Tendaberry (2024) Movie Script
1
[electronic music]
[waves crash]
[man sings in foreign language]
[radio static]
[calming classical]
[waves crash]
(man on radio)
I love Coney Island.
It's my second home.
The entire boardwalk I roam.
(Dakota) And what do I
have to do with anything?
The Lenape were here first.
(in Spanish) Los Lenape
estaban aqu primero.
They called it Narrioch,
Land Without Shadows.
[boat horn]
Coney Island used to be
an island,
but men changed that.
Today it means nothing.
Ships from the Middle Passage
landed here.
A lot of nightmares
started here.
Here.
[gentle clarinet]
[distant screams]
In 1849, Herman Melville
wrote Moby Dick.
Here.
[waves crash]
Here.
The past is close,
tucked away underneath
and beside and forgotten.
[dreamy music]
This is the way
to Coney Island.
This is what
it looked like in 1987.
When I was 14,
we had to do a paper
on a person or
place I wanted to go.
I picked here.
And this person,
I found him on YouTube.
This is Nelson Sullivan,
and this is his video diary.
We were just on
the Wonder Wheel
and boy was it fun.
(Dakota) He filmed
everything all the time
when he was alive
and living here.
[screams]
John, are you alright?
That was yesterday
and this is today.
In 100 years,
10 million people
will replace all of us.
But for now, we are here.
Mom, you hung up on me?
I'm not crazy.
I know what I'm doing.
Don't tell me that.
And what about the future?
How old do you think
I'll be in like 2055?
Will I even be alive?
[distant bells]
Beginning to think that
I might not even
last that long.
[train announcer]
I wonder how I'll die.
Heart attack, accident,
car crash,
shooter, cancer...
Everyone dies of cancer.
My imaginary friend
died of cancer.
I hate it here.
I love it here.
Shit, shit, shit, shit--
I wanna be a kid again.
I just want Saturday
morning surprises
and secret words.
[subway door dings]
Feel like we ain't
Something special
Take my hand
Let's not waste it
You must trust me
Just trust me... me
And the secret word is...
broke.
Would you know
How far love goes
Love goes
Once you feel it
Then you'll know
You know
Thank you all for listening.
My name's Dakota Hill.
I'm a singer,
also a songwriter.
Tips are always appreciated.
And thank you guys so much.
(Dakota narrates)
We're all just time.
Once upon a time.
I read that in
the YouTube comments once.
And the secret word is...
[whoops]
[camera whirs]
[Dakota howls]
[Yuri howls]
[Yuri howls]
[Dakota sings]
Oh shit!
[giggles]
Look at that!
Hey! [echoes]
'ey! [echoes]
Fuck you.
[echoes]
[Dakota howls]
Fuck you.
[echoes]
Whoo!
[wind rustles]
[plastic crinkles]
[tsks]
[plastic crinkles]
[plastic crinkles]
[chews wetly]
[waves crash in distance]
[ocean roars]
[seagulls]
[fence rattles]
[sniffs]
- You're not doing that.
- Yes, I am.
Why are you doing that?
[sighs]
Fucking crazy!
Nah, you're just--
Uh huh.
[laughter]
You're fucking crazy!
[waves crash]
Get back here!
You're gonna get hypothermia!
No!
Stop!
No.
[Yuri speaks Ukrainian]
.
(Dakota)
That's night in Ukrainian?
(Yuri) No, that's day.
(Dakota) What's night?
(Yuri) .
(Dakota) .
(Yuri) .
Dark night.
.
[distant sirens]
[plastic crinkles]
[chews]
Pretty weird.
- Hm?
- It's pretty weird.
You're weird.
My cereal always
goes down first.
[phone vibrates]
[phone thuds]
You're cold.
Why you ignoring
your old lady?
I don't have anything to say.
Not very nice.
You don't know my mom.
[spoon clinks]
How about yours?
Me and my mom?
Mm-hm.
We're tight.
Anytime she calls,
I pick up.
Good for you.
[slurps]
You should definitely
pick up next time.
[slurps]
[subway rattles]
[hip hop muzak]
[radio commercial]
[machine whirs]
[accordian music on radio]
[pallets rattle]
[plates click]
[hip hop music]
[accordion music]
[chill hip hop]
[chuckles]
[footsteps echo]
(Yuri) We all kind of like...
drink, sing.
[music on radio]
Usually around
the campfire or something.
[inhales]
[chill music continues]
Tell me a story from
when you were a kid.
When I was little?
Yeah.
Hm...
What's the first memories
you remember?
[sighs]
[sighs]
[camera whirs]
[children chatter]
[waves roar]
(Dakota) I remember
shaking salt off
my skin after we dried.
The hot sun, strong breeze.
My mom taking me into
the water again and again.
So I wouldn't
be scared of the waves.
She said I'd been in
the ocean since I was born.
But that I became
afraid when I got older.
I remember her carrying me
into the water,
deeper and deeper.
Saying, you don't
have to be afraid of this.
[ocean roars]
[camera clicks]
[distant neighborhood chatter]
[fan whirs]
[traffic]
[Dakota hums]
[camera clicks]
[train horn blares]
Feel like we have
Something special
Take my hand
Let's not waste it
Feel like we have
Something special
Take my hand
Let's not waste it
Would you know
How far love goes
Love goes
Once you feel it
Then you know
You know
Thank you so much.
[subway rumbles]
Appreciate it. Thank you.
[train rattles]
[camera clicks]
[train horn]
[camera whirs]
[siren]
[rain]
[beeping]
[wings flutter]
(reporter) The city's
Animal Control is warning
the public about
multiple coyote sightings
in Central Park.
Last confirmed one was
on 102nd Street
and West Drive
on January 12th.
Officers are telling everyone
that if you see a coyote
don't feed it.
[moans]
[radiator screeches]
Dakota.
Hm?
I can't sleep.
What?
Dakota.
You can't sleep,
so you wake me up?
Mhm.
Lucky me.
Let's go somewhere.
What?
[ship bell tolls]
[lighter clicks]
[exhales]
Do you know what time it is?
It's better when you're high.
Okay.
[Yuri spits]
[blows]
[sighs]
Here.
[sniffs]
My dad, he had a
heart attack last week.
He what?
He um...
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
[groans]
Don't get old.
Okay?
You ready for this?
If you say so.
Come on.
You're gonna have fun,
I promise.
[music builds]
[electronic music]
[giggles]
[clicks tongue rhythmically]
[laughs]
Can't hear anything.
[sings in Russian]
[seagulls]
[music ends]
[players chatter]
You're playing against us.
Watch it. Right there!
[players chatter]
[players laugh]
Rakiti!
Rakiti!
I'm talking to you, bro!
What the fuck was that?
Yo, man.
I'm playing
the fucking game, man.
Well, you're playing
dirty, bro.
Yo, you serious?
Playing dirty, bro.
You should have fucking--
(Dakota) Hey!
[players argue]
What the fuck
is wrong with you, bro?
Calm the fuck down!
Calm down.
Calm down.
Calm down!
Get the fuck out of here.
Bro, watch out, bro.
Yo, you have your girl
fighting for you, bro?
Seriously.
Yo, Rakiti, we watching ya bro.
[indistinct]
Why'd you do that?
He was about to
punch in the face.
I don't need you to do that.
Seriously.
What, so you wanted
to get punched in the face?
Yes, absolutely.
Bombaclat! We watching ya.
Yo, Dakota.
Talk to your boyfriend
and address the issue.
I'm trying.
[haunted house cacophany]
(Dakota) Holy shit, this house
is crazier every year.
[screams]
Ooh, that's scary.
[creepy recorded voice]
[children laugh]
[pensive guitar]
You want a piggyback?
Yeah.
All right.
They're so cute, guys.
Jump on.
Hold this.
Oh, crap.
Look at that one.
Yeah?
Mm-hmm.
Once again, mmm
Once again, mmm
Who's at my window
Someone's at my window
Once again, mmm
Once again, mmm
Who's at my window
Someone's at my window
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
[guitar stops]
What do you think?
Mm, it's really nice.
I like it.
Keep going.
Don't stop.
This part.
[gentle guitar]
I feel your stares
Outside my window yeah
Laying on my pillow yeah
Laying on my pillow yeah
Those cold glares
Outside my window yeah
Outside my window yeah
Someone's at
my window yeah
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Uh huh?
[guitar continues]
You don't know
I have to leave on Monday.
Maybe for a while.
(Dakota) Of course.
He's your dad.
You have to.
How long?
[silence]
Until he gets better.
I don't want to go.
[exhales]
[sighs]
[deep breaths]
[wind rustles]
[birdsong]
[horse grunts]
[clicking]
Hi, baby.
[shower runs]
In time she'll see
that her and me
Were meant to be together
When days fly past
And they go fast
We will still be together
[water splashing]
And when she's low
I'll always know
We'll always go together
It's easy love,
fits like a glove
From up above together
Here's your big solo, baby.
No.
No, no,
shit no, please.
Come on, try it.
No.
Go, go.
(screeches)
Toooooogeeeeether
[laughing]
[water splashing]
Together
Together
[laughing]
Think I'm better
than you actually.
[laughing]
You get the notes higher.
Just a minute.
[sighs]
You know the heat
is not working, right?
[footsteps]
[oven door creaking]
What is this?
You're gonna
blow us up, Koda.
Nuh-uh.
[sink runs]
Sike.
[laughs]
Give me the remote!
Give me the remote.
[newscaster in background]
[laughter]
Gimme.
Gimme.
Nuh-uh.
Give me the remote.
No.
I said give me the remote.
No.
I wanna watch my game.
Give me the fucking remote.
No.
I'm not playin' with you.
Give it to me.
Never.
Give it to me.
Mm-mm.
Give it.
[kisses]
Hey, come back here!
[footsteps]
No!
No, I'm watching
the soccer game.
No.
No.
[kisses]
[heavy breathing]
[moans]
[panting]
[gasps]
[gasping]
[gas hisses]
[radiator clicks]
[bedside table rattles]
[groans]
[belt jingles]
[distant siren]
[bus rumbles]
[car horn]
[subway whirs]
[traffic]
[sniffs]
(plane announcer)
Your attention please.
Buses, shuttles, and vans
may be boarded
above the center island
in front of this terminal.
[sighs]
Please use the crosswalk
to cross to the center island.
[distant plane roars]
[lighter clicks]
[sniffs]
[wind]
[cars rumble]
[gentle classical music]
[man speaks indistinctly]
[camera whirs]
(Dakota)
What if I'm forgotten?
[birds flutter]
Nelson Sullivan was from
Kershaw, South Carolina.
A gay musician with big dreams
from a small southern town.
