Jazzy (2024) Movie Script
1
[gentle synth music]
[Lainey] Uh, Jazzy.
[Jazzy] What?
[Lainey] What's your--what's
your school called?
[Jazzy] I don't know.
[Lainey] You can't say that.
You gotta think.
[Jazzy] West...
[Lainey] West Elementary?
[Jazzy] Yep.
[Lainey] Say it.
[Jazzy] West el-men-tree.
[Lainey] Jay...
How old are you?
[Jazzy] I'm six.
[Lainey] And what
do you like to do?
[Jazzy] I like to play
with my friends.
[Lainey] What grade are you in?
[Jazzy] I will
be in first grade.
[music continues]
[birds chirping]
[Lainey] I can't believe
Jasmine is seven.
[Jazzy] Get out the candles.
One, two...
[family singing]
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday,
dear Jasmine
Happy birthday to you
[music]
[birds chirping]
[dog barks in distance]
Syriah.
Syriah, let's go. Hurry up.
One second, Jazzy.
[door shuts]
[tense synth music]
[Jazzy] Syriah, the bus is here.
[indistinct chatter]
How much friends do
you have at school?
Three.
Oh. I have one, two, three...
four, five, six, seven--
You know, I actually--
I have four, actually--
Eight, nine...
I have nine friends.
Nice.
Yeah. Very nice.
[exciting music]
What's that?
Vibe with me.
[intense music]
[indistinct chatter]
Plus five of my
girlfriends are really rich
and five of them are
really good at gaming.
I have six billion girlfriends.
I have one million.
What do you watch on Netflix?
-Squid Game.
-Did you finish it?
No.
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
He said one plus one is three.
[indistinct chatter]
-Syriah, what do you think?
-What?
What do you think of Timothy?
He ugly.
-I know.
-Ew.
And he asked me out on a date.
[laughs]
[Syriah] He ugly like that door.
[indistinct chatter]
[teacher] Indoor voices please.
[whispers]Grace.
[music]
[Jazzy] It's an invitation.
It's at Holiday Inn.
See you there.
Yeah, we're just gonna
swim and eat cake.
[gentle music]
[indistinct chatter]
Do you like my bunny?
[girl] No, should we just draw?
Yeah, let's just draw.
[boy] Wait, we're
getting another mall.
[music]
Oh, so close.
[computer bomb explodes]
[girl] Where is your dad?
The beanie. I like his beanie.
What's wrong,
what the hell was that?
What? I don't know.
Did you just say the "H" word?
-No, I said "heck."
-Oh.
-She said "help."
-I said "heck.'
Yeah, you could say "hell."
My mom lets me say "hell."
Only if I'm mentioning Hell.
She doesn't allow
her to watch bad words.
Yeah.
"Hell" isn't even a bad word.
I say bad words in my head.
She does.
[squealing and laughing]
Ew! I don't want
your bra on my crown.
[screams]
That's really gross!
Pillow fight!
Thank you for coming
to my birthday party.
-You're my best friend.
-Yeah.
[laughing]
Grace...
["Before the Bridge"
by Future Islands plays]
[singing]
Happy birthday to you
-Happy birthday, Jazzy.
-Thanks.
And I will Leave you there
I'll take the books
You stole
And leave the heart
That bears this
I hope you have
What you need
I hope the moon
is listening
It's all inside.
I hope you have
What you need
I gave you soul and body
[indistinct chatter]
And if things had changed
I would have carried you
As far as the sky
Far, far away
Whatever has us now
I can't forget somehow
For to forget
Love is to regret
Look, it's a brown spot.
Ew, why is it chunky?
Whoo!
Hurry up.
It's too slippery.
It's too slippery...
It's too slippery.
Syriah, wait!
You just fold it
from one side, like that.
And then you fold it
from the other side.
-Who should I throw one at next?
-Throw it at fluffy hair.
Ah, no! No!
That's my airplane.
Die!
I have a bomb.
Can't grab it.
They're so annoying.
-[boy] I'm a god.
-You'll never hit...
So how was...
How was you and Bella?
-What? What?
-What? What?
I'm counting down.
One, two, three, four, five.
No, let's count down to 60.
[together] One, two, three.
[Emmit] What's your girlfriend's
favorite type of ice cream?
Honestly, she's respectable
and cool, and she likes
mint chocolate chip.
[Emmit] If I had a girlfriend,
if they didn't like
chocolate ice cream,
I wouldn't like them.
What was kissing
your girlfriend like?
It was like...
And then, you know.
Smack?
[together] 29, 30, 31...
[Syriah] What's your favoritest
tree that you ever saw?
Blossom tree, even though
I never saw it.
What's your favorite animal?
Dog.
Nice.
[Syriah] What's your dream car?
-[Jazzy] I don't have one.
-[Syriah] Hmm.
[Jazzy] 'Cause I think
having a dream car is dumb.
[Syriah] Same.
Just get a car,
and then just drive.
But it has to be
kind of a good car.
Good night!
[on phone] Good night.
-Good night
-Bye.
[gentle music]
[birdsong]
[baby cries]
[alarm beeps]
[Syriah] What are you
gonna do tomorrow?
Maybe getting chocolate.
My dad has to get
chocolate for my mom
cause she has
her period I think.
She's grumpy.
When do you think we'll know
when we're grown up?
I don't know. What do you think?
I don't know.
Here's the reason why
you shouldn't grow up.
When you grow up, you're
gonna have to go to work.
When you're go to work,
you'll be tired.
When you're tired,
you'll wanna go home.
When you go home,
then your boss gets mad.
When your boss gets mad,
you're fired.
When you're fired,
you don't work.
But when you don't work,
you don't get money.
When you don't get money,
then you'll be homeless.
When you're homeless,
you'll be hungry.
When you're hungry, you'll die.
[Syriah] I don't wanna talk
about this anymore.
Growing up sounds ugly.
[flutes playing]
Syriah, I made this one for you.
[plays notes]
Nice.
["True Thrush"
by Dan Deacon playing]
Well, he... he creepy.
He's looking down on us.
Oh, no, Jazzy, no kickies.
It's a furry one.
-[Jazzy] He needs sunlight.
-[Syriah] Ooh... ew.
[Jazzy] Should we
take him exploring
before we actually murder him?
It's coming after
you in your dreams.
[Jazzy] He has no muscles.
Now you're gonna die.
[upbeat music]
[Jazzy] His brain fell out.
[playing flutes badly]
[Syriah] Wee! Wee! Wee!
Look. I'm so pretty.
[speaking nonsense]
Beast of my brain,
Every thought is the same
If the beast is controlled,
It'll never turn gold
And that's just fine
[Jazzy and Syriah]
15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90
105, 150.
210, 225!
[laughing]
I have a math equation for you.
Who do you hate the most?
-Bakaju.
-Bakaju?
Bakaju. [gasps] Deja vu.
Deja vu. [grunts]
[laughing]
I broke it. Oh, no.
God, I feel special.
[laughs]
Why aren't you friends
with Grace anymore?
Eh, I felt ignored.
"Ginord" by her?
Rejected.
Jectlict? Newjecklick?
Rejected.
So I wrote her
an unfriending note.
Did you know I saw her
when she opened the note?
Oh, what was she like?
She was just still for a moment.
She was like...
[blows raspberry]
Straight back.
[sighs]
[soft music]
Your hair will look so
pretty for school tomorrow.
Okay.
[Syriah burps] Scoose me.
You know how I'm not
friends with Grace anymore?
Yep.
I felt kind of sad giving
her an unfriending note.
-There you go.
-Okay.
I'm done.
I hope I never get a
unfriending note from you.
You're my best friend.
-Okay.
-Okay.
It's crooked. Oops. Okay.
Anna Hipskett lives in Bologna.
Amazing Bologna.
She lives in an old white
Bologna with Bolognas.
[echoing] Now beautiful
Bologna inside a big, big...
[music continues]
[baby cries]
[Lainey] Jazzy.
I'm going outside
to talk to Syriah's mom.
Can you watch your sister?
Jazzy, do you hear me?
You better not be in my room
getting into my makeup.
[chuckles] No.
I'm not.
[baby cries]
[Lainey's voice echoing]
Jazzy...
[music continues]
[clock ticking]
It's time for your
weekly brain transplant.
I'm transferring
you guys' brains
because this one's
dumb and you're dumb.
So why not just change brains?
[music continues]
Does any of them
have a real life?
This one, whatever
I do, she does.
So she's smiling
when you're smiling.
See, look, she's smiling.
She's upside down.
Now you have to be upside down.
-Hi.
-Ow.
-Rude.
-Ow.
What's your favorite
stuffed animal?
