Chapter & Verse Page #2

Synopsis: Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired in jail, Lance is forced to accept a position delivering meals for a local food bank. It is here that he befriends Ms. Maddy, 75, a past beauty with a irreverent and hardened shell to whom he delivers dinners. Through her, Lance finds hope, relearning the joys of life and living despite the outwardly bedeviled society in which they find themselves.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jamal Joseph
Production: Harlem Film Company
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2017
97 min
$84,147
Website
55 Views


I just-- I just

need you to sign

the delivery paper, ma'am.

Just get--

They put cabbage

on this plate?

That was the menu.

Y'all know I'm allergic

to cabbage.

What the hell

is wrong with you?

Bringing all this nasty food

up in my house.

- You out your damn mind.

- No, you out your damn mind.

- Crazy-ass woman.

- Get your ass out of here.

- Crazy woman.

- You just go ahead and leave!

(chattering)

Ingram.

Been looking for you.

My office.

Eh, it just shutdown on me.

- That's all?

- That's all.

I gotta get my monthly

report out tonight.

Dime.

Paperclip.

Circuit board is loose.

(computer chimes)

This will hold for a while,

but you need to upgrade.

You really know

how to fix these things.

All right. Okay.

I'll come in.

- Hey, man,

I gotta get on that...

- You out of here?

Okay, Cohan, why don't you take

Santiago's route?

I'll go.

You need to be

scrubbing pots and utensils.

I'll do that, too.

(doorbell rings)

(woman humming, gasps)

What do you want?

No salt. No cabbage.

I made the plate myself.

(sighs)

Come on in.

(music playing on TV)

(man talking on TV)

- Thank you.

- So, what you go to jail for?

The only people that

deliver around here

are junkies or convicts,

and you got too many

muscles to be on drugs.

Got locked up

for being stupid.

How much time

they give you for that?

12 years.

Did eight.

- Those are

my grandson's drawings.

- They pretty good.

They gave him an art prize

at his school.

Oh, and that's on

my granddaddy's farm,

down in South Carolina.

Oh, wait.

Let me show you this.

The Showman's Lounge.

I was a barmaid Thursday

through Sunday for 30 years.

You looked good.

- What, I look bad now?

- No. It's just--

No, no, no.

You done put your foot in it.

No, I mean the afro

and everything.

It's too late.

(laughing)

Now, that's

my husband. Al.

I lost him

five years ago to cancer.

And my son Alex.

Lost him to Iraq.

Sorry.

Come sit.

Finish your lemonade.

This show is funny.

Girl, what's you grow

these with, crack?

(continues indistinct)

(door opens, shuts)

Ty.

Excuse me.

Boy, what I tell you about

drinking out of that container?

- Ain't but a little bit left.

- But it don't matter.

This is my grandson Ty.

Lance.

- That's your food.

- He's hungry.

- I'll be all right.

- Let him make a sandwich.

Excuse me?

You got bologna,

bread, mayonnaise.

You better get out of

my darn refrigerator and

mind your own damn business.

This food is for the people

we deliver to.

Yes, and after you

give it to me,

I can flush it down

the toilet if I want to.

- Don't be disrespecting

my grandmother.

- Ty, you sit down.

Ty.

- What?

- Sit down, Ty,

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Daniel Beaty (born December 28, 1975) is an award-winning actor, singer, writer, composer and poet. Beaty is known for his blend of music, movement, and words in such original works as Emergency and Through The Night. more…

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