He was working on an opera.
And he moved to
New York in the early '70s.
God, it's so pretty out here.
Instead of making music,
he began filming
with a video camera.
I wonder what time it is.
[waves crash]
It's about sunset.
We're at Coney Island.
The beach is beautiful.
Filmed over
1,900 hours of video tape
and 59 rolls of Super 8.
These are things he saw.
These were his friends.
1,900 hours.
59 reels of things
that happened here.
But there was no one
like him around in 1911.
Back in 1911,
the park in Coney Island
used to be called Dreamland.
There was a movie theater,
a lagoon,
a circus,
with bears, elephants, lions,
and a ride
called Hell's Gate.
In 1911, Memorial Day,
Hell's Gate caught fire.
Sea breeze
pulled the flames up.
The fire burned
down the entire park.
Crowds from all over gathered
to see the orange flames
licking the sky.
[hoses hiss]
[uneasy music]
The lion,
his name was Sultan,
got loose.
[roar]
He was on fire.
And scared.
He ran away,
roaring and afraid.
His trainer ordered
the police to shoot.
He fell to the ground.
Police dragged him
onto the street.
[gunshot]
They split his skull open
on Surf Avenue
for people to see.
Now, you can't even imagine.
You can't even believe
that happened here.
110 years ago,
1,900 hours,
59 Super 8 reels.
[dreamy music]
The secret word is...
weird.
[camera whirs]
[upbeat accordion]
[subway rattles]
[flags rustle in wind]
[chill hip hop]
[subway rattles]
[bathwater drips]
[hums]
[toothbrush scrapes]
[pills rattle]
Yuri?
(in deeper voice) What?
No, okay.
(in deeper voice) What?
What?
What's happening?
(in a deeper voice)
I don't know.
I was gonna ask you.
[sighs]
I'm scared.
(in deeper voice)
I'm not scared.
[car honks]
[sighs]
You're not?
You're lying.
(in deeper voice) Yeah.
I always know
when you're lying.
(in deeper voice) Kota.
Kota, get out of your head.
[scoffs]
[sighs]
[train rumbles]
[distant sirens]
[plastic crinkles]
[Christmas muzak]
Dakota!
Come on.
[machine whirs]
[sighs]
Guess who's mad at you?
Oh, thanks.
You're a big help.
[Christmas muzak]
Dakota.
What's going on?
Trains were delayed, London.
Yeah, you're always
fucking late.
Can you slow down please,
so we can have a conversation?
Miss Hill, please.
Okay.
I'm not feeling well.
Right.
I called in yesterday.
Last time
I called in too, so.
Yeah, that's not
my problem.
Do you think I don't
see through
this party girl shit
you're doing?
Wait, are you serious?
You think I'm ducking out
just to party?
Like, wow.
Wow.
Where were you Thanksgiving?
Two people came in
with applications
for seasonal work.
What's that supposed to mean?
Chopping block,
that's gonna happen.
You're heading
to the guillotine, yo.
Come on, now.
[cans rattle]
Shit.
[sighs]
Fuck.
[sighs]
This dude's really
cooking my grits, man.
Like, I don't know, like.
You poor baby.
Are you mocking me?
Mm-hmm, maybe.
Yeah.
I'll be up front if
you need anything, bitch.
Okay, bitch.
[humming]
[Christmas muzak]
[child screams]
[display clatters]
Oh shit. Oh my God.
Wait!
Wait!
[child screams]
Stop! Hey!
[child screams]
Stop it!
[gasps]
Hey! Stop!
Come-- wait, come!
I got her.
I got her,
I got her, thank you.
Okay, sorry,
sorry, I apologize.
Stupid kid.
Can't believe she touched you.
They're at it again!
The city is reporting
more coyote sighings,
but this time,
instead of Central Park,
they're popping up
in the most unusual places.
[loud dance music]
Today, several
New Yorkers thought
they spotted
something furry on 34th Street.
Animal Control says it's rare,
but not impossible
for the animals to wander
beyond their habitat.
[muffled arguing]
[silence]
[sighs]
[phone rings]
[connection dings]
(Yuri) Hey you.
Hey.
(Yuri) Wish I was there.
Yuri, turn up your volume.
How's your dad?
He's fine.
We don't have
to talk about it
if you don't want,
you know, like,
I understand.
Yeah, I know.
Your hair,
it grew half an inch.
[laughs]
Yeah?
Sike, sike.
Maybe it's darker
or something though.
I miss you.
Miss you too.
[train rattles]
Okay, just give me a second,
I have a bunch of them here.
No worries.
I know, I'm gonna have that.
Where's the red nail polish?
Oh no, I'm sick of red.
I have so many reds at home.
But you look so good in red.
Actually, I love this
the best.
It's a little kinky,
I love this.
What do you know about kinky?
Oh, I know about kinky.
I never knew that you knew.
Oh, I know a lot about kinky.
Uh oh.
[laughs]
I do.
I never told you,
but you're my mother.
You never said anything.
You're my mother, so.
I thought we were friends.
We are friends,
but something like that,
I wouldn't tell you.
What do you think of this?
Um... it's nice.
Do you like it?
Do you like this one?
Yeah, I don't like that,
it's ugly.
This is ugly?
Yeah.
Why, I could actually
mix it with this.
I mix everything together.
I'll mix them together.
Thank you, it's very sweet,
it's very nice.
Very nice,
have a merry Christmas.
Oh, you too have
a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year.
Thank you very much,
I'll be back again, thank you.
Okay.
Okay, bye bye.
Supermarket Sweep!
Aisle Two!
(Dakota) Okay, I'm gonna
need a toothbrush,
some shaving cream,
and a purple durag.
Specifically purple?
Yeah, it's a head wrap thingy.
I know what a durag is. Dude.
(man) Hey, is London around?
He's in back.
(London over walkie-talkie)
Ladies, what the fuck?"
Oh shit, fuck.
[Dakota hums]
[Christmas muzak]
[muffled customers chatter]
[customers murmur]
[exhales]
I don't know, I'm like,
if I don't get it in,
it's honestly
for the best, you know?
It's a bunch of fucking debt.
It's a big scam anyway.
Debt till you die!
Sorry.
[laughs]
Fucking weird.
You're looking at me
just like my mom.
Get some spicy patty.
- Here, eat it.
- Mm-mm!
It's really spicy.
Yeah, youse a spicy bitch now.
Youse a spicy bitch.
Youse a spicy bitch.
Youse a spicy bitch.
[laughs]
[kiss]
Exactly.
Okay.
I just wanna be
like a functioning bitch.
I don't wanna
be a college bitch.
But you're gonna be
both of those.
Okay, so what about you?
At the same time.
Oh me?
I'll sneak in your classes.
I'll be
the freeloading bitch.
Okay, sure.
Mhm.
I have other plans.
Yeah.
What kind of plans?
Whoopty.
I'm fucking--
[laughs]
Whoopty.
Okay.
I'm in DR, it's a movie.
[laughs]
All right, well.
Love you.
I love you.
Okay.
I'll see you.
Love you.
Text me when you get home.
Spicy bitch.
Spicy bitch!
[laughs]
[crunches]
[sighs]
[hums]
[sniffs]
[lights buzz]
[Dakota hums]
[clarinet music]
[keys jingle]
[door clicks]
[music fades]
Yo.
Anyone home?
[oven door squeaks]
[zipper]
(mimicking Yuri) Girl,
you gonna blow us up.
You gonna blow us up.
[sniffs]
[sighs]
[loud muffled arguing]
[paper rustles]
[chews]
[fabric rustles]
[box rustles]
[paper crinkles]
[waves crash]
(Dakota) Hey.
Hey, Stella.
Hey.
What's up?
You dragged me
all the way out here.
[laughs]
I did, I did.
This is better
when you're high.
What's better?
[electronic music]
[laughs]
Okay...
Dakota, what is this?
[sings in Ukrainian]
Okay, I get it, I get it.
You get the vibes, right?
I get the vibes, yeah.
I need like two drinks though.
[upbeat electronic music]
[sings in Ukrainian]
- Beer.
Beers for bitches.
Here you go.
Oh fuck, I'm so high.
Same.
I put in some requests
for when
your little episode's over.
[driving house music]
[silence]
[zipper]
[liquid sloshes]
[chews]
[waves roar]
(Yuri) So what's up?
You said you had
something to say?
I do.
What is it?
I don't know how to start.
Um...
Yeah.
What's up?
Dakota, seriously
what is it?
You're making me
kind of nervous.
I'm trying.
Um...
Wait, can you hear me?
[exhales]
[sighs]
(Yuri) But like,
really like what--
Well...
Where do you
want to go with this, what?
Um...
This is just a--
this is a big deal.
I think I want to keep it.
I mean...
What?
I just...
[clears throat]
[sighs]
I don't know.
I get it.
It's a little stupid, but...
I mean, it's really
fucking stupid.
Yeah, we're stupid.
You're fucking nuts.
This is nuts.
Fucking crazy.
[sighs]
[chuckles]
[distant traffic]
I love you, Kota.
I love you too.
[gentle music builds]
[pensive music]
[deep breathing]
[music continues]
[distant waves]
(Dakota) They say you're not
really a New Yorker
until you lived
here for ten years.
I've only been
here for a little while,
but I feel like
I've been here forever.
Somehow.
Nelson didn't live
in Brooklyn.
He lived at
5 Ninth Avenue
in the Meatpacking District.
(Nelson) Hey baby.
Hey.
He used to take people in.
Here.
He taught them everything
he knew about this place.
The parks, clubs, parties.
[parade music]
Nelson's house
was always full.
[piano]
He was kind.
You know,
I heard that you'll never
find a coyote in Brooklyn.
Coyotes have
been here since the 1930s.
They came from
the Great Lakes Regions
and slowly migrated east.
And made their home here
through the 1970s.
They don't live
in large packs,
just small groups
in Central Park, in Queens
around the airport.
One day I think I saw one.
(Schifrin)
In a European capital,
the full weight
of the Russian military.
What the US calls
the initial phase
of a full-scale invasion
with Russian helicopters
flying low
over residential rooftops
and the outskirts of Kyiv
to seize a military airport.
[explosion]
[camera whirs]
(BBC reporter) Today,
after a day-long pause,
including one from Mariupol,
where tens of
thousands of civilians
still try to escape
the devastation.
But in another
impassioned speech,
President Vladimir Zelensky
said more needs to be done.
[bagels thud]
[muffled TV]
- Hello.
- Hello.
You have reached...
Fuck.
If you would
like to place a request
to find a missing person,
say one.
One.
- I'm sorry.
I didn't understand.
One, one.
- Let's try this again.
If you would
like to place a request
to find a missing person,
say one.
