Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) - full transcript
With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.
(WIND BLOWING)
(HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING)
(HORSE NICKERING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(HORSE WHINNYING)
Thing about
breaking a horse is
don't run him out of time,
'cause if you're gonna
just keep on running your horse,
you're gonna break his spirit.
(SNORTING)
Anything that runs wild
got something bad in him.
You want to leave
some of that in there,
'cause they need it
to survive out here.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(INSECTS CHIRRING)
- Ready?
- Yep.
One, two, three, then duck.
(BOXING GLOVES SMACKING)
Remember, you gotta
always protect yourself.
Remember if somebody small,
your size,
you can probably
beat 'em up or whatever,
but if it's somebody
bigger than you,
then I don't know what you're
gonna do, you'd better run.
Hungry!
There's nothing to eat.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE)
(BAG RUSTLING)
Your face.
♪
♪ I'm gonna pop some tags ♪
♪ Only got twenty
dollars in my pocket ♪
♪ I-I-I'm hunting
looking for a come up ♪
Can you fill this
up with vod, too?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
All together, that'll be $25.
♪ Ice on the fringe
is so damn frosty ♪
♪ The people like damn,
that's a cold ass honky ♪
♪ Rolling in hella deep,
headed to the mezzanine ♪
♪ Dressed in all pink except my
gator shoes, those are green ♪
♪ Draped in a leopard mink,
girl standing next to me ♪
♪ Probably shoulda washed this,
smells like R. Kelly's sheets ♪
♪ Piss ♪
♪ But shit, it was 99 cents ♪
♪ Coppin' it, washin' it,
'bout to go and get some compliments ♪
♪ Passing up on those moccasins ♪
♪ someone else
has been walking in ♪
♪ Bummy and grungy, fuck it ♪
♪ I'm stunting and flossing
and saving my money ♪
♪ and I'm hella happy,
that's a bargain, bitch ♪
♪ I'ma take
your grandpa's style, ♪
♪ I'ma take your grandpa's style ♪
I'll take a twelver.
And the rest of your vod.
All right.
Here you go.
♪
(UNINTELLIGIBLE)
- Probably be around again.
- All right.
♪ John Wayne ain't got nothing
on my fringe game, hell no ♪
It's what you are,
you're mean.
Meh!
Can we have two?
One.
Excuse me.
$4.57.
Here you go.
(FLY BUZZING)
Here, we'll use that money.
All right.
You think you could sell me
one of your old cars?
I'm going to LA with my girl.
All I need is a car.
Long drive.
Yeah.
Do you think I could sell
some more for you?
So I could save up
some gas money?
Yeah, you just
have to watch out
for those fuckin'
protesters at Whiteclay.
Yeah, I'll be careful.
Fuckin' sumbitches.
You and Sam should
go chase the horses in.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
Oh, hey.
What's that?
I was taking pictures,
I hope that's okay.
It's all right, just make
me look good, you know?
What's your name?
Johnny Winters.
Nice meeting you.
I'm Angie, I'm with Bill.
Oh yeah, he told me.
(HORSE NICKERS)
All right.
Whoa, whoa.
See you later.
What's up, boys?
- What's up?
- What's up, John?
Who's that chick?
She's Bill's girl.
She's cute. Ain't she a bit
too young for him?
Yeah.
(BELL RINGING)
So you guys have been
in high school for four years,
and all of you
need to be thinking
about what you're going to do.
So I want to
ask you some questions
and I'll start with Jorge.
What do you see yourself doing?
Start a ranch.
How do you make a brace?
Make a brace, you would two
posts, make a Z in the middle.
Okay.
Kevin, don't say nothing.
Ridin' bulls.
Okay, so what three quali-- what
three qualities, uh, do you have
that make you--make you think
that you can do that?
I don't know, I've always--
that's all I've done.
I'm good at doin' it.
I love doin' it.
DJ?
Same, ridin' bulls.
Anybody out here
not a bull rider?
- Yeah?
- A veterinarian.
Veterinarian.
Why do you want
to be a veterinarian?
'Cause I love animals.
You love animals.
It would give me an idea on how
to take care of my animals
when I build a ranch.
Okay.
Is he hungover?
Yeah, he's hungover.
Hey, John.
What are you doin'?
Are you hungover?
Hey, what job would you like
to do when you graduate?
What's your perfect job
when you grow up?
I don't know.
Think of somethin', sir.
Boxer.
Boxing?
You mean like in
a grocery store, box boy?
You want to box groceries
is that what you mean?
No.
No, well what do you mean?
Hit people.
Oh, you want to be a pugilist.
Do you know
what a pugilist is?
No.
Aurelia?
What would you like to be?
A lawyer.
Awesome.
Okay, guys, seriously,
we've had a lot of fun
in high school,
but now you're adults
and you need to seriously think
about what you want to be
and if you want to be
a bull rider, that's awesome.
You want to be a lawyer,
I think that's commendable.
But you need to start
working towards that.
You're ridiculous.
That's funny, though.
Here's the worm in slow motion.
Do a fast worm.
♪
(SIREN WAILING)
There was a really big fire.
Did everything we could
to try to get it out.
The whole house was
just engulfed in flames.
Um, we couldn't get Carl out.
He didn't make it.
I'm really sorry.
I'm still trying to figure out
why Carl didn't wake up.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(WOMAN CRYING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(TRADITIONAL SINGING)
♪ He said goodbye
as the rain fell on her face ♪
♪ Mixed with the tears,
that's when he walked away ♪
♪ Lightning strikes,
thunder rolls ♪
♪ That was his last goodbye ♪
I feel that it's appropriate
for Carl's best friend, Bill,
to come up and make a toast.
(DOG BARKING)
Carl, everybody raise your hand.
One of the best
bull riders around.
And I'd like
to tell you a story.
Went to a rodeo in Oglala.
Carl, he did pretty good
on his bareback.
And he--he winned
the saddle bronc ridin'.
And then he--he come to his
bull, came up, he opened it up
about three jumps,
threw him so hard on the ground
'bout killed him.
Crazy motherfucker said,
"I know what I wanna be.
"I wanna be a bull rider."
And young girl over there,
smilin' at him
and liked the way he rode,
and it was Thecla.
Even though he has 25 kids,
9 different so-called wives,
finally caught him,
and he got married.
I'ma miss that crazy
son of a bitch, you know.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
♪
Is that my dad's jacket?
♪
You know what,
it looks good on you.
♪
So did you take his last name?
Had that last name
ever since I was a kid.
♪
What about you, did you take
his last name or what?
Fuck that, bro.
My stepdad was there
for me my whole life
so I took his last name.
Jorge Iron Bear.
Fuck Jorge Winters.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
So he was pretty close
to your dad?
Our dad, whatever.
The closest, I suppose,
that's just what I hear but...
who knows with that guy.
Well, you know what,
you're lucky, you know?
You're lucky you had him
around as a dad.
We're kind of standing in the
dark with our father, you know,
we didn't really know him
as much as you did.
He liked his drink, I didn't
really care about that much.
Where did you even get
this alcohol from?
Ain't it illegal on this rez?
Swiped it from my old man's
closet, what you think?
I'm not too sure how you guys
get it down this way.
Well, I mean they just took
a vote on Whiteclay.
You know,
if we legalized alcohol,
they wouldn't have a lot more--
If we legalize alcohol,
businesses are gonna boom.
Alcoholic businesses.
What's gonna happen
to the rest of 'em?
They're gonna stay the same.
Every--
The alcohol businesses are gonna
boom, and so is the crime.
What about the younger guys,
the ones that have do deal with
a drunken parent comin' home?
They have to deal
with it either way.
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
(HOWLING)
♪
(CRYING)
♪
Did you hear about dad?
Yeah.
They didn't really
find much of him.
Shit.
You know, I went to the funeral.
How was it?
There was a lot of cowboys.
Jashaun's sad.
For what?
I don't know, I guess
that's kind of weird for her.
As if he was suddenly
back in our lives
now that he's dead.
Ain't that funny.
What's up, bro?
I haven't told 'em
about me moving to LA yet.
Kind of worried
about Jashaun and Mom.
I don't know what
they're gonna--
Don't even worry about it,
just go.
Just get off this rez.
(TV PLAYING IN BACKGROUND)
(SWING CREAKING)
You might have to get
some parts and fix it up.
Take some of the dents out.
Check it out.
Damn, it's a
pretty nice truck.
How much is it worth?
$800.
It used to be your dad's.
He lost it to me
in a horse race.
Try it out, start it up.
(ENGINE STARTING)
What do you think?
Feels good.
Yeah, power steering.
(RADIO CHATTER)
And you're listening to
the KILI radio station, 90.1 FM.
