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Cameraperson
10/23/17 | 1h 22m 51s | Rating: NR
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.
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Cameraperson
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-Okay. Let me get it. Can you see? Yeah, that's pretty. Look at that yellow flower. There's amazing wildflowers here. -Mm-hmm. -Can you see? -Mm-hmm. -
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-Mm-hmm. -Sheep don't know what to think. -
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-Yeah.
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-Lay on the floor. Grab both legs. Grab both legs. -Shane Mosley is out there. -Hey, what's happening? -How you doing? -How are you?
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-Getting close to everybody today. -Oh, I see. Okay. -Yeah. -Just the way I'm -- -Nothing wrong with being close. -Yeah, that's what I always say. -Keeps everybody warm. -Exactly. -
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-Go get this kid. -I will. -A lot of jabs. Lot of catching. You know, he's gonna try to do Floyd. Hit him in the damn shoulders. Got it? -All right, baby. Go ahead. Go ahead.
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-How did that delivery go? -
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-Was it easy, that one? -Which one? -The one you just did. -The baby? -Yeah, was it an easy delivery, that one? -Yes. She is very easy. Although, she's glad there are four. This is her fourth delivery. -Fourth delivery. -Mm. Fourth. It was so easy. And she deliver quickly. She was just coming in. -So how many more babies do you think you're gonna get today? -
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It depends. They can come very little, and they can come as many as you think of. -And how many midwives are there here today? -Today, we are three in number.
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-Okay. Go get them. -You got it. Thanks.
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-Next.
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-Hmm.
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-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Minarets. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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It's really nice, right? Yeah, it's really nice. Is it a sort of judgment call? Uh-huh. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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-I didn't see the headlines. I sort of saw...
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-Watch out!
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-To me. And put it -- You gonna bring the...
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I got a cup in my mouth. -You got a cup in your mouth, huh? -
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You know, these guys weren't real smart. -Can you take us through some of these items that are laid out here and tell us what they are? -Mm-hmm.
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These -- All these items are the clothing taken from James Byrd's body. There's not a whole lot of evidentiary value to these items. But it's always important that things like this be admitted into the courtroom. One of the things that we did in this trial was make up these booklets with 13 pictures to establish specific evidentiary points. -Could you describe a couple key pictures in there you feel really made your case? -There's
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There's one picture that's about the third one in it that shows all of the extensive dragging marks on the body. And one look at that picture, and you realize how painful it must have been and how much torture was involved. Then there are several pictures over in the back where the elbows are ground in way past the bone. And when you look at these photographs and you realize that, for a large portion of this dragging, James Byrd was alive, that he was using his elbows to keep his head and shoulders away from the pavement dirt, that he was twisting his hips back and forth and using his heels to try to keep his head from coming in contact with that pavement and you see the degree of flesh that's torn away during that process, you begin to get mad. Hearing somebody talk about it and actually looking at it is different. We gave each juror a copy of this booklet. And that eliminated the need of showing the pictures on-screen or showing them in a courtroom. That creates a whole lot of extra emotion. We had all the emotion we needed in this case without adding to it.
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-I need a little. Yeah, it's good.
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Beautiful. -Yeah? -Yeah. -There you go. It's okay now? -It's beautiful, yes. Thank you. -
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Mm. Yeah. -Perfect. -Anything -- -Journalism. Yeah.
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-Yeah.
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Just document it. -Uh-oh.
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-Diversion.
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-Wait, wait, wait. Yeah.
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-You can't. You can't. It's too -- Yeah. All right.
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-But I didn't. -
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-I don't think we -- -Yeah. -
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-Okay.
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-Mama show. -Hi, sweetie. But I want to keep that off so I can see you guys. Nice. Felix, are you putting the camera lens on, too? Thanks, guys. You guys are so good putting things away.
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Yeah, that's the microphone.
