Apache Leap (2021) Movie Script

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(ambient theme music)
(windchimes twinkling)
(wind rushing)
(shoes scuffing)
(Keane breathing heavily)
(haunting vocal music)
(footsteps on gravel)
(trucks whooshing)
(cars passing)
(water drum percussion begins)
(traditional Apache singing)
(contemporary hip-hop music)
From the South
Side, we warriors
My blood line, vainglorious
My story line, victorious
Ain't just me,
it's more for us
And we out here, we out here
We all in no doubt here
Chase moneybags,
no clout here
(aerosol spray whizzing)
- Hey baby bro, you're looking
hella suspicious right now.
- Says the one who been
tagging up the wall.
What you trying to say anyway?
- I guess it's a
reminder for people.
- Hey! What the hell, Al?
(Keane laughing)
(Keane groaning)
Reminder about what?
- I guess, I don't know, how-
(sirens blaring)
(shoes scuffling)
- [Officer] Allie, stop.
(Alison sighing)
What's the use running, Allie?
You know everybody knows
everybody around here, right?
- Yeah.
When did you join the force?
- [Officer] About a year now.
It's good to see you,
it's been a while.
You visiting, or?
- I'm not sure yet.
Gonna check in with some elders.
See what happens next.
- Yeah.
- You like it?
- No, tribe's been cracking
down on tagging lately.
I can't turn a
blind eye to this.
I really don't understand it.
"Playtime's over"?
There ain't no
playtime around here.
- So what happens next?
- You got your ID on you?
(phone camera clicking)
(phone keyboard clacking)
This some kind of competition?
- What do you mean?
- [Officer] Says
you've been in trouble
twice within the last month.
DUI in California and
some other crazy nonsense.
- Do what you gotta do.
- Yeah, what I gotta
do is paperwork.
It's cool.
We'll figure out a
time you can come out,
repaint the wall, make it right.
The other thing I gotta
do is take you home.
Your brother ran
off and dusted you.
- Yeah, he's always
been faster than me.
- Yeah, come on, let's
get you in the back.
- So, tell me about
those pickle slushies.
(Officer chuckling)
- [Officer] Never tried them.
(passing cars whooshing)
(crickets chirping)
(wind rushing)
(hooves thumping)
(horse whinnying)
(distant rooster crowing)
- What time did you
come in last night?
You were stumbling around.
- Al just got back into town.
We kinda celebrated.
It wasn't that late though.
You were asleep.
- [Melanie] I still heard you.
(Keane sighing)
- Sorry, Mel.
I know you need
your beauty sleep.
(distant rooster crowing)
(Keane sighing softly)
(feet padding)
(uplifting ambient music)
(kettle whistling)
- [John] You didn't
forget, right?
- [Keane] Well, I tried
to, but it didn't work.
- [John] That's not funny.
I gave you the
application two weeks ago.
Today is the last day.
They're not taking them
anymore after that.
- I'm just kidding.
I didn't forget.
- I don't know what
you're waiting for,
but you're going to Globe today
and you're going
to get that job.
- [Mina] Morning.
- [Keane] Good morning,
Mimi, how'd you sleep?
- Good, kinda woke up when
you came home last night.
- [Keane] Oh really?
I was catching up
with your Auntie Al.
- Auntie Al, she's back?
- Yeah, she is back.
- Great, Auntie Al's back.
- Mina, come get
something to eat.
Come get some breakfast.
Mina-bina!
- Morning, grandpa.
- Good morning, big girl.
- You know what your
dad just said to me?
He's gonna choke me out if
I don't get that job today
in Globe.
Like, what the hell's
wrong with him?
- You know what, Key?
He just wants to make sure
we're all taken care of.
- You want to look professional.
- [Melanie] Try to
eat it all, okay?
- [John] I don't
think he gets it.
- He gets it.
- Doesn't seem like it.
He's dreaming.
He needs to give
up this artsy crap.
- It's good. People like it.
- Yeah, they really like it.
What, he sold a piece like
six months ago for 20 bucks?
I don't know what was
wrong with Jimmy Reed.
He's got two trucks.
He's got a motorcycle.
He works at Forestry.
Nobody cares about
Native American art.
This training program
is a good thing.
I don't think he
understands that.
- [Melanie] He's grateful.
If that means going out
and getting a job in Globe
and putting on a suit and tie,
then he's gonna do it
because he loves us.
- You should have
stayed with Jimmy Reed.
