,444 It was so funny. 289 00:26:24,845 --> 00:26:26,814 Oh, look. 290 00:26:26,914 --> 00:26:28,916 Wild grapes. 291 00:26:29,016 --> 00:26:32,753 They're all around here if you know where to look. 292 00:26:33,053 --> 00:26:37,758 Chestnuts on the ground, wild onions underneath. 293 00:26:37,858 --> 00:26:40,443 We can get a whole meal out of this land... 294 00:26:41,495 --> 00:26:45,166 - 'out even lifting a finger. - They're amazing. 295 00:26:46,367 --> 00:26:48,569 Tell me, Lou, 296 00:26:48,669 --> 00:26:52,672 did you see any food in Billy's pail? 297 00:26:54,508 --> 00:26:55,709 No. 298 00:26:55,809 --> 00:27:01,148 You see, what I find funny is that some children feel they ought to be ashamed 299 00:27:01,248 --> 00:27:05,652 when their daddy doesn't see fit to give them anything. 300 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:11,257 So ashamed that they had to haul a pail to school and pretend to eat, 301 00:27:11,357 --> 00:27:13,861 so nobody would catch on 302 00:27:13,961 --> 00:27:16,463 that their daddy gives them nothin'. 303 00:27:16,663 --> 00:27:19,366 Do you find that funny, Lou? 304 00:27:19,466 --> 00:27:22,069 - No. - No. 305 00:27:23,304 --> 00:27:28,075 You see, you had a fine daddy who loved you very much. 306 00:27:28,175 --> 00:27:33,881 And I know that makes it harder now that he's gone, but... 307 00:27:34,415 --> 00:27:37,084 the thing is, 308 00:27:37,184 --> 00:27:42,155 Billy Davis has to live with his daddy every day. 309 00:27:42,489 --> 00:27:46,093 And I pray with all my heart 310 00:27:46,193 --> 00:27:48,447 that he survives it. 311 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,503 Why didn't my dad ever come back here? 312 00:27:57,771 --> 00:28:01,808 You never know what's in someone else's heart, Lou. 313 00:28:01,909 --> 00:28:05,278 No matter how hard you try. 314 00:28:56,930 --> 00:28:59,643 I wish that my mom would wake up. 315 00:29:25,959 --> 00:29:29,229 Hey, come on! I gotta show you something. Get your brother. 316 00:29:29,329 --> 00:29:32,766 - Where are we going? - Come on. We're gonna go see God! 317 00:29:37,771 --> 00:29:42,309 Diamond said every time he came here God will send him an angel. 318 00:29:43,910 --> 00:29:46,714 He thought he had a right good regime of 'em. 319 00:29:47,214 --> 00:29:49,950 This is where God touched the earth. 320 00:29:52,753 --> 00:29:55,631 Maybe someday they'll name it after me. 321 00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:06,216 - Put 'er there. Come on, boy. - What are they doing? 322 00:30:06,416 --> 00:30:08,785 George Davis, he has a still up here. 323 00:30:08,885 --> 00:30:11,488 So the sheriff won't catch him making moonshine. 324 00:30:12,372 --> 00:30:14,808 - Jeb! Jeb! - What's that? 325 00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:17,510 You come back here! 326 00:30:19,312 --> 00:30:21,010 Diamond, look out! 327 00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:23,650 - Diamond! - Billy, go see what that is. 328 00:30:23,750 --> 00:30:26,086 - Run, Oz! - Hey, you! Get over here! 329 00:30:26,186 --> 00:30:27,554 - Lou! - I'm gonna get ya! 330 00:30:27,654 --> 00:30:29,245 Oz! 331 00:30:31,057 --> 00:30:34,328 - Where you runnin', boy? - Help, Lou! 332 00:30:35,112 --> 00:30:37,247 Hey, who told you you could come here? 333 00:30:37,597 --> 00:30:39,800 Let him go! 334 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:42,136 - Stop! Daddy, no! - What are you doing? 335 00:30:45,572 --> 00:30:48,242 Come on. Get up! Run, y'all! 336 00:30:51,945 --> 00:30:55,315 What the hell, Billy? What's wrong with you? Get up! 337 00:30:55,415 --> 00:30:58,953 Don't you ever touch my gun again, you understand? Never, boy! 338 00:31:12,132 --> 00:31:14,268 You busted up my still! 339 00:31:14,368 --> 00:31:15,769 Don't you dare! 340 00:31:15,869 --> 00:31:18,572 Them little devils tore up my property. And I'm here to get paid. 341 00:31:18,672 --> 00:31:21,606 Well, why don't you show the sheriff what they done to your still 342 00:31:21,706 --> 00:31:24,911 - and he can tell me what's fair. - You know I can't do that, woman. 343 00:31:25,011 --> 00:31:27,949 Well, then you can find your way off my property. 344 00:31:29,049 --> 00:31:32,452 Now get off before I lose patience and you lose blood. 345 00:31:32,552 --> 00:31:36,023 - I'll pay you George Davis. - You little vermin. 346 00:31:36,123 --> 00:31:38,992 My head still burns from where you clocked me and I don't appreciate it at all. 347 00:31:39,092 --> 00:31:41,428 You lucky then, 'cause I could've hit you harder. 348 00:31:41,528 --> 00:31:43,797 You close that trap, you don't smart mouth me, you boy. 349 00:31:43,897 --> 00:31:45,590 You want your money or not? 350 00:31:45,690 --> 00:31:47,755 Money? 351 00:31:47,855 --> 00:31:49,302 You ain't got no money. 352 00:31:49,402 --> 00:31:53,039 Got a silver dollar right here. It's a 100 years old. 353 00:31:53,139 --> 00:31:56,477 Man in Tramont, he told me he'd pay me 20 dollar for it. 354 00:31:56,877 --> 00:31:58,359 Diamond, don't. 355 00:31:59,813 --> 00:32:02,816 What a man do? You got to have consequences. 356 00:32:02,916 --> 00:32:05,885 Now look, if I give you this... 357 00:32:05,985 --> 00:32:09,389 you ain't coming back to Ms. Louisa for nothing. You got to swear. 358 00:32:09,489 --> 00:32:13,094 Sure. Sure, I swear. Come on, give it to me, I swear. 359 00:32:15,762 --> 00:32:17,826 Now get you gone, George. 360 00:32:18,765 --> 00:32:20,967 All right, Louisa. 361 00:32:24,090 --> 00:32:25,939 But next time, 362 00:32:26,039 --> 00:32:28,920 my gun don't miss. 363 00:32:29,509 --> 00:32:31,511 Ever. 364 00:32:34,347 --> 00:32:36,549 Thanks for the coin. 365 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,962 Oz, why don't you go in and get cleaned up. 366 00:32:49,062 --> 00:32:53,416 And Diamond, you go in the barn and milk the cow. Take that dang dog with you. 367 00:32:53,516 --> 00:32:56,203 Now if you run off like that, 368 00:32:56,303 --> 00:32:58,872 and you take your little brother with you, 369 00:32:58,972 --> 00:33:01,955 he'd cross through fire for ya. 370 00:33:02,055 --> 00:33:03,977 I'm ashamed of you. 371 00:33:05,546 --> 00:33:06,961 I'm really sorry. 