Ruby Bridges

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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hey Sabrina, Hey will I'm excited for today. And I
know that sounds strange, but when we do these type
of movies, they're usually really.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Good, I know, and this is not an exception to that. Yes,
was this one actually, though, I will say it was
hard for me.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yeah, this was hard for me too.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
This one was I think this one, out of the
ones we've done based on a lot of the same
kind of topics, this one was the toughest one for me.
I pretty much cried, I would say through seventy of this. Yeah,
I mean when we get myself out of it, because.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
It was visceral hate in this movie.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Like you know, there's there's an undercurrent of hate in
the other movies where the children are trying to trying
to find the hate, trying to find where it comes from,
why it's there, where this is just this spewed.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
At a little.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, spewed out a little girl for almost ninety minutes,
and it's just it was. This was a tough watch,
but an important watch.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yes, exactly, that's a great way. A tough watch, but
an important watch. It was done very well, but it
was It was probably one of the time if I
think it's easy, easier for me to say than not
the toughest one we've watched so far.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
Yeah, I don't, I don't necessarily disagree, and also could
arguably before again when we when the words show season
comes around for us. I mean, the ensemble cast in
this film is just wow, off off the charts.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
So, yeah, this was This was a tough one, but
a good one, and we will get into it. But
before then, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that
makes you want to grab your friends, your PJS, and
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Schools Musical.

Speaker 3 (01:58):
I'm Wilford Dell and.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
I'm Sabrina Brian.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Guys, It's true, most of the dcoms we review here
on Magical Rewine involved talent agent aliens or roller Blades
or talent agent aliens on roller Blades. But every once
in a while we get a well deserved break to
watch something of actual cultural significance. And that's where we
are today with nineteen ninety eight true events drama Ruby Bridges.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
I mean, we've talked about this, We've had the other
ones we've really watched kind of in this vein our
Color of Friendship, some of Lord Selma, even Tiger Cruz,
which are you know, based on true events, but then
through the lens of a child.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
But this one was a little different. This was through
the lens of a child kind of. It was more.
It was more through the eyes of the adults watching
the child ghost, which made it a little more difficult
for me.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
To watch because it was just like we were talking about,
I mean again, somea Lord Selma, you're watching everything happen
through her eyes, whereas this is you're kind of watching
these things happen to this little girl. And it was,
as Sabrina said, it was difficult. But the movie originally
aired on January eighteenth, nineteen ninety eight, as part of
their Wonderful World, a Disney series, and here's something we

(03:10):
haven't seen often.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
It premiered in the.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
UK much later in two thousand and five as part
of the Black Women Film Festival. It is a rare
occurrence when a dcom can also be included in a
film festival, so that is very very.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Cool, also rare.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
The movie was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, which doubles
as New Orleans here, and it was very well received,
obviously nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and it won
the nineteen ninety eight Humanities Prize for the Screenplay. Now,
this movie was in the news back in twenty twenty
three when a Florida parent filed a complaint with their
school district, saying the film was not appropriate for second
graders to watch because it might teach them that quote

(03:46):
white people hate black people unquote and properly. The suggestion
to ban the film was not approved by a committee
of teachers, parents, community members, and a library and media
technology specialist, which I don't know anything about that job,
but it sounds like a job I'd like after watching
the movie with the parents' objection in mind. So thankfully
some people understand that history should be taught so it
doesn't repeat itself. But it is true that the film

(04:08):
includes racially sensitive language and themes, so I could definitely
see some discretion being advised. But movies like these are
important and factually correct. Beyond just the movie, Ruby Bridges
is forever immortalized in the Norman Rockwell painting the problem
we all live in an iconic and startling image of
the civil rights movement that at one time was displayed
in the White House. She's also the subject of the

(04:28):
Laurie McKennis song Ruby's Shoes. Bridges is seventy one years
old and still lives in New Orleans with her husband
and four sons. And it's a Woman's Hall of Fame
inductee with two schools named after her, one in Alameda,
California and the other in Woodinville, Washington. Okay, always ask
before we were assigned it for the podcast, had you
ever heard of this movie?

Speaker 2 (04:49):
I had not. I had not, And we knew that
it was based on these events and this true story
of this woman and now and but that's it.

Speaker 5 (05:01):
That was kind of just.

Speaker 2 (05:02):
What we were given a little bit before watching.

Speaker 5 (05:05):
So you know, I knew.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
I already felt like this was going to be a
great movie, just because we've seen how the Channel has
handled these things.

Speaker 3 (05:13):
So they do it well.

Speaker 5 (05:15):
I was looking forward. They do it so well.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
But I hadn't heard. I didn't know about the story.
I didn't know about anything.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah about No, I same same exact thing I do.
I knew about the story, I knew about the I
knew about multiple integration stories because There are several stories
like this from across usually the South at the time,
but this one specifically, no, I think I'd heard the name.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
I'd heard the name Ruby Bridges, but didn't know the
story behind it.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
But it also, movies like this show me the power
of the Disney Channel because it shows the perfect balance
for kids, where again, you can watch a movie like
this and then go watch a movie like Brink you know,
or you know, you're talking nineteen ninety eight, so Johnny Tsunami,
where kids really can run the gamut of.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
Emotionality and storytelling.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
Through the eyes of kids, they can see every aspect
of what it can be like. And hey, not every
kid is racing down the mountain on a snowboard. Some kid,
you know, some kids need to be surrounded by security
to go to school, and that's what Disney Channel does
so well.

Speaker 3 (06:19):
So this was it.

Speaker 2 (06:20):
And I imagine too, like you said, this vast you know,
range of the kinds of movies and topics that Disney covers.
It shows you too that because they did that, kids
have the ability to have like empathy as well, like that,
that this movie would also inspire them to look beyond color,

(06:41):
like be able to do that. I feel like it's
such a good thing of knowing kids are able to
do this. That's why the channel wanted to do it
was it also spoke to kids in such a positive way.

Speaker 3 (06:52):
It did absolutely.

Speaker 1 (06:54):
You can watch Ruby Bridges now on Disney Plus, available
day and night and during the Lost hours of the Summer, which,
as everyone knows, is between one in three am on
July eighteenth, when all clocks break down and the entire
world sleeps while small whimsical sprites appear and steel pollen.

Speaker 3 (07:08):
Like I said, everybody knows that.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
Well, let's find out a little more about this historical
retelling with its synopsis. When six year old Ruby has
chosen to be the first African American to integrate her
local elementary school, she subjected to true ugliness and racism
for the first time. Sabrina, what are your initial thoughts
in the dramatic and emotional movie Ruby Brice.

Speaker 5 (07:26):
This was, like I said, hard for me.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
I have a daughter who is just about to be
six towards the end of the summer. I could not
take myself out of this mother's position and hearing her thoughts,
seeing what that kind of dynamic would be to watch
my husband go through the things that he's going that

(07:49):
the dad and this film go through all of that
was just.

Speaker 5 (07:52):
So you know, I couldn't.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
I just I cried so much because this mother showed
so much strength for both her husband and her daughter,
for her family, for her life and her family's life.
I just I, oh, this was This is such an
emotional and inspiring story for me as a mom of

(08:18):
a young girl. And you know, it was like it
was hard to think about being put in this position
and want and I just I really thought this woman
Ruby's mom was incredible, like to really you know, help
support the I just there were so many aspects of
this movie that I.

Speaker 5 (08:38):
Just absolutely loved. I loved it. Yeah, what about you now?

Speaker 3 (08:43):
It felt the same way again. It's tough.

Speaker 1 (08:44):
I'm also one of those people where I movies like
this are hard for me for a number of reasons.
But one of the reasons is I genuinely don't understand
the hate, right. I don't understand people that hate that
much or have hate that much hate direct towards them.
I've been lucky in both aspects and that I don't
hate that much and I've never had that kind of

(09:06):
hate directed towards me, and I'm just I'm woefully ignorant
when it comes to this type of hate, this level
of where where does this come from?

Speaker 3 (09:15):
This pure visceral hatred of a child? A child, I
don't child, I just don't understand it.

Speaker 2 (09:23):
And so of anyone of anyone in that respect, but
also like a child, Like I'm looking, I think that
was what I'm saying.

Speaker 5 (09:30):
Like it was hard.

Speaker 2 (09:31):
Like I have an almost six year old who, you know,
in so many aspects, like is just starting her life,
you know, and like has not been unkind to to anyone,
you know, like just doesn't have the deserving of someone
to be that hateful regardless of the color of her skin.

(09:51):
She comes from the amount of money, the not much
like any of that, like trying to put that, I
just I have no understanding.

Speaker 3 (09:58):
No, I don't either, I just don't get it, you know.

Speaker 1 (10:00):
So there it was a tough It was a tough watch,
necessary one, but definitely tough.

Speaker 2 (10:04):
Some of the I mean it was you know, background
actors that that got these roles.

Speaker 5 (10:09):
I couldn't. I couldn't.

Speaker 2 (10:10):
I couldn't even think of doing the roles that were done,
of saying the things it would be too hard.

Speaker 5 (10:17):
It'd be too hard.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
Ruby Bridges was directed by and I'm hoping I get
the name right, Uzan Palsy, a new name to the podcast.
The female director, originally from Martinique, dealt in a much
deeper universe than your normal dcom. She often explored the
ideas of race, gender, and politics in your films, most
notably in Sugarcane Alley, when she became the first black
director to win the Caesar Award and the Venice Film

(10:39):
Festival Silver Lion. Then she directed A Dry White Season
in nineteen ninety nine, which was the first film produced
by major Hollywood studios directed by a black female director.