♪
♪ Take a bet on this
four leaf clover ♪
♪ One step and it all
comes tumbling down ♪
♪ Every night like
tomorrow is over ♪
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
I'd like to say a prayer
for, um, my family
and for that--that you helped
me see my own alcoholic ways
and to help me conquer alcohol.
And to help all
our people conquer it.
It's our greatest enemy.
How many of us live
an alcoholic life?
I can raise my hand first.
We as believers
sometime lose
that first love
we have for God.
God doesn't want us
to turn away.
He's gonna get your attention.
He's gonna draw you back
and he's gonna
put you through a fire.
Whatever it takes,
he's gonna put
you through a fire.
He's gonna burn
the impurities out of you.
Johnny is a lot like his father.
He's, um, he's doing
the best he can.
He gets in trouble a lot,
but, you know, he's a good kid.
And, you know, Jashaun,
I just want her to be happy.
And what about Cody,
have you been to visit him?
No.
He doesn't want me
to visit him.
No, um, I haven't--
I haven't seen him
for a long time, actually.
When he was born I
was so happy, you know?
I mean, I felt like here
was this cute little baby
and I was his mama
and I just thought I would
take care of him and all.
But, after a little while,
you know, I mean, it gets hard.
He actually said that he'd
prefer to be in prison
than be in my house.
Yeah.
I don't blame him.
(TRUCK ENGINE RUMBLING)
♪
Go "hee-haw".
Do that.
Hee-haw.
Ow.
Ow.
Ow.
Whoop.
You drop me,
I'll kick you.
No, you won't.
Yeah, I would.
I'm gonna drop you now.
That's not very nice.
Do nice.
- Ready?
- No!
Johnny!
Jashaun!
(JASHAUN SCREECHES)
Echo!
♪
(LAUGHING)
I don't want to do it.
Put your lips on it.
No durr.
Suck in and then blow it out.
- There.
- Good job.
See, it wasn't that hard.
What kind of guy
do you think is cute?
♪
I don't know.
I think your brother's cute.
Ew, really?
Really.
Why?
I don't know,
I just do.
Is there a problem with it?
Yes, that's my brother.
So?
♪ Yo I don't care
when I'm dead ♪
♪ pumping music
with the top low ♪
Hey, what's up, Dakota?
Hi.
Hey, boys.
Hurry up.
When did you get out of jail?
About a week ago.
Nice.
This is Jashaun Winters.
So you're Carl Winters'
daughter, right?
Mm-hm, yeah.
I did a couple tattoos
on him a while back.
That one down on his
side right here that says,
"Rodeo Son of a Bitch."
Did you see it?
Oh, man, them,
you shoulda saw it.
Oh, anyways,
I've figured out my tattoo.
Yeah, what's that?
Like a dead tree
and, like, birds would,
like, come, like, flying off
like this way.
What is that
supposed to represent?
I have no idea,
I just thought it was cool.
Oh, well, how old are you?
I just turned 17,
No, she's 13.
Jashaun, no I'm not.
What? I mean, if you're--
if that's the case,
I'm not gonna even go there.
It'll be fine.
Oh, you're lookin' at--
that's the mini me right there.
As you can see, I'm green.
He has my tats, he has
two tails, he has green.
Hey, can you make Jashaun
a pow wow dress?
Well, you know, I mean,
I've been really busy.
As you can see, I'm kinda
in the progress of some--
What is this?
It's a little blanket I made
for my son in prison
for his birthday.
He's gonna be turnin' one.
I have one,
it's pink and purple.
That's cool.
♪
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Time that we really enjoy
together as a family,
when we can get together
as a family,
is to have dinner together.
You should come to dinner.
What do you like?
I like, um, spaghetti
and meat sauce.
Spaghetti and meat sauce.
I make good spaghetti
and meat sauce.
♪
Did you enjoy your night?
- Mm-hm.
- Mm-hm.
I did too.
How about you, Johnny,
did you enjoy your night?
Oh, come on, it's fun,
we're havin' a fun time.
♪
(DOGS BARKING)
Laundry day?
Yep.
Same old, same old.
That's all you got, man?
- Huh?
- That's all you got?
Yeah.
Shit, my girl likes
the light stuff, bro.
It doesn't matter.
So how was practice?
It's pretty good.
Good, you're supposed
to fight Chris.
Yeah.
We'll see him get your ass--
watch you get your ass kicked.
Fuck, don't say that.
♪
- Smoke it up.
- All right then, check ya later.
Yep.
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
(DOGS BARKING)
What you tryin' to do
around here, Johnny boy?
Just doin' my business.
Your business, huh?
Kind of looks like
you're doing our business.
Where'd you get the booze?
Don't worry about it.
What the fuck did you say, boy?
None of your fucking business.
Hey, misters,
what are you doing over there?
Don't be bringing
that trouble this way.
- Victor!
- Fuck.
You want me to call your mom?
You better get over there,
mama's boy.
Yeah, you're fuckin' lucky,
better fuckin' watch yourself.
(ENGINE STARTING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
♪ For I still love you
with all my heart ♪
♪ And life means nothing
when we're apart ♪
♪ Maybe tomorrow
when comes the dawn ♪
♪ Maybe the dark clouds
will all be gone ♪
♪ (UNINTELLIGIBLE) your neighbors
with all of his wealth ♪
♪ and things that
his money can do ♪
(CAR ENGINE RUMBLING)
♪
Stop that.
Is that what old ladies drink?
No, I'm not an old lady.
I was just kidding.
When I was in LA,
I couldn't stop
thinking about you.
♪
Did you tell your family
we're going together?
No.
But I will... real soon.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
I promise.
When you was in LA,
did you see the ocean?
Yeah, we went to the beach.
(DOOR OPENING)
Jashaun.
Jashaun.
Where'd you go?
Jashaun, I'm talking to you.
Well, I'ma go now,
you little weirdo.
(TRADITIONAL SINGING)
♪
We're gonna walk to Whiteclay
in honor of our women
and our children.
Our women and our children
who say no to alcohol,
who want to raise beautiful,
strong Lakota families.
Stand beside them
and let them know
that we support them
in the struggle
for sobriety for our people,
for all those
who have passed away.
But let's get ready,
we'd like to ask the women
and the children to stay up
front, stay in the middle...
(BOTTLES CLINKING)
- Got it?
- Yeah.
- You got that, too?
- Yeah.
♪ When I close my eyes
in dreams, ♪
♪ I'll kiss you
once again ♪
I think I need a shot.
Did you want one?
Yeah, I'll test one out.
Use this.
Whoa, what the fuck?
Gross. Ew.
Get out of here.
♪ I want you to be mine ♪
♪ I'll just pretend, dear ♪
(BABY CRYING)
Come on.
Monkey, what are you doing?
Are you leaving with Aurelia?
What? No.
Why would you say that?
I heard you two
talking about it.
Are you really leaving me?
Wait!
Wait up, Jashaun!
I hate you!
♪
Watch that jab, John,
move your head.
Move around.
♪
(GLOVES THUDDING)
♪
This is for you, Sam.
♪
I still can't believe
he killed himself.
That time, remember
when everyone started
calling him "Skrappy"
off that one show,
"Skrappy Coco"?
Started calling him that,
he got all pissed off.
He liked Skrappy,
but whenever we'd yell,
"Skrappy Coco", you know,
sure he didn't like
the "Coco" part.
♪
I miss him.
Yeah, I miss him, too.
It seems like
he's still here.
And like, it's, like,
a year already passed
and it don't even seem like...
...nothing didn't go on.
It's too much thinking.
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Third and final round
right here.
You wanna take a drink?
Now number three,
let's hear it
for the boxers.
Round three.
(BELL DINGING)
(POUNDING)
(CHEERING)
Ooh!
(GRUNTING)
Ooh!
One, two, three, four.
You okay?
You okay?
Come on, Johnny boy!
(CHEERING)
Go, Johnny!
Go, Johnny!
Oh!
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
(BELL DINGING)
Get up!
Woo!
(CLAPPING)
Good fight, bro, good one.
Good one, bro.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Travis?
(KNOCKING)
I think someone took your stuff.
What?
I think someone took your stuff.
What?
Oh.
Fuck.
Ah.
I thought I told Agnes
to watch my shit.
I only took a nap
for a second.
Man, that's messed up.
I could help you,
I'm good at math.
I could count.
If you make me
my pow wow dress.
(SIGHS)
♪
I mainly deal with
clothing and art.
I even do a little bit of
interior decorating, painting.
Like, if people don't like
looking at their bare walls,
I'll do something like this
for them, you know?
I got some baby clothes,
some fringes make it
like a little native,
you know?
And I do art like this,
like posters,
oh, this one right here,
"Rez life isn't no joke",
'cause they're all
joking around, smoking,
and the rez isn't
no joke, you know,
but sometimes we look
at it as a joke.
