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(electronic music)

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(crowd shouting in foreign language)

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(light winds music)

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It just feels difficult to talk about it.

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You have to hide not to lose everything.

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You will be targeted from everyone,

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extremists or the
government, even your family.

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They just come and take you from your home

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and they just kill you.

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(rain pattering)

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Just because I'm different in my country,

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why do I have to live this way?

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I don't hate anyone, I don't steal,

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so you think, what did I do wrong?

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Being kicked out

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by the people you most love and you trust,

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I have this anger in my heart.

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That's why you feel like, oh just leave it.

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I'm gonna leave like...

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like a bird.

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Yeah.

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(airplane engine roaring)

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(upbeat music)

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(solemn music)

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(speaking in foreign language)

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I was like oh my God, please
don't let the plane crash.

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Let me get at least to Washington

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and see how other continent looks like.

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(Cheyenne laughing)

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We thought at least here,
we're not gonna have

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people stalking us or
following us or throwing rocks

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or, say, like, calling
us name on the street.

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And I think this don't happen
here in America, right?

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[Mari] I'm scared because I
feel responsible for her.

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But then she said, you know, I
feel the same way about you.

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If you end up on the street,
I'll end up too, it's fine.

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At least we don't--

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We're a team, of course.

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At least we don't get to
be so much persecuted,

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the way we have been now.

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Yeah, we are a team, as you say it.

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Yeah.

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Don't cry.

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(Mari sniffles)

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Sorry, I'm emotional.

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Yeah.

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(solemn music)

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So, I think we can squeeze this in there

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or on top of this.

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Yeah, I don't know, I think so.

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Should be able to do that.

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[Melanie] You're perfectly legal.

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There's nothing you're
doing that's illegal at all.

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You guys have your
passports on you, right?

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Yes, okay.
Yes, we do.

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(video chat ringing)

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[Fred] Hi, Subhi!

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Hi.

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Any news about your coming here?

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No, not yet.

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Well, you're welcome to stay
with us at our house here

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when you get here.

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I'm gonna ask around to friends
to help you find a place,

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hopefully close by here,

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where you could stay for
the first six months or so.

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[Fred] I really didn't know
anything about refugees,

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and I was approached by Jewish Family

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and Children's Services,

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"would you consider being his sponsor?"

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[Fred to Subhi]
How are you feeling about all of this?

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I want to get out of here,
but, it's taking too long.

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(gentle music)

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[Subhi] I was always the black sheep,
I was always the outcast.

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I think most gay people
in Syria felt the same,

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isolation, the people mocking them,

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and it's been a lonely place for 25 years.

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(bomb exploding)

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(guns firing)

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(shouting crowd)

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I just could not feel safe,
so I did not went out anymore,

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I did not go to university anymore.

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There was huge arguments all the time

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between me and my father.

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He started to argue and
shout anti-gay slurs.

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All of his anger was directed towards me

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and I was so scared, so I
pushed him, and he pushed back.

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After he pushed me, he
just grabbed my head

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and just smashed it into
the kitchen counter.

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I was bleeding so much
and I couldn't remember

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exactly how did I get to the hospital.

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I decided that I couldn't
take this anymore,

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and I went to Turkey
without even looking back.

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I decided to come out publicly
while I was in Turkey.

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The threats started within a few weeks.

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They came from an old friend

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that became affiliated with ISIS.

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He told me to secure his
position in paradise,

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he will make my blood
halal, which is like,

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it's okay to kill this
person because he's gay.

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He escalated his threats
and he kept on calling,

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more than 30 missed calls in half an hour.

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He told me that he would
justify it by honor crime.

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(tense music)

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(airplane engine roars)

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(solemn music)

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(Announcer) Attention please: for your safety,

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do not accept the services of anyone

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who approaches you...

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[Melanie] I don't think a lot of
Americans understand

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how hard it is to come here.

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Even if you're white, even
if you speak perfect English.

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What I try and do is help
people through the process.

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It's mind boggling how some
people manage to do it,

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but they do it.

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Have you seen him at all during that time?

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No, just--
--Oh my God.

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I mean, just online

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and Facebook.
--Yeah, yeah.

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Finally!

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After a long, long trip.

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Welcome to America, welcome home.

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Thank you.
--Welcome home.

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Thank you very much.

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I just want a space to sit down

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and start thinking about it now,

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to start making it a reality now.

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Yeah.

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Take your time, be patient,
no hurry for anything.

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But now that you're here,

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there are a few things that we need to do.

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We're gonna talk about the house.

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We're gonna take you to
get an official number

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so you can, people call them
Social Security numbers,

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it's a bit of bureaucracy,

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but everything else
comes from that number.

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(tense music)

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(sullen music)

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I managed to get to university

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[Reporter] An internal investigation has begun

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over the assault by South
African police officers

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of a gay Congolese refugee.

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Junior Mayema was beaten by officers

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after they refused to process
a discrimination claim.

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(tense music)

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(solemn music)

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Maybe you shouldn't have
lead in your clothes,

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something lighter than the
lead outfits... chainmail.

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We provide toilet paper, paper
towels and cleaning stuff.

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Everybody is assigned to a chore,

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what they do for the house.

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We'll get some disinfectant

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if you want to wipe everything down.

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All across the street, down that way,

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so if you leave out, go this way.

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Did you, did you catch what he's saying?

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For safety, don't go down that way.

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Yeah, just don't go through
those projects and stuff,

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it's like a totally
different world over there.

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(solemn music)

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[Melanie] Home sweet home for three days.

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[Mari] Oh, my.

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Nice to meet you, I'm Mari.

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Hi Mari, nice to meet you.

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Hi, Cheyenne, nice to meet you.

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Thank you so much for having us.

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[Alan] Okay, so, these are heavy (laughing)

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[Melanie] When they first contacted me,

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they said, we are under
siege by our neighbors.

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They managed to get a student visa,

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and it was like, escape through
the night with your one bag.

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This is it?

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Yeah, this is the right place.

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Yay!

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This is the couch that just pulls out,

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and it's not big, but
you ladies are small,

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so I think you could fit.
(Mari and Cheyenne laughing)

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And we have, we have more pillows, so.

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We have a little bit of
food in the bag here.

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Okay, we can put that in the fridge.

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Let me just put these here.

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Oranges, let me just put that here.

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The sun is going up, maybe now.

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The clouds are fighting.

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(gentle music)

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How did we meet?

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Tell the story.

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(gentle music)

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I was living still with my parents.

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There was this gay guy that just moved in,

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so I was like, oh, gay people here, okay.

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He said, oh my God, I have to
introduce you to this girl,

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you guys gonna look so good together!

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I was like don't do that.

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And he was like,

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I have this beautiful
girl you have to meet,

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you will love her.

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She is your size, she's
just like perfect for you

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and I was like humph!

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So, I was coming down the street

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and she was standing there.

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And then she turned around and--

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Ta-da!

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We're the same size!
Yeah, it was really,

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it was really like ta-da!

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(gentle music)

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Of course, you are beautiful.

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Your smile, the way you looked at me.

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We had to be careful all the time.

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Sometimes, I would sneak
out of my parents' house

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and go to her house,

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because we really wanted
to see each other.

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And then she had to walk me back.

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(crowd yelling)

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I'm tired of people
bullying me on the street

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all the time, and it happened many times.

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Imagine how it would feel like.

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After all this shit that we went through,

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we felt like there are no
good people in the world.

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Yep.

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(phone beeps)

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Hi, Pablo, my name is Melanie Nathan,

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I have a lesbian couple who've
just arrived seeking asylum.

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I am trying to help them
find a pro bono attorney.

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Can I set up a time with you?

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Thursday the 8th, 10 a.m.,
really appreciate it.

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All right, take care, bye bye.

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We have an appointment.

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(gentle music)

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[radio program] San Francisco continues
to be one of the most

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expensive places to live in the country.

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[Teacher on Intercom] Good morning.

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Hi, I'm Junior.

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Okay, I'll be down there.

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[Teacher] Karina's absent... Junior, Mary Lou...

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Now we're learning numerical filing, okay?

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So, who goes first?

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[Students] Zero, three.

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Zero, nine,

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and 22.

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Nine.
Five.

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53, 88, 29.

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[Teacher] So, so let's do this,
let's start with Junior.

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Why don't you read your problem?

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So what's actually the housing problem?

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Oh, I see.

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[Student] End of the month?

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Beginning?

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[Student] Next week is already

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the beginning of the month.

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[Student] Next week!
(keys clicking)

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So this page is very important,

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they talk about all public housing.

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Up here's a phone number to call them

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and email to answers hud.com.

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I'm going to contact them.

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Yeah, just ask, you're really urgent,

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you need an apartment.

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You will not sleep on the street.

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God will not do it.

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(gentle music)

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Be careful, be careful.

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Ooh, okay.

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So this is my husband Jack.

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Hi.

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And you have my name, Betsy.

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Yeah.

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[Betsy] I can come up

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and rearrange the space a little bit.

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[Galen] Many of our refugees,

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they need extra time to become acclimated.

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In Junior's case, with the way he looks

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and presents himself, there's
prejudice that he's fighting,

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and he's had PTSD issues.

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He has expressed that
he recognizes he drinks

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and he shouldn't drink.

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(upbeat music)

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[Fred] So, Subhi, do you want some coffee?

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Yes, sure.

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Okay.

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Well tomorrow, I'm gonna take you

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to the local farmer's market here.

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So, they tend to be a little
expensive, but it's a scene.

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Uh-oh, these went bad.

284
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Oh.
Randolph,

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your dolmas went moldy.

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Oh.

