Queen Sugar

You have a white man strangling someone by the neck

as both victim and bystanders begged him to stop.

When you saw what happened to George Floyd,

did you feel shame?

We have to get out in the streets

no peace!

It's the only way, mom. Period.

We should just board up the real spot.

- I'm over it. - You over it?

Just leave it be.

- We can change things. - Wanna know how you change it?

By staying alive and doing

something special with your life.

That's how.

There she is.

The day I've been waiting for is the day I get a home-grown salad by you.

So you're telling me that either, a, you're hungry.

Or, b, that my garden's too slow.

How about, c, I'm proud of you

for sticking to it and making everything look so damn good.

We do what we can

to bring some beauty into this ugly world.

Ugly?

Ain't nothin' ugly over here.

I mean, we look good. We're beautiful. All of us.

- Amen. - Amen.

- Speaking of... - Yeah?

- What's this? - Check that out.

Blue's iq scores from that little test you had him take.

Yeah?

Got us a little genius on our hands?

My god.

Look at this.

Reading and comprehension, "exceptionally gifted."

Yeah.

Math

"algebra to..." precalculus recommended.

Logic, "advanced."

Wow, this explains why he's been running through

all that work so fast.

That's right.

I'm telling you, his brain is on overdrive.

I don't even know what to do with this right now.

This is our baby.

This is our blue.

What we ain't know. That ain't nothing new.

Hold on to that.

Ma'am, how do we make sure

that our elderly have what they need?

How do we keep them safe?

We're living in the most dangerous time in this country in 100 years,

and you decide to put me and you at risk.

I'm gonna need you to stop talking to me like I'm a child.

Then stop acting like one.

Like father, like son.

I didn't mean that.

You know this fight is just begun.

You expect us to turn the other cheek

when we have a gun in our mouth and a knee on our neck.

They're tellin' y'all are gonna tear up that cemetery.

And what are they gonna do? Dump them in the street?

Hey, I'm not worried or anything, it's just I've been trying

to catch up with you for a while now so...

Hey, vi, have you seen...

So when you get a chance, give old aunt vi a call.

I'd love to hear from you. All right?

Bye now.

What baby?

Hey, baby, have you seen my work boots?

I need to get out there and work on my bike.

I put them on the back porch.

You could tell a brother when you're moving his stuff.

Okay. No problem.

Who was that?

That was me calling Layla.

Checking in on her.

There you go. Checking in.

What?

I can't see how folks doing?

Shoot. 2020 is off the crazy train.

Trump and his evil crazy ass

actin' the fool daily. Shoot.

The least we can do is check in on each other.

I mean, it would just be nice

if somebody checked in on you for a change.

You know, see how you doing.

I mean, maybe you're the one who needs some help this time.

Well, Hollywood, loving folks ain't

some sort of tit for tat parlor game.

Sometimes it is.

Or at least it should be.

I'm just talking.

Don't pay me no attention.

What?

Breakfast of champions again?

It is today.

Is that the last box of t-shirts?

- Yeah. Last one. - Good.

Let's do a count,

make sure we have enough for everybody.

Especially the kids.

My nephew will be quite upset

if I don't have a certain color t-shirt for him.

A blue shirt for blue bordelon.

That's correct.

- He don't play. - Nice. Very nice.

I think so, too.

I love that kid.

He's gonna look great out there.

All the kids are.

You're teaching them early.

I'm proud of you, sister.

Proud of me? Why?

That children's March for st. Jo,

it's kind of genius.

People forget about the last March in Birmingham.

They put it down first.

That's right. 1963.

We can always look to history for ideas to move us forward.

Amen to that.

I just wanna make sure

everything is airtight for tomorrow.

They're kids, you know. So I don't want any surprises.

You ain't gotta worry about no foolishness out there.

They babies.

I wish I could share your optimism.

But in less than four years,

trump unleashed something from the shadows

that took generations for our ancestors

to drive out of the light in the first place.

We'll get rid of that fool come this November.

- Believe that. - Yeah. I hope so.

But I don't know.

You see these people. It's a cult.

They don't just believe him, they believe in him.

A billionaire who's never worked a real day in his life,

who dodged the military service,

who don't believe in their churches,

who scorns and derides them.

They'd rather hang on to that nothingness,

that disdain,

rather than give up the dominance of whiteness.

Facts. No lie.

Even if he slithers away,

everything he represents and promotes

will never be gone.

Not in our lifetimes anyway.

Maybe for blue and his grandkids.

You know, if we keep fighting,

maybe.

Breakfast is ready.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

Smells amazing.

What's wrong with your neck? You okay?

I think I slept funny.

Either that or someone dropped a bowling ball

on my neck while I was sleeping.

- I hate when that happens. - Yeah.

Let me see.

Thank you. That is nice.

This must be from all

the marching that we did.

It was really nice to have you there.

I'm really proud of you.

Not as proud as I am of you.

I'm glad you feel that way.

I just feel like there's so much more I can do

to add my voice to what's been going on in the world.

Like, I always used to wonder,

like, what would it be like to live

during the civil rights movement.

It feels like this time is ours for the taking.

I wanna do more than post on social media.

Well, you have a large following.

You know, that's real impact.

I know, but

imagine what I could do

if I could give those followers

more than just reposts.

Imagine if I could take them with me

through all the organizing and the protesting

and the resisting on the ground. For real.

Where are you going, Micah?

To where he was killed.

Minneapolis.

I'm not asking for your permission.

But I would like your support.

I'm so proud of the man you're becoming.

Good for you, sweetheart.

Thank you.

- He just up and went? - He couldn't get out of here fast enough.

Good for him for putting himself out there. Front and center.

Fighting the good fight.

I kind of long for those simpler days.

Simpler how?

You know, when things were more straightforward.

When we were young, passionate

and had no real responsibility beyond yourself.

You know, when you could just...

Pick up and go?