372 00:33:07,061 --> 00:33:11,985 If you ever pull another thing like that, you're gonna feel my hand across your skin. 373 00:33:12,085 --> 00:33:15,522 And believe me, it's something you ain't ever gonna forget. 374 00:33:40,463 --> 00:33:43,517 Hey, Billy. What's the matter, child? 375 00:33:44,017 --> 00:33:47,571 Ma's baby coming. She sent me to get you. 376 00:33:47,671 --> 00:33:49,990 She don't feel right. 377 00:33:50,090 --> 00:33:51,324 I'm gonna drive you. 378 00:33:51,424 --> 00:33:53,193 Well, you can drive me, but I'll walk home. 379 00:33:53,293 --> 00:33:55,562 I don't want you staying around George Davis. 380 00:33:55,662 --> 00:33:56,897 I'm coming with you. 381 00:33:56,997 --> 00:33:59,666 - No, this is no place for you. - I want to help. 382 00:33:59,766 --> 00:34:02,202 Billy, is your pa there? 383 00:34:02,302 --> 00:34:04,905 Mare gonna drop its foal. 384 00:34:05,005 --> 00:34:07,941 He's staying in the barn 'til it come. 385 00:34:08,041 --> 00:34:10,476 I'll get my things. 386 00:34:24,157 --> 00:34:26,026 Hi! 387 00:34:27,126 --> 00:34:29,963 I brought you a present. 388 00:34:34,434 --> 00:34:37,037 Here's one for you. 389 00:34:37,137 --> 00:34:39,239 And one for you. 390 00:34:39,339 --> 00:34:41,174 Hey. 391 00:34:42,142 --> 00:34:43,877 Hey. 392 00:34:49,933 --> 00:34:53,520 We still have some time here, you can go on outside, I'll call you. 393 00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:56,022 How many have you delivered? 394 00:34:56,122 --> 00:35:00,294 Forty two in forty seven years. I remember 'em all. 395 00:35:00,794 --> 00:35:02,562 And they all lived? 396 00:35:04,497 --> 00:35:08,401 You go on outside now. I'll let you know when. 397 00:35:08,847 --> 00:35:14,141 Breathe, Sally. Just deep breaths. That's good. That's good. 398 00:35:31,091 --> 00:35:34,161 I'm sorry about putting that snake in your pail. 399 00:35:34,561 --> 00:35:37,564 I did it to you first. 400 00:35:37,664 --> 00:35:40,666 My pa kill a man that done it to him. 401 00:35:44,504 --> 00:35:47,106 You're not your dad, Billy. 402 00:35:54,214 --> 00:35:56,950 If I tell him I'm fetching Ms. Louisa... 403 00:35:59,486 --> 00:36:01,287 he'd be mad. 404 00:36:02,322 --> 00:36:04,891 We're here to help your mother. 405 00:36:06,359 --> 00:36:08,495 He can't have a problem with that. 406 00:36:09,529 --> 00:36:11,798 Is that right? 407 00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:16,369 - How's your foal, pa? - Dead. 408 00:36:16,769 --> 00:36:19,205 What's she doing here? 409 00:36:22,709 --> 00:36:25,145 I got them to help ma. 410 00:36:25,245 --> 00:36:28,448 Ms. Louisa's inside right now. 411 00:36:28,548 --> 00:36:30,817 That woman's inside my house? 412 00:36:30,917 --> 00:36:34,621 It's time. Come on. The baby's comin'. 413 00:36:34,721 --> 00:36:36,790 Listen, you got no business being here, old woman. 414 00:36:36,890 --> 00:36:40,327 Sally needs help. Are you gonna do it? Come on. 415 00:36:40,727 --> 00:36:43,930 If it's a girl, you let her die, you hear? 416 00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:47,124 Don't need me no more damn girls. 417 00:36:59,846 --> 00:37:02,115 He looks like you. 418 00:37:02,215 --> 00:37:05,385 What will you be naming your new baby boy? 419 00:37:06,052 --> 00:37:08,254 They call you Lou. 420 00:37:08,354 --> 00:37:12,593 - That be your name, girl? - Well, sort of. 421 00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:15,928 Then it be Lou. 422 00:37:16,028 --> 00:37:18,531 I have a brother, Lou. 423 00:37:23,469 --> 00:37:25,411 Billy, 424 00:37:27,073 --> 00:37:30,410 when the crops are in, you come see me, all right? 425 00:37:30,510 --> 00:37:32,379 Okay, Ms. Louisa. 426 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:43,089 Why did Billy's mother marry a man like George Davis? 427 00:37:43,189 --> 00:37:46,159 Well, 'cause he owned his own land and livestock. 428 00:37:46,759 --> 00:37:49,362 She could've left the mountain. 429 00:37:49,462 --> 00:37:52,365 Well, this mountain is all she's ever known. 430 00:37:52,465 --> 00:37:54,901 It's hard to leave that. 431 00:37:55,201 --> 00:37:58,237 Have you ever thought about leaving? 432 00:37:58,605 --> 00:38:01,674 No, I never have. 433 00:38:02,208 --> 00:38:07,280 Me and this land get along right well. Like family. 434 00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:10,216 I think we'd both be lost without the other. 435 00:38:10,316 --> 00:38:12,485 And when I'm gone, 436 00:38:12,585 --> 00:38:14,821 it'll belong to you and Oz. 437 00:38:16,089 --> 00:38:17,957 I've never owned anything. 438 00:38:18,057 --> 00:38:23,129 Well, you don't exactly own land, Lou. 439 00:38:23,229 --> 00:38:27,434 You and the high rock just kinda take care of each other. 440 00:38:31,104 --> 00:38:35,063 Did you have any other children besides my grandfather? 441 00:38:37,978 --> 00:38:39,980 I... 442 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,682 had me a little girl... 443 00:38:43,283 --> 00:38:45,685 named Annie. 444 00:38:45,785 --> 00:38:49,488 She was so pretty when she was born. 445 00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:54,194 I knitted her a pink cap. 446 00:38:54,294 --> 00:38:56,663 It fit her head real good. 447 00:38:57,697 --> 00:38:59,932 What happened? 448 00:39:04,003 --> 00:39:10,009 Her little chest rose and fell and rose and fell. 449 00:39:12,145 --> 00:39:15,527 Then it forgot to rise again. 450 00:39:18,318 --> 00:39:22,622 Doesn't seem fair, a momma don't get to see her baby's eyes 451 00:39:22,722 --> 00:39:24,196 at least once. 452 00:39:50,983 --> 00:39:54,287 My dad died in that accident, 453 00:39:54,921 --> 00:39:57,357 'cause he and my mom were arguing. 454 00:39:59,225 --> 00:40:04,163 Well, Lou, people pass when it's their time. 455 00:40:04,831 --> 00:40:07,333 We can't forget 'em, 456 00:40:08,067 --> 00:40:10,904 but we got to go on living. 457 00:40:12,739 --> 00:40:15,942 And the folks we still have with us, 458 00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:19,886 they deserve all the help we can give 'em. 459 00:40:22,448 --> 00:40:26,018 I think it's time I showed you something. Come on. 460 00:40:38,364 --> 00:40:42,068 These are the letters your mother wrote to me. 461 00:40:42,502 --> 00:40:45,037 I didn't know she did that. 462 00:40:45,137 --> 00:40:48,808 There might be a lot you don't know about her. 463 00:40:48,908 --> 00:40:51,911 It's time you learned. 