(hip-hop music)
One for the money, yessir
Two for the show
Three's for the spirits
lurking by the tavern door
Four is for the forest
fires full of sad and poor
One's for the money, yessir
Two for the O
Three's for the babies who's
only wants is the one, one
One, one, one, one
(engines churning)
Rub salt in my deepest
wounds and season the pain
The high priest of
unreason, no easel or frames
Squeeze paint on everything
I deems in need of a stain
Call a copper, I dropped a
dollop of Jackson Pollock
Drop marks on what
they call shit
High art these scarred
bars and tribe marks
Rough eating paint chips,
sniffing markers and glue
And I'm the brushstroke
that missed Picasso's muse
Van Gogh in Stan Smiths,
Basquiat on these goons
And when I'm gone, hang
me in a room at the Louvre
- So, I talked to mom yesterday.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, while you were
out with your sister.
- Um, how's she doing?
- She's doing really well.
She sounded really happy.
Her business is off the ground.
She sounded really great.
Yeah, so, I was wondering maybe
we can take Mina out there
for vacation or when she's
on spring break or something.
Spend time with her.
- Hmm, yeah, could be.
- Okay. All right, I gotta go.
Bye baby, love you.
- Bye mom.
- You'll do good today.
- Yeah, I got it.
(Keane sighing)
- [Mina] Can we get a snack now?
- [Keane] Sure.
(engine churning)
I'm a beast of burden
Mixed with Tyler Durden
I might rock a turban to
scare these white suburbans
The writing is urgent
For urchins who're searching
for a mirror to their souls
- [Commercial] The Industrial
Training Institute was created
to provide a local training
resource for tribal members.
Graduates of this program
will have all the skills
for success in the
mining field, including
heavy equipment operation,
fixed plant maintenance-
(bell ringing)
(Keane sighing)
- [Keane] I think it's gonna
be a long day today, Mimi?
(Keane chuckling)
- Still reppin'?
- Nah, I got my
daughter here, yo.
- Stay safe.
(dreamy hip-hop music)
(sneakers squeaking)
- [Alison] He never learns.
(faint radio music)
(engine whirring)
(doors creaking)
- Hey, Uncle!
- Hello, hello, hello,
long time no see.
- How you been?
- You too, little one.
- Hi.
- Yeah.
- I gotta run to Globe and
turn in this application.
- All right.
- It's gonna be
real quick though,
but once I get back I'll
take you up to Peridot Mine.
- Yeah, I gotta go
to the mountain too.
- All right, I'm gonna go.
- You stay here.
- Bye.
- Love you.
- Love you.
- You stay, I'm gonna
show you what this is.
This is Apache violin.
Been making them way back
before the white man come.
Tsii' edo'a'tl, they call it.
- Yo. What's up, sis?
- Last night was crazy, right?
- Yeah, too crazy.
So, where you at now?
- I'm at your house, locked out.
Just chillin' in this bus.
Hey, I need a ride.
There's a meeting at
12 I need to get to.
- [Keane] What?
You just got here.
- [Alison] Saving Oak Flats.
The water and the
land's at risk, right?
- All right then,
coming right now.
But you owe me, though.
- Always.
- If you make it good, costs
about a hundred dollars.
A real good one.
These, we use this to pray.
Blue stone and white shell.
This is the mountain here.
(wind whistling)
(engine rumbling)
(radio crackling)
- [Woman On Radio] The
training was awesome.
It's short, it's hands on, and
they actually focus on you.
They make sure that you
know what you're doing
by the time you get out.
Now I have a good
job and good pay
and I can support my family.
- [Instructor] Applications
are due by this Friday
at 3 o'clock in downtown Globe.
The Industrial Training
Institute. Get on it!
(radio crackling)
[Radio Station Call]
91.1 FM. KYAY San Carlos!
(Keane sighing)
(door creaking)
(door slamming)
- Appreciate it, bro.
- Yeah, whatever.
- What you got on?
(Alison chuckling)
You look like John
Riley's mini-me.
- Yeah, keep talking.
I mean, you can walk to your
meeting if you keep laughing.
- I dunno dude,
dressed like that,
it looks like
you're a chauffeur.
- Pshh, whatever.
(Alison chuckling)
I'm gonna get a job
today over in Globe.
- [Alison] Word? What's the job?
- [Keane] Um, it's at the mine.
- [Alison] Dope, who are those?
- [Keane] These?
- [Alison] Yeah.
- [Keane] John Riley's.
Yeah, it must be
important to him.
It's not to me though,
I don't really care.
- It's probably the coolest
thing that John Riley owns.
Peridot.
- Yeah, probably.
- Hey, Tan's at the center.
Let me stop by and
say what's up to him.
