Part 4

ROSEWOOD

A John Singleton Film

(based on a true story)

Chapter 6: 0:10:31 – Dreams in ashes

Chapter 7: 0:16:44– Sunday worst

Chapter 8. 0:21:01 – Reluctant Good Samaritan

Chapter9: 0:22:52– The county line

Chapter 10: 0:24:47– A rescuer

Chapter 11: 0:27:21– Now a man

Chapter 12: 0:30:09– House divided

Chapter 13: 0:33:18– The shopkeeper brought up short

Chapter 14: 0:39:10– Bargaining for life

[Side 2 - 0:10:31to 0:42:53]

Part 4startsafterGertie kisses her husband, Sylvester, good-bye and runs into the woods. Part 4 ends after John Wright talks to the train engineer and conductor and they ask if they will let the women and children through.

Assignment

After watching Part 4 of this movie, you will do the following:

  1. study vocabulary
  2. prepare notes for the topics
  3. write paragraphs(about 400 words)

Topic 1: Fighting in part 4

Topic 2:Hiding in part 4

(See course web site for more information.)

Vocabulary

Chapter
WordTimeContext

Chapter 6:

drifter0:10:56Probably that drifter is in the house.

hightail0:11:01You get together all the men you can find and you hightail it to Sumner.

revolt0:11:08We’ve got a goddamn nigger revolt up here.

deputy0:13:38I’ll do it if you make me deputy.

supposed to0:13:56This wasn’t supposed to happen.

decent0:14:09Then, you should give her a decent Christian burial, James.

Christian0:14:09Then, you should give her a decent Christian burial, James.

burial0:14:09Then, you should give her a decent Christian burial, James.

Chapter 7:

sobs0:16:42[Fanny sobs]

A.M.E.0:16:58RosewoodFirstA.M.E.Church (sign on building)

pilgrimage0:17:56“Soon our pilgrimage will cease.”

cease0:17:56“Soon our pilgrimage will cease.”

quiver0:18:00“Soon our happy hearts will quiver.”

chain gang0:18:41Jesse! You were better off on that chain gang, boy!

armed0:19:52They were armed to the teeth!

Ku Klux Klan0:20:04[members of the Ku Klux Klan]
Below is a picture of a 1922 KKK rally in Gainesville, Florida.

yonder0:19:59Was it back there? Back yonder.

exciting0:20:22exciting stuff, huh, Ellis?

Chapter 8:

storeroom0:22:38I’ll put you in the back storeroom.

deed0:22:33We’ll talk about that deed later, Bradley.

Chapter 9:

steady0:22:58Hold steady, boys.

fugitive0:23:21We’re looking for a colored fugitive named Jessie Hunter.

law-abiding0:23:25Our coloreds are law-abiding folk!

treat0:23:37That ain’t the way to treat a white man!

bit0:24:36I’ll be along in a bit.

swamp0:24:41They’re in the swamp now.

Chapter 10:

crackers0:25:20The crackers are ringing those bells.

noose0:26:59You’ve got it, boy. There’s your noose.

Chapter 11:

whimpering0:27:37[Whimpering]

rustling0:27:39[Rustling]

lieutenant0:29:22You’re my lieutenant, understand?

gather up0:29:31Now, you gather up these women and children.

deep0:29:35You’re going to move deep into the swamp.

the matter0:30:02Emma, there is nothing the matter with me. I can walk.

Chapter 12:

the matter0:30:25What’s the matter with you?

serious0:30:37This is a serious time.

treat0:30:53You all treat me like a guest in my own house.

misinformed0:31:37You’re misinformed.

hush0:31:55Now, you’re going to get us killed. Just hush!

master0:31:59Come on, Mr. Wright. You’re the master around here.

worth0:32:14Is this man’s life worth one acre of land?

sake0:32:19Hide the man, John, for God’s sake.

Chapter 13:

peckerwoods0:33:36What did you peckerwoods do to her?

lynch0:33:46Explain to me why you want to lynch a cripple.

cripple0:33:46Explain to me why you want to lynch a cripple.

sense0:33:51I just see no sense in it.

porch0:34:09You get off my porch!

simmer0:34:13Simmer down!

soul0:35:14We’ve got old Sarah over here resting her soul.

shovel0:35:50Grab that shovel. Let me see what you can do.

eager0:35:54He’s eager.

pleading0:36:36I’m pleading to you.

passed away0:37:00Ever since your wife passed away, you ain’t been the same.

white trash0:37:08You stupid piece of south sucking white trash!

Chapter 14:

bullets0:40:09I’ve got no bullets.

pond0:40:36Ride the train to the old road near Kelly’s pond.

whistle0:40:41Listen for the engine whistle.

choice0:41:02You’ve got no choice.

trenches0:41:03You’re in the trenches now.

includes0:41:31We agreed about the men? … That includes you.

ashes0:41:4oIt is nothings but ashes and smoke.

purgatory0:41:41The town’s in purgatory.

risk0:41:59You’re asking us to risk our engine, Johnny!

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