End of the Spear (2005) - full transcript
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waorani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waorani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.
Adult Steve: SOME PEOPLE SAY
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
OF IRRECONCILABLE
DIFFERENCES.
OTHERS SAY THAT TRUE PEACE,
LASTING PEACE,
CAN'T BE OBTAINED
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY
YET TO CHANGE THE HUMAN HEART.
[ MONKEY CHATTERING ]
I TOOK A JOURNEY ONCE WITH
A WARRIOR NAMED MINCAYANI
DOWN A REMOTE RIVER
DEEP IN THE AMAZON BASIN
OF ECUADOR.
THE EVENTS OF THAT JOURNEY
WILL CHALLENGE
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY.
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT BROUGHT US
TO THE RIVER ON THAT DAY,
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
MINCAYANI AND HIS PEOPLE,
THE WAODANI.
YOU SEE, OUR STORY
WAS SET IN MOTION
BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN.
MINCAYANI WAS JUST A BOY.
MINCAYANI HAD GROWN UP
IN THE RAINFOREST,
LIVING THE SAME WAY
THE WAODANI PEOPLE HAD LIVED
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
THE FIERCENESS OF THE WAODANI
TRIBE WAS LEGENDARY.
MORE THAN HALF
OF ALL THE WAODANI DIED
FROM THE SPEARS
OF OTHER WAODANI.
AND THE CYCLE
OF REVENGE SPEARING
HAD BROUGHT THEM TO THE BRINK
OF EXTINCTION.
[ CHATTERS ]
[ CHATTERING ]
[ ROCK THUDS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
MOIPA!
[ GRUNTS ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ AIR WHOOSHES ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ BABY WAILING ]
[ WAILING STOPS ]
DAYUMAE!
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ ANIMAL CHATTERS ]
[ CREATURE HOWLS ]
[ CALLING ]
DAYUMAE! DAYUMAE!
[ SQUAWKS ]
OHH!
[ CHILD CALLING ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS
IN SPANISH ]
[ MAN LAUGHS ]
[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]
[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]
EVER SINCE I WAS A BOY,
I LOVED MAKING THINGS
WITH MY HANDS.
MOM AND AUNT RACHEL HAVE SAID
THAT DAD AND I WERE
VERY MUCH ALIKE THAT WAY.
I WAS 8 YEARS OLD WHEN WE MADE
A MODEL PLANE TOGETHER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN DAD WAS
FIRST LOOKING FOR THE WAODANI.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
I HAD HEARD THE VIOLENT STORIES
OF THE WAODANI.
EVERYONE NEAR THE JUNGLE DID.
DAD SAID HE SAW THEIR VIOLENCE
AS A TRAP,
LIKE A PRISON THAT
THEY COULDN'T ESCAPE FROM
ON THEIR OWN.
HE WOULD MAKE FLIGHTS
AS OFTEN AS HE COULD
TO TRY TO FIND ONE
OF THEIR SMALL VILLAGES.
THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME I WAS
AFRAID WHEN HE WAS FLYING.
I'M GUESSING MINCAYANI
MUST HAVE BEEN
AROUND 20 YEARS OLD
WHEN HE FIRST SAW
MY FATHER'S PLANE.
IT'S A GUESS BECAUSE
THE WAODANI DON'T MARK TIME.
TO THIS DAY, MINCAYANI DOESN'T
KNOW HIS ACTUAL AGE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ SQUAWKS ]
SHELL, 5-6 HENRY...
South section clear.
ROGER THAT.
All right, I'm going down
for a closer look.
[ NATIVES WHOOPING ]
[ WHOOPING CONTINUES ]
[ WHOOPING STOPS ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZING ]
GIKITA!
[ AIRPLANE WHOOSHES ]
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
C-CONTACT! SECTOR 6!
DO YOU COPY? SHELL?
ROGER THAT.
SHELL -- I SAID CONTACT!
WHOO!
WE FOUND THEM!
NORTH CORNER, SECTOR 6!
MOM?
DO YOU COPY?
SECOND RIVER
SOUTH OF THE CURRARAY!
MOM?
MOM?!
STEVIE-BOY?
[ RADIO TUNING ]
Contact! Sector 6!
Do you copy?
UM [CHUCKLES]
UH, CONTACT, SECTOR 6.
ROGER THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOIN' AROUND.
I SAW ONE.
I KNOW I DID.
[ LEAVES CRUNCHING ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZES ]
[ JAGUAR SNARLS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED
WERE LIKE CHRISTMAS.
OUR HOME WAS KIND OF A BASE
FOR EVERYONE
WHO LIVED IN THE JUNGLE.
[ BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYS ]
DAD WOULD FLY THEM IN AND OUT
OF REMOTE AIRSTRIPS,
BRINGING THEM SUPPLIES.
BUT THOSE MISSIONARIES,
THE FAMILIES THAT CAME
TO OUR HOUSE
TO CELEBRATE
FINDING THE WAODANI,
THEY WERE SPECIAL.
THE ELLIOTS, THE McCULLYS,
THE FLEMINGS,
AND THE YOUDERIANS --
THEY WERE CLOSER TO US
THAN ANY BLOOD FAMILY.
AND THE BUCKET TURNS IN
AN EVEN BIGGER CIRCLE, SO IT --
OF COURSE IT DOES --
DAD, OF COURSE,
WAS ALWAYS FORGING AHEAD.
JIM, JUST WATCH ME.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS WE'RE GONNA LET OUT
SO MUCH LINE
THAT THE DRAG OF THAT LINE
IS GONNA WORK
WITH CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.
SEE THAT?
AND AS I KEEP THE AIRPLANE
IN THAT TIGHT,
CONTINUOUS TURN...
OH, WOW.
LOOK AT THAT. HUH?
THE BUCKET STAYS IN ALMOST
EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT.
IT HARDLY MOVES.
IN THEORY.
IN THEORY.
IN THEORY!
[ CHUCKLES ]
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THEORY IS?
THEORY!
[ CHUCKLES ]
DO YOU BELIEVE ME?
MM-HMM.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS MEANS?
THIS IS IT. WE --
WE'VE MADE CONTACT.
ACTUALLY, NATE, I'VE MADE
SOME CONTACT OF MY OWN.
I'VE BEEN LEARNING SOME
WAODANI PHRASES FROM DAYUMAE.
OH, COME ON, BUDDY,
JUST RELAX.
LOOK, I'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT THIS.
[ SIGHS ]
RACHEL KNOWS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
ABOUT THIS.
DO YOU REALIZE
WHAT THAT MEANS?
IT MEANS IT'S TIME
TO REJOIN THE PLANET.
IT MEANS THAT I CAN SAY,
"SAMBUA JOHN"!
"WHERE'S THE JOHN?"
IN WAODANI!
UNCLE JIM.
[ LAUGHS ]
ONLY UNCLE JIM.
YOU WANT TO TRY THIS,
SON?
SHOULDN'T YOU
TELL RACHEL?
NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE LANGUAGE
BETTER THAN ANY OF US.
BETTY, I TELL MY SISTER,
AND SHE'S GONNA GO
TELL HER SUPERIORS.
NEXT, WE'RE GONNA STILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS IN TWO YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE TWO YEARS,
BETTY.
THE WAODANI
ARE KILLING...
SO MANY PEOPLE.
THE GOVERNMENT'S
UNDER PRESSURE.
THEY'RE GONNA
BRING IN TROOPS.
WE HAVE ONE CHANCE
TO REACH THESE PEOPLE...
NOW -- THIS IS IT.
[ JIM CLAPS HANDS ]
IF NATE'S BUCKET DROP
REALLY WORKS,
HE THINKS HE CAN FIND A PLACE
ON THE RIVER
TO PUT THE PLANE DOWN --
MAYBE A SANDBAR.
HEY! [ LAUGHS ]
WE'LL CALL IT PALM BEACH!
Betty: JIM.
OH, COME ON!
[ IMITATES MONKEY CHATTERING ]
PLAY TARZAN -- SLEEP
IN TREE HOUSE. EAT GRUBS.