♪
Does it sound
like a deal?
Yeah, it sounds good.
If you could just put
that over there somewhere.
Just, like, the whole
green thing going.
Yeah, just lay it
out like that,
make sure they see
the rez life.
This is all hand-sewn,
handmade,
eight hours a suit.
You will never see clothes
likes this in the world.
My little assistant's
got change.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
♪
♪ When the moonlight
turns the ocean ♪
♪ blue to silver ♪
♪ In my dreams,
if I'll come drifting ♪
I got some old pictures.
This is my husband in blue.
He's a cowboy,
those are the cowboy...
Aurelia
and Aunty Barbara.
That's crazy,
she's so tiny.
Are you okay
that she's leaving?
♪
Yeah, I'm fine.
Are you sure?
Yeah.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
I'm gonna miss
your cooking, Grandma,
especially your frybread.
I'll have to send you
frybread in the mail.
How was the trip?
- It was really good.
- It's a big campus,
you gotta be careful
down there.
Thing about the big college,
you know,
a lot of weirdos out there.
And you're young,
you're beautiful,
it's gonna be a whole
new adventure for you.
You're not gonna have
your brother with you
to protect you.
It'll be...
...weird not having
you guys around
and being out there by myself
for the first time.
It's all right,
I'll be up there.
I'll protect you.
Really?
So, are you going
out there with her?
Aurelia, is there something
you want to tell us?
Johnny's actually
gonna come out
to live in LA with me.
I don't have any room
in my car.
It's all right,
I've got a truck.
I'll follow behind.
Where you gonna live?
She's gonna be
in the dorms.
I'll figure it out.
You gonna work?
Yeah.
Where you gonna work?
Got a plan?
I sure hope
you have a plan.
How's your mom
and your family?
You told them?
I'll be all right for Johnny
to go with her.
He'll be all right.
Thanks, Grandma.
Everybody just eat,
and I'll be all right.
What the hell,
you didn't say anything.
You put me on the spot.
I didn't tell my family yet,
you knew that.
Well, ain't it time
they should know?
You thinkin' what Cat said?
You think it's right?
No.
(GUN CLICKING)
(GUN FIRING)
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Ah.
Hey, what the hell
was that?
Just you wait,
I'm gonna get really good,
just get focused.
Sure.
Try these ones.
Yeah, sure, isn't it
supposed to be your turn?
No, try it out,
I'll show you how to throw.
Just grab that one dart.
Just bend your knee,
making sure one's straight.
And you just grab this.
See where the target is?
Just kind of aim over
just a little bit higher
than that, and toss.
(THUDDING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(WIND BLOWING)
How you doing?
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
I can't.
I can't.
Why?
(SIGHS)
'Kay, one sec.
Be right back.
No, take it off
right here.
Don't look.
(MOANING)
(PANTING)
(LAUGHING)
Woo!
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
All right, let's pack up
and get.
Why do you like
seven so much?
That, there's way
too many reasons,
way too many.
Seven is the most influential
and used number
in the Bible,
and it is our culture's most
sacred and revered number.
Crazy Horse said,
"Everything will all seem
"to have ended at Wounded Knee,
"but it'll all begin again
"with the seventh generation,"
you know?
And that's you.
♪
It's good and straight
like a needle.
Just let me do it.
Right there,
there you go.
Two straight points.
(TATTOO GUN BUZZING)
♪
(GRUNTING)
♪
Ah, just got all wet.
(GIGGLING)
♪
Think I'll pass.
Oh, man, this is a...
Travis, you're gonna
break my bike.
Spray paint it green
and it's me.
Nuh-uh, it's mine.
I'll trade you for
the dress I'm making you.
♪
It's this way.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah, it's right here.
♪
(GIGGLING)
(WINGS FLUTTERING)
(CHAIN CLANGING)
Hey, what are you doing?
It's where it got shot at.
That's why there's
so much blood?
Yeah.
It's the heart.
You wanna take a bite?
(GIGGLING)
That's really romantic.
I'm sure you get
a lot of girls this way.
(LAUGHING)
My first time I went hunting
was pretty good.
Shot, like, two deers
in one day.
You killed them both?
Yeah.
Killed the one
and bring it back here,
then went out again
and shot another.
Shot it in the neck and remember
looking through the scope,
I was like, "Dad,
I shot it in the neck,
"I shot it in the neck."
So you used to go hunting
with your dad a lot?
Nah, just that once.
You know,
it's kind of weird.
Oh, yeah?
I started to miss the fucker
a little bit.
Sorry about that.
Shit, I'm sorry.
♪ I don't care,
I ain't do this for my bitch ♪
♪ I do this for my kids ♪
♪ Don't give a fuck
about what I do ♪
♪ But I know what I did ♪
♪ Who gives a fuck who I am,
who I am with ♪
♪ I don't even care no more,
motherfucker ♪
♪ Where the God
when I'm with ♪
♪ But, no, where's Jesus
when it comes to me ♪
♪ He sayeth, "Jesus,
a goblet is set by me" ♪
♪ The fucking alcoholic void ♪
♪ This is what
we need to ♪
♪ This is what
we're made to ♪
♪ Yeah, man, this is ever
since the 1930s, boy ♪
♪ Since the reservations
came to ♪
♪ Fucking man, this is
fucking War Camp 334 ♪
♪ Before it was known
as Pine Ridge ♪
♪ Fuck it, man,
I know it, man ♪
♪ I got it tatted
on my skin, boy ♪
Travis, I'm ready,
I packed up everything
so I'm ready to go home,
I've been waiting.
Oh, yeah, hey, um, you guys,
this is my little assistant,
she helps me.
I didn't--I forgot
all about you
and I didn't--
I mean, I'm sorry.
'Kay.
So I'm tired so I'm gonna
go home now.
I'm sorry you had to see
this, Jashaun, I'm sorry.
Goodnight.
How come is it
that we never get in trouble
when we smoke but every time
we fucking pick up
this motherfucker,
we somehow, some way,
somewhere, sometime
seem to fuck up.
I never drink in front
of my son, okay?
I always get a babysitter.
I told my son,
take his ass out--
Go fucking spend that shit,
don't talk about it, man.
You know, man,
fuck this guy, man,
he just saw you smoke
weed and shit.
Life's like that, isn't it,
motherfucker, huh?
♪
(UNINTELLIGIBLE SINGING)
♪
All right, hey, hey,
we're gonna
change it up a little bit.
Let me introduce you
to my homeboy (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
♪
(TRADITIONAL SINGING)
♪
♪
What's up?
♪
40-240,
the subject also lives
in that building.
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES)
So who took you
to the party?
My friend.
Your friend?
Him or her,
what's their name?
How old are ya?
I'm turning 12.
Turning 12?
That means you're still 11.
You're hanging out at parties
with bootleggers?
I didn't know
they were bootleggers.
Mm-hm.
How's Johnny?
Is he staying out of trouble?
They said you were the one
who found my dad.
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
Yeah, I was--I was there.
Did you see him die?
Yeah.
♪ Another town,
another show ♪
♪ And another empty bottle ♪
♪ In this motel room ♪
♪
♪ One more promise
has been broken ♪
♪ One more lonely one ♪
♪ Lord, I'm ready to go ♪
♪
Fuck you.
- Get in.
- Let me go, what the fuck?
Fucking, beat that fucking...
Get off me!
Hit him, man, hit him!
Fuck you!
(THUDDING)
That's right, pussy.
Bitch.
(GRUNTING)
Gotta teach that fucker
a lesson.
Get him up.
(GROANING)
The fuck did I say, boy?
Fuck you.
♪
Put some oil
on that motherfucker.
♪
Go, go, go, go!
Let's get the fuck out of here.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(SIREN WAILING)
♪
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
♪
Johnny?
(COUGHS)
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(WATER SPLASHING)
Jashaun, Jashaun!
Travis is gone.
What happened?
They got into it,
and there's beers all over,
they're drinkin' and drinkin'.
And my dad beat up Travis,
Travis beat up my dad,
and they all went to jail.
Ouch.
Ew, gross,
that's nasty.
And the baby covers
sleep right there.
Mm-hm.
♪
Jashaun, look.
Put it back.
♪
I thank you, Lord,
that I'm pleased to be
placed so well,
that you made me free
and so complete
that I'm not a slave
to whistles, clocks, or bells.
♪
Just make me a partner
of the wind and the sun,
and that I don't ask for a life
that's soft and high,
and make me open to the plains
as honest as the horse
between my knees
and as free as the wind
that flows behind the rain,
and guide me down
that long, dim trail
that stretches upwards
towards the great divine.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let's hear it for Carl Winters.
(CHEERING)
♪
Gone but not forgotten,
ladies and gentlemen.