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Yeah, there is a club scene here

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for late night parties.

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Yeah, we're not gonna be very
helpful to you about that.

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We don't know that scene at all.

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One of the things that I hope we can offer

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is a way of entering into
the San Francisco Bay area,

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gay and Middle Eastern community

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at a high level in an interesting way.

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So, you've come from places
that are not so gay friendly.

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It's not comparable with
here or other places.

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But in terms of going out at
night, or in the streets--

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Well, no, you cannot.

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If your expression is a
little bit effeminate,

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the police will harass you,
the army will harass you.

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Okay, you know there are these

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old-fashioned American words.

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So one is called swish

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It means somebody who
walked in a swishy way.

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And then there was "nelly."

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[Subhi] "Nelly."

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Because when I was growing up,

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queer was like the most negative

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word.
[Subhi] --Word, yeah.

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And then now people use
it as being I'm hip,

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I'm beyond gender.

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And what's the Arab equivalent?

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There's expressions, but I
feel very shy to say them

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because they are so rude.

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(sullen music)

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As a refugee, you are
entitled on some benefits.

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Your cash will be in the amount

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close to $350 per month for eight months.

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Do you worry about your family,

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just in terms of what's
happening in Syria,

321
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like the bombing and war there?

322
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They are influential, so not that--

323
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Are they?
Yeah, so they can

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manage themselves very well.

325
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But I'm worried about my sister,

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like, she's living alone
and she's in the city.

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All refugees are vulnerable,

328
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but LGBT refugees are doubly vulnerable

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in that they are leaving their families,

330
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they are not coming as
refugees with families,

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they are escaping their families.

332
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99% of them have experienced
trauma, if not torture.

333
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And their communities have rejected them.

334
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It's really scary feeling

335
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like if you're not gonna
fit well with the society.

336
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I don't know, I feel a little bit stressed

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about the culture.

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Well, of course!

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(all chuckling)

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What everybody feels.

341
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You just left it.

342
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I think that you in a better position

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than many other people

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because of your language, your skills.

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Okay, all right.

346
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Now just--
Say, yay, America!

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(Subhi laughs)

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Look at me, look at me, look at me.

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(blonde woman laughing)

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(solemn music)

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When I left home, it felt
really good at first.

352
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It feels much safer, but
sometimes when I wake up,

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I just get the same feeling.

354
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You're here, you're alone

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and all the things that you lived with

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and you left behind will stay with you,

357
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but you cannot go back, no
matter how much you miss them.

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(solemn music)

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Look at this, look at this!

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This is your evidence.

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Documents, everything
that you went through

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from the time you met me.

363
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This is to help you prepare for
the appointment on Thursday.

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We're meeting with...

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When they first contacted me,

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their neighbors were writing
epithets on the wall,

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had killed their dog.

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00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,470
There was a man outside their
front door masturbating,

369
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"I'm coming in to kill you,
I'm coming in to rape you,

370
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we're gonna burn this house down."

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Nobody will go to the police
because they are scared.

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So, what you gonna do?

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You gonna fear for your life,
you're not gonna feel safe

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to go and report something
that is happening to you.

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[Melanie] You're gonna need more detail.

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The asylum person, he's not in your head.

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00:25:34,380 --> 00:25:35,950
Now, a lot of it's here,

378
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but they're gonna want
to hear it from you.

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(sullen music)

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[Cheyenne] I moved in with Mari.

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Her mother didn't like the situation.

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She brought some cooked
food for us, so we ate.

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In the middle of the
night, we woke up sweating,

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like, with diarrhea, really bad vomiting,

385
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and like it was, we thought we would die

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because it was really,
really bad, really bad.

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[Mari] It was the same day that she said,

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I wish I would leave you for adoption.

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I wish you were never born.

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00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:18,220
Yeah, things like that.

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(Mari sniffling)

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[Fred] Mr. Subhi Nahas, welcome.

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You're timing? You can say one, two, three,

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so I can know exactly when you start.

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[Fred] Okay, we start over.

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Mr. Nahas, begin.

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Your excellencies, honored
Security Council members,

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colleagues and friends,

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<i>Marhaba</i>, welcome.

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[Neil] Your excellencies,

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honored Security Council
members, colleagues, and friends.

402
00:27:13,170 --> 00:27:16,930
Okay, you want, you want me
to actually talk like this

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in the--
[Neil] Yes.

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That would take more than seven minutes.

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[Neil] Well, you'll get faster

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[Fred] I ran into my friend,
who was very involved

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with lobbying in the state department.

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And she said, oh, I just got this call

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from Samantha Power's office,

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they're looking for
somebody who could testify

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about the mistreatment of gay people

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under ISIS and fundamental Islam.

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So, I went home and I said, "hey Subhi,

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how'd you like an all expense
paid trip to New York?

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All it requires is that you come out

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as an openly gay person in
front of the United Nations."

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[Neil] Okay, from the beginning.

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[Fred] Can I break for a presentation question?

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00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:51,760
Sure.

420
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,500
Does he get to wear his earring?

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00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,670
I'm not sure, it looks nice
with the charcoal suit.

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00:27:56,670 --> 00:28:00,060
I think it looks, I'm in favor of it.

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00:28:00,060 --> 00:28:02,930
Otherwise you're gonna
look a little too straight.

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00:28:02,930 --> 00:28:05,270
It's a different look, Neil,
it's not a formal look.

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00:28:05,270 --> 00:28:06,380
Put the jacket on.
We don't need

426
00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:07,810
maybe too formal?

427
00:28:07,810 --> 00:28:08,820
He doesn't want to look like a banker.

428
00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:09,990
Yeah, and I'm, you know, gay.

429
00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:11,360
I think actually--

430
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,730
I'm gay, I have to look gay.

431
00:28:13,730 --> 00:28:15,050
Okay, it's gonna be fine.

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00:28:15,050 --> 00:28:15,940
Okay, take off the jacket

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00:28:15,940 --> 00:28:17,170
and I'll take it down and have them...

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[Neil] This is a completely
different level of exposure.

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00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:23,410
This is the UN Security Council.

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00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:25,600
And I said to him, do you understand

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00:28:26,530 --> 00:28:29,330
that this may expose you to a fatwa?

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00:28:29,330 --> 00:28:32,620
Do you understand how dangerous this is?

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00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,590
And he said, yes I understand,

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00:28:35,590 --> 00:28:37,400
I'm doing this for other people.

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00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,190
I'm doing this so that this road is safer

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00:28:40,190 --> 00:28:41,640
for people who come after me.

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00:28:47,770 --> 00:28:50,350
(gentle music)

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00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:52,910
Wow.

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[Neil] Is there simultaneous interpretation?

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00:28:57,190 --> 00:28:58,050
There'll be interpretation

447
00:28:58,050 --> 00:28:59,520
in people's earpieces.

448
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,180
Mm-hmm, that's good.

449
00:29:13,850 --> 00:29:17,660
Whew, there's no air conditioning here.

450
00:29:17,660 --> 00:29:19,740
Hi.
[Subhi] Pleasure to meet you.

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00:29:19,740 --> 00:29:20,580
I'm honored.
--Pleasure to meet you

452
00:29:20,580 --> 00:29:23,200
as well, thank you so much
for coming and being here.

453
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,870
--Thank you for inviting me.
--It's really important.

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00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:25,810
Hi, Neil Grungras.

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00:29:25,810 --> 00:29:27,160
Hi.
--It's a pleasure.

456
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,350
Good to meet you.

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00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:30,970
Do you have any questions
about the session or anything?

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00:29:30,970 --> 00:29:32,930
[Subhi] No, I don't.

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00:29:32,930 --> 00:29:35,740
I cannot think of any questions at the moment.

460
00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,890
How does it feel for you
to be here at the UN?

461
00:29:37,890 --> 00:29:38,990
Very nervous.

462
00:29:38,990 --> 00:29:41,400
What are you nervous about?

463
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,430
Everything today.

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00:29:42,430 --> 00:29:45,290
The speech, meeting you, the speech, yeah.

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00:29:45,290 --> 00:29:46,880
That's okay, we got that out of the way!

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00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,420
Yeah.

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00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:50,760
Hundreds of years from now,
people will look back on this

468
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,490
and they will think it's a
historic step that you took

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and your family will be very proud.

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00:29:56,190 --> 00:29:57,940
It may take some of them some time,

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00:29:57,940 --> 00:30:01,140
but that's how history gets made, so.

472
00:30:03,490 --> 00:30:06,420
We haven't really played
up your family history,

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00:30:06,420 --> 00:30:09,890
your story, didn't want to, you know,

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cause any particular danger to anybody.

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00:30:12,990 --> 00:30:16,350
(people chattering)

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00:30:16,350 --> 00:30:20,500
Keep quiet and make
notes of any questions.

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00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:24,680
[Ambassador Power]
Yeah, we're gonna go this way now.

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00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:25,930
Okay.

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00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:28,210
[Neil] If you get scared or nervous,

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00:30:28,210 --> 00:30:30,870
make eye contact with Fred, okay?

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[Subhi] Oh my God.

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00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:34,600
(gentle music)

483
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:40,480
My name is Subhi Nahas, I'm
a refugee, and I am gay.

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00:30:42,690 --> 00:30:47,080
I'm here to recount to you what
I experienced and witnessed

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as a gay man in my country.

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00:30:50,930 --> 00:30:54,170
In the name of all vulnerable refugees,

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00:30:54,170 --> 00:30:57,420
I urge you to heed this plea.