Speaker 3 (10:47):
Pretty amazing stuff.

Speaker 6 (10:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (10:49):
In twenty twenty two, she was given the Academy Honor
Award at the Oscars for her contributions to cinema. And
with something like this, with such an acclaimed director, they've
got a very impressive cast, as we were talking about,
especially for a Wonderful World of Disney or d com.
We have Penelope Ann Miller plays Barbara. Henry Miller is
a movie star, total movie star, especially back of the
day in films like Carlito's Way, which you got a

(11:10):
Golden Globe nomination for Kindergarten cop the Artist, and a
movie we recently talked about a lot, the Original Adventures
in Babysitting. Also loved her in Bloxi Blues, one of
my favorites ever with What's his Name?

Speaker 3 (11:23):
I Just Said?

Speaker 1 (11:23):
With Matthew Brodrick and Kevin Pollack plays doctor Robert Coles.
Pollock was originally a stand up comedian who transitioned into
acting and podcasting. Most famously he was in the Usual Suspects,
but also a few Good Men, End of Days and
Wayne's World two. But really he's been in so many
TV shows, from Tulsa king through The Marvelous Missus Masel
to Mom. Very recognizable face and a good audition to

(11:44):
the Disney casting pool for this again, there's a number
of actors we could put into Dahne Reynolds chair, but
there'd be too many in this one. Then the amazingly
talented Michael Beach plays Abon Bridges. This dude has been
in everything. He's been working NonStop since the late eighties.
You've seen him in Waiting to Exhale, Soul Food, Aquaman,
Mayor of Kingstown, Sons of Anarchy, and over one hundred
episodes a third Watch, and that's just to name a few.

Speaker 3 (12:06):
This is the kind of Hollywood.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
Career people dream about because he's literally never stopped working,
been part of some of the most incredible projects, but
can still kind of go out in public without being hounded.
It's like, the most incredible kind of career is this
man's career. And it was also just announced as he's
joining the cast of The Interrogator. Then chas Monet is
Ruby Bridges. This was her first ever movie. She'd go

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on to appear in TV shows like Caroline in the City, Er,
Cold Case, Nino two to Zero, and the TV movie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge starring a young Halle Berry. Her last
real acting credit was in twenty eleven. Then Jean Louise
Kelly plays Jane Coles. Kelly is a veteran actress, first
seen in the movie Uncle Buck, and she'd later star
on the CBS sitcom Yes Dear. She was also recently

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seen in the new Top Gun Maverick movie. And finally,
Leela Roschan is Lucy Bridges. You know her from Waiting
to Exhale, Any Given Sunday and Boomerang. She's still acting,
has been married to the acclaimed director Anton Fuqua since
nineteen ninety nine. And yes, this movie is historically accurate
and important, but this is still magical.

Speaker 3 (13:09):
Rewind is it ninety minutes? Did it hit the target?

Speaker 5 (13:12):
Well?

Speaker 3 (13:13):
Close enough? It's ninety six.

Speaker 1 (13:15):
Man, you hate to see it, even for a movie
like this, six over the target.

Speaker 3 (13:18):
It's a real shame. But you know what, We're gonna
let it pass.

Speaker 1 (13:19):
We're gonna let it pass this time because it's such
an important and great film. Writing wise, Torrianne Johnson gets
a screenwriting credit. She had a history in theater and
go on to write Lifetimes the Courage of Love, a
film loosely based on another African American pioneer named Henriette Deliel,
And then she made a real pivot to co write
a movie I Love Yes People.

Speaker 3 (13:40):
She co wrote Step Up to the Streets, the one
that introduced Moose. The best film that's ever been made
in the history of the world. It's perfect.

Speaker 1 (13:47):
I don't want to hear anything about it, but that
is quite a range. Johnson also wrote a novel in
twenty fourteen called Remedy for a Broken Angel. And now
let's learn about the incredible Ruby bridges By recapping her
dcom The movie opens with kids pouring out of a
school at the final bell, where in New Orleans it's

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November nineteen sixty. All the children we see are black,
with a focus on two real cute kids, Ruby and Allison.
We're transported to a neighborhood nearby. The streets are full
of people on their porches with kids playing softball or
riding their bikes in the streets. There's a baseball game
in progress and one little girl, Ruby is taking it
very very seriously inside the house, and then in a suit,
is telling Ruby's mom that her daughter scored very well

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on the school board exam. She actually outperformed most of
the first graders throughout the entire district. Back outside, Ruby's
dad Abon arrives and cheers on his daughter as she
slides in a home, but it is a close call.
They look to missus Johnson, an elder in the neighborhood,
and she says that Ruby is safe. AVM picks her
up in excitement, and the two siblings also join in
for the big family hug. Nearby, Ruby and her dad

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turned to mister Taylor and the other neighbors they know
including a German lady, miss Stein, who owns the local
grocery store. We're now in the store and missus Stein
chuckles and tells Ruby he's standing on her tippy toes
that she's grown because last week she couldn't even see
over the counter.

Speaker 3 (15:03):
We're now back on Ruby's porch.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
Ruby's mom, Lucille, and a man in a suit, doctor
ac Broyard of the NAACP, are finishing up their meeting.
Lucille thanks him for the good news and introduces him
to Ruby and Abon, who just got back home. Doctor
Broyard congratulates Ruby. She's been picked with five other girls
to do something no other black children have done in
New Orleans. They have a lot to be proud of.
Inside Ruby's house, Ruby and her siblings are now jumping

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on the bed acting like kids. When Missus Bridges walks in,
they need to stop playing and start their nighttime prayers.
Mister Bridges is sitting on the couch watching a news
report about the proposed racial mixing in the New Orleans
public schools, which is set to begin on Monday. The
Attorney General has warned the Governor, James Davis not to
interfere with the federal court's order to desegregate the schools. Davis, however,

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is vowing to preserve segregation. Despite the warning, mister Bridges
shuts off the TV and tells his wife that he
isn't sure about all this.

Speaker 3 (15:53):
She's not gonna let it scare though. The federal government
means more than the state and stuff like this. But
mister Bridges questions why they'd send Ruby somewhere she isn't
even wanted. If she did so good in that test,
that means she's doing just fine where she is. Missus
Bridges argues that black schools just aren't as good as
the white ones. Doctor Broyard said, Ruby has what it
takes to go far, and this could make things better
for all children of color. Now, in a crowded church,

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everyone is singing and celebrating. Then the preacher starts a
sermon and the one little boy who is singing in
this choir is crushing it.

Speaker 2 (16:23):
Oh my gosh, so so good.

Speaker 1 (16:27):
It was so good, just amazing hearing this little kid sing.
It was like, man, it was really remarkable. The preacher
talks about how every day there is something new to
keep them oppressed, but they will rise up and Persevere
church then lets out, and now Ruby and Allison are
walking home, talking about how she's going to a new
school tomorrow and even gets to ride in a car.
Alison is going to a Catholic school soon and she

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isn't even Catholic. Ruby promises she'll still see Alison and
jokes she'll still whoop her butt in baseball. The next morning,
at Ruby's house, Abon is eating breakfast and Ruby is
just adorably staring at him. He asked if she's nervous,
since she just shrugs her shoulders. He wishes he could
go with her, but she can tell him all about
it later. He calls her his brave little girl and
she smiles. Abon walks outside to go to work and

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sees police blocking off the road. He walks over to
ask what's going on, and the officer says they're only
letting residents come and go. Mister Bridges may need id
to come home later in case he runs into the
next shift. Startled, mister Bridges shakes his head and continues
his walk to work. We're now back inside the house
thanks to their neighbor, missus Taylor. Ruby's dressed in a
pink dress with a pink bow in her hair, ready
for her first day at her new school.

Speaker 3 (17:30):
Missus Bridges reminds.

Speaker 1 (17:31):
Ruby to answer her teacher with yes, ma'am, we're outside now.
An official looking car arrives with Deputy US Marshall Al
Butler and his team ready to escort Ruby's school.

Speaker 3 (17:40):
Missus Bridges is confused.

Speaker 1 (17:41):
She thought it would be doctor Broyard from the NAACP,
but Ruby and her mom get in the car anyway,
with the entire neighborhood watching on. Ruby and her friend
Allison wave to each other as the procession of cars
drives off. They arrive at school and are given precise
instructions on how to walk. He tells Ruby to stay
between the four officers and not look back at the
crowd no matter what happens.

Speaker 3 (18:00):
And this is where I was like, oh.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
God, this is gonna be bad, Like yes, same, yeah,
you're just already the adjutive starting of watching the film
like it, man, it's gonna this is gonna it's gonna
be hard, and even I didn't realize how bad. A
man nearby has gotten out of his car. He's upset
with the stops traffic and has a medical conference. He
needs to attend at the same time the US Marshal.

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Ruby and her mother get out of the car, and
we're swarm by a crowd of upset parents and students,
yelling and chanting two four six eight we don't want
to integrate, and holding signs that say things like whites
only and no colors here. As members of the press
take pictures, Ruby and Lucille finally make it to the
school steps, where sheriffs are waiting for them. One officer
informs them that the governor says they can't enter. The

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Deputy Marshall explains that the President of the United States
says they can. With that, the local sheriff step aside,
allowing the group to walk in. As protesters angrily chant
against integration. The man outside of the car, who is
mad at being stopped, can't believe what he's saying.