- One.
- I'm sorry.
I could not
process your request.
- One.
[subway rattles]
Honeybuns for a dollar.
Honeybuns for a dollar.
Thank you.
[traffic]
[footsteps]
[footsteps thudding]
[floors creak]
- Hmm.
You're the girl who called?
- Yeah.
- Hi.
Oh.
[clears his throat]
Take a look around.
Good place, it's 'as is'.
[seagulls]
Um...
Water and gas is included.
Laundry is in the basement.
$1.75 for wash,
$1.50 to dry,
and then 25 cents
for an extra five minutes.
So, uh...
what's the reason
for the move?
Just needed a smaller space.
Well, this is a small space,
but perfect for two
if you wanna get inventive,
but--
- You said 700?
- Mm-hmm.
I'll take it.
Good, good.
[bills rustling]
Seven hundred.
Congratulations.
You can pick up the keys...
Right here.
Just make sure
you ask for Jarman.
Jarman.
Mm-hmm.
510 Avenue C?
Yep.
And if you're there
before four,
you should be all good.
Have a good day now.
[subway rattles]
[traffic]
Glad you decided to show up.
They called me in
for your ass.
No, take that shit up,
with Zuri.
- I don't have time for this.
- No, I got this.
No.
- Like, I'm already here.
- Would you like a bag?
It's gonna be $19.11, hon.
Yes, thank you.
[bags rustles]
Dakota, I don't wanna hear it.
I need my shift back, please.
I need to work.
This is your last chance.
Oh, hey, I tried to text you.
I texted you back,
but it didn't send, probably.
Well, I just wanted to
tell you that I'm moving back.
Moving back where?
Back home.
I didn't wanna just disappear
and not tell you anything,
so that's why
I was trying to hang out.
No more college shit?
No, I'm over that.
I'm just gonna go home
and help my mom
with a vintage shop
that she's starting,
and yeah, I don't know,
I'm gonna do that
for the summer.
[sighs]
Oh, wait, here,
let me help you.
- Here.
- No, I got it.
Okay, thanks.
Did I do anything?
No.
[plastic crinkles]
[hip hop muzak]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Yes, I've been trying
all week to get through.
My name is Dakota Hill.
I have my case number.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, no, I don't.
No, that's why
I'm calling you.
I talked to them
two weeks ago.
[car horn honking]
Um...
Somebody said
something about Poland.
I don't know how to
pronounce it, I'm sorry.
K-R-A, yeah.
No.
No, I already did that.
[hip hop muzak]
Hi babe!
Give me one second,
let me grab my stuff.
[kiss]
[mop rustles]
Why you gotta be so ugly?
Resting bitch face.
[bottle clatters]
[box clatters]
Don't judge me.
I'm not judging you,
it's just kinda fucked up.
[plastic rattles]
[spits]
Dude!
[plastic rattles]
Better?
Yeah, I'm going on
my second break.
Be right back.
Did you dump my shit?
Did you see her dump my shit?
Like, why would you do that?
[traffic]
You've never been
in my place
And I never used to mind
[guitar]
Why can I tell
when it's time to go
I don't blame you
for bringing me down
[subway car dings]
[birdsong]
[footsteps]
[knocking]
[door squeaks]
Hi, I'm looking
to pick up the keys
to the apartment 417?
Uh, I'm looking for Jarman.
I don't know a Jarman.
- Look, this is...
- No.
- the address given to me
- Sorry.
to pick up the keys.
Doesn't live here.
Are you sure you have
the right address?
This is my address.
Yeah, 510, right?
It's 510,
but there's no one
by that name here.
[sighs]
Fuck.
Shit.
[subway rattles]
[traffic]
[door rattles]
[sniffs]
[counter door rattles]
[giggles]
Stupid, I can't.
Wait, do it again.
Do it higher,
do your highest kick.
Highest kick, uh!
Okay, yeah, I'm gonna try.
[hip hop muzak]
(customer) How much is it?
(Dakota) $5.95.
(man) Five bucks, huh?
So, we're gonna
take the line.
(Deandre) Mmm...
Dakota, what's good?
Wah Gwaan Dakota?
Long time no see.
It's good.
So, Riri, she's going
full momma life on us.
We never gettin' new music.
Good for her.
How is it?
What do you think?
It's Friday, you know.
Everybody's here.
Let loose a little.
TGIF? How bout you?
How about you, though?
Work.
[plastic rustles]
Work?
On the weekends?
That's what I'm saying.
[register beeps]
I gave you a 20.
I think your counting is shit.
See, now you're short.
Wow, you're shorting
the man right now.
I think you short changed me
a little bit.
Now she's trying to
short change you.
(singing) Short short.
- Nah, look. See?
- I don't like that.
Your change then.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
That was hot stuff.
- Dakota!
Dakota!
Like damn.
Like damn.
Daaaaamn.
Seems like...
that was all for nothing.
Dakota!
Take your stuff and leave.
That's crazy, bro.
I feel bad for her.
[traffic]
[siren]
[footsteps]
[silence]
Attacks continue
from Russian forces
on multiple fronts
in the south and east.
In cities like Kyiv,
it's not so much
about clearing up
as pushing back against
that military aggression.
A new 30-plus billion
dollar proposal
was created
to help Ukraine today
as Congress passed a bill
that would make it
easier to send
weapons to
Ukraine and NATO allies.
[Dakota sings]
Uh, literally.
I'm fucking crazy.
What is this?
I found this on the stoop.
No...
Your parents ever have these?
Like, 90s...
My parents used to have these.
I'm filming a documentary.
This is serious.
About what?
Your life.
My life?
Mmhmm.
I'm super boring.
What about your life?
Let's film you.
No!
[camera whirs]
[camera rewinds]
What flavor is this?
[laughs]
No!
No, I don't.
What?
[rewinds]
At the center of unbearable
heartbreak and pain,
he envisioned his own
family as victims of terror.
He says, "What I feel,
I imagine my family
in one of those homes."
[water drips]
[sighs]
[subway roars]
[muffled trap music]
[muffled hip hop]
[laughs]
Hit me.
[slaps]
[moans]
Yeah.
[subway dings]
This dude is
fucking driving me crazy.
He only comes in during
my shifts for some reason
and grabs me
and always asks me
the same fucking questions.
I just fucking
work here, dude.
I'm just-- to dance
and maybe grab you
a little fucking drink
or something.
Yo.
One day I'm gonna own
the land that fucker lives on.
I'm gonna surcharge
the fuck out of him
and only him.
Want some?
- I'm good.
- Shit, I forgot.
Your alien.
Yeah.
Mmhmm.
You know what
you're gonna name it?
I don't know yet.
Like Rihanna or some shit.
[laughs]
God no.
Or...
Mmhmm.
Madonna.
Wait.
Little Madonna?
[laughs]
You're Little Madonna.
Hmm?
What'd you say?
You're Little Madonna.
I'm Little Madonna?
Thank you.
Are you ready for all that?
[subway rattles]
My mom had me hella young
and we were like
partners in crime
when I wasn't
a pain in the ass.
You're gonna be a
cool fucking mom, I know it.
[heavy electronic music]
[shot glass rattles]
You want another shot?
Hey!
You want another drink?
What's good?
There's the Wonder Wheel.
Wonder Wheel.
What's the Wonder Wheel?
Well...
it's Long Island Iced with cherry.
They put red shit in it.
It turns pink.
You get a little umbrella.
Fun times.
Then you have
the Steeple Chase Sour.
Those all sound like shit.
Like shit, huh?
Yeah.
What's really good?
It's on me.
[laughs]
Here.
Oh my God...
[moaning]
Oh yeah.
[muffled rap music]
Oh yeah. Are you?
What do you think?
Like it?
[moans]
[slaps]
[gasps]
[panting]
[gasps]
Seven hundred.
What?
[slaps]
Five hundred.
Seven hundred.
Seven... you bitch.
[thuds]
Now pull it out.
Your phone. Pull it out.
Venmo.
Kota.
Dot 86.
Kota...
No.
No.
No, no, no.
With a period in the middle.
Kota... 86
I said period, bitch.
Type it.
Period.
[gasps]
Useless.
You wanna suck me...
Suck me.
Fuck me.
Kota. Dot.
[muffled music continues]
You fucking bitch.
You fucking bitch.
I know you.
I know you!
No. Don't, no.
Get--
- Get off me.
- What a fucking cunt.
- Get off me.
- You fucking cunt.
[yells]
You want $700 dollars?
Kota, come on...
[glass shatters]
[cries]
[gasps in pain]
Fucking bitch!
[cries]
[coughs]
[electronic music]
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Get her.
Give me my money, bitch!
Give me my money!
Hey, hey, hey!
Get her away from me!
Get--
Give me my fucking money back!
Give me my fucking money back!
He took my fucking money!
Give me my fucking money back!
[yelling]
Stop!
He fucking scammed me!
Stop!
He fucking scammed me!
Calm down!
Calm down!
Stop!
Chill out.
Please?
Can you look at me?
Yo.
Are you okay?
You need to go home
and take care of yourself.
Okay?
[carnival music]
[subway rumbles]
[distant traffic]
[car horn beeps]
Skirt!
Yo!
[women yelling]
Why would you do that?
What's going on over there?!
- Hello?
- Oh she's embarrassed!
Can she hear me?
Are you fucking deaf?
Like stand the fuck up!
- Yeah, stand up!
- She deaf!
Yeah, keep looking, pussy!
- I know you're hiding!
- I'm trying to talk to you!
Stand the fuck up!
Fuck up!
Yo Dakota!
Did you not hear me?
[overlapping voices]
Where's the money?
- We know you got it, bro.
- You owe us!
[thuds]
- I'll beat your fucking ass!
You know
what's wrong with you!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- You know! You know!
- Bitch!
You a bitch, huh? Huh?!
You a bitch, huh?
- We know you have it!
- We know you got it!
- Fucking bitch!
- You fucking owe me!
- You're a fucking bitch!
- The fuck is wrong with you!
What's in the bag then?
You got an empty bag?
You walk around
with an empty bag?
- Gimme, gimme!
- Hello!?
You owe me
my fucking money, you bitch!
Don't act like you don't know
why this is happening.
You want your fucking money?!
You want your fucking money?!
Take your fucking money!
Leave me the fuck alone!
Calm down!
Leave me the fuck alone!
You leave me the fuck alone!
Leave me the fuck alone!
Call someone
you fucking crazy bitch!
Take your fucking money!
There's nobody!
There's fucking nobody!
There's nobody!
Why don't you go
call somebody
you crazy bitch!
[subway clatters]
[liquid drips]
[Dakota moans]
Oh fuck!