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You caught me. -Didn't mean to catch you. Just trying to film the grounds. -I was over here looking at the lighting. The lighting's good now, Kirsten. Come here, honey. -Is it okay if I film you? Mom? -If it would have been our furniture in here, there was a swing that used to be right there that we had. You can see the hook from the swing. -Yeah. -Oh, this is fun. A little breeze coming through here. -Get a look. Oh. Huh. I wonder whose... The fireplace is confusing me, so I won't say. -Hmm. -Somehow, I have a feeling that, when you came in the front door, there was something here that was a fireplace. -Uh-huh. -I don't know where it is. -Like, this stove here. That stove, was that it? -Yes. We used that. Oh.
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-Wow! It's like magic.
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Oh. Look at her hands.
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Thank you so much. Ahh! This is so good!
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-Can everyone clear out of my light? That would be great. -
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-Can you just look at me even though we're not filming your face? -Okay. -You can still look at me. -What, um... What are the expenses you have to take care of your son right now? -My expenses right now are Pampers, wipes, clothes, shoes, food, which is, by being a single parent is not easy. And it's not impossible. It's possible because I've been doing it by myself for 19 months. But at the same time, I just feel like with another child and what I'm trying to do right now, it's not -- I don't feel like I can do it. I work as a cashier. I just started there. Just working till I get out of school. That's all. -Tell me about school. -I'm studying to become a paramedic, so...yeah. I'm just trying to pursue my dream so I can just have better for my son. And like I was telling you out in the lobby, that I feel like a bad person because I let it happen a second time, you know? So... I don't really think I can do a second child, not by myself. And that's why I just feel like a bad person and bad female because I let it happen a second time. And I told myself not to do it, but it happened anyways. -Okay. The only rule I'm gonna give you is you may not say, "I'm not a good person" anymore, 'cause that is not the case. An unintended pregnancy is an unintended pregnancy. That's all it is. That's all it is. So no more. -
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Okay. -Okay? I'm not kidding. -Yeah, me too.
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As a reporter. -And you made everybody cry, number one. -And it's also happened to all of us. We've all had unintended pregnancies. -If this clinic wasn't here, what would you do? And so just start the sentence with, "If this clinic wasn't here." -If this clinic wasn't here, I'd probably do an adoption. But as crazy as it sounds, I said in my head, I said, "Well, I would rather an abortion than to give the baby up to a family I don't know," because if I want to hold it, then that's love. And I don't want to, you know... -I know. -
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-I'm so sorry.
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-Our community and many others have faced extreme difficulty and profound sadness. We ask you at this time that we all pause and together take part in a moment of reflection, and to especially consider all victims of child sexual abuse and those who have endured suffering and loss. You are in our hearts today. - For the glory of old State For her founders strong and great For the future that we wait Raise the song, raise the song Sing our love and loyalty Sing our hopes that bright and free Rest, O Mother dear, with thee All with thee, all with thee When we stood at childhood's gate Shapeless in the hands of fate Thou didst mold us, dear old State Dear old State, dear old State May no act of ours bring shame To one heart that loves thy name May our lives but swell thy fame Dear old State, dear old State
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-Thank you, guys. -Thank you, guys. -Thank you. -Thank you. -That was great. -Left, left, left, right, left. -Left, left, left, right, left. - Back in 1775 - Back in 1775 - My Marine Corps came alive - My Marine Corps came alive - First there was the color blue -It's hard to talk when you're running. I don't know if you've ever tried that. You know what I'm saying? Is that -- Is that okay? Is this really? Or should I -- -Little bit here more so his eyeline stays a little bit. So there you go. -Yeah, yeah, okay. -Great. -The military gave us, they gave us what's called a media card. It's a card that tells you pretty much what you can and what you cannot say to the media. It says that you can't say anything bad about the military. Don't voice your opinions on the political side of it, and definitely don't give up any classified information or talk about your operations. Just tell them, like, "Hi. You know, I'm all right." And that's pretty much it. You really can't say anything outside of that. -Are you expected to be called back? -I believe so. Our commanding officer has said it's not about if, it's when. -Mm-hmm. And are you gonna go back? -No. -You're not? -No. -What repercussions do you face? -It's possible jail time. That's one possible thing. -Are you willing to risk that? -Yes. Yes. I -- I will not let my person -- I will -- I will not let anyone send me back over there to kill other poor people, especially when they pose no threat to me and my country. -I'd hate to see you get in any trouble, you know. -Oh, yeah. Me too.