All of them.
Yeah, but what's
your real favorite?
All of them.
There's no "all of them."
I don't have a favorite.
I love them all equally.
What do you do
with the stuffed animals
when no one's watching?
I play with them.
I, like, role play.
[high voice]
I'm allergic to peanut.
[normal voice] Eats peanuts. Die
Oh, hey.
[laughing]
Oh, hey. Oh, hey.
I have a crooked horn.
Did you just say,
"I will marry you?"
[laughing]
I'll murder you.
[grunts]
But for real, what's your
favorite stuffed animal?
This one, totally.
Totally.
It's because
it's thick on the bottom.
Oh, yes.
It does squats every day.
I like this one.
I gotta go to my grandma's.
I want you to babysit
this for me.
Okay.
-Okay.
-Okay.
How long will you be gone again?
-A week.
-Nice.
I know you'll take
a good care of my cheetah.
Take good care.
I'll take good care of her.
[laughs]
[music]
[high voice] Hello?
[Jazzy] What are
you thinking about?
I love you.
Do something cool
like a teenager.
[cooing]
[indistinct TV voices]
It's night now, go to bed.
Um, mum, mum... [crying]
-[Lainey] Jazzy.
-What?
Are you taking
good care of your sister?
Uh... No.
[baby crying]
[blowing on flute]
[Jazzy] So what's the best thing
about visiting your grandma?
Um...
My grandma has a lot
of snacks in her basement.
That's cool.
Where does she live?
Pine Ridge.
-Do you know any Lakota words?
-Mmm...
My mom told me some but
I forgot like two months ago.
Mm. I know two,
do you wanna hear them?
Sure.
Hihanni waste
means "good morning."
And wicincala means "girl."
Nice.
What's your
grandma's house like?
It's big.
And she is a doctor.
Hmm, that's probably
why she has a big house.
Yeah.
Isn't that what you wanna be
when you grow up?
Yeah. What about you?
What do you wanna
be when you grow up?
Hm. I actually don't know.
Being a kid is the best
because we don't have to worry
about all this love.
I would love to
stay a kid forever.
[wind whooshes]
[synth music]
[music continues]
[cat meows]
[music continues]
[bird calls]
[clock ticking]
[Cassie] Syriah,
can you come out here?
I need to talk to you.
[dog barks in distance]
[coach] Space it out.
Space it out.
We're doing some jumping jacks.
Give yourself enough room.
[feet stomping]
-[kids chatter]
-[grunting]
[coach] Feel it! Feel the burns!
On my mark. Let's go!
One, two, three.
Now we're gonna run.
Ready, one, two, three, four.
Now jumping jacks.
-[coach] Five, six.
-My muscles are giving up
My bones are giving up.
-[coach] Now back to running!
-Oh my God.
My stomach hurts.
[coach] Hey, guys, the secret
to success is being yourself.
-Remember that, okay?
-[kids] Boo!
[bus pulls up]
[Landon] Why does the weather
keep just, like,
changing its mind?
Dude, it's cold.
[indistinct chatter]
[Landon] Who's Mr. Standing?
[Emmit] No flurries.
You know we're gonna get
some flurries, dude.
[Landon] What about him?
[Emmit] He just won't stop
giving us assignments.
Syriah?
[Landon] Like, what assignments?
Syriah?
[Emmit] Like science.
[Landon] Yeah, like,
what assignments?
Syriah.
[Emmit] Like the chapter 8...
[indistinct chatter]
You need to bring it up
with your parents
and then they can have
a talk with him.
[Landon] That's, like,
utterly the only way.
Syriah?
[Emmit] Talking about Standing.
[Landon] Well, then
make them listen.
[Emmit] How do I make
my parents listen?
[Jazzy] Syriah?
Syriah!
Stop, please.
Sorry.
Do you remember
Pennies for Patients?
No, I don't.
[tense music]
[girl] Bubblegum, bubblegum,
in a dish
how many pieces do you wish?
Two, one-two.
Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish
how many pieces do you wish?
[Goldie] I won.
[Jazzy] Bubble gum,
bubble gum, in a dish.
Oh, wait. Sorry.
Bubble gum,
bubble gum, in a dish.
How many pieces do you wish?
Um, two.
[music]
Why isn't she talking to me?
Do you think
you know, Mr. Bunny?
Did you have a best friend
or were you just a lonely...
Were you just a lonely man?
[playing instruments badly]
[chimes]
[drums playing]
[playing bongos randomly]
[music teacher] Quiet.
Quiet. Quiet!
All right, you guys.
Some of you may remember.
We got a big day Sunday.
That's the concert.
How are we feeling?
Are we feeling ready?
I am.
All right, boom!
Thank you, Katie.
When do we have to be
at the concert on Sunday?
[music teacher] 12:00 p.m.
Yes, Goldie.
What day is the concert again?
Uh, Sunday. This Sunday.
So get here a little bit early.
I'm talking 11:50.
11:45 if we want
some extra credit.
-Yes, Jazzy.
-When can we go?
-[Landon]That's wild. Don't...
-[girl] I love that.
[girl] My favorite
animals are cats.
Like, I'm in love
with cats. Yeah.
[Landon] In Mex... Mexico.
[girl] I have a cat
tree in my room.
Cause, yeah.
And my dogs keep eating
all my cat's food.
[indistinct chatter]
What's up with Syriah?
I don't know.
She is kind of scary quiet.
She's just been ignoring me
and that's making
me kind of sad.
Sometimes girls
can be a lot of drama.
But I would keep fighting
for your friend.
Cause that's what I would
do if it was my friend.
[Jazzy] Yeah, I'm trying
not to give up on her.
I just hope she's okay.
[motor idling]
Hello? Hello?
Hello?
Why are you ignoring me?
Is something wrong?
Hello? [laughs]
Why are you ignoring me?
Stop! I can't talk to you.
Our moms are fighting.
What the heck, Syriah?
That's so stupid.
I didn't do anything.
Syriah!
[dog barks]
[emotional piano music]
[baby cries]
[Lainey] It's adult
business, Jasmine.
It has nothing
to do with you and Syriah.
Now come out here
and eat your dinner.
You can't be mad at me forever.
[music continues]
[wind rushing]
Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh...
I love you.
[phone ringing]
[phone click]
[phone ringing]
What the heck, Syriah? Pick up.
[Daliyah laughing]
[music continues]
[Cassie] Syriah, I know
this is hard on you.
But right now,
family is more important.
You'll understand
when you're older.
Okay?
You're going to spend more
time with Grandma Sheralda.
You get to see Grandpa Manuel.
Moving isn't always
a bad thing, Syriah.
Syriah... Syriah.
Do you hear me talking to you?
-[drums playing]
-[Cassie echoing] Syriah...
[cat meows]
[dog barks]
Syriah?
Are you home?
Cassie?
Get in there, you fat rat.
You're coming with me
and you're eating
spaghetti noodles until
your mother talks to me.
[upbeat music]
I'm gonna hold you hostage.
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
cha-cha-cha!
Cha-cha-cha!
Cha-cha-cha!
-[dog barks]
-[door slams]
[Lainey] Syriah, I told you
not to slam that door.
[song continues]
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
[song continues]
[music stops]
Why did you take my cheetah?
Why aren't you talking to me?
So, what if our moms
are fighting?
You're still my best friend.
I miss you.
But you didn't have
to steal my cheetah.
-Is she okay?
-Yeah.
It doesn't matter
if we don't hang out.
But why?
I'm moving.
We're going to be apart anyway.
[kids playing in distance]
One...
two, three, four...
[both] Five...
Six, seven, eight,
[louder] nine, ten,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21...
[laughing]
I'm sorry I took your cheetah.
[happy synth music playing]
[Jazzy] Your cheetah
looks depressed.
[blowing raspberries]
[indistinct]
[laughs]
Your hair.
My hair.
I did it.
You did?
-Wowie! Thank you.
-Mm-hmm.
Hee-hee-hee.
Mni wiconi means water...
Jazzy!
Mni wic-- [laughs]
-[Syriah] Water is life.
-Wow.
[music continues]
[music continues]
[wind blows]
[wind blows]
[clarinet playing]
[water running]
Mm-hmm.
Ow. Ah.
["Floatsan"
by Neil Halstead playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[shrieking]
Beth, no.
Ahh!
[indistinct]
-Jazzy.
-What?
I don't know.
-Jazzy.
-What?
-Do you have a favorite
kind of bird?
-No.
[indistinct chatter]
Guys, I'm gonna head home.
[Jazzy] Okay, bye.
[laughs]
Jazzy, do you
wanna walk with me?
[Jazzy] Nope.
-I love boys.