[ IMITATES MONKEY
CHATTERING ]
Olive: JIM!
THIS IS NOT A PICNIC.
NO ONE'S EVER MADE CONTACT
WITH THESE PEOPLE
AND LIVED TO TALK
ABOUT IT!
HONEY,
WE'LL HAVE OUR GUNS.
IF IT COMES TO IT,
WE'LL SHOOT IN THE AIR.
THE INDIANS ALWAYS RUN
FROM GUNS.
THEY ALWAYS RUN, OLIVE.
AND WHAT IF THEY
DON'T RUN?
[ TRIBAL DRUMS BEATING ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZING ]
Nate: IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE HOME!
Jim: OH, YEAH!
ARE YOU SURE
THIS'LL WORK?
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THEORY IS?!
I KNOW WHAT IDIOT IS!
LET'S GO!
BUCKET TIME!
COPY THAT! [ CLAPS ]
WHOO!
VAYA CON DIOS!
WHOO! HA HA!
HERE WE GO!
WHOA, STEADY THERE, BOY!
YOU'RE SHAKING
MY BREAKFAST!
DON'T THROW UP
ON THE WAODANI!
PE-A ATA PANUA DAYUMAE!
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!
THE GUYS ARE NEVER
GONNA BELIEVE IT!
THIS IS FANTASTIC!
WHOO! WHOO!
AUNT RACHEL LIVED
IN A REMOTE QUECHUA VILLAGE
THAT BORDERED
WAODANI TERRITORY.
SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLDER
THAN DAD AND HELPED RAISE HIM.
I KNEW DAD WAS PROTECTING HER
BY KEEPING THE WAODANI CONTACT
A SECRET.
I JUST WANTED SOMEONE
TO PROTECT DAD.
[ RADIO TUNING ]
Steve: ILA, ILA,
SHELL CALLING ILA, OVER.
ILA, THIS IS SHELL, OVER.
RACHEL: Stevie!
WHAT A WONDERFUL
SURPRISE!
HOW ARE YOU?
Oh, I'm good, Aunt Rachel.
I'm good.
But I'm preparing
a little surprise for Mom,
and I need some help.
A SURPRISE? SOUNDS GREAT.
FIRE AWAY.
Well,
Mom wanted Dad to speak
at least one line
of native dialect properly,
BUT NOW
HE'S DRIVING HER NUTS.
Hey, don't be so hard
on him.
His Quechua's
not th bad.
NO, NOT QUECHUA.
WAODANI.
WAODANI? WHY?
Well, because he wants to be
able to greet Dayumae...
NEXT TIME SHE COMES.
ALL RIGHT,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?
Something simple, like...
"I'M YOUR FRIEND."
SO, YOU WANT
"I'M YOUR FRIEND" IN WAO?
"Your sincere friend."
WELL, THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
JUST REPEAT THIS
AFTER DAYUMAE.
Hi, Dayumae!
HELLO...
Stevie.
We say, "Bua..."
"BUA..."
"BEA..."
"BEA..."
"UNUMBUA."
"UNUMBUA."
BUA, BEA, ENUMBUA!
BEA BUA.
MOIPA?
[ AIR WHOOSHES, THWACK! ]
[ GRUNTS ]
AAH!
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ COOING ]
AH! OW! [ GRUNTS ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZES ]
[ SQUAWKS ]
AH!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SQUAWKING ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZING ]
OH!
THEY GIVE US SOMETHIN'?
YEAH.
YOU'RE KIDDING ME.
OH! OH!
MUST BE
A VERY SPECIAL BIRD.
HERE WE GO!
WHOO!
[ TRIBAL MUSIC PLAYING ]
UGH!
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
THERE'S SOMETHING
GOING ON DOWN THERE!
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ SLAM! ]
WHOA!
CUT THE LINE, JIM!
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
ANY TIME, BUDDY!
[ LAUGHTER ]
STEVIE-BOY, LUNCH!
HONEY, YOUR DADDY WON'T BE BACK
FOR HOURS!
I'M NOT HUNGRY!
I KNEW WE HAD A SMALL RUNWAY.
I TRIED TO IMAGINE DAD
LANDING ON THE RIVER SANDBAR
HE HAD FOUND
NEAR THE WAODANI VILLAGE.
I TOLD HIM I WISHED
I COULD BE THERE WITH HIM.
HE SAID, "DON'T WORRY.
YOU WILL BE."
COME ON!
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS ]
WHOO!
WHOO! [ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ NATE GRUNTS ]
WANT TO GO TO MAMA?
GO TO MAMA?
LITTLE ROCKS
IN YOUR HAND?
MM!
OH, MY LITTLE GIRL.
BE GOOD, HMM?
[ CHUCKLES ]
SON, YOU KNOW
I CAN LEAVE THAT HERE.
JUST SAY THE WORD.
NO?
GOOD BOY.
GET IT IN THE AIRPLANE.
I GUESS THAT'S IT.
[ NATE GRUNTS ]
[ EXHALES ]
UH...
DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR AWAY
THE SUN IS?
93 MILLION MILES.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S
A FRACTION...
OF HOW MUCH
YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU?
IF THE WAODANI ATTACK,
WILL YOU DEFEND YOURSELF?
WILL YOU USE YOUR GUNS?
SON, WE CAN'T SHOOT
THE WAODANI.
THEY'RE NOT READY
FOR HEAVEN.
WE ARE.
THEN PROMISE ME ONE THING.
JUST ONE.
"ONE THING."
YOU SOUND LIKE
YOUR MOTHER.
IF YOU GET IN A JAM --
A REAL JAM --
THEN PROMISE ME YOU'LL SAY
THESE WORDS TO THEM.
WHAT WORDS?
THEY'RE WAODANI WORDS.
[ Voice breaking ] THEY MEAN,
"I AM YOUR FRIEND.
YOUR SINCERE FRIEND."
"BUA, BEA, ENUMBUA."
BUA...
BEA...
ENUM--
"ENUMBUA."
ENUMBUA.
BUA, BEA, ENUMBUA.
RIGHT?
YEAH.
OKAY.
COME HERE.
GOT EVERYTHING, THEN?
LET'S SEE --
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR --
THAT'S GOOD.
[ CHUCKLES ]
MM.
COME BACK TO ME.
HEY.
ALL RIGHT?
SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.
STEVIE, BE A GOOD BOY.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
I LOVE YOU, DAD!
I LOVE YOU.
[ WOMAN SINGING OPERA
ON TAPE PLAYER ]
[ SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
[ WOMAN SINGING OPERA
ON TAPE PLAYER CONTINUES ]
ROGER, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WITH ALL THIS PREACHING
TO THE JUNGLE,
HOW LONG BEFORE THE MONKEYS
GET SAVED?
YEAH, WELL,
AT LEAST IF THEY DO,
WE'LL KNOW
SOMEONE'S LISTENING.
[ CHATTERING ]
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
GENTLEMEN!
WE GOT COMPANY.
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
ED. MY NAME IS ED.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
MAYBE HER NAME
IS REALLY, REALLY LONG.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ POP! ]
ALL RIGHT,
I...I DON'T...
I DON'T KNOW --
Roger:
HE WANTS SOMETHIN'.
JIM:
Nate! Nate! The gun!
UH...
YEAH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, AIRPLANE, AIRPLANE.
WHOA.
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH, I --
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT?
I GUESS WE'RE GONNA GO
FOR A RIDE.
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ AIRPLANE WHOOSHES ]
NO, NO, NO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
YEAH!
Nate: HEY, JIM!
HE TRIED TO GET OUT
OF THE AIRPLANE
RIGHT ABOVE THE VILLAGE.
THEY SAW HIM.
THEY KNOW WE'RE FRIENDLY.
[ CHEERING ]
THANK YOU. PRAISE GOD!
THANK YOU!
UH, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU GO UP?
UP?
PETE, COME HERE.
Pete: I DON'T KNOW.
UH, I CAN CHECK
MY NOTES.