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-I don't want to see you in jail or anything. Do you have a lawyer? Do you have any help, or... -No. Not at this point, no. -Well, you know, we'll see what we can do if, you know, you need any help. Okay? I don't want this to be the end of this, being in touch with you here. -If you have two quantum pieces of matter like elementary particles that are produced at the same time, they have certain quantum properties associated with them. And if you move one off to infinite distance, or, you know, just arbitrary far away, if you do an experiment on the other one, then the one that's far away will react instantly as if it had been -- you had been doing the experiment on it. And, yet, it's so far away that it would take the speed of light thousands of years to reach it. You can entangle across time. You can entangle into the future or in the past. You can entangle through space. That's what quantum entanglement means. It means that there's another underlying layer of nature that we haven't discovered yet. -I feel entangled with you already.
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-Aha. That's great! Can you see, you guys? -Yeah. -Uh-huh.
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-Hey! -Yay! Thanks! Good Ping-Pong players.
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-I woke up sometimes and I'm hearing voice saying, like, "You need to do something for women who have been raped." And I'm saying, like, "Yes. I will. I will." Just, we -- we -- we basically talk about the fact that actually nobody -- We never go to our own trauma. We are just putting things inside ourselves by thinking this is something what we need to do, and it's work. But it's really heavy work because after you proceed thousands of stories and putting in yourself... -Yeah. -...what is your channel to -- to -- to let it go? So
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yeah. It makes me little bit -- little bit angry, yeah. It does. But, I mean, I couldn't choose where I will be born and what -- what -- I mean, what will happen, so...
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-I want to change the subject and ask if she was always such a great dresser.
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-What are you doing? -Thomas puffed proudly. -What's that? -Speak up, Thomas. -I'm sorry, sir. Excuse me, ma'am. Perhaps we could find a grand and tall Christmas tree for the... -So with a clink and a clank, two flatbeds were fixed. -Look at all these lovely hats! There's something a grandma can never have enough of. -He can blow down the house made of bricks. But he couldn't blow down the house made of... -She couldn't let go of things. Look at all this stuff she saved. She didn't save one "Kiss Me, I Have a Mental Disability" button. She saved, you know, 100 of them. I mean, I'm glad I have one to film. But, like, I don't need this many. I think the other thing about getting angry is, like, if you were too angry, like, you might not -- you might not come back. Like, that you...
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You know, that you could lose it emotionally and then, like, not really regain... Like, you wouldn't come out of it. -Say more about what you're sick of. -
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I'm just sick of it. I'm sick of this. Here's the poetry announcement for the poetry books. I'm sick of this. I feel like I'm gonna get punished, but I'm sick of it. I'm sick of all of it. I'm sick of it.
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Feel like I'm done. I'm done with this.
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I'm done with this.
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And I'm done with this.
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And I'm done with this...
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...and this and this. And all these...stuff! And all these.
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And that. It's not... And all of these. Oh, my God.
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I totally don't want you to see me. I just feel like now I have to clean this up. Now I have to figure out what I'm doing. Now I have to get this back in order.
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That was crazy.
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-Oh, my God. -I suppose we have the sound of that. -Yeah, well, we got the image of it, too.