464 00:41:28,448 --> 00:41:31,307 - Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! - Hey, Cotton! 465 00:41:31,407 --> 00:41:33,720 Well, look who's in town. 466 00:41:34,020 --> 00:41:35,838 What are you doing here? 467 00:41:35,938 --> 00:41:40,293 My office is in the courthouse here. What are you doing here? 468 00:41:40,393 --> 00:41:43,896 - Louisa gave us the day off. - Oh, nice. 469 00:41:43,996 --> 00:41:47,600 Well, what's say you give me a couple of hours and I'll take you all to lunch? 470 00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:50,770 We don't have a watch. 471 00:41:50,870 --> 00:41:52,872 Well... 472 00:41:53,739 --> 00:41:57,910 my father, he gave me this when I first moved here. 473 00:41:58,010 --> 00:42:00,880 He told me I would have a lot of time on my hands. 474 00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:04,284 I guess he wanted me to keep track of it? 475 00:42:04,584 --> 00:42:08,870 How about you keep track of it. Two hours. All right? 476 00:42:11,123 --> 00:42:14,628 Have fun. And Diamond, you keep out of trouble, you hear? 477 00:42:19,999 --> 00:42:23,529 - How much for a slice of pie? - A nickel. 478 00:42:25,605 --> 00:42:29,142 Hey you, get them dirty fingers away from my pie. 479 00:42:29,942 --> 00:42:34,514 - Where you from boy? The mountain? - No, I'm from the moon. 480 00:42:34,614 --> 00:42:38,751 You just march yourself on away from here. Get back up the mountain where you belong. 481 00:42:39,051 --> 00:42:41,321 Hey, get! You little... 482 00:42:41,421 --> 00:42:43,773 Atta boy, Jeb. 483 00:42:43,873 --> 00:42:47,027 - Come on, Oz, let's go. - Hey... why you leaving? 484 00:42:47,327 --> 00:42:51,296 Because... we're from the mountain, too. 485 00:43:00,272 --> 00:43:02,742 That's some mighty fine eatin', Cotton. 486 00:43:02,842 --> 00:43:06,446 - Yeah, I agree, Diamond. It's good food. - Thanks, Cotton. 487 00:43:06,946 --> 00:43:10,483 - John! - Hello, Mr. Cotton. 488 00:43:11,751 --> 00:43:12,952 What's going on? 489 00:43:13,052 --> 00:43:16,756 The coal business is gone. I lost my job at the mine. 490 00:43:16,856 --> 00:43:19,359 You didn't sell to Southern Valley, did you? 491 00:43:19,459 --> 00:43:21,060 Yes, sir, I did. 492 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:25,031 Me and most of the people on this side of the mountain. 493 00:43:25,131 --> 00:43:27,834 Well, take care. 494 00:43:27,934 --> 00:43:30,536 - Good luck. - Thank you. 495 00:44:52,718 --> 00:44:54,755 Your parents were nice looking. 496 00:44:56,789 --> 00:44:58,658 Yeah, they was. 497 00:45:01,861 --> 00:45:04,530 Why didn't you tell me about them? 498 00:45:04,630 --> 00:45:06,833 Why should I? 499 00:45:08,368 --> 00:45:10,903 Because we're friends. 500 00:45:15,141 --> 00:45:18,002 I never knowed my mom, but... 501 00:45:18,744 --> 00:45:21,041 I try to think of what her voice would be like. 502 00:45:28,688 --> 00:45:32,523 - It's hard not having parents. - You still got a momma. 503 00:45:33,826 --> 00:45:35,828 No, I don't. 504 00:45:37,096 --> 00:45:40,233 Don't you ever give up on a breathing body, Lou. 505 00:45:40,733 --> 00:45:41,866 Ever. 506 00:45:47,607 --> 00:45:50,443 You're good at telling stories. 507 00:45:50,543 --> 00:45:52,412 Maybe you should try writing. 508 00:45:52,512 --> 00:45:57,883 Shoot. I don't know no big words except for Hallelujah. 509 00:46:00,586 --> 00:46:02,622 Thanks. 510 00:46:05,257 --> 00:46:09,629 You're a good friend. You're like family. 511 00:46:09,779 --> 00:46:13,633 My daddy say that there are two things in life you die for, 512 00:46:13,733 --> 00:46:16,936 friends and family. 513 00:46:17,036 --> 00:46:21,006 Sometimes they're one in the same. 514 00:46:24,610 --> 00:46:26,912 Maybe they are. 515 00:46:52,438 --> 00:46:54,011 What's that, Lou? 516 00:46:58,344 --> 00:47:00,191 Nothing important. 517 00:47:01,847 --> 00:47:03,382 "The wind ride on tree limbs, 518 00:47:03,482 --> 00:47:06,719 "the underbrush was thick with sounds of stealthy movement 519 00:47:06,819 --> 00:47:11,924 "and the tall grass seemed to clutch at the boy's pant legs. 520 00:47:12,024 --> 00:47:14,527 "The little boy was certain that regiments of hobgoblins 521 00:47:14,627 --> 00:47:17,563 "were roaming nearby in full terrifying splendor. 522 00:47:17,963 --> 00:47:21,534 "Yet something inside him had clearly risen superior to these horrors. 523 00:47:21,634 --> 00:47:25,037 "For he did not once think of turning back. 524 00:47:25,137 --> 00:47:26,677 "Well, 525 00:47:26,777 --> 00:47:30,643 maybe once, he admitted to himself. 526 00:47:30,743 --> 00:47:33,078 "Or perhaps twice. 527 00:47:33,178 --> 00:47:35,831 "He ran hard for a while, making his way over the knolls, 528 00:47:35,931 --> 00:47:40,386 "navigating crisscross gullies and stumbling through the jungle of dense woods. 529 00:47:40,486 --> 00:47:43,756 He cleared one last grove of trees, stopped..." 530 00:47:46,826 --> 00:47:48,716 There's a diamond in here. 531 00:47:49,695 --> 00:47:53,132 - A diamond? - Yep. 532 00:47:53,232 --> 00:47:56,802 Chip a little piece off it every day, 533 00:47:57,637 --> 00:47:59,872 and before you know it, 534 00:48:00,973 --> 00:48:04,210 it'll be the purtiest diamond anyone ever saw. 535 00:48:04,310 --> 00:48:07,413 Maybe you could sell it for a lot of money. 536 00:48:07,513 --> 00:48:09,114 I ain't need no money. 537 00:48:09,214 --> 00:48:12,751 Got everything I need, right here on this mountain. 538 00:48:20,893 --> 00:48:23,262 What's going on over there? 539 00:48:24,396 --> 00:48:27,633 Well, coal company's got all the money, 540 00:48:27,733 --> 00:48:30,102 now they want all the land. 541 00:48:31,470 --> 00:48:33,673 You want to sell your property, that's my price. 542 00:48:33,773 --> 00:48:35,541 Come on down... 543 00:48:35,641 --> 00:48:39,845 It seemed everywhere I looked, there were signs going up. 544 00:48:39,945 --> 00:48:43,949 Sold to Southern Valley Coal. 545 00:48:44,817 --> 00:48:48,921 Diamond never forgave the coal company for what they did to his father. 