SHE -- THEY SPEAK SO FAST.
Nate:
I GUESS IT'S SUPPER TIME.
SHE JUST PROPOSED TO YOU,
ROGER.
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
HERE.
DON'T DRINK IT ALL.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO SAY, PETEY?
MISSIONARIES.
WHAT?
OH.
[ MAN LAUGHS ]
[ SPEAKING WAODANI ]
[ YELLING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GROANS ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ YELLING ]
NO!!!
Roger: COME IN, SHELL!
COME IN!
SHELL, COME IN!
COME IN, SHELL!
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
[ GROANS ]
BUA BEA...
...ENUMBUA.
BUE BEA
ENUMBUA.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
[ WEAPON PLUNGES ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
STEVE: 56 Henry?
This is Shell.
56 Henry.
This is Shell.
Dad! This is Steve.
Are you okay?
[ STATIC CRACKLES ]
You missed your call time.
Tell the owner of the parrot
I'm taking good care of it.
And I know it's a loan, okay?
Okay, mom wants to talk now.
So please pick up.
Please, Dad...
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ BIRD CHIRPING ]
[ HELICOPTER ENGINE BUZZES ]
[ EXHALES ]
Marj: RACHEL, IT WAS SO HARD
FOR NATE NOT TO TELL YOU.
SO FAR WE'VE FOUND
FOUR OF 'EM...
[ SOBS ]
...JIM, ROGER, PETE.
WHAT ABOUT ED?
Frank:
THE QUECHUAS TOLD ME
THAT THEY FOUND HIM IN THE WATER
AT THE EDGE OF THE BEACH.
AND BY THE TIME
WE GOT THERE,
THE WATER HAD COME UP
AND HAD CARRIED HIM AWAY.
MARILOU, I WANTED SO BADLY
TO GO GET HIM.
[ Crying ]
THEN THERE'S STILL A CHANCE?
NO, MA'AM.
THE QUECHUAS POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED HIM.
THEY EVEN TOOK HIS WRISTWATCH
TO PROVE IT WAS HIM.
[ SOBBING ]
AND NATE?
WE FOUND NATE...
[ SOBBING ]
...IN THE RIVER
RIGHT NEAR PALM BEACH.
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ SHOUTING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ SCREAMING ]
[ SOBBING ]
[ ARGUING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND
ANYMORE!
I'M NOT ANYBODY'S
FRIEND ANYMORE!
[ ROCK THUMPS ]
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
BUA BEA ENUMBUA,
STEVE SAINT.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
DON'T JUDGE THAT
TOO QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, HURTING THE DOG
WON'T HELP.
COME HERE.
[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
GIMADE.
GIMADE! GIMADE!
MAENGAMO! MAENGAMO!
MAENGAMO!
DAYUMAE, DAYUMAE...
NO, THIS MY FAMILY!
BUT...
MY FAMILY...
KILL YOUR FAMILY.
I'M SORRY.
OH, NO.
[ Crying ] SORRY.
DAYUMAE WAS NEVER THE SAME
AFTER THAT DAY.
IT'S OKAY.
THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
THAT HER FAMILY HAD LIVED IN
HAD COME AROUND
TO CATCH HER AGAIN.
SHE BEGAN TO TALK
ABOUT RETURNING TO HER TRIBE
SO THAT THEY WOULD KNOW
THAT NOT ALL FOREIGNERS KILL.
IT WASN'T VERY LONG
BEFORE HER FAMILY
PROVIDED HER THE OPPORTUNITY.
HER SISTER GIMADE
AND MOTHER AKAWO
WERE STILL LOOKING FOR HER.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
AND NOW THEY WERE
DESPERATE ENOUGH
TO TAKE THEIR CHANCES
WITH THE FOREIGNERS,
JUST AS SHE HAD DONE
YEARS BEFORE.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
[ CLATTER ]
[ DOGS BARKING,
MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ SHOUTING IN SPANISH ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
IF GIMADE AND AKAWO
HAD NOT BEEN WOMEN,
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
SO, DAYUMAE BELIEVED
THAT WOMEN GOING TO HER FAMILY
MIGHT BE SHOWN THE SAME MERCY.
GRACIAS, JUAN.
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
I DON'T LIKE THIS, MOMMY.
IT'S JUST A GAME, HONEY,
TO SEE WHO CAN TOUCH THE MOST.
[ NATIVES HOOTING ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ NATIVES HOOTING ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ CHILDREN LAUGHING ]
MUCHAS GRACIAS, SEÑORS.
[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHING ]
MARJ...
KATHY, AND STEVIE.
BEA BUCA?
[ NATIVES HOOTING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S BOILED PLANTAIN MASH
AND WATER.
OH, I HAVE SO MANY STORIES
ABOUT WHEN I FIRST CAME
TO VISIT AUNT RACHEL
AND THE WAODANI.
LET'S JUST SAY THERE ARE SOME
THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET.
[ PARROT SQUAWKS ]
ACCORDING TO WAODANI TRADITION,
AS MY FATHER'S OLDEST SON,
I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR AVENGING HIS DEATH.
SO AUNT RACHEL WARNED ME
NEVER TO APPEAR TOO INTERESTED
IN THE PARTICULARS.
SHE HERSELF HAD NO IDEA
WHO THE ACTUAL KILLERS WERE.
BUT OF COURSE
I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER.
THAT WAS WHEN
I FIRST SAW MINCAYANI.
I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE
I IRRITATED HIM.
[ MONKEY CHATTERING ]
[ THUD ]
[ CHATTERING ]
[ DRUM BEATS ]
MINGI!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
AENOMENANI!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
ARE WE GOING TO RUN?
NO, STEVIE-BOY.
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
Dayumae: WE NO KILL.
WAENGONGI SAY NO!
YOU NO KILL.
EVEN SPEARING US --
WE NO SPEAR YOU.
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
AENOMENANI VERY ANGRY.
THEY SAY WE...
MAKE FEVER.
THEY DIE.
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
OMPODAE SAY, "NO.
WE LIVE WELL."
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
OMPODAE AND DAWA PLEADED
WITH THEIR FAMILY FOR HOURS.
IN THE END, IT WAS
THE AENOMENANI'S SICKNESS
THAT HELPED TURN THE TIDE.
IN THE DARKNESS
JUST BEFORE DAWN,
THEY BECAME TOO WEAK TO ATTACK.
[ CALLING ]
[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
AKAWO.
SHELL, THIS IS TIWAENO!
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY -- OVER.
FRANK: Tiwaeno, Tiwaeno,
this is Shell.
What's wrong, Rachel?
Over.
KIMO AND DAWA HAVE RETURNED
WITH THE AENOMENANI.
ALL OF THEM. THEY HAVE POLIO.
THEY'RE DYING.
OVER.
Roger.
You'll have to quarantine
the village, Rachel.
[ RADIO STATIC CRACKLES ]
You read?
WE READ YOU, FRANK.
TELL EVERYONE TO PRAY.
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ KIMO SHOUTING
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
WHAT'S HE SHOUTING?
HE'S SAYING, "NO FOOD,
CHILDREN WILL DIE."
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ DRUMS BEATING ]
THE QUARANTINE MEANT WE
COULDN'T LEAVE THE VILLAGE.
NO ONE COULD WALK IN
WITH SUPPLIES.
I FELT TRAPPED IN A PLACE
THAT WASN'T MY HOME.
LITTLE DID I KNOW
THAT MINCAYANI FELT TRAPPED,
AS WELL.
THIS PLACE WAS HIS HOME.
FRANK: How are you
bearing up, Rachel?
THE MONKEYS AND WILD BOAR
SEEM TO HAVE ABANDONED
THIS PART OF THE JUNGLE.
THANKS FOR THE DROP.
OVER.
[ TALKING EXCITEDLY ]
This is all the medicine
we have in Shell.
We're bringing more down
from Quito.
AND WE NEED MORE ADVICE
ON HOW TO KEEP THEM BREATHING.
