Stolen Lives Page #3

Synopsis: After the loss of her son, a mother works with activists to speak out against police violence.
Genre: Drama, Short
Director(s): Paul Jarrett
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
8.9
Year:
2005
19 min
35 Views


kicked all us men out.

I was mid-bite into an ear of corn.

You have... you have

never seen such a flurry.

And then your ma and I counted

all your fingers and toes.

Turns out you were perfect.

And then we brought

your pa in to see you.

I'd never seen anything

more beautiful in all my life

than you and your ma lying

on this very table, Mark.

Pa.

And I helped your

ma with you too, Luke.

You boys brought your ma such

happiness when you arrived.

What about me, Aunt Coral?

Did I make Ma happy?

Especially you, John.

Especially you.

Now, why don't you boys

show your appreciation

and go ahead and clear this table?

Oh, no, no, leave it.

Edvena and I'll get it.

Matthew...

let's me and you go talk.

I admit, I was kind of

expecting a pack of wild Indians.

They're good, Jonas; they're good.

They're not gonna give

you a lick of trouble,

I can promise you that.

I believe you, Matt.

So it's okay?

You can keep 'em?

That's just it.

It ain't easy to say, so...

I'll just speak it plain.

We can take two of the boys.

We can't keep all three.

You and Coral are

the only family we got.

I can't break up the boys,

Jonas, give me a chance.

I'm asking for six months, Jonas,

six months, maybe a year.

Just, just give me time

to get something going,

maybe even meet a woman who

can help take care of them.

Kind of like you shouldn't

have married in the first place.

What Pearl did had

nothing to do with me.

She was never right after

John was born, you know that.

Don't blame that backwards

boy of yours, neither.

Told Pearl she should

never have married you.

You watch your filthy mouth.

You count your blessings.

At least two of them boys,

they got Pearl's blood

in 'em and not yours.

I've said what I had to say.

It's Mark and Luke or none.

You're the co-pilot now.

Pa, don't go!

You boys be good.

Get in the car, John.

Good-bye!

Pa! Pa!

Here's your whistle.

Did you see this?

"Boy in the box"?

What is that?

Pete's just doing his job.

That boy had a name.

Well, I'm sure if he

knew it, he'd print it.

Nothing we need to get

worked up about, right?

That's my job.

Look, your job doesn't include

you getting upset about a headline.

I'm not getting upset about it.

I'm just taking care of it, as usual.

When do you ever bring work home?

Barb, goddamn it.

- I've got it.

- It's fine, just leave it.

- It's my fault.

- I'll take care of it.

It's fine.

There are copies.

They're just fine, don't worry about it.

God forbid anything should

get out of place in this house.

Just leave it!

Thomas Adkins!

Tommy!

Tommy!

What the hell were you thinking?

What's wrong?

"Boy in the box"?

What is that?

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Paul Jarrett

Paul Jarrett (July 15, 1981-) is an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bulu Box and he played football at Iowa State University during the 2000 and 2001 seasons under head coach Dan McCarney. more…

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