546 00:48:49,521 --> 00:48:52,591 Or for what they were doing to the mountain. 547 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,764 Don't you even think about it, Diamond Skinner. 548 00:49:01,734 --> 00:49:03,669 I be seeing you! 549 00:49:03,769 --> 00:49:07,406 - What was that all about? - Nothing you have to worry about. 550 00:49:07,506 --> 00:49:09,475 - Who was that? - Judd Wheeler. 551 00:49:09,875 --> 00:49:13,412 He owns a coal company that killed my dad. 552 00:49:17,549 --> 00:49:19,652 Y'all know about the stars? 553 00:49:19,752 --> 00:49:25,023 Yeah. That's Big Dipper and Pegasus. 554 00:49:25,591 --> 00:49:28,227 Ain't heard of those, but... 555 00:49:28,394 --> 00:49:31,797 there's the Bear that's missing one leg. 556 00:49:33,365 --> 00:49:37,035 And over there, that's the stone chimney. 557 00:49:38,070 --> 00:49:40,508 You sure do know a lot about stars, Diamond. 558 00:49:41,473 --> 00:49:46,045 Well, when you're up here in the mountains, you're closer to 'em. 559 00:49:46,145 --> 00:49:49,414 You get to see 'em better than other folks. 560 00:50:01,193 --> 00:50:05,998 There's coal in that there rock. Pickaxe can't do job. 561 00:50:06,098 --> 00:50:09,101 You gotta use dynamite. 562 00:50:09,201 --> 00:50:13,088 - Is it dangerous? - No. Done it myself. 563 00:50:13,188 --> 00:50:15,574 But if you ain't careful, you can blow yourself up good. 564 00:50:15,674 --> 00:50:20,313 You know, after it blows, maybe I could take you in, show you around. 565 00:50:21,814 --> 00:50:23,949 You should think about coming to live with us. 566 00:50:24,049 --> 00:50:26,885 You could be my big brother. 567 00:50:27,753 --> 00:50:29,399 Maybe I will. 568 00:50:32,408 --> 00:50:34,810 Jeb! Jeb, stop! Come back here! 569 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,396 - Jeb! Diamond! - Jeb, come here! 570 00:50:37,496 --> 00:50:40,845 - Come back here, Jeb! - Diamond, wait now. Stop! 571 00:50:40,945 --> 00:50:44,069 - No! Lou, no! - Hey. Wait here, Ms. Lou. 572 00:50:44,169 --> 00:50:45,871 - Come here, boy! - I'll get him. 573 00:50:45,971 --> 00:50:48,036 Jeb, come back! 574 00:50:48,136 --> 00:50:50,476 - Come out of there! - Come on now! Come on! 575 00:50:50,576 --> 00:50:52,014 Diamond! 576 00:51:08,093 --> 00:51:09,435 Eugene! 577 00:51:10,830 --> 00:51:15,134 Eugene, where is he? Where is he? Where's Diamond? Eugene, where is he? 578 00:51:15,234 --> 00:51:17,836 Sorry, Ms. Lou. 579 00:51:20,372 --> 00:51:22,411 Diamond! 580 00:51:22,511 --> 00:51:24,376 Diamond! 581 00:51:24,476 --> 00:51:26,128 Ms. Lou. 582 00:51:26,228 --> 00:51:28,447 Okay. 583 00:51:28,547 --> 00:51:30,805 It's okay. 584 00:51:39,058 --> 00:51:42,261 People pass and it's natural, 585 00:51:42,361 --> 00:51:45,764 the old making way for the new, 586 00:51:48,467 --> 00:51:51,603 but when a child dies, 587 00:51:54,039 --> 00:51:57,509 it just turns everything upside down. 588 00:52:00,780 --> 00:52:03,415 I don't know much, 589 00:52:03,515 --> 00:52:06,218 but I do know that... 590 00:52:06,752 --> 00:52:08,921 Diamond's up there 591 00:52:09,021 --> 00:52:12,557 right now, telling God a story. 592 00:52:13,759 --> 00:52:16,762 And God is laughing. 593 00:52:19,331 --> 00:52:23,102 And that's all any of us need to carry in our hearts 594 00:52:23,202 --> 00:52:25,938 about this young man. 595 00:53:34,573 --> 00:53:37,109 I can close my eyes and wish... 596 00:53:38,410 --> 00:53:40,446 and wish, 597 00:53:40,546 --> 00:53:45,784 but you are never coming back. 598 00:55:46,571 --> 00:55:50,075 - Where you going? - Going to send a letter. 599 00:55:50,175 --> 00:55:52,177 In your nightgown? 600 00:56:13,799 --> 00:56:16,501 A lot to take to market. 601 00:56:17,469 --> 00:56:19,126 What do you want? 602 00:56:23,642 --> 00:56:26,645 Hey, Billy. Hey, you know you're just in time. 603 00:56:26,745 --> 00:56:29,848 I was just saying what are we gonna do with all this food? 604 00:56:29,948 --> 00:56:32,151 Come on over here and take this home. 605 00:56:32,651 --> 00:56:36,021 Lou, put this one on Billy's cart. 606 00:56:37,489 --> 00:56:42,361 And if your daddy say anything about this you tell him to come talk to me. 607 00:56:42,461 --> 00:56:47,099 Before long, Ms. Louisa, I won't care what my pa says. 608 00:56:56,375 --> 00:57:01,746 It's not fair. George Davis sells his crops and we feed his family? 609 00:57:02,814 --> 00:57:05,217 I'll tell you what's fair, 610 00:57:05,317 --> 00:57:10,389 a momma and her babies having food to eat. That's what's fair. 611 00:57:10,489 --> 00:57:12,791 You remember that. 612 00:57:33,345 --> 00:57:35,780 What are those? 613 00:57:35,914 --> 00:57:37,630 Just some old letters from Mom. 614 00:57:47,492 --> 00:57:50,362 Would you read them to me? 615 00:57:53,999 --> 00:57:57,369 All right. Just one. 616 00:58:08,814 --> 00:58:12,751 "Dear Louisa, I hope you are doing well. 617 00:58:13,418 --> 00:58:18,023 "Oz is over the whooping cough and is finally sleeping through the night." 618 00:58:18,943 --> 00:58:22,694 Me! She wrote about me! 619 00:58:24,229 --> 00:58:26,798 "Your great granddaughter is amazing." 620 00:58:26,898 --> 00:58:30,369 Your great granddaughter is amazing, Louisa. 621 00:58:30,469 --> 00:58:32,504 Her mind is so quick. 622 00:58:32,604 --> 00:58:36,441 I'm afraid she finds me a little boring. 623 00:58:36,808 --> 00:58:41,546 I know she wants more than anything to be a writer like her father, 624 00:58:41,646 --> 00:58:46,785 but she needs to understand that every writer has to find their own voice. 625 00:58:48,353 --> 00:58:50,922 But when Lou opens up her heart 626 00:58:51,022 --> 00:58:54,860 and lets the words pour from her 627 00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:56,428 I know the world will have another 628 00:58:56,528 --> 00:59:00,698 mighty fine writer... named Cardinal. 629 00:59:07,472 --> 00:59:10,274 That was a good letter. 630 00:59:15,614 --> 00:59:17,582 Good night, Oz. 631 00:59:17,682 --> 00:59:19,918 Night, Lou. 632 01:00:02,461 --> 01:00:05,128 I guarantee you it's going to be a Jim dandy of a Christmas now, 633 01:00:05,228 --> 01:00:06,531 I'm telling you. 634 01:00:06,631 --> 01:00:10,534 With the gas we're gonna get out of this, this hole in the ground here... 635 01:00:10,784 --> 01:00:12,103 Hey! 636 01:00:12,879 --> 01:00:16,041 - Let me go! Please! Please! - George! 