[sobs]
[gasps]
[moans]
[hissing breaths]
[sobs]
[panting]
[sobs]
[silence]
[distorted sobbing]
[unsettling distortion]
(Dakota) Yes.
I saw a coyote once.
Here.
It circled around me.
Out from the leaves.
The broken branches.
Behind the trashcans
out of the foggy park.
Beneath the bridge
and into the park wood.
Here.
At first, it was kind.
But one day,
it showed me its teeth.
Hungry.
Licking and bloody.
[screams]
Here.
I called 311.
But they didn't believe me.
I called...
But no one believed me.
[sound distorts]
And the secret word is...
[electronic moaning]
[underwater muffles]
[camera whirs]
[children's band plays]
[accordion music]
[crowd murmurs]
[camera whirs]
Get ready to go
to Coney Island in the morning
for the Summer Solstice
and the Opening
of the Atlantic Ocean.
[camera whirs]
[chill hip hop music]
[music fades]
[scoop clicks]
(in Spanish) Ya, mire.
Gracias!
Cunto?
Cuatro.
Cuatro.
Ya, mire.
Gracias!
Gracias!
[kids yell]
[water splashes]
[distant kids scream]
Baby ain't got no cash
He goes to pull it back
Try had to make it right
Still he ain't gotta dime
He's just gotta
pay the bills
Pay the bills
Pay the bills
Pay the bills
(woman) I got wings to fly
[woman sings]
I'm alive
I'm alive
When you call on me
When I need--
[loud electronic music]
[grooving dance music]
You can't be doing that
over here man, you get me?
- Right, right.
[music fades]
[waves]
[shower runs]
[Dakota hums]
[water drips]
[chair scrapes]
Hey, what's up?
You said $50?
Yep.
Thank you.
[subway rattles]
[subway announcer]
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
You shot me with
your love ray gun
And you cut it
When the love wasn't gone
You surely know
we both hit a wall
But are we capable
to make that fall
You say
Fuck you
I say
You too
You say
I am gone
I say
Come home
What are you gonna do
What are you gonna say
You leave me so confused
Love you anyways
Love you anyways
Hey
Love you anyways
Love you anyways
Love you anyways
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
[fan whirs]
[footsteps]
[muffled hip hop]
Hey, do you mind?
[music lowers]
[fan whirs]
[laughs]
What's up trouble maker?
You going to school?
No? Does Mom know?
Oh my God.
Can you please
text me this? [laughs]
Why are you being so silly?
I promise you
he's not a creep.
And I think I might actually
like him a little bit.
And I know I just met.
[kids chatter]
[jump rope taps]
[traffic]
[traffic and car horns]
[fan whirs]
[knocking]
Hey. Do you want some?
They're gonna go bad
if I don't eat them.
Guess.
And we have a winner!
It's so good. Try it.
Mmm. [laughs]
Out of ten?
Zero.
Zero? Well, take
another bite then.
It's prickly. Just like you.
[laughs]
[laughs]
There's something
wrong with you. I swear.
You know my mom?
She has two birds.
A yellow one and a green one.
And then one night,
the green one flew away.
It got kinky with the
whole neighborhood of birds.
And then I come out
and I look up
and there are
green birds everywhere.
[laughs]
And I was like,
mom, what the fuck?
Yeah.
That happened
in my neighborhood too.
Where?
In DR.
I was born there.
You were a cute baby, huh?
[laughs]
No, just prickly.
Cute prickly baby.
Aww.
When was the last time
you were home?
Like home
or like home, home?
Like home, home, girl.
[sighs]
I haven't been
home since I was little.
I had sort of...
I had two sort of homes.
My mom's part Haitian.
My dad's Dominican.
So I'm a part of
both sides of the island.
Daddy, look at my hair.
I moved from DR.
when I was six.
It took me a long time
to get used to the cold upstate.
The snow.
I was homesick
for a long time.
[Mom speaks Spanish]
Back home it was always warm.
My dad used to have
these big cookouts.
All my cousins
and neighbors,
friends would come over.
We used to party from noon
deep into the night.
Everyone would start dancing.
[music]
My mom and dad
had this one song
they always used to dance to.
[dance music]
[click]
Same old song.
It's so corny
but yeah, it's like
just one of
the things I remember.
That's not corny.
As a kid.
It's quite romantic.
What was his name?
Oh, his name's Yuri.
I'm sorry.
[sighs]
I'm very sorry.
We should go do something.
Like what?
Are you serious?
It's summertime.
It's New York.
We should go do something.
We should go have fun.
I don't know.
Do you have any friends?
Where are your friends?
[somber clarinet]
Ow!
[laughter]
[giggling]
[waves crashing]
[clarinet continues]
[bus rumbles]
[train horn]
[music ends]
[ATV revs]
Hey Mamas!
Oh my gosh.
I missed you.
I know.
All right.
[purrs]
[knocking]
[door clicks]
Is Mom home?
[door creaks]
[fridge door thunks]
[fridge door thunks]
[dishes clatter]
[washer whirs]
(Dakota) You were mad at me.
(mom) I was.
Are you still?
[laughs]
Is that a trick question?
Thought you were serious.
[laughs]
Girl, you never
took me seriously.
Not a day in your life.
And lives are restored.
The woman in Houston, Texas,
healed of kidney disease
and set free
from a dialysis machine
she was on for over a year.
And the woman
in Orlando, Florida,
who was healed
of multiple sclerosis
after she anointed herself
with the miracle spring water.
Millions of dollars
of miracle money
was also divinely transferred
to the body of Christ
[coyote howls]
through the use
of miracle spring water.
She said, "I went from in debt
to a multi-million
dollar construction business."
[crunching footsteps]
[leaves rustle]
[howls]
[coyotes howl]
[barks]
[meows]
[footsteps]
[record player clicking]
[static]
[upbeat music]
Listen
Listen
To my song
Listen
Listen
And I'll to talk to you
Ahh
I want your love
Ahh
Oh I want your love
This child of God
Isa calling you
I'm a child of God
And I'm calling you
[laughs]
When I wake baby,
I ain't lie about it baby
I call your name
I ain't lie about that baby
baby, ooooooo
and another thing I -
I feel the pain
Touching you, ooooo
Hey. Imma raise
my hand now, baby
Because you been
so good to me
And I love youuuuuuuuuu
Ahh
I love you, oh baby
It may seem strange to you
It sure ain't strange to me
Baby won't you
help me, love
Baby I love you
[music continues]
[trampoline squeaks]
[music fades]
[trampoline squeaks]
[knocking]
[muffled children chatter]
The world's on fire!
- The world's on fire!
The world's on fire!
- The world's on fire!
The world's on fire!
- The world's on fire!
The world's on fire!
[mother murmurs]
The world's on fire!
[door clicks]
(Dakota) Dear tenant,
we regret to inform you
that this
building has just been sold.
It will be scheduled for
demolition in
the next three months
to make way for a
new mixed use development.
Residents are ordered
to vacate the property
within the next 30 days.
If you have any questions,
please contact the office,
which is open
Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sincerely, Management.
[laughs]
[crowd murmurs]
[distant sirens]
[group chatters]
Hey, Dakota!
- Yes, sir.
Dakota!
What took you so long?
Straight to the action.
Here for the vibes.
Hey!
You gotta meet my friend.
Dakota!
He came by the park there.
That's the one you
was talking about right here.
- Yeah.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
My name is Sha.
This is Ali, you know,
you guys can mingle
introduce y'all selves.
You know, we have a good time.
- Nice to meet you finally.
- Nice to meet you!
You guys look so cute.
- Thank you.
You look so cute too.
I like your necklace.
Appreciate it, thank you.
Cheers to the good people.
- Every time, sir!
Life of more prosperity.
[chill hip hop]
[group murmurs]
Hey, who cut the music?!
What the fuck?
[driving island beat]
[yells]
[men chant]
[music builds]
[music fades]
[gentle music]
The world is so big. What do
I have to do with anything?
I was here.
Damn the chaos,
bless the harmony.
I don't want to be
a collection of sorrows.
Time is indifferent to us
and so is the earth.
Nelson Sullivan
showed the world his life,
parties, wild late nights,
his friends, club kids.
And what he felt
and let us know
what the sky looked like
in 1983, 85, 86.
Here, 1,900 hours
and 59 reels.
In 1989,
Nelson decided to make
his own public access TV show
and quit his job to do so.
He was gonna dedicate
the show to his friend
who had just passed.
- I'm really
going to miss Christina.
There are so few people
who are still gentle and kind
like she was.
- On July 3rd,
Nelson recorded this.
- It's July the 3rd and
it's the last day I'm gonna have
not to be running.
- And on July 4th,
Nelson left us too.
- I've always loved
these piers on the west side.
I think they're slated
for destruction
and I think
that's a terrible thing.
- There is what you will
and there is what
the earth will not give you.
Time is indifferent to us
and so is the earth.
When we want to stay,
the earth says no.
Time says no.
I beg and plead at the foot
of every presence I ever knew.
But time says no.
I beg, but the earth says no.
You must move.
You must move now.
You have to go forward
and not look back.
To all the friends I've known
and to all those to come,
I miss you and always will.
And I've loved you so much.
In a few years,
there's gonna be a casino here.
There's gonna be
a shopping complex
and a hundred more condos,
maybe a new park.
Time is ours,
but only for a second.
The earth laughs and cries,
but I dance in the face of it.
Whatever happens to me,
it'll always be
one more year without you,
then five and then seven.
Until it's as
if we hadn't't met at all.
As if we hadn't been at all.
And instead of a return,
instead of an ending,
we all become every corner,
every sound,
scent, sight,
every joy
that takes us back to the way
things were not
supposed to be.
And I dance
in the face of it.
When I'm old, I'll leave
all my sadness here
and take all the joy with me
for the rest of my days.
I'll come out into
the sun in my own time.
Fall into the water
in my own time.
And dive into the deep,
come up for air
and come back out
to dry in my own time.
Grace to the
dude that ripped me off.
Grace to his daughter.
Grace to the kids
across the street.
Grace to the woman,
the next door neighbor.
Grace to the girl
that sings on the train.
And Grace to me.
Grace to my friends
and the way I remember them.
Grace to my friends,
and Grace to the
way I remember them.
Grace.
I confide to the earth
a question,
Spirit.
Could this be happening
to everyone in all places?
Yes.
I am one.
[roller coaster roars]
[screams]
One of unending
and endless ones.
One.
One.
[gentle music builds]
One.
Unending in endless ones.
And the secret word is...
[music builds]
[crowd chatters]
[music continues]
[dreamy music]
[footsteps on boardwalk]
[wheel squeaks]
[gentle waves]
[electronic music]
[waves crash]
[man sings in foreign language]
[radio static]
[calming classical]
[waves crash]
(man on radio)
I love Coney Island.