-I hate boys.
-[girl] Boys aren't men.
-[Jazzy] Oh.
[laughter]
I wanna play
Ghost in the Graveyard.
Who wants to make-- what's that?
You never played
Ghost in the Graveyard?
The person who finds a ghost
yells "Ghost in the Graveyard"
and you wanna run back
to the starting point
-Okay, I'll play.
-without being tagged.
Otherwise you're it.
-One, not it!
-Not it!
[Jazzy] Not it, oh.
Four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30!
[Jazzy] Do you see him?
[Landon] All right.
Bye, guys. My mom's calling me.
I gotta go.
I'm gonna get
in trouble if I don't.
-Bye, Landon.
-Bye.
[indistinct chatter]
[shutter clicks]
Sboob? Sboob.
[both giggling]
[Emmit] I was, like,
11 when I broke in.
What? Who abandoned this place?
-I know what I'm doing so...
-You've been here before?
Yes. You guys
should just follow me.
-Peace on earth.
-With who?
I've been here so many times
it's, like, actually insane.
Like, I know everything
that you need to know
about this place.
No, you don't.
Stop! Everybody stop.
[breathing hard]
Okay.
Come on, Emmit.
That wasn't locked.
-It really wasn't.
-That was unlocked.
[indistinct chatter]
[Emmit] It's, like, only,
like, a hundred years old.
[Landon] Well, my mom
isn't that old.
This is a very important moment.
Put on a play for me.
Yeah, hurry.
["Umi" by
Pinkshinyultrablast playing]
I forgot my sheet music.
I'm the director.
I wanna hear her play
her clarinet.
And up to where they die
Gotta give that
a round of applause.
Do a little bit.
Do a little bit.
[Emmit] Do what Landon's doing.
That's pure gold.
[laughter]
I can't with these amateurs...
-[girl] He's dancing.
-Okay, good-- Good luck.
[Landon] You will never be
a great actor, Emmit.
[girl] I'm the director.
Ann took the clarinet, everyone.
Can you stop with the
clarinet, please?
-Thank you.
-[Jazzy] Don't tell
her what to do.
[Landon] He's
the director though.
[clapping]
Romeo, Romeo...
where art thou, Romeo?
Listen, dude, I appreciate
the effort but I'm not
emotionally available right now,
so maybe next time.
-What?
-Yeah.
-[laughing]
-[Landon] No.
And then Landon and Jazzy
sittin' in a tree,
k-i-s-s-i-n-g.
Mwah-mwah-mwah-mwah.
I am going to slobber
all over you.
Hi, I love you!
I love you too.
[Goldie gasps] Oh my gosh.
We should kiss.
Yes, we should.
Get down, get down. Mwah.
What?
Marry me.
I do.
So, do you like Landon?
No.
-I think he likes you.
-Oh.
Do you actually like Jazzy?
-Yeah.
-Like, how much?
Like enough to ask her out.
Have you ever asked
out a girl before?
Of course, I've asked out
hundreds of girls.
Are you crazy?
I've-- I've actually never
asked out a girl before.
And I've never had
a girlfriend before.
-Really?
-Yeah.
Well, if I'm gonna
be completely honest,
neither have I.
-Really?-Yeah.
Bro, why were you even
lying about it.
[laughs] I don't know.
-Bro.
-Let's go.
You guys would be cute together.
-[girls] Yeah... Yeah... Yeah.
-[Jazzy] No... No... No...
So you do actually like Jazzy?
-Yeah.
-Yeah, that's
not going to work out.
How do you know?
She's like, way
out of your league.
Thanks. [laughs]
Ouch, but I mean,
thanks for the support.
Yeah, no problem.
Good luck, man.
I do believe
in you a little bit.
Thanks.
[girl] One, two,
buckle my shoe...
Three, four, buckle some more...
Five, six... buckle my shoe
Three, four...four,
five, six, 96.
[indistinct chatter]
[gentle music]
[Goldie] You guys would
be cute together.
-No... No... No...
-Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
[music continues]
[birds chirping]
[woman] Do you know how
to talk Lakota?
-[Syriah] Mm-mm.
-[woman] Not even--
[Cassie] Oh, this morning
she said " hihanni waste. "
Good morning.
-[laughing]
-Yeah.
They don't teach
you Lakota up there?
[speaking Lakota]
-[Cassie] Last year
her teacher did.
-[woman] Really?
-[Cassie] She's from East River.
-[woman] Uh-huh.
[Cassie] She was teaching them
Lakota words every day.
[woman] How about...
[speaks Lakota]
What?
[woman] Did that get
a little too wordy?
-Say " unci. "
-Unci.
[woman] Grandma.
Mm-hmm.
[Cassie] What's gaka?
Grandpa?
[Cassie] Yeah.
[woman] Ina.
Um, Mom.
-Mm-hmm.
[man] Ah-te.
[woman] Ah-te.
Um, I'm not sure
about those words.
[woman] Okay, come
around more often
and we'll teach you.
-Okay?
-Okay.
[woman] In a little while
you'll be speaking
like your grandma.
[woman] Your grandma was
a Lakota language teacher.
So she'll know how to teach you.
[man] When I say--when I go
like this and say
[Lakota word]
-I'm hungry?
-There you go.
[laughing]
[woman speaking Lakota]
"I'm really hungry." Yeah.
And water.
" Mni. "
Mni.
Yeah. "I want some water."
[Syriah speaking Lakota]
[laughs]
Water is life.
[gentle music]
-Are you okay?
-Yeah.
[music continues]
[woman laughs in distance]
"Some may weigh
40 pounds or more."
[Landon] Why is it so cold?
Sorry we left you earlier.
What happened?
It's fine.
You guys wanna play tag?
Maybe.
-Not it.
-Not it.
You're it.
-You're it.
-No tag-backs.
There's nowhere
to run now, Jazzy.
-Where are the fish at?
-Yes.
Where are the fish?
[laughs]
The only thing better
than fish is fish-ing.
I never been fish-ing.
-How? It's so fun.
-I'm joking.
[Landon] Can we
just see the fish?
No, we don't even have
any money to feed the fish.
That doesn't matter.
I can feed the fish... Landon.
No, not me.
You have to just grab--
pick him up and throw him.
No, what--what
if they didn't eat me?
-Then what?
-Then they'd eat Jazzy.
-[Jazzy] No.
-[Landon] Yeah.
[gentle music]
[Landon] Is that fish dead?
-Which one? Where?
-That one.
No, if it was dead,
it would be at the top.
Well, he ain't moving.
Oh, yeah, he is.
He's moving his fin.
Hi! That one's a big one.
What--I never seen that one.
It looks blind.
Oh, there's a baby
fish over there.
I'm gonna eat them.
[Jazzy] Hi.
[music continues]
What, what the...?
[music intensifies]
Hey, Jazzy.
So, uh, you know how I've,
like, talked about having
a ton of girlfriends and stuff?
Yeah.
Well, I actually have never
had a real girlfriend before.
Uh-huh.
So, would you want
to be my girlfriend?
[footsteps running]
[Jazzy yelling indistinctly]
[Landon sighs]
[soft emotional music]
[water running]
[music continues]
[Cassie echoing] Jazzy?
[music continues]
[fireworks popping]
[voices in distance]
[Lainey] What are you
gonna get? Chocolate?
There's like a million
different flavors.
[Jazzy] I don't care.
[Lainey] Well, they don't
have chocolate.
[Jazzy] Well, they have
malted chocolate.
[Lainey] So you want malted
chocolate M&Ms then?
-[Jazzy] Yes.
-Check it out, Planet Earth.
What's in--
What's in Planet Earth?
[worker] Planet Earth
is vanilla ice cream--
[Lainey] Jasmine,
what do you want?
Um, can I get the double scoop
of the vanilla bean,
um, on a waffle cone
with sprinkles, please?
[Lainey] And, Golden, which
one are you gonna get?
You already know what I want.
[Lainey] She'll have
the malted chocolate M&M.
[worker] Absolutely.
I gave a fish a ice cream cone
and now they're just...
-[Goldie] Oh, really?
-Yeah, look at him.
[Goldie] Why would you do that?
I love feeding
the fish my ice cream.
[Goldie laughs]
[Lainey] Girls,
don't feed the fish.
[Jazzy] Hey.
Here, Goldie,
you have some on your...
Shoo, Peasant!
-Here, let me have a bite.
-No.
I don't like you.
I need to make sure
it's not poisonous.
I hope it is.
[terse piano music]
[Lainey] Goldie, you have
something on your--
[Goldie] Stop! I don't like you!
-I don't care--
-I don't like you!
[music continues]
Do you want to spy
on the people who moved
into Syriah's house with me?