M-MAYBE YOU COULD TALK
TO DR. WALLY?
I did.
You just got to
keep them moving
on those teeter-totters.
BUT THEIR LUNGS
ARE STILL FILLING.
We'll keep you in food
and medicine
until the quarantine
is lifted.
Tell Marj Marilou says
Little Phil is fine.
We're all praying for you.
[ RADIO STATIC CRACKLES ]
[ TEETER-TOTTER THUDS ]
[ BUZZING ]
Iniwah: BIBANKA...
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SHRIEKS ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
MINCAYANI...
AFTER EIGHT WEEKS,
THE QUARANTINE WAS LIFTED.
MY MOTHER AND SISTER AND I
COULD FINALLY GO HOME.
THE TEETER-TOTTERS HAD STOPPED,
AND WITH THEM,
THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF REVENGE.
THE WAODANI HAD FOUND A REASON
TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY,
AND IN THE END,
THAT SEEMED TO BE WHAT SO MANY
OF THEM WERE WAITING FOR.
I'LL MISS YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'LL JUST MISS
THE MANIOC.
[ NATIVES SINGING ]
I'D LIKE TO SAY GOODBYE
TO MINCAYANI.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO
WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART, STEVIE.
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
AFTER I LEFT MINCAYANI,
I STARTED A NEW LIFE THAT WOULD
TAKE ME TO THE UNITED STATES.
AUNT RACHEL AND I
KEPT IN TOUCH,
AND OCCASIONALLY
I'D VISIT IN THE SUMMERS.
SHE SPENT THE REST OF HER LIFE
WITH THE WAODANI.
I WAS LIVING WITH MY FAMILY
IN FLORIDA
WHEN I GOT THE NEWS
THAT AUNT RACHEL HAD DIED.
IT DIDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE.
WE HAD KNOWN ABOUT HER CANCER.
AND THOUGH SHE CAME FROM
A LARGE FAMILY IN THE STATES,
SHE WANTED TO BE BURIED
WITH THE WAODANI,
WHO SHE CONSIDERED
TO BE FAMILY, AS WELL.
SO MY WIFE, GINNY, AND I
TRAVELED TO ECUADOR
TO HONOR HER REQUEST.
[ HAMMERING ]
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
HOW DO YOU...
WEIGH A LIFE...
...OF FAITH?
ALL MINCAYANI SAID WAS
THERE WAS SOMETHING
I NEEDED TO SEE.
NO OTHER EXPLANATION
WAS OFFERED.
AND SO OUR JOURNEY
THAT HAD SPANNED TWO WORLDS,
BRIDGED THE STONE AGE
AND THE 21st CENTURY,
FINALLY LED US HERE,
DOWN THE LONELY
CURRARAY RIVER.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
IS THIS IT?
IS THIS WHERE --
IS THIS WHERE IT HAPPENED?!
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ GAGGING ]
[ Crying ] WHAT?
WHAT DID HE SEE?!
TELL ME!
[ VOCALIZING CONTINUES ]
WHAT?
[ YELLS ]
[ YELLING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ YELLS ]
[ SOBS ]
[ CRIES ]
[ CRYING ]
MY FATHER LOST HIS LIFE
AT THE END OF THE SPEAR,
AND IT WAS AT THE END
OF THE SPEAR
THAT MINCAYANI AND I
FOUND OURS.
IT'S TRUE THAT MY DAD
AND HIS FOUR FRIENDS
WERE NOT GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE
OF WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN GROW UP.
BUT MINCAYANI IS A GRANDFATHER.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME
IN WAODANI HISTORY
THEY'VE EVER HAD
SO MANY GRANDFATHERS.
HE IS NOT ONLY A GRANDFATHER
TO HIS OWN CHILDREN.
HE'S A GRANDFATHER TO MINE.
MY DAD WOULD'VE LIKED THAT.
THROUGH THE YEARS,
PEOPLE COULD ALWAYS IDENTIFY
WITH OUR LOSS.
BUT THEY COULD NEVER IMAGINE
THE WAY THAT WE WOULD
EXPERIENCE GAIN.
[ TRIBAL MUSIC PLAYS ]
MINCAYE GOT TO COME
TO THE STATES,
AND THAT HAS STARTED
THESE VISITS.
HE SAID, "SOME OF THE FOREIGNERS
ARE SO NICE
"THAT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING,
"YOU JUST STOP BY THEIR HOUSES,
AND YOU GO TO ONE OF THE...
OPENINGS IN THEIR WALLS,"
AND HE SAID,
"THEY JUST OPEN IT FOR YOU,
"AND THEN THEY START
GIVING YOU FOOD,
AND IT'S ALREADY HOT,
AND IT'S ALREADY COOKED."
HE SAID, "I SEE THOSE FOREIGNERS
VERY, VERY WELL."
WHEN MINCAYE CAME BACK
FROM THE STATES THE FIRST TIME,
HE TOLD THE PEOPLE
THAT THE FOREIGNERS
ARE REALLY BIG AND FAT
BECAUSE EVEN
WHEN THEY GO WALKING,
THEY DON'T MOVE THEIR FEET.
THEY JUST GET ON THE TRAIL,
AND THE TRAIL MOVES.
WELL, OMPODAE, HIS WIFE, SAID,
"OH, YOU'RE TALKING WILD."
MINCAYE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"THAT'S WHY ALL
THE FOREIGNERS ARE FAT.
"THEY DON'T WALK,
THEY DON'T CLIMB,
THEY DON'T MAKE GARDENS."
WHEN HE GOT TO THAT ONE,
OMPODAE JUST SAID,
"WELL, HOW ARE THEY
GONNA LIVE, THEN?"
MINCAYE SAID, "THEY HAVE
THESE BIG FOOD HOUSES."
AND HE SAID,
"THERE'S JUST PILES OF FOOD."
"FIRST,
THERE'S THESE YOUNG PEOPLE,
"AND THEY'RE STANDING
AT THE PLACE WHERE YOU GO OUT,
AND YOU SMILE
AS BIG AS YOU CAN."
AND HE SAID, "THEY PRETEND LIKE
THEY'RE NOT SEEING YOU."
HE SAID, "AND THEN
AFTER A LITTLE WHILE,
"THEN THEY LOOK AT YOU
AND THEY SMILE.
"WHEN THEY SMILE -- BOOM --
YOU CAN JUST GO AND TAKE
ALL THE FOOD WITH YOU."
AND I SAID, "WELL,
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT."
SO I JUST TOOK OUT
MY CREDIT CARD AND I SAID,
"FIRST YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM
SOMETHING LIKE THIS."
AND MINCAYE LOOKED
AT ALL OF THEM,
AND HE SMILED AND HE SAID,
"THEY JUST GIVE IT
RIGHT BACK TO YOU."
OMPODAE STARTED GRIPING AT ME.
SHE SAID, "BABAE, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN SENDING MINCAYE BACK HERE?
"HE WAS SO FAT
THAT WHENEVER I'D SAY,
'MINCAYE, GO OUT AND BRING
SOME MEAT BACK FOR ME,'"
SHE SAID, "HE WOULD JUST GO OUT
AND HE'D FIND A TREE,
AND HE'D JUST -- MOH."
* UNDER A NEW SKY
* BEYOND ALL THE FIELDS
* NOTHING FAMILIAR
* BUT A VOICE SPOKEN CLEAR
* SURROUNDED BY STRANGERS
* LIVING WITH THE SAME PAIN
* A NEED TO SURRENDER
* A LOVE TO REGAIN
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* TASTING FREEDOM
* ONCE STOLEN AWAY
* CHASING TOMORROW
* AND CHANGING TODAY
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* IMAGINE A PLACE
THAT'S AWAKENED *
* IMAGINE A MAN
THAT'S BEEN SHAKEN *
* IMAGINE A HOME
THAT'S BEEN SAVED *
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVE-E-E-E-ER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
OF IRRECONCILABLE
DIFFERENCES.
OTHERS SAY THAT TRUE PEACE,
LASTING PEACE,
CAN'T BE OBTAINED
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY
YET TO CHANGE THE HUMAN HEART.
