White Man Walking

1 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:14,480 CAR HORN 2 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:25,320 Hello. 3 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,920 I was just...I was just asking if anyone has any water or food 4 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,480 because I'm out of it and I'm walking 5 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:43,960 and I just don't have any food or water, 6 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,240 so I was just going to ask. 7 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,560 My Black Lives Matter shirt? 8 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,840 I'm walking 1,500 miles from here to Washington. 9 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,480 For who? 10 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,760 So I'm here at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum 11 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,200 in Jackson, Mississippi, 12 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,840 and I'm about to take my first step. 13 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:38,760 And we are starting the walk in three, two... 14 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,520 My name is Rob Bliss. 15 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,800 I walked across America for Black Lives Matter, 16 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,640 and this is my story. 17 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,680 I'm a film-maker who's done some pretty 18 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,840 crazy stunts involving thousands of people, 19 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,280 and some of them turned into viral videos. 20 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,960 NEWS REPORT: Public event organiser Rob Bliss is at it again. 21 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,520 I created the world's longest water slide 22 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,280 and broke world records for the biggest pillow fight... 23 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:05,960 NEWS REPORT: Some guy on Facebook decided to start a pillow fight... 24 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,240 ..zombie walk... 25 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,880 Highly successful - 2,000 minimum, easily. 26 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,000 ..and longest single-take lip dub. 27 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,920 Rob Bliss, he is the director and creator of that. 28 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,080 Rob, nice to see you this morning. Until recently, 29 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,840 my work was always just for entertainment. 30 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,400 It wasn't that political, 31 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,600 but in the summer of 2020, that all changed. 32 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,920 In the midst of a global pandemic, 33 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,720 America was forced to look at another deadly epidemic... 34 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,240 ..the killing of unarmed black men by law enforcement. 35 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,560 I can't breathe! Argh... 36 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,600 Black Lives Matter began almost ten years ago 37 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,760 as a response to racial injustice. 38 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,040 By 2020, after the public murder of 39 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,400 George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer, 40 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,840 it had become one of the largest social movements in history. 41 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,600 BBC NEWS: His killing by police sparked protests 42 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,840 for racial justice around the world. 43 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,880 I felt compelled to do something. 44 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,520 What would happen if I held 45 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,000 a Black Lives Matter sign in Harrison, Arkansas, 46 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,160 AKA America's most racist town? 47 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,240 When I released the video, it went viral immediately. 48 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,800 It was getting millions and millions of views overnight. 49 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,200 Of course, I get a message from some guy saying, 50 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,840 "Hey, dumbass, why don't you walk through Oakland with 51 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,160 "a White Lives Matter sign and see what happens?" But the thing is, 52 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,840 Instagram only shows you a preview of that message. 53 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,520 So all I saw on my phone was... 54 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,360 And I was like, "That's it - I should walk. 55 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,440 "I should carry this sign through the South." 56 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,760 And that's where this all started. 57 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,120 My route will take me from Mississippi to Washington, DC, 58 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:59,480 a journey of 1,500 miles and ending just before the 2020 election. 59 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:04,320 That means walking 25 miles a day for 60 days straight. 60 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,400 And I'll have a small crew with me, who will be filming my journey. 61 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,400 Why are you out here walking all these miles? 62 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,360 I made a video and it was so upsetting, 63 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,280 what I saw, that I felt, you know what? 64 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:15,960 I need to do something. I need to move, 65 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,600 walk and encourage other people to come with me. 66 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,440 This is a nation that is more polarised than it 67 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,920 has been for generations. 68 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,440 I hate everything to do with Black Lives Matter, 69 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,000 what is ultimately a big lie. No matter what they tell you, 70 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,480 it has very little to do with black lives. 71 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,280 This fear of being called a racist. 72 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:36,680 Everybody needs to get over that now because all of us are racists. 73 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,680 Am I putting myself at risk by wearing 74 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,040 a Black Lives Matter shirt in the Deep South, where, 75 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,200 until as recently as the 1960s, 76 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,520 blacks and whites were completely segregated? 77 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,240 I figure I can either stand by and do nothing, 78 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,800 or at least provoke a conversation and maybe persuade 79 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,880 the people I meet to join me in support of Black Lives Matter. 80 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,120 Now all I have to do is find people to walk with me. 81 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:03,520 Should be no problem. 82 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,800 Do you want to walk with me for Black Lives Matter? 83 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,480 I'm sorry, what? Do you want to walk with me for 84 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,120 Black Lives Matter for like ten feet? 85 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,560 Hell, no, I'm not walking with Black Lives Matter! 86 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,040 That's a bunch of bullshit! 87 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,800 That ain't black - I love black, 88 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,360 my daughter's black. I'm just being friendly. 89 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,000 I'm walking 1,500 miles. 90 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,600 Like I'm just walking through here, 91 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,480 just want to say hey. 92 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,160 You want to come walk with me? 93 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,080 No, I'm having a yard sale. Do you want to, even for 94 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,640 like a couple minutes, walk with me? 95 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,280 You can even bike with me. Nah, I don't really support it. 96 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:35,760 OK. All right, I'll see you. 97 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,040 DOGS BARK 98 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,000 Howdy! 99 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,720 Can I play ring toss with you? 100 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,080 I'm new here. I'm passing through. Just walking down the road. 101 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,840 Oh, yeah? 102 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:56,960 Black lives don't matter, bro. You don't think so? 103 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,800 No. Hell, no. What are your thoughts? 104 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,360 Uh, I think white lives matter. Do they celebrate White People Day? 105 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,280 Do they celebrate Goddamn...? No, they celebrate nigger day, 106 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,400 nigger day, nigger day - everything's about black. 107 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,920 When I started this trip, I knew I would encounter racism. 108 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,640 Even so, it's pretty shocking to hear the N word. 109 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,960 They say it so quickly, so easily, that it catches you off guard. 110 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,120 It's hard to believe there 111 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,760 are still people who hold such extreme views. 112 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,200 The Deep South has a long history of racism, 113 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,120 dating back over 400 years, 114 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,120 when slave plantations drove the southern economy. 115 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,120 Can we interview you and say hey? No. 116 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,720 OK. Sounds good. I'll see you. 117 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,080 Steering some Southerners away from that way of thinking won't be easy. 118 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,280 How are you doing, sir? 119 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:52,400 I walked here from Jackson, Mississippi. 120 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,840 The Black Lives Matter in Jackson. Do you want to walk with me? 121 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:00,920 Even for like ten seconds? No. No? I don't even care about 122 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,480 the shirts. You don't like it? No. Why? I'm curious. 123 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,320 What do you think they should do differently? 124 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:14,920 Black people? 125 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,920 Who brought them here, though? 126 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,680 Wasn't me? It wasn't you? Nope. 127 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,520 It was my ancestors. 128 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,640 So isn't it our responsibility? 129 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,760 No. It's... 130 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,720 We've got to take care of ourselves! 131 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,120 I got black friends who would do anything for me, OK? 132 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,040 But you just said you would send them back to Africa. 133 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,120 Nah, I love them. You would send them to Africa! 134 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:37,920 You just said it! I know I said it. 135 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,160 What do you think they would think about you saying that? 136 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,440 What do you think? They probably wouldn't like it. 137 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,680 Why do you have to touch your gun as you talk to me? I'm not. 138 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,480 But why are you...? Why are you almost holding it like...? 139 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:51,960 Cos you're making me mad. 140 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,120 And so when you get mad, you reach for your gun? No. 141 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,400 I mean, are you going to shoot me if I say something you don't like? 142 00:07:58,560 --> 00:07:59,960 Nah. OK, then. 143 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:01,920 I just got sticks. That's it. 144 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,560 I mean, I get along with all my friends around here. 145 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,560 Black, Indian, whatever. 