♪
♪ Fell out of bed,
got this ringin' in my head ♪
♪ Seems to happen
most every night ♪
♪ I been twist up, banged up,
holy moly thrashed ♪
♪ by this broncin' life
I do for the prize ♪
♪ I been to Santa Fe, Reno,
Houston, Fresno ♪
♪ No matter, I just go-- ♪
♪
Look who I found.
Hey, what's up?
Hi.
She's by herself.
♪
So, I brought her over.
Yeah.
♪
What's up?
♪
You ever been to a rodeo before?
Mm-mm.
♪
You want to see somethin'?
- Yeah.
- All right, come here.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCER)
Thanks for letting me
use your horse.
Yeah, no problem.
You want to get on?
I don't know.
Come on.
This is Sundance.
He's our dad's favorite horse.
Ready?
Come on.
(WHINNIES)
Easy.
You're okay.
He was a wild one back then.
Our dad was the only one
who could ride him.
He's a lot older
and calmed down now.
Could I try that?
Uh huh.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCER)
It's pretty big.
(HORSE WHINNYING)
I wish I grew up with you.
Dad was never really around
even though I lived
at his house.
Mom, she wasn't really either.
They both just
loved rodeo so much.
They was always traveling.
I don't even remember
the first time I started riding.
Guess I just really wanted
to be close to them,
and the only way to do that
was to get on a bull.
But I'm glad I did.
Now I love it
more than anything.
Now cowboys, are you ready?
Kevin Winters from
Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
Kevin's ridin'
for his father today.
And here we go!
All right!
(CROWD SHOUTING)
Hustle!
Woohoo!
(APPLAUSE)
♪
♪ Reason at
the things I love ♪
♪ I found more reason
for my love ♪
♪
♪ Reason at the things
I love ♪
♪ I found more reason
for my love ♪
♪
♪ Drivin' out of town,
destination written down ♪
♪ Just go ♪
♪ Tires roll with
the changin' season ♪
♪
♪ Chasin' down the scene
of a cowboys dream... ♪
(SIZZLING)
Johnny's doing great,
and he's doin'
a whole lot better actually.
He shouldn't have been
driving that truck anyway.
Hey!
Cody, Cody!
What?
I've been going to church.
I--I've been going a lot.
It really helps.
What helps?
God.
You--you should
let Him help you.
No, that's all right.
Glad you found help, though.
Just don't make God
another man
that you abandoned
your children for.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Still workin' on it.
Yeah.
Okay.
- Hey Johnny.
- Is Aurelia here?
Oh, she had her last day
yesterday.
- Didn't you know?
- Hey, yo, Johnny Winters!
♪
Gonna leave without sayin' hi?
'Sup, my bad, man.
I didn't even see you there.
How you been?
Good.
Yeah, well, I gotta go.
Aw, man, sit down,
brother from another mother.
Come on now, sit down, hey?
♪
(SIGHS)
Here, jalapeño popper?
Lookin' kind of malnourished.
- What, you don't like those?
- No, they're all right, dude,
but you know, me and--
me and spicy food, man.
Six months ago I was
barely eatin' two of 'em.
Now I'm eatin' three of them.
Shit, I think I'm gettin'
kind of a good start on it.
♪
You ain't gotta tell me
who beat you up, bro.
I kinda got a good idea
of who it was, but...
you just gotta stop doing
what you're doing, man.
♪
I don't know what
you're talkin' about, man.
Yeah, I seen you
down at Whiteclay.
I've seen you comin' in
and out of them bars.
Can't really talk about this
right now, bro.
I ain't tryin' to lecture you
or nothin', bro, you know?
I'm just telling you
if you ever need any money,
anything, you know,
my stepdad's got a garage,
you know?
You should come down
and work with me.
That sounds cool, but...
I'ma be leaving
with my girl soon,
right after homecoming.
Oh, right, I forgot about that.
Well...
well, you know, I mean,
any time you're back in town,
you know, give me a holler.
♪
Little too spicy, huh?
No, I can't even taste 'em, bro.
Oh, yeah, right.
Tough guy, tough guy.
(CHUCKLES)
♪
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
♪
(CHEERING)
♪
First and ten
for the Warriors.
♪
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
(SHOUTING)
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
♪
(CHANTING)
♪
(UNINTELLIGIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT)
(APPLAUSE)
♪
(SHOUTING)
(UNINTELLIGIBLE CHANTING)
(TRADITIONAL SINGING
AND CHANTING)
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
(SIGHS)
All right, bye, John.
I'm gonna miss you, bro.
Check you later.
Good luck.
(YELPS)
(WHINING)
♪ But threw it away ♪
♪ for a moment ♪
♪ with the wrong kind of girl ♪
(FLY BUZZING)
Won't be hard to find a job
in LA, right?
♪ I've been tempted ♪
I hope not.
♪ But I'm happy ♪
♪ to say ♪
You think you'll come back
this winter?
♪
I'm not too sure yet.
♪ In my world ♪
Yeah.
♪ You can look out ♪
Maybe we could come
and visit you.
♪ To the bright lights below ♪
♪ You can see it's
a temptatious game ♪
♪
♪ Well, I've looked out
my window ♪
♪ to the bright lights below ♪
(ZIPPING)
Did you know I was born
left handed?
The nuns,
they didn't like it.
So they made me
right handed, right?
It's a sign of evil.
And I really had a hard time
learning how to tie my shoes.
The day I learned
how to tie my shoes,
I was so happy,
and I ran home.
"Mom, I can tie my shoes!"
It smelled like beer
and she just, uh,
looked at me and said,
"Oh".
That was the moment
that I knew
that I had to take care
of my little sister.
I was gonna have to be
the grownup.
And I don't want that for you.
I don't.
I don't.
(CRYING)
I'm sorry.
I love you so much.
(BIRDSONG)
(ANIMAL CALL)
(ECHOES)
Monkey!
(ECHOES)
(HOWLING AND BARKING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Oh, good to see you!
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(LAUGHTER)
(CHILDREN PLAYING IN DISTANCE)
I'm sorry.
(GRUNTS)
(LAUGHING)
You're squeezing me.
You're okay.
- Yeah.
- You're a monkey.
I'm not a monkey.
♪
I think that oil needs a little
bit of checking over there,
and then I'll check this
tire pressure real quick.
- You want to check that oil?
- Where's the oil?
It should be on this side.
- Right up in here.
- I see it.
Right there, yeah.
Oh, shit.
How's she lookin'?
Good.
Watch yourself.
♪
Don't run me over.
Try not to.
♪
(STARTS ENGINE)
Think we've got this goin', Noha.
Winter's comin' along.
Think it was the only
four wheeler we had.
A lot of flies and a lot of
sunflowers this year, so...
when it's like that,
it's gonna be a rough winter.
Yeah.
♪
Hey.
Oh, hey.
I heard about your truck.
S--sorry about that.
Bill told me.
Yeah, it's all right.
I got a job at the garage.
Hopefully I could get
some more money,
get another one.
Yeah.
So, where are you headed to?
♪
Where we live,
the Plains, the Badlands,
things usually look the same.
♪
People are always related.
♪
They got the same old worries
all the time.
♪
It gets really hot sometimes.
(SHOUTING)
You get tired of it, but...
there's just things
you always gotta do.
Woohoo!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Come on, man!
♪
Cheer them on, cheer them on.
(APPLAUSE)
♪
It's always
a hard place to leave.
(BARKING)
'Cause that's all you got
growing up.
♪
My sister Jashaun, she's got
a thing about this place.
♪
She sees things I don't.
♪
She's a good one.
♪
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
♪
(SINGING)
♪
Whenever the storms are comin',
the old timers would
teach us to watch the cloud.
♪
And when the wind is too strong,
we all know to lean into it
so it don't blow us away.
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
♪ Goin' alone
out across this flat ♪
♪
♪ It's my thoughts and I
on this horse's back ♪
♪
♪ Catching on to
talking to myself ♪
♪
♪ Technically this horse
can hear me as well ♪
♪
♪ This place, it seems,
comes with a ball and chain ♪
♪
♪ The problem I see
continues on in blame ♪
♪
♪ Memories keep it
all the same ♪
♪
♪ Dreams amongst the things
that's ready to change ♪
♪
♪ The daylight moon
lingers in the sky ♪
♪
♪ Across the creek
that recently run dry ♪
♪
♪ A faith that seems
to flicker in the rain ♪
♪
♪ Keeps me hangin' on
to certain things ♪
♪
♪ I've weathered all
the greatest storms that came ♪
♪
♪ I've come across a girl
to keep me sane ♪
♪
♪ Somewhere in the wind
that blew this way ♪
♪
♪ Left me out alone ♪
♪ I'm here to stay ♪
♪
♪ Ridin' home out
across these plains ♪
(HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING)
(HORSE NICKERING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(HORSE WHINNYING)
Thing about
breaking a horse is
don't run him out of time,
'cause if you're gonna
just keep on running your horse,
you're gonna break his spirit.