637 01:00:16,141 --> 01:00:17,754 What is going on up there? 638 01:00:18,610 --> 01:00:21,146 What... What is going on here? 639 01:00:23,114 --> 01:00:25,680 Louisa's kin. 640 01:00:25,780 --> 01:00:27,719 Think she heard? 641 01:00:27,819 --> 01:00:29,854 Don't know. 642 01:00:39,764 --> 01:00:43,502 Ms. Cardinal. I'm Judd Wheeler, President of Southern Valley. 643 01:00:44,002 --> 01:00:46,505 He pays you to steal other people's land. 644 01:00:46,605 --> 01:00:48,540 You're a little bit of a problem now, aren't you? 645 01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:50,242 - If you were my daughter... - She's not! 646 01:00:50,342 --> 01:00:53,411 Now let's calm damn, folks. It's just business. 647 01:00:53,511 --> 01:00:57,115 Well, then it's good I've got my lawyer here, isn't it? 648 01:00:57,215 --> 01:01:02,954 Ms. Cardinal, I'm happy to offer you fifty thousand dollars for your property. 649 01:01:05,256 --> 01:01:08,960 Well, that offer is for the underlying mineral rights only, of course. 650 01:01:09,060 --> 01:01:12,464 No. I've got bigger plans for her property. 651 01:01:12,564 --> 01:01:15,267 It's the perfect location. I don't see one negative. 652 01:01:15,367 --> 01:01:18,570 Well, except I ain't sellin' it to you. 653 01:01:18,670 --> 01:01:22,908 My company is looking to make a substantial investment here. 654 01:01:23,008 --> 01:01:25,244 Now how can you stand in the way of that? 655 01:01:25,344 --> 01:01:27,645 On my own two feet. 656 01:01:28,146 --> 01:01:30,982 Louisa, you'd be rich. 657 01:01:31,082 --> 01:01:35,653 No, I wouldn't. I'd just have a whole bunch of money I don't need. 658 01:01:36,154 --> 01:01:39,891 - Louisa, you's crazy. - Well, then you sell him your land. 659 01:01:39,991 --> 01:01:43,011 They can't get to my land without crossing your property! 660 01:01:43,111 --> 01:01:46,206 Well, that's not my problem, is it? 661 01:01:46,506 --> 01:01:50,135 - Fool woman! - You get goin' now. 662 01:01:50,235 --> 01:01:52,737 That was a lot of money. 663 01:01:53,205 --> 01:01:54,340 Well, 664 01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:58,477 one thing you got to remember about these coal people, 665 01:01:58,577 --> 01:02:01,680 and I told this to your daddy, too, 666 01:02:01,780 --> 01:02:05,016 they got one job on this earth 667 01:02:05,116 --> 01:02:08,620 and that's stealing the sun. 668 01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:11,923 Because once they get through destroying our land, 669 01:02:12,023 --> 01:02:16,628 there gonna be no need for no more sun. 670 01:02:22,967 --> 01:02:25,637 Well, thank you, Myrtle. 671 01:02:28,615 --> 01:02:32,943 Land doesn't look nearly as free on paper, does it? 672 01:02:33,599 --> 01:02:36,247 No, Ms. Louisa, it don't. 673 01:02:36,698 --> 01:02:39,651 But George Davis was right, he's land locked. 674 01:02:39,751 --> 01:02:42,788 They gotta cross your land or he ain't gonna get nothin'. 675 01:02:43,488 --> 01:02:48,276 That damn coal company is not gonna get my farm 676 01:02:48,376 --> 01:02:51,696 and destroy the mountain and ruin the land. 677 01:02:51,796 --> 01:02:54,081 Not while I'm... 678 01:02:56,201 --> 01:02:58,403 You all right? 679 01:02:58,503 --> 01:03:00,300 Is there a chair? 680 01:03:04,509 --> 01:03:07,102 - There you go. - Thank you. 681 01:03:10,682 --> 01:03:13,751 Those children are gonna need you. 682 01:03:14,385 --> 01:03:17,722 I ain't know how to take care of Lou and Oz. 683 01:03:17,822 --> 01:03:21,192 Sure you do. You've been taking care of me for years. 684 01:03:21,292 --> 01:03:23,061 They need their momma. 685 01:03:23,161 --> 01:03:27,266 No, no, no, they just need someone to love 'em and take care of 'em. 686 01:03:28,066 --> 01:03:32,171 Even if I could take care of 'em, ain't nobody gonna let me do it. 687 01:03:34,172 --> 01:03:39,677 Eugene, when I took you in, you were just a little boy. 688 01:03:40,226 --> 01:03:43,048 Scared of his own shadow. 689 01:03:43,148 --> 01:03:45,817 Look at you now. 690 01:03:46,084 --> 01:03:50,855 What a fine human being you are. 691 01:03:51,222 --> 01:03:54,458 You're gonna show 'em the way. 692 01:04:20,468 --> 01:04:22,870 What are you doing here? 693 01:04:24,389 --> 01:04:26,456 You tell that old woman... 694 01:04:27,258 --> 01:04:29,628 she better sell this place. 695 01:04:29,728 --> 01:04:32,035 Get off our land! Now! 696 01:04:35,934 --> 01:04:38,468 You leave my sister alone! 697 01:04:38,870 --> 01:04:41,322 You damn bastard. Come here! 698 01:04:41,422 --> 01:04:43,758 Come here, you little bastards! 699 01:04:46,411 --> 01:04:51,449 Hell No. You touch a white man, boy? 700 01:04:55,587 --> 01:04:58,089 You know that ain't never been my name. 701 01:04:58,189 --> 01:05:01,726 It be Eugene Randall. 702 01:05:01,826 --> 01:05:05,296 Don't you never call me nothin' else. 703 01:05:09,668 --> 01:05:12,236 Thank you, Eugene. 704 01:05:14,255 --> 01:05:15,604 Go on now. 705 01:05:32,257 --> 01:05:35,393 I want to read you one of my stories. 706 01:05:37,495 --> 01:05:39,464 "It was a pretty fall day 707 01:05:39,564 --> 01:05:42,934 "and the leaves were yellow and red. 708 01:05:43,034 --> 01:05:45,370 "A little girl was running. 709 01:05:45,470 --> 01:05:49,240 "At last, she could see the big house on the hill. 710 01:05:50,975 --> 01:05:54,179 She didn't live there, but she always wanted to." 711 01:05:54,779 --> 01:05:57,682 Lou! This came for you from the magazine! 712 01:06:01,652 --> 01:06:04,021 Okay, Oz. 713 01:06:10,328 --> 01:06:12,530 Louisa! 714 01:06:12,731 --> 01:06:14,583 Louisa! 715 01:06:14,983 --> 01:06:16,171 Louisa, look! 716 01:06:19,237 --> 01:06:21,284 A hundred dollars? 717 01:06:22,073 --> 01:06:25,782 I am so proud of you. Congratulations, honey. 718 01:06:25,882 --> 01:06:27,874 Thank you. 719 01:06:27,974 --> 01:06:31,445 - A hundred dollars is a lot of money. - It sure is. 720 01:06:35,386 --> 01:06:37,638 Here you go. 721 01:06:44,364 --> 01:06:47,932 That is a mighty fine story, Lou. 722 01:06:49,067 --> 01:06:53,705 Diamond would have been real proud. Plus, you get to pay a few bills? 723 01:06:53,805 --> 01:06:57,408 So how does it feel to sell your first story? 