One Sweet Night | movie | 2020 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

'One Sweet Night' is a short film based on the tragic true story of Doctor Ossian and Gladys Sweet, a prominent young Bl | dG1fMUtBMHhLSEtma3M

Transcript

00:00 Go back to Black Bottom.

00:03 I've seen what they can do when that sickness and that hatred takes over.

00:08 When they said you could have the American dream, Ossian, did they mean it?

00:12 I don't think welcoming us was a part of their agenda.

00:14 We cannot afford to antagonize these white people any more than we already do just by

00:19 being here.

00:20 You created history when you bought that house on Garland, Ossian.

00:24 Did you know it?

00:25 We're just back in trouble.

00:26 I have a guarantee that the police will be right outside to ensure that no one comes

00:30 near this house.

00:31 You were just a doctor when they gathered to riot against your American dream, Ossian.

00:37 Did you feel it?

00:38 There must be hunters out there.

00:41 You made history and then you were forgotten, like they forgot when whites rioted.

00:46 Not Ossian.

00:47 He faced your mob, dared to move into your all-white suburb inside Detroit, when all

00:51 that was for him was in Black Bottom.

00:55 And since he killed himself, when he heard they were taking that away too.

00:59 How many times did the whites rebel in Detroit?

01:02 What were they rebelling against, Ossian?

01:05 You saw it up close.

01:07 How many times before they stopped?

01:09 It has to stop at some point.

01:13 Right?

01:14 Ossian?

01:14 [Music]

01:16 [Silence]