146 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,320 I don't have a problem with that. 147 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,560 But when once they start throwing that stuff in my face 148 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,200 and telling me about all this, I don't like it. 149 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,640 What do you think of Black Lives Matter? 150 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:24,400 Well, they matter in certain ways. In certain ways? 151 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:25,840 In what ways do they not matter? 152 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,560 Well, first thing they don't matter, 153 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,400 they don't want to work. 154 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,920 They sit on their butts and do nothing. 155 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,480 I shouldn't ask if you're voting for Trump, 156 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:38,720 that would be a stupid question. 157 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,240 Really? OK, let me ask you a question. 158 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,040 Yeah. If you had kids, 159 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:53,800 the white girl grows up and marries a black man. Would you like it? 160 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,640 Why would I care? Er... 161 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,440 That's racist right there. Show me 162 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,800 where in the Bible it says it's OK to marry a black person. 163 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,720 Why would that be a problem? That's my belief. 164 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:14,800 Hey, Rob, it's Mom. 165 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,080 I've really been worried about you the last few days. 166 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,800 I'm following your location on my phone. 167 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,480 Please don't get shot. Call me when you can. Love you. 168 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,120 I grew up in Michigan with my mom and my brother. 169 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,200 By the time I was about 14, my dad wasn't in my life any more 170 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,840 and my mom started working for a company overseas, 171 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,960 so I was spending almost all my time alone. 172 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,080 And I think that time is 173 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,640 where I gained my independence and started going my own way. 174 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,800 I don't know if I've ever felt this deeply tired before. 175 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,800 I don't know how I could 176 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,560 even do this for another 50-plus days. 177 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:39,200 It honestly seems absurd. 178 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,480 I'm just trying to make it through tomorrow. 179 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,360 Right now, I'm averaging 13 miles a day. 180 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,920 That's a long way from hitting the 25 miles I need. 181 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,280 As I'm walking through the south, 182 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,640 I'm finding that no-one wants to walk with me. 183 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,160 And, honestly, it makes me want to quit. 184 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,560 It's sapping my mental strength to keep going. 185 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,040 Shirley. And what's your name? My name is Regina. 186 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,560 Regina. OK, so... 187 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,920 Something like day 14 188 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,840 and we are out here walking with 189 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,040 the first people that are walking with me, 190 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,880 and I am amazed that we even got anyone. 191 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,800 Honestly, it felt like no-one was going to be joining us 192 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,200 and we had these two awesome people that came out to join us, 193 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,240 so it's actually a really happy day. 194 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,200 Bye, I'll see you. Thank you. 195 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,520 The very first people to walk with me in Alabama. 196 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,000 You know, it took about 100 miles 197 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,840 but we got our first people. 198 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,200 So we're going to try and get 25 miles today. 199 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,880 It's really important. 200 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,400 And we're going to... 201 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,600 ..we're going to beat that high score. And, honestly, 202 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,560 having these people here was very motivating. It's cool. 203 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,440 I have flea bites all over me. 204 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,000 I have blisters all over my feet. 205 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,800 But I realise that I'm just walking. 206 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,240 Like, there are so many people who 207 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,960 have done infinitely more than this. 208 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,960 Let's go. Here we go. DOG PANTS 209 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,960 Here we go. 25, baby, let's go. 210 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,480 Let's go. 211 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,040 This guy was with me the past three miles. 212 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,240 It's crazy. 213 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:35,560 He's so good. 214 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:38,280 This is what it feels like to walk 25 miles. 215 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,200 It took me 11 hours. 216 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,920 I'm really, really tired. 217 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:46,560 Really tired. 218 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:03,480 HORN BLARES 219 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,560 Christ. 220 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,520 They don't give us any inches on here. 221 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,720 I'm walking on the shoulder. 222 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,240 I am on this side... 223 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,800 ..with the audacity to walk in America. 224 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,480 The audacity. 225 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,120 It's just such an inconvenience for someone 226 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,880 in an SUV speeding by at 60mph. 227 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:31,920 How dare I? 228 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,560 The state of Georgia was the cradle 229 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:39,400 for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. 230 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,480 It was here that Dr Martin Luther King 231 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,920 waged his nonviolent war against segregation. 232 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,560 I wonder how much King's message 233 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,320 of justice and equality still resonates here today. 234 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:59,920 How are you, man? 235 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,440 What?! That's crazy, man! 236 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:17,080 You should come back any time 237 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,640 because I'm going to be here all day. 238 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,280 No, I'm going to be here, man. All day. Tomorrow. 239 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,000 Yeah, I'm going to be here in 35. 240 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,280 I just want you to know how much 241 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,760 I appreciate what you're doing, 242 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,520 and it's so moving. 243 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,440 Chances are good in this area 244 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,240 you might get some negative responses, 245 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,080 but I want you to know that there are some of us 246 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,400 that think the world of what you're doing. 247 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,000 Hey, man. Keep going, man. Keep going, man. 248 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,160 Thank you very much again. All right. 249 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,240 Does anyone want to walk with me for Black Lives Matter for, 250 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,680 like, just to the street? No, we don't. 251 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,480 Just the light? No. Nobody? 252 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,600 Bye. See ya. One person? Go away. 253 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,080 We tried. We really tried. 254 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,680 Oh, wait. Look at these people. 255 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,360 You want to go just to the light? 256 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,640 Yeah. Why not? Word. OK. Look at that. 257 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:24,720 Heck, yeah. 258 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,800 Heck, yeah. High five the cameraman. Yes! 259 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,360 Hello. I'm going to talk to you, I'm going to turn around, OK? 260 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:35,360 OK. 261 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,440 How is it out here? It seems like some people 262 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,880 are very supportive and very not supportive. 263 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,640 We think that maybe there would be a little bit more of an advantage 264 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,400 because you are a white person with a Black Lives Matter shirt. 265 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,720 It's more of like, "Hey, we need to talk. 266 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,120 "We need to have a conversation. I'm a white person saying, 267 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,080 "black lives matter. I'm trying to be 268 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,840 "an ally for the community that's marginalised." 269 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,000 People have so much hate, you know? 270 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,880 They push this rhetoric of, "Well, I'm a Christian," 271 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,320 but how can you be a Christian 272 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,080 when you're... When you want to go and shoot someone? 273 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,040 You're trying to lay judgment with your gun 274 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,400 and you say everything's up to God. 275 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,680 ENGINE REVS Oh, boy. 276 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,680 This is...interesting. 277 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,680 OK. 278 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,800 Uh, is this someone that's going to do something horrible to me? 279 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,040 Don't touch me. 280 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,040 You just ran into me. Don't touch me! 281 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,360 Oh, God. Don't touch me. Um... 282 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,200 Yeah... You can leave, if you don't feel safe. Yeah. 283 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,560 What are y'all doing? Stirring trouble? 284 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,000 Walking up, uh... We're walking for Black Lives Matter. 285 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,720 Walking for Black Lives Matter. What about white peoples matter? 286 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,280 What about blue peoples matter? 287 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,600 That's a job. It's still people. 288 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,760 It's American people. American. 289 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,680 You don't think black people are American people? 290 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,400 I think black people are American. I have no problem with black people. 291 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,520 I have a problem with the organisation 292 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:13,320 that want to bring down people like you because you're white. 293 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,160 I don't think they want to bring me down. 294 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:16,920 That's because you're ignorant. 295 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,160 They're using you. You think so? 296 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,440 Yeah, I think so. 297 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,520 My black friends think so. 298 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,160 You must be a Democrat. For sure. 299 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,880 Of course I am. What, do you need to see 300 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,840 my firearm? It's pretty scary, man. 301 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,440 I mean... Why? I'm unarmed, 302 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,160 you're armed. Listen, I am minority. 