- Yeah, I mean, you can
start walking right now.
- Psh, come on.
I haven't seen him in years.
I heard he's not doing too hot.
- All right, I guess.
- [Alison] Come on,
it'll only take a second.
You can wait in the car.
- I got a lot to do today, Al.
- "I got a lot to do today, Al."
Psh.
(doors creaking)
(doors slamming)
Shut up and drive.
- You sure you don't wanna walk?
- Come on, let's go.
(engine churning)
(eerie whirring sound rising)
(distant voices whooping)
(chimes clinking)
(distant birds whistling)
(horse hooves galloping)
- [Uncle Max] I'm going to
sing a song my father sang.
Holy ground members sing
this song, all right?
(Uncle Max singing in Apache)
(violin strings humming)
This song they sing,
all of them, in church.
Even the kids come to church.
They can dance around
if they want to
'cause they're so happy.
- Hey Tan.
- Fresh from California, huh?
(Alison greeting
in Apache language)
(Tan greeting in
Apache language)
How have you been?
- Good, and you?
- [Tan] Same. Same, same.
How does this place look to
you with your fresh eyes?
- It's different.
It's like, I don't
have words for it yet.
- Well, you've been
gone for a while.
You've been coming and going.
- Ha-ah.
- I found that when I
came back from Vegas,
it wasn't where my feet were,
but where my head is at.
(Tan coughing)
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm all right.
I gotta tell ya,
I need some help.
I gotta find an assistant.
Would you consider coming back?
- Can't do it, Tan.
Not even for you.
I gotta keep following that
music I hear out there.
You know that.
- [Tan] As you should.
I was just asking.
- What about Keane?
- [Tan] He'd be perfect too.
Do you think he'd be interested?
- He would.
- Hmm.
- It's really good
to see you, Tan.
- Wait, I've got
something for you.
- Are you ready?
- Just wait, hold up a second.
(Keane sighing)
What's wrong, little bro?
- I gotta get some stuff
copied before that interview.
- Today?
- Today, yes, right now.
I gotta go.
- [Alison] Hold on, hold on.
We got some time.
I'm riding with you, bro.
How about that Simon last night?
I can't believe that crazy
dude became an officer.
- Shit, yeah, it's funny, right?
Simon, the craziest one
out of the whole crew
I used to run with.
Hell, not even that long ago.
- Lucky thing it was him.
I got some recent priors
and definitely don't
need some more headaches.
- [Keane] Are you serious?
And you tagged up that
whole wall downtown?
You crazy?
- Simon thought so.
- What were you thinking?
- [Alison] That's
kind of why I'm here,
so I can clear my head a
bit, figure out what's next.
(traditional Apache
string music)
(Uncle Max singing in Apache)
So it means just like
every prayer, safe,
where you can be home,
everywhere you go,
you can be safe.
My father used to
be a medicine man.
He was lead player and a singer.
So that's how I learned.
(Uncle Max singing in Apache)
- [Tan] For you.
- What? For me?
(Alison thanking in Apache)
- You're welcome.
- Well, we better get going,
but I'll come and visit soon.
- Okay.
(Alison speaking Apache)
- See you later, Tan.
- All right.
(urgent, rhythmic
Indigenous music)
(engine whirring)
(doors squeaking)
(doors slamming)
(bell chiming)
- [Keane] Hey, what's up, Kash?
How you been?
It's been a long time.
- Hey Kash, what's up?
- Hey, what's going on?
- [Keane] Hey, I
need a quick favor.
I need to print out
a job application
if that's okay with you.
- You guys know this is
a gas station, right?
(bell chiming)
- It's gonna be
real, real quick.
- How much are you gonna donate?
- I mean, I got this dollar.
(bell chiming)
- All right, this one time.
- Thank you.
(Uncle Max singing in Apache)
(violin strings humming)
- Your daddy's late.
- Can we go to the
Cultural Center?
- I'll be glad to
take you over there.
(gravel crunching)
(birds chirping)
- [Mina] Uncle, your vest!
- Dope.
(bell chiming)
- [Keane] Thanks so much.
Here's that dollar.
- Don't let it happen again.
(Keane chuckling faintly)
(Keane sighing)
"On your application, please
provide an official," ugh.
Now I need a transcript.
- High school.
Let's go.
- [Keane] What's
up, Luke? Long time.
- [Alison] Hey guys,
what's going on?
(students chattering)
How's school?
- Eh, I just want to
go home and party.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- When did they put that here?
(students chattering
indistinctly)
- Can we just go, Al,
and get this transcript?
- All right, okay.
(doors slamming)
And the home of the Brave
- Shut up, Al.