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(crowd applauding)

489
00:31:02,610 --> 00:31:06,570
LGBT is not just a terminology
invented by the West itself,

490
00:31:06,570 --> 00:31:08,630
but there is a LGBT community

491
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:10,620
in the Middle East and in Africa,

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00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:14,080
and they stand together and
they want their rights too.

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00:31:16,010 --> 00:31:17,000
I'm gonna fall down.

494
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,010
No, you're not, you'll be fine.

495
00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:19,300
I mean, I know.
You can hold on.

496
00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:23,410
Hold on, it's not about...
I... I need coffee and water.

497
00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:24,800
Okay, we'll get you that.

498
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,020
Sorry.

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00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:26,850
[Neil] It's okay, it's okay.

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00:31:26,850 --> 00:31:27,930
[Subhi] Yeah, I know, it was really,

501
00:31:27,930 --> 00:31:30,020
I did not expect it to go this well.

502
00:31:32,610 --> 00:31:34,200
So this is very cool, look at this.

503
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,240
Wow!

504
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,740
(playful music)

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00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:39,250
[Fred] Greenwich Village was always the center

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00:31:39,250 --> 00:31:40,950
of gay life in New York.

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00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:45,100
[Subhi] Everyone seems like a hippie.

508
00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:46,270
[Fred] So, you heard of Stonewall?

509
00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:47,720
[Subhi] Yeah, sure.

510
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,630
That the police used
to raid it all the time

511
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:54,880
and then one day the gay
men said, "oh, that's enough."

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00:31:57,210 --> 00:31:58,720
Very simple place.

513
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,040
Yeah, it's very simple, but it's so--

514
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,120
And it still, it still exists.

515
00:32:04,970 --> 00:32:07,550
(solemn music)

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00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:17,720
[Fred] And what country are you from?

517
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:18,580
[Man] I am from Pakistan.

518
00:32:18,580 --> 00:32:19,770
You're from Pakistan?

519
00:32:19,770 --> 00:32:20,600
Yes.

520
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,040
And you're from Mauritania?

521
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,050
Yeah.
Yeah.

522
00:32:23,050 --> 00:32:24,450
And he's from Syria.

523
00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:27,610
[Man] This is a multicultural place.

524
00:32:27,610 --> 00:32:29,850
[Fred] This is the new America, right?

525
00:32:29,850 --> 00:32:34,850
(gentle music)

526
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,190
(crowd cheering)

527
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,280
Donald Trump, he wants to send back,

528
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,740
he promises to send back all the refugees,

529
00:32:50,740 --> 00:32:52,790
all of them go home if
he gets elected, he says,

530
00:32:52,790 --> 00:32:54,950
and here he is, just moments
ago, making that point.

531
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:56,770
I'm putting the people on notice,

532
00:32:56,770 --> 00:32:58,690
if I win, they're going back.

533
00:32:58,690 --> 00:33:00,300
They're going back, I'm telling you.

534
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:01,130
(crowd cheering)

535
00:33:01,130 --> 00:33:02,710
They're going back.

536
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:06,320
Thank you.

537
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:10,790
[Receptionist on phone] Good morning,

538
00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:12,930
Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights, may I help you?

539
00:33:16,250 --> 00:33:19,090
We're open from nine to
four, Monday through Friday.

540
00:33:20,370 --> 00:33:22,000
How are you feeling?

541
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:22,840
Much better.

542
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:23,980
Yeah?
How are you?

543
00:33:23,980 --> 00:33:24,810
How are you doing, darling?

544
00:33:24,810 --> 00:33:26,260
Oh.

545
00:33:26,260 --> 00:33:29,130
Why did you come to the United States?

546
00:33:29,130 --> 00:33:31,390
Does your government or
any other organization

547
00:33:31,390 --> 00:33:32,710
wish to harm you?

548
00:33:32,710 --> 00:33:36,550
Explain who has harmed you,
or wants to harm you, and why.

549
00:33:37,790 --> 00:33:39,200
Once they apply for asylum,

550
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,170
the work permit takes about
three months to get processed.

551
00:33:42,170 --> 00:33:44,350
[Melanie] They have no means of survival whatsoever.

552
00:33:44,350 --> 00:33:46,160
They're couch surfing right now.

553
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,700
They literally have maybe, $90 on you?

554
00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:50,840
That's it.

555
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,510
How long do you estimate it would take

556
00:33:53,510 --> 00:33:56,020
to find them an attorney through you?

557
00:33:56,020 --> 00:33:58,670
It could be, you know,
weeks, or maybe even months

558
00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:01,380
before we found an attorney for you guys.

559
00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:03,690
That's just the nature of the process.

560
00:34:04,820 --> 00:34:07,400
(solemn music)

561
00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:15,020
[Mari] I think all this asylum
process is very intense.

562
00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:17,320
For six months, you can't work.

563
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,200
You can't support yourself.

564
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,350
And you're a grown up
person, it feels bad.

565
00:34:23,730 --> 00:34:26,230
(tense music)

566
00:34:42,420 --> 00:34:44,080
This is my mother.

567
00:35:30,650 --> 00:35:33,830
My concerns with Junior and
with many of the students

568
00:35:33,830 --> 00:35:37,610
is that they are not realistic
about what is required

569
00:35:37,610 --> 00:35:40,300
in a workforce as
sophisticated as San Francisco.

570
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,800
I know that his focus is to
work with the LGBT community,

571
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,800
I also know that that is a
pretty competitive arena.

572
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,960
It's not a job that you're
just gonna be able to walk in

573
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,700
and say, well, here I am.

574
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:53,450
(crowd cheering)

575
00:35:59,820 --> 00:36:00,880
Giant dog.

576
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,000
Huh?
Giant dog.

577
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,470
Nacho grande.

578
00:36:03,470 --> 00:36:05,050
[Customer] She wanted salsa.

579
00:36:05,050 --> 00:36:05,880
Salsa?

580
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,550
[Customer] It comes with the chips, right?

581
00:36:07,550 --> 00:36:09,190
Oh, with chips...

582
00:36:09,190 --> 00:36:10,450
Sorry?

583
00:36:10,450 --> 00:36:14,960
Is that, sorry, is that
possible to add hot pepper?

584
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:17,800
Sorry, it's hard for me.

585
00:36:18,990 --> 00:36:21,160
I'm sorry, it's hard.

586
00:36:25,470 --> 00:36:26,910
Ah!

587
00:36:26,910 --> 00:36:28,320
Maybe I switch it like this.

588
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:31,640
Ah!

589
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,470
This stuff.

590
00:36:34,450 --> 00:36:35,430
I'll get it next door.

591
00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:37,500
Thank you.

592
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,080
(solemn music)

593
00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:46,330
(crowd cheering)

594
00:37:04,540 --> 00:37:07,120
(upbeat music)

595
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,090
[Neil] I met Subhi in Turkey,

596
00:37:15,090 --> 00:37:18,070
and then later on, when we
needed somebody to do some work,

597
00:37:18,070 --> 00:37:20,140
I turned to Subhi for help.

598
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:22,390
And, I realized that we had a gem.

599
00:37:22,390 --> 00:37:24,070
We had a gem on our hands.

600
00:37:29,140 --> 00:37:29,970
$28.31.

601
00:37:29,970 --> 00:37:31,480
Thank you so much.

602
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,120
Have a good-- you too, bye bye.

603
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:48,730
Without the help of my sponsor,

604
00:37:48,730 --> 00:37:51,290
I would never get an apartment anywhere

605
00:37:52,390 --> 00:37:54,450
because they will ask
you for so many things,

606
00:37:54,450 --> 00:37:56,680
like credit score, which we don't have.

607
00:37:57,670 --> 00:38:00,710
Without Fred, I would not ever

608
00:38:00,710 --> 00:38:02,490
get a house in San Francisco.

609
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,920
Bulgur is thicker than this,

610
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,340
it doesn't look like this usually, so.

611
00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:10,570
I'm sure it'll be nice.

612
00:38:10,570 --> 00:38:11,400
Yeah?

613
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:12,520
[Mark] It smells good.

614
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:13,960
[Subhi] It does because the lentil

615
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,220
and the bulgur together.

616
00:38:15,220 --> 00:38:16,820
That already makes it better.

617
00:38:16,820 --> 00:38:18,880
And the onions.

618
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,500
[Mark] All right, I'm trying something new.

619
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,820
I don't know much about
the refugee situation.

620
00:38:23,820 --> 00:38:26,940
I didn't know anything
about Syria before really.

621
00:38:26,940 --> 00:38:31,090
I mean, I don't think I knew
anything at all about it.

622
00:38:31,090 --> 00:38:33,400
I don't think you knew
where it was. (laughing)

623
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,820
I didn't know where Syria was, yeah.

624
00:38:37,530 --> 00:38:39,410
I don't know why, but in my mind,

625
00:38:39,410 --> 00:38:42,490
the word refugee has a
negative connotation.

626
00:38:42,490 --> 00:38:45,040
I think I was raised thinking
that was a bad thing.

627
00:38:46,110 --> 00:38:47,460
Look who this guy is?

628
00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:49,480
[Subhi] Oh, wow, that's me, I know.

629
00:38:50,350 --> 00:38:53,050
(both laughing)

630
00:38:53,050 --> 00:38:55,540
Sometimes LGBT refugees
don't want to come out,

631
00:38:55,540 --> 00:38:56,630
even after they're safe,

632
00:38:56,630 --> 00:38:59,570
because they don't want to
harm their family back home.

633
00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:01,840
I mean, he's getting email
messages and Facebook messages

634
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,100
from all over the world saying,

635
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:06,200
we're looking to you to
lead us, you're our voice.