303 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,440 Brother... I'm Jewish. 304 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,160 OK, then you should know better. 305 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,880 Huh? You should know better. 306 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,080 My people have been prosecuted way more 307 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,880 than any other people in the world. 308 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,000 Then, like, you understand why they're so upset and why they 309 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,960 feel like their lives don't matter. 310 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,760 Killed a five-year-old kid, point-blank range. 311 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,120 Black Lives Matter does not advocate shooting kids 312 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:58,560 in the head. You can't think that. 313 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,440 They advocate shooting police. 314 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,640 They don't advocate shooting cops in the head either, 315 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,360 you know that. You know that. No. You know that. 316 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:11,640 No. We'll have to disagree. When you say "all lives matter", 317 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,280 that's the equivalent of going to a breast cancer rally and say, 318 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,960 "Other diseases matter, too." 319 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,400 Like, it's true, but you would never do that, 320 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,000 because that's fucked up! 321 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,080 You wouldn't ever go to a rally like that and try and, like, 322 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,800 lower what they're dealing with. 323 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,560 Does that make sense? 324 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,040 Yes, that makes total sense. 325 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,520 That's why you don't say "all lives matter", man. You shouldn't... 326 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,640 That shouldn't be. No. Think about that. No, that shouldn't be. 327 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,760 Really think about that. 328 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,040 So just walk with me through this idea. 329 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:41,640 That was my friend. 330 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,000 That was my friend with her 331 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,200 babies and three-year-old in the car. 332 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,560 You're an absolute worm. There's no reason for this. 333 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,880 I hope you'll hear what he has to say. 334 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,520 My friend had her babies in the car is afraid to be in my area, 335 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,240 my neighbourhood! How dare you! 336 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,120 I don't even know what you're talking about. 337 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,360 I'm an American, she's an American and this is not right. 338 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,920 It's not fair. 339 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,440 My open carry should not scare her. 340 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,640 Open carry is legal. 341 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,320 In a country flooded with hundreds of millions of guns, 342 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,040 things can escalate pretty quickly. 343 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,800 What the fuck just happened, bro? 344 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:28,280 You know, that just shows you how divided Georgia is right now. 345 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,240 There's really two sides to Georgia, and you just saw it. 346 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,560 I felt like I was I was almost there... 347 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:36,280 I was like, I almost got him. 348 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,160 He...He almost came along with me. 349 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,680 It hurts. It's really sad. 350 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,920 I don't know what to say. 351 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,400 I don't know what to say. We're really behind. 352 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,960 We have to walk, so I think we just walk. 353 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,640 ..Black Lives Matter, which is 354 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,280 a Marxist-anarchist organisation, which has 355 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,040 as its mission to overthrow the United States. 356 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,160 This is a country in the midst of an ideological war. 357 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,520 And when you say Black Lives Matter, that's inherently racist. 358 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,040 That's anti-American and it's racist. 359 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,360 Black lives matter, comma, as well. So when we say all lives, 360 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:19,640 are we talking about white lives? 361 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,640 And if so, then let's just say that. It's coded language. 362 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,760 Some say the United States is closer 363 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,920 to civil breakdown than it has been in generations. 364 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,080 If you are not for tyranny, 365 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,840 if you are not for oppressing others, 366 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,520 Republican voters won't vote for you. 367 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,400 The Democrat Party, they are now the party of socialism. 368 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,520 They want to rip our borders wide open, 369 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:39,840 they want to kill babies 370 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,240 up until birth and maybe even afterwards, 371 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,320 and they want to take away our guns. 372 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,120 THUNDERCLAP 373 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,160 The whole thing needs busting. 374 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,120 My toes are falling apart. 375 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,280 It's so fucking gross. 376 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,720 Not doing too hot, I'm going to be honest with you. 377 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,160 Blisters are getting real bad. 378 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,760 We really have to go the distance. 379 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,080 And we're starting to feel that distance now. It's scary 380 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,880 cos it starts going back to reality - 381 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,400 you know, can I really do this? Is this real? 382 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,680 Can we actually go 1,500 miles in two months? 383 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:45,160 Hi, Rob, it's Mom again. I haven't seen your location move in, like, 384 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,960 several minutes, and I'm going to wait five more and, 385 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,600 if that doesn't move, honey, I'm calling 911. 386 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,920 Today is less lonely. 387 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,760 Local politician Ahmad Hall has come to walk with me. 388 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,400 This is like the first proper meal I've had 389 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,120 in about a month. You know, we get a lot of comments like, 390 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:21,880 you know, "What about white lives?" 391 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,480 Like, "Don't white lives matter too?" 392 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,040 You know, saying Black Lives Matter is racist. 393 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,600 The people who are not supportive of that, 394 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,360 or who don't understand it, um, 395 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,960 don't really get the fullness of what's going on. 396 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:41,960 My Aunt Vicky, she would sit us down, us boys, she said, 397 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,560 "OK, this is how it is in America. 398 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:45,680 "White man... 399 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:48,400 "..white woman... 400 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,560 "..black woman... 401 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,680 "..black man." 402 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,560 That's why we call it the totem pole. 403 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:02,680 And she said, "You're going to have to work even harder than someone 404 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,120 "who doesn't like you may have to work. 405 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:07,280 "You're going to make mistakes, 406 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,640 "but you make sure that you make 407 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,560 "the least amount of mistakes that you can, 408 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,880 "because it's going to make it that much harder for you to live." 409 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,840 It's really the pressure and weight of society when it comes to that. 410 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,640 It's almost Jim Crow segregation, in your head. 411 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,000 Ahmad is an admirer of 412 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,040 the late civil rights activist and US congressman John Lewis, 413 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,520 who was beaten by police during the infamous march 414 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,960 in Selma, Alabama known as Bloody Sunday. 415 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,360 There's still a lot of miles left. 416 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:43,680 Do you have any advice for me as I go these next 1,100 miles? 417 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,880 I hope I don't get too emotional 418 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,640 when I say these type things because they're, um... 419 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,800 VOICE BREAKS: ..very dear to me. And, um... 420 00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:00,000 ..I believe that we have, um, as John Lewis would say - 421 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,120 I had the opportunity 422 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:04,120 to meet him several times and it was such an honour... 423 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,520 ..get in good trouble. 424 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,880 Get in necessary trouble. Do the things 425 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,680 that most people don't have the courage to do. OK. And, um... 426 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,480 ..don't rest until you obtain what your heart is seeking. 427 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,360 So get in good trouble, necessary trouble 428 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:27,680 and don't forget that we who believe 429 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,200 in freedom cannot rest until it comes. 430 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,200 OK, I will. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. 431 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,600 Slavery was abolished nationwide when the 13th Amendment to 432 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,680 the Constitution was passed in 1865, 433 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,040 after the South lost the American Civil War. 434 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,800 Today, many Southerners are still proud 435 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,400 of their Confederate heritage 436 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,360 and argue the Civil War was not fought over slavery, 437 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:00,000 but was instead about states' rights and the economy. 438 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,280 So there's this store here 439 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,840 we saw, it says "white history year" and a bunch of Confederate stuff. 440 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,760 So we're going to go ask him, "Hey, man, 441 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,120 "what's with the sign?" Let's go find out. 442 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,360 Howdy. 443 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,280 Are you the store owner? I'm just passing through. 444 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,800 I'm walking 1,500 miles. Wow! 445 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,680 I'm walking in support of Black Lives Matter. 