- [Miss Yancey] Keane
Cassadore, how you doing?
- [Keane] I've been doing good,
just gotta get this
job in Globe today.
- Good. That's exciting.
- I pretty much got
it confirmed though.
- [Miss Yancey] Oh my
gosh, that's awesome.
Al!
- Hey Miss Yancey.
- [Miss Yancey] Hey!
- How you doing?
- How you been?
- Good.
- Good, good to see you.
- You too.
- So, how long are you here for?
- I'm not sure yet.
- And you're still
in school, right?
- You know it.
- [Miss Yancey]
Getting those grades?
- Yes ma'am.
- That's my girl.
- Hey, so we stopped
at the Cultural Center
and we ran into Tan.
How's he doing?
- [Miss Yancey]
Not good. Not good.
He does so much
for the community.
It's so hard to
see him that way.
Keep him in your prayers, okay?
- We will.
- Hey Miss Yancey, I came
here to get a transcript.
You think you could?
- [Miss Yancey] Yes.
- Because I really need
to get that job today.
- Okay, I'll be back.
(heels clacking)
(intercom beeping)
- Hey, check out the new logo.
- It changed.
- Yeah.
- Hmm.
- [Miss Yancey]
Okay, here they are.
- Thanks.
- You got this.
(hip-hop music)
- [Alison] Hey,
you want anything?
- [Keane] I'm good.
Make it quick though.
- [Alison] Yeah yeah, whatever.
(door slamming)
- Hello.
- Can I get an Indian taco?
(oil sizzling)
(tortilla slapping)
(car creaking)
(Keane sighing)
- [Keane] Hey, where
the hell did I work
before the sanitation?
Do you remember?
- [Alison] Wasn't it the clinic?
- Oh yeah, that's right.
God, that sucked.
I could never figure
out the phone system.
- [Taco Vendor] Indian taco!
- Mmm.
- I feel like she
wants to leave me.
- Hmm?
What makes you say that?
- She said she wants to take
classes on the main campus.
That's like six hours away.
I don't know.
I feel like
something's changing.
- She loves you.
She wouldn't do that.
You and Mimi are so close.
- I don't know, I mean,
I know she loves me,
but that doesn't mean she
wouldn't take that step.
She's kinda like you in a way.
The outside is calling her.
- Now, is that why you have
that fancy shirt on today?
- Yeah, I guess
you could say that.
(Keane muttering in frustration)
- [Alison] Can I
get aluminum foil?
- You ready?
- Yeah.
- I think I missed these
more than I missed you.
- Ha ha ha ha.
- Uncle, look.
She's looking at me.
Her eyes are talking.
They say, "I don't want this."
I am?
(engine whirring)
- Why you gotta leave the res?
- Already done every
job here, remember?
I gotta do this.
- Okay, it's your life.
Hey, maybe don't say anything
about your job interview today.
- Why? You ashamed of that?
- It's just, I love you.
- [Tan] So, what are
you two up to today?
- [Tan] How's your knee?
(Tan coughing)
I'm okay for the moment.
Hey, if you guys find some
peridot up there, bring it back.
I can help you
make some jewelry.
- Okay, well, you guys
be careful up there.
- We'll be fine.
- Okay, you guys.
(Tan coughing)
Watch your knee.
- [Mina] Uncle,
that was so cool.
- Yeah.
(door slamming)
(gravel crunching)
You stay there, I'll
be back very soon.
- Okay.
(intense hip-hop music)
You don't keep it
movin' you gon' die
Runnin' pretty, got to
stay alive (stay alive)
The weak are prey and
only strong survive
Tell me how feel
about your life
(intense rap music continuing)
(engine whirring)
(engine sighing)
- Hey!
(Alison greeting in Apache)
- Sis, how are you?
So good to see you.
- You too.
- What up, Keane?
You good?
- Yeah, yeah, I'm good.
- All right, cool.
Look at you, all tan.
Been in California too long.
- Yeah I know, right?
- Look, you're back now,
that's all that matters.
- Yeah.
- All right guys,
let's go inside.
Meeting's about to get started.
(Jason yells gang call)
- Running man. What
you doin' here?
- Nothin', bruh.
Dropping off my sister.
- I ain't worried
about your sister.
- Come on, man.
Show some respect.
You do you, and let us do us.
Cool?
(spit whizzing)
Let's go guys, let's go inside.
Come on.
(stone clanking)
(stone thudding)
(chisel clacking)
- What you working on?
- It's a necklace for my
mom and a headband for me
and something for my Dad.
- What's for me?