636
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,130
(uplifting music)

637
00:39:08,130 --> 00:39:10,850
Chairman Johnson, ranking members of the committee,

638
00:39:10,850 --> 00:39:14,210
thank you for offering me the honor and the opportunity

639
00:39:14,210 --> 00:39:16,780
to be here today to share my story.

640
00:39:16,780 --> 00:39:19,350
[woman on phone] Hi Subhi, this is Mandalit del Barco

641
00:39:19,350 --> 00:39:20,210
with NPR news.

642
00:39:20,210 --> 00:39:21,860
You know, coming from a place

643
00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:24,040
where I cannot talk about it at all

644
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,290
to a place where I'm
sharing it with the world,

645
00:39:27,290 --> 00:39:28,120
(crowd cheering)

646
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,030
it opened whole other doors.

647
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:32,240
[MC] Give it up for your grand marshal,

648
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:36,010
Subhi Nahas! We love
you honey, happy Pride!

649
00:39:36,010 --> 00:39:38,730
So, thank you for this tremendous honor.

650
00:39:38,730 --> 00:39:39,560
Thank you.

651
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:44,560
(crowd cheering)
(uplifting music)

652
00:39:50,770 --> 00:39:53,810
(audience applauding)

653
00:39:53,810 --> 00:39:56,690
It is my sincere pleasure to introduce

654
00:39:56,690 --> 00:40:00,410
this year's International
Trailblazer, Mr. Subhi Nahas.

655
00:40:00,410 --> 00:40:01,600
(audience)

656
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,200
♪ And I run from wolves ♪

657
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,120
♪ Ooh ♪

658
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,650
♪ Breathing heavily ♪

659
00:40:09,650 --> 00:40:10,990
♪ At my feet ♪

660
00:40:10,990 --> 00:40:13,600
♪ And I run from wolves ♪

661
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,500
♪ Ooh ♪

662
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,540
♪ Tearing into me ♪

663
00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:18,830
Thank you so much.

664
00:40:18,830 --> 00:40:22,040
The LGBT community is a global one,

665
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,590
and our brothers and
sisters in the Middle East,

666
00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,830
and elsewhere, need to know
that we stand with them.

667
00:40:27,830 --> 00:40:31,320
(audience applauding)

668
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,320
(people chattering)

669
00:40:40,130 --> 00:40:40,960
One second!

670
00:40:42,590 --> 00:40:43,420
Great.

671
00:40:43,420 --> 00:40:46,010
And do you mind, Subhi, if
we just get one of you solo?

672
00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:47,360
Yeah.
Okay, great.

673
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,400
Can you start right
over here in the middle?

674
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:51,240
Awesome, all right,

675
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,630
so we're just gonna get a
stage solo shot, please?

676
00:40:58,970 --> 00:41:00,870
We're just, we're doing a solo shot.

677
00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:06,990
(solemn music)

678
00:41:06,990 --> 00:41:10,660
Okay, great, thank you so much.

679
00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:17,380
Okay, now we're done.

680
00:41:17,380 --> 00:41:18,350
You're done, you're done.

681
00:41:18,350 --> 00:41:19,180
Oh, thank you.
You did great.

682
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:21,110
Thank you.

683
00:41:21,110 --> 00:41:23,690
(gentle music)

684
00:41:27,810 --> 00:41:30,520
(people laughing)

685
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:31,810
You speak French, right?

686
00:41:31,810 --> 00:41:32,970
Yeah, of course.

687
00:41:32,970 --> 00:41:35,570
Bonjour.

688
00:41:35,570 --> 00:41:37,720
(speaking in French)

689
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,950
[Hairstylist] So let me ask you a question,

690
00:41:39,950 --> 00:41:42,290
are you gay or are you straight?

691
00:41:42,290 --> 00:41:43,820
[Junior] That is a personal question.

692
00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:46,810
(stylist laughing)

693
00:41:46,810 --> 00:41:48,920
No, San Francisco, we don't care.

694
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,600
You know, but like, you should
still come do your hair here.

695
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,470
You're like, "that bitch
is so nosy." (laughing)

696
00:41:56,470 --> 00:41:58,180
You like white men?

697
00:41:58,180 --> 00:41:59,590
[Junior] I don't discriminate.

698
00:41:59,590 --> 00:42:01,590
[Stylist] Okay, but you like white men with money.

699
00:42:01,590 --> 00:42:04,920
If you're gonna go out of your
race, get some money, huh?

700
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,410
(stylist laughing)

701
00:42:06,410 --> 00:42:08,990
(upbeat music)

702
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,000
I'm Galen, nice to meet you.

703
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,660
Will you allow me to
buy you a glass of wine?

704
00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:22,800
Sure, thank you.

705
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:24,430
What kind of wine are you having?

706
00:42:24,430 --> 00:42:26,180
(patrons chattering)

707
00:42:26,180 --> 00:42:27,530
[Galen] I was trying to figure out

708
00:42:27,530 --> 00:42:30,150
what Junior was looking for in a guy.

709
00:42:30,150 --> 00:42:31,960
Meeting Mike, it was pretty clear

710
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,820
that this type of stability

711
00:42:33,820 --> 00:42:36,530
was something that Junior was looking for.

712
00:42:36,530 --> 00:42:38,910
But when it came out a few weeks later

713
00:42:38,910 --> 00:42:41,400
that Junior was going
to move in with Mike,

714
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,920
one of the questions I
had is, was it too early?

715
00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:48,330
(gentle music)

716
00:43:07,220 --> 00:43:10,090
[Mike] The lights come on, there's a timer.

717
00:43:10,090 --> 00:43:11,860
[Junior] It's beautiful.

718
00:43:11,860 --> 00:43:14,550
[Mike] I see people that I
haven't seen in five years

719
00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:17,120
that are just a mess.

720
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,580
A gay party every night thing.

721
00:43:19,580 --> 00:43:22,180
And you just see so many people just

722
00:43:22,180 --> 00:43:24,360
kind of lose themselves in it.

723
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,990
And then they mess up
their future, their career,

724
00:43:27,990 --> 00:43:30,130
and then, there's just a decline.

725
00:43:35,890 --> 00:43:36,760
Cheers.

726
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,150
Happy Friday.

727
00:43:38,150 --> 00:43:39,100
Cheers.

728
00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:42,460
I want to go out and dance and
everything, then come sleep.

729
00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:43,300
Okay.

730
00:43:44,660 --> 00:43:46,010
It's only five o'clock, so.

731
00:43:53,420 --> 00:43:54,890
Oh, your face is so smooth.

732
00:43:56,430 --> 00:43:59,290
I try to do the skin
care, being the old man.

733
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:02,320
(people chattering)

734
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:03,950
Thank you, salud.

735
00:44:03,950 --> 00:44:05,880
<i>Salud!</i>
[Mike] Another Sunday in paradise.

736
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:07,800
That's right.

737
00:44:13,060 --> 00:44:14,540
I really love this.

738
00:44:14,540 --> 00:44:16,420
Yeah.
This looks so different,

739
00:44:16,420 --> 00:44:17,250
you know?

740
00:44:17,250 --> 00:44:19,430
I just want to make sure
that you love each one.

741
00:44:19,430 --> 00:44:20,270
Yeah.

742
00:44:24,330 --> 00:44:25,170
Oh my God.

743
00:44:25,170 --> 00:44:27,190
You have very good taste. (chuckling)

744
00:44:27,190 --> 00:44:29,370
Let me see that.

745
00:44:30,990 --> 00:44:34,240
(trolley bell dinging)

746
00:44:47,650 --> 00:44:48,830
They first thing that we're going to do

747
00:44:48,830 --> 00:44:51,190
is fill out an I-589,

748
00:44:51,190 --> 00:44:55,240
and that's the form for
applying for asylum.

749
00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:58,670
We're going to submit a
declaration from each of you,

750
00:44:58,670 --> 00:45:00,890
and it might take a few interviews

751
00:45:00,890 --> 00:45:03,010
in order to make sure that
we have all the information

752
00:45:03,010 --> 00:45:04,030
that we need.

753
00:45:04,030 --> 00:45:07,190
I don't have an exact timeline for you.

754
00:45:07,190 --> 00:45:11,490
Other clients of the firm have
had to wait a year or longer.

755
00:45:12,590 --> 00:45:14,810
After we met Mari and Cheyenne,

756
00:45:14,810 --> 00:45:17,800
we had to think through their story.

757
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,330
The applicant has to show

758
00:45:19,330 --> 00:45:22,720
a well-founded fear of persecution.

759
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,770
There's not a whole lot of
press that comes out of Angola

760
00:45:25,770 --> 00:45:28,570
about the treatment of the LGBT community.

761
00:45:28,570 --> 00:45:32,120
So, the applicant's own testimony

762
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:35,140
can be sufficient to support their claim,

763
00:45:35,140 --> 00:45:36,620
if the testimony's credible.

764
00:45:37,550 --> 00:45:38,900
They way the interview's gonna go

765
00:45:38,900 --> 00:45:40,090
is kind of going to depend

766
00:45:40,090 --> 00:45:42,170
on which asylum officer you get.

767
00:45:42,170 --> 00:45:44,420
Asylum officers have different styles,

768
00:45:44,420 --> 00:45:47,860
some may be a little
bit interrogation like.

769
00:45:47,860 --> 00:45:51,730
Let's say they start asking
really intimate questions,

770
00:45:51,730 --> 00:45:55,430
like, do we have the right to say,

771
00:45:55,430 --> 00:45:57,280
we're not gonna answer that?