Speaker 3 (18:56):
We're now inside the school.

Speaker 1 (18:57):
Teachers are shock that Ruby was allowed inside and tructing
their students to stay in their classrooms. And oh god,
it was the teachers. I think that pissed me off
more than anything. I hated them, hate even it was somehow,
and I don't know why, but for some reason, it
was even worse than the chanting outside to me because
that's like mob rule and craziness and the ridiculousness of that.

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But then the people that are sworn educators for children
that are treating this girl so horribly. It's something about
that struck me and it just kissed me off that
I don't know what it was.

Speaker 5 (19:32):
There's an aspect of.

Speaker 2 (19:35):
It would in a sense I kind of some somehow
maybe I'm wrong, correct me if it needs to not
be in this but like like if a doctor was
treating this situation similar, like wouldn't treat another human Like
it's with teachers, especially with teachers with young education that's

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so important and like it's like this old that they
take to like educate the next generation and it's just going,
are you? But again, it's not a world that like
I understand, that's not you know what I mean? Like
I never lived in a world that this was in
any way relevant in my in my experience, So it's

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just it was like, oh, you gotta be kidding me, Like,
like you are an educator, you should know better.

Speaker 5 (20:28):
Like that's how it felt watching this movie. I really did.

Speaker 2 (20:31):
It made me so angry, Like those people out there
are they're not as educated.

Speaker 5 (20:36):
As you like. They they don't know.

Speaker 3 (20:38):
You know, you're supposed to be better than that.

Speaker 1 (20:41):
Yes, yes, yes, yeah, Well there's good teachers and bad teachers, good.

Speaker 5 (20:45):
Doctors and bad that's true, So true.

Speaker 3 (20:46):
Lawyers and bad lawyers.

Speaker 1 (20:47):
There's absolutely just because somebody's in a profession doesn't make
them good people.

Speaker 6 (20:51):
Nope.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
The Marshals are with Ruby and her mother in the
main office when parents start barging into rooms and removing
their children. One mother uses it a horrible slur on
a way out, Ruby Asser. There's a lot of those
in this movie, so I'm skipping over all of them.
Obviously they're they're they're there, and we're of the time.

Speaker 2 (21:07):
And the one thing I did put in this, like
Sabriss was just like that was so jarring and hard
to hear in a Disney Channel movie that some of
the slang that was used, evenings written things that were
written on the posters. Yeah, belt, I mean it was
obviously what was you know what I mean, like it was.

Speaker 1 (21:28):
Well, that's why I'm glad. I hate to put it
this way, but I'm glad they did it. Meaning I'm
glad they kept it in because you don't want them
to soften it for the fact that it's Disney, because that's.

Speaker 3 (21:39):
What it was going through.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
It's like, we're not going to change the words that
were hurled at this little girl because it might offend
people nowadays watching the movie, or it might upset kids.
It's like, no, you needed to hear the actual vile
things that were being thrown this.

Speaker 3 (21:55):
Six year old and now trying to kindergarten or first rate.

Speaker 1 (22:00):
And so I'm glad that that they said, no, we're
not going to we're not going to cut these out because.

Speaker 3 (22:06):
They're horrible words.

Speaker 1 (22:07):
We're keeping them in specifically because they're horrible words. That's
why we're keeping them in.

Speaker 5 (22:14):
As a hard watch, skin crawled every time.

Speaker 3 (22:19):
Yes, and it's supposed to.

Speaker 1 (22:23):
Ruby asked her mom where the other black girls who
were supposed to enroll with her are, and a teacher
on the phone with the district name Miss Woodmere, says
she supposes the parents had the good enough sense not
to put their children through this. At the same time,
a new teacher, Miss Barbara Henry, has arrived, but Miss
Woodmere tells her to come back tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (22:40):
Now.

Speaker 1 (22:41):
Hours later, everyone is still waiting in the main office
It's three PM and Ruby's even falling asleep. The bell
rings and Miss Woodmere dismisses Ruby for the day. Ruby announces, Wow,
school was easy, which was funny. Now we're in a
new house. It is a guy that was outside Ruby
school who was upset he was running late to a conference.
We find out his name is doctor Robert Cole. He
kisses his wife and admits he never even made it

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to work. The streets were blocked and she'll never believe why.
He explains the protest and hateful scene, saying he'd never
seen anything like it. His wife says people can be
so mean and that she grew up watching how people
treated her nanny. They acted like her color made her
guilty of something. He wonders if he could help her
and the family like he did for kids with polio.
His wife thinks it's a great idea, and now we're
at the school. The next day, the angry mob has

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gotten even bigger and more unruly. As Ruby in her
arm Federal security they pull up. The mob pushes to
the motor kid as Ruby and Lucille got out of
the front door. One guy even tries to spit on them.
We see a concern Doctor Coles in the crowd, now
full military uniform. Back inside the school, Ruby's introduced to
her new teacher, missus Henry. She's the new staff member
who arrived yesterday but was sent home. She excitedly introduces herself,

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shaking both Ruby and Lucille's hands. She proceeds to hold
Ruby's hand and walk her to a classroom, all as
the other teachers stare, and of course judge. Missus Henry
says she's heard that Ruby is quite the student. While
back in the main office, doctor Coles is escorted in
by the local sheriff. He's introduced this captain, doctor Robert Coles,
and padded down by the Deputy Marshall. We're now back
in the classroom. It's just Ruby, Lucille and missus Henry,

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who is very flustered in her new surroundings. Protesters are
yelling racist things outside, so missus Henry shuts the window
with the help of missus Bridges. Missus Henry reveals she's
originally from Boston and has taught kids at overseas military bases,
but recently got married in her husband's work brings her
here to New Orleans. Lucille welcomes her to the South,
which feels like both a greeting and a warning. Over
in Miss Woodmere's office, doctor Robert Coles tells Woodmere that

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he wants to talk to the little girl and see
how she's doing with all this stress.

Speaker 3 (24:34):
She refuses, using.

Speaker 1 (24:35):
Another disgusting slur, and won't even give her name to him.
She has strict orders and if he's so interested, he
should go talk to what she calls that colored People's Organization, referring,
of course, to the NAACP. Knowing he's hit a dead end,
he says good day and leaves back. In Ruby's classroom,
missus Henry writes down a word and Ruby yells out Christmas. Then,
when instructed to write words with only the letters she

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sees spelled in Christmas, she first spells out christ missus
Henry tells Lucille that her dexterity is very advanced for
her age. Ruby continues to write down new words as
Miss Henry looks out the window at the angry mob,
and then eventually just shuts the blinds. We'now in the
school hallway, missus Henry is looking for the lounge and
another teacher, Miss Spencer. At first ignores her, but eventually

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and very reluctantly shows her the way, commenting she must
have really needed a job to take this one. Were
now in the teacher's lounge, missus Henry tells Spencer she
doesn't need consolation. She's taught children from many different backgrounds
and she's enjoyed them all. Another teacher says the school
is ruined and missus Henry is partly to blame.

Speaker 3 (25:34):
Than she leaves.

Speaker 1 (25:35):
Missus Henry thinks it's silly for the whole school to
empty out because one little girl. Obviously she was offered
this position and didn't know that she'd be teaching only
one student. Miss Spencer reveals she told the principles she
wouldn't teach Ruby, using another slur in the process.

Speaker 3 (25:50):
Yikes.

Speaker 1 (25:51):
She then ironically transitioned into prayer before eating so horrible
racial slur. You're ruining this school. Everything's off. Now I'm
going to pray to Jesus because this seems like exactly
the type of thing God.

Speaker 2 (26:04):
Yeah, just like it kept getting worse.

Speaker 3 (26:09):
It's just very, very difficult.

Speaker 1 (26:12):
Miss Henry is obviously dumbfounded by all of her new coworkers.
Were now outside the school, and another day has come
to a close. Ruby and her mom are again leaving.
Walking through the protest, Lucille covers her daughter's ears. This time,
we're now Ruby's house. Eban is reading the paper and
tells his wife that things are getting very dangerous.

Speaker 3 (26:27):
It's not too late to take her out of the school.

Speaker 1 (26:28):
He knows that Ruby's supposed to go alone tomorrow and
can't imagine putting her through that. Lucille is sick of
people telling her what she can and can't do. They
can't be afraid any longer. Mister Bridges barks back that
he was in the war, He's not afraid, and she
better watch out who she's talking to. She apologizes and
argues that the school is cleaner and nicer, and that
her teacher, Missus Henry, is smart and kind. We're now

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in the kids' rooms. Lucille says good night and tells
Ruby that she has to go back to work tomorrow.
She asks if Ruby can be a brave girl and
go to school by herself with the big men. Ruby
thinks it over and says okay. Lucille reminds her that
Jesus also the mob and even prayed for them. She
gives Ruby one last kiss, knowing tomorrow might be tough, and.

Speaker 3 (27:05):
So we're now at school.

Speaker 1 (27:06):
The next day, Ruby arrives with just the Deputy Marshalls
and the crowd has gotten even bigger. Doctor Coles is there,
still very concerned. The Deputy Marshal tells Ruby to remember
what he said, just keep looking straight ahead, and then.

Speaker 3 (27:16):
They make their way to the front door. When one woman.