- A bracelet.
(Uncle Max chuckling)
- All right.
- [Bernice] I just wanna
say thank you so much
to everybody for
being here today.
I know we're all super busy,
but it's so important that
we're all here together
to get this planning started.
And I just thank you all
so much for being here.
Twila, do you have
anything you wanted to say?
Everything we're
doing today, you know,
we're doing for our kids.
We're doing not just for us,
we're doing for community.
We're doing it for the rest of
our families that are coming.
- [Keane] I think he's
gone. I'm gonna bounce.
Text me when you're done.
(Activist speaking Apache)
(glass bottle shattering)
- [Keane] Hey,
what the hell, man?
(bodies thudding)
(men grunting)
(fist thudding)
(Keane grunting)
- Enough!
(Alison panting)
(engine churning)
(urgent music)
(Mina screaming)
(Mina sobbing)
- [Uncle Max] What's the matter?
- I got bit.
- Oh yeah, by a scorpion.
You'll be all right.
(Mina whimpering)
Now, you can walk?
- Yeah.
- [Uncle Max] Yeah.
(Mina groaning)
(phone ringing)
- [Keane On Voicemail]
Hey, what's up?
You got Keane, AKA the
running man, the one and only.
- [Woman On Voicemail] At the
end of your message, press 1.
(phone beeping)
- Can I get one 40?
- [Man] Four bucks.
(phone ringing)
Enjoy, my man.
- Thanks.
(phone ringing)
- Hey.
- Hello? Yeah, this is
an emergency, get the-
(static crackling)
- Uncle Max?
Where are you?
Why are you up there?
- [Uncle Max] She
got bit by scorpion.
- You're cutting out.
(Keane sighing)
- Uncle Max.
(static crackling)
Where?
(Melanie sighing)
Uncle Max?
Oh man.
(phone buttons beeping)
Come on, Keane. Come on, Keane.
- [Keane On Voicemail]
Hey, what's up?
You got Keane, AKA the
running man, the one and only.
- [Woman On Voicemail] At the
end of your message, press 1.
- Dammit.
(engine churning)
(bottle thudding)
- [Twila] Where'd
your brother go?
- He had a job interview today.
- He ready for that?
- Can I use your car?
I gotta go.
He's headed for trouble.
- Simon took it to go get lunch.
He'll be back soon though.
(Alison sighing)
- All right, I'll wait.
(phone buttons beeping)
(phone ringing)
- [John] Hey honey, what's up?
- Dad, uh.
- I'm in a meeting.
- Mina. She's, uh, mines.
She's at the mines.
- What?
- Uncle Max took
her to the mines.
[service bell rings insistently]
She got bit by a
snake or scorpion or-
- Look, you need to calm down.
- Key's not answering his phone.
I can't get ahold of him.
I don't know if he's crazy.
Mimi's there, she got
bit. She can't walk!
- [John] Okay, okay.
- [Melanie] Please, I'm
at work, I can't, I gotta-
- All right then, I
know where they're at.
I'm on my way.
(Melanie sighing)
- [Melanie] Thanks.
(Melanie sighing)
(Uncle Max singing in Apache)
(Uncle speaking Apache)
- [Uncle Max]
You'll be all right.
(engine churning)
(tire thumping erratically)
(trunk slamming)
(tire iron clanking)
(fist thumping)
(wind gusting)
(faint whirring sound rises)
(sweeping string music)
- [Radio DJ] You're listening
to 91.1 KYAY San Carlos
(radio chattering)
- Come on, Keane.
Come on, Keane.
(phone vibrating)
- [Alison] Hello?
- [Melanie] Where are you?
- Hey, no, no, it's Al.
- [Melanie] Mina's hurt.
- What?
- I'm at work and I need
to tell my boss I gotta go.
- [Alison] Keane,
Keane went to Globe.
- What happened?
- [Melanie] Yeah, I know.
(Uncle speaking Apache)
- Oh, shoot.
- [Alison] I'll go find Keane.
- [Melanie] Okay.
- Okay.
- Thank you. Bye.
- Just stay calm, okay?
I'm gonna call your mom.
Mel, I got her.
Yes, she got bit.
It looks pretty bad, I'm
taking her to the ER.
She's gonna be all right.
- Hi, can I help you?
- Yeah, I'm Keane, here
about that training program.
- Well, we do the training
and the staffing of
22 different institutes
and training programs
across Gila County.
So you can see on our poster,
those are the companies
that we work with.
- Um, I don't know the
name of it exactly.
- Well, which category
of training was it for?
We have light industrial,
electrical, HVAC, logistics.