772
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,140
I doubt that that will come up,

773
00:46:01,140 --> 00:46:02,820
but you know, like I said,

774
00:46:02,820 --> 00:46:04,610
I'm going to be in the room with you,

775
00:46:04,610 --> 00:46:07,570
but at the end of the
day, this is your story.

776
00:46:07,570 --> 00:46:09,890
And I can't tell it for you.

777
00:46:09,890 --> 00:46:12,470
(solemn music)

778
00:46:30,650 --> 00:46:32,150
Baby, you done?

779
00:46:32,150 --> 00:46:33,350
What do you want, baby?

780
00:46:33,350 --> 00:46:35,340
I want to use the restroom.

781
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,820
People think that refugees
or asylum seekers are,

782
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:42,870
I'm not gonna say criminals,

783
00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:45,650
but they don't understand what it is.

784
00:46:45,650 --> 00:46:47,580
It's even harder when you come from Africa

785
00:46:47,580 --> 00:46:52,040
because people think you're
coming from the bushes.

786
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:56,240
♪ The world is easy
'cause you and I exist ♪

787
00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:59,920
♪ The reason you defy with
every word you speak ♪

788
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:02,710
♪ I know your world is
I so I need you to see ♪

789
00:47:02,710 --> 00:47:04,810
♪ You gotta wake up now ♪

790
00:47:04,810 --> 00:47:07,580
♪ You gotta get up now ♪

791
00:47:07,580 --> 00:47:11,390
♪ I'm strong 'cause I came from desire ♪

792
00:47:11,390 --> 00:47:15,340
♪ My heart is built out of fire ♪

793
00:47:15,340 --> 00:47:17,680
[Cheyenne] I always had this connection with music.

794
00:47:18,630 --> 00:47:20,510
It's a good therapy for me.

795
00:47:20,510 --> 00:47:21,610
For both of us.

796
00:47:32,940 --> 00:47:33,850
Mm, mm, mm.

797
00:47:35,630 --> 00:47:40,450
♪ I'm strong 'cause I came from desire ♪

798
00:47:40,450 --> 00:47:45,450
♪ My heart is built out of fire ♪

799
00:47:45,590 --> 00:47:49,430
♪ I've come from the centuries of light ♪

800
00:47:49,430 --> 00:47:51,710
♪ You gotta wake up now ♪

801
00:47:51,710 --> 00:47:54,260
♪ You gotta get up now ♪

802
00:47:54,260 --> 00:47:56,110
♪ Oh ♪

803
00:47:56,110 --> 00:47:59,040
[Cheyenne] She really knows how to deal with me.

804
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:00,790
And she's always there when I need.

805
00:48:02,650 --> 00:48:04,160
And a lot of things.

806
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:04,990
She's amazing.

807
00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:07,740
Drives me crazy,
I'm happy to know that.

808
00:48:07,740 --> 00:48:10,990
but what can you do?
--Oh, look who's talking,

809
00:48:10,990 --> 00:48:12,210
like you don't drive me crazy?

810
00:48:12,210 --> 00:48:13,210
[Cheyenne] What can you do?

811
00:48:13,210 --> 00:48:14,950
[Mari] No, like you don't drive me crazy.

812
00:48:14,950 --> 00:48:17,060
You think you don't drive me crazy.

813
00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:19,650
(upbeat music)

814
00:48:27,410 --> 00:48:29,160
Subhi, can you sit?

815
00:48:30,010 --> 00:48:30,860
Can you sit down?

816
00:48:35,950 --> 00:48:40,000
When you're behind the
scenes your entire life

817
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:41,850
and then, all of the sudden,

818
00:48:41,850 --> 00:48:44,280
the whole world wanna
hear about your story,

819
00:48:46,690 --> 00:48:48,480
it was overwhelming.

820
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,070
(solemn music)

821
00:48:52,070 --> 00:48:55,850
I don't want to put masks and
look happier than what I feel.

822
00:48:59,250 --> 00:49:01,730
I've been receiving a lot of messages.

823
00:49:02,910 --> 00:49:07,230
The most recent was from a
guy who's still in Syria.

824
00:49:07,230 --> 00:49:10,530
He was telling me how lucky I am.

825
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,160
He's willing to do anything,

826
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,510
like really, literally,
anything, to be out.

827
00:49:18,970 --> 00:49:21,660
To be honest, I did not reply to him.

828
00:49:28,170 --> 00:49:32,500
(crowd yelling in foreign language)

829
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:36,620
It's like a dream.

830
00:49:37,780 --> 00:49:41,320
It's so far away that it feels unreal.

831
00:49:45,830 --> 00:49:48,100
My family's still there,

832
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:50,450
and no matter what they've done to me,

833
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:53,240
they are still my family.

834
00:49:55,500 --> 00:49:58,700
At any moment, they could all die

835
00:49:58,700 --> 00:50:01,720
and I cannot help.

836
00:50:24,620 --> 00:50:27,950
I've been struggling with depression.

837
00:50:27,950 --> 00:50:30,070
Sometimes it gets beyond control.

838
00:50:39,730 --> 00:50:42,090
[Fred] So, have you heard from your parents?

839
00:50:42,090 --> 00:50:43,140
Yup.

840
00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:44,220
How are they?

841
00:50:44,220 --> 00:50:46,520
They're fine, I mean, I
heard from my mom only,

842
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,160
but Dad doesn't... at all.

843
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,730
I know, but are they
saying they're safe?

844
00:50:50,730 --> 00:50:51,560
Yes, they are.

845
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:55,330
There's lots of bombings,
lots of aircraft.

846
00:50:55,330 --> 00:50:58,410
Today my brother almost got killed.

847
00:50:58,410 --> 00:50:59,380
What happened?

848
00:50:59,380 --> 00:51:01,940
Shrapnel almost went through his back

849
00:51:01,940 --> 00:51:03,920
but the laptop just saved him

850
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,050
because there's a laptop there,

851
00:51:06,050 --> 00:51:07,480
so the shrapnel just hit
the laptop and broke it.

852
00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:08,820
Wait, you're kidding!

853
00:51:08,820 --> 00:51:09,650
No.

854
00:51:20,050 --> 00:51:21,170
(people laughing)

855
00:51:21,170 --> 00:51:22,090
Happy Thanksgiving.

856
00:51:22,090 --> 00:51:24,420
(solemn music)
I'm thankful.

857
00:51:31,490 --> 00:51:34,190
[Subhi] I'm thankful for being here in the States,

858
00:51:34,190 --> 00:51:35,820
and for being alive,

859
00:51:37,170 --> 00:51:40,450
and for being among
friends this night here.

860
00:51:44,790 --> 00:51:47,790
(people chattering)

861
00:52:09,240 --> 00:52:12,230
I was starting to really love him.

862
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:15,680
I told him, I don't know
why you are asking me

863
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,610
to move right now, where
do you want me to go?

864
00:52:18,610 --> 00:52:20,990
He just told me, no, everything is over,

865
00:52:20,990 --> 00:52:23,240
and I just want you to move, so.

866
00:52:30,530 --> 00:52:34,450
(speaking in foreign language)

867
00:52:38,390 --> 00:52:39,430
You see, this is a contraption

868
00:52:39,430 --> 00:52:41,820
that you can hang some of your clothes in.

869
00:52:41,820 --> 00:52:43,920
(speaking in foreign language)

870
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:45,120
Okay, and January,

871
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,140
he will not have time
to do the insulation,

872
00:52:47,140 --> 00:52:48,970
so you will need the heater.

873
00:52:48,970 --> 00:52:50,640
(speaking in Spanish)

874
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:51,940
[Phil] Yeah, he's gotta put a
little bit of something

875
00:52:51,940 --> 00:52:53,610
to make it close.

876
00:53:07,390 --> 00:53:08,810
You like?

877
00:53:08,810 --> 00:53:09,710
[Phil] So, Junior, are you interested

878
00:53:09,710 --> 00:53:12,100
in making the decision
today to take the room?

879
00:53:13,430 --> 00:53:16,330
I don't think we should be
talking about it right now.

880
00:53:16,330 --> 00:53:17,160
We reach out--

881
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:19,140
[Phil] All right, we will let him know soon.

882
00:53:19,140 --> 00:53:19,980
Yeah.

883
00:53:19,980 --> 00:53:21,510
(Phil speaking in Spanish)

884
00:53:21,510 --> 00:53:24,090
(sullen music)

885
00:53:28,030 --> 00:53:29,780
[Junior] I'm getting tired of all of this.

886
00:53:29,780 --> 00:53:31,480
[Phil] Moving around, huh?

887
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:33,410
[Junior] That's why people think I have problem,

888
00:53:33,410 --> 00:53:34,920
or I have drinking problem.

889
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,030
It's not, it's about, I've lived with you,

890
00:53:37,030 --> 00:53:39,560
did you see me drinking any drink?

891
00:53:43,370 --> 00:53:45,530
I don't want to carry a lot.

892
00:53:45,530 --> 00:53:46,400
[Phil] You can keep some

893
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:49,290
of your frozen things here, Junior.

894
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,620
The freezer section of that
fridge is pretty small.

895
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,010
[Junior] It's just going to fit.

896
00:53:59,010 --> 00:54:00,120
(sullen music)

897
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:04,040
(Phil speaking in Spanish)

898
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:08,300
[Phil] There it is, careful!

899
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:10,770
Help him, help him!

900
00:54:10,770 --> 00:54:12,920
[Junior] This refrigerator is very small.

901
00:54:15,790 --> 00:54:18,730
You don't like the
Virgin or the other one?

902
00:54:19,970 --> 00:54:21,600
They'll take it.