No.
You have an awfully
big forehead.
What?
Come on, man.
[music continues]
[Lainey] It helps with mine.
[Jazzy] Good for you.
[Lainey] You know what
chocolate's really good for?
Me.
[music]
[Jazzy] Is this really
supposed to help?
[Lainey] With what?
Like, cramp.
[Lainey] Mm-hmm.
And we could do
this once a month.
Just eat chocolate
and lay in bed.
[music continues]
Can I dye my hair now?
You said I could dye
my hair when I get my period.
[Lainey] Is it gonna make
you feel better?
Nope.
[music continues]
-I did it.
-You did!
[indistinct]
[emotional music]
Be like your BFF necklace.
It'll look really pretty on you.
Ooh.
I love you, Pickles.
[music continues]
There's a mini water fountain.
[Jazzy] What?
[music continues]
[Tana on phone] Hey, Lainey.
Just checking in. It's me.
Um, I'm so excited
to see you guys.
I'm sad that it has to
be under these circumstances.
Um...
Okay, I'm gonna cry, sorry.
[laughs]
Um...
I am on my way.
I'll be there soon. I promise.
Can't wait to see you.
Love you, bye.
[Jazzy] So, who died?
[Lainey] I told you so
many times, Jazzy.
Grandma Carla.
Your Grandpa August's sister.
Well, we hardly go to the rez
so how am I supposed
to remember them?
His daughter is also the one
that's related to Syriah.
What?
[Syriah] Is Syriah
gonna be there?
I don't know, Jasmine.
Like, that's the least
of my worries right now.
But your aunties
are gonna be there.
You remember your auntie Tana?
Not really.
She came to me
and your dad's wedding.
You and Auntie Tana
really bonded at the wedding.
Remember you
sat on her lap and...
Oh, yeah.
[Lainey] Um, she played with
you at your Auntie Tara's.
Oh yeah.
I was a little brat then.
[Lainey laughs]
[dreamy music]
[birds chirping]
[August speaking Lakota]
[in English] Family.
Relatives.
Friends.
For gathering with us
here on this hillside.
[music intensifies]
So hot.
I hope we get to eat after this.
Yeah. Me too.
[August] Our dear
departed here and...
my sister.
Auntie Pumini, grandmother.
Friend.
Makes my heart happy
to see our young people
to be a part of this.
Standing here along
with us, witnessing
this long tradition we have.
They can carry
it forth at their time.
[music continues]
My sister here at this time
is beginning her journey.
Oh-ho.
[man singing in Lakota]
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
What grade are you going
to be in this year?
I'm in sixth grade.
Okay, good. Good for you.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[woman] Sure it's hot,
but I love it out here
because I grew up
here for forty years.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughing]
[Jazzy] Really bad ticks
from somebody.
So they have to do tests
all around the school.
Turns out I was the one
causing the problem.
[laughter]
And, um, and my mom
said it was so bad
where they had to cut my hair--
[laughter]
[music softens]
[man] She sings in Lakota?
Yeah.
Wow. I didn't know that.
-That's amazing.
-That's amazing.
-Is it the same melody?
-Yeah.
Family's out there partying.
And I'm tired.
Is there a parade
going on out there?
Yep.
[horns honking]
[indistinct chatter]
Can you see next
to my bag there?
-The black thing?
-Yeah.
-That's for you.
-Black thing?
Mm-hmm.
[rustling]
No, not that black thing.
[laughs]
On my bag.
Yeah, that's it.
Your mom told me
you like mushrooms.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
This looks a little too big
but, okay, I'll wear it.
It's a sleep shirt.
[whispers] Gonna put it on now.
[Tana laughs]
-Ow.
-Perfect.
-Oh, oh, did that hit you?
-No.
I'm going to bed now.
Ooh, I like it with
your universe.
Doesn't match though. Oh, well.
-I think it does.
-I'm gonna take it off.
[Tana laughs]
-[laughter in other room]
-Thank you, Tana.
Hey, is that Isaac?
Yep.
Isn't he your boyfriend
or something?
I don't know.
I heard someone gossiping.
[laughs] I'm not surprised.
Actually, I got asked out
by my friend Landon
a few days ago.
-Really?
-Mm-hmm.
What'd you say?
-I rejected him.
-[laughs] Oh, poor guy.
He'll get over it.
Sucks for him though, but...
I'm just trying
to keep all my friends.
I don't want to lose any, so...
Yeah.
Yeah, I get that.
Yeah.
Well... whether he
or somebody else someday
is your boyfriend.
The important part is that
they're your friend.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, friends
are important.
The most important.
[Tana] Yeah.
[gentle music]
[indistinct chatter]
[woman] Is it almost
time to eat?
[August] You're a youth.
You're adult.
And now you're
in the school circle.
[indistinct chatter]
-It tastes really good.
-Ready?
-[Tana] Your first fry bread.
-My first fry bread.
[Tana] Hold on, hold on.
I got a document.
[Jazzy] Is it good?
It's good? That's really good.
How long was the drive here?
About nine hours.
When you're driving.
We're not going
to talk about how slow
or fast I drive.
But, when Tana drives,
I get car sick.
Oh, I got the cabbage heart.
[slurping]
[Isaac] Oh, you're a slurper.
Would you like to have
a slurping competition?
Okay.[slurps]
She's pretty good.
Are you ready?
[Jazzy] Okay.
-[loud, long slurp]
-[laughter]
I got it in my eyes.
[Isaac] No, you have soup tears.
-[Jazzy] Yeah.
-[laughter]
[Isaac] Mm, this is so good.
-Do you like carne asada?
-Jazzy... Look at this guy.
[laughs]
What do you see?
[man] Just enough.
Keeping it real.
-[laughter]
-[Tana] That's commitment.
[woman] Hold on,
not that much...
[man] Pockets full of fry bread.
[August] Hungry horse man.
-Syriah.
-Hm?
[synth music]
[woman] Oh my goodness, Jazzy.
Oh, dear.
[indistinct chatter]
[man] Leave some
for the rest of us.
[music continues]
Stop. This is perfect, Jazzy.
I totally made this path
with my own hands.
-You know.
-Okay.
Yeah.
I wanted to eat my fry bread.
[whispers] Have some.
No. I wanted
to eat my fry bread.
Look how perfect my grass is.
Because this is my land.
-Okay.
-[laughs]
[Jazzy] Do-doo-do doo-do-doo...
[Syriah] This is it.
My favorite spot.
[Jazzy] Wowie-wow.
[wind blowing]
If I yell, do you
think it'll echo?
Here, hold it.
I missed you, Jazzy!
[echoing]
Oh, what did he say?
It echoed. That's cool.
I missed you more!
[echoes]
Oh yeah.
I can do it better than you.
I missed you the most!
-I missed you the most!
-Okay.
I missed you more!
That was good.
I missed you more!
Say it like you mean it!
I missed you more!
I missed you the most!
No, I did!
No, I did, you're lying!
I'm not lying! I don't lie!
You always lie!
Uh-uh, I don't!
Yeah, you do!
No, I missed you so much!
I'm not lying!
Okay![laughing]
[whispers] I miss you.
[hopeful music]
No, for real, I missed you.
Miss you for reals too.
[Jazzy] Um.
[music continues]
[giggling]
[Jazzy] Are we
still best friends?
[Syriah] Yeah, sure.
[Jazzy] Okay... okay.
["Back in the Tall Grass"
by Future Islands plays]
Chin. Ow.
Home isn't open
It's like when You get here
The tracks By the creek bed
The minnow's the body
Crawdads with their
Heads down low
Back in the tall grass
Stinging my cattails, oh!
Looking for brother
It feels like winter
But it's the heart
of the summer
We can't go swimming
As long as we slumber
'Cause we're a long
Way from home
A long way from home
A long way from home
How did we get here?
One step takes me home
Two steps back on my own
Three steps back
and I'm gone
And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And you look like a rose
Especially, when
I'm a long way from home
A long way from home
A long way from home
And how did we get here?
Back to the body
Words jump like salmon
One step takes me home
Two steps back on my own
And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And you look like a rose
Especially,
In that backwater
Running through the woods
In that red water
In the mirror,
thinking of you
In the mirror
thinking of you
All day, thinking of you
And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And baby, you look
like a rose
Especially
Long way from home
(Long way from home)
Long way from home
(Long way from home)
Long way from home
[insects chirping]
["Chained to a Cloud"
by Slowdive plays]
Did you really
Understand?
Falling down
To begin again
Did you see
It's all real?
For the part of us
To let go
Did you give way?
For the time
To renew
Did you see
Is it real?