Speaker 1 (27:18):
Yells, I'm gonna hang you until you choke to death
a six year old girl amongst the hatred. Ruby looks
straight ahead, hearing her mom and dad's voice in her head.
She's a brave little girl and God loves her. She
sees KKK and the N word written on the wall,
mimicking the famous Norman Rockwell painting as well. Just then
a tomato is thrown at the school, which is also

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captured in that painting. Inside, the teachers are still judgmentally
staring at missus Henry taking Ruby to class, noting that
she looks so very special. Today, after school, Ruby and
Allison are sitting on some steps eating otter pops. Ruby
asked Alison if she's Catholic yet Alison says no, The
nuns are mean and hit her on the knuckles. Ruby
says her teacher is nice, but she's the only student
in the entire school. Allison says her dad blames Ruby

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for all the horses up the street and nobody likes them.
Just then, Ruby's dad is back from work, holding several
bags of donuts, and he just looks completely and totally emotionless.
We cut inside the house. The whole family is eating,
except for Avon. Ruby asked, if he isn't hungry, then
why did he bring home all those donuts. He just
sits in silence, then says that the bakery heard what
a brave thing she was doing and wanted to give
them a special treat now. Later in the night, while

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cleaning up, a very emotional Abon tells his wife he
was fired. His boss says he can't keep him with
a child in a white school. He'd been working there
for eight years and there's no one better at fixing
cars than him. Lucille agrees and says he'll get another job.
That's why his friend at the bakery shop gave him
all his donuts because he felt bad about the job.
Even starts to cry and wonders what he's going to
do now, and this is another moment where it was

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just like, man, the acting, you know, the film itself
is great, obviously, but the acting in this book, yeah,
very good.

Speaker 5 (28:47):
So good.

Speaker 2 (28:48):
I mean I was, I mean I was already after
the second day of school and then finding she was
going to go to school without her mom. I know,
I am already crying. And then the husband, I'm like
sobbing at this point.

Speaker 3 (29:03):
Yeah, it was.

Speaker 1 (29:05):
Very tough, very tough to see what this family was
going through and the whole community was going through, but
even their own community then turning on them right to
where it's like you're you're getting in from every angle
at that.

Speaker 2 (29:16):
Point, every single angle, I mean, especially when you're you know,
your neighbor, your friend, these kids were playing baseball just
a few days ago together, you know, and and they're
obviously a very tight knit community. They hang out all
the time, and then for that to happen, and you
can see both sides of the coin, right like them

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having a hard time because of someone else's decisions, you know.

Speaker 3 (29:40):
Just it's yeah, it was tough.

Speaker 5 (29:42):
It's all hard.

Speaker 3 (29:44):
Yep, it really is.

Speaker 1 (29:45):
He says white folks were fine when he was willing
to die for this country. But you try to give
your beautiful little daughter what they have, and they'll remind
you how it's actually their country.

Speaker 3 (29:53):
Yes, ma'am was a soldier.

Speaker 1 (29:55):
Yes, Lucille knows it's tough right now, and he probably
blames her for everything, but they're going to get through this.
He leaves for the bedroom while she stays back and
cries in the kitchen. The next morning, Evan walks out
of the house with Ruby. He's going to go with
her to school today, but the deputy Marshall says he's sorry,
it's just too dangerous.

Speaker 3 (30:09):
Evan can't believe this. He's her father.

Speaker 1 (30:11):
The deputy thinks that since he is her father, he
might not be able to restrain himself.

Speaker 3 (30:15):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (30:16):
Evin kisses Ruby goodbye, and she drives off with the officers.

Speaker 3 (30:19):
At school. The day is over once again.

Speaker 1 (30:21):
I could Oh my god, I couldn't even imagine being
a dad and walking your kid through that. You'd be like,
I'm gonna know it. Oh, I couldn't even imagine.

Speaker 2 (30:29):
I mean, so, it's like you're basically saying it's safer
to go with these strange, stranger men, these men that
are strangers to her than it is for me.

Speaker 5 (30:37):
To take my own. It's safer for them her to
go with you.

Speaker 1 (30:40):
Yeah, well with at the time, it's safer to go
with armed white protectors than it is for her black
father to walk her into school?

Speaker 3 (30:49):
Right, crazy?

Speaker 2 (30:49):
That is?

Speaker 5 (30:51):
I mean that is so heavy?

Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yep, so heavy.

Speaker 1 (30:53):
At school, the day's over once again, missus Henry is
chasing after miss Woodmere to point out that Ruby isn't
taking fizz Ed and should have some type of music class,
But instead of concerned, miss Woodmere just walks away. She's
now forced to vacate school property expeditiously just because of Ruby.
Missus Henry points out that it's not Ruby's fault, it's
because of people's attitudes towards Ruby. Miss Woodmere claims she's
caught in the middle. What does missus Henry expect.

Speaker 3 (31:15):
Her to do? And she gets in her car and
she leaves.

Speaker 1 (31:18):
Back in the classroom, we get a montage Ruby is
studying and now missus Henry is even teaching Fizzed. They're
doing jumping jacks as people still protest outside, yelling slurs
and things like I'm going to poison you, Ruby asked
her when all the other kids are coming back, so
things can just get back to normal. Missus Henry says,
the students will come back eventually. Their parents are just angry.
They'll get over it, but for now she has her
very own school. The bell rings and missus Henry tells

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Ruby she'll be back in thirty minutes after lunch. And
I thought this was weird that now she sits alone
in silence. It seemed like I was waiting for something
to happen while she was by herself, Like I was
just on edge, safe, thinking something was gonna happen.

Speaker 3 (31:53):
I wrote it down by herself.

Speaker 2 (31:54):
Yeah, she's in a very unsafe environment. There are people outside, yeah,
you know, picking against her in there, and then you're
telling me you're gonna leave her alone that to mention
she's five or six.

Speaker 5 (32:10):
I don't think you leave five or six through.

Speaker 2 (32:11):
I wouldn't leave a group of them alone anyone else,
like they're.

Speaker 5 (32:15):
Little, you know.

Speaker 3 (32:17):
It was that was absolutely terrible.

Speaker 1 (32:20):
Back home, mister Bridges is sitting on the porch. His
neighbors are playing some instruments while there's are staring at
him quite visibly upset. And then doctor Broyard's car pulls up,
now accompanied by doctor Coles and his wife.

Speaker 3 (32:31):
We're now inside Ruby's house.

Speaker 1 (32:32):
Lucille is folding laundry when doctor Broyard introduces the family
to the Coles. Doctor Coles is a psychiatrist and came
all the way from Biloxi to help. Abon admits that
they can't afford a psychiatrist. Doctor Coles assures them he
won't be charging anything. Mister Bridges thanks him, but nobody
in their house is crazy.

Speaker 3 (32:48):
Quote unquote.

Speaker 1 (32:49):
Doctor Cole says he has a lot of experience working
with kids facing diversity, and it's helpful to speak to
somebody outside the family. Aban isn't hearing it, though, and
wishes them a nice day. Doctor Cole gives Lucille her
card and thanks them as they leave. We're now back
in class. It's lunchtime again and missus Henry gives Ruby
a book as she leaves for lunch. This time, a
frustrated Ruby just knocks it over. Then the Deputy Marshall
enters the room to check on her, and they give

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each other a little smile.

Speaker 3 (33:11):
And I was.

Speaker 1 (33:12):
Hoping this was going to be a relationship. We got
to see a little more same. Yeah, I was hoping
to see that. They started to befriend this little girl,
Like I was kind of really hoping for that relationship
to blossom.

Speaker 3 (33:24):
A bit.

Speaker 2 (33:24):
I was too, just because I mean I started thinking
about this being a real story, and like, you know,
like him looking at this young girl, going wow, going
through so much, and I'm sure if we got a
chance to speak to her that there were certain relationships
that she built hundred as she was sort of in
this isolation aspect.

Speaker 1 (33:44):
We also have to imagine, so it's nineteen sixty, so
people like her father's age and the age of these
deputy marshals, most of these people were probably in the war,
whether it was the First World War or the Second
World War. Her father was undoubtedly the second, but some
of the older gentlemen might have been in the First,
but probably the Second World War.

Speaker 3 (34:03):
But most of these people probably saw battle right.

Speaker 1 (34:07):
And I have to imagine bravery recognizes bravery. So when
you've been in the war or you've done this stuff
and now you're looking at a six year old little
girl who's keeping her head up and walking through hatred,
I have to imagine you start to respect that person
even as a little kid. A soldier is going to

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look at that child and just recognize bravery. So I
have to imagine that there is a relationship that took
place between her and those marshals, and would love to
find out what that was like, really incredible. We're now
in Ruby's backyard. Abon and Lucille are having tea with
doctor Boyard and his wife. Lucille is hoping someone in
the NAACP can help Abe and find some work, but
doctor Boyard doesn't think now is a good time for

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him to be looking. He needs to lay low and
let things settle down. But Aben knows that the donations
aren't gonna last forever. But doctor Boyard says he'll make
sure that all of their needs are met. And you
can tell this man doesn't want to just be handed money.
He wants to work, which I know that feeling you
just want to work. Missus Cole says, to remember what
a privilege it is for Ruby to be doing this,
but Aban doesn't get it. How is it a privilege

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to put your six year old in danger? How is
it a privilege to lose your job? He slams down
a newspaper and heads inside. One of the younger kids says.