903
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:25,520
(counting in Spanish)

904
00:54:27,870 --> 00:54:30,330
[Phil] The check will come from
our church for this month,

905
00:54:30,330 --> 00:54:32,320
February 9th through March 9th.

906
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:34,030
And then on March 9th,

907
00:54:34,030 --> 00:54:35,500
it's up to him.
[Junior] I take over.

908
00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:36,580
(Junior laughs)

909
00:54:36,580 --> 00:54:37,410
All right.

910
00:54:38,460 --> 00:54:39,460
Let's see.

911
00:55:07,390 --> 00:55:09,970
(upbeat music)

912
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:12,130
[Cheyenne] Don't drop me!

913
00:55:12,130 --> 00:55:13,990
Oh my God, this is getting too high.

914
00:55:13,990 --> 00:55:16,120
(both laughing)

915
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,090
[Cheyenne] You can do it, yay!

916
00:55:20,890 --> 00:55:24,530
[Mari] You know, I don't want to live
my whole life hurt, angry.

917
00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,980
I don't want to have regrets.

918
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:32,120
And the best lesson was not
being angry and get revenge,

919
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,580
the lesson was to make things happen.

920
00:55:45,100 --> 00:55:46,550
[Teacher] You ready?

921
00:55:46,550 --> 00:55:49,210
(speaking in Portuguese)

922
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:00,010
[Photographer] One, two.

923
00:56:06,700 --> 00:56:09,500
[Mari] Come on, mission impossible!

924
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:10,330
[Cheyenne] You got it!

925
00:56:10,330 --> 00:56:11,160
[Mari] Yeah!

926
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,660
(squeals)

927
00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:15,930
[Mari] Back in Angola,

928
00:56:15,930 --> 00:56:19,000
I could never put a foot
out of my house alone

929
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,400
'cause I would get harassed.

930
00:56:26,140 --> 00:56:28,200
I'm happy here, you know?

931
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,590
I feel free, I can walk by myself.

932
00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:34,690
It's like I woke up from a nightmare.

933
00:56:40,110 --> 00:56:42,380
[Radio Reporter] A lot more rural voters did turn out here,

934
00:56:42,380 --> 00:56:45,320
27% of the vote in Michigan.

935
00:56:46,270 --> 00:56:47,580
Donald Trump was confident

936
00:56:47,580 --> 00:56:48,410
that what he was feeling

937
00:56:48,410 --> 00:56:50,780
and sensing in those
primaries was something that

938
00:56:50,780 --> 00:56:52,930
people were not
registering in these polls.

939
00:56:55,210 --> 00:56:57,120
[Caleb] Okay, so I get the best ones, right?

940
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:58,370
Do you have it, Subhi?

941
00:56:58,370 --> 00:57:00,540
[Subhi] Yeah, I'm just, so cold.

942
00:57:00,540 --> 00:57:03,290
(both chuckling)

943
00:57:08,100 --> 00:57:09,210
[Subhi] Feel like a penguin.

944
00:57:12,900 --> 00:57:14,630
Well, I thought he was very cute,

945
00:57:14,630 --> 00:57:18,360
and he has a very endearing
way of speaking too.

946
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:19,680
Kind of with his accent.

947
00:57:20,710 --> 00:57:23,470
You understand that
I'm still assimilating,

948
00:57:23,470 --> 00:57:25,980
and you're being very patient with that.

949
00:57:25,980 --> 00:57:29,380
You don't mind watching
my Star Trek episodes.

950
00:57:29,380 --> 00:57:30,390
(Subhi laughing)

951
00:57:30,390 --> 00:57:32,220
It's sometimes really boring.

952
00:57:33,450 --> 00:57:34,300
You're welcome.

953
00:57:35,180 --> 00:57:36,870
(gentle music)

954
00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:38,510
[Caleb] That's where I went to school,

955
00:57:38,510 --> 00:57:41,110
and like, that's where my
mom lives and everything.

956
00:57:41,110 --> 00:57:42,280
This is Lake Michigan.

957
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:43,370
[Subhi] Oh, it's <i>Lake</i> Michigan.

958
00:57:43,370 --> 00:57:44,380
I thought it's a sea?

959
00:57:44,380 --> 00:57:46,400
So, we're going by the lake or by the?

960
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:47,330
--A sea?

961
00:57:47,330 --> 00:57:48,160
--I didn't know.

962
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:50,760
I have no idea about the geography there.

963
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,460
Big smiles, little bear!

964
00:57:52,460 --> 00:57:55,700
(Caleb chuckles)

965
00:57:55,700 --> 00:57:57,090
[Caleb] Should we have worn, like, orange,

966
00:57:57,090 --> 00:58:00,860
so we don't get shot by
deer hunters? (laughing)

967
00:58:01,690 --> 00:58:02,830
[Cashier] $7.25, please.

968
00:58:02,830 --> 00:58:04,310
[Caleb] Wait, are you still
called The Wooly Booger?

969
00:58:04,310 --> 00:58:05,600
[Cashier] Uh, no.
[Caleb] Did they change names?

970
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:06,660
[Cashier] It hasn't been The Wooly Booger

971
00:58:06,660 --> 00:58:09,110
for about five years.

972
00:58:09,110 --> 00:58:09,940
(laughing)

973
00:58:11,270 --> 00:58:12,500
I never had the opportunity

974
00:58:12,500 --> 00:58:17,200
to bring a "friend" with
me for the holidays.

975
00:58:18,390 --> 00:58:20,970
My family's always been very conservative.

976
00:58:20,970 --> 00:58:22,460
My mother supports Trump.

977
00:58:26,460 --> 00:58:29,720
[Caleb] You know what, my mom would
love <i>The Last Supper</i>, $20.

978
00:58:31,100 --> 00:58:32,830
(children and adults talking)

979
00:58:34,820 --> 00:58:36,620
So, are you going to school?

980
00:58:36,620 --> 00:58:39,940
I finished school, but I'm
looking for opportunities

981
00:58:39,940 --> 00:58:43,750
I want to maybe study some
kind of international affairs,

982
00:58:43,750 --> 00:58:45,340
a Master's degree or something.

983
00:58:45,340 --> 00:58:46,400
[Caleb's Dad] Wow, that'd be cool!

984
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:47,230
[Subhi] Yeah.

985
00:58:48,450 --> 00:58:53,050
I was wondering, did you uh,
were you a... were you refugee?

986
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:56,060
I'm still a refugee.

987
00:58:56,060 --> 00:58:58,160
(dad laughing)

988
00:58:58,160 --> 00:58:59,680
You're still a refugee! (laughing)

989
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:02,130
Did not yet change my status.

990
00:59:03,250 --> 00:59:05,710
The so-called terrorists,

991
00:59:05,710 --> 00:59:07,470
they're the ones that are
making a name for themselves,

992
00:59:07,470 --> 00:59:09,130
and making a bad name for everybody else.

993
00:59:09,130 --> 00:59:10,230
Mm-hmm.

994
00:59:10,230 --> 00:59:11,290
There's bad Syrians,

995
00:59:11,290 --> 00:59:13,100
just like there's bad Americans.

996
00:59:13,100 --> 00:59:14,760
--Yup.

997
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:16,490
--So, did you make it over here by yourself?

998
00:59:16,490 --> 00:59:17,730
--Mm-hmm.
--All by yourself?

999
00:59:17,730 --> 00:59:19,150
--Yup.
--So, you're alone.

1000
00:59:19,150 --> 00:59:20,050
--Yup.
--Lonelyyyy.

1001
00:59:20,920 --> 00:59:23,410
All lonely and alone, yup.

1002
00:59:24,460 --> 00:59:27,440
(gentle music)
(people chattering)

1003
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:29,350
[Subhi] That's so cute.

1004
00:59:32,340 --> 00:59:33,680
[Caleb] It's the dark green

1005
00:59:33,680 --> 00:59:35,810
and she put like a white glitter on top.

1006
00:59:36,830 --> 00:59:37,660
Wow.

1007
00:59:39,710 --> 00:59:41,370
You can touch anything you want.

1008
00:59:43,230 --> 00:59:44,800
[Caleb] Is it dry?
[Subhi] Yeah, it is.

1009
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:46,710
Mm!

1010
00:59:48,810 --> 00:59:50,630
(Subhi chuckling)

1011
00:59:50,630 --> 00:59:51,780
I think they're pretty dry now.

1012
00:59:51,780 --> 00:59:52,840
Yeah, they are.

1013
00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:53,720
(all laughing)

1014
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:08,960
[Subhi] Your family, after all,
should be the safe place

1015
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:10,440
that you go to.

1016
01:00:13,730 --> 01:00:16,800
My sister reached out to me.

1017
01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:18,410
I want to reconnect with her

1018
01:00:18,410 --> 01:00:21,140
because she's the closest person to me.

1019
01:00:22,910 --> 01:00:24,810
Aleppo is becoming more perilous,

1020
01:00:24,810 --> 01:00:26,590
and she's not feeling safe.

1021
01:00:27,610 --> 01:00:32,040
I'm trying to organize
for her a way to get out.

1022
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:34,170
Not to fear for her life daily.

1023
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:39,570
[TV announcer] The Trump Administration is slashing

1024
01:00:39,570 --> 01:00:41,880
the number of refugees the U.S. will admit

1025
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:43,970
to a new record low.

1026
01:00:43,970 --> 01:00:46,260
It's very clear, Congress
has granted the President

1027
01:00:46,260 --> 01:00:48,080
the authority to determine
who comes and who goes

1028
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:49,720
from the United States of America,

1029
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:51,820
with the security interests
of America in mind.