[gentle synth music]
[Lainey] Uh, Jazzy.
[Jazzy] What?
[Lainey] What's your--what's
your school called?
[Jazzy] I don't know.
[Lainey] You can't say that.
You gotta think.
[Jazzy] West...
[Lainey] West Elementary?
[Jazzy] Yep.
[Lainey] Say it.
[Jazzy] West el-men-tree.
[Lainey] Jay...
How old are you?
[Jazzy] I'm six.
[Lainey] And what
do you like to do?
[Jazzy] I like to play
with my friends.
[Lainey] What grade are you in?
[Jazzy] I will
be in first grade.
[music continues]
[birds chirping]
[Lainey] I can't believe
Jasmine is seven.
[Jazzy] Get out the candles.
One, two...
[family singing]
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday,
dear Jasmine
Happy birthday to you
[music]
[birds chirping]
[dog barks in distance]
Syriah.
Syriah, let's go. Hurry up.
One second, Jazzy.
[door shuts]
[tense synth music]
[Jazzy] Syriah, the bus is here.
[indistinct chatter]
How much friends do
you have at school?
Three.
Oh. I have one, two, three...
four, five, six, seven--
You know, I actually--
I have four, actually--
Eight, nine...
I have nine friends.
Nice.
Yeah. Very nice.
[exciting music]
What's that?
Vibe with me.
[intense music]
[indistinct chatter]
Plus five of my
girlfriends are really rich
and five of them are
really good at gaming.
I have six billion girlfriends.
I have one million.
What do you watch on Netflix?
-Squid Game.
-Did you finish it?
No.
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
He said one plus one is three.
[indistinct chatter]
-Syriah, what do you think?
-What?
What do you think of Timothy?
He ugly.
-I know.
-Ew.
And he asked me out on a date.
[laughs]
[Syriah] He ugly like that door.
[indistinct chatter]
[teacher] Indoor voices please.
[whispers]Grace.
[music]
[Jazzy] It's an invitation.
It's at Holiday Inn.
See you there.
Yeah, we're just gonna
swim and eat cake.
[gentle music]
[indistinct chatter]
Do you like my bunny?
[girl] No, should we just draw?
Yeah, let's just draw.
[boy] Wait, we're
getting another mall.
[music]
Oh, so close.
[computer bomb explodes]
[girl] Where is your dad?
The beanie. I like his beanie.
What's wrong,
what the hell was that?
What? I don't know.
Did you just say the "H" word?
-No, I said "heck."
-Oh.
-She said "help."
-I said "heck.'
Yeah, you could say "hell."
My mom lets me say "hell."
Only if I'm mentioning Hell.
She doesn't allow
her to watch bad words.
Yeah.
"Hell" isn't even a bad word.
I say bad words in my head.
She does.
[squealing and laughing]
Ew! I don't want
your bra on my crown.
[screams]
That's really gross!
Pillow fight!
Thank you for coming
to my birthday party.
-You're my best friend.
-Yeah.
[laughing]
Grace...
["Before the Bridge"
by Future Islands plays]
[singing]
Happy birthday to you
-Happy birthday, Jazzy.
-Thanks.
And I will Leave you there
I'll take the books
You stole
And leave the heart
That bears this
I hope you have
What you need
I hope the moon
is listening
It's all inside.
I hope you have
What you need
I gave you soul and body
[indistinct chatter]
And if things had changed
I would have carried you
As far as the sky
Far, far away
Whatever has us now
I can't forget somehow
For to forget
Love is to regret
Look, it's a brown spot.
Ew, why is it chunky?
Whoo!
Hurry up.
It's too slippery.
It's too slippery...
It's too slippery.
Syriah, wait!
You just fold it
from one side, like that.
And then you fold it
from the other side.
-Who should I throw one at next?
-Throw it at fluffy hair.
Ah, no! No!
That's my airplane.
Die!
I have a bomb.
Can't grab it.
They're so annoying.
-[boy] I'm a god.
-You'll never hit...
So how was...
How was you and Bella?
-What? What?
-What? What?
I'm counting down.
One, two, three, four, five.
No, let's count down to 60.
[together] One, two, three.
[Emmit] What's your girlfriend's
favorite type of ice cream?
Honestly, she's respectable
and cool, and she likes
mint chocolate chip.
[Emmit] If I had a girlfriend,
if they didn't like
chocolate ice cream,
I wouldn't like them.
What was kissing
your girlfriend like?
It was like...
And then, you know.
Smack?
[together] 29, 30, 31...
[Syriah] What's your favoritest
tree that you ever saw?
Blossom tree, even though
I never saw it.
What's your favorite animal?
Dog.
Nice.
[Syriah] What's your dream car?
-[Jazzy] I don't have one.
-[Syriah] Hmm.
[Jazzy] 'Cause I think
having a dream car is dumb.
[Syriah] Same.
Just get a car,
and then just drive.
But it has to be
kind of a good car.
Good night!
[on phone] Good night.
-Good night
-Bye.
[gentle music]
[birdsong]
[baby cries]
[alarm beeps]
[Syriah] What are you
gonna do tomorrow?
Maybe getting chocolate.
My dad has to get
chocolate for my mom
cause she has
her period I think.
She's grumpy.
When do you think we'll know
when we're grown up?
I don't know. What do you think?
I don't know.
Here's the reason why
you shouldn't grow up.
When you grow up, you're
gonna have to go to work.
When you're go to work,
you'll be tired.
When you're tired,
you'll wanna go home.
When you go home,
then your boss gets mad.
When your boss gets mad,
you're fired.
When you're fired,
you don't work.
But when you don't work,
you don't get money.
When you don't get money,
then you'll be homeless.
When you're homeless,
you'll be hungry.
When you're hungry, you'll die.
[Syriah] I don't wanna talk
about this anymore.
Growing up sounds ugly.
[flutes playing]
Syriah, I made this one for you.
[plays notes]
Nice.
["True Thrush"
by Dan Deacon playing]
Well, he... he creepy.
He's looking down on us.
Oh, no, Jazzy, no kickies.
It's a furry one.
-[Jazzy] He needs sunlight.
-[Syriah] Ooh... ew.
[Jazzy] Should we
take him exploring
before we actually murder him?
It's coming after
you in your dreams.
[Jazzy] He has no muscles.
Now you're gonna die.
[upbeat music]
[Jazzy] His brain fell out.
[playing flutes badly]
[Syriah] Wee! Wee! Wee!
Look. I'm so pretty.
[speaking nonsense]
Beast of my brain,
Every thought is the same
If the beast is controlled,
It'll never turn gold
And that's just fine
[Jazzy and Syriah]
15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90
105, 150.
210, 225!
[laughing]
I have a math equation for you.
Who do you hate the most?
-Bakaju.
-Bakaju?
Bakaju. [gasps] Deja vu.
Deja vu. [grunts]
[laughing]
I broke it. Oh, no.
God, I feel special.
[laughs]
Why aren't you friends
with Grace anymore?
Eh, I felt ignored.
"Ginord" by her?
Rejected.
Jectlict? Newjecklick?
Rejected.
So I wrote her
an unfriending note.
Did you know I saw her
when she opened the note?
Oh, what was she like?
She was just still for a moment.
She was like...
[blows raspberry]
Straight back.
[sighs]
[soft music]
Your hair will look so
pretty for school tomorrow.
Okay.
[Syriah burps] Scoose me.
You know how I'm not
friends with Grace anymore?
Yep.
I felt kind of sad giving
her an unfriending note.
-There you go.
-Okay.
I'm done.
I hope I never get a
unfriending note from you.
You're my best friend.
-Okay.
-Okay.
It's crooked. Oops. Okay.
Anna Hipskett lives in Bologna.
Amazing Bologna.
She lives in an old white
Bologna with Bolognas.
[echoing] Now beautiful
Bologna inside a big, big...
[music continues]
[baby cries]
[Lainey] Jazzy.
I'm going outside
to talk to Syriah's mom.
Can you watch your sister?
Jazzy, do you hear me?
You better not be in my room
getting into my makeup.
[chuckles] No.
I'm not.
[baby cries]
[Lainey's voice echoing]
Jazzy...
[music continues]
[clock ticking]
It's time for your
weekly brain transplant.
I'm transferring
you guys' brains
because this one's
dumb and you're dumb.
So why not just change brains?
[music continues]
Does any of them
have a real life?
This one, whatever
I do, she does.
So she's smiling
when you're smiling.
See, look, she's smiling.
She's upside down.
Now you have to be upside down.
-Hi.
-Ow.
-Rude.
-Ow.
What's your favorite
stuffed animal?
All of them.
Yeah, but what's
your real favorite?
All of them.