(SNORTING)
Anything that runs wild
got something bad in him.
You want to leave
some of that in there,
'cause they need it
to survive out here.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(INSECTS CHIRRING)
- Ready?
- Yep.
One, two, three, then duck.
(BOXING GLOVES SMACKING)
Remember, you gotta
always protect yourself.
Remember if somebody small,
your size,
you can probably
beat 'em up or whatever,
but if it's somebody
bigger than you,
then I don't know what you're
gonna do, you'd better run.
Hungry!
There's nothing to eat.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE)
(BAG RUSTLING)
Your face.
♪
♪ I'm gonna pop some tags ♪
♪ Only got twenty
dollars in my pocket ♪
♪ I-I-I'm hunting
looking for a come up ♪
Can you fill this
up with vod, too?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
All together, that'll be $25.
♪ Ice on the fringe
is so damn frosty ♪
♪ The people like damn,
that's a cold ass honky ♪
♪ Rolling in hella deep,
headed to the mezzanine ♪
♪ Dressed in all pink except my
gator shoes, those are green ♪
♪ Draped in a leopard mink,
girl standing next to me ♪
♪ Probably shoulda washed this,
smells like R. Kelly's sheets ♪
♪ Piss ♪
♪ But shit, it was 99 cents ♪
♪ Coppin' it, washin' it,
'bout to go and get some compliments ♪
♪ Passing up on those moccasins ♪
♪ someone else
has been walking in ♪
♪ Bummy and grungy, fuck it ♪
♪ I'm stunting and flossing
and saving my money ♪
♪ and I'm hella happy,
that's a bargain, bitch ♪
♪ I'ma take
your grandpa's style, ♪
♪ I'ma take your grandpa's style ♪
I'll take a twelver.
And the rest of your vod.
All right.
Here you go.
♪
(UNINTELLIGIBLE)
- Probably be around again.
- All right.
♪ John Wayne ain't got nothing
on my fringe game, hell no ♪
It's what you are,
you're mean.
Meh!
Can we have two?
One.
Excuse me.
$4.57.
Here you go.
(FLY BUZZING)
Here, we'll use that money.
All right.
You think you could sell me
one of your old cars?
I'm going to LA with my girl.
All I need is a car.
Long drive.
Yeah.
Do you think I could sell
some more for you?
So I could save up
some gas money?
Yeah, you just
have to watch out
for those fuckin'
protesters at Whiteclay.
Yeah, I'll be careful.
Fuckin' sumbitches.
You and Sam should
go chase the horses in.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
Oh, hey.
What's that?
I was taking pictures,
I hope that's okay.
It's all right, just make
me look good, you know?
What's your name?
Johnny Winters.
Nice meeting you.
I'm Angie, I'm with Bill.
Oh yeah, he told me.
(HORSE NICKERS)
All right.
Whoa, whoa.
See you later.
What's up, boys?
- What's up?
- What's up, John?
Who's that chick?
She's Bill's girl.
She's cute. Ain't she a bit
too young for him?
Yeah.
(BELL RINGING)
So you guys have been
in high school for four years,
and all of you
need to be thinking
about what you're going to do.
So I want to
ask you some questions
and I'll start with Jorge.
What do you see yourself doing?
Start a ranch.
How do you make a brace?
Make a brace, you would two
posts, make a Z in the middle.
Okay.
Kevin, don't say nothing.
Ridin' bulls.
Okay, so what three quali-- what
three qualities, uh, do you have
that make you--make you think
that you can do that?
I don't know, I've always--
that's all I've done.
I'm good at doin' it.
I love doin' it.
DJ?
Same, ridin' bulls.
Anybody out here
not a bull rider?
- Yeah?
- A veterinarian.
Veterinarian.
Why do you want
to be a veterinarian?
'Cause I love animals.
You love animals.
It would give me an idea on how
to take care of my animals
when I build a ranch.
Okay.
Is he hungover?
Yeah, he's hungover.
Hey, John.
What are you doin'?
Are you hungover?
Hey, what job would you like
to do when you graduate?
What's your perfect job
when you grow up?
I don't know.
Think of somethin', sir.
Boxer.
Boxing?
You mean like in
a grocery store, box boy?
You want to box groceries
is that what you mean?
No.
No, well what do you mean?
Hit people.
Oh, you want to be a pugilist.
Do you know
what a pugilist is?
No.
Aurelia?
What would you like to be?
A lawyer.
Awesome.
Okay, guys, seriously,
we've had a lot of fun
in high school,
but now you're adults
and you need to seriously think
about what you want to be
and if you want to be
a bull rider, that's awesome.
You want to be a lawyer,
I think that's commendable.
But you need to start
working towards that.
You're ridiculous.
That's funny, though.
Here's the worm in slow motion.
Do a fast worm.
♪
(SIREN WAILING)
There was a really big fire.
Did everything we could
to try to get it out.
The whole house was
just engulfed in flames.
Um, we couldn't get Carl out.
He didn't make it.
I'm really sorry.
I'm still trying to figure out
why Carl didn't wake up.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(WOMAN CRYING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(TRADITIONAL SINGING)
♪ He said goodbye
as the rain fell on her face ♪
♪ Mixed with the tears,
that's when he walked away ♪
♪ Lightning strikes,
thunder rolls ♪
♪ That was his last goodbye ♪
I feel that it's appropriate
for Carl's best friend, Bill,
to come up and make a toast.
(DOG BARKING)
Carl, everybody raise your hand.
One of the best
bull riders around.
And I'd like
to tell you a story.
Went to a rodeo in Oglala.
Carl, he did pretty good
on his bareback.
And he--he winned
the saddle bronc ridin'.
And then he--he come to his
bull, came up, he opened it up
about three jumps,
threw him so hard on the ground
'bout killed him.
Crazy motherfucker said,
"I know what I wanna be.
"I wanna be a bull rider."
And young girl over there,
smilin' at him
and liked the way he rode,
and it was Thecla.
Even though he has 25 kids,
9 different so-called wives,
finally caught him,
and he got married.
I'ma miss that crazy
son of a bitch, you know.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
♪
Is that my dad's jacket?
♪
You know what,
it looks good on you.
♪
So did you take his last name?
Had that last name
ever since I was a kid.
♪
What about you, did you take
his last name or what?
Fuck that, bro.
My stepdad was there
for me my whole life
so I took his last name.
Jorge Iron Bear.
Fuck Jorge Winters.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
So he was pretty close
to your dad?
Our dad, whatever.
The closest, I suppose,
that's just what I hear but...
who knows with that guy.
Well, you know what,
you're lucky, you know?
You're lucky you had him
around as a dad.
We're kind of standing in the
dark with our father, you know,
we didn't really know him
as much as you did.
He liked his drink, I didn't
really care about that much.
Where did you even get
this alcohol from?
Ain't it illegal on this rez?
Swiped it from my old man's
closet, what you think?
I'm not too sure how you guys
get it down this way.
Well, I mean they just took
a vote on Whiteclay.
You know,
if we legalized alcohol,
they wouldn't have a lot more--
If we legalize alcohol,
businesses are gonna boom.
Alcoholic businesses.
What's gonna happen
to the rest of 'em?
They're gonna stay the same.
Every--
The alcohol businesses are gonna
boom, and so is the crime.
What about the younger guys,
the ones that have do deal with
a drunken parent comin' home?
They have to deal
with it either way.
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
(HOWLING)
♪
(CRYING)
♪
Did you hear about dad?
Yeah.
They didn't really
find much of him.
Shit.
You know, I went to the funeral.
How was it?
There was a lot of cowboys.
Jashaun's sad.
For what?
I don't know, I guess
that's kind of weird for her.
As if he was suddenly
back in our lives
now that he's dead.
Ain't that funny.
What's up, bro?
I haven't told 'em
about me moving to LA yet.
Kind of worried
about Jashaun and Mom.
I don't know what
they're gonna--
Don't even worry about it,
just go.
Just get off this rez.
(TV PLAYING IN BACKGROUND)
(SWING CREAKING)
You might have to get
some parts and fix it up.
Take some of the dents out.
Check it out.
Damn, it's a
pretty nice truck.
How much is it worth?
$800.
It used to be your dad's.
He lost it to me
in a horse race.
Try it out, start it up.
(ENGINE STARTING)
What do you think?
Feels good.
Yeah, power steering.
(RADIO CHATTER)
And you're listening to
the KILI radio station, 90.1 FM.