1030
01:00:51,820 --> 01:00:54,830
[TV News] The U.S. is taking a step backwards

1031
01:00:54,830 --> 01:00:57,920
when it comes to humanitarian crises.

1032
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:01,080
(protestors yelling)

1033
01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:02,360
There are people in this country

1034
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:04,660
who don't agree with the
actions of our government,

1035
01:01:04,660 --> 01:01:07,010
and that we support people
who are trying to come here,

1036
01:01:07,010 --> 01:01:08,610
just like my ancestors did,

1037
01:01:08,610 --> 01:01:10,650
just like so many of our ancestors did.

1038
01:01:11,730 --> 01:01:14,740
This is probably the worst
time in American history

1039
01:01:14,740 --> 01:01:17,980
as it relates to the rights of immigrants.

1040
01:01:17,980 --> 01:01:20,570
(solemn music)

1041
01:01:22,690 --> 01:01:25,010
[Junior] Hello, is that Peter?

1042
01:01:25,010 --> 01:01:26,790
I say, I'm outside.

1043
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:29,030
[Peter on Intercom] Why don't you ring

1044
01:01:29,030 --> 01:01:30,280
the goddamned doorbell?

1045
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:31,340
I did ring.

1046
01:01:32,820 --> 01:01:36,030
[Junior] Hello, just want to get my stuff.

1047
01:01:36,030 --> 01:01:37,170
[Peter] Oh, do you know what I want back?

1048
01:01:37,170 --> 01:01:38,870
The ring.
[Junior] Oh, okay.

1049
01:01:43,540 --> 01:01:44,630
[Peter] By the way, when you left,

1050
01:01:44,630 --> 01:01:46,650
you left that door unlocked completely.

1051
01:01:46,650 --> 01:01:47,480
[Junior] Ooooh!

1052
01:01:51,700 --> 01:01:53,530
Hello, my name is Junior,

1053
01:01:53,530 --> 01:01:55,450
I need a taxi for Christopher Drive.

1054
01:01:58,670 --> 01:01:59,500
Oh, God.

1055
01:02:02,010 --> 01:02:03,280
It just has to stop.

1056
01:02:04,590 --> 01:02:05,730
I have to reach a point

1057
01:02:05,730 --> 01:02:09,590
where I have a stable place to stay

1058
01:02:09,590 --> 01:02:13,940
and a stable relationship
with someone who is,

1059
01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:18,250
not someone who want to just
have sex with you and leave.

1060
01:02:19,620 --> 01:02:21,660
I just want a place to live.

1061
01:02:22,830 --> 01:02:24,690
I don't wanna be homeless.

1062
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:28,830
(people shouting)

1063
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:42,700
I put your name on the waiting list.

1064
01:02:45,740 --> 01:02:50,170
And today is May 12, 2017, so it's only for one night,

1065
01:02:50,170 --> 01:02:51,520
and it's just a bed.

1066
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:53,440
All right, and what's going to happen

1067
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:54,760
after tomorrow?

1068
01:03:11,340 --> 01:03:13,200
This section is a gender
nonconforming section,

1069
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:15,130
so you have males, females,

1070
01:03:15,130 --> 01:03:17,610
people who don't identify as either sex.

1071
01:03:17,610 --> 01:03:18,440
Okay.

1072
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:21,930
The section next to you
here is female section only.

1073
01:03:21,930 --> 01:03:22,760
Oh, okay.

1074
01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:25,230
And then the section here
is male section only.

1075
01:03:25,230 --> 01:03:28,860
So, just stay in your section,
just to respect everyone.

1076
01:03:28,860 --> 01:03:32,120
I'm a little bit shy. (chuckling)

1077
01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:35,040
The showers are gonna be here,
so you'll see them later.

1078
01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:37,450
Oh, okay.

1079
01:03:37,450 --> 01:03:38,380
All right.

1080
01:03:38,380 --> 01:03:40,020
Thank you so much.
Not too scary?

1081
01:03:40,020 --> 01:03:41,180
Yeah.
--Not too scary?

1082
01:03:41,180 --> 01:03:44,100
It's a little bit different, but.

1083
01:03:44,950 --> 01:03:45,820
I don't know.

1084
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,200
I don't know what to do.

1085
01:03:54,840 --> 01:03:56,490
I cannot cook, I cannot,

1086
01:03:56,490 --> 01:03:59,010
I have to take my medication every day,

1087
01:03:59,010 --> 01:03:59,840
I have to do this...

1088
01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:02,730
I have to go all the time
over there to check in,

1089
01:04:02,730 --> 01:04:04,080
I have to... oh God.

1090
01:04:09,700 --> 01:04:11,680
I'm thinking about what can I do.

1091
01:04:12,550 --> 01:04:15,130
(sullen music)

1092
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:37,860
Hello, this is Junior Mayema.

1093
01:04:37,860 --> 01:04:40,390
(door beeping)

1094
01:04:40,390 --> 01:04:43,440
The day before yesterday,
I was feeling suicidal,

1095
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:47,040
like, I'm the person living with HIV,

1096
01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:48,640
and being outside homeless.

1097
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:53,100
I just want like a short
term place to stay.

1098
01:04:53,100 --> 01:04:55,470
I'm not stable right now.

1099
01:04:55,470 --> 01:04:58,660
This is an awkward time of
the month to try to do that,

1100
01:04:58,660 --> 01:05:00,240
and most of the places are not,

1101
01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:01,600
what you call, prime properties.

1102
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:04,210
They're in the Tenderloin,
they're on Sixth Street.

1103
01:05:04,210 --> 01:05:06,690
So, we will do what we can.

1104
01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:15,290
(gentle guitar music)

1105
01:05:19,930 --> 01:05:24,870
♪ Silent night ♪

1106
01:05:24,870 --> 01:05:29,590
♪ Holy night ♪

1107
01:05:29,590 --> 01:05:34,430
♪ All is calm ♪

1108
01:05:34,430 --> 01:05:39,430
♪ All is bright ♪

1109
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:44,520
♪ Round yon virgin ♪

1110
01:05:44,520 --> 01:05:47,440
♪ Mother and child ♪

1111
01:05:48,520 --> 01:05:49,520
Thank you!

1112
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:53,170
♪ Holy infant ♪

1113
01:05:53,170 --> 01:05:56,250
♪ So tender and mild ♪

1114
01:05:57,260 --> 01:05:59,170
(TV chatter)

1115
01:05:59,170 --> 01:06:04,170
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

1116
01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:12,260
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

1117
01:06:18,950 --> 01:06:21,890
You and your form I-589
have been scheduled

1118
01:06:21,890 --> 01:06:24,800
at your request for
interview as shown below.

1119
01:06:24,800 --> 01:06:27,170
Failure without good cause
to appear for interview

1120
01:06:27,170 --> 01:06:28,890
or to provide a competent interpreter

1121
01:06:28,890 --> 01:06:31,370
will result in immediate
referral to an immigration judge,

1122
01:06:31,370 --> 01:06:34,230
and you'll be ineligible for
employment authorization.

1123
01:06:34,230 --> 01:06:37,550
It's going to be the three
of us and the asylum officer.

1124
01:06:37,550 --> 01:06:41,390
It is okay to show emotion,

1125
01:06:41,390 --> 01:06:45,940
I mean, what you're talking
about is so difficult,

1126
01:06:45,940 --> 01:06:48,070
and it's perfectly okay to do that.

1127
01:06:48,070 --> 01:06:50,650
If you need to take a break,
if you need to just say,

1128
01:06:50,650 --> 01:06:53,380
I need to calm down, I
need to collect myself,

1129
01:06:53,380 --> 01:06:54,930
I need to get a drink of water,

1130
01:06:56,200 --> 01:07:00,470
totally fine to ask for that break.

1131
01:07:00,470 --> 01:07:02,230
I'm sorry, I'm already emotional.

1132
01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:05,560
Totally, I understand.

1133
01:07:06,520 --> 01:07:10,020
We'll bring some water with
us, I'll bring some Kleenex.

1134
01:07:10,020 --> 01:07:11,270
(all laughing)
[Cheyenne] Thanks.

1135
01:07:12,400 --> 01:07:14,010
[Mari] Yeah, well.

1136
01:07:16,330 --> 01:07:17,950
What can you do?

1137
01:07:17,950 --> 01:07:19,440
Yeah, I know.

1138
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:22,030
(solemn music)

1139
01:07:26,420 --> 01:07:27,810
[Kathlyn] If the asylum officer finds

1140
01:07:27,810 --> 01:07:30,400
that they're not eligible for asylum,

1141
01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:32,450
they are placed in removal proceedings.

1142
01:07:33,690 --> 01:07:35,890
I think that they have an
incredibly compelling case,

1143
01:07:35,890 --> 01:07:38,840
and that they deserve asylum,

1144
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:42,840
and I would be devastated
if they didn't get it.

1145
01:07:47,620 --> 01:07:49,030
It's like I'm a crybaby.

1146
01:07:49,030 --> 01:07:50,730
[Cheyenne] You are a crybaby.

1147
01:07:50,730 --> 01:07:51,720
--I am a crybaby.

1148
01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:53,380
--You're my crybaby!

1149
01:07:56,770 --> 01:07:59,180
(Mari sighs)

1150
01:08:00,870 --> 01:08:02,620
It's gonna be fine.

1151
01:08:21,770 --> 01:08:23,190
[Mari] You look nervous.

1152
01:08:24,370 --> 01:08:25,200
(Mari chuckles)

1153
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:26,360
I'm screaming on the inside.

1154
01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:27,190
I know.

1155
01:08:31,210 --> 01:08:33,790
(solemn music)

1156
01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:17,600
My sister's traveling today
out of Syria to Lebanon.