- John Riley. He
made a call for me.
He talked to the head man.
They said I'm supposed to have
a slot reserved for the program.
- I'm sorry, honey, but I
don't know who John Riley is
and I don't know who
he would've talked to.
All our programs involve the
same application process.
I wanna help you,
I do, but I can't
unless you can tell me
which program you want.
You know, maybe if I could
see the forms you brought in,
maybe that might help.
- [John] I made a
lot of phone calls.
I made a lot of appointments.
I set this all up for you.
I put my name out there for you.
(tense, dissonant music)
- Fuckin' bullshit!
(door slamming)
(dissonant music intensifying)
(horse whinnying)
(fire crackling)
(distant screaming)
(Keane panting)
(door clanking)
(fist knocking)
- I'm looking for my brother.
- [Woman] Keane?
- Yes.
- He's come and gone.
He just lost it.
Took it out on our
office and stormed out.
Oh, and you know,
it flew off when he
kicked the trash can.
It's nothing.
- No, it's a lot.
Thank you.
Sorry, I gotta go.
I'm sorry.
(rocks crunching)
(Keane sniffling)
(Keane panting)
(gravel crunching)
Hey Simon, I owe
you one. Or two.
- [Simon] No, we're good.
(Keane weeping)
- [Alison] I knew you'd be here.
Takes an Apache to
catch an Apache.
- Leave me the fuck alone.
- Never.
- No, not never.
You always leave me.
Next you'll be a
hairstylist in Sacramento...
Whatever!
You bounced for like a year,
then you show up outta the blue.
How many times was that?
- Five.
Five times.
- Yeah, five.
You always say stupid
stuff like that,
like you're never
gonna leave me.
I needed you.
(Keane sobbing)
- [Alison] Remember when
Dad used to take us camping?
And he'd tell us the
story of our ancestors?
Of how sacred this place was?
I knew you'd be here.
When Uncle got in that car
accident, you were here.
When they told us Dad
was gone, you were here.
- Mm.
- Remember when we
used to go camping,
you used to try to sneak
those pudding cups?
He would catch you.
- Mm-hmm.
- Snatch it right
outta your hand.
"Our ancestors didn't
have no pudding cups.
So we don't need no
pudding cups here either."
(Keane chuckling)
What do you think ever
happened to those pudding cups?
- He ate all of them.
- Hell yeah, he did.
(both chuckling)
- Yeah.
Good memories.
- I miss him.
- I do too.
- But he's here.
He's here with us.
Oh, hey, I got
something for you.
You dropped that.
The lady was kind
enough at the office
to give that back to me
after you tore that place up.
(Keane chuckling)
You know what?
I don't think they're
gonna give you that job.
- No shit.
(both chuckling)
- Hey, um, Mimi got
bit by a scorpion.
- What? What the hell!?
- It's okay! It was a tiny one.
You dropped your phone
when you got in that
fight with Jason.
You were gone already!
I charged up your
phone, Melanie called.
Uncle Max took her up
to the peridot mines.
It's okay, John Riley
took her to the hospital.
(Keane sighing)
- John Riley.
- [Alison] Here.
- Let's go to the
hospital, then.
- All right, let's go.
(wistful piano music)
(crickets chirping)
(phone vibrating)
(Keane sighing)
- Yeah, Mel.
Yeah, Al just told me, I'm
heading back right now.
- Where are you?
- I'm at Oak Flat.
- What the hell are
you doing up there?
- How's Mimi? Is she okay?
- [Melanie] Yeah,
she's fine now.
Dad's got her.
We're making supper now.
- Good. Jesus.
She must have been so scared.
- [Melanie] She was.
Everyone was.
No one could get ahold of you.
- I know.
I'm sorry.
I dropped my phone.
- Keane, please.
Please tell me you got the job.
At least tell me that.
- I didn't.
- [Melanie] Did or didn't?
- He did not get the job.
- Shut up, Alison.
- I know, I'm sorry, Mel.
When I get back home, we can
talk about all of this then.
I can feel something different.
- Yeah, me too.
(water boiling on stove)
- [Alison] I'll drive.
Something better.
- Let me guess.
- You don't have to.
You already know.
- What are you gonna do?
- I don't know.
- [Mina] Mommy,
where's the good pens?
- Uh, third shelf,
baby, in the cup.
- [Mina] Thanks, Mom.
(Mina's footsteps receding)
(water continues boiling)
(calming music begins)
- [Keane] So what happened
with school and everything?
Aren't you supposed to go back?
- I don't know.
- You're like the Queen
of I-don't-know Land.