There's no "all of them."
I don't have a favorite.
I love them all equally.
What do you do
with the stuffed animals
when no one's watching?
I play with them.
I, like, role play.
[high voice]
I'm allergic to peanut.
[normal voice] Eats peanuts. Die
Oh, hey.
[laughing]
Oh, hey. Oh, hey.
I have a crooked horn.
Did you just say,
"I will marry you?"
[laughing]
I'll murder you.
[grunts]
But for real, what's your
favorite stuffed animal?
This one, totally.
Totally.
It's because
it's thick on the bottom.
Oh, yes.
It does squats every day.
I like this one.
I gotta go to my grandma's.
I want you to babysit
this for me.
Okay.
-Okay.
-Okay.
How long will you be gone again?
-A week.
-Nice.
I know you'll take
a good care of my cheetah.
Take good care.
I'll take good care of her.
[laughs]
[music]
[high voice] Hello?
[Jazzy] What are
you thinking about?
I love you.
Do something cool
like a teenager.
[cooing]
[indistinct TV voices]
It's night now, go to bed.
Um, mum, mum... [crying]
-[Lainey] Jazzy.
-What?
Are you taking
good care of your sister?
Uh... No.
[baby crying]
[blowing on flute]
[Jazzy] So what's the best thing
about visiting your grandma?
Um...
My grandma has a lot
of snacks in her basement.
That's cool.
Where does she live?
Pine Ridge.
-Do you know any Lakota words?
-Mmm...
My mom told me some but
I forgot like two months ago.
Mm. I know two,
do you wanna hear them?
Sure.
Hihanni waste
means "good morning."
And wicincala means "girl."
Nice.
What's your
grandma's house like?
It's big.
And she is a doctor.
Hmm, that's probably
why she has a big house.
Yeah.
Isn't that what you wanna be
when you grow up?
Yeah. What about you?
What do you wanna
be when you grow up?
Hm. I actually don't know.
Being a kid is the best
because we don't have to worry
about all this love.
I would love to
stay a kid forever.
[wind whooshes]
[synth music]
[music continues]
[cat meows]
[music continues]
[bird calls]
[clock ticking]
[Cassie] Syriah,
can you come out here?
I need to talk to you.
[dog barks in distance]
[coach] Space it out.
Space it out.
We're doing some jumping jacks.
Give yourself enough room.
[feet stomping]
-[kids chatter]
-[grunting]
[coach] Feel it! Feel the burns!
On my mark. Let's go!
One, two, three.
Now we're gonna run.
Ready, one, two, three, four.
Now jumping jacks.
-[coach] Five, six.
-My muscles are giving up
My bones are giving up.
-[coach] Now back to running!
-Oh my God.
My stomach hurts.
[coach] Hey, guys, the secret
to success is being yourself.
-Remember that, okay?
-[kids] Boo!
[bus pulls up]
[Landon] Why does the weather
keep just, like,
changing its mind?
Dude, it's cold.
[indistinct chatter]
[Landon] Who's Mr. Standing?
[Emmit] No flurries.
You know we're gonna get
some flurries, dude.
[Landon] What about him?
[Emmit] He just won't stop
giving us assignments.
Syriah?
[Landon] Like, what assignments?
Syriah?
[Emmit] Like science.
[Landon] Yeah, like,
what assignments?
Syriah.
[Emmit] Like the chapter 8...
[indistinct chatter]
You need to bring it up
with your parents
and then they can have
a talk with him.
[Landon] That's, like,
utterly the only way.
Syriah?
[Emmit] Talking about Standing.
[Landon] Well, then
make them listen.
[Emmit] How do I make
my parents listen?
[Jazzy] Syriah?
Syriah!
Stop, please.
Sorry.
Do you remember
Pennies for Patients?
No, I don't.
[tense music]
[girl] Bubblegum, bubblegum,
in a dish
how many pieces do you wish?
Two, one-two.
Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish
how many pieces do you wish?
[Goldie] I won.
[Jazzy] Bubble gum,
bubble gum, in a dish.
Oh, wait. Sorry.
Bubble gum,
bubble gum, in a dish.
How many pieces do you wish?
Um, two.
[music]
Why isn't she talking to me?
Do you think
you know, Mr. Bunny?
Did you have a best friend
or were you just a lonely...
Were you just a lonely man?
[playing instruments badly]
[chimes]
[drums playing]
[playing bongos randomly]
[music teacher] Quiet.
Quiet. Quiet!
All right, you guys.
Some of you may remember.
We got a big day Sunday.
That's the concert.
How are we feeling?
Are we feeling ready?
I am.
All right, boom!
Thank you, Katie.
When do we have to be
at the concert on Sunday?
[music teacher] 12:00 p.m.
Yes, Goldie.
What day is the concert again?
Uh, Sunday. This Sunday.
So get here a little bit early.
I'm talking 11:50.
11:45 if we want
some extra credit.
-Yes, Jazzy.
-When can we go?
-[Landon]That's wild. Don't...
-[girl] I love that.
[girl] My favorite
animals are cats.
Like, I'm in love
with cats. Yeah.
[Landon] In Mex... Mexico.
[girl] I have a cat
tree in my room.
Cause, yeah.
And my dogs keep eating
all my cat's food.
[indistinct chatter]
What's up with Syriah?
I don't know.
She is kind of scary quiet.
She's just been ignoring me
and that's making
me kind of sad.
Sometimes girls
can be a lot of drama.
But I would keep fighting
for your friend.
Cause that's what I would
do if it was my friend.
[Jazzy] Yeah, I'm trying
not to give up on her.
I just hope she's okay.
[motor idling]
Hello? Hello?
Hello?
Why are you ignoring me?
Is something wrong?
Hello? [laughs]
Why are you ignoring me?
Stop! I can't talk to you.
Our moms are fighting.
What the heck, Syriah?
That's so stupid.
I didn't do anything.
Syriah!
[dog barks]
[emotional piano music]
[baby cries]
[Lainey] It's adult
business, Jasmine.
It has nothing
to do with you and Syriah.
Now come out here
and eat your dinner.
You can't be mad at me forever.
[music continues]
[wind rushing]
Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh...
I love you.
[phone ringing]
[phone click]
[phone ringing]
What the heck, Syriah? Pick up.
[Daliyah laughing]
[music continues]
[Cassie] Syriah, I know
this is hard on you.
But right now,
family is more important.
You'll understand
when you're older.
Okay?
You're going to spend more
time with Grandma Sheralda.
You get to see Grandpa Manuel.
Moving isn't always
a bad thing, Syriah.
Syriah... Syriah.
Do you hear me talking to you?
-[drums playing]
-[Cassie echoing] Syriah...
[cat meows]
[dog barks]
Syriah?
Are you home?
Cassie?
Get in there, you fat rat.
You're coming with me
and you're eating
spaghetti noodles until
your mother talks to me.
[upbeat music]
I'm gonna hold you hostage.
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
cha-cha-cha!
Cha-cha-cha!
Cha-cha-cha!
-[dog barks]
-[door slams]
[Lainey] Syriah, I told you
not to slam that door.
[song continues]
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
Chigga-chigga-chigga-chigga
Cha-cha-cha!
[song continues]
[music stops]
Why did you take my cheetah?
Why aren't you talking to me?
So, what if our moms
are fighting?
You're still my best friend.
I miss you.
But you didn't have
to steal my cheetah.
-Is she okay?
-Yeah.
It doesn't matter
if we don't hang out.
But why?
I'm moving.
We're going to be apart anyway.
[kids playing in distance]
One...
two, three, four...
[both] Five...
Six, seven, eight,
[louder] nine, ten,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21...
[laughing]
I'm sorry I took your cheetah.
[happy synth music playing]
[Jazzy] Your cheetah
looks depressed.
[blowing raspberries]
[indistinct]
[laughs]
Your hair.
My hair.
I did it.
You did?
-Wowie! Thank you.
-Mm-hmm.
Hee-hee-hee.
Mni wiconi means water...
Jazzy!
Mni wic-- [laughs]
-[Syriah] Water is life.
-Wow.
[music continues]
[music continues]
[wind blows]
[wind blows]
[clarinet playing]
[water running]
Mm-hmm.
Ow. Ah.
["Floatsan"
by Neil Halstead playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[shrieking]
Beth, no.
Ahh!
[indistinct]
-Jazzy.
-What?
I don't know.
-Jazzy.
-What?
-Do you have a favorite
kind of bird?
-No.
[indistinct chatter]
Guys, I'm gonna head home.
[Jazzy] Okay, bye.
[laughs]
Jazzy, do you
wanna walk with me?
[Jazzy] Nope.
-I love boys.
-I hate boys.