1157
01:09:18,590 --> 01:09:22,800
I am very nervous and anxious
about what might happen.

1158
01:09:22,800 --> 01:09:25,880
(sullen music)

1159
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:30,320
We expect her to face
a lot of checkpoints.

1160
01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:31,960
It's a very dangerous road.

1161
01:09:34,940 --> 01:09:38,460
It's her first ever
experience out of the country,

1162
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:40,900
and she has nobody and she knows no one.

1163
01:09:42,330 --> 01:09:45,700
It will take her at least 15 to 19 hours

1164
01:09:45,700 --> 01:09:46,750
to get to the border.

1165
01:09:48,300 --> 01:09:50,530
Until she's on the other side,

1166
01:09:50,530 --> 01:09:54,180
there's always a chance that
something could go wrong

1167
01:09:54,180 --> 01:09:57,820
and it makes me feel like really nervous.

1168
01:09:58,650 --> 01:10:01,570
(thunder rumbling)

1169
01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:15,000
(dog barking)

1170
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,200
Let me just show you the bedroom,

1171
01:10:16,200 --> 01:10:17,740
and then I'll feed the dogs.

1172
01:10:17,740 --> 01:10:18,950
Okay.

1173
01:10:18,950 --> 01:10:20,050
All right, so, come.

1174
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,500
At seven, we go together
to the meditation.

1175
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:27,310
Yeah, my sponsor runs that meeting.

1176
01:10:27,310 --> 01:10:28,140
Oh, that's great.

1177
01:10:28,140 --> 01:10:30,150
And she's wonderful.

1178
01:10:30,150 --> 01:10:32,650
October 4th is going to be one month

1179
01:10:32,650 --> 01:10:33,980
since I'm not on the drinking.

1180
01:10:33,980 --> 01:10:35,860
So, good.

1181
01:10:35,860 --> 01:10:36,690
Okay.

1182
01:10:36,690 --> 01:10:40,010
Since then, I've never put
any alcohol in my mouth.

1183
01:10:41,220 --> 01:10:42,730
Good.

1184
01:10:42,730 --> 01:10:44,010
Yeah.

1185
01:10:44,010 --> 01:10:46,620
Okay, so that's great.

1186
01:10:46,620 --> 01:10:47,450
Yeah.

1187
01:10:47,450 --> 01:10:51,260
If I drink, then I forget
everything I'm going through,

1188
01:10:51,260 --> 01:10:54,920
and then the next morning,
the same thing will come back,

1189
01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:58,730
and I will be jittery, I will be nervous.

1190
01:10:58,730 --> 01:11:00,730
It was gradually taking me down.

1191
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:09,520
Not having people to talk to.

1192
01:11:18,690 --> 01:11:22,000
You have friends that you
meet, and I don't have that.

1193
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:23,610
So, I think you're experiencing something

1194
01:11:23,610 --> 01:11:25,160
that a lot of people experience,

1195
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:27,950
because in some ways, we
want someone to rescue us.

1196
01:11:27,950 --> 01:11:31,600
And, you know, "don't you
know I'm in pain, help me!"

1197
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:34,180
(sullen music)

1198
01:11:39,940 --> 01:11:42,560
You don't have to judge me, you know.

1199
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:45,640
You should be proud that I'm
still alive and I'm resilient

1200
01:11:46,580 --> 01:11:48,860
after everything that I've been through.

1201
01:12:05,470 --> 01:12:07,110
Everyone's rooting for you guys today.

1202
01:12:07,110 --> 01:12:08,350
Thank you.

1203
01:12:08,350 --> 01:12:09,180
Yeah!

1204
01:12:11,050 --> 01:12:14,050
(people chattering)

1205
01:12:15,780 --> 01:12:17,570
Is this the one o'clock waiting in line?

1206
01:12:17,570 --> 01:12:19,350
[Woman In White Shirt] Yeah,
this is the one o'clock line.

1207
01:12:19,350 --> 01:12:20,300
[Mari] Wow.

1208
01:12:20,300 --> 01:12:23,200
(people chattering)

1209
01:12:23,200 --> 01:12:25,310
So, this is like a
decision line or something?

1210
01:12:25,310 --> 01:12:26,140
Yeah.
--Everyone here is

1211
01:12:26,140 --> 01:12:26,970
for decisions.
--Everyone here

1212
01:12:26,970 --> 01:12:28,950
is for a decision of some kind.

1213
01:12:28,950 --> 01:12:31,950
(people chattering)

1214
01:12:32,900 --> 01:12:35,480
(solemn music)

1215
01:12:43,490 --> 01:12:44,760
[Security Guard] It's 12:30.

1216
01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:47,770
Please have your appointment
letter ready and valid ID.

1217
01:12:47,770 --> 01:12:48,910
Please follow me.

1218
01:13:02,900 --> 01:13:05,900
(people chattering)

1219
01:13:15,390 --> 01:13:16,510
[Melanie] You were denied?

1220
01:13:16,510 --> 01:13:17,890
[Man Wearing Turban] Deported.

1221
01:13:17,890 --> 01:13:19,020
I'm sorry to hear that.

1222
01:13:19,020 --> 01:13:21,100
Stay strong.
--Yeah, yeah.

1223
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:30,900
(tense music)

1224
01:13:48,850 --> 01:13:49,850
Tell me.

1225
01:13:52,510 --> 01:13:54,090
So, it's a recommended approval.

1226
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:57,020
[Melanie] Well done.

1227
01:13:57,020 --> 01:13:58,720
Well done, well done.

1228
01:13:58,720 --> 01:14:01,310
(gentle music)

1229
01:14:09,260 --> 01:14:11,200
[Cristiano on Phone] I'm so proud of you guys.

1230
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:16,130
There's no words to describe
how proud I am, trust me.

1231
01:14:16,130 --> 01:14:17,250
Aw.

1232
01:14:17,250 --> 01:14:20,020
You are trying to fight for something

1233
01:14:20,020 --> 01:14:22,210
that, in my mind, was impossible.

1234
01:14:22,210 --> 01:14:24,400
Because you believed in your love,

1235
01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:27,110
you believed in yourselves,

1236
01:14:27,110 --> 01:14:30,620
you will inspire younger generations.

1237
01:14:37,570 --> 01:14:38,870
City Hall.

1238
01:14:38,870 --> 01:14:39,700
It's my day.

1239
01:14:43,930 --> 01:14:46,660
(cheerful music)

1240
01:14:46,660 --> 01:14:48,870
(Mari and Cheyenne sniffling)

1241
01:14:48,870 --> 01:14:51,550
I take you Cheyenne, as my wife,

1242
01:14:51,550 --> 01:14:53,810
for the rest of my life.

1243
01:14:53,810 --> 01:14:56,940
I promise to be faithful
till the day I die.

1244
01:14:57,870 --> 01:15:01,540
(speaking Portuguese)

1245
01:15:05,790 --> 01:15:07,890
With the exchange of these rings,

1246
01:15:07,890 --> 01:15:10,720
I can happily say you're wife and wife.

1247
01:15:10,720 --> 01:15:12,200
Partners for life.

1248
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:15,730
You are officially
married, congratulations.

1249
01:15:15,730 --> 01:15:18,560
(guests cheering)

1250
01:15:40,580 --> 01:15:43,160
(solemn music)

1251
01:15:54,860 --> 01:15:58,400
Finally, thank God, it's the
last day in the Middle East.

1252
01:16:00,150 --> 01:16:01,580
She has a new chance.

1253
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:06,160
Like this, and like that.

1254
01:16:19,580 --> 01:16:21,190
I haven't seen my family in seven years,

1255
01:16:21,190 --> 01:16:25,430
but her, maybe in like eight,
or like, in a long time.

1256
01:16:25,430 --> 01:16:26,580
Ohhhh.

1257
01:16:26,580 --> 01:16:29,460
No, thank you for everything that you've done.

1258
01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:31,720
Without you, this would've
not have happened at all.

1259
01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:35,000
There's an old
phrase, pay it forward.

1260
01:16:35,860 --> 01:16:36,990
So this was--

1261
01:16:36,990 --> 01:16:38,410
--Thank you.
--paying it forward.

1262
01:16:38,410 --> 01:16:39,770
Thank you so much.

1263
01:16:39,770 --> 01:16:41,440
Yeah, my pleasure.

1264
01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:43,970
Wow.

1265
01:16:47,460 --> 01:16:49,010
[Volunteer] She's here.
[Subhi] She's here?

1266
01:16:49,010 --> 01:16:50,420
--Yeah.

1267
01:16:52,410 --> 01:16:53,330
It's her!

1268
01:16:55,890 --> 01:16:58,470
(solemn music)

1269
01:17:01,020 --> 01:17:02,370
(Subhi sobbing)

1270
01:17:02,370 --> 01:17:03,200
Finally!

1271
01:17:08,520 --> 01:17:11,270
(sister sobbing)

1272
01:18:22,040 --> 01:18:24,620
(gentle music)

1273
01:18:27,050 --> 01:18:29,130
[Subhi] Thank you all for coming
and making the time...

1274
01:18:34,250 --> 01:18:35,950
(phone ringing)

1275
01:18:35,950 --> 01:18:38,000
Hello?
 [Junior] Hello, Mama.

1276
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,380
Good morning. (laughs)

1277
01:18:40,380 --> 01:18:41,300
Ah!

1278
01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:46,120
(speaking Congolese French)

1279
01:18:59,420 --> 01:19:02,690
(Mari babbling)

1280
01:19:47,750 --> 01:19:50,340
(upbeat music)