446 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,160 I mean, it's interesting. 447 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,040 I was hoping to just ask you about it, or... 448 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,080 I guess what you want to do is go look at the Klan robe. 449 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,360 That's what everybody else does. They got tunnel vision, 450 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:41,120 don't take into consideration the rest of the history. They go 451 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,040 look at that and then go ahead and blow it out of proportion. 452 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:58,680 Yeah. 453 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,680 Do you think, like... There's, like, racist memorabilia and you're like, 454 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,600 "I'll pay for that." Does that not enable it, 455 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:07,920 give it value? 456 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,560 You are in a way approving of that, to have that? 457 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,760 I'm approving of...not black or white, I'm approving green. 458 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,080 Do you think there's 459 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,680 differences between white people and black people? 460 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,160 Well, their culture is...different. 461 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,280 And whenever something like this happens in Atlanta, 462 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,080 they revert back to the jungle thing. 463 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,200 It's like I'm the closest to Africa as you can be. 464 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,960 That's just so wrong, man. That's just not true. 465 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,120 That's not fair. 466 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,320 It's a really deeply wrong thing that, you know, 467 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,200 black people are inherently criminals and all of that. 468 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,960 It's so obvious, if you listen, that they are not on your side. 469 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,560 And when the hammer comes down, 470 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,320 what they're trying to do is start a race war, 471 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,120 having tried to for 40 years, 472 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:59,800 then they can declare martial law and take all the weapons. 473 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,080 And you are going to be out because you're a honky. 474 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,240 Do you think the Civil War was about race? 475 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,520 No. What do you think it was about? Economics. 476 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,320 The Civil War wasn't about slavery. 477 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:17,280 It was about people being able to independently govern themselves. 478 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,720 Do you think eight-year-old 479 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:24,000 and 11-year-old boys were dying for slaves on poor farms? 480 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,640 No. They were dying for what they believed in. 481 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,880 The Civil War is a part of Southern history. 482 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,560 It's a part of our blood. It has nothing to do with race. 483 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,600 You know that slavery was still legal in the North? 484 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:42,040 Having to come back after the 13th Amendment was passed for two years. 485 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,640 So it wasn't about slavery. 486 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,640 When I have my son, who I will name Jefferson Davis... 487 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,080 SHE LAUGHS 488 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,200 ..just because of people like you. 489 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,880 The Black Lives Matter movement is working 490 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,880 to remove Confederate statues across the South. 491 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,840 I won't be toppling any monuments myself, 492 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,600 but I can protest in my own way. 493 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,720 I discovered this quote from the vice president of 494 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,880 the Confederacy, written at the start of the Civil War. 495 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:22,240 He said, quote... 496 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,800 Hanging this quote around 497 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,840 the neck of a revered Confederate general 498 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,360 in a southern state is a risky move, but let's do it anyway. 499 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:53,880 Well, I'll be honest, 500 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,720 this is probably the most scared I've been on this trip. 501 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,760 Uh, it's one thing to hold a sign, 502 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,880 it's another thing to throw a ratchet strap around 503 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,360 a Confederate statue 504 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,720 and sit next to it with a Black Lives Matter shirt on. 505 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,400 It's a little more aggressive. 506 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,960 Um, I have a pit in my stomach, 507 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,600 I'll be honest with you. Um... 508 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,880 ..like, I could die today... 509 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,840 ..technically, 510 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,720 uh...or get hurt. 511 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,240 So I'm just going to try and not be confrontational 512 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,520 while doing something extremely confrontational. 513 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:35,880 But we got to do it. 514 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:38,400 I feel sick. 515 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,080 Let's go. 516 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:10,920 Fuck! 517 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,560 Fuck me! 518 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:31,960 Come on! 519 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,240 There we go, baby! 520 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,880 What's that about? 521 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,360 Oh, this? This old thing? Come say hey. 522 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,440 Come and talk to me. 523 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,160 I don't know if he's going to come check it out. 524 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:06,720 What's up, dude? Come say hi. 525 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,640 Did you put this up here? I'm... This is... 526 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,880 I have permission to have this up here. 527 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,760 This is private property. Yeah, so you need to take that down. 528 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,800 I know, but I have... Take it down or you're going to go to jail. 529 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,320 Which one are you going to do? 530 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,000 I don't have...I don't have an ability to take it down. 531 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,280 OK. Who put this up here? Did you put it up here? I'm just... 532 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,560 I'm just here eating my Flamin' Hot Cheetos, man. 533 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,240 Was that just here when we got here or what? I apologise, 534 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,000 I'm just sitting here eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos. 535 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,920 No, I just want to figure out how that got here. 536 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,200 Sir, I'm just sitting here eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos. 537 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,640 You got your ID on you? 538 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,440 Yes. Driver's licence...? 539 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,240 So where are you from? 540 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,040 A bunch of places. Um, mostly Michigan. 541 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,040 Michigan? So this guy with you? 542 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,240 Yeah. So you support Black Lives Matter? 543 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,920 I do. OK, cool. What does Black Lives...? 544 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,800 What does that matter, what does that mean to you? 545 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,560 What does that mean to me? Yeah. Explain. 546 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:13,320 There's everything from, um, obviously people have issues with, 547 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,160 you know, policing issues. That's obviously a large part of it. 548 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,400 There's everything from that to prison reform. 549 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,040 Um, I think it's a larger discussion about, um, 550 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,960 everything from institutional racism 551 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,520 to issues of generational wealth. 552 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,480 Um... 553 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,720 I think it's one of those things that it stands for many, 554 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,400 many, many things. Why do you feel so passionate about it? 555 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,840 Um, I have seen a lot of ugliness 556 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:43,040 and it made me want to...participate 557 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:44,920 in a conversation about it. 558 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,000 Do you have any black friends or anything like that? 559 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,280 I do, yeah. Yeah, they're very supportive. 560 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:51,880 Could you go ahead and kind of step down? 561 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,240 Yes, sir. I will get out of your way for you, sir. 562 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,400 If this is private property, it doesn't... 563 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,560 Well, at this point, it's a moot point. 564 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,760 to be killed by cops than white people. 565 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:21,680 I can't help but wonder 566 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,840 if the cops would have put me in jail, or worse, 567 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,200 had I been a different race. 568 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,880 I'm good, man. Those sticks there, I like them... 569 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,400 You like the sticks? Yes, sir. 570 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:34,720 Do you like them? 571 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,400 OK. Can I have my sticks back? 572 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,560 But you asked me over here. 573 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:51,960 Or I'm down to beat that motherfucker 574 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,040 out of your motherfucking hand. 575 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,560 All right, I'll, uh... You better fucking leave, motherfucker. 576 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,000 Get the fuck off my property! 577 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,360 All right, dude, I'm leaving. Take them motherfuckers and leave. 578 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,240 Dude, I'm leaving. Whoa, buddy. 579 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:03,400 Get on, motherfucker. 580 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,880 I'm going, dude. You asked me. 581 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,600 You better run... 582 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:10,320 Dude, you asked me. You asked me to come see you. 583 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,680 Oh, there's no trespassing sign right there. 584 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,240 You invited us, man. 585 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,360 All right, let's run. 586 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,840 Yeah, let's run. 587 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,360 Yeah, let's just run. 588 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,160 Yeah. That dude just said he's going to get his gun! 589 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,560 Some guy chased me across his lawn after inviting me onto it 590 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,400 and saying he was going to "get his gun". 591 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:41,720 I have no words. 592 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,000 We're just going to try and make it and not get shot. 593 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,480 Goddamn. 