[ MONKEY CHATTERING ]
I TOOK A JOURNEY ONCE WITH
A WARRIOR NAMED MINCAYANI
DOWN A REMOTE RIVER
DEEP IN THE AMAZON BASIN
OF ECUADOR.
THE EVENTS OF THAT JOURNEY
WILL CHALLENGE
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY.
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT BROUGHT US
TO THE RIVER ON THAT DAY,
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
MINCAYANI AND HIS PEOPLE,
THE WAODANI.
YOU SEE, OUR STORY
WAS SET IN MOTION
BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN.
MINCAYANI WAS JUST A BOY.
MINCAYANI HAD GROWN UP
IN THE RAINFOREST,
LIVING THE SAME WAY
THE WAODANI PEOPLE HAD LIVED
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
THE FIERCENESS OF THE WAODANI
TRIBE WAS LEGENDARY.
MORE THAN HALF
OF ALL THE WAODANI DIED
FROM THE SPEARS
OF OTHER WAODANI.
AND THE CYCLE
OF REVENGE SPEARING
HAD BROUGHT THEM TO THE BRINK
OF EXTINCTION.
[ CHATTERS ]
[ CHATTERING ]
[ ROCK THUDS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
MOIPA!
[ GRUNTS ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ AIR WHOOSHES ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ BABY WAILING ]
[ WAILING STOPS ]
DAYUMAE!
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ ANIMAL CHATTERS ]
[ CREATURE HOWLS ]
[ CALLING ]
DAYUMAE! DAYUMAE!
[ SQUAWKS ]
OHH!
[ CHILD CALLING ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS
IN SPANISH ]
[ MAN LAUGHS ]
[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]
[ BIRD SQUAWKS ]
EVER SINCE I WAS A BOY,
I LOVED MAKING THINGS
WITH MY HANDS.
MOM AND AUNT RACHEL HAVE SAID
THAT DAD AND I WERE
VERY MUCH ALIKE THAT WAY.
I WAS 8 YEARS OLD WHEN WE MADE
A MODEL PLANE TOGETHER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN DAD WAS
FIRST LOOKING FOR THE WAODANI.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
I HAD HEARD THE VIOLENT STORIES
OF THE WAODANI.
EVERYONE NEAR THE JUNGLE DID.
DAD SAID HE SAW THEIR VIOLENCE
AS A TRAP,
LIKE A PRISON THAT
THEY COULDN'T ESCAPE FROM
ON THEIR OWN.
HE WOULD MAKE FLIGHTS
AS OFTEN AS HE COULD
TO TRY TO FIND ONE
OF THEIR SMALL VILLAGES.
THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME I WAS
AFRAID WHEN HE WAS FLYING.
I'M GUESSING MINCAYANI
MUST HAVE BEEN
AROUND 20 YEARS OLD
WHEN HE FIRST SAW
MY FATHER'S PLANE.
IT'S A GUESS BECAUSE
THE WAODANI DON'T MARK TIME.
TO THIS DAY, MINCAYANI DOESN'T
KNOW HIS ACTUAL AGE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ SQUAWKS ]
SHELL, 5-6 HENRY...
South section clear.
ROGER THAT.
All right, I'm going down
for a closer look.
[ NATIVES WHOOPING ]
[ WHOOPING CONTINUES ]
[ WHOOPING STOPS ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZING ]
GIKITA!
[ AIRPLANE WHOOSHES ]
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
C-CONTACT! SECTOR 6!
DO YOU COPY? SHELL?
ROGER THAT.
SHELL -- I SAID CONTACT!
WHOO!
WE FOUND THEM!
NORTH CORNER, SECTOR 6!
MOM?
DO YOU COPY?
SECOND RIVER
SOUTH OF THE CURRARAY!
MOM?
MOM?!
STEVIE-BOY?
[ RADIO TUNING ]
Contact! Sector 6!
Do you copy?
UM [CHUCKLES]
UH, CONTACT, SECTOR 6.
ROGER THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOIN' AROUND.
I SAW ONE.
I KNOW I DID.
[ LEAVES CRUNCHING ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZES ]
[ JAGUAR SNARLS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED
WERE LIKE CHRISTMAS.
OUR HOME WAS KIND OF A BASE
FOR EVERYONE
WHO LIVED IN THE JUNGLE.
[ BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYS ]
DAD WOULD FLY THEM IN AND OUT
OF REMOTE AIRSTRIPS,
BRINGING THEM SUPPLIES.
BUT THOSE MISSIONARIES,
THE FAMILIES THAT CAME
TO OUR HOUSE
TO CELEBRATE
FINDING THE WAODANI,
THEY WERE SPECIAL.
THE ELLIOTS, THE McCULLYS,
THE FLEMINGS,
AND THE YOUDERIANS --
THEY WERE CLOSER TO US
THAN ANY BLOOD FAMILY.
AND THE BUCKET TURNS IN
AN EVEN BIGGER CIRCLE, SO IT --
OF COURSE IT DOES --
DAD, OF COURSE,
WAS ALWAYS FORGING AHEAD.
JIM, JUST WATCH ME.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS WE'RE GONNA LET OUT
SO MUCH LINE
THAT THE DRAG OF THAT LINE
IS GONNA WORK
WITH CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.
SEE THAT?
AND AS I KEEP THE AIRPLANE
IN THAT TIGHT,
CONTINUOUS TURN...
OH, WOW.
LOOK AT THAT. HUH?
THE BUCKET STAYS IN ALMOST
EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT.
IT HARDLY MOVES.
IN THEORY.
IN THEORY.
IN THEORY!
[ CHUCKLES ]
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THEORY IS?
THEORY!
[ CHUCKLES ]
DO YOU BELIEVE ME?
MM-HMM.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS MEANS?
THIS IS IT. WE --
WE'VE MADE CONTACT.
ACTUALLY, NATE, I'VE MADE
SOME CONTACT OF MY OWN.
I'VE BEEN LEARNING SOME
WAODANI PHRASES FROM DAYUMAE.
OH, COME ON, BUDDY,
JUST RELAX.
LOOK, I'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT THIS.
[ SIGHS ]
RACHEL KNOWS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
ABOUT THIS.
DO YOU REALIZE
WHAT THAT MEANS?
IT MEANS IT'S TIME
TO REJOIN THE PLANET.
IT MEANS THAT I CAN SAY,
"SAMBUA JOHN"!
"WHERE'S THE JOHN?"
IN WAODANI!
UNCLE JIM.
[ LAUGHS ]
ONLY UNCLE JIM.
YOU WANT TO TRY THIS,
SON?
SHOULDN'T YOU
TELL RACHEL?
NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE LANGUAGE
BETTER THAN ANY OF US.
BETTY, I TELL MY SISTER,
AND SHE'S GONNA GO
TELL HER SUPERIORS.
NEXT, WE'RE GONNA STILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS IN TWO YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE TWO YEARS,
BETTY.
THE WAODANI
ARE KILLING...
SO MANY PEOPLE.
THE GOVERNMENT'S
UNDER PRESSURE.
THEY'RE GONNA
BRING IN TROOPS.
WE HAVE ONE CHANCE
TO REACH THESE PEOPLE...
NOW -- THIS IS IT.
[ JIM CLAPS HANDS ]
IF NATE'S BUCKET DROP
REALLY WORKS,
HE THINKS HE CAN FIND A PLACE
ON THE RIVER
TO PUT THE PLANE DOWN --
MAYBE A SANDBAR.
HEY! [ LAUGHS ]
WE'LL CALL IT PALM BEACH!
Betty: JIM.
OH, COME ON!
[ IMITATES MONKEY CHATTERING ]
PLAY TARZAN -- SLEEP
IN TREE HOUSE. EAT GRUBS.
[ IMITATES MONKEY
CHATTERING ]
Olive: JIM!
THIS IS NOT A PICNIC.
NO ONE'S EVER MADE CONTACT
WITH THESE PEOPLE
AND LIVED TO TALK
ABOUT IT!