724 01:06:58,476 --> 01:07:00,712 I was wondering how my dad felt. 725 01:07:01,212 --> 01:07:04,182 Well, I'm sure he felt exactly like you feel right now. 726 01:07:06,217 --> 01:07:08,752 How about I treat you to lunch? 727 01:07:09,679 --> 01:07:11,889 I'd be honored. 728 01:07:40,351 --> 01:07:42,887 You finish your homework? 729 01:07:42,987 --> 01:07:44,989 Yeah. 730 01:07:48,159 --> 01:07:50,161 What? 731 01:07:52,263 --> 01:07:56,176 I need to know why my dad never came back here. 732 01:08:25,029 --> 01:08:28,466 This is your daddy's father and mother, 733 01:08:28,633 --> 01:08:31,369 my son, Jacob, 734 01:08:31,469 --> 01:08:35,139 and his wife, Susan. 735 01:08:36,474 --> 01:08:38,843 Susan run off and left Jacob. 736 01:08:38,943 --> 01:08:41,913 And when your daddy was just a... 737 01:08:42,013 --> 01:08:43,749 a young'un. 738 01:08:44,549 --> 01:08:47,518 I guess the mountain didn't agree with her. 739 01:08:50,655 --> 01:08:56,227 I can still hear your daddy's voice calling her... over and over. 740 01:08:56,327 --> 01:09:01,165 "I want my mother!" 741 01:09:05,036 --> 01:09:07,384 And Jacob, 742 01:09:08,673 --> 01:09:12,168 he just never got over her leaving. 743 01:09:13,344 --> 01:09:17,348 Your daddy and I watched a man we both love 744 01:09:18,116 --> 01:09:22,520 die... a little bit every day 745 01:09:23,988 --> 01:09:27,124 until there was just... 746 01:09:28,026 --> 01:09:30,861 nothing left of him. 747 01:09:32,397 --> 01:09:35,133 It was hard... 748 01:09:35,233 --> 01:09:37,535 watching my... 749 01:09:38,002 --> 01:09:40,571 my son die. 750 01:09:42,140 --> 01:09:47,078 But it was harder on your daddy, 751 01:09:47,578 --> 01:09:50,548 losing first his mother 752 01:09:50,782 --> 01:09:53,417 and then his father. 753 01:09:58,890 --> 01:10:04,496 You know, I loved your daddy as much as I loved anything in this whole world, 754 01:10:06,631 --> 01:10:10,754 but I understand why he didn't wanna come back here, 755 01:10:10,854 --> 01:10:13,787 the place where... 756 01:10:14,372 --> 01:10:18,242 all that sorrow got a hold of him. 757 01:10:22,480 --> 01:10:25,483 I tried to help him, 758 01:10:25,583 --> 01:10:27,785 I really did, 759 01:10:28,219 --> 01:10:30,288 but... 760 01:10:32,490 --> 01:10:34,816 I failed. 761 01:10:35,459 --> 01:10:40,266 I just... I just failed him. 762 01:10:43,734 --> 01:10:45,470 No. 763 01:10:45,570 --> 01:10:48,440 He... he named me after you. 764 01:10:51,409 --> 01:10:52,930 And this. 765 01:10:57,982 --> 01:11:00,484 My dad's last book. 766 01:11:04,388 --> 01:11:07,205 Open it to the first page. 767 01:11:12,697 --> 01:11:16,034 "To Louisa Mae Cardinal, 768 01:11:16,134 --> 01:11:18,836 "the one who showed me... 769 01:11:20,872 --> 01:11:23,652 light from the dark." 770 01:11:40,925 --> 01:11:42,899 Thank you. 771 01:11:46,998 --> 01:11:49,267 Thank you. 772 01:12:10,788 --> 01:12:12,557 Hey, Billy! 773 01:12:24,802 --> 01:12:27,645 Come here! Come here, you! Get. 774 01:12:31,009 --> 01:12:33,027 Come on! 775 01:12:40,318 --> 01:12:43,321 The next one that touches Eugene is dead. 776 01:12:43,721 --> 01:12:46,524 Hang on a second. Crazy woman. 777 01:12:54,498 --> 01:12:57,101 Thank you for coming to tell us. 778 01:12:57,201 --> 01:13:00,104 What? Louisa, what's wrong? 779 01:13:01,339 --> 01:13:04,241 - Louisa! - Ms. Louisa! 780 01:13:04,809 --> 01:13:07,078 Ms. Louisa! 781 01:13:10,281 --> 01:13:15,419 She's resting now, but she's had a stroke. 782 01:13:18,789 --> 01:13:20,079 It'll be fine. 783 01:13:21,625 --> 01:13:24,061 She'll be fine. 784 01:13:52,556 --> 01:13:55,626 Afternoon, Wheeler. What can I do for ya? 785 01:13:56,046 --> 01:13:58,462 Coal's run out. 786 01:14:01,766 --> 01:14:03,501 Town's going to hell. 787 01:14:03,601 --> 01:14:05,803 Well, 788 01:14:05,903 --> 01:14:10,107 every lick of coal and gas could disappear from this earth 789 01:14:10,207 --> 01:14:12,406 and Louisa will be just fine. 790 01:14:13,344 --> 01:14:16,314 I'm... raisin' my offer. 791 01:14:16,414 --> 01:14:19,717 I assume you have power of attorney. 792 01:14:19,984 --> 01:14:22,586 No, I don't. 793 01:14:22,987 --> 01:14:24,305 Anything else? 794 01:14:26,991 --> 01:14:29,693 Consider yourself served. 795 01:14:55,719 --> 01:14:58,923 The coal company was trying to declare Louisa incompetent 796 01:15:00,558 --> 01:15:03,427 so that they could take her land. 797 01:15:06,197 --> 01:15:07,922 But her mind was still with us. 798 01:15:09,567 --> 01:15:12,270 Even if she couldn't speak, 799 01:15:12,370 --> 01:15:14,672 her eyes were telling me 800 01:15:14,772 --> 01:15:16,841 not to be afraid. 801 01:15:45,836 --> 01:15:48,239 - Good luck. - Well, thank you, Lou. 802 01:15:48,339 --> 01:15:50,757 You ready to have a go at this? 803 01:15:50,857 --> 01:15:53,123 As ready as you are. 804 01:15:53,223 --> 01:15:56,280 I seriously doubt that. 805 01:15:59,683 --> 01:16:00,951 Judge. 806 01:16:01,051 --> 01:16:05,890 Judge, George Davis has a vested interest in the outcome of this case. 807 01:16:07,458 --> 01:16:09,293 - George? - Yes? 808 01:16:09,393 --> 01:16:12,230 Can you keep a fair and open mind about this case? 809 01:16:12,330 --> 01:16:14,831 Sure, Henry. 810 01:16:14,931 --> 01:16:16,300 Sure I can. 811 01:16:16,400 --> 01:16:19,970 Me and Louisa, we're like good friends. We get along good. 812 01:16:20,070 --> 01:16:23,327 - He's lying! - Oz, sit down. 813 01:16:24,775 --> 01:16:26,460 He's a sweet boy. 814 01:16:27,845 --> 01:16:33,284 Doctor Ross, can you state your fine credentials for the jury? 815 01:16:33,384 --> 01:16:37,355 I'm chief of the psychiatric department at the county hospital. 816 01:16:37,455 --> 01:16:41,592 And I've handled more than 500 cases like this one. 817 01:16:41,692 --> 01:16:46,364 And what, in your expert opinion, 818 01:16:46,764 --> 01:16:48,532 is Ms. Cardinal's condition? 819 01:16:48,632 --> 01:16:51,544 She should be institutionalized. 820 01:16:52,369 --> 01:16:54,372 No further questions. 821 01:16:54,972 --> 01:16:56,540 Mr. Longfellow. 822 01:16:56,640 --> 01:16:58,108 Doctor, 823 01:16:58,308 --> 01:17:02,813 how many of the people that you have examined have you found to be incompetent? 824 01:17:02,913 --> 01:17:05,583 A hundred percent? Ninety five? 825 01:17:05,683 --> 01:17:08,385 Ninety five sounds about right. 