-[girl] Boys aren't men.
-[Jazzy] Oh.
[laughter]
I wanna play
Ghost in the Graveyard.
Who wants to make-- what's that?
You never played
Ghost in the Graveyard?
The person who finds a ghost
yells "Ghost in the Graveyard"
and you wanna run back
to the starting point
-Okay, I'll play.
-without being tagged.
Otherwise you're it.
-One, not it!
-Not it!
[Jazzy] Not it, oh.
Four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30!
[Jazzy] Do you see him?
[Landon] All right.
Bye, guys. My mom's calling me.
I gotta go.
I'm gonna get
in trouble if I don't.
-Bye, Landon.
-Bye.
[indistinct chatter]
[shutter clicks]
Sboob? Sboob.
[both giggling]
[Emmit] I was, like,
11 when I broke in.
What? Who abandoned this place?
-I know what I'm doing so...
-You've been here before?
Yes. You guys
should just follow me.
-Peace on earth.
-With who?
I've been here so many times
it's, like, actually insane.
Like, I know everything
that you need to know
about this place.
No, you don't.
Stop! Everybody stop.
[breathing hard]
Okay.
Come on, Emmit.
That wasn't locked.
-It really wasn't.
-That was unlocked.
[indistinct chatter]
[Emmit] It's, like, only,
like, a hundred years old.
[Landon] Well, my mom
isn't that old.
This is a very important moment.
Put on a play for me.
Yeah, hurry.
["Umi" by
Pinkshinyultrablast playing]
I forgot my sheet music.
I'm the director.
I wanna hear her play
her clarinet.
And up to where they die
Gotta give that
a round of applause.
Do a little bit.
Do a little bit.
[Emmit] Do what Landon's doing.
That's pure gold.
[laughter]
I can't with these amateurs...
-[girl] He's dancing.
-Okay, good-- Good luck.
[Landon] You will never be
a great actor, Emmit.
[girl] I'm the director.
Ann took the clarinet, everyone.
Can you stop with the
clarinet, please?
-Thank you.
-[Jazzy] Don't tell
her what to do.
[Landon] He's
the director though.
[clapping]
Romeo, Romeo...
where art thou, Romeo?
Listen, dude, I appreciate
the effort but I'm not
emotionally available right now,
so maybe next time.
-What?
-Yeah.
-[laughing]
-[Landon] No.
And then Landon and Jazzy
sittin' in a tree,
k-i-s-s-i-n-g.
Mwah-mwah-mwah-mwah.
I am going to slobber
all over you.
Hi, I love you!
I love you too.
[Goldie gasps] Oh my gosh.
We should kiss.
Yes, we should.
Get down, get down. Mwah.
What?
Marry me.
I do.
So, do you like Landon?
No.
-I think he likes you.
-Oh.
Do you actually like Jazzy?
-Yeah.
-Like, how much?
Like enough to ask her out.
Have you ever asked
out a girl before?
Of course, I've asked out
hundreds of girls.
Are you crazy?
I've-- I've actually never
asked out a girl before.
And I've never had
a girlfriend before.
-Really?
-Yeah.
Well, if I'm gonna
be completely honest,
neither have I.
-Really?-Yeah.
Bro, why were you even
lying about it.
[laughs] I don't know.
-Bro.
-Let's go.
You guys would be cute together.
-[girls] Yeah... Yeah... Yeah.
-[Jazzy] No... No... No...
So you do actually like Jazzy?
-Yeah.
-Yeah, that's
not going to work out.
How do you know?
She's like, way
out of your league.
Thanks. [laughs]
Ouch, but I mean,
thanks for the support.
Yeah, no problem.
Good luck, man.
I do believe
in you a little bit.
Thanks.
[girl] One, two,
buckle my shoe...
Three, four, buckle some more...
Five, six... buckle my shoe
Three, four...four,
five, six, 96.
[indistinct chatter]
[gentle music]
[Goldie] You guys would
be cute together.
-No... No... No...
-Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
[music continues]
[birds chirping]
[woman] Do you know how
to talk Lakota?
-[Syriah] Mm-mm.
-[woman] Not even--
[Cassie] Oh, this morning
she said " hihanni waste. "
Good morning.
-[laughing]
-Yeah.
They don't teach
you Lakota up there?
[speaking Lakota]
-[Cassie] Last year
her teacher did.
-[woman] Really?
-[Cassie] She's from East River.
-[woman] Uh-huh.
[Cassie] She was teaching them
Lakota words every day.
[woman] How about...
[speaks Lakota]
What?
[woman] Did that get
a little too wordy?
-Say " unci. "
-Unci.
[woman] Grandma.
Mm-hmm.
[Cassie] What's gaka?
Grandpa?
[Cassie] Yeah.
[woman] Ina.
Um, Mom.
-Mm-hmm.
[man] Ah-te.
[woman] Ah-te.
Um, I'm not sure
about those words.
[woman] Okay, come
around more often
and we'll teach you.
-Okay?
-Okay.
[woman] In a little while
you'll be speaking
like your grandma.
[woman] Your grandma was
a Lakota language teacher.
So she'll know how to teach you.
[man] When I say--when I go
like this and say
[Lakota word]
-I'm hungry?
-There you go.
[laughing]
[woman speaking Lakota]
"I'm really hungry." Yeah.
And water.
" Mni. "
Mni.
Yeah. "I want some water."
[Syriah speaking Lakota]
[laughs]
Water is life.
[gentle music]
-Are you okay?
-Yeah.
[music continues]
[woman laughs in distance]
"Some may weigh
40 pounds or more."
[Landon] Why is it so cold?
Sorry we left you earlier.
What happened?
It's fine.
You guys wanna play tag?
Maybe.
-Not it.
-Not it.
You're it.
-You're it.
-No tag-backs.
There's nowhere
to run now, Jazzy.
-Where are the fish at?
-Yes.
Where are the fish?
[laughs]
The only thing better
than fish is fish-ing.
I never been fish-ing.
-How? It's so fun.
-I'm joking.
[Landon] Can we
just see the fish?
No, we don't even have
any money to feed the fish.
That doesn't matter.
I can feed the fish... Landon.
No, not me.
You have to just grab--
pick him up and throw him.
No, what--what
if they didn't eat me?
-Then what?
-Then they'd eat Jazzy.
-[Jazzy] No.
-[Landon] Yeah.
[gentle music]
[Landon] Is that fish dead?
-Which one? Where?
-That one.
No, if it was dead,
it would be at the top.
Well, he ain't moving.
Oh, yeah, he is.
He's moving his fin.
Hi! That one's a big one.
What--I never seen that one.
It looks blind.
Oh, there's a baby
fish over there.
I'm gonna eat them.
[Jazzy] Hi.
[music continues]
What, what the...?
[music intensifies]
Hey, Jazzy.
So, uh, you know how I've,
like, talked about having
a ton of girlfriends and stuff?
Yeah.
Well, I actually have never
had a real girlfriend before.
Uh-huh.
So, would you want
to be my girlfriend?
[footsteps running]
[Jazzy yelling indistinctly]
[Landon sighs]
[soft emotional music]
[water running]
[music continues]
[Cassie echoing] Jazzy?
[music continues]
[fireworks popping]
[voices in distance]
[Lainey] What are you
gonna get? Chocolate?
There's like a million
different flavors.
[Jazzy] I don't care.
[Lainey] Well, they don't
have chocolate.
[Jazzy] Well, they have
malted chocolate.
[Lainey] So you want malted
chocolate M&Ms then?
-[Jazzy] Yes.
-Check it out, Planet Earth.
What's in--
What's in Planet Earth?
[worker] Planet Earth
is vanilla ice cream--
[Lainey] Jasmine,
what do you want?
Um, can I get the double scoop
of the vanilla bean,
um, on a waffle cone
with sprinkles, please?
[Lainey] And, Golden, which
one are you gonna get?
You already know what I want.
[Lainey] She'll have
the malted chocolate M&M.
[worker] Absolutely.
I gave a fish a ice cream cone
and now they're just...
-[Goldie] Oh, really?
-Yeah, look at him.
[Goldie] Why would you do that?
I love feeding
the fish my ice cream.
[Goldie laughs]
[Lainey] Girls,
don't feed the fish.
[Jazzy] Hey.
Here, Goldie,
you have some on your...
Shoo, Peasant!
-Here, let me have a bite.
-No.
I don't like you.
I need to make sure
it's not poisonous.
I hope it is.
[terse piano music]
[Lainey] Goldie, you have
something on your--
[Goldie] Stop! I don't like you!
-I don't care--
-I don't like you!
[music continues]
Do you want to spy
on the people who moved
into Syriah's house with me?
