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Synopsis: BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and vulnerability
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jerry LaMothe
Production: Blackout Movie
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Year:
2007
95 min
125 Views


If that's what you wanna do,

I'm not gonna stop you.

Yeah, well...

I'll start packing this afternoon.

By the time you return from work,

I'll be handing over your keys to you.

That'll be it.

Okay. That's fine.

That's no problem. I gotta go.

So I guess

I'll just see you when I get back.

Whatever.

Yo, dawg. You want a cut?

I'm free. Come on.

Yeah. You're gonna stay free

if you're waiting for me, nigga.

Yeah. You're gonna stay free

if you're waiting for me, nigga.

It's like that, Ty?

Oh, all right, all right. You know,

dude trying to eat,

trying to do the right thing,

and you want to play me.

Cool. Cool, because I'm on my grind, B.

I drop my CD this summer.

You know, I mean, the majors gonna be

throwing mad dough at the kid.

You gonna be the groupie nigga like,

"Hey, yo, L, remember me

from the barbershop, son?

"What's up with them concert tickets?"

"Security! F*** out of here, nigga."

Take it easy, man. Peace.

Don't be harassing my customers.

You can't help that man 'cause

he doesn't want his head bleeding.

Hey, yo, that was a condition, yo.

We had that conversation.

That was betwixt us.

Hey, man, how many heads

did you cut this month, L?

One and a half. You don't count the half

'cause the dude

ain't have no neckbones.

Hell, you the only employed

unemployed motherf***er I know.

What up?

What up, man?

How many heads you got in front of me?

I got two, man.

Hold my spot. I'll be back.

I ain't know they let Rasheed out, dawg!

-Let him out two weeks ago.

-What?

You ever wonder why

they always let the grimiest negroes

out at summertime?

Summer recess.

Watch what I tell you. Duke will be out

before the summer ends.

But did y'all see how the nigga

was creeping in here, though?

Yo, Ra's the illest stickup kid

on the block, B.

Nel, you better watch your shop, man.

That nigga right there, he gone.

He touched.

Hey, let me tell you something, fam,

I'm a grown-ass man,

and that right there is some straight ass

juvenile delinquent bullshit.

If you play AAA ball,

don't step into Yankee Stadium, right?

-That's what's up. That's gangster.

-You a OG for real, right?

Crazy, man.

Oh, Tone, what I told you about bringing

that raggedy-ass cart in my shop, man?

Oh, come on now, youngblood.

Fixing to hook you up.

Oh, sh*t.

Let me show you something. Come on.

I got some stuff here for everybody,

on sale.

On sale. Check this out.

This one here is a Hoover classic.

Your sweeping days is over, Rover.

This thing here can sweep up

every motherfucking thing in sight.

And I'm gonna let everybody,

anybody who wants it,

I'm gonna let you have it, today, for $50.

Get the f*** out of here.

Come on, man.

You know, I was just messing with you.

Give me $5, I'm gonna show you how...

Watch out!

-Fam, come on, man.

-Check this out.

Oh, man.

-You're messing my floor...

-All right, I'm sorry.

Listen here, listen here, I'll go

and get it fixed and I'll be right back.

No, don't come right back.

Get the f*** out.

Just get out of here, man.

-Get it out! Get it out!

-All right, all right.

I'm out of here.

Oh, Ms. Germaine.

Hey, hey. How you doing?

Oh, CJ. How are you doing?

I'm doing good.

Let me help you with these bags.

Oh, no. Thank you, CJ.

I ain't want to trouble you.

Trust me. It's no trouble at all.

-Come on.

-All right.

-Okay, Ms. Germaine.

-Oh, thank you so much.

-God bless you.

-No problem.

By the way, Ms. Germaine,

you're looking real good.

Y'all hanging out there today.

-It is hot. Hot as fish grease out there.

-Yo, C.

What the f***?

What's up, mate.

Trying to sneak up on me and sh*t.

-How's it going? Yo, this jersey is fire.

-Chilling, man.

Come on, man.

You're wrinkling the sh*t.

-Sh*t dropped like two weeks ago.

-Yo.

Oh, word? Yo, you getting me one.

No doubt. I mean,

I was on my way to the store now,

until somebody wanna jump

on my back...

But it's nothing, you know...

What's up, CJ?

-What's up, Keish?

-How you doing?

I'm doing good. You looking real good.

That ain't even funny, yo.

If you don't hit that by the time

you leave school, I'm gonna hit that.

-You ain't hit nothing, son.

-That's hating.

Yo, who she said hi to?

Exactly. Me.

-I'm still gonna hit it.

-You ain't getting nothing.

Don't deny me, man.

Baby, what's good?

Oh. What up? What up?

Oh, that LeBron is killer, man.

What up, my dawg? What's up?

What up, my dawg?

What up? What up, Ra?

What up?

Yo, what's up, man?

What's good, yo.

Who holding the rap game down, B?

Jay is holding the rap game down, baby!

-Chill out, yo. It's Nas.

-Nas?

-Nas holding the rap game down.

-Oh, yeah... Y'all niggas, man.

Yo, is he Dame Daddy

Dame Diddy or Dame Dummy?

Oh, I get it

You Biggie and he's Puffy

Exactly. You did...

So far ahead of your time

About to start another life

Look behind you

I'm about to pass you twice

-Come on, man.

-Get the f*** out of here.

Get them! Hit them!

-Why's your man in Tae Bo class?

-Hit him.

Why your man 40 years old

on top of that?

-Why he still in the rap game?

-You look like you're in Tae Bo!

-You take Tae Bo?

-Yo! Yo!

Yo, why is we talking about niggas?

Both of them niggas wack.

Yeah. I guess you're right, yo.

That nigga has been tight

falling off lately.

Yo, why the f*** we standing

over here, man,

with a bunch of niggas

when we could be around the corner

bagging some birds?

Nigga, you is f***ing right, man.

Yo, y'all coming, yo?

Nah, man. I gotta work soon.

Man. All right. You do that. You do that.

What about you, Esco?

Nah, I'm good.

All right, man. Yo. It's good, man.

-What?

-When did you start smoking?

-What?

-Nothing.

You know, we've been getting

a lot of complaints.

-Particularly with the Browser Buildings.

-I know. I know.

To be honest with you, Sol,

you know, I don't think George

is doing such a good job maintaining...

That's exactly why we're here.

Pay our friend George a little visit,

do an inspection,

get some comments from the tenants.

Hear what they have to say.

If I don't like what I hear,

then he's gone.

He's been living in that apartment

for what, 32 years?

I fix it up, I could double the rent.

-It sounds like a plan to me.

-I'm glad you approve.

If you're still experiencing difficulties

sleeping, having panic attacks,

or are depressed as the result

of the events surrounding 9/1 1,

please give us a call.

Our councilors are experienced

at dealing with trauma,

and we're here to help you.

If you really have a problem,

pick up the phone.

Are you crazy?

No, I'm serious.

Molly wanted you and me

to go upstate,

and we'll take a look at the property.

All right. I'm serious.

You're crazy, girl.

Can I help you?

Yes.

Yes, you can help me.

-Hey, girl.

-Hey now.

What's wrong?

-Talk.

-James and I had a fight this morning.

And it was pretty bad.

I think we're breaking up.

I'm sorry to hear that. What happened?

I was pissed off this morning,

because he didn't wake me up

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