♪
♪ Take a bet on this
four leaf clover ♪
♪ One step and it all
comes tumbling down ♪
♪ Every night like
tomorrow is over ♪
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
I'd like to say a prayer
for, um, my family
and for that--that you helped
me see my own alcoholic ways
and to help me conquer alcohol.
And to help all
our people conquer it.
It's our greatest enemy.
How many of us live
an alcoholic life?
I can raise my hand first.
We as believers
sometime lose
that first love
we have for God.
God doesn't want us
to turn away.
He's gonna get your attention.
He's gonna draw you back
and he's gonna
put you through a fire.
Whatever it takes,
he's gonna put
you through a fire.
He's gonna burn
the impurities out of you.
Johnny is a lot like his father.
He's, um, he's doing
the best he can.
He gets in trouble a lot,
but, you know, he's a good kid.
And, you know, Jashaun,
I just want her to be happy.
And what about Cody,
have you been to visit him?
No.
He doesn't want me
to visit him.
No, um, I haven't--
I haven't seen him
for a long time, actually.
When he was born I
was so happy, you know?
I mean, I felt like here
was this cute little baby
and I was his mama
and I just thought I would
take care of him and all.
But, after a little while,
you know, I mean, it gets hard.
He actually said that he'd
prefer to be in prison
than be in my house.
Yeah.
I don't blame him.
(TRUCK ENGINE RUMBLING)
♪
Go "hee-haw".
Do that.
Hee-haw.
Ow.
Ow.
Ow.
Whoop.
You drop me,
I'll kick you.
No, you won't.
Yeah, I would.
I'm gonna drop you now.
That's not very nice.
Do nice.
- Ready?
- No!
Johnny!
Jashaun!
(JASHAUN SCREECHES)
Echo!
♪
(LAUGHING)
I don't want to do it.
Put your lips on it.
No durr.
Suck in and then blow it out.
- There.
- Good job.
See, it wasn't that hard.
What kind of guy
do you think is cute?
♪
I don't know.
I think your brother's cute.
Ew, really?
Really.
Why?
I don't know,
I just do.
Is there a problem with it?
Yes, that's my brother.
So?
♪ Yo I don't care
when I'm dead ♪
♪ pumping music
with the top low ♪
Hey, what's up, Dakota?
Hi.
Hey, boys.
Hurry up.
When did you get out of jail?
About a week ago.
Nice.
This is Jashaun Winters.
So you're Carl Winters'
daughter, right?
Mm-hm, yeah.
I did a couple tattoos
on him a while back.
That one down on his
side right here that says,
"Rodeo Son of a Bitch."
Did you see it?
Oh, man, them,
you shoulda saw it.
Oh, anyways,
I've figured out my tattoo.
Yeah, what's that?
Like a dead tree
and, like, birds would,
like, come, like, flying off
like this way.
What is that
supposed to represent?
I have no idea,
I just thought it was cool.
Oh, well, how old are you?
I just turned 17,
No, she's 13.
Jashaun, no I'm not.
What? I mean, if you're--
if that's the case,
I'm not gonna even go there.
It'll be fine.
Oh, you're lookin' at--
that's the mini me right there.
As you can see, I'm green.
He has my tats, he has
two tails, he has green.
Hey, can you make Jashaun
a pow wow dress?
Well, you know, I mean,
I've been really busy.
As you can see, I'm kinda
in the progress of some--
What is this?
It's a little blanket I made
for my son in prison
for his birthday.
He's gonna be turnin' one.
I have one,
it's pink and purple.
That's cool.
♪
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Time that we really enjoy
together as a family,
when we can get together
as a family,
is to have dinner together.
You should come to dinner.
What do you like?
I like, um, spaghetti
and meat sauce.
Spaghetti and meat sauce.
I make good spaghetti
and meat sauce.
♪
Did you enjoy your night?
- Mm-hm.
- Mm-hm.
I did too.
How about you, Johnny,
did you enjoy your night?
Oh, come on, it's fun,
we're havin' a fun time.
♪
(DOGS BARKING)
Laundry day?
Yep.
Same old, same old.
That's all you got, man?
- Huh?
- That's all you got?
Yeah.
Shit, my girl likes
the light stuff, bro.
It doesn't matter.
So how was practice?
It's pretty good.
Good, you're supposed
to fight Chris.
Yeah.
We'll see him get your ass--
watch you get your ass kicked.
Fuck, don't say that.
♪
- Smoke it up.
- All right then, check ya later.
Yep.
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
(DOGS BARKING)
What you tryin' to do
around here, Johnny boy?
Just doin' my business.
Your business, huh?
Kind of looks like
you're doing our business.
Where'd you get the booze?
Don't worry about it.
What the fuck did you say, boy?
None of your fucking business.
Hey, misters,
what are you doing over there?
Don't be bringing
that trouble this way.
- Victor!
- Fuck.
You want me to call your mom?
You better get over there,
mama's boy.
Yeah, you're fuckin' lucky,
better fuckin' watch yourself.
(ENGINE STARTING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
♪ For I still love you
with all my heart ♪
♪ And life means nothing
when we're apart ♪
♪ Maybe tomorrow
when comes the dawn ♪
♪ Maybe the dark clouds
will all be gone ♪
♪ (UNINTELLIGIBLE) your neighbors
with all of his wealth ♪
♪ and things that
his money can do ♪
(CAR ENGINE RUMBLING)
♪
Stop that.
Is that what old ladies drink?
No, I'm not an old lady.
I was just kidding.
When I was in LA,
I couldn't stop
thinking about you.
♪
Did you tell your family
we're going together?
No.
But I will... real soon.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
I promise.
When you was in LA,
did you see the ocean?
Yeah, we went to the beach.
(DOOR OPENING)
Jashaun.
Jashaun.
Where'd you go?
Jashaun, I'm talking to you.
Well, I'ma go now,
you little weirdo.
(TRADITIONAL SINGING)
♪
We're gonna walk to Whiteclay
in honor of our women
and our children.
Our women and our children
who say no to alcohol,
who want to raise beautiful,
strong Lakota families.
Stand beside them
and let them know
that we support them
in the struggle
for sobriety for our people,
for all those
who have passed away.
But let's get ready,
we'd like to ask the women
and the children to stay up
front, stay in the middle...
(BOTTLES CLINKING)
- Got it?
- Yeah.
- You got that, too?
- Yeah.
♪ When I close my eyes
in dreams, ♪
♪ I'll kiss you
once again ♪
I think I need a shot.
Did you want one?
Yeah, I'll test one out.
Use this.
Whoa, what the fuck?
Gross. Ew.
Get out of here.
♪ I want you to be mine ♪
♪ I'll just pretend, dear ♪
(BABY CRYING)
Come on.
Monkey, what are you doing?
Are you leaving with Aurelia?
What? No.
Why would you say that?
I heard you two
talking about it.
Are you really leaving me?
Wait!
Wait up, Jashaun!
I hate you!
♪
Watch that jab, John,
move your head.
Move around.
♪
(GLOVES THUDDING)
♪
This is for you, Sam.
♪
I still can't believe
he killed himself.
That time, remember
when everyone started
calling him "Skrappy"
off that one show,
"Skrappy Coco"?
Started calling him that,
he got all pissed off.
He liked Skrappy,
but whenever we'd yell,
"Skrappy Coco", you know,
sure he didn't like
the "Coco" part.
♪
I miss him.
Yeah, I miss him, too.
It seems like
he's still here.
And like, it's, like,
a year already passed
and it don't even seem like...
...nothing didn't go on.
It's too much thinking.
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Third and final round
right here.
You wanna take a drink?
Now number three,
let's hear it
for the boxers.
Round three.
(BELL DINGING)
(POUNDING)
(CHEERING)
Ooh!
(GRUNTING)
Ooh!
One, two, three, four.
You okay?
You okay?
Come on, Johnny boy!
(CHEERING)
Go, Johnny!
Go, Johnny!
Oh!
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
(BELL DINGING)
Get up!
Woo!
(CLAPPING)
Good fight, bro, good one.
Good one, bro.
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Travis?
(KNOCKING)
I think someone took your stuff.
What?
I think someone took your stuff.
What?
Oh.
Fuck.
Ah.
I thought I told Agnes
to watch my shit.
I only took a nap
for a second.
Man, that's messed up.
I could help you,
I'm good at math.
I could count.
If you make me
my pow wow dress.
(SIGHS)
♪
I mainly deal with
clothing and art.
I even do a little bit of
interior decorating, painting.
Like, if people don't like
looking at their bare walls,
I'll do something like this
for them, you know?
I got some baby clothes,
some fringes make it
like a little native,
you know?
And I do art like this,
like posters,
oh, this one right here,
"Rez life isn't no joke",
'cause they're all
joking around, smoking,
and the rez isn't
no joke, you know,
but sometimes we look
at it as a joke.
♪
Does it sound
like a deal?