- [Alison] Psh, and
you're the prince.
- True.
But you got a big
scholarship and everything.
That's a lot to walk away from.
- I get to a big city, right?
All these lights.
I know no one.
Don't have a job, no money.
Nada.
I like that feeling.
Freedom.
I really, I mean, I
really, really like that.
- [Keane] Yeah?
- [Alison] Yeah.
I mean, I hit up some parties,
get to know a few people,
but then, I don't know.
Things start...
I don't know, like...
I'm in a box. Just...
Everyone thinks they know me.
So what do I do?
I run.
I run.
- [Keane] Damn. Every time?
- I'm not sure if they're
gonna let me back this semester
to tell you the truth.
Yeah.
I guess we're both fucked.
(Alison chuckling)
(Keane chuckling)
- Yo, you hear Mel's voice?
She sounds so mad.
- You both love each other.
No matter what.
You're so hard on yourself.
You've always been.
I think the reason why,
I think you can't even
see how great you are.
Everybody sees it but you.
It's like a dude walking down
a street full of emeralds.
It's like, "Look down, dummy.
Just pick it up."
It's right there.
- Yeah.
- I got a job for
you, by the way.
- Don't mess with me.
- I'm not kidding.
Tan said they need help
at the Cultural Center.
Somebody with artistic skills
to help out with the
exhibits and murals.
- Like a part-time job?
- No, full-time job.
- That would've
been real helpful
before I talked to my wife!
- What can I say?
I'm a piece of work.
- Piece of something.
That's, that's amazing.
- [John] Hey, Uncle Max.
That's a really nice
peridot rock you got there.
It is.
I'm gonna make a lot
of jewelry out of this
and I'll be rich.
(John chuckling)
- Rich is good.
- [Uncle Max] It is.
(mellow hip-hop music)
- [Alison] You ready for this?
- [Keane] I think so.
- [Mina] Daddy! And Auntie Al!
- [Keane] Hey, baby.
I'm so sorry I wasn't
there when you got hurt.
How's your leg? You okay?
- It feels fine now.
They just gave me some medicine
and put some cream on it.
- What happened in Globe?
- I didn't get it.
- That's right you didn't get
it, you trashed the place.
I called.
- You called!?
Right.
You basically set
me up for failure.
They didn't know who I was.
- Are you kidding?
- [John] Well, I guess
that's the end of that.
You know what?
You can't stay here anymore.
- My daughter lives here.
What are you talking about?
- Come on, Mimi.
- I can't stay here with
my wife and my child?
- That's not your wife.
You're not even legally married.
You're just shacking up.
And that's not
your real daughter.
And my granddaughter and
my daughter need a real man
to really take care of them.
- Come stay with
me and Uncle Max.
- Dammit!
(fist thudding)
I'm not leaving
without those two.
What the hell were
you thinking, Max?
Bringing Mina all the
way up to peridot mine?
I told you it was dangerous,
you just did it anyway.
- [Alison] Keane, stop.
(backpack thudding)
What the hell, man?
- Pack your stuff.
You're done here.
- [Melanie] I'm done too.
Me and Mina are gonna
go live with Mom.
(poignant piano music)
She takes care of us.
She sends Mina money.
You two need to get it together.
I have one child, not three.
- Please don't take
her away from me.
- Key, you need to grow up.
I love you, but I
don't understand
why you act the way you do.
I'm tired of waiting.
- I thought her Mom was dead.
- That is what you tell people
that don't come around much,
isn't it?
That she's dead.
That's disgusting.
- Please don't run away.
- [John] You're right.
She walked out.
She just left.
I wasn't a good husband.
- You weren't always unhappy.
- Just put the bag down.
It's late.
It's a long drive.
The baby's tired.
We can talk about it
in the morning, later.
Whatever you want.
Keane.
We need to go for a ride.
- Where?
- [John] Don't worry about it.
I have some things
I need to tell you.
Just down by the tracks.
You can come too, Al.
You probably need to.
- [Keane] I need to
be with Mina and Mel.
What are we doing here?
- I know, I know.
- This place looks familiar.
- [John] Fortuna.
This is an old mine.
It's a little bit overgrown,
but this is the place.
- [Alison] I think
Dad used to work here.
Why'd you bring us here?
- [John] Your Dad and I...
Man, we were so close.
We were like brothers.
He had my back, I had his.
(John chuckling)
We even snuck off
to Mexico one time.
We were scared the whole time.
But it was fun, it was crazy.
I was a knucklehead.
But we both got jobs
right outta high school.
Well, actually, that's not true.
He got a job right
outta high school.