594 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,640 I think this is the coldest that I've ever been in my life. 595 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,600 HE SHIVERS VIOLENTLY 596 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,120 Even though I just want to sleep, I have to give myself a haircut. 597 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,120 OK. 598 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,280 Well, this is a travesty. 599 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,840 I slept for ten hours, but it doesn't really matter. 600 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,480 I still feel the same. 601 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,240 Why are you doing it? 602 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,960 I couldn't even tell you right now, like... 603 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,080 I'm doing it because I'm doing it, like... 604 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,520 Because I said I would. 605 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,080 OK. 606 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:42,120 # Alone on this lonely road 607 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:50,280 # Alone with no place to go... # 608 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,840 So yesterday I almost cancelled the project 609 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:55,640 and even bought a flight home. 610 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,400 I told my friends and family that I had to give up 611 00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:59,720 and I had to come home. 612 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,400 # Just keep on 613 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,000 # Keep on... # 614 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,920 I always just wanted to be great. 615 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,640 So it comes through in a lot of the stuff I choose to do 616 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,640 with my time, I guess. 617 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,920 I feel like I'm supposed to do something. 618 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,920 I've always felt that way 619 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,680 and I want to be great. 620 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,880 How's it going? 621 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,280 I want to push myself beyond what I think I can do, 622 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:32,920 because eventually I die. 623 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:38,320 So I guess I have to do something while I'm here. 624 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:46,240 # Alone on this lonely road 625 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,440 # Ooo, ooo, ooo... # 626 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,320 That's it. 627 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,240 # Ooo, ooo, ooo. # 628 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,560 I honestly just couldn't take it any more. 629 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,600 I was just like, that's it. Like, I'm tired of hurting 630 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,320 and I want to be done with the day. 631 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,200 So we're just going to sprint it out, 632 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,360 we're just going to get it, you know? 633 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,840 There's always more, you know? 634 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,280 There's always more that you can dig. 635 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,240 INSECTS CHIRP 636 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,160 Even if you do put on sunscreen, which I did, 637 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,200 if you're walking around, you can look like this. 638 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:32,560 It got me looking like a Cheeto. 639 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,720 NEWS READER: Breonna Taylor's boyfriend was a lawful gun owner 640 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:40,840 who was using his weapon in service of the thing 641 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,240 that people who celebrate gun rights, and the NRA, 642 00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:47,160 say is the sacrosanct reason that we need guns - 643 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,160 to protect your home from invaders. 644 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,640 That is precisely what this man thought he was doing 645 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,240 in the night when people barged in his home. 646 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:58,600 And Breonna Taylor is dead and there is no recourse for it. 647 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,880 I'm entering Louisville, Kentucky, 648 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,640 just months after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor 649 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,040 in her own apartment. 650 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,680 CHANTING: Say her name! 651 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,720 Breonna Taylor! 652 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:17,800 NEWS REPORTS: Protests continued for a third straight night, 653 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,120 and the citywide curfew is extending through the weekend. 654 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:22,720 Authorities vowing to make arrests 655 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,880 if outbreaks of destruction continue. 656 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,160 Now those protests in Louisville happened last night 657 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,800 after the grand jury decided that no police officers 658 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,960 would face charges in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. 659 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,400 Louisville police shot and killed 26-year-old 660 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,160 Breonna Taylor in her apartment 661 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,120 during what her family calls a botched drug raid. 662 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,520 Well, the decision in the Breonna Taylor case sparking 663 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,280 a new wave of protests, with demonstrators lashing out 664 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,720 against what they call a racist criminal justice system. 665 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:51,720 Hey, how are you? How you doing? My name is Rob, by the way. 666 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:54,840 But, yeah, so we're just doing this walk, 667 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,320 obviously, for Black Lives Matter. 668 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,920 We got, like, probably 700 miles to go. Like, do you have any advice, 669 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,160 you know, as we make our way to Washington? 670 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:06,240 Uh, yeah. Get a cab or a bus or something, man, OK. 671 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:08,720 He is crazy! This man... 672 00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:11,360 He's a joker, man. He's crazy! 673 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,200 They doing it for a cause, Larry. 674 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,920 You are something else! 675 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,440 He said, "Get a cab or a bus or something"! 676 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,480 You ever been downtown Louisville? 677 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,720 I'm just getting into town now. I came from like south-west of here. 678 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:26,440 No, you get downtown Louisville, 679 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,120 it's a cross between Beirut and Afghanistan. 680 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,200 Yeah, he ain't lying. It's insane. 681 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,040 Ever since that Breonna Taylor stuff. Really? 682 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,200 Yeah, it's been insane. Yeah, it's insane. 683 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,160 You know, we can't be greedy. We want this, we want black lives this. 684 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:40,960 You can't turn the whole world black. 685 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,120 There's too many people, too many colours out there. 686 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,760 You just can't turn the whole world black. 687 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,720 We want a black president, we want a black guy in Mexico. 688 00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:49,240 Are you out of your mind? No Latino ain't going for that. 689 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,880 All colours ain't dumb and all whites ain't racist. 690 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,080 You can't take that out on every white person because every 691 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,400 white person don't have that hate in their blood. That's right. 692 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,280 The protests is one thing, but what good does it do me? 693 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,160 When you start tearing stuff up, 694 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,040 it's not making things no better, it's making things worse. 695 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:05,480 Worse, yeah. I get what you're saying. 696 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:06,720 Because as far as the law, I mean, 697 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,280 it is what it is, you know what I'm saying? 698 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:10,160 I mean, I get the cause, don't get me wrong 699 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,920 but at the same time, you don't have to go around hurting people, 700 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,000 you know? You ain't taking a chance, you taking a risk. 701 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,520 It's empty. This town is pretty scary. 702 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,360 There's just no-one here right now. 703 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:40,400 It's really weird. 704 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,480 My name's Rob, by the way. 705 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,920 Hey, Rob. Rob, come on over here. 706 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,000 I'm trying to, I'm walking 1,500 miles 707 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,320 in two months to Washington, DC. 708 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,400 I've heard about you. 709 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,520 I was wondering if you were going to come to Louisville. 710 00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,480 Of course. Are you hungry? 711 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,200 Are y'all ready to eat? We'll get some food. I think we will. 712 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,960 # Oh, freedom over me 713 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,960 # Before I be your slave 714 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:27,400 # I'd be buried in my grave 715 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:32,360 # Go home to my Lord 716 00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:37,440 # And be free. # 717 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,840 Oh, what's up, brother? Nice to meet you. I heard about you. 718 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,200 Anybody who wants to march for this young man right here, 719 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,520 he has walked 800 miles to get here. 720 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,800 He just wants people to walk behind him around this block. 721 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:54,960 Thank you. It means a lot to me. 722 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,120 CHANTING: What do we want? Justice! 723 00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:58,760 When do we want it? Now! 724 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,400 What do we want? Justice! 725 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,000 When do we want it? Now! 726 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,960 Say her name! 727 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:05,680 Breonna Taylor! 728 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,040 Say her name! 729 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,800 Breonna Taylor! 730 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,520 Say her name! 731 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,400 Breonna Taylor! 732 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,080 Say her name! 733 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:15,440 Like, I love this walking. 734 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,960 I don't know what it's going to do, but what happens when you get to DC? 735 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,520 I'm hoping that this walk like gets you to understand that there is 736 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,840 some bigger and more important work that's going to hit you. 737 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,600 I don't know what that is for a white man. 738 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,720 I just know all of y'all in fucking power, y'all fucking shit up. 739 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:32,080 That's what I DO know. 740 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,640 CHANTING: Bow, bow for Breonna. 741 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,920 People do not understand what white supremacy is. 742 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,200 It is this nation. 743 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:43,480 And this nation does not give a fuck about blacks, indigenous, 744 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,920 anybody of any colour for whatever. 