Yeah, it sounds good.
If you could just put
that over there somewhere.
Just, like, the whole
green thing going.
Yeah, just lay it
out like that,
make sure they see
the rez life.
This is all hand-sewn,
handmade,
eight hours a suit.
You will never see clothes
likes this in the world.
My little assistant's
got change.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
♪
♪ When the moonlight
turns the ocean ♪
♪ blue to silver ♪
♪ In my dreams,
if I'll come drifting ♪
I got some old pictures.
This is my husband in blue.
He's a cowboy,
those are the cowboy...
Aurelia
and Aunty Barbara.
That's crazy,
she's so tiny.
Are you okay
that she's leaving?
♪
Yeah, I'm fine.
Are you sure?
Yeah.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
I'm gonna miss
your cooking, Grandma,
especially your frybread.
I'll have to send you
frybread in the mail.
How was the trip?
- It was really good.
- It's a big campus,
you gotta be careful
down there.
Thing about the big college,
you know,
a lot of weirdos out there.
And you're young,
you're beautiful,
it's gonna be a whole
new adventure for you.
You're not gonna have
your brother with you
to protect you.
It'll be...
...weird not having
you guys around
and being out there by myself
for the first time.
It's all right,
I'll be up there.
I'll protect you.
Really?
So, are you going
out there with her?
Aurelia, is there something
you want to tell us?
Johnny's actually
gonna come out
to live in LA with me.
I don't have any room
in my car.
It's all right,
I've got a truck.
I'll follow behind.
Where you gonna live?
She's gonna be
in the dorms.
I'll figure it out.
You gonna work?
Yeah.
Where you gonna work?
Got a plan?
I sure hope
you have a plan.
How's your mom
and your family?
You told them?
I'll be all right for Johnny
to go with her.
He'll be all right.
Thanks, Grandma.
Everybody just eat,
and I'll be all right.
What the hell,
you didn't say anything.
You put me on the spot.
I didn't tell my family yet,
you knew that.
Well, ain't it time
they should know?
You thinkin' what Cat said?
You think it's right?
No.
(GUN CLICKING)
(GUN FIRING)
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Ah.
Hey, what the hell
was that?
Just you wait,
I'm gonna get really good,
just get focused.
Sure.
Try these ones.
Yeah, sure, isn't it
supposed to be your turn?
No, try it out,
I'll show you how to throw.
Just grab that one dart.
Just bend your knee,
making sure one's straight.
And you just grab this.
See where the target is?
Just kind of aim over
just a little bit higher
than that, and toss.
(THUDDING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(WIND BLOWING)
How you doing?
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
I can't.
I can't.
Why?
(SIGHS)
'Kay, one sec.
Be right back.
No, take it off
right here.
Don't look.
(MOANING)
(PANTING)
(LAUGHING)
Woo!
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
All right, let's pack up
and get.
Why do you like
seven so much?
That, there's way
too many reasons,
way too many.
Seven is the most influential
and used number
in the Bible,
and it is our culture's most
sacred and revered number.
Crazy Horse said,
"Everything will all seem
"to have ended at Wounded Knee,
"but it'll all begin again
"with the seventh generation,"
you know?
And that's you.
♪
It's good and straight
like a needle.
Just let me do it.
Right there,
there you go.
Two straight points.
(TATTOO GUN BUZZING)
♪
(GRUNTING)
♪
Ah, just got all wet.
(GIGGLING)
♪
Think I'll pass.
Oh, man, this is a...
Travis, you're gonna
break my bike.
Spray paint it green
and it's me.
Nuh-uh, it's mine.
I'll trade you for
the dress I'm making you.
♪
It's this way.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah, it's right here.
♪
(GIGGLING)
(WINGS FLUTTERING)
(CHAIN CLANGING)
Hey, what are you doing?
It's where it got shot at.
That's why there's
so much blood?
Yeah.
It's the heart.
You wanna take a bite?
(GIGGLING)
That's really romantic.
I'm sure you get
a lot of girls this way.
(LAUGHING)
My first time I went hunting
was pretty good.
Shot, like, two deers
in one day.
You killed them both?
Yeah.
Killed the one
and bring it back here,
then went out again
and shot another.
Shot it in the neck and remember
looking through the scope,
I was like, "Dad,
I shot it in the neck,
"I shot it in the neck."
So you used to go hunting
with your dad a lot?
Nah, just that once.
You know,
it's kind of weird.
Oh, yeah?
I started to miss the fucker
a little bit.
Sorry about that.
Shit, I'm sorry.
♪ I don't care,
I ain't do this for my bitch ♪
♪ I do this for my kids ♪
♪ Don't give a fuck
about what I do ♪
♪ But I know what I did ♪
♪ Who gives a fuck who I am,
who I am with ♪
♪ I don't even care no more,
motherfucker ♪
♪ Where the God
when I'm with ♪
♪ But, no, where's Jesus
when it comes to me ♪
♪ He sayeth, "Jesus,
a goblet is set by me" ♪
♪ The fucking alcoholic void ♪
♪ This is what
we need to ♪
♪ This is what
we're made to ♪
♪ Yeah, man, this is ever
since the 1930s, boy ♪
♪ Since the reservations
came to ♪
♪ Fucking man, this is
fucking War Camp 334 ♪
♪ Before it was known
as Pine Ridge ♪
♪ Fuck it, man,
I know it, man ♪
♪ I got it tatted
on my skin, boy ♪
Travis, I'm ready,
I packed up everything
so I'm ready to go home,
I've been waiting.
Oh, yeah, hey, um, you guys,
this is my little assistant,
she helps me.
I didn't--I forgot
all about you
and I didn't--
I mean, I'm sorry.
'Kay.
So I'm tired so I'm gonna
go home now.
I'm sorry you had to see
this, Jashaun, I'm sorry.
Goodnight.
How come is it
that we never get in trouble
when we smoke but every time
we fucking pick up
this motherfucker,
we somehow, some way,
somewhere, sometime
seem to fuck up.
I never drink in front
of my son, okay?
I always get a babysitter.
I told my son,
take his ass out--
Go fucking spend that shit,
don't talk about it, man.
You know, man,
fuck this guy, man,
he just saw you smoke
weed and shit.
Life's like that, isn't it,
motherfucker, huh?
♪
(UNINTELLIGIBLE SINGING)
♪
All right, hey, hey,
we're gonna
change it up a little bit.
Let me introduce you
to my homeboy (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
♪
(TRADITIONAL SINGING)
♪
♪
What's up?
♪
40-240,
the subject also lives
in that building.
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES)
So who took you
to the party?
My friend.
Your friend?
Him or her,
what's their name?
How old are ya?
I'm turning 12.
Turning 12?
That means you're still 11.
You're hanging out at parties
with bootleggers?
I didn't know
they were bootleggers.
Mm-hm.
How's Johnny?
Is he staying out of trouble?
They said you were the one
who found my dad.
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
Yeah, I was--I was there.
Did you see him die?
Yeah.
♪ Another town,
another show ♪
♪ And another empty bottle ♪
♪ In this motel room ♪
♪
♪ One more promise
has been broken ♪
♪ One more lonely one ♪
♪ Lord, I'm ready to go ♪
♪
Fuck you.
- Get in.
- Let me go, what the fuck?
Fucking, beat that fucking...
Get off me!
Hit him, man, hit him!
Fuck you!
(THUDDING)
That's right, pussy.
Bitch.
(GRUNTING)
Gotta teach that fucker
a lesson.
Get him up.
(GROANING)
The fuck did I say, boy?
Fuck you.
♪
Put some oil
on that motherfucker.
♪
Go, go, go, go!
Let's get the fuck out of here.
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(SIREN WAILING)
♪
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
♪
Johnny?
(COUGHS)
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(WATER SPLASHING)
Jashaun, Jashaun!
Travis is gone.
What happened?
They got into it,
and there's beers all over,
they're drinkin' and drinkin'.
And my dad beat up Travis,
Travis beat up my dad,
and they all went to jail.
Ouch.
Ew, gross,
that's nasty.
And the baby covers
sleep right there.
Mm-hm.
♪
Jashaun, look.
Put it back.
♪
I thank you, Lord,
that I'm pleased to be
placed so well,
that you made me free
and so complete
that I'm not a slave
to whistles, clocks, or bells.
♪
Just make me a partner
of the wind and the sun,
and that I don't ask for a life
that's soft and high,
and make me open to the plains
as honest as the horse
between my knees
and as free as the wind
that flows behind the rain,
and guide me down
that long, dim trail
that stretches upwards
towards the great divine.
Ladies and gentlemen,
let's hear it for Carl Winters.
(CHEERING)
♪
Gone but not forgotten,
ladies and gentlemen.