826 01:17:09,203 --> 01:17:12,322 That is a lot of crazy people. 827 01:17:13,791 --> 01:17:16,961 I just call 'em like I see 'em, lawyer. 828 01:17:17,061 --> 01:17:19,897 Yeah, I'm sure that you do. 829 01:17:23,534 --> 01:17:27,137 How many stroke victims 830 01:17:27,237 --> 01:17:33,077 that you have examined have you found to be mentally incompetent? 831 01:17:33,177 --> 01:17:36,213 None that I can recall. 832 01:17:36,313 --> 01:17:37,892 So even though one 833 01:17:37,992 --> 01:17:43,253 may not be able to talk or move, she may fully understand what is going on. 834 01:17:43,353 --> 01:17:47,539 In fact, over time, Ms. Cardinal may have a complete recovery. 835 01:17:47,639 --> 01:17:49,393 I doubt that. 836 01:17:49,493 --> 01:17:53,431 Since you yourself admitted that you are not an expert in stroke victims, 837 01:17:53,531 --> 01:17:57,734 I would like that last statement removed from the record. 838 01:17:57,968 --> 01:18:00,926 You are hereby instructed 839 01:18:01,026 --> 01:18:05,776 to disregard that last statement of Dr. Ross. 840 01:18:06,243 --> 01:18:08,779 No more questions. 841 01:18:12,383 --> 01:18:14,461 Judge... 842 01:18:15,886 --> 01:18:20,724 Ms. Cardinal, when she gets better, can take care of her own affairs. 843 01:18:20,824 --> 01:18:23,227 She won't have any land left. 844 01:18:23,327 --> 01:18:28,833 Well, I think she can take comfort in the hundred thousand dollars 845 01:18:28,933 --> 01:18:32,703 that Southern Valley has offered her. 846 01:18:33,771 --> 01:18:40,044 Judge? Judge, he has just... just as good as bribed this jury and the whole town. 847 01:18:40,144 --> 01:18:43,398 I withdraw the statement. 848 01:18:49,153 --> 01:18:53,724 " Three cows lay in the grass in one protected space 849 01:18:53,824 --> 01:18:59,096 "while a Rhone horse grazed alone in a small snake rail corral. 850 01:18:59,196 --> 01:19:02,999 "And rising high above all this 851 01:19:03,434 --> 01:19:05,495 were the Appalachians." 852 01:19:18,382 --> 01:19:22,052 Ms. Amanda, you need to come back to us. 853 01:19:23,253 --> 01:19:26,256 For more reasons than you know. 854 01:19:33,931 --> 01:19:37,000 Memories are a funny thing. 855 01:19:37,835 --> 01:19:41,053 People like to change the past so they can remember 856 01:19:41,153 --> 01:19:44,071 what it is they want to remember. 857 01:19:58,589 --> 01:20:01,024 Not now, Amanda! 858 01:20:01,124 --> 01:20:05,696 We can't live off awards, Jack, unless we move to Virginia. 859 01:20:05,896 --> 01:20:08,259 - Leaving New York? - Not now, Lou! 860 01:20:08,359 --> 01:20:10,433 - I don't want to move! - I said not now! 861 01:20:39,029 --> 01:20:42,666 It wasn't your fault that dad died. 862 01:20:46,904 --> 01:20:49,372 It was mine. 863 01:20:55,646 --> 01:20:58,048 I love you. 864 01:21:27,778 --> 01:21:30,881 She's gonna lose the farm, isn't she? 865 01:21:32,816 --> 01:21:34,746 Well, 866 01:21:35,652 --> 01:21:40,390 sometimes you can't get justice even in a court of law, Lou. 867 01:21:51,468 --> 01:21:54,304 I think I just got my miracle. 868 01:21:54,772 --> 01:21:59,075 Your Honor, I call Eugene Randall. 869 01:22:05,983 --> 01:22:07,977 Cotton found his miracle. 870 01:22:08,919 --> 01:22:13,156 He put Southern Valley on trial for Diamond's death. 871 01:22:18,629 --> 01:22:23,200 How many times do you reckon you used dynamite in that mine? 872 01:22:24,902 --> 01:22:27,404 Fifty times or more. 873 01:22:27,838 --> 01:22:30,172 Well, I'd say that makes you an expert. 874 01:22:32,976 --> 01:22:36,013 And after you set the dynamite 875 01:22:36,113 --> 01:22:38,215 what did you do? 876 01:22:38,315 --> 01:22:41,919 Well the... the shaft curves in a couple of different places 877 01:22:42,019 --> 01:22:47,291 so I usually just wait around the curve or go outside. 878 01:22:47,391 --> 01:22:50,494 When the dynamite exploded, 879 01:22:50,594 --> 01:22:51,796 where were you? 880 01:22:52,296 --> 01:22:55,432 Forty feet in. Not even to the first curve. 881 01:22:55,532 --> 01:22:57,835 Throwed me ten feet. 882 01:22:57,935 --> 01:23:00,470 And where did you set the dynamite? 883 01:23:00,570 --> 01:23:05,342 Well, past the second curve. Two hundred twenty feet in. 884 01:23:05,442 --> 01:23:08,678 And where did you find Diamond's body? 885 01:23:10,881 --> 01:23:13,916 Another 40 feet in. 886 01:23:14,952 --> 01:23:17,004 And in your expert opinion, 887 01:23:17,104 --> 01:23:19,657 do you think that there is any way 888 01:23:19,757 --> 01:23:24,628 that that dynamite could have thrown Diamond's body that far? 889 01:23:24,728 --> 01:23:26,864 No, sir. 890 01:23:30,901 --> 01:23:33,436 Thank you, Eugene. 891 01:23:34,505 --> 01:23:36,940 Nothing further. 892 01:23:45,783 --> 01:23:48,085 You ever been to school, boy? 893 01:23:49,319 --> 01:23:52,229 There ain't no school for colored here. 894 01:23:52,923 --> 01:23:56,093 And yet you're up here testifying under oath 895 01:23:56,193 --> 01:23:59,096 to all these precise distances. 896 01:23:59,196 --> 01:24:01,431 Yes, sir. 897 01:24:01,832 --> 01:24:04,401 Now how can that be for an uneducated colored man 898 01:24:04,501 --> 01:24:10,106 who has never even added one plus one under the eyes of a teacher? 899 01:24:10,874 --> 01:24:13,643 Ms. Louisa taught me. 900 01:24:13,743 --> 01:24:16,446 And I handy with saw and hammer. 901 01:24:16,546 --> 01:24:20,117 Now you cut a three foot board to fill a four foot space 902 01:24:20,217 --> 01:24:22,186 what exactly have you done? 903 01:24:22,786 --> 01:24:24,505 But... 904 01:24:24,605 --> 01:24:28,525 in a dark mine how can you be so sure of the distances, boy? 905 01:24:28,625 --> 01:24:34,531 I painted the walls in that mine in ten foot parcels over 400 feet in. 906 01:24:34,631 --> 01:24:37,067 You can see 'em as clear as day. 907 01:24:37,167 --> 01:24:39,737 And you can put down what I done said here 908 01:24:39,837 --> 01:24:42,273 as the word of the Lord. 909 01:24:45,775 --> 01:24:47,845 Are you done with the witness? 910 01:24:49,037 --> 01:24:51,352 I have no further questions, your Honor. 911 01:24:54,217 --> 01:24:56,253 You're excused, Mr. Randall. 912 01:24:56,753 --> 01:25:01,324 The court thanks you for your expert testimony. 