Speaker 3 (35:18):
Uh, oh, Daddy's mad.

Speaker 1 (35:20):
Later, back on the front porch, Evan is trying to
calm down on the steps when his wife joins him.
He doesn't want to talk, but instead just gets up
to play ball with his son. In the kitchen, Lucille
is now giving abe and a haircut. Their youngest daughter
runs in, younging that Ruby called her little brother Charlie
the N word and then threatened to kill him a
little later, in the dining room, Lucille is cleaning while
Ruby sits at the table playing with a doll, but
we quickly realize she has tied a ribbon around the

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doll's neck and is now holding it up in the
air like a noose.

Speaker 3 (35:45):
Lucille is, of course concerned. And if someone only.

Speaker 1 (35:47):
Saw this scene of Ruby Bridges in a d com,
I don't even know what they would think.

Speaker 3 (35:51):
They think it was like a horror movie or something crazy.

Speaker 1 (35:53):
But this little girl is obviously having some serious problems
at this point.

Speaker 2 (35:57):
Yeah, and again it's the that the mom reacts and
how you I talk about the acting, You see the
it going through her eyes in her head of how
what's the best way to react to what she's doing?
Is it to you know, your instinct is to freak.

Speaker 5 (36:17):
Out or you know what I mean, or have a big,
big reaction, and she really just.

Speaker 2 (36:21):
It was like, oh man, this mom is just that.
Yeah's handling this a rock star, obviously like a rock
star exactly.

Speaker 3 (36:29):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (36:30):
It's the next day and the Bridges have finally called
doctor Coles to sit with Ruby. He asked her to
draw a picture of her school and she includes stick
figure protesters out front. Doctor Coles asks if that's how
the people look to her, and she admits she doesn't know.
She doesn't look at them because her mom and the
other man told her not to. After the session, we're
inside doctor Cole's car. He's driving home with his wife
in the passenger seat. She praises the Bridges and encourages

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him to sit down with them at their next visit.
He explains he's not there to socialize. He's also confused.
According to Ruby, everything in school is fine and she's
having a good time.

Speaker 3 (36:59):
Missus Coles is sure he'll eventually figure it out. We
jump cut to the school.

Speaker 1 (37:03):
The out for Blood protesters are still yelling mean and
racist things at Ruby as she's escorted to the door,
and a very disturbed doctor Coles watches on from nearby.
We're back at Ruby's house in the middle of the night.
A scared Ruby climbs into bed with her parents. She
says she had bad thoughts, and Lucille asks if she
said her prayers. Ruby says no. Sir Mom tells her
to go and ask God to take.

Speaker 3 (37:21):
Care of it.

Speaker 1 (37:22):
Ruby returns to her room and kneels at her bed
to pray, as Lucille watches on from the doorway. We're
now at Stein's grocery store. Ruby and her dad are
grabbing some milk as two white men stare on in judgment.
As usual, Ruby says hi to the owner, missus Stein,
who this time coldly responds by asking that they don't
ever come back. Abben asks why, but missus Stein just
tells him to leave. Abben scoffs and reminds her that

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his family supported her when she first moved in, and
white customers wouldn't buy from her because she's Jewish. All
he's been is good to her. But if this is
what she wants, so be it. We're now back at
the Bridge's kitchen and they've all finished dinner except for Ruby.
She says she's not hungry, but Lucille begs her to
please eat. Ruby says she'll have some chips out of
a bag, but only from a new bag and a

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Coca cola. As she says it, Lucille takes away Ruby's
untouched plate and gives her a sealed bag of chips
and some sort of pill or vitamin and then it's
never mentioned. We don't know what that is. Was she
giving her an aspirin, something to sleep?

Speaker 3 (38:18):
Vitamin C? It's literally never talked about again.

Speaker 2 (38:21):
But it was so deliberately given. It was like, I
thought this was gonna be an aspect of what they had,
what they felt that needed to happen.

Speaker 5 (38:30):
You know, what is a neentative?

Speaker 1 (38:33):
Is it? I mean, yeah, I don't know what it was.
And again never just never mentioned again.

Speaker 2 (38:40):
Yeah, I don't know if that was like a scene
that was cut later on or yeah, this was a
I don't know, it just didn't make any sense.

Speaker 3 (38:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (38:50):
Ruby asked if missus Stein has ever stood outside her
school and said those mean things. Missus Bridges says no,
she's Jewish and people aren't much nicer to her. Ruby
reveals they've been banned from the store, and Lucille says
that she's not very nice. Ruby doesn't know why no
one likes her, but her mama suers her it's not her.
They just don't want black kids going to their schools,
but she deserves a good education. She reminds Ruby that
God loves her and these protesters don't know what they're

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talking about. And the next day at school, as Ruby arrives,
the scene outside is even more unruly and racist. Then
a man breaks through the barricade and runs towards Ruby.
As a result, the Marshall's rush her to safety, but
it turns out the man was a reverend and he
was just trying to return his daughter to school. He's
then called a trader and spit on by a protester,
so the US Marshal also helps him.

Speaker 3 (39:31):
And his daughter.

Speaker 1 (39:32):
Inside in the classroom, missus Henry is comforting a crying Ruby,
insisting that not all people are like the protesters. This
is where she tries to explain slavery to Ruby, detailing
that the South was forced to free all the slaves
and some people just haven't gotten over it. Ruby wonders
why they say all those mean things. She didn't do
anything to deserve it. Missus Henry agrees, they just feel
threatened and they don't even like themselves. It's lunchtime now

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in the classroom, and once again Ruby is all alone.
She pours her thermos into a nearby glue container, then
high it's her sandwich in a cabinet, and we still
don't know.

Speaker 3 (40:02):
What this is about.

Speaker 1 (40:02):
At this point, we're starting to put it together, but
we're not quite there. We just know that while Ruby
seems to be hiding it very well, she's obviously dealing
with some serious psychological issues, which how could you not yeah.
That night, in the Bridge's dining room, Ruby is again
sitting with doctor Coles and he asked about one of
her new drawings.

Speaker 3 (40:19):
It's of Alison and Alison's dad.

Speaker 1 (40:22):
Ruby says Alison is sad because she's not allowed to
play with her anymore. Doctor Coles is shocked to hear
Allison is black, especially because she uses pink crans for
her skin color. He also notices she drew herself with
pink skin and blue hair, and everyone who's black is
missing body parts, but missus Henry and doctor Coles are intact.
We see that Aban is now looking on from a
nearby doorway as Ruby picks up one of doctor Cole's

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drawings and jokingly makes fun of it. They share a
laugh as he agrees he's not much of an artist. Meanwhile,
in the kitchen, Lucilla and Missus Coles are having a
good time cooking. Doctor Coles enters and his wife is
excited she's learned how to make red beans and Rice.
Aban wants to talk to doctor Coles, but he really
has to hit the road.

Speaker 3 (40:58):
Doctor Cole says he's concerned about Ruby.

Speaker 1 (41:00):
He asked if they've noticed any unusual behavior, and Lucille
reveals she'll only eat packaged foods and soda.

Speaker 3 (41:06):
Doctor Cole says he thinks he knows what's happening.

Speaker 1 (41:08):
One of the Hecklers has repeatedly threatened to kill Ruby
by poisoning her. The Bridges can't believe it. Lucilla's so
upset she leaves the room. Doctor Cole apologizes and Evan
says it's not his fault. In the bedroom, Lucilla's now
crying very hard. How can people be so cruel to
her baby? She thought they were just doing the right
thing at this point. I imagine, Sabrina, you had lost it.

Speaker 2 (41:26):
I am just I'm like inconsolable at this point, like
I oh to figure out that was what it was right,
And again you're talking about a little girl, six year
old girl, when little girls this age take everything so literal,
like everything that is said is absorbed, it's internalized, and

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I'm just.

Speaker 3 (41:53):
It's like I'm not I'm not talking about it.

Speaker 5 (41:54):
I can't. It's so sad.

Speaker 1 (41:56):
I know, it's it is very difficult. Evan finally says
Ruby is not staying at the school anymore. Lucille wants
her to pray. Lucille wants to pray on it. God
wouldn't give her more than she can handle, but Aben
lays down a frame picture of Jesus. He knows he's
doing what's best for his daughter. He knows that Ruby
now thinks white people are better than them, which is
why she draws black people deformed and white people perfect.

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It's so many levels, Lucille. As Lucille asks what that
has to do with Jesus, and Evan reminds her they
don't even really know what Jesus look like. When Ruby
sees that picture of Jesus every day, her God looks
more like the white folks outside protesting than they do
her At doctor Cole's house. Doctor Cole asks his wife
to make dinner. After saying no to her beans and

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rice at the bridges, His wife says she's not hungry
now she had a home cooked meal. She says good
night and abruptly heads off. You could tell there's some
issues going on with them as well. In Ruby's backyard
the next afternoon, Ruby is so excited to show her
dadt her newest report card. She got all a's. Evan
is proud, but you can tell something's bothering him. He
asks if she likes her new school. She proudly says yes,
and he's glad she does. He tells her that Mary

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and Carl are waiting for her up the street, so
go get changed to play. Ruby heads inside and Evan
stares at their port card, confused about what to do next.
The next day, at school, people are still protesting. These
people just won't go away. But a white mom is
walking her two kids to the front door. Another woman
who's been calling everyone a trader, watches on as her
son sprints to join his friend. He wants to go

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to school too, so themselves starting to cross the picket lines.
Because again you're not born hating people.