It's my second home.
The entire boardwalk I roam.
(Dakota) And what do I
have to do with anything?
The Lenape were here first.
(in Spanish) Los Lenape
estaban aqu primero.
They called it Narrioch,
Land Without Shadows.
[boat horn]
Coney Island used to be
an island,
but men changed that.
Today it means nothing.
Ships from the Middle Passage
landed here.
A lot of nightmares
started here.
Here.
[gentle clarinet]
[distant screams]
In 1849, Herman Melville
wrote Moby Dick.
Here.
[waves crash]
Here.
The past is close,
tucked away underneath
and beside and forgotten.
[dreamy music]
This is the way
to Coney Island.
This is what
it looked like in 1987.
When I was 14,
we had to do a paper
on a person or
place I wanted to go.
I picked here.
And this person,
I found him on YouTube.
This is Nelson Sullivan,
and this is his video diary.
We were just on
the Wonder Wheel
and boy was it fun.
(Dakota) He filmed
everything all the time
when he was alive
and living here.
[screams]
John, are you alright?
That was yesterday
and this is today.
In 100 years,
10 million people
will replace all of us.
But for now, we are here.
Mom, you hung up on me?
I'm not crazy.
I know what I'm doing.
Don't tell me that.
And what about the future?
How old do you think
I'll be in like 2055?
Will I even be alive?
[distant bells]
Beginning to think that
I might not even
last that long.
[train announcer]
I wonder how I'll die.
Heart attack, accident,
car crash,
shooter, cancer...
Everyone dies of cancer.
My imaginary friend
died of cancer.
I hate it here.
I love it here.
Shit, shit, shit, shit--
I wanna be a kid again.
I just want Saturday
morning surprises
and secret words.
[subway door dings]
Feel like we ain't
Something special
Take my hand
Let's not waste it
You must trust me
Just trust me... me
And the secret word is...
broke.
Would you know
How far love goes
Love goes
Once you feel it
Then you'll know
You know
Thank you all for listening.
My name's Dakota Hill.
I'm a singer,
also a songwriter.
Tips are always appreciated.
And thank you guys so much.
(Dakota narrates)
We're all just time.
Once upon a time.
I read that in
the YouTube comments once.
And the secret word is...
[whoops]
[camera whirs]
[Dakota howls]
[Yuri howls]
[Yuri howls]
[Dakota sings]
Oh shit!
[giggles]
Look at that!
Hey! [echoes]
'ey! [echoes]
Fuck you.
[echoes]
[Dakota howls]
Fuck you.
[echoes]
Whoo!
[wind rustles]
[plastic crinkles]
[tsks]
[plastic crinkles]
[plastic crinkles]
[chews wetly]
[waves crash in distance]
[ocean roars]
[seagulls]
[fence rattles]
[sniffs]
- You're not doing that.
- Yes, I am.
Why are you doing that?
[sighs]
Fucking crazy!
Nah, you're just--
Uh huh.
[laughter]
You're fucking crazy!
[waves crash]
Get back here!
You're gonna get hypothermia!
No!
Stop!
No.
[Yuri speaks Ukrainian]
.
(Dakota)
That's night in Ukrainian?
(Yuri) No, that's day.
(Dakota) What's night?
(Yuri) .
(Dakota) .
(Yuri) .
Dark night.
.
[distant sirens]
[plastic crinkles]
[chews]
Pretty weird.
- Hm?
- It's pretty weird.
You're weird.
My cereal always
goes down first.
[phone vibrates]
[phone thuds]
You're cold.
Why you ignoring
your old lady?
I don't have anything to say.
Not very nice.
You don't know my mom.
[spoon clinks]
How about yours?
Me and my mom?
Mm-hm.
We're tight.
Anytime she calls,
I pick up.
Good for you.
[slurps]
You should definitely
pick up next time.
[slurps]
[subway rattles]
[hip hop muzak]
[radio commercial]
[machine whirs]
[accordian music on radio]
[pallets rattle]
[plates click]
[hip hop music]
[accordion music]
[chill hip hop]
[chuckles]
[footsteps echo]
(Yuri) We all kind of like...
drink, sing.
[music on radio]
Usually around
the campfire or something.
[inhales]
[chill music continues]
Tell me a story from
when you were a kid.
When I was little?
Yeah.
Hm...
What's the first memories
you remember?
[sighs]
[sighs]
[camera whirs]
[children chatter]
[waves roar]
(Dakota) I remember
shaking salt off
my skin after we dried.
The hot sun, strong breeze.
My mom taking me into
the water again and again.
So I wouldn't
be scared of the waves.
She said I'd been in
the ocean since I was born.
But that I became
afraid when I got older.
I remember her carrying me
into the water,
deeper and deeper.
Saying, you don't
have to be afraid of this.
[ocean roars]
[camera clicks]
[distant neighborhood chatter]
[fan whirs]
[traffic]
[Dakota hums]
[camera clicks]
[train horn blares]
Feel like we have
Something special
Take my hand
Let's not waste it
Feel like we have
Something special
Take my hand
Let's not waste it
Would you know
How far love goes
Love goes
Once you feel it
Then you know
You know
Thank you so much.
[subway rumbles]
Appreciate it. Thank you.
[train rattles]
[camera clicks]
[train horn]
[camera whirs]
[siren]
[rain]
[beeping]
[wings flutter]
(reporter) The city's
Animal Control is warning
the public about
multiple coyote sightings
in Central Park.
Last confirmed one was
on 102nd Street
and West Drive
on January 12th.
Officers are telling everyone
that if you see a coyote
don't feed it.
[moans]
[radiator screeches]
Dakota.
Hm?
I can't sleep.
What?
Dakota.
You can't sleep,
so you wake me up?
Mhm.
Lucky me.
Let's go somewhere.
What?
[ship bell tolls]
[lighter clicks]
[exhales]
Do you know what time it is?
It's better when you're high.
Okay.
[Yuri spits]
[blows]
[sighs]
Here.
[sniffs]
My dad, he had a
heart attack last week.
He what?
He um...
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
[groans]
Don't get old.
Okay?
You ready for this?
If you say so.
Come on.
You're gonna have fun,
I promise.
[music builds]
[electronic music]
[giggles]
[clicks tongue rhythmically]
[laughs]
Can't hear anything.
[sings in Russian]
[seagulls]
[music ends]
[players chatter]
You're playing against us.
Watch it. Right there!
[players chatter]
[players laugh]
Rakiti!
Rakiti!
I'm talking to you, bro!
What the fuck was that?
Yo, man.
I'm playing
the fucking game, man.
Well, you're playing
dirty, bro.
Yo, you serious?
Playing dirty, bro.
You should have fucking--
(Dakota) Hey!
[players argue]
What the fuck
is wrong with you, bro?
Calm the fuck down!
Calm down.
Calm down.
Calm down!
Get the fuck out of here.
Bro, watch out, bro.
Yo, you have your girl
fighting for you, bro?
Seriously.
Yo, Rakiti, we watching ya bro.
[indistinct]
Why'd you do that?
He was about to
punch in the face.
I don't need you to do that.
Seriously.
What, so you wanted
to get punched in the face?
Yes, absolutely.
Bombaclat! We watching ya.
Yo, Dakota.
Talk to your boyfriend
and address the issue.
I'm trying.
[haunted house cacophany]
(Dakota) Holy shit, this house
is crazier every year.
[screams]
Ooh, that's scary.
[creepy recorded voice]
[children laugh]
[pensive guitar]
You want a piggyback?
Yeah.
All right.
They're so cute, guys.
Jump on.
Hold this.
Oh, crap.
Look at that one.
Yeah?
Mm-hmm.
Once again, mmm
Once again, mmm
Who's at my window
Someone's at my window
Once again, mmm
Once again, mmm
Who's at my window
Someone's at my window
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
[guitar stops]
What do you think?
Mm, it's really nice.
I like it.
Keep going.
Don't stop.
This part.
[gentle guitar]
I feel your stares
Outside my window yeah
Laying on my pillow yeah
Laying on my pillow yeah
Those cold glares
Outside my window yeah
Outside my window yeah
Someone's at
my window yeah
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Mm-mm
Uh huh?
[guitar continues]
You don't know
I have to leave on Monday.
Maybe for a while.
(Dakota) Of course.
He's your dad.
You have to.
How long?
[silence]
Until he gets better.
I don't want to go.
[exhales]
[sighs]
[deep breaths]
[wind rustles]
[birdsong]
[horse grunts]
[clicking]
Hi, baby.
[shower runs]
In time she'll see
that her and me
Were meant to be together
When days fly past
And they go fast
We will still be together
[water splashing]
And when she's low
I'll always know
We'll always go together
It's easy love,
fits like a glove
From up above together
Here's your big solo, baby.
No.
No, no,
shit no, please.
Come on, try it.
No.
Go, go.
(screeches)
Toooooogeeeeether
[laughing]
[water splashing]
Together
Together
[laughing]
Think I'm better
than you actually.
[laughing]
You get the notes higher.
Just a minute.
[sighs]
You know the heat
is not working, right?
[footsteps]
[oven door creaking]
What is this?
You're gonna
blow us up, Koda.
Nuh-uh.
[sink runs]
Sike.
[laughs]
Give me the remote!
Give me the remote.
[newscaster in background]
[laughter]
Gimme.
Gimme.
Nuh-uh.
Give me the remote.
No.
I said give me the remote.
No.
I wanna watch my game.
Give me the fucking remote.
No.
I'm not playin' with you.
Give it to me.
Never.
Give it to me.
Mm-mm.
Give it.
[kisses]
Hey, come back here!
[footsteps]
No!
No, I'm watching
the soccer game.
No.
No.
[kisses]
[heavy breathing]
[moans]
[panting]
[gasps]
[gasping]
[gas hisses]
[radiator clicks]
[bedside table rattles]
[groans]
[belt jingles]
[distant siren]
[bus rumbles]
[car horn]
[subway whirs]
[traffic]
[sniffs]
(plane announcer)
Your attention please.
Buses, shuttles, and vans
may be boarded
above the center island
in front of this terminal.
[sighs]
Please use the crosswalk
to cross to the center island.
[distant plane roars]
[lighter clicks]
[sniffs]
[wind]
[cars rumble]
[gentle classical music]
[man speaks indistinctly]
[camera whirs]
(Dakota)
What if I'm forgotten?
[birds flutter]
Nelson Sullivan was from
Kershaw, South Carolina.
A gay musician with big dreams
from a small southern town.
He was working on an opera.