745 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,800 And we're really not doing a great job of understanding like 746 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,280 what fascism is. 747 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,480 And we hear this conversation about oligarchs and stuff 748 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,880 and we don't know how it runs the nation. 749 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,520 CROWD SHOUTS 750 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,360 One Robbie to another, I'll be thinking about you. 751 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:02,640 CHANTING DROWNS SPEECH 752 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:07,680 I have no words. 753 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,080 I've never seen anything like that this whole trip. 754 00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,440 Every aspect of our lives 755 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,640 is tied to having less than, 756 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:41,840 it is tied to being enslaved - 757 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,520 and I think some of us have just forgotten that. 758 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,880 Before I continue on my walk, I meet with Jecorey Arthur, 759 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,160 who's running to become the youngest-ever councilman 760 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,280 representing District 4 in Louisville. 761 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,320 Jecorey worked hard to pass Breonna's Law, 762 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,960 a Louisville law which bans no-knock police warrants 763 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,040 like the one used during the shooting of Breonna Taylor. 764 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,040 For most of my life, I've been apolitical. 765 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,160 I didn't realise the importance of being politically engaged. 766 00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,200 I slowly had to realise over time 767 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,400 politics was the only way. 768 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,640 Where do people fit in this political puzzle of race 769 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,640 in the United States of America that was founded on the back of race? 770 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:22,520 And there's just so much confusion about what that means. 771 00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:25,840 What do you think are the big things that are needed for change? 772 00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:29,000 I'll keep it short, sweet and simple with a Malcolm X quote, 773 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,480 who I share a birthday with. 774 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,920 He was asked about progress and he said, 775 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,480 "We haven't seen progress because, if you stick a knife 776 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:38,080 "nine inches in my back, pull it out six, that's not progress. 777 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,040 "Even if you take the knife all the way out, that's not progress. 778 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,320 "It's only once we begin to heal the wound 779 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,080 "do we see any sort of progress." 780 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,680 And in many cases, he went on to say, 781 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:49,080 "We haven't healed the wound, we haven't taken the knife out, 782 00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:52,080 "we don't even acknowledge that the knife is there." 783 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:53,840 So in my role, 784 00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:57,480 what I've already done and what I will continue to do, 785 00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,480 is to acknowledge that pain, is to show people 786 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,600 the reality of the city that we live in. 787 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,800 And if we don't face the fact that Louisville 788 00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:09,760 was largely built and started 789 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,120 by a slave population, 790 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:16,200 we can't address the issues that the descendants 791 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:20,080 of those same slaves face on a day-to-day basis. 792 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,120 It's October 5th. 793 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,000 As I enter America's Rust Belt, 794 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,960 the leaves are beginning to change colour. 795 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,080 Ohio used to be a swing state, 796 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,520 but in 2016, when Trump won the presidency, 797 00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,840 it jolted to the right by huge margins, 798 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:57,440 voting over 10% more Republican than the national average. 799 00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:00,600 Do you want to walk with me for a little bit? 800 00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,160 I'm walking for Black Lives Matter. 801 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:03,640 OK. 802 00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:05,400 Sounds good. I'll see you. 803 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,320 Why do you think people are racist in the first place? 804 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,320 Why? Basically... 805 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,400 Yup. 806 00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:28,240 Yup. 807 00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:30,760 You're out here barefoot. Look at that. 808 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,520 Well, I figured you guys are doing something important 809 00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:35,560 and I wanted to hear y'all's exact perspective. 810 00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,000 Something has to be done, as far as the ways the police 811 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,200 are handling these situations. 812 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:41,920 And I'm not that smart of a man, 813 00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:43,840 so I don't know what exactly what to do, 814 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:45,640 but I do know that something has to change. 815 00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,720 Now, honestly, I just think we all need to sit down 816 00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:50,360 around a big old table, have some fried chicken and talk it out. 817 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:09,520 One, two... 818 00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,800 HE GASPS 819 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:19,880 Things are going backward again. 820 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:24,360 My body is in such pain that I'm just laughing on the inside 821 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:25,880 at the absurdity of it all. 822 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,880 BIRDSONG 823 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:45,160 This girl taught me this calf stretch like 12 years ago. 824 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,240 And I liked her a lot 825 00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:50,280 and it didn't work out. 826 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:54,400 And so now every time I do this calf stretch, I think of her. 827 00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:57,880 And now I do it every day. 828 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:03,480 Hey, sir, do you want to walk with me for Black Lives Matter? 829 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:04,720 Pardon me? 830 00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:07,800 Do you want to walk with me for Black Lives Matter? 831 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,400 Absolutely not. 832 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:12,720 OK, I'll see you. I don't support hate groups of any kind. 833 00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:13,800 OK. 834 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:35,960 As I move through the north, 835 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,880 I expect to see fewer and fewer Trump supporters, 836 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:42,400 but as Election Day draws closer politics is never far away. 837 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:50,000 Good. Why are you in my house taking pictures? 838 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,120 You had my wife scared to death, dude. 839 00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:55,080 She had an AR-15 pointed at you when you walked in my driveway. 840 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,840 Really? An AR-15. Yeah. 841 00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:00,160 And about to let the German Shepherd out on you. Wow. 842 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,000 Now we're going to start walking again. 843 00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:06,800 Had an AR-15 pointed at me 844 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,440 because I was two steps off the road 845 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,640 so that I wouldn't get hit by a semi truck. 846 00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:17,200 So, I'm not surprised, but it's really upsetting 847 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,960 because it's like I've been threatened so many times 848 00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,400 on this trip already that it's like, you know what, like... 849 00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:28,600 ..like either pull the trigger or fuck off. 850 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,000 Seriously. 851 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,960 Like either come at me with your gun, your bat, 852 00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:36,000 like, whatever it is - like, do it. 853 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:37,520 I don't care. Like... 854 00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,280 Someone's going to do it. So maybe it's you, like go do it. 855 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:44,360 Whatever. 856 00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,440 So either like, pull it or fuck off. 857 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:48,960 Take your pick. Like... 858 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:54,880 ..I just don't care any more. 859 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:56,120 You know? 860 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,120 As I get closer to the end of the walk, 861 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:06,160 I feel broken and hopeless. 862 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:08,440 And, honestly, I forget why I'm walking. 863 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,320 We have our dear friend Rob with us. 864 00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,760 He has been walking across the country 865 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:18,360 for social justice, for Black Lives Matter. 866 00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:21,760 But then I sat down with BLM activist Kiara Yakita. 867 00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:25,280 I love your perspective about, you know, 868 00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:29,080 the walk itself because you have a very interesting perspective. 869 00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:30,520 What's your take on it? 870 00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:33,840 I super appreciate what you're doing and it's hard work. 871 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,760 At the end of the day, it is hard work. 872 00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:37,800 You're sacrificing your safety and your body, 873 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:39,960 and you're putting yourself into places 874 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,560 that Black Lives Matter cannot safely go. 875 00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,560 If I went to that same town and stood next to you, 876 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:45,960 I probably would have got killed that day. 877 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:51,040 You're going to have to step out of yourself to finish this. 878 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:53,200 It's something bigger that you're chasing. 879 00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,120 So just stay true to the purpose 880 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:57,600 and focus on the people who can't walk. 881 00:52:57,600 --> 00:52:59,280 You know what I mean? 882 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:01,520 You're walking because Breonna Taylor can never walk again. 883 00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:04,680 You're walking because George Floyd can never walk again. 884 00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:06,520 All these miles that you're accumulating 885 00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,720 are miles that they can no longer walk 886 00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:11,040 because they were executed by the police. 887 00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:13,480 Walk with their spirit and for their spirit, 888 00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,360 and I think that will keep you going. 889 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:38,200 Hello. 