Speaker 3 (43:29):
You're taught it.

Speaker 1 (43:30):
In Ruby's kitchen, Ruby still won't eat. Her mom reminds
her the rice and beans were wrapped at the market,
no one could have contaminated it. Eventually, Ruby takes a
bite and asks her mom when those people will stop
yelling at her. Lucille tells her she's got a turn
to the Lord. The men are there to protect her,
and God loves her. Doctor Broyard and his wife arrive
and have a gift for Ruby. It is a beautiful
blue dress. Doctor Broyard's wife, Alma, wonders if they can

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spend the day with Ruby sometime. They have a piano
and they can teach her to play. Evan doesn't look thrilled.
He walks out to get some fresh air. Lucille apologizes
her husband is obviously having a very hard time with
everything going on, which you don't blame the man.

Speaker 2 (44:06):
No, you just found out this couple who's I mean,
it's like, oh, you have your own piano back then
that was huge to own it like a piano is
a big statement of Yeah.

Speaker 1 (44:17):
They also of wealth, I imagine, but also I think
as a as a father, and again I'm a stepdad
not the same, never raised a child from birth.

Speaker 3 (44:29):
So I have to imagine, though.

Speaker 1 (44:31):
A you color notwithstanding you don't want your child used
as a prop, and you're starting to feel like, well,
what are all these people are? What is my daughter
getting out of this other than hatred? Where yes, it
might be good for this community or good for this community,
or good in the overall run, but why do I
have to sacrifice my daughter's mental health, physical well being

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to make it better for everyone else in the world. Meanwhile,
the only one where they're head held high the entire
time as Ruby, even though she's starting to have a
mental breakdown a bit. And it's one of those things
where I have to imagine the dad is being told
you can't get a job, we'll just give you handouts,
and he's like, I don't want handouts.

Speaker 3 (45:10):
I'm a man.

Speaker 1 (45:11):
I want to work. I was a soldier for God's sakes.
I want to work for my living. I want to
take care of my family. I don't want my daughter
being pulled around all over the place, being used as
a prop by this community.

Speaker 3 (45:20):
By that, he must be just losing it as a
man at this point.

Speaker 1 (45:24):
Yes, I couldn't imagine then the mom, you know, just
trying to do what's best for her child, because that's
all she's looking at is the education that her kiki.

Speaker 3 (45:34):
It's so crazy the number of things that must be
going through all these people's heads.

Speaker 2 (45:39):
Yes, as a family unit, the polls, and then also
having two younger kids that you're trying to raise try
to set a good example for try to show the
inspiration that.

Speaker 5 (45:49):
Their older sister is doing. It's like, how do you
explain that to little ones? Right?

Speaker 2 (45:54):
Like, it's just it is such a hard, incredible inspiration
that this family is willing to go through all of
these struggles yep, to help not just their family out,
but their entire like such a bigger picture. Yeah, this
is what they keep putting in front of their own

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sacrifice that they're doing.

Speaker 1 (46:16):
And then and that's the question, is what, you know,
do I sacrifice my child safety for future children?

Speaker 2 (46:23):
Right?

Speaker 1 (46:24):
And it's again it's it's such an important question because
societally you would probably look at it and go, of
course you do that, that's that's what you need to do.
But personally, as a parent, you're probably like, well, then
you do it with your kid. I'm not gonna do
it with them. I'm not you know, until that first
person steps up. It's there's so many levels. Again, there's
so many levels of what's going on. So in the backyard,

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Lucille tells her husband that the Broyards mean well. Eban argues,
they don't actually care about Ruby. If they were real friends,
they would have invited them all to tea, not just Ruby.
They aren't real friends around for the nightmares and eating disorder.
It's true, Lucille yell's back. There's nothing wrong with Ruby,
seeing how good education can help in life. She wants
her to experience being in a nice house without having
to clean it. Evan just doesn't want his daughter being

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used anymore. Mister Bridge is now in the front porch,
letting off some steam by whittling a stick. One of
the neighbors walks up and reveals he has a few
house painting gigs coming up and he could use some help.
He can't pay a mechanic salary, but it would be something.
Evan shakes his hand. He appreciates the offer, and I'll
see him in the morning. Ruby is now alone in
the classroom and decides to peek through a keyhole to
see the next door and is immediately depressed. Missus Henry

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returns and asks if everything's okay. But Ruby now knows
that more kids came back, so why aren't they all
in the same class. Missus Henry sets her up to
make some see okay, so well sets her up to
make some more Valentines. But I thought as the kids
were starting to break through the picket line and more
kids were being put in, I thought, now there were
going to be two kids in her class, and now

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there's going to be three kids in her class.

Speaker 5 (47:49):
Sae.

Speaker 3 (47:50):
But no, she's still in.

Speaker 1 (47:52):
A class by herself while the whole other class is
being taught without her.

Speaker 2 (47:55):
Well, and the segregation topic was this principle was like, well,
I'm not that's not what we're doing here, and the
marshal was like, yes you are. You are, like you
are absolutely doing here. This is by law what you
have to do. So it's interesting to know that, you know,
if this, if this went this way, and it was
like a couple kids at a time that they then

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were going against the law and still segregating them like
they were breaking the law because of their own values versus.

Speaker 5 (48:27):
Following what the law was saying that this was a
de segregation.

Speaker 3 (48:31):
I want to.

Speaker 1 (48:32):
Know what the law says, because because the you know,
being raised by two lawyers, the law is very literal,
meaning one word can change the entire thing. So did
it say we're integrating the school or did it say
we're integrating the classroom, because you know, you could see
some lawyer come up and saying, hey, I said I'd

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integrate the school. There's a black child in the classroom
right next to us. The school is integrated. I never
said I'd into great the classroom, and they would use
these kind of legal loopholes, and.

Speaker 3 (49:05):
I wonder if something like that.

Speaker 1 (49:06):
I'm so curious to know the actual ins and outs
of what the law said, because they know they did
everything they could to try.

Speaker 3 (49:12):
To skirt the letter of the law.

Speaker 1 (49:14):
At this point, though, missus Henry rushes to Miss Woodmere's office.
She tells her there's no reason why Ruby should be
there and by herself all day, especially since the other
kids are also first graders and right next door. Miss
Woodmere explains that Miss Spencer doesn't want to teach Ruby
and no one is going to force her to, so
missus Henry suggests that the kids come to her class
for some of the day. She'll teach them all. Missus
Henry says it's cruel to isolate a child, and if

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they continue to separate Ruby, she's breaking federal law. So
there you go. I'm so curious to know what the
law said. Missus Henry threatens to call Superintendent Redman, and
missus Woodmere looks heated.

Speaker 3 (49:46):
And so over in Ruby's classroom.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
Missus Henry finally opens the connecting door to miss Spencer's
classroom and Ruby looks elated. All the semi reluctant students
line up, and missus Henry introduces them to a beaming Ruby.
The kids start playing a game of Duck Duck goose
in one of the girl skips right past Ruby. Missus
Henry reminds her that Ruby's playing too, but the little
kids still won't touch Ruby's head. That little boy, the
rude woman outside, Jimmy, says he can't play with Ruby

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because of his mom and uses an absolutely disgusting slur
in the process. It seems some other kids don't want
to play with her either. Ruby looks very hurt. This
is obviously not going to be easy, as if anything
has been. Later that day, in Ruby's dining room. Ruby
and doctor Coles are together again. Ruby says Jimmy didn't
hurt her feelings.

Speaker 3 (50:26):
She gets it.

Speaker 1 (50:26):
If her mom or dad told her not to play
with somebody, she wouldn't either. Allison's dad told her not
to play with Ruby, but she still does sometimes. Ruby
asked doctor Cole if his mom would let him drink
some special blend tea with her. Doctor Cole asked Ruby
if she but if she'd be upset if his mommy
said he couldn't. She says she would be sad because
maybe he wouldn't visit her anymore. Ruby says she's lonely
at lunch time since the other kids don't play with her.

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He wonders if there's anything she could do to make
herself feel better, like cry or draw, and Ruby immediately
changes the subject. Our tea is ready, and then they
pray together. In the backyard, Ruby and Allison are playing
a card game with Ruby's dad sitting on the steps nearby.
Ruby asks Allison if her dad would let them play
ball together, and she says probably no. Her dad says
black people shouldn't be focused on games. They should be

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working hard. If you want something in this world, and
right on time, Allison's dad yells at her and he
runs and grabs her. He tells Abm that before Ruby
went to that school, the neighborhood was fine, but now
there are barricades and people are talking about boycotting Marti Gras,
which means his tavern will be empty. They leave, and
Ruby sits next to her dad on the steps, somehow
able to still make each other smile, and again they're

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just getting it from all possible.

Speaker 5 (51:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (51:34):
Crazy.

Speaker 1 (51:41):
And now in the front of the school, Ruby is
making her normal bee line to the front door, surrounded
by protesters, but now we see there's also a supportive
group of black people quietly watching on from afar, and
this time something different happens. Ruby turns back not only
to look, but to walk back down the steps.

Speaker 3 (51:56):
The marshals don't know what to do.