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-Should we go downstairs and have some bagels, Peposh? -That's a good idea. -Mommy, uncover the birdie. -You want to do what? -Uncover the birdie. -You want to cover which birdie? -Birdie close Grandpa window. -Dead -- dead -- dead -- dead birdie! -The dead birdie? -Yeah. -Okay, you want to go cover the dead birdie? -Felix. -Okay, let's go. Now, I think we have to be -- Let's be careful. Let's have Grandpa help us 'cause I don't know where that bird is and what shape he's in. -Oh, well, let's see. -I see it! -You can see it? -You see it? -Maybe. -Oh, I see it. It's in pretty bad shape. -Well, Dad's got the bird. -Dead bird. -What happened to the bird, guys? -I want to touch it. -Don't touch it, Fiz. -Why? -Because I think there have been bugs crawling on it probably, right? -Yeah, flies. -Why can Grandpa touch it? -Well, Grandpa's just holding it by the little leg. See? Can you see he's got it by the little leg? So should we bury it in the ground, guys? -Yeah. -I have gloves. -You need gloves, Viva? -Mommy, I'm putting on my shoes. -You want to put on your shoes, Viva? -I'll take care of it. -No, we want to come with you, Grandpa. -You want to come with me? I have to get a shovel. -Yeah, come on, guys. Let's go. -I have shovels. -You have a shovel? -Yep. -Where's your shovel? -It's over there. -Dad. -Yeah. -We can bury it under a tree. Don't you think? -
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If we had a shovel. -Or we could put it in the China closet. -
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That's a very bad joke. I think let's just throw it over there in the bushes. I'll put it underneath this rhododendron tree, and that way it will cause the rhododendron tree to grow because it will fertilize it. -Okay. -Ashes to ashes. What's the word? Ashes to ashes. -Mama! -Dirt to dirt. -Mama, hey! -Yeah, Viva. -I want to jump on my trampoline. -You want to jump on the trampoline? -I see newspapers! -Oh, we must get the newspaper. -If on the street you see a dead man -- man, you cover his face, right? Why have we to look injured and dead people on the media? Because that attracts people, and it's good for advertisement. It's good for ads. -The question that I have is, during the refugee crisis, a picture of the boy who had drowned off the coast of Turkey, I think that was, like, a very big turning point of the public perception of the refugee crisis. I understand you might disagree, but I'd like your opinion on that. -When you focus on death, you say, "It's done. It's finished." No -- There is nothing to do except voyeurism, except watch and, "Wow." So here is the main problem for us. We have to find a way to represent horror, to represent death, respecting the golden rule -- dignity. -Is there any one you would show us? -Oh. I would need to talk to the Byrd family. But if they'll permit me, I'll release something on the ankles. What else you want to talk about? -Why don't you take us through some of the exhibits over here? Actually, will you pull the chain out? Will you guys pull it and show it to us? -These two can. -Thanks. -Okay. Okay. -Go ahead. That's good. -Okay. -Okay. -
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-Oh, man. -A question you've been dying to ask him? -Well, I just, I mean, that was kind of amazing what happened to you, like... -Right. -...when you first started. Can we, like, come back to the present and, like, what did that just feel like? I mean, it seemed like you were surprised by what you felt like... -Yeah, I was surprised. -Was it surprising for you? -I mean, even, yeah, at points when you go back to that hallway. -Mm-hmm. -And don't go back to the hallway just now and what happened right now, when you... -Right. -...sat down with the keys. Like, what just -- I mean, it was amazing. I saw it. -Yeah.
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-What was it? -I-I really don't know how to explain it. I don't know. Just, um... Um
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It was an intense time, you know? Um... And, uh
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Um... It just surprises me that it still gets to me after all these years. When you recall something that was very intense for you, especially if you're not, like, expecting, you don't see it coming, you just -- you just feel, like, this rush of feelings. It feels like you want to cry, but you're not really sad. It's just, like, you know... Um... And, you know, things just start to cascade, you know? You remember -- You know, you remember being anxious. You remember being angry. You remember being frustrated. You remember, you know, all that, all the feelings that went along with -- with that -- with that time. -
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-Champion from the gold corner!