890 00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:41,520 Is the owner in by chance? That'd be me. What's your name? 891 00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:43,840 My name is Vicky. Vicky? I'm Rob. 892 00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:45,120 It's nice to meet you. 893 00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:48,200 I've never seen a diner this decked out with Trump gear. 894 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:51,040 Like I've seen Trump stores, but I've not seen a Trump diner. 895 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:57,120 Do you think it intimidates minorities to have Trump stuff up? 896 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:03,840 I am for Trump 897 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,080 and a lot of minorities in this town are for Trump. 898 00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:09,600 I'm against Black Lives Matter 899 00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,440 and my dad's part black. 900 00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:15,120 I'm against it because these people are criminals out there. 901 00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:17,400 You know, this Black Lives Matter stuff, all they're doing 902 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:20,160 is destroying people's stuff and then they want to burn it down. 903 00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:21,600 These people are crazy - 904 00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:23,360 they don't even know what they're doing out there. 905 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,400 They don't even know why they're doing it. 906 00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,480 So you think it's black people's fault 907 00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,400 that they are targeted by the police? 908 00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:30,920 Yeah, it is. 909 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:34,360 There's white people that are, died by the cops, too. 910 00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,280 There's Hispanics die by the cops. 911 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:38,160 There's Chinese - they're all of them. 912 00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:39,600 It's not just black lives. 913 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,080 I don't understand why you have a shirt that says 914 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:43,520 just Black Lives Matter. 915 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,160 Why not All Lives Matter? 916 00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:47,120 A lot of people DON'T think black lives matter. 917 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:48,560 They really don't think they matter. 918 00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,720 These are the things I hear every day getting yelled at me. 919 00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:53,760 And how does that make you feel? You're part black. 920 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,240 That doesn't bother me. It doesn't bother you? 921 00:54:55,240 --> 00:54:57,480 Everybody has their own opinion. It doesn't bother me. 922 00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,200 It doesn't bother you that some people are like, 923 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,120 "Fuck black people?" You're part black. 924 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:02,680 It doesn't bother me. 925 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:04,640 Why do you think you're a Trump supporter? 926 00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:06,800 Because I am for his platform. 927 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:10,360 I am for God, and in all his stuff he stands for God. 928 00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:14,040 You're on the same side as white supremacists. Yes, I am. 929 00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:16,280 I'm from a black family. 930 00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:19,840 All my family, all my brothers, we all stand for Trump. 931 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,560 Don't put all black people in one category. 932 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,160 I'm proud to say President Donald Trump. 933 00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:28,520 He'll be in another four years, it doesn't matter. 934 00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:30,680 He's going to have another four years. 935 00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:32,080 He will be there. 936 00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,080 My name's Rob, by the way. 937 00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:37,040 Linda. Linda. Yeah. 938 00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:38,960 I'm glad... You know, I love you, too. 939 00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:40,960 I love you, too. I do, I love you. I love you, too. 940 00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:43,480 And I hope that you're safe all the way across. 941 00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:54,280 That conversation really caught me off guard. 942 00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:56,800 I guess Trump support is growing amongst people of colour, 943 00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,120 which surprises me. 944 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:08,480 Hi, Rob, it's me, Mom. 945 00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:11,920 You are so close now, honey, I know you can do this. 946 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:16,160 I know your body feels tired, but please, please be careful. 947 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,560 You're nearly there. I love you. 948 00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:23,120 I think the walk 949 00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,200 and the exhaustion that comes with it is definitely 950 00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,280 making me more emotional than I otherwise would be. 951 00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,880 It just feels like whatever guards I had up, 952 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,720 whatever boundaries, layers, it's all just... 953 00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,040 ..being removed and it makes me 954 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:44,000 feel everything in a heightened way. 955 00:56:45,640 --> 00:56:47,080 It's the four seasons, 956 00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:50,160 it's falling leaves, it's grey skies. 957 00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:55,640 It makes me miss home and my family, a lot. 958 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,280 So when I was a kid, growing up in the Midwest... 959 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,680 VOICE BREAKS: ..you would always have these leaf piles. 960 00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:20,280 Like in October, you know, all the leaves would fall on the ground. 961 00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:27,320 It's been many years since I've heard the sound of the leaves 962 00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:31,320 when you brush past them and the smell of them - 963 00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:32,680 they make this really great sound. 964 00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:35,400 It's like this swishing sound, it's like "chooh". 965 00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:39,000 Just that sound. 966 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,360 And I remember just spending a lot of time with my mom 967 00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:43,560 and, erm... 968 00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:49,240 ..it just reminds me of my mother, who I miss a lot. 969 00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:56,720 Swish, swish. 970 00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,080 HORN TOOTS 971 00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:20,280 Yeah! Love it! 972 00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,080 I love you, too. Thank you. 973 00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:24,720 CAR HORNS TOOT 974 00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:46,040 It sounds really dumb 975 00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:48,880 but, like, those honks, they really meant a lot. 976 00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,200 It's really silly. It's like just like, 977 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:54,560 "Hello, I notice you." 978 00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:57,360 It feels really good. 979 00:58:59,560 --> 00:59:03,080 It's so silly. It's just like, "Hi". It's just like a nice, "Hi". 980 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:07,280 But I haven't had that in so many miles 981 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:09,800 so it's really nice. It's just so sweet. 982 00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:11,800 It's just sweet to like acknowledge someone. 983 00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:15,680 It's really good. I needed that. 984 00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:17,000 HORN BLARES 985 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:18,280 I didn't need that! 986 00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:23,120 That's what it's all about. I don't know. 987 00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:50,680 Howdy. Did you decal this yourself? 988 00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:52,720 Yes, I did. 989 00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:54,840 Do you know what year this car is and all that? 990 00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:56,640 '77? 991 00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:59,760 Is this sittable? Is this...? Can you sit on this? 992 00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:02,240 You can sit on it. It's as solid as can be. Oh, great, man. 993 01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:04,840 Can you tell me about, like, how the public has responded? 994 01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:06,480 Like, you know, stuff like that. 995 01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,760 I mostly don't get negative. 996 01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:10,640 Sometimes people flick me off, 997 01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:12,480 but most of the time people want to come up to me 998 01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:14,560 and talk to me and applaud me. 999 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,800 You know, I'm just doing it for a purpose. 1000 01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:20,960 I believe this, this, this election, we could easily lose our country. 1001 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:23,920 I don't think we could lose our country from Biden. 1002 01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:27,280 I mean, I think that, if Biden would happen to step down 1003 01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,480 and Harris would take over, 1004 01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:32,160 that's where I think we could lose our country. 1005 01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:34,440 What motivated you to really want to deck it out? 1006 01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:35,880 Like what was the moment...? 1007 01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:40,920 Oh, we love him. 1008 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:43,640 We love him. He's a good guy. 1009 01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,880 They don't realise their side is racist. 1010 01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:49,720 What do you think liberals don't understand 1011 01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:52,200 about conservatives and people who support Trump? 1012 01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:53,920 Like what's being missed? 1013 01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:55,360 What do you...? 1014 01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,520 What do you think they don't understand? 1015 01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:03,640 You know, at one time I was on the Democratic side. 1016 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:05,920 If you go back 30 years ago, when I was a kid, 1017 01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:08,360 my whole family was Democrats. 1018 01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:11,000 They were hard working, mill working, coal miners. 1019 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,600 They were hard-working Democrats. 1020 01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:14,680 Thank you, sir. 1021 01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:17,640 Thank you. We all love you. 1022 01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:19,720 Thank you. 1023 01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:21,440 That was the worst, actually. 1024 01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,480 I voted back in '08 for Obama. 1025 01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:26,440 I know that's a shocker, but I did. 1026 01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:29,240 Yeah, how do you go from Obama to Trump? Like, what about...? 1027 01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:31,440 Because I'm not red or... I'm a patriot. 1028 01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:33,680 I'm not red or blue. 1029 01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:35,240 But I voted for Obama because... 1030 01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:38,800 I saw some black chick go by here.... 1031 01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:43,040 Yeah, well, that's her right. 1032 01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:46,280 I heard this on the news - you have a right to be dumb. 1033 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:48,760 If you want to be dumb in this country, you got a right to be dumb. 1034 01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:50,040 I agree 100%. 