HONEY,
WE'LL HAVE OUR GUNS.
IF IT COMES TO IT,
WE'LL SHOOT IN THE AIR.
THE INDIANS ALWAYS RUN
FROM GUNS.
THEY ALWAYS RUN, OLIVE.
AND WHAT IF THEY
DON'T RUN?
[ TRIBAL DRUMS BEATING ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZING ]
Nate: IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE HOME!
Jim: OH, YEAH!
ARE YOU SURE
THIS'LL WORK?
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT THEORY IS?!
I KNOW WHAT IDIOT IS!
LET'S GO!
BUCKET TIME!
COPY THAT! [ CLAPS ]
WHOO!
VAYA CON DIOS!
WHOO! HA HA!
HERE WE GO!
WHOA, STEADY THERE, BOY!
YOU'RE SHAKING
MY BREAKFAST!
DON'T THROW UP
ON THE WAODANI!
PE-A ATA PANUA DAYUMAE!
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!
THE GUYS ARE NEVER
GONNA BELIEVE IT!
THIS IS FANTASTIC!
WHOO! WHOO!
AUNT RACHEL LIVED
IN A REMOTE QUECHUA VILLAGE
THAT BORDERED
WAODANI TERRITORY.
SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLDER
THAN DAD AND HELPED RAISE HIM.
I KNEW DAD WAS PROTECTING HER
BY KEEPING THE WAODANI CONTACT
A SECRET.
I JUST WANTED SOMEONE
TO PROTECT DAD.
[ RADIO TUNING ]
Steve: ILA, ILA,
SHELL CALLING ILA, OVER.
ILA, THIS IS SHELL, OVER.
RACHEL: Stevie!
WHAT A WONDERFUL
SURPRISE!
HOW ARE YOU?
Oh, I'm good, Aunt Rachel.
I'm good.
But I'm preparing
a little surprise for Mom,
and I need some help.
A SURPRISE? SOUNDS GREAT.
FIRE AWAY.
Well,
Mom wanted Dad to speak
at least one line
of native dialect properly,
BUT NOW
HE'S DRIVING HER NUTS.
Hey, don't be so hard
on him.
His Quechua's
not th bad.
NO, NOT QUECHUA.
WAODANI.
WAODANI? WHY?
Well, because he wants to be
able to greet Dayumae...
NEXT TIME SHE COMES.
ALL RIGHT,
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?
Something simple, like...
"I'M YOUR FRIEND."
SO, YOU WANT
"I'M YOUR FRIEND" IN WAO?
"Your sincere friend."
WELL, THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
JUST REPEAT THIS
AFTER DAYUMAE.
Hi, Dayumae!
HELLO...
Stevie.
We say, "Bua..."
"BUA..."
"BEA..."
"BEA..."
"UNUMBUA."
"UNUMBUA."
BUA, BEA, ENUMBUA!
BEA BUA.
MOIPA?
[ AIR WHOOSHES, THWACK! ]
[ GRUNTS ]
AAH!
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ COOING ]
AH! OW! [ GRUNTS ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZES ]
[ SQUAWKS ]
AH!
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SQUAWKING ]
[ AIRPLANE ENGINE BUZZING ]
OH!
THEY GIVE US SOMETHIN'?
YEAH.
YOU'RE KIDDING ME.
OH! OH!
MUST BE
A VERY SPECIAL BIRD.
HERE WE GO!
WHOO!
[ TRIBAL MUSIC PLAYING ]
UGH!
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
THERE'S SOMETHING
GOING ON DOWN THERE!
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ SLAM! ]
WHOA!
CUT THE LINE, JIM!
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
ANY TIME, BUDDY!
[ LAUGHTER ]
STEVIE-BOY, LUNCH!
HONEY, YOUR DADDY WON'T BE BACK
FOR HOURS!
I'M NOT HUNGRY!
I KNEW WE HAD A SMALL RUNWAY.
I TRIED TO IMAGINE DAD
LANDING ON THE RIVER SANDBAR
HE HAD FOUND
NEAR THE WAODANI VILLAGE.
I TOLD HIM I WISHED
I COULD BE THERE WITH HIM.
HE SAID, "DON'T WORRY.
YOU WILL BE."
COME ON!
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS ]
WHOO!
WHOO! [ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ NATE GRUNTS ]
WANT TO GO TO MAMA?
GO TO MAMA?
LITTLE ROCKS
IN YOUR HAND?
MM!
OH, MY LITTLE GIRL.
BE GOOD, HMM?
[ CHUCKLES ]
SON, YOU KNOW
I CAN LEAVE THAT HERE.
JUST SAY THE WORD.
NO?
GOOD BOY.
GET IT IN THE AIRPLANE.
I GUESS THAT'S IT.
[ NATE GRUNTS ]
[ EXHALES ]
UH...
DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR AWAY
THE SUN IS?
93 MILLION MILES.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S
A FRACTION...
OF HOW MUCH
YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU?
IF THE WAODANI ATTACK,
WILL YOU DEFEND YOURSELF?
WILL YOU USE YOUR GUNS?
SON, WE CAN'T SHOOT
THE WAODANI.
THEY'RE NOT READY
FOR HEAVEN.
WE ARE.
THEN PROMISE ME ONE THING.
JUST ONE.
"ONE THING."
YOU SOUND LIKE
YOUR MOTHER.
IF YOU GET IN A JAM --
A REAL JAM --
THEN PROMISE ME YOU'LL SAY
THESE WORDS TO THEM.
WHAT WORDS?
THEY'RE WAODANI WORDS.
[ Voice breaking ] THEY MEAN,
"I AM YOUR FRIEND.
YOUR SINCERE FRIEND."
"BUA, BEA, ENUMBUA."
BUA...
BEA...
ENUM--
"ENUMBUA."
ENUMBUA.
BUA, BEA, ENUMBUA.
RIGHT?
YEAH.
OKAY.
COME HERE.
GOT EVERYTHING, THEN?
LET'S SEE --
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR --
THAT'S GOOD.
[ CHUCKLES ]
MM.
COME BACK TO ME.
HEY.
ALL RIGHT?
SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.
STEVIE, BE A GOOD BOY.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
I LOVE YOU, DAD!
I LOVE YOU.
[ WOMAN SINGING OPERA
ON TAPE PLAYER ]
[ SHOUTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
[ WOMAN SINGING OPERA
ON TAPE PLAYER CONTINUES ]
ROGER, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WITH ALL THIS PREACHING
TO THE JUNGLE,
HOW LONG BEFORE THE MONKEYS
GET SAVED?
YEAH, WELL,
AT LEAST IF THEY DO,
WE'LL KNOW
SOMEONE'S LISTENING.
[ CHATTERING ]
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
GENTLEMEN!
WE GOT COMPANY.
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
ED. MY NAME IS ED.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
MAYBE HER NAME
IS REALLY, REALLY LONG.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ POP! ]
ALL RIGHT,
I...I DON'T...
I DON'T KNOW --
Roger:
HE WANTS SOMETHIN'.
JIM:
Nate! Nate! The gun!
UH...
YEAH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, AIRPLANE, AIRPLANE.
WHOA.
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH, I --
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT?
I GUESS WE'RE GONNA GO
FOR A RIDE.
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ AIRPLANE WHOOSHES ]
NO, NO, NO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
YEAH!
Nate: HEY, JIM!
HE TRIED TO GET OUT
OF THE AIRPLANE
RIGHT ABOVE THE VILLAGE.
THEY SAW HIM.
THEY KNOW WE'RE FRIENDLY.
[ CHEERING ]
THANK YOU. PRAISE GOD!
THANK YOU!
UH, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU GO UP?
UP?
PETE, COME HERE.
Pete: I DON'T KNOW.
UH, I CAN CHECK
MY NOTES.
SHE -- THEY SPEAK SO FAST.
Nate:
I GUESS IT'S SUPPER TIME.
SHE JUST PROPOSED TO YOU,
ROGER.