♪
♪ Fell out of bed,
got this ringin' in my head ♪
♪ Seems to happen
most every night ♪
♪ I been twist up, banged up,
holy moly thrashed ♪
♪ by this broncin' life
I do for the prize ♪
♪ I been to Santa Fe, Reno,
Houston, Fresno ♪
♪ No matter, I just go-- ♪
♪
Look who I found.
Hey, what's up?
Hi.
She's by herself.
♪
So, I brought her over.
Yeah.
♪
What's up?
♪
You ever been to a rodeo before?
Mm-mm.
♪
You want to see somethin'?
- Yeah.
- All right, come here.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCER)
Thanks for letting me
use your horse.
Yeah, no problem.
You want to get on?
I don't know.
Come on.
This is Sundance.
He's our dad's favorite horse.
Ready?
Come on.
(WHINNIES)
Easy.
You're okay.
He was a wild one back then.
Our dad was the only one
who could ride him.
He's a lot older
and calmed down now.
Could I try that?
Uh huh.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCER)
It's pretty big.
(HORSE WHINNYING)
I wish I grew up with you.
Dad was never really around
even though I lived
at his house.
Mom, she wasn't really either.
They both just
loved rodeo so much.
They was always traveling.
I don't even remember
the first time I started riding.
Guess I just really wanted
to be close to them,
and the only way to do that
was to get on a bull.
But I'm glad I did.
Now I love it
more than anything.
Now cowboys, are you ready?
Kevin Winters from
Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
Kevin's ridin'
for his father today.
And here we go!
All right!
(CROWD SHOUTING)
Hustle!
Woohoo!
(APPLAUSE)
♪
♪ Reason at
the things I love ♪
♪ I found more reason
for my love ♪
♪
♪ Reason at the things
I love ♪
♪ I found more reason
for my love ♪
♪
♪ Drivin' out of town,
destination written down ♪
♪ Just go ♪
♪ Tires roll with
the changin' season ♪
♪
♪ Chasin' down the scene
of a cowboys dream... ♪
(SIZZLING)
Johnny's doing great,
and he's doin'
a whole lot better actually.
He shouldn't have been
driving that truck anyway.
Hey!
Cody, Cody!
What?
I've been going to church.
I--I've been going a lot.
It really helps.
What helps?
God.
You--you should
let Him help you.
No, that's all right.
Glad you found help, though.
Just don't make God
another man
that you abandoned
your children for.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Still workin' on it.
Yeah.
Okay.
- Hey Johnny.
- Is Aurelia here?
Oh, she had her last day
yesterday.
- Didn't you know?
- Hey, yo, Johnny Winters!
♪
Gonna leave without sayin' hi?
'Sup, my bad, man.
I didn't even see you there.
How you been?
Good.
Yeah, well, I gotta go.
Aw, man, sit down,
brother from another mother.
Come on now, sit down, hey?
♪
(SIGHS)
Here, jalapeño popper?
Lookin' kind of malnourished.
- What, you don't like those?
- No, they're all right, dude,
but you know, me and--
me and spicy food, man.
Six months ago I was
barely eatin' two of 'em.
Now I'm eatin' three of them.
Shit, I think I'm gettin'
kind of a good start on it.
♪
You ain't gotta tell me
who beat you up, bro.
I kinda got a good idea
of who it was, but...
you just gotta stop doing
what you're doing, man.
♪
I don't know what
you're talkin' about, man.
Yeah, I seen you
down at Whiteclay.
I've seen you comin' in
and out of them bars.
Can't really talk about this
right now, bro.
I ain't tryin' to lecture you
or nothin', bro, you know?
I'm just telling you
if you ever need any money,
anything, you know,
my stepdad's got a garage,
you know?
You should come down
and work with me.
That sounds cool, but...
I'ma be leaving
with my girl soon,
right after homecoming.
Oh, right, I forgot about that.
Well...
well, you know, I mean,
any time you're back in town,
you know, give me a holler.
♪
Little too spicy, huh?
No, I can't even taste 'em, bro.
Oh, yeah, right.
Tough guy, tough guy.
(CHUCKLES)
♪
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
♪
(CHEERING)
♪
First and ten
for the Warriors.
♪
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
(SHOUTING)
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
♪
(CHANTING)
♪
(UNINTELLIGIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT)
(APPLAUSE)
♪
(SHOUTING)
(UNINTELLIGIBLE CHANTING)
(TRADITIONAL SINGING
AND CHANTING)
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
(SIGHS)
All right, bye, John.
I'm gonna miss you, bro.
Check you later.
Good luck.
(YELPS)
(WHINING)
♪ But threw it away ♪
♪ for a moment ♪
♪ with the wrong kind of girl ♪
(FLY BUZZING)
Won't be hard to find a job
in LA, right?
♪ I've been tempted ♪
I hope not.
♪ But I'm happy ♪
♪ to say ♪
You think you'll come back
this winter?
♪
I'm not too sure yet.
♪ In my world ♪
Yeah.
♪ You can look out ♪
Maybe we could come
and visit you.
♪ To the bright lights below ♪
♪ You can see it's
a temptatious game ♪
♪
♪ Well, I've looked out
my window ♪
♪ to the bright lights below ♪
(ZIPPING)
Did you know I was born
left handed?
The nuns,
they didn't like it.
So they made me
right handed, right?
It's a sign of evil.
And I really had a hard time
learning how to tie my shoes.
The day I learned
how to tie my shoes,
I was so happy,
and I ran home.
"Mom, I can tie my shoes!"
It smelled like beer
and she just, uh,
looked at me and said,
"Oh".
That was the moment
that I knew
that I had to take care
of my little sister.
I was gonna have to be
the grownup.
And I don't want that for you.
I don't.
I don't.
(CRYING)
I'm sorry.
I love you so much.
(BIRDSONG)
(ANIMAL CALL)
(ECHOES)
Monkey!
(ECHOES)
(HOWLING AND BARKING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Oh, good to see you!
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(LAUGHTER)
(CHILDREN PLAYING IN DISTANCE)
I'm sorry.
(GRUNTS)
(LAUGHING)
You're squeezing me.
You're okay.
- Yeah.
- You're a monkey.
I'm not a monkey.
♪
I think that oil needs a little
bit of checking over there,
and then I'll check this
tire pressure real quick.
- You want to check that oil?
- Where's the oil?
It should be on this side.
- Right up in here.
- I see it.
Right there, yeah.
Oh, shit.
How's she lookin'?
Good.
Watch yourself.
♪
Don't run me over.
Try not to.
♪
(STARTS ENGINE)
Think we've got this goin', Noha.
Winter's comin' along.
Think it was the only
four wheeler we had.
A lot of flies and a lot of
sunflowers this year, so...
when it's like that,
it's gonna be a rough winter.
Yeah.
♪
Hey.
Oh, hey.
I heard about your truck.
S--sorry about that.
Bill told me.
Yeah, it's all right.
I got a job at the garage.
Hopefully I could get
some more money,
get another one.
Yeah.
So, where are you headed to?
♪
Where we live,
the Plains, the Badlands,
things usually look the same.
♪
People are always related.
♪
They got the same old worries
all the time.
♪
It gets really hot sometimes.
(SHOUTING)
You get tired of it, but...
there's just things
you always gotta do.
Woohoo!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Come on, man!
♪
Cheer them on, cheer them on.
(APPLAUSE)
♪
It's always
a hard place to leave.
(BARKING)
'Cause that's all you got
growing up.
♪
My sister Jashaun, she's got
a thing about this place.
♪
She sees things I don't.
♪
She's a good one.
♪
(CRICKETS CHIRRING)
♪
(SINGING)
♪
Whenever the storms are comin',
the old timers would
teach us to watch the cloud.
♪
And when the wind is too strong,
we all know to lean into it
so it don't blow us away.
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
♪ Goin' alone
out across this flat ♪
♪
♪ It's my thoughts and I
on this horse's back ♪
♪
♪ Catching on to
talking to myself ♪
♪
♪ Technically this horse
can hear me as well ♪
♪
♪ This place, it seems,
comes with a ball and chain ♪
♪
♪ The problem I see
continues on in blame ♪
♪
♪ Memories keep it
all the same ♪
♪
♪ Dreams amongst the things
that's ready to change ♪
♪
♪ The daylight moon
lingers in the sky ♪
♪
♪ Across the creek
that recently run dry ♪
♪
♪ A faith that seems
to flicker in the rain ♪
♪
♪ Keeps me hangin' on
to certain things ♪
♪
♪ I've weathered all
the greatest storms that came ♪
♪
♪ I've come across a girl
to keep me sane ♪
♪
♪ Somewhere in the wind
that blew this way ♪
♪
♪ Left me out alone ♪
♪ I'm here to stay ♪
♪
♪ Ridin' home out
across these plains ♪