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Mr. Fernandez, do the honors, please. Your winner...
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-He's coming, and he's mad. -I'm...going home!
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-...Premier Boxing Champions. On April 11th...
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...get back to see Premier Boxing Champions... -... -...Danny "Swift" Garcia against Lamont "Havoc" Peterson. This is for the main event. -That's bull... -You'll be a world middleweight... -This is...bull... -...between Irish and elite... -No! I was robbed! That was my fight! -To get your tickets, visit... -You don't know nothing! Don't touch me! Don't...talk to me! This fight ain't over. -Dude, yo! -What? I'm going to talk to my mother. What? -Listen, man. -That's bull... I went...hard! -Yeah, I know. -I was...him up! -I've been in those positions, buddy. -How the...you gonna rob me like that?...
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-You did a great job. Look at me. You should have had that. Don't get mad. There's a lot of people watching. Control yourself. Let's go in the back. -The world is watching.
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-There it is. -So, I wanted to tell you a story. When we were, you know, we were making this film about really serious stories of the war and everything, and when I came home to New York, I, um... I... It's hard to tell this story to you. Yeah. I-I, um... I got the copy of the other movie we were making. And I didn't watch it. I just gave it to a friend. And I said, "Oh, you're going to love this movie because it's all about blueberries and this land." And then when she saw it, she said, "Why didn't you tell me it was about all of these terrible things?" And I completely blocked it out. -So I can kind of... -You know the story. -
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-They are really happy to actually, you know, you brought these memories back and they stay in your mind because they are also happy to see you coming back.
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-Yeah, yeah. Yeah. -
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-And the hope was that we would be able to see, you know, your kids and, you know, maybe to broadcast that they see how, you know -- how you are living here and... -
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-And then they can see where their mom was filming and, you know, what she was doing. -There must be some way we can find out. -Marbles? -Oh, I'd love to have another day with you, Prince Matt. -We all should keep looking. Here's a jazzy little jacket. Just try this on. How do you like the new soup I made for you? -No new soup! -
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-You want to see how cute you look? Look, I can turn the screen around. Look. How do you look? -Is that the new one? -Yeah, that's you in there. What do you think? -I don't like it. -You don't? Why not? -I'll tell you what, in case it's got these numbers and this face. -Yeah. Oops. There you are. Can you see yourself now? There you are. There you are. That's your face. -This one, you mean? -Yeah. You look pretty cute. Don't you think? -I think I have something wrapped around my head. -I think it's 'cause of the numbers on the screen. You don't have anything wrapped around your head... -Yeah. -...just your hair. -Now what? -What's the photo in your hand? What place is that? -That's my family ranch. -What's the name of the family ranch? -It's -- It's, you know, wears down with time. And so I remember big rocks coming over the -- over the hill on the way down to the cabin. -Mm-hmm. -Yeah, let's see. -Who's this guy? Who's that guy? -That's who I married. -That's who you married? -Uh-huh. -Who is he to me? -You know him, too? -I know him, too. I've known him all my life. -No kidding. -Yeah, I'm serious.
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And, look, here's me as a teeny, tiny baby with that little smile, right? -That's right. -That's that little smile I do. -Looky here. -How's it go? Wait. Show me. Show me. How is it?
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I like to smile without opening my mouth, right? -Yes. Was a nice little baby. -Wasn't I a cute little baby? -Oh, don't take a picture when your hair is messed up. -Can you fix it? There we go. Oh, yeah. That's looking good. You're getting me. -I'm trying to get you. -That's good. You're helping me. -Yeah. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -Colors. -This hat is blue. -This hat is blue. -This hat is blue. -This hat is blue. -What color is this hat? -What color is this hat? -What color is this hat? -What color is this hat? -It is blue. -It is blue. -It is blue. -It is blue. -It is blue.
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