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
HERE.
DON'T DRINK IT ALL.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO SAY, PETEY?
MISSIONARIES.
WHAT?
OH.
[ MAN LAUGHS ]
[ SPEAKING WAODANI ]
[ YELLING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GROANS ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ YELLING ]
NO!!!
Roger: COME IN, SHELL!
COME IN!
SHELL, COME IN!
COME IN, SHELL!
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
[ GROANS ]
BUA BEA...
...ENUMBUA.
BUE BEA
ENUMBUA.
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
[ WEAPON PLUNGES ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]
STEVE: 56 Henry?
This is Shell.
56 Henry.
This is Shell.
Dad! This is Steve.
Are you okay?
[ STATIC CRACKLES ]
You missed your call time.
Tell the owner of the parrot
I'm taking good care of it.
And I know it's a loan, okay?
Okay, mom wants to talk now.
So please pick up.
Please, Dad...
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ BIRD CHIRPING ]
[ HELICOPTER ENGINE BUZZES ]
[ EXHALES ]
Marj: RACHEL, IT WAS SO HARD
FOR NATE NOT TO TELL YOU.
SO FAR WE'VE FOUND
FOUR OF 'EM...
[ SOBS ]
...JIM, ROGER, PETE.
WHAT ABOUT ED?
Frank:
THE QUECHUAS TOLD ME
THAT THEY FOUND HIM IN THE WATER
AT THE EDGE OF THE BEACH.
AND BY THE TIME
WE GOT THERE,
THE WATER HAD COME UP
AND HAD CARRIED HIM AWAY.
MARILOU, I WANTED SO BADLY
TO GO GET HIM.
[ Crying ]
THEN THERE'S STILL A CHANCE?
NO, MA'AM.
THE QUECHUAS POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED HIM.
THEY EVEN TOOK HIS WRISTWATCH
TO PROVE IT WAS HIM.
[ SOBBING ]
AND NATE?
WE FOUND NATE...
[ SOBBING ]
...IN THE RIVER
RIGHT NEAR PALM BEACH.
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ SHOUTING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ SCREAMING ]
[ SOBBING ]
[ ARGUING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND
ANYMORE!
I'M NOT ANYBODY'S
FRIEND ANYMORE!
[ ROCK THUMPS ]
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
BUA BEA ENUMBUA,
STEVE SAINT.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
DON'T JUDGE THAT
TOO QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, HURTING THE DOG
WON'T HELP.
COME HERE.
[ FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
GIMADE.
GIMADE! GIMADE!
MAENGAMO! MAENGAMO!
MAENGAMO!
DAYUMAE, DAYUMAE...
NO, THIS MY FAMILY!
BUT...
MY FAMILY...
KILL YOUR FAMILY.
I'M SORRY.
OH, NO.
[ Crying ] SORRY.
DAYUMAE WAS NEVER THE SAME
AFTER THAT DAY.
IT'S OKAY.
THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
THAT HER FAMILY HAD LIVED IN
HAD COME AROUND
TO CATCH HER AGAIN.
SHE BEGAN TO TALK
ABOUT RETURNING TO HER TRIBE
SO THAT THEY WOULD KNOW
THAT NOT ALL FOREIGNERS KILL.
IT WASN'T VERY LONG
BEFORE HER FAMILY
PROVIDED HER THE OPPORTUNITY.
HER SISTER GIMADE
AND MOTHER AKAWO
WERE STILL LOOKING FOR HER.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
AND NOW THEY WERE
DESPERATE ENOUGH
TO TAKE THEIR CHANCES
WITH THE FOREIGNERS,
JUST AS SHE HAD DONE
YEARS BEFORE.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
[ CLATTER ]
[ DOGS BARKING,
MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ SHOUTING IN SPANISH ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
[ BARKING CONTINUES ]
IF GIMADE AND AKAWO
HAD NOT BEEN WOMEN,
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
SO, DAYUMAE BELIEVED
THAT WOMEN GOING TO HER FAMILY
MIGHT BE SHOWN THE SAME MERCY.
GRACIAS, JUAN.
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
I DON'T LIKE THIS, MOMMY.
IT'S JUST A GAME, HONEY,
TO SEE WHO CAN TOUCH THE MOST.
[ NATIVES HOOTING ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ NATIVES HOOTING ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ THUNDER CRASHING ]
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ CHILDREN LAUGHING ]
MUCHAS GRACIAS, SEÑORS.
[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHING ]
MARJ...
KATHY, AND STEVIE.
BEA BUCA?
[ NATIVES HOOTING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S BOILED PLANTAIN MASH
AND WATER.
OH, I HAVE SO MANY STORIES
ABOUT WHEN I FIRST CAME
TO VISIT AUNT RACHEL
AND THE WAODANI.
LET'S JUST SAY THERE ARE SOME
THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET.
[ PARROT SQUAWKS ]
ACCORDING TO WAODANI TRADITION,
AS MY FATHER'S OLDEST SON,
I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR AVENGING HIS DEATH.
SO AUNT RACHEL WARNED ME
NEVER TO APPEAR TOO INTERESTED
IN THE PARTICULARS.
SHE HERSELF HAD NO IDEA
WHO THE ACTUAL KILLERS WERE.
BUT OF COURSE
I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER.
THAT WAS WHEN
I FIRST SAW MINCAYANI.
I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE
I IRRITATED HIM.
[ MONKEY CHATTERING ]
[ THUD ]
[ CHATTERING ]
[ DRUM BEATS ]
MINGI!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
AENOMENANI!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
ARE WE GOING TO RUN?
NO, STEVIE-BOY.
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
Dayumae: WE NO KILL.
WAENGONGI SAY NO!
YOU NO KILL.
EVEN SPEARING US --
WE NO SPEAR YOU.
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
AENOMENANI VERY ANGRY.
THEY SAY WE...
MAKE FEVER.
THEY DIE.
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
OMPODAE SAY, "NO.
WE LIVE WELL."
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
OMPODAE AND DAWA PLEADED
WITH THEIR FAMILY FOR HOURS.
IN THE END, IT WAS
THE AENOMENANI'S SICKNESS
THAT HELPED TURN THE TIDE.
IN THE DARKNESS
JUST BEFORE DAWN,
THEY BECAME TOO WEAK TO ATTACK.
[ CALLING ]
[ SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
AKAWO.
SHELL, THIS IS TIWAENO!
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY -- OVER.
FRANK: Tiwaeno, Tiwaeno,
this is Shell.
What's wrong, Rachel?
Over.
KIMO AND DAWA HAVE RETURNED
WITH THE AENOMENANI.
ALL OF THEM. THEY HAVE POLIO.
THEY'RE DYING.
OVER.
Roger.
You'll have to quarantine
the village, Rachel.
[ RADIO STATIC CRACKLES ]
You read?
WE READ YOU, FRANK.
TELL EVERYONE TO PRAY.
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
[ KIMO SHOUTING
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
WHAT'S HE SHOUTING?
HE'S SAYING, "NO FOOD,
CHILDREN WILL DIE."
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ DRUMS BEATING ]
THE QUARANTINE MEANT WE
COULDN'T LEAVE THE VILLAGE.
NO ONE COULD WALK IN
WITH SUPPLIES.
I FELT TRAPPED IN A PLACE
THAT WASN'T MY HOME.
LITTLE DID I KNOW
THAT MINCAYANI FELT TRAPPED,
AS WELL.
THIS PLACE WAS HIS HOME.
FRANK: How are you
bearing up, Rachel?
THE MONKEYS AND WILD BOAR
SEEM TO HAVE ABANDONED
THIS PART OF THE JUNGLE.
THANKS FOR THE DROP.
OVER.
[ TALKING EXCITEDLY ]
This is all the medicine
we have in Shell.
We're bringing more down
from Quito.
AND WE NEED MORE ADVICE
ON HOW TO KEEP THEM BREATHING.
M-MAYBE YOU COULD TALK
TO DR. WALLY?
I did.
You just got to
keep them moving
on those teeter-totters.
