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  • 6/24/2025
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Washington Black follows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington “Wash” Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom, and love. As he navigates uncharted lands and impossible odds, Wash finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of the society he was born into.
Transcript
00:01Welcome to Halifax.
00:04Last stop on the Underground Railroad.
00:08Everybody step off with their own story.
00:12Boy, do I got one for you.
00:14A story about a young man and the boy he used to be.
00:20Tell me your name.
00:21Judge Washington Black.
00:27How did you do that?
00:28He's a clever one, isn't he?
00:32You're going to be working with me from here on out.
00:37We must leave. Do you understand?
00:40It is time to fly.
00:42Big fella come in on the ferry looking for a black man.
00:58George Washington Black.
01:00We're both dreamers.
01:03Can't we dream up a different world?
01:05I've been passing as a white woman.
01:07Your marriage to McGee is vital to our survival.
01:11A young woman would burn down the world to find you.
01:16Death can't frighten us.
01:18You ain't gonna leave till the job is done.
01:20You are the job.
01:26Surrender to no one.
01:31The only way black folk gonna climb this mountain is if we pull each other along.
01:36This just ain't his story.
01:38It's our story.
01:46I'm going to change the world.
01:48And that's what you gonna do.
01:49The good days.
01:50The good days.
01:52The good days.
01:57All in.
01:58I'm ready to fly.
01:59I'm ready to fly.

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