Speaker 1 (51:57):
She makes it to the final step and starts moving
her mouth confidently, but we can't hear what she's saying
over all the yelling. We're at Ruby's house later and
doctor Cole wants to know what she said. Did she
finally snap and get angry at them? She says no,
she was praying for them. She prays for them every
day in the car, but had forgotten that morning a shock.
Doctor Cole asked what prayer, and she responds while we
see images of the angry mob, she says, Please God,

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forgive these people, because even if they say those mean things,
they don't know what they're doing, so you can forgive them,
just like you did those folks a long time ago
when they said terrible things about you. She notices they
used to have a picture of Jesus on the wall,
but somebody stole it, so she's going to go put
up her paintings.

Speaker 3 (52:35):
On the wall now instead.

Speaker 1 (52:36):
In the living room the bridges, there are two other
kids and missus Cole are watching TV. Little Carl jumps
on missus Cole's lap, and when Lucille tries to get
him off, missus Cole says it's okay. Doctor Coles and
Ruby enter and start taping her pictures to the wall.

Speaker 3 (52:48):
Abe admits that.

Speaker 1 (52:49):
Doctor Cole's visits and attention make Ruby feel really special.
Lucille asks if the doctor would like something to drink,
and he finally says yes.

Speaker 3 (52:56):
But says to call him Bob.

Speaker 1 (52:57):
Doctor Coles appreciates Aban's words, but they are the ones
that make Ruby feel special and strong, and now her
drawings are so much better. She's using brown crans to
draw perfectly depicted black family members. Lucille returns with not
only a drink, but a bowl of gumbo. He loves
it and they all start laughing. Later on, at the
Cole's house, Missus Coles is transcribing her husband's report on Ruby.
He's impressed by her courage and purpose and the family's

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ability to support her. As he continues to reveal his observations.
We see Ruby at school, now reading a book out
loud to the students next door. Everyone is listening except Jimmy,
who sadly still has his fingers in his ears. Miss
Spencer and Miss Woodmere are watching on as Miss Spencer
actually looks proud of Ruby. Doctor Coles continues, having something
to believe in protected Ruby from psychiatric symptoms and gave

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her a dignity and strength that is utterly remarkable, And
of course he's talking about her faith in God. Miss
Spencer points out to Miss Woodmere that Miss Henry is
a good teacher. Even her kids can't read this well.
Miss Woodmere doesn't look in pressed and is handed a
note from the janitor. The lunch bell rings, and Ruby
is back with missus Henry in their room when miss Woodmere,
a janitor, and the Deputy Marshall all enter the classroom.

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Aparently there have been mice and cockroaches in the room,
and the janitor needs to find out why. As he searches,
the janitor stumbles on the cabinet filled with Ruby's hidden food. Later,
missus Henry opens the big tub of glue on her
desk and sees everything Ruby's been doing to avoid eating.
Missus Henry isn't angry, she's just very concerned. Ruby says
she's been eating more than she used to, but doesn't
always like what her mom makes with that. Missus Henry

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and Ruby finally eat lunch together and have a lot
of fun in the process. The next day, in class,
missus Henry hands Ruby a test to see how much
she's learned from this entire year and wishes her luck. Later,
in Ruby's backyard, Ruby is sitting alone when doctor Coles
arrives with a large box.

Speaker 3 (54:33):
He says it's a surprise.

Speaker 1 (54:34):
He takes out a doll's house and tells her to
pretend the house is her classroom and that the dolls
are the students. He wants Ruby to tell them who
they are and what they're like. Ruby picks some of
the dolls and starts describing classmates, eventually getting to Jimmy.
She says he used to be bad, but now he
plays okay, but sometimes he remembers that she's black and
gets bad again. He pushes her and calls her mean things.
Doctor Cole asks what she does in response, and she

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says nothing. She used to do bad things back, but
not anymore. Ruby wants a cola, so she runs inside
and grabs one. Aben tells doctor Coles their wives are
making gumbo and asks if he wants to take a
walk with him later, and doctor Coles says sure in
the front yard. Later, doctor Coles and mister Bridges are
across the street and we see Missus Stein from the
grocery store carrying a box filled with things for the Bridges.
Abon notes that things are finally starting to calm down.

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We're now in the neighborhood jazz club. Doctor Coles and
Aben walk into a full on jam session and all
sit down together. Aban reveals he got a purple heart
for being wounded while saving a white soldier. Doctor Coles
points out that he shed blood for a country that
doesn't even allow him to enjoy the freedom that he
fought to maintain, and that probably doesn't feel good. Aban
says that's why he doesn't have much faith in integration.
Doctor Coles admits that before he met Ruby, he never

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thought about segregation. Aban admits that he learned a lot
from Ruby too. We're now in the crowded school office.
Missus Henry gets Ruby's test scores and they're incredible. As
she celebrates, Miss Woodmere says she's lowering the score to
more accurately reflect her ability, and that's when I wanted
to reach through the screenpl my gosh, this lady.

Speaker 3 (55:56):
Was infuriating, truly infuriating. It really really was.

Speaker 1 (56:01):
Ruby has been privately tutored the whole year with special
attention with being sir. Scores are inaccurate when compared to
students who didn't get this treatment. Miss Henry says, Miss
Woodrear is just upset because Ruby did better than the
other students. Woodmere insists ruby scores are too high and
will change them how she sees fit. Miss Henry reminds
her the only reason she was privately taught is because
she wouldn't put her in with the other children. Miss

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Woodmere says the experiment to mix the children failed, but
missus Henry insists that the kids don't care what color
she is. It's only the parents and the ignorant people
who teach them to hate. Miss Woodmere says if missus
Henry is unhappy at.

Speaker 3 (56:33):
The school, she shouldn't come back.

Speaker 1 (56:35):
Then Miss Spencer tries to stand up for Miss Henry finally,
but another teacher tells her to shut up.

Speaker 5 (56:40):
Missus has slapped that girl too.

Speaker 1 (56:43):
A lot of possible slapping, Yes, a lot of a
lot of slap, boat hurt and hurt risk. By the
time I was done, missus Henry wonders if the children
mean anything and leaves, but on her way out, she
says the country is changing, whether Miss Woodmere likes it
or not.

Speaker 3 (57:00):
Then an emotional Miss Spencer speaks up again.

Speaker 1 (57:02):
Missus Henry worked her behind off and spent nearly every
minute of the day dedicated to her job. She reminds
Miss Woodmere her job is to support the teachers, not
sabotage them, and then she races after Miss Henry finally
yes back in the neighborhood kids are playing baseball again,
and Alison's dad is pitching to Carl, Ruby's little brother.

Speaker 3 (57:19):
When Aban pulls.

Speaker 1 (57:19):
Up after a long day of house painting, Allison's dad
seems to have come around. He says everyone is actually
really proud of Ruby. Doctor Coles and his wife pull up,
and Ruby skips over to offer a popsicle. Ruby and
the doctor work at a nearby table, and she says
she's going to have a birthday party soon and wants
the Coles to come. He says they'll be there and
asks about her new drawing. It's him, Missus Coles, the
boy yards and Jimmy. Jimmy is now her friend, even

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though his mom doesn't want him to be and he
doesn't call her names anymore. She thinks people are happier
when they make good friends. Doctor Coles agrees and says
she's been a great teacher, then asks for a hug.
Inside the school of Smiling, Ruby walks by Woodmere, who
looks like she's been crying. Her ruling with bigotry has
come to an end. Yay, in the school's playground, Missus
Henry and Ruby are sitting on a bench when one

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of the other students calls over for Ruby to sit
with her.

Speaker 3 (58:05):
Miss Spencer apologizes to missus Henry.

Speaker 1 (58:07):
She's sorry they didn't get to know each other better
over this year and thinks what she did was the
right thing and she did it very well. Missus Henry
says that means a lot to her. Hopefully next year,
if Miss Spencer gets Ruby or someone like Ruby as
a student, she can do the same.

Speaker 3 (58:19):
Nearby, Ruby is on the playground carousel having fun with Jimmy.
And with that we hear some narration about Ruby Bridges'
Educational Foundation, established in nineteen ninety five to build an
understanding of cultural diversity within public schools across the nation.
Under Ruby's leadership, The growth and success of the foundation
continues to prove that the sacrifices her family made were
not in vain.

Speaker 1 (58:39):
And that is our movie. That was a tough one
to watch. But what did other people think about it?

Speaker 2 (58:53):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (58:54):
Why don't we do some real reviews?

Speaker 1 (58:55):
And I have the one star from some idiot named
phrase three oh seven. Ugh. Uh, And it's just as strange.

Speaker 3 (59:04):
It's strange, and you cannot like a movie. You can
you can understand, you can.

Speaker 1 (59:07):
Say respect the the subject matter of a movie, and
not like a movie that's perfectly okay, hey it didn't
wasn't directed well, it didn't like the acting.

Speaker 3 (59:16):
Whatever.

Speaker 1 (59:16):
This says we were expecting something with intelligent talking points
instead of a glorified ten minute YouTube presentation blown up
into a poorly scripted TV movie. If your kid doesn't
have an interest in or understanding of American civil rights movement,
then consider something like The Box Trolls instead.

Speaker 3 (59:32):
One star.

Speaker 2 (59:32):
I don't even know what that means, just right around,
right with the people on the pic, like you're just
I can't.

Speaker 3 (59:40):
I just don't get what it even means though, It's like,
what do you what are you saying? It?

Speaker 5 (59:45):
Almost Yeah, it's so weird.

Speaker 2 (59:49):
I've got the five star, which I'm I do love
this five star.