No.
You have an awfully
big forehead.
What?
Come on, man.
[music continues]
[Lainey] It helps with mine.
[Jazzy] Good for you.
[Lainey] You know what
chocolate's really good for?
Me.
[music]
[Jazzy] Is this really
supposed to help?
[Lainey] With what?
Like, cramp.
[Lainey] Mm-hmm.
And we could do
this once a month.
Just eat chocolate
and lay in bed.
[music continues]
Can I dye my hair now?
You said I could dye
my hair when I get my period.
[Lainey] Is it gonna make
you feel better?
Nope.
[music continues]
-I did it.
-You did!
[indistinct]
[emotional music]
Be like your BFF necklace.
It'll look really pretty on you.
Ooh.
I love you, Pickles.
[music continues]
There's a mini water fountain.
[Jazzy] What?
[music continues]
[Tana on phone] Hey, Lainey.
Just checking in. It's me.
Um, I'm so excited
to see you guys.
I'm sad that it has to
be under these circumstances.
Um...
Okay, I'm gonna cry, sorry.
[laughs]
Um...
I am on my way.
I'll be there soon. I promise.
Can't wait to see you.
Love you, bye.
[Jazzy] So, who died?
[Lainey] I told you so
many times, Jazzy.
Grandma Carla.
Your Grandpa August's sister.
Well, we hardly go to the rez
so how am I supposed
to remember them?
His daughter is also the one
that's related to Syriah.
What?
[Syriah] Is Syriah
gonna be there?
I don't know, Jasmine.
Like, that's the least
of my worries right now.
But your aunties
are gonna be there.
You remember your auntie Tana?
Not really.
She came to me
and your dad's wedding.
You and Auntie Tana
really bonded at the wedding.
Remember you
sat on her lap and...
Oh, yeah.
[Lainey] Um, she played with
you at your Auntie Tara's.
Oh yeah.
I was a little brat then.
[Lainey laughs]
[dreamy music]
[birds chirping]
[August speaking Lakota]
[in English] Family.
Relatives.
Friends.
For gathering with us
here on this hillside.
[music intensifies]
So hot.
I hope we get to eat after this.
Yeah. Me too.
[August] Our dear
departed here and...
my sister.
Auntie Pumini, grandmother.
Friend.
Makes my heart happy
to see our young people
to be a part of this.
Standing here along
with us, witnessing
this long tradition we have.
They can carry
it forth at their time.
[music continues]
My sister here at this time
is beginning her journey.
Oh-ho.
[man singing in Lakota]
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
What grade are you going
to be in this year?
I'm in sixth grade.
Okay, good. Good for you.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[woman] Sure it's hot,
but I love it out here
because I grew up
here for forty years.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughing]
[Jazzy] Really bad ticks
from somebody.
So they have to do tests
all around the school.
Turns out I was the one
causing the problem.
[laughter]
And, um, and my mom
said it was so bad
where they had to cut my hair--
[laughter]
[music softens]
[man] She sings in Lakota?
Yeah.
Wow. I didn't know that.
-That's amazing.
-That's amazing.
-Is it the same melody?
-Yeah.
Family's out there partying.
And I'm tired.
Is there a parade
going on out there?
Yep.
[horns honking]
[indistinct chatter]
Can you see next
to my bag there?
-The black thing?
-Yeah.
-That's for you.
-Black thing?
Mm-hmm.
[rustling]
No, not that black thing.
[laughs]
On my bag.
Yeah, that's it.
Your mom told me
you like mushrooms.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
This looks a little too big
but, okay, I'll wear it.
It's a sleep shirt.
[whispers] Gonna put it on now.
[Tana laughs]
-Ow.
-Perfect.
-Oh, oh, did that hit you?
-No.
I'm going to bed now.
Ooh, I like it with
your universe.
Doesn't match though. Oh, well.
-I think it does.
-I'm gonna take it off.
[Tana laughs]
-[laughter in other room]
-Thank you, Tana.
Hey, is that Isaac?
Yep.
Isn't he your boyfriend
or something?
I don't know.
I heard someone gossiping.
[laughs] I'm not surprised.
Actually, I got asked out
by my friend Landon
a few days ago.
-Really?
-Mm-hmm.
What'd you say?
-I rejected him.
-[laughs] Oh, poor guy.
He'll get over it.
Sucks for him though, but...
I'm just trying
to keep all my friends.
I don't want to lose any, so...
Yeah.
Yeah, I get that.
Yeah.
Well... whether he
or somebody else someday
is your boyfriend.
The important part is that
they're your friend.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, friends
are important.
The most important.
[Tana] Yeah.
[gentle music]
[indistinct chatter]
[woman] Is it almost
time to eat?
[August] You're a youth.
You're adult.
And now you're
in the school circle.
[indistinct chatter]
-It tastes really good.
-Ready?
-[Tana] Your first fry bread.
-My first fry bread.
[Tana] Hold on, hold on.
I got a document.
[Jazzy] Is it good?
It's good? That's really good.
How long was the drive here?
About nine hours.
When you're driving.
We're not going
to talk about how slow
or fast I drive.
But, when Tana drives,
I get car sick.
Oh, I got the cabbage heart.
[slurping]
[Isaac] Oh, you're a slurper.
Would you like to have
a slurping competition?
Okay.[slurps]
She's pretty good.
Are you ready?
[Jazzy] Okay.
-[loud, long slurp]
-[laughter]
I got it in my eyes.
[Isaac] No, you have soup tears.
-[Jazzy] Yeah.
-[laughter]
[Isaac] Mm, this is so good.
-Do you like carne asada?
-Jazzy... Look at this guy.
[laughs]
What do you see?
[man] Just enough.
Keeping it real.
-[laughter]
-[Tana] That's commitment.
[woman] Hold on,
not that much...
[man] Pockets full of fry bread.
[August] Hungry horse man.
-Syriah.
-Hm?
[synth music]
[woman] Oh my goodness, Jazzy.
Oh, dear.
[indistinct chatter]
[man] Leave some
for the rest of us.
[music continues]
Stop. This is perfect, Jazzy.
I totally made this path
with my own hands.
-You know.
-Okay.
Yeah.
I wanted to eat my fry bread.
[whispers] Have some.
No. I wanted
to eat my fry bread.
Look how perfect my grass is.
Because this is my land.
-Okay.
-[laughs]
[Jazzy] Do-doo-do doo-do-doo...
[Syriah] This is it.
My favorite spot.
[Jazzy] Wowie-wow.
[wind blowing]
If I yell, do you
think it'll echo?
Here, hold it.
I missed you, Jazzy!
[echoing]
Oh, what did he say?
It echoed. That's cool.
I missed you more!
[echoes]
Oh yeah.
I can do it better than you.
I missed you the most!
-I missed you the most!
-Okay.
I missed you more!
That was good.
I missed you more!
Say it like you mean it!
I missed you more!
I missed you the most!
No, I did!
No, I did, you're lying!
I'm not lying! I don't lie!
You always lie!
Uh-uh, I don't!
Yeah, you do!
No, I missed you so much!
I'm not lying!
Okay![laughing]
[whispers] I miss you.
[hopeful music]
No, for real, I missed you.
Miss you for reals too.
[Jazzy] Um.
[music continues]
[giggling]
[Jazzy] Are we
still best friends?
[Syriah] Yeah, sure.
[Jazzy] Okay... okay.
["Back in the Tall Grass"
by Future Islands plays]
Chin. Ow.
Home isn't open
It's like when You get here
The tracks By the creek bed
The minnow's the body
Crawdads with their
Heads down low
Back in the tall grass
Stinging my cattails, oh!
Looking for brother
It feels like winter
But it's the heart
of the summer
We can't go swimming
As long as we slumber
'Cause we're a long
Way from home
A long way from home
A long way from home
How did we get here?
One step takes me home
Two steps back on my own
Three steps back
and I'm gone
And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And you look like a rose
Especially, when
I'm a long way from home
A long way from home
A long way from home
And how did we get here?
Back to the body
Words jump like salmon
One step takes me home
Two steps back on my own
And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And you look like a rose
Especially,
In that backwater
Running through the woods
In that red water
In the mirror,
thinking of you
In the mirror
thinking of you
All day, thinking of you
And I wanted you to know
I was thinking about you
And baby, you look
like a rose
Especially
Long way from home
(Long way from home)
Long way from home
(Long way from home)
Long way from home
[insects chirping]
["Chained to a Cloud"
by Slowdive plays]
Did you really
Understand?
Falling down
To begin again
Did you see
It's all real?
For the part of us
To let go
Did you give way?
For the time
To renew
Did you see
Is it real?