And he moved to
New York in the early '70s.
God, it's so pretty out here.
Instead of making music,
he began filming
with a video camera.
I wonder what time it is.
[waves crash]
It's about sunset.
We're at Coney Island.
The beach is beautiful.
Filmed over
1,900 hours of video tape
and 59 rolls of Super 8.
These are things he saw.
These were his friends.
1,900 hours.
59 reels of things
that happened here.
But there was no one
like him around in 1911.
Back in 1911,
the park in Coney Island
used to be called Dreamland.
There was a movie theater,
a lagoon,
a circus,
with bears, elephants, lions,
and a ride
called Hell's Gate.
In 1911, Memorial Day,
Hell's Gate caught fire.
Sea breeze
pulled the flames up.
The fire burned
down the entire park.
Crowds from all over gathered
to see the orange flames
licking the sky.
[hoses hiss]
[uneasy music]
The lion,
his name was Sultan,
got loose.
[roar]
He was on fire.
And scared.
He ran away,
roaring and afraid.
His trainer ordered
the police to shoot.
He fell to the ground.
Police dragged him
onto the street.
[gunshot]
They split his skull open
on Surf Avenue
for people to see.
Now, you can't even imagine.
You can't even believe
that happened here.
110 years ago,
1,900 hours,
59 Super 8 reels.
[dreamy music]
The secret word is...
weird.
[camera whirs]
[upbeat accordion]
[subway rattles]
[flags rustle in wind]
[chill hip hop]
[subway rattles]
[bathwater drips]
[hums]
[toothbrush scrapes]
[pills rattle]
Yuri?
(in deeper voice) What?
No, okay.
(in deeper voice) What?
What?
What's happening?
(in a deeper voice)
I don't know.
I was gonna ask you.
[sighs]
I'm scared.
(in deeper voice)
I'm not scared.
[car honks]
[sighs]
You're not?
You're lying.
(in deeper voice) Yeah.
I always know
when you're lying.
(in deeper voice) Kota.
Kota, get out of your head.
[scoffs]
[sighs]
[train rumbles]
[distant sirens]
[plastic crinkles]
[Christmas muzak]
Dakota!
Come on.
[machine whirs]
[sighs]
Guess who's mad at you?
Oh, thanks.
You're a big help.
[Christmas muzak]
Dakota.
What's going on?
Trains were delayed, London.
Yeah, you're always
fucking late.
Can you slow down please,
so we can have a conversation?
Miss Hill, please.
Okay.
I'm not feeling well.
Right.
I called in yesterday.
Last time
I called in too, so.
Yeah, that's not
my problem.
Do you think I don't
see through
this party girl shit
you're doing?
Wait, are you serious?
You think I'm ducking out
just to party?
Like, wow.
Wow.
Where were you Thanksgiving?
Two people came in
with applications
for seasonal work.
What's that supposed to mean?
Chopping block,
that's gonna happen.
You're heading
to the guillotine, yo.
Come on, now.
[cans rattle]
Shit.
[sighs]
Fuck.
[sighs]
This dude's really
cooking my grits, man.
Like, I don't know, like.
You poor baby.
Are you mocking me?
Mm-hmm, maybe.
Yeah.
I'll be up front if
you need anything, bitch.
Okay, bitch.
[humming]
[Christmas muzak]
[child screams]
[display clatters]
Oh shit. Oh my God.
Wait!
Wait!
[child screams]
Stop! Hey!
[child screams]
Stop it!
[gasps]
Hey! Stop!
Come-- wait, come!
I got her.
I got her,
I got her, thank you.
Okay, sorry,
sorry, I apologize.
Stupid kid.
Can't believe she touched you.
They're at it again!
The city is reporting
more coyote sighings,
but this time,
instead of Central Park,
they're popping up
in the most unusual places.
[loud dance music]
Today, several
New Yorkers thought
they spotted
something furry on 34th Street.
Animal Control says it's rare,
but not impossible
for the animals to wander
beyond their habitat.
[muffled arguing]
[silence]
[sighs]
[phone rings]
[connection dings]
(Yuri) Hey you.
Hey.
(Yuri) Wish I was there.
Yuri, turn up your volume.
How's your dad?
He's fine.
We don't have
to talk about it
if you don't want,
you know, like,
I understand.
Yeah, I know.
Your hair,
it grew half an inch.
[laughs]
Yeah?
Sike, sike.
Maybe it's darker
or something though.
I miss you.
Miss you too.
[train rattles]
Okay, just give me a second,
I have a bunch of them here.
No worries.
I know, I'm gonna have that.
Where's the red nail polish?
Oh no, I'm sick of red.
I have so many reds at home.
But you look so good in red.
Actually, I love this
the best.
It's a little kinky,
I love this.
What do you know about kinky?
Oh, I know about kinky.
I never knew that you knew.
Oh, I know a lot about kinky.
Uh oh.
[laughs]
I do.
I never told you,
but you're my mother.
You never said anything.
You're my mother, so.
I thought we were friends.
We are friends,
but something like that,
I wouldn't tell you.
What do you think of this?
Um... it's nice.
Do you like it?
Do you like this one?
Yeah, I don't like that,
it's ugly.
This is ugly?
Yeah.
Why, I could actually
mix it with this.
I mix everything together.
I'll mix them together.
Thank you, it's very sweet,
it's very nice.
Very nice,
have a merry Christmas.
Oh, you too have
a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year.
Thank you very much,
I'll be back again, thank you.
Okay.
Okay, bye bye.
Supermarket Sweep!
Aisle Two!
(Dakota) Okay, I'm gonna
need a toothbrush,
some shaving cream,
and a purple durag.
Specifically purple?
Yeah, it's a head wrap thingy.
I know what a durag is. Dude.
(man) Hey, is London around?
He's in back.
(London over walkie-talkie)
Ladies, what the fuck?"
Oh shit, fuck.
[Dakota hums]
[Christmas muzak]
[muffled customers chatter]
[customers murmur]
[exhales]
I don't know, I'm like,
if I don't get it in,
it's honestly
for the best, you know?
It's a bunch of fucking debt.
It's a big scam anyway.
Debt till you die!
Sorry.
[laughs]
Fucking weird.
You're looking at me
just like my mom.
Get some spicy patty.
- Here, eat it.
- Mm-mm!
It's really spicy.
Yeah, youse a spicy bitch now.
Youse a spicy bitch.
Youse a spicy bitch.
Youse a spicy bitch.
[laughs]
[kiss]
Exactly.
Okay.
I just wanna be
like a functioning bitch.
I don't wanna
be a college bitch.
But you're gonna be
both of those.
Okay, so what about you?
At the same time.
Oh me?
I'll sneak in your classes.
I'll be
the freeloading bitch.
Okay, sure.
Mhm.
I have other plans.
Yeah.
What kind of plans?
Whoopty.
I'm fucking--
[laughs]
Whoopty.
Okay.
I'm in DR, it's a movie.
[laughs]
All right, well.
Love you.
I love you.
Okay.
I'll see you.
Love you.
Text me when you get home.
Spicy bitch.
Spicy bitch!
[laughs]
[crunches]
[sighs]
[hums]
[sniffs]
[lights buzz]
[Dakota hums]
[clarinet music]
[keys jingle]
[door clicks]
[music fades]
Yo.
Anyone home?
[oven door squeaks]
[zipper]
(mimicking Yuri) Girl,
you gonna blow us up.
You gonna blow us up.
[sniffs]
[sighs]
[loud muffled arguing]
[paper rustles]
[chews]
[fabric rustles]
[box rustles]
[paper crinkles]
[waves crash]
(Dakota) Hey.
Hey, Stella.
Hey.
What's up?
You dragged me
all the way out here.
[laughs]
I did, I did.
This is better
when you're high.
What's better?
[electronic music]
[laughs]
Okay...
Dakota, what is this?
[sings in Ukrainian]
Okay, I get it, I get it.
You get the vibes, right?
I get the vibes, yeah.
I need like two drinks though.
[upbeat electronic music]
[sings in Ukrainian]
- Beer.
Beers for bitches.
Here you go.
Oh fuck, I'm so high.
Same.
I put in some requests
for when
your little episode's over.
[driving house music]
[silence]
[zipper]
[liquid sloshes]
[chews]
[waves roar]
(Yuri) So what's up?
You said you had
something to say?
I do.
What is it?
I don't know how to start.
Um...
Yeah.
What's up?
Dakota, seriously
what is it?
You're making me
kind of nervous.
I'm trying.
Um...
Wait, can you hear me?
[exhales]
[sighs]
(Yuri) But like,
really like what--
Well...
Where do you
want to go with this, what?
Um...
This is just a--
this is a big deal.
I think I want to keep it.
I mean...
What?
I just...
[clears throat]
[sighs]
I don't know.
I get it.
It's a little stupid, but...
I mean, it's really
fucking stupid.
Yeah, we're stupid.
You're fucking nuts.
This is nuts.
Fucking crazy.
[sighs]
[chuckles]
[distant traffic]
I love you, Kota.
I love you too.
[gentle music builds]
[pensive music]
[deep breathing]
[music continues]
[distant waves]
(Dakota) They say you're not
really a New Yorker
until you lived
here for ten years.
I've only been
here for a little while,
but I feel like
I've been here forever.
Somehow.
Nelson didn't live
in Brooklyn.
He lived at
5 Ninth Avenue
in the Meatpacking District.
(Nelson) Hey baby.
Hey.
He used to take people in.
Here.
He taught them everything
he knew about this place.
The parks, clubs, parties.
[parade music]
Nelson's house
was always full.
[piano]
He was kind.
You know,
I heard that you'll never
find a coyote in Brooklyn.
Coyotes have
been here since the 1930s.
They came from
the Great Lakes Regions
and slowly migrated east.
And made their home here
through the 1970s.
They don't live
in large packs,
just small groups
in Central Park, in Queens
around the airport.
One day I think I saw one.
(Schifrin)
In a European capital,
the full weight
of the Russian military.
What the US calls
the initial phase
of a full-scale invasion
with Russian helicopters
flying low
over residential rooftops
and the outskirts of Kyiv
to seize a military airport.
[explosion]
[camera whirs]
(BBC reporter) Today,
after a day-long pause,
including one from Mariupol,
where tens of
thousands of civilians
still try to escape
the devastation.
But in another
impassioned speech,
President Vladimir Zelensky
said more needs to be done.
[bagels thud]
[muffled TV]
- Hello.
- Hello.
You have reached...
Fuck.
If you would
like to place a request
to find a missing person,
say one.
One.
- I'm sorry.
I didn't understand.
One, one.
- Let's try this again.
If you would
like to place a request
to find a missing person,
say one.
- One.