Speaker 3 (59:54):
It's a good, good one. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (59:57):
From Rosanna Bodafogo. Those films that hurt in the soul,
if it hurt to watch. I can't imagine what it'd
be like to live in an act of racism. It
seems impossible to have such a brave little girl, beautiful family,
that education and character is priceless. Ruby Ridges bought bravely
for a lot a biography that is needed, deserved, exciting, delicate, courageous, faithful,

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very proud of this Disney production.

Speaker 3 (01:00:27):
That was great.

Speaker 1 (01:00:28):
And you know what, We're not gonna do a feature
game this week. There's no points and I.

Speaker 5 (01:00:32):
Don't have any Sabrina sees.

Speaker 1 (01:00:35):
Okay, the things just score this movie, yes, and we're
just gonna go with Little Heroes as our scoring system.

Speaker 3 (01:00:41):
Out of time that one out of ten, that's what
we're gonna do. What did you think you go first?

Speaker 2 (01:00:46):
As hard as as it was to watch, I'm right
there with our five star. It was a great movie
that I felt really shed light on a hard topic
and Disney did it in a delicate way.

Speaker 5 (01:01:03):
Even though it was rough.

Speaker 2 (01:01:04):
It was rough to watch, but I mean I was
just pulled right in with this family and just in
awe of such an incredible story and to really know
that this is of someone's real life was just incredibly inspiring.
I loved this movie. Hard to watch, but oh, this

(01:01:28):
was a great one. This is ten Little Heroes for me.
I thought the acting in this movie was phenomenal. It
was just such a good watch.

Speaker 3 (01:01:37):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 1 (01:01:38):
From a historical standpoint, the story was obviously outstanding. As
a film, the acting was wonderful. I would have liked
a little bit more from the script in regard to
some of the other relationships that Ruby had. The other
thing is it has to be very, very difficult to

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have a movie based around a six year old because
as an actor, as good as you are at six,
it's tough tough to act ever, but let alone as
a six year old. I think as a film, some
of Lord Selma was better in my opinion, just as
a movie. That being said, this was, you know, incredible.

Speaker 2 (01:02:18):
So yeah, I think to the difference between the actors
and Lord similar Selma, where it was a pretty big
gap compared to a five or six year old.

Speaker 3 (01:02:27):
Oh, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (01:02:28):
It's it's it's easier to put a movie through a
kid's eyes when your actors eleven or twelve, much easier
and also.

Speaker 2 (01:02:34):
Script wise, you're then talking about this young actor like
the relationship, like the relationship we wanted between her and
the Marshall, like that would happen. You know, that's a
delicate relationship to have put on screen. So it is
I think you were a little they were somewhat limited,
I guess with that agree age different.

Speaker 3 (01:02:56):
That being said, Disney does these movies so well.

Speaker 1 (01:02:58):
This to me is like, it's so funny because people
think of the Disney Channel Bread and Butter as like
a high school musical, as these big lavish musicals that stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:03:07):
And they certainly are, and I totally see that.

Speaker 1 (01:03:10):
I see why Cheated Girls, why a whole generation of
girls still dress like the Cheata Girls and other stuff.
It's so important. But Disney also does stuff like this
so unbelievably well. They know the audience they have, and
they know that you can make something like this an
incredible teaching moment for an entire generation of people watching
a movie. So that's why I love these movies again,

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The Selma, Lord Selma, This Color of Friendship. There's a
reason why these are like my favorite kind of movies
to watch is because a I love history, I love
true stories, but I also love putting them through the
eyes of a kid. I mean, the idea of watching
this little girl and you want to reach through and
grab her and hold on to her and be like,

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I'll walk you to school every day like that.

Speaker 3 (01:03:55):
There's a power in that.

Speaker 1 (01:03:56):
When it comes to a movie where it's like you
want to jump through the screen to somebody, You want
to jump through the screen to slap a lady in
the face.

Speaker 3 (01:04:02):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (01:04:03):
It's like but there's a power in that filmmaking where
you're just like, I'll be there for you if you
need me.

Speaker 3 (01:04:09):
And it's so that movie did this. It was absolutely wonderful.

Speaker 2 (01:04:12):
And to know that Disney did that four kids, not
just us, not for us adults. It's for kids to
give them that level of empathy or it's a time
that they don't know anything about, and it's.

Speaker 1 (01:04:24):
Just But again, I think I liked some alert someone
better and I think I gave some alert Sema ten.
So I'm going to give this a nine point five.

Speaker 3 (01:04:32):
Little Heroes.

Speaker 1 (01:04:32):
This was a great movie all the way around. It
really is an important movie, tough movie, tough movie to watch.

Speaker 2 (01:04:39):
I'm telling you, I cry, like literally through the majority
of these scenes that were it was so hard to
think about this young little girl, to think about her mom,
her whole family, her community, everyone.

Speaker 5 (01:04:57):
It was just rough.

Speaker 3 (01:04:58):
The dynamic of the family is so interesting to watch.
And you know, it's.

Speaker 1 (01:05:02):
Another thing where this doesn't get talked about, and you
you think about it, or it doesn't get talked about
it enough. And you know, every person has to find
this their own way if they have it or they don't,
and it doesn't matter either way around.

Speaker 3 (01:05:14):
It's whatever works for you. But it also shows the
power of faith in this.

Speaker 1 (01:05:17):
Movie, where you know, they talk about how this little
girl's faith is one of the things that psychologically kept
her right safe at least that you know, she was
starting to have some problems, but that was the one
thing she leaned on. And if you have whatever that
is in your life, if you sometimes it's your family,
sometimes it's your faith, sometimes it's your partner, sometimes it's whatever.
But if you have that that structure in your life,

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it's something that can be very helpful and protective. And
that was another interesting aspect of this movie. So if
you haven't seen it, go check it out again. It
is it's a tough watch, but an important one. And
you know, if you want to check out other pioneering names,
something like Ruby Bridges, then you know, especially when it
comes to integration, read stuff about Claudette Colvin or the

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Little Rock Nine, Barbara John's there's some incredible stories out there,
so please go and check those out our next movie.
We're going back to dcoms. We're going back to some
of the lighter hearted dcoms and more of the stuff
that is quote unquote dcom films.

Speaker 3 (01:06:14):
That we've been watching.

Speaker 1 (01:06:16):
We want to close the summer out here, and we
want to do it right because we want to do
it with a snowboarding movie, and we also want to
do it before the summer ever started.

Speaker 5 (01:06:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:06:24):
Right, So we want to close the summer out before
the summer started with the snowboarding movie, with the snowboarding movie.

Speaker 5 (01:06:29):
And here at Magical rewind. That just makes it.

Speaker 1 (01:06:32):
Yeah, the trucks completely tracks. Nothing I said is wrong.
It completely tracks Ever Nope, it works. We're going to
be watching the twenty fourteen snowboarding movie Cloud nine. By
the way, you do not have to watch the first
eight to understand what happened.

Speaker 3 (01:06:47):
It is available.

Speaker 1 (01:06:48):
I'm kidding, there's not a Cloud one through eighth. I
have you heard of this movie?

Speaker 2 (01:06:54):
No, because I feel like what I was in Aspen
Cloud nine was a club at one of the top
of the okay where they spray move everywhere.

Speaker 5 (01:07:05):
I'm pretty sure that was the you're in of.

Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
Club where you were getting sprayed Wow, nice, I'm the one.

Speaker 3 (01:07:19):
I'm the guy in Amen.

Speaker 2 (01:07:20):
How much is about? I don't think that's what this
dcom will be about, though.

Speaker 3 (01:07:25):
I have a big feel probably not.

Speaker 1 (01:07:27):
It's my favorite part of Aspen is the thirty seven
dollars drinks Ridiculous. It is available now Cloud nine to
stream on Disney Plus. And while we wait, we have
a park Opper episode for you that you do not
want to miss. We are so happy to get this
person we got to speak to because you know, we
just listened to watch this movie and is one of
our favorites.

Speaker 3 (01:07:46):
The Slumber Party.

Speaker 1 (01:07:48):
Yes, we got to talk to the star of The
Slumber Party, Darby Camp herself.

Speaker 3 (01:07:51):
We were so excited. We know her best as Megan.

Speaker 1 (01:07:54):
Of course, we talked her all about starring in The
Tween Hangover, which is also We're hard. What's what it
was like to drive a Hedgehog? Did she actually shave
her eyebrow? Here is a small snippet of what you
can expect.

Speaker 4 (01:08:06):
We had our stunt coordinator in the go kart like
in the Hedgehog, and he was driving it underneath, and
we actually were freely going on the road like in
the real road. There were some scenes that were green screen,
like the close ups and like all of our screams
and all of that, but no, we were actually on
the road, like going in this go car, and it

(01:08:29):
was so much fun and the best part, which I love,
is just the freedom to be able to just go crazy.

Speaker 1 (01:08:36):
Make sure to listen to that one. She was so
cool to talk to us and we had a ton
of fun with Darby. It's one of the many interviews
in recaps you can find online just by searching for
Magical Rewind wherever you get your podcasts. It is worth
noting if you listen to us just on the Podmeats
World feed, you're missing all of our awesome interviews and
there are some really cool behind the scenes stories, so
make sure to subscribe to the separate Magical Rewind feed today.

Speaker 3 (01:08:59):
Thanks everybody, and we'll see you next time.

Speaker 6 (01:09:01):
Bye bye.

Speaker 1 (01:09:17):
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