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7 Jim's mother scene
D
they
Hill
MOTHER: (Surprised) Jim, you sound like a defeated man. Don't tell
me they have you doubting yourself.
JIM: No, no doubts. But sometimes I get so tired.
No
strength left.
MOTHER: Son,
when I was
your age, I was facing the Great Depression, raising you and your
sister by myself. Your father had begun his world tour sampling the
liquor of various countries, and when he found one with unusual
alcoholic resources he'd stay for awhile. Meanwhile, we were stuck up
Evansville
in Evanston, Indiana, and the winters were mean cold. There were a
few nights when concrete was the only bed we had, and you kids had so
many holes in your shoes I had to line them with cardboard. You
remember that? (JIM nods. ) We came down to New Orleans without a
cent, no place to live, no job. But even in those darkest of days I'd
always say, "No matter what, I'm going to get this family housed and
clothed and fed. Some way, somehow, I'm going to get it done. You
need some of that fight in you now, Jim.
after
This completed
contact
your
JIM: They're powerful, Mama
fir
It's
not just the federal government. Now it's the press and the networks
turning the public against us before we even present our case.
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