BUT THEIR LUNGS
ARE STILL FILLING.
We'll keep you in food
and medicine
until the quarantine
is lifted.
Tell Marj Marilou says
Little Phil is fine.
We're all praying for you.
[ RADIO STATIC CRACKLES ]
[ TEETER-TOTTER THUDS ]
[ BUZZING ]
Iniwah: BIBANKA...
[ LAUGHS ]
[ SHRIEKS ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
MINCAYANI...
AFTER EIGHT WEEKS,
THE QUARANTINE WAS LIFTED.
MY MOTHER AND SISTER AND I
COULD FINALLY GO HOME.
THE TEETER-TOTTERS HAD STOPPED,
AND WITH THEM,
THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF REVENGE.
THE WAODANI HAD FOUND A REASON
TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY,
AND IN THE END,
THAT SEEMED TO BE WHAT SO MANY
OF THEM WERE WAITING FOR.
I'LL MISS YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'LL JUST MISS
THE MANIOC.
[ NATIVES SINGING ]
I'D LIKE TO SAY GOODBYE
TO MINCAYANI.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO
WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART, STEVIE.
[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
AFTER I LEFT MINCAYANI,
I STARTED A NEW LIFE THAT WOULD
TAKE ME TO THE UNITED STATES.
AUNT RACHEL AND I
KEPT IN TOUCH,
AND OCCASIONALLY
I'D VISIT IN THE SUMMERS.
SHE SPENT THE REST OF HER LIFE
WITH THE WAODANI.
I WAS LIVING WITH MY FAMILY
IN FLORIDA
WHEN I GOT THE NEWS
THAT AUNT RACHEL HAD DIED.
IT DIDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE.
WE HAD KNOWN ABOUT HER CANCER.
AND THOUGH SHE CAME FROM
A LARGE FAMILY IN THE STATES,
SHE WANTED TO BE BURIED
WITH THE WAODANI,
WHO SHE CONSIDERED
TO BE FAMILY, AS WELL.
SO MY WIFE, GINNY, AND I
TRAVELED TO ECUADOR
TO HONOR HER REQUEST.
[ HAMMERING ]
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
HOW DO YOU...
WEIGH A LIFE...
...OF FAITH?
ALL MINCAYANI SAID WAS
THERE WAS SOMETHING
I NEEDED TO SEE.
NO OTHER EXPLANATION
WAS OFFERED.
AND SO OUR JOURNEY
THAT HAD SPANNED TWO WORLDS,
BRIDGED THE STONE AGE
AND THE 21st CENTURY,
FINALLY LED US HERE,
DOWN THE LONELY
CURRARAY RIVER.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ WOMAN VOCALIZING ]
IS THIS IT?
IS THIS WHERE --
IS THIS WHERE IT HAPPENED?!
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ GAGGING ]
[ Crying ] WHAT?
WHAT DID HE SEE?!
TELL ME!
[ VOCALIZING CONTINUES ]
WHAT?
[ YELLS ]
[ YELLING ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ YELLS ]
[ SOBS ]
[ CRIES ]
[ CRYING ]
MY FATHER LOST HIS LIFE
AT THE END OF THE SPEAR,
AND IT WAS AT THE END
OF THE SPEAR
THAT MINCAYANI AND I
FOUND OURS.
IT'S TRUE THAT MY DAD
AND HIS FOUR FRIENDS
WERE NOT GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE
OF WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN GROW UP.
BUT MINCAYANI IS A GRANDFATHER.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME
IN WAODANI HISTORY
THEY'VE EVER HAD
SO MANY GRANDFATHERS.
HE IS NOT ONLY A GRANDFATHER
TO HIS OWN CHILDREN.
HE'S A GRANDFATHER TO MINE.
MY DAD WOULD'VE LIKED THAT.
THROUGH THE YEARS,
PEOPLE COULD ALWAYS IDENTIFY
WITH OUR LOSS.
BUT THEY COULD NEVER IMAGINE
THE WAY THAT WE WOULD
EXPERIENCE GAIN.
[ TRIBAL MUSIC PLAYS ]
MINCAYE GOT TO COME
TO THE STATES,
AND THAT HAS STARTED
THESE VISITS.
HE SAID, "SOME OF THE FOREIGNERS
ARE SO NICE
"THAT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING,
"YOU JUST STOP BY THEIR HOUSES,
AND YOU GO TO ONE OF THE...
OPENINGS IN THEIR WALLS,"
AND HE SAID,
"THEY JUST OPEN IT FOR YOU,
"AND THEN THEY START
GIVING YOU FOOD,
AND IT'S ALREADY HOT,
AND IT'S ALREADY COOKED."
HE SAID, "I SEE THOSE FOREIGNERS
VERY, VERY WELL."
WHEN MINCAYE CAME BACK
FROM THE STATES THE FIRST TIME,
HE TOLD THE PEOPLE
THAT THE FOREIGNERS
ARE REALLY BIG AND FAT
BECAUSE EVEN
WHEN THEY GO WALKING,
THEY DON'T MOVE THEIR FEET.
THEY JUST GET ON THE TRAIL,
AND THE TRAIL MOVES.
WELL, OMPODAE, HIS WIFE, SAID,
"OH, YOU'RE TALKING WILD."
MINCAYE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"THAT'S WHY ALL
THE FOREIGNERS ARE FAT.
"THEY DON'T WALK,
THEY DON'T CLIMB,
THEY DON'T MAKE GARDENS."
WHEN HE GOT TO THAT ONE,
OMPODAE JUST SAID,
"WELL, HOW ARE THEY
GONNA LIVE, THEN?"
MINCAYE SAID, "THEY HAVE
THESE BIG FOOD HOUSES."
AND HE SAID,
"THERE'S JUST PILES OF FOOD."
"FIRST,
THERE'S THESE YOUNG PEOPLE,
"AND THEY'RE STANDING
AT THE PLACE WHERE YOU GO OUT,
AND YOU SMILE
AS BIG AS YOU CAN."
AND HE SAID, "THEY PRETEND LIKE
THEY'RE NOT SEEING YOU."
HE SAID, "AND THEN
AFTER A LITTLE WHILE,
"THEN THEY LOOK AT YOU
AND THEY SMILE.
"WHEN THEY SMILE -- BOOM --
YOU CAN JUST GO AND TAKE
ALL THE FOOD WITH YOU."
AND I SAID, "WELL,
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT."
SO I JUST TOOK OUT
MY CREDIT CARD AND I SAID,
"FIRST YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM
SOMETHING LIKE THIS."
AND MINCAYE LOOKED
AT ALL OF THEM,
AND HE SMILED AND HE SAID,
"THEY JUST GIVE IT
RIGHT BACK TO YOU."
OMPODAE STARTED GRIPING AT ME.
SHE SAID, "BABAE, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN SENDING MINCAYE BACK HERE?
"HE WAS SO FAT
THAT WHENEVER I'D SAY,
'MINCAYE, GO OUT AND BRING
SOME MEAT BACK FOR ME,'"
SHE SAID, "HE WOULD JUST GO OUT
AND HE'D FIND A TREE,
AND HE'D JUST -- MOH."
* UNDER A NEW SKY
* BEYOND ALL THE FIELDS
* NOTHING FAMILIAR
* BUT A VOICE SPOKEN CLEAR
* SURROUNDED BY STRANGERS
* LIVING WITH THE SAME PAIN
* A NEED TO SURRENDER
* A LOVE TO REGAIN
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* TASTING FREEDOM
* ONCE STOLEN AWAY
* CHASING TOMORROW
* AND CHANGING TODAY
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* IMAGINE A PLACE
THAT'S AWAKENED *
* IMAGINE A MAN
THAT'S BEEN SHAKEN *
* IMAGINE A HOME
THAT'S BEEN SAVED *
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
INTO ONE NEW LIFE *
* WHAT ONCE WAS LOST,
HOPE HAS FOUND *
* THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY BEGUN
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVE-E-E-E-ER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER
* ALONG THE RIVER