- I'm sorry.
I could not
process your request.
- One.
[subway rattles]
Honeybuns for a dollar.
Honeybuns for a dollar.
Thank you.
[traffic]
[footsteps]
[footsteps thudding]
[floors creak]
- Hmm.
You're the girl who called?
- Yeah.
- Hi.
Oh.
[clears his throat]
Take a look around.
Good place, it's 'as is'.
[seagulls]
Um...
Water and gas is included.
Laundry is in the basement.
$1.75 for wash,
$1.50 to dry,
and then 25 cents
for an extra five minutes.
So, uh...
what's the reason
for the move?
Just needed a smaller space.
Well, this is a small space,
but perfect for two
if you wanna get inventive,
but--
- You said 700?
- Mm-hmm.
I'll take it.
Good, good.
[bills rustling]
Seven hundred.
Congratulations.
You can pick up the keys...
Right here.
Just make sure
you ask for Jarman.
Jarman.
Mm-hmm.
510 Avenue C?
Yep.
And if you're there
before four,
you should be all good.
Have a good day now.
[subway rattles]
[traffic]
Glad you decided to show up.
They called me in
for your ass.
No, take that shit up,
with Zuri.
- I don't have time for this.
- No, I got this.
No.
- Like, I'm already here.
- Would you like a bag?
It's gonna be $19.11, hon.
Yes, thank you.
[bags rustles]
Dakota, I don't wanna hear it.
I need my shift back, please.
I need to work.
This is your last chance.
Oh, hey, I tried to text you.
I texted you back,
but it didn't send, probably.
Well, I just wanted to
tell you that I'm moving back.
Moving back where?
Back home.
I didn't wanna just disappear
and not tell you anything,
so that's why
I was trying to hang out.
No more college shit?
No, I'm over that.
I'm just gonna go home
and help my mom
with a vintage shop
that she's starting,
and yeah, I don't know,
I'm gonna do that
for the summer.
[sighs]
Oh, wait, here,
let me help you.
- Here.
- No, I got it.
Okay, thanks.
Did I do anything?
No.
[plastic crinkles]
[hip hop muzak]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Yes, I've been trying
all week to get through.
My name is Dakota Hill.
I have my case number.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, no, I don't.
No, that's why
I'm calling you.
I talked to them
two weeks ago.
[car horn honking]
Um...
Somebody said
something about Poland.
I don't know how to
pronounce it, I'm sorry.
K-R-A, yeah.
No.
No, I already did that.
[hip hop muzak]
Hi babe!
Give me one second,
let me grab my stuff.
[kiss]
[mop rustles]
Why you gotta be so ugly?
Resting bitch face.
[bottle clatters]
[box clatters]
Don't judge me.
I'm not judging you,
it's just kinda fucked up.
[plastic rattles]
[spits]
Dude!
[plastic rattles]
Better?
Yeah, I'm going on
my second break.
Be right back.
Did you dump my shit?
Did you see her dump my shit?
Like, why would you do that?
[traffic]
You've never been
in my place
And I never used to mind
[guitar]
Why can I tell
when it's time to go
I don't blame you
for bringing me down
[subway car dings]
[birdsong]
[footsteps]
[knocking]
[door squeaks]
Hi, I'm looking
to pick up the keys
to the apartment 417?
Uh, I'm looking for Jarman.
I don't know a Jarman.
- Look, this is...
- No.
- the address given to me
- Sorry.
to pick up the keys.
Doesn't live here.
Are you sure you have
the right address?
This is my address.
Yeah, 510, right?
It's 510,
but there's no one
by that name here.
[sighs]
Fuck.
Shit.
[subway rattles]
[traffic]
[door rattles]
[sniffs]
[counter door rattles]
[giggles]
Stupid, I can't.
Wait, do it again.
Do it higher,
do your highest kick.
Highest kick, uh!
Okay, yeah, I'm gonna try.
[hip hop muzak]
(customer) How much is it?
(Dakota) $5.95.
(man) Five bucks, huh?
So, we're gonna
take the line.
(Deandre) Mmm...
Dakota, what's good?
Wah Gwaan Dakota?
Long time no see.
It's good.
So, Riri, she's going
full momma life on us.
We never gettin' new music.
Good for her.
How is it?
What do you think?
It's Friday, you know.
Everybody's here.
Let loose a little.
TGIF? How bout you?
How about you, though?
Work.
[plastic rustles]
Work?
On the weekends?
That's what I'm saying.
[register beeps]
I gave you a 20.
I think your counting is shit.
See, now you're short.
Wow, you're shorting
the man right now.
I think you short changed me
a little bit.
Now she's trying to
short change you.
(singing) Short short.
- Nah, look. See?
- I don't like that.
Your change then.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
That was hot stuff.
- Dakota!
Dakota!
Like damn.
Like damn.
Daaaaamn.
Seems like...
that was all for nothing.
Dakota!
Take your stuff and leave.
That's crazy, bro.
I feel bad for her.
[traffic]
[siren]
[footsteps]
[silence]
Attacks continue
from Russian forces
on multiple fronts
in the south and east.
In cities like Kyiv,
it's not so much
about clearing up
as pushing back against
that military aggression.
A new 30-plus billion
dollar proposal
was created
to help Ukraine today
as Congress passed a bill
that would make it
easier to send
weapons to
Ukraine and NATO allies.
[Dakota sings]
Uh, literally.
I'm fucking crazy.
What is this?
I found this on the stoop.
No...
Your parents ever have these?
Like, 90s...
My parents used to have these.
I'm filming a documentary.
This is serious.
About what?
Your life.
My life?
Mmhmm.
I'm super boring.
What about your life?
Let's film you.
No!
[camera whirs]
[camera rewinds]
What flavor is this?
[laughs]
No!
No, I don't.
What?
[rewinds]
At the center of unbearable
heartbreak and pain,
he envisioned his own
family as victims of terror.
He says, "What I feel,
I imagine my family
in one of those homes."
[water drips]
[sighs]
[subway roars]
[muffled trap music]
[muffled hip hop]
[laughs]
Hit me.
[slaps]
[moans]
Yeah.
[subway dings]
This dude is
fucking driving me crazy.
He only comes in during
my shifts for some reason
and grabs me
and always asks me
the same fucking questions.
I just fucking
work here, dude.
I'm just-- to dance
and maybe grab you
a little fucking drink
or something.
Yo.
One day I'm gonna own
the land that fucker lives on.
I'm gonna surcharge
the fuck out of him
and only him.
Want some?
- I'm good.
- Shit, I forgot.
Your alien.
Yeah.
Mmhmm.
You know what
you're gonna name it?
I don't know yet.
Like Rihanna or some shit.
[laughs]
God no.
Or...
Mmhmm.
Madonna.
Wait.
Little Madonna?
[laughs]
You're Little Madonna.
Hmm?
What'd you say?
You're Little Madonna.
I'm Little Madonna?
Thank you.
Are you ready for all that?
[subway rattles]
My mom had me hella young
and we were like
partners in crime
when I wasn't
a pain in the ass.
You're gonna be a
cool fucking mom, I know it.
[heavy electronic music]
[shot glass rattles]
You want another shot?
Hey!
You want another drink?
What's good?
There's the Wonder Wheel.
Wonder Wheel.
What's the Wonder Wheel?
Well...
it's Long Island Iced with cherry.
They put red shit in it.
It turns pink.
You get a little umbrella.
Fun times.
Then you have
the Steeple Chase Sour.
Those all sound like shit.
Like shit, huh?
Yeah.
What's really good?
It's on me.
[laughs]
Here.
Oh my God...
[moaning]
Oh yeah.
[muffled rap music]
Oh yeah. Are you?
What do you think?
Like it?
[moans]
[slaps]
[gasps]
[panting]
[gasps]
Seven hundred.
What?
[slaps]
Five hundred.
Seven hundred.
Seven... you bitch.
[thuds]
Now pull it out.
Your phone. Pull it out.
Venmo.
Kota.
Dot 86.
Kota...
No.
No.
No, no, no.
With a period in the middle.
Kota... 86
I said period, bitch.
Type it.
Period.
[gasps]
Useless.
You wanna suck me...
Suck me.
Fuck me.
Kota. Dot.
[muffled music continues]
You fucking bitch.
You fucking bitch.
I know you.
I know you!
No. Don't, no.
Get--
- Get off me.
- What a fucking cunt.
- Get off me.
- You fucking cunt.
[yells]
You want $700 dollars?
Kota, come on...
[glass shatters]
[cries]
[gasps in pain]
Fucking bitch!
[cries]
[coughs]
[electronic music]
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Get her.
Give me my money, bitch!
Give me my money!
Hey, hey, hey!
Get her away from me!
Get--
Give me my fucking money back!
Give me my fucking money back!
He took my fucking money!
Give me my fucking money back!
[yelling]
Stop!
He fucking scammed me!
Stop!
He fucking scammed me!
Calm down!
Calm down!
Stop!
Chill out.
Please?
Can you look at me?
Yo.
Are you okay?
You need to go home
and take care of yourself.
Okay?
[carnival music]
[subway rumbles]
[distant traffic]
[car horn beeps]
Skirt!
Yo!
[women yelling]
Why would you do that?
What's going on over there?!
- Hello?
- Oh she's embarrassed!
Can she hear me?
Are you fucking deaf?
Like stand the fuck up!
- Yeah, stand up!
- She deaf!
Yeah, keep looking, pussy!
- I know you're hiding!
- I'm trying to talk to you!
Stand the fuck up!
Fuck up!
Yo Dakota!
Did you not hear me?
[overlapping voices]
Where's the money?
- We know you got it, bro.
- You owe us!
[thuds]
- I'll beat your fucking ass!
You know
what's wrong with you!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- You know! You know!
- Bitch!
You a bitch, huh? Huh?!
You a bitch, huh?
- We know you have it!
- We know you got it!
- Fucking bitch!
- You fucking owe me!
- You're a fucking bitch!
- The fuck is wrong with you!
What's in the bag then?
You got an empty bag?
You walk around
with an empty bag?
- Gimme, gimme!
- Hello!?
You owe me
my fucking money, you bitch!
Don't act like you don't know
why this is happening.
You want your fucking money?!
You want your fucking money?!
Take your fucking money!
Leave me the fuck alone!
Calm down!
Leave me the fuck alone!
You leave me the fuck alone!
Leave me the fuck alone!
Call someone
you fucking crazy bitch!
Take your fucking money!
There's nobody!
There's fucking nobody!
There's nobody!
Why don't you go
call somebody
you crazy bitch!
[subway clatters]
[liquid drips]
[Dakota moans]
Oh fuck!