913 01:25:01,825 --> 01:25:04,814 You heard Eugene testify. 914 01:25:05,629 --> 01:25:08,198 Now under those circumstances, 915 01:25:08,298 --> 01:25:12,069 is there any way that that dynamite charge 916 01:25:12,169 --> 01:25:15,172 could have caused those injuries to Diamond? 917 01:25:15,272 --> 01:25:16,806 That would have been impossible. 918 01:25:16,906 --> 01:25:20,377 Have you ever seen injuries like that before? 919 01:25:20,477 --> 01:25:23,814 There was an explosion at a manufacturing company, 920 01:25:23,914 --> 01:25:26,016 12 men were killed. 921 01:25:26,116 --> 01:25:28,319 And what caused that explosion? 922 01:25:28,919 --> 01:25:30,349 Natural gas leak. 923 01:25:31,722 --> 01:25:34,524 Natural gas leak. 924 01:25:36,526 --> 01:25:39,329 Nothing further, your Honor. 925 01:25:42,566 --> 01:25:45,769 You found natural gas 926 01:25:45,869 --> 01:25:49,439 on Ms. Cardinal's property, didn't you? 927 01:25:49,539 --> 01:25:51,908 Yeah, that's right. 928 01:25:52,776 --> 01:25:57,514 And why didn't you post signs saying that there was gas in there? 929 01:25:57,781 --> 01:26:01,785 We... we didn't want people to know what we were doing up there. 930 01:26:01,885 --> 01:26:07,090 Because you wanted to buy her land for a lot less than it was worth. 931 01:26:07,190 --> 01:26:10,227 Why didn't you come forward when Diamond Skinner was killed, sir? 932 01:26:13,630 --> 01:26:14,765 Answer the question. 933 01:26:14,865 --> 01:26:19,502 Why didn't you come forward after Diamond Skinner was killed? 934 01:26:21,805 --> 01:26:27,277 - Why didn't you come forward... - I didn't want the boy to die like that! 935 01:26:27,377 --> 01:26:29,413 It was... 936 01:26:29,513 --> 01:26:32,348 It was just business. 937 01:26:33,316 --> 01:26:35,885 Well, he did die. 938 01:26:37,120 --> 01:26:39,689 Just like that. 939 01:27:27,938 --> 01:27:30,674 Let me give you good folks the... 940 01:27:30,774 --> 01:27:34,627 legal side of this case and it's not complicated. 941 01:27:34,727 --> 01:27:39,733 Like a good birddog, it points in one direction 942 01:27:39,883 --> 01:27:42,119 and one direction only. 943 01:27:43,820 --> 01:27:47,557 Southern Valley killed Diamond Skinner. 944 01:27:47,657 --> 01:27:53,030 And now they seek to use the tragedy of Louisa Mae to take her land. 945 01:27:54,932 --> 01:27:56,666 The law clearly states... 946 01:27:56,766 --> 01:28:01,838 that one cannot profit from one's misdeeds. 947 01:28:01,938 --> 01:28:05,742 Now if what Southern Valley did does not qualify as a misdeed 948 01:28:05,842 --> 01:28:08,612 then there is nothing on this earth that does. 949 01:28:10,580 --> 01:28:13,851 You can pull the gas out of the mountain, 950 01:28:13,951 --> 01:28:15,886 but in time, 951 01:28:15,986 --> 01:28:18,822 just like the coal, it will be gone. 952 01:28:18,922 --> 01:28:21,758 And so will Southern Valley. 953 01:28:23,260 --> 01:28:25,562 You want a savior? 954 01:28:27,297 --> 01:28:30,734 Then look to yourselves, rely on each other, 955 01:28:30,834 --> 01:28:35,338 just as Louisa Mae has been doing her whole life. 956 01:28:36,539 --> 01:28:38,808 For her, the resources of the land are never exhausted 957 01:28:38,908 --> 01:28:43,217 because she never tried to tear its soul out. 958 01:28:45,515 --> 01:28:47,951 And her reward 959 01:28:48,051 --> 01:28:53,089 is to live a decent, honest life... 960 01:28:54,357 --> 01:28:57,560 for as long as she desires. 961 01:28:58,562 --> 01:29:01,197 I want to say something. 962 01:29:07,837 --> 01:29:11,241 You know she would never sell her land 963 01:29:11,341 --> 01:29:15,044 'cause that land is like her family. 964 01:29:16,746 --> 01:29:21,517 It may not seem like much to those who want to destroy it, 965 01:29:22,085 --> 01:29:24,788 but it means everything 966 01:29:24,888 --> 01:29:28,191 to the people who call the mountain home. 967 01:29:50,647 --> 01:29:54,650 The reason I came here was because of my dad, 968 01:29:59,556 --> 01:30:02,558 but I want to stay here now 969 01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:04,714 because of you. 970 01:30:21,210 --> 01:30:24,213 I found this in your closet. 971 01:30:26,516 --> 01:30:29,552 I thought you'd like to have it. 972 01:31:03,920 --> 01:31:05,956 All rise. 973 01:31:10,927 --> 01:31:12,431 Be seated. 974 01:31:18,335 --> 01:31:19,988 What say you? 975 01:31:25,342 --> 01:31:27,996 We find for Southern Valley. 976 01:31:28,096 --> 01:31:30,114 Hallelujah! 977 01:31:30,214 --> 01:31:32,815 Well done, counselor. 978 01:31:45,262 --> 01:31:47,664 We will appeal. Don't worry. 979 01:31:47,764 --> 01:31:49,833 That was... that was really good. Real good. 980 01:31:49,933 --> 01:31:53,242 - Thank you for your vote of confidence. - Thank you. 981 01:34:32,061 --> 01:34:33,412 I will always believe 982 01:34:33,512 --> 01:34:37,870 that Louisa gave her life so our mother could come back to us. 983 01:34:45,908 --> 01:34:51,647 And maybe it didn't hurt that a little girl told her mom she loved her. 984 01:34:57,086 --> 01:35:00,623 With our mother back, we didn't have to sell the farm. 985 01:35:00,723 --> 01:35:05,094 And Cotton sued Southern Valley for Diamond's death. 986 01:35:05,194 --> 01:35:10,533 Since we were the only family he had, the money went to us 987 01:35:11,267 --> 01:35:16,437 and Diamond still lives here, in a place I know he loved. 988 01:35:19,308 --> 01:35:23,279 My mother and Cotton were married a year later. 989 01:35:23,379 --> 01:35:26,849 They spent four wonderful decades together 990 01:35:26,949 --> 01:35:30,753 and died within a week of each other. 991 01:35:34,023 --> 01:35:38,795 Like my father, I left the mountain, but I came back. 992 01:35:39,095 --> 01:35:41,698 I married and raised a family here 993 01:35:41,798 --> 01:35:45,569 and I started writing novels just as my father had. 994 01:35:46,469 --> 01:35:49,339 And though I never won the sorts of awards he did, 995 01:35:49,439 --> 01:35:54,760 my books tended to sell a little better. 996 01:35:58,114 --> 01:36:03,853 It's a true comfort to know that I will die here on the high rock... 997 01:36:07,457 --> 01:36:11,147 and I will fear my passing not at all, 998 01:36:14,263 --> 01:36:17,318 for the view from here... 999 01:36:17,800 --> 01:36:21,771 is so very fine.