Chapter & Verse Page #5

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


Oh, if you can't get there

on the bus, I ain't going.

- Okay, good luck.

- All right.

- Thank you.

- Have a good night.

(sighs)

(overlapping conversations)

Gotta let the squad

all take you out,

you feel me?

That's how we get down,

you know what I mean?

If one--

This is 11-6 Gunners right here.

You trying to get down?

What's good?

You and all your homegirls

can bang with us, you feel me?

- Yeah. (laughs)

- Nah, she not with it, though.

- I might with with it.

- Might be?

There ain't no "might bes,"

girl. It's either yes or no.

You either with it or you not.

That's all I'm saying.

- And the answer is...

- Okay, I'm with it.

- (all shout)

- She with it!

Ty, I know

that ain't that boy.

Ty.

- Boy, what I tell you...

- Grandma.

...about wearing

your drooping pants?

And you, too.

You pull up them pants.

What you mean, Grandma?

You don't know me like that now.

Boy, if you gonna show your

butt, I'm gonna smack it.

Now, both y'all, pull up your--

pull up your pants.

Get them pants up,

ugly boy.

- Go.

- Ty, why is you...

- Who is that?

- It's just my friends, Grandma.

Come on, Grandma.

Let's just go home.

I don't know what to say

to you no more. I just don't

know what to do with you.

- (laughing)

- Y'all get your pants up.

(doorbell rings)

- Hello.

- Hi.

Miss Maddy:

Hey, Sir Lance, how you doing?

- Hi, Miss Maddy.

- (computer chiming)

- How's the computer doing?

- Oh, the kids love it.

Ty doing his homework.

- They got a class

in video games?

- (chuckles)

Come on, Sir Lance,

have a seat.

- Your granddaughter?

- My neighbor's granddaughter.

But I've been watching her

since she was a tiny thing.

I have two grandmas.

- So, you gonna

come see me dance?

- You can come any Sunday now.

- 10:
45. You can come with me.

- I ain't much for church.

Yeah, that's the same thing

my husband Al said for 42 years.

I wonder what he's telling

the devil right about now.

You saying your husband

went to hell?

I thought the prayers of

your loved ones carried

you through.

Who said I prayed

for his stubborn ass?

Ooh, Grandma Maddy,

you said "ass."

Ass is in the Bible.

Now, turn around.

Now, go on in the back room,

watch TV while I have

my computer class.

Go ahead.

Take that pillow.

Good girl.

(grunts)

(sighs)

- Where you going?

- Out.

You be back

in this house by 8:00.

- You know this

is a school night.

- (door shuts)

He's a good kid.

He just...

needs to be straightened out

every now and then.

Get you a chair

out the kitchen.

- You remember how to look

things up on the Internet?

- Yeah.

What I wanna know is how to

buy things off of this computer.

Well, you gonna need

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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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