[sobs]
[gasps]
[moans]
[hissing breaths]
[sobs]
[panting]
[sobs]
[silence]
[distorted sobbing]
[unsettling distortion]
(Dakota) Yes.
I saw a coyote once.
Here.
It circled around me.
Out from the leaves.
The broken branches.
Behind the trashcans
out of the foggy park.
Beneath the bridge
and into the park wood.
Here.
At first, it was kind.
But one day,
it showed me its teeth.
Hungry.
Licking and bloody.
[screams]
Here.
I called 311.
But they didn't believe me.
I called...
But no one believed me.
[sound distorts]
And the secret word is...
[electronic moaning]
[underwater muffles]
[camera whirs]
[children's band plays]
[accordion music]
[crowd murmurs]
[camera whirs]
Get ready to go
to Coney Island in the morning
for the Summer Solstice
and the Opening
of the Atlantic Ocean.
[camera whirs]
[chill hip hop music]
[music fades]
[scoop clicks]
(in Spanish) Ya, mire.
Gracias!
Cunto?
Cuatro.
Cuatro.
Ya, mire.
Gracias!
Gracias!
[kids yell]
[water splashes]
[distant kids scream]
Baby ain't got no cash
He goes to pull it back
Try had to make it right
Still he ain't gotta dime
He's just gotta
pay the bills
Pay the bills
Pay the bills
Pay the bills
(woman) I got wings to fly
[woman sings]
I'm alive
I'm alive
When you call on me
When I need--
[loud electronic music]
[grooving dance music]
You can't be doing that
over here man, you get me?
- Right, right.
[music fades]
[waves]
[shower runs]
[Dakota hums]
[water drips]
[chair scrapes]
Hey, what's up?
You said $50?
Yep.
Thank you.
[subway rattles]
[subway announcer]
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
You shot me with
your love ray gun
And you cut it
When the love wasn't gone
You surely know
we both hit a wall
But are we capable
to make that fall
You say
Fuck you
I say
You too
You say
I am gone
I say
Come home
What are you gonna do
What are you gonna say
You leave me so confused
Love you anyways
Love you anyways
Hey
Love you anyways
Love you anyways
Love you anyways
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Go and cry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
Tears they dry girl
[fan whirs]
[footsteps]
[muffled hip hop]
Hey, do you mind?
[music lowers]
[fan whirs]
[laughs]
What's up trouble maker?
You going to school?
No? Does Mom know?
Oh my God.
Can you please
text me this? [laughs]
Why are you being so silly?
I promise you
he's not a creep.
And I think I might actually
like him a little bit.
And I know I just met.
[kids chatter]
[jump rope taps]
[traffic]
[traffic and car horns]
[fan whirs]
[knocking]
Hey. Do you want some?
They're gonna go bad
if I don't eat them.
Guess.
And we have a winner!
It's so good. Try it.
Mmm. [laughs]
Out of ten?
Zero.
Zero? Well, take
another bite then.
It's prickly. Just like you.
[laughs]
[laughs]
There's something
wrong with you. I swear.
You know my mom?
She has two birds.
A yellow one and a green one.
And then one night,
the green one flew away.
It got kinky with the
whole neighborhood of birds.
And then I come out
and I look up
and there are
green birds everywhere.
[laughs]
And I was like,
mom, what the fuck?
Yeah.
That happened
in my neighborhood too.
Where?
In DR.
I was born there.
You were a cute baby, huh?
[laughs]
No, just prickly.
Cute prickly baby.
Aww.
When was the last time
you were home?
Like home
or like home, home?
Like home, home, girl.
[sighs]
I haven't been
home since I was little.
I had sort of...
I had two sort of homes.
My mom's part Haitian.
My dad's Dominican.
So I'm a part of
both sides of the island.
Daddy, look at my hair.
I moved from DR.
when I was six.
It took me a long time
to get used to the cold upstate.
The snow.
I was homesick
for a long time.
[Mom speaks Spanish]
Back home it was always warm.
My dad used to have
these big cookouts.
All my cousins
and neighbors,
friends would come over.
We used to party from noon
deep into the night.
Everyone would start dancing.
[music]
My mom and dad
had this one song
they always used to dance to.
[dance music]
[click]
Same old song.
It's so corny
but yeah, it's like
just one of
the things I remember.
That's not corny.
As a kid.
It's quite romantic.
What was his name?
Oh, his name's Yuri.
I'm sorry.
[sighs]
I'm very sorry.
We should go do something.
Like what?
Are you serious?
It's summertime.
It's New York.
We should go do something.
We should go have fun.
I don't know.
Do you have any friends?
Where are your friends?
[somber clarinet]
Ow!
[laughter]
[giggling]
[waves crashing]
[clarinet continues]
[bus rumbles]
[train horn]
[music ends]
[ATV revs]
Hey Mamas!
Oh my gosh.
I missed you.
I know.
All right.
[purrs]
[knocking]
[door clicks]
Is Mom home?
[door creaks]
[fridge door thunks]
[fridge door thunks]
[dishes clatter]
[washer whirs]
(Dakota) You were mad at me.
(mom) I was.
Are you still?
[laughs]
Is that a trick question?
Thought you were serious.
[laughs]
Girl, you never
took me seriously.
Not a day in your life.
And lives are restored.
The woman in Houston, Texas,
healed of kidney disease
and set free
from a dialysis machine
she was on for over a year.
And the woman
in Orlando, Florida,
who was healed
of multiple sclerosis
after she anointed herself
with the miracle spring water.
Millions of dollars
of miracle money
was also divinely transferred
to the body of Christ
[coyote howls]
through the use
of miracle spring water.
She said, "I went from in debt
to a multi-million
dollar construction business."
[crunching footsteps]
[leaves rustle]
[howls]
[coyotes howl]
[barks]
[meows]
[footsteps]
[record player clicking]
[static]
[upbeat music]
Listen
Listen
To my song
Listen
Listen
And I'll to talk to you
Ahh
I want your love
Ahh
Oh I want your love
This child of God
Isa calling you
I'm a child of God
And I'm calling you
[laughs]
When I wake baby,
I ain't lie about it baby
I call your name
I ain't lie about that baby
baby, ooooooo
and another thing I -
I feel the pain
Touching you, ooooo
Hey. Imma raise
my hand now, baby
Because you been
so good to me
And I love youuuuuuuuuu
Ahh
I love you, oh baby
It may seem strange to you
It sure ain't strange to me
Baby won't you
help me, love
Baby I love you
[music continues]
[trampoline squeaks]
[music fades]
[trampoline squeaks]
[knocking]
[muffled children chatter]
The world's on fire!
- The world's on fire!
The world's on fire!
- The world's on fire!
The world's on fire!
- The world's on fire!
The world's on fire!
[mother murmurs]
The world's on fire!
[door clicks]
(Dakota) Dear tenant,
we regret to inform you
that this
building has just been sold.
It will be scheduled for
demolition in
the next three months
to make way for a
new mixed use development.
Residents are ordered
to vacate the property
within the next 30 days.
If you have any questions,
please contact the office,
which is open
Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sincerely, Management.
[laughs]
[crowd murmurs]
[distant sirens]
[group chatters]
Hey, Dakota!
- Yes, sir.
Dakota!
What took you so long?
Straight to the action.
Here for the vibes.
Hey!
You gotta meet my friend.
Dakota!
He came by the park there.
That's the one you
was talking about right here.
- Yeah.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
My name is Sha.
This is Ali, you know,
you guys can mingle
introduce y'all selves.
You know, we have a good time.
- Nice to meet you finally.
- Nice to meet you!
You guys look so cute.
- Thank you.
You look so cute too.
I like your necklace.
Appreciate it, thank you.
Cheers to the good people.
- Every time, sir!
Life of more prosperity.
[chill hip hop]
[group murmurs]
Hey, who cut the music?!
What the fuck?
[driving island beat]
[yells]
[men chant]
[music builds]
[music fades]
[gentle music]
The world is so big. What do
I have to do with anything?
I was here.
Damn the chaos,
bless the harmony.
I don't want to be
a collection of sorrows.
Time is indifferent to us
and so is the earth.
Nelson Sullivan
showed the world his life,
parties, wild late nights,
his friends, club kids.
And what he felt
and let us know
what the sky looked like
in 1983, 85, 86.
Here, 1,900 hours
and 59 reels.
In 1989,
Nelson decided to make
his own public access TV show
and quit his job to do so.
He was gonna dedicate
the show to his friend
who had just passed.
- I'm really
going to miss Christina.
There are so few people
who are still gentle and kind
like she was.
- On July 3rd,
Nelson recorded this.
- It's July the 3rd and
it's the last day I'm gonna have
not to be running.
- And on July 4th,
Nelson left us too.
- I've always loved
these piers on the west side.
I think they're slated
for destruction
and I think
that's a terrible thing.
- There is what you will
and there is what
the earth will not give you.
Time is indifferent to us
and so is the earth.
When we want to stay,
the earth says no.
Time says no.
I beg and plead at the foot
of every presence I ever knew.
But time says no.
I beg, but the earth says no.
You must move.
You must move now.
You have to go forward
and not look back.
To all the friends I've known
and to all those to come,
I miss you and always will.
And I've loved you so much.
In a few years,
there's gonna be a casino here.
There's gonna be
a shopping complex
and a hundred more condos,
maybe a new park.
Time is ours,
but only for a second.
The earth laughs and cries,
but I dance in the face of it.
Whatever happens to me,
it'll always be
one more year without you,
then five and then seven.
Until it's as
if we hadn't't met at all.
As if we hadn't been at all.
And instead of a return,
instead of an ending,
we all become every corner,
every sound,
scent, sight,
every joy
that takes us back to the way
things were not
supposed to be.
And I dance
in the face of it.
When I'm old, I'll leave
all my sadness here
and take all the joy with me
for the rest of my days.
I'll come out into
the sun in my own time.
Fall into the water
in my own time.
And dive into the deep,
come up for air
and come back out
to dry in my own time.
Grace to the
dude that ripped me off.
Grace to his daughter.
Grace to the kids
across the street.
Grace to the woman,
the next door neighbor.
Grace to the girl
that sings on the train.
And Grace to me.
Grace to my friends
and the way I remember them.
Grace to my friends,
and Grace to the
way I remember them.
Grace.
I confide to the earth
a question,
Spirit.
Could this be happening
to everyone in all places?
Yes.
I am one.
[roller coaster roars]
[screams]
One of unending
and endless ones.
One.
One.
[gentle music builds]
One.
Unending in endless ones.
And the secret word is...
[music builds]
[crowd chatters]
[music continues]
[dreamy music]
[footsteps on boardwalk]
[wheel squeaks]
[gentle waves]