1035 01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:52,400 You know, I'm not going to judge you by being dumb. 1036 01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:54,680 You know? They can't help it. Nope. 1037 01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:57,760 What do you think a lot of black people have to struggle with today 1038 01:01:57,760 --> 01:01:58,880 in the United States? 1039 01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:01,400 Like, I still think that 1040 01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:04,480 the white people have a better chance at the beginning. 1041 01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:08,440 But I do feel bad for people that try and try and push themselves 1042 01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:11,160 and they really don't get too much of a chance. 1043 01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:13,800 Will you walk with me to the end of the block? 1044 01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:16,240 Just a real quick one, two-minute walk? 1045 01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:18,520 Yeah. You'll walk with me for Black Lives Matter? Sure. 1046 01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:21,920 We'll start here and we'll walk this way. 1047 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:23,720 All right, sir. I appreciate it. 1048 01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:27,160 Mr Miller, you're walking with me for Black Lives Matter. 1049 01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:29,680 Sure. I wasn't really expecting that. 1050 01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,560 Hey, we all got to get along, don't we? 1051 01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:34,880 Yes. I don't care what your point of view is. 1052 01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:37,640 You know, I mean, I respect it, you know, 1053 01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:40,280 and I know you respect me, and that's all that matters. 1054 01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:43,400 Yeah. Hey, get the point across. Yeah. Get the point across. 1055 01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,760 All right. Hey, I'm trying to get mine across too. 1056 01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:49,040 You guys have a good weekend. OK. All right, Finley, I'll see you. 1057 01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:53,160 # Come on, everyone Let's get together... # 1058 01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,320 Am I crazy or did I just have a breakthrough? 1059 01:02:57,320 --> 01:03:00,760 This swing voter was the first Trump supporter to walk with me. 1060 01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:01,800 Hello. 1061 01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:05,040 Washington, DC. 1062 01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:08,600 Yes, ma'am. OK. All right. Thank you. 1063 01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:10,880 Bye. 1064 01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:13,640 As I move further east on the final leg of my journey, 1065 01:03:13,640 --> 01:03:15,960 I was inspired to reach out to activists I know 1066 01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,360 to help me wrangle as many supporters as possible 1067 01:03:18,360 --> 01:03:20,880 to join me for my final day. 1068 01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:22,840 So anyone can come join us, 1069 01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:24,680 likely hundreds of people will. 1070 01:03:24,680 --> 01:03:28,120 So we're really excited about Washington, DC that afternoon. 1071 01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,000 What are you guys doing exactly? 1072 01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:32,880 I'm walking 1,500 miles in two months. 1073 01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:34,720 Oh, wow. That's so cool. 1074 01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:37,440 Support the cause, for sure. Keep doing it. 1075 01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:39,040 Thank you, man. 1076 01:03:39,040 --> 01:03:41,720 Each person who walks with me, right or left, red or blue, 1077 01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:43,400 motivates me to keep going. 1078 01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:45,080 Good luck. All right, thank you. 1079 01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:47,520 Do you want to walk with me for Black Lives Matter? 1080 01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:51,280 Yeah, I seen that. Awesome. You want to...? Here, come on down. 1081 01:03:52,280 --> 01:03:54,360 This is the Trump store for sure. 1082 01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:57,080 Do y'all just want to like, even for like 30 seconds, 1083 01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:59,640 walk with me down the road? Sure. Just 30 seconds. Sure. 1084 01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:01,400 Let's do it! 1085 01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:03,840 What do y'all think of Black Lives Matter? What's your take? 1086 01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:05,880 We all need to get along. 1087 01:04:05,880 --> 01:04:08,640 No offence to whites, because I'm white myself, 1088 01:04:08,640 --> 01:04:11,920 but black folk will help you quicker than a white person. 1089 01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:14,160 Mm. Little bit of love. Yeah. 1090 01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:17,600 You know, they're always there for you...they are. 1091 01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:20,520 You guys walking for a cause here? Yeah. 1092 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:27,880 You're suffering with blisters and everything like that. 1093 01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:29,120 You offer up to God. 1094 01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:31,960 So that's kind of the idea of pilgrimage. 1095 01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:36,640 # A little bit of love is all you need. # 1096 01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:57,760 Feeling pretty good right now. I don't know. 1097 01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:01,320 This is going to be over. 1098 01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:03,960 There's no way! There's no way. 1099 01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:07,560 And yet - way. 1100 01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:11,080 Pretty crazy. 1101 01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:18,720 Hello? 1102 01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:21,120 Y'all's here for the walk? 1103 01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:23,640 I'm from a whole other world, you know what I mean? 1104 01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:25,960 Like where I came from to get here. 1105 01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:28,760 97% of the United States is rural. 1106 01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:31,440 So to be here, it's just like, wow. 1107 01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:33,760 Yeah. It's just crazy. 1108 01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:36,360 The day I get to Washington, I'm feeling amazing 1109 01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,560 and I feel like dancing. 1110 01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:41,320 It's honestly euphoric. I felt like Superman. 1111 01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:44,480 Like, honestly, I could do anything if I set my mind to it. 1112 01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,880 I walked from Jackson, Mississippi, from the Civil Rights Museum, 1113 01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:50,560 and today we're going to end it at Black Lives Matter Plaza. 1114 01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:52,480 I'm thankful for these people. 1115 01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:53,800 This is like... 1116 01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:56,360 It means a lot. 1117 01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:57,560 Thank you. 1118 01:05:57,560 --> 01:05:59,600 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1119 01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:04,240 I had a lot of anxiety about how many people would come out 1120 01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:06,800 to walk with me. I thought it'd be so sad if, you know, 1121 01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:08,280 the last five miles no-one came out. 1122 01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:11,960 So I was elated to see all these people coming out to walk with me. 1123 01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:13,160 Oh, my God. 1124 01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:14,640 Even my mom made it out. 1125 01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:16,720 Mom, what are you doing here? 1126 01:06:16,720 --> 01:06:19,000 I love you. 1127 01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:20,760 I wouldn't miss it. 1128 01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:22,600 I literally can't believe this. 1129 01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:24,520 This is my mom. 1130 01:06:24,520 --> 01:06:26,840 She came here from Michigan to walk with me. 1131 01:06:26,840 --> 01:06:29,520 All the way from Michigan - I can't believe this. 1132 01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:35,000 OK, we're just about to get started. 1133 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:38,320 It's a five-mile walk down to Black Lives Matter Plaza. 1134 01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:40,040 We're just going to get started. 1135 01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,000 We're just going to warm these legs up. 1136 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,920 My calves are very sore but we're going to walk anyway. 1137 01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:48,040 Look at this! 1138 01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:49,200 HORNS TOOT 1139 01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:52,360 If anyone we see, any of these cars, come join us. 1140 01:06:52,360 --> 01:06:53,720 Come walk with us. 1141 01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:55,560 HORNS TOOT 1142 01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:57,640 CHANTING: Black Lives Matter! 1143 01:06:57,640 --> 01:07:02,200 Black Lives Matter! 1144 01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:04,800 CAR HORNS TOOT 1145 01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:10,280 Black Lives Matter! 1146 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:15,640 Black Lives Matter! 1147 01:07:15,640 --> 01:07:19,520 We believe that this struggle that we're facing in America today 1148 01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:21,400 is a spiritual struggle. 1149 01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:25,960 And only until black lives begin to matter to every American 1150 01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:29,920 will we rise to the true meaning of our creed. Amen. 1151 01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:31,840 CROWD: Amen! 1152 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:33,960 I want to thank every one of you for coming out here 1153 01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:35,120 from the bottom of my heart. 1154 01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:37,880 I can't tell you how many lonely miles I walked. 1155 01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:39,240 So I just want to thank you. 1156 01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:41,200 You have no idea how much this means to me. 1157 01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:43,400 Every one of your faces is going to be etched into my mind 1158 01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:44,920 for the rest of my life. 1159 01:07:44,920 --> 01:07:47,000 This is the America that I know and I believe in. 1160 01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:49,080 So thank you for being here, seriously. 1161 01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:50,400 I'm so happy to be here. 1162 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,040 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1163 01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:55,880 Thank you, Rob! 1164 01:08:00,080 --> 01:08:03,640 Were you worried that I was going to die? Yes! Of course I was worried! 1165 01:08:03,640 --> 01:08:05,880 I'm really glad it didn't have to happen. 1166 01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:11,240 So now you don't have to worry so much, OK? 1167 01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:14,160 I'm glad that you came, it meant a lot to me. 1168 01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:16,480 I thought about you a lot on the trip. 1169 01:08:16,480 --> 01:08:18,880 Thank you, Mom, for being here. I love you. I love you, too. 1170 01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:20,960 You're welcome. OK. 1171 01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:32,480 SIRENS WAIL 1172 01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:34,600 The murder of George Floyd shook the world 1173 01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:36,920 and it felt like a reckoning for America 1174 01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:38,840 to take a deep look at itself. 1175 01:08:38,840 --> 01:08:42,240 I set out hoping to discover the truth about a divided nation. 1176 01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:45,840 I encountered voices that stunned me - 1177 01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:48,720 some with their hostility, others with their hope. 1178 01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:53,520 What I've learned is that progress isn't a straight line. 1179 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,880 The fight for racial equality is far from over, 1180 01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:58,800 and the divisions I witnessed show how much work remains. 1181 01:09:00,320 --> 01:09:02,640 But what gives me hope are the moments of humanity 1182 01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:04,360 and connection I made along the way. 1183 01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:07,680 Change is slow, but every conversation, 1184 01:09:07,680 --> 01:09:09,520 every step forward matters. 1185 01:09:11,320 --> 01:09:17,320 # Love 1186 01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:26,320 # Love 1187 01:09:28,360 --> 01:09:34,840 # Love. #