I was always in trouble.
Jail, arrested, fights,
and he pulled me out of it.
He got me a job.
- That's how he was.
- [John] Oh man.
That's how he was, though.
Everybody respected him.
And I watched him.
I wanted to be like him.
But I was good at math too,
and I wanted to
be in management.
But your dad, all
he cared about was
you and your sister
and your mom.
And I told him,
"We need to get this job
done right on schedule."
And I pushed him
and I pushed him
and he said, "John,
it's too dangerous, man.
We need more people, man.
We don't even have
the right equipment."
But no, I wanted
to be a bigshot.
I wanted to be a company guy.
- What? What are
you talking about?
- [John] They called
me in and they told me
to tell everyone it
was an 'Act of God'.
The newspaper said
it was because of the effects
of a lightning strike.
It wasn't no Act of God.
It was criminal negligence.
The air was poisoned.
He suffocated.
I let him down and I
left him in that hole.
So I quit.
I got a job in the stinking
prison in Florence,
and I felt like that's
where I belonged.
- You're damn right.
- [Keane] You forced
me to go to Globe?
Take my family away from me?
You tell me you
fuckin' killed my Pops?
So what the fuck
happens to me now?
(eerie whirring intensifies)
(twinkling ambient music)
(whirring continues)
(moccasins running on gravel)
(wind gusting)
(distant Apache violin playing)
(twinkling ambient
music continues)
(wind blows intensely)
('Apache Tear' stones
falling to ground)
(door creaks open)
- What are you drawing, Mimi?
- It's a picture of somebody.
Uncle Max told me all
about her at the mesa.
- What was her name?
- [Mina] Loosen?
- Oh, Lozen?
What did he tell you about her?
- That she was super brave and
she had powers in her spirit
and how she could
see things far away.
- She's very special,
just like you.
Oh, you're getting really
good at your drawing, no joke.
- I wanna make
things like Dad does.
Everything he does is beautiful.
- [John] I wasn't hard on
you because I didn't care.
I was hard on you
because I messed up too.
I never hated you.
I just wanted you to be the
man that he wanted you to be.
I could see him in you,
and it was just too much.
But I never hated you.
Sometimes I can hear him,
I can hear his laugh,
and sometimes I can see him,
and I can see his smile,
and I see it in you.
- [Keane] Do you think
you can get over that?
Seeing my face?
- I got no choice.
You're a part of the family now.
You ready to go?
- [Alison] Let's go.
- [John] All right.
(stones clinking)
(door opening)
(Uncle Max snoring faintly)
(John sighs)
- Al, you can stay here.
I'll get you some blankets.
- You all right?
- Weirdly, yeah.
You?
- Better.
- Goodnight, sis. I love you.
- Love you too.
Hey, good luck in there.
(door creaks open)
- Hey.
- Hey Mel.
I didn't mean to wake you up.
- What happened?
(door closes)
- Playtime is over.
- Playtime?
(Keane sighs)
- Got a job today at
the Cultural Center.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Sounds like a good fit.
It's getting late.
(shoes falling on floor)
(mattress springs creaking)
(lamp switch clicks off)
(gentle synth music)
(radio tuner crackling)
(poignant ambient music)
(gravel crunching)
(engine whirring)
- Hey Mimi, don't
forget your sketch.
- Oh wait.
Can I hold that one?
- [Alison] Here you
go, Mimi, thank you.
(cans rattling)
Okay, let's go.
- [Keane] Whoo, this
could take awhile.
(Alison chuckling)
Let's get it, let's get it.
Hand me the caps in there.
(spraypaint can rattling)
Yeah, thank you.
[Alison] Come on,
Keane! Open up that can.
(Alison laughing)
(cans rattling)
[Alison] Okay, Mimi,
let's look at your sketch.
[Mina] So, the base will
maybe be right here.
[Alison] Mm hmm. [Mina]
Right there on the top
it passes on the line
or something like that.
[Alison] Mm hmm.
(cans rattling)
[Mina] So it'll be
like right there.
[Mina] Like in the middle,
and a little bit up top.
(orchestral music swells)
(group laughing)
(cans rattling)
(radio tuner crackling)
(uplifting, ambient
hip-hop music)
(Anthony Logan singing
traditional Apache song)
[Native Arts Film Academy
Students] We're speeding!
[Students] Speeding. Action!
[Chris McIntosh] Academy
Interview, take four.
(laughter and clapping)
[Christian Rozier] Okay,
cut! Thank you so much.
(traditional Apache
singing continues)
(gentle ambient music)
(windchime tinkling)
(sonic crescendo)