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Ovarian Psycos
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Riding at night through streets deemed dangerous in Eastside Los Angeles, the Ovarian Psycos use their bicycles to confront the violence in their lives. At the helm of the crew is founder Xela de la X, a single mother and poet M.C. dedicated to recruiting an unapologetic, misfit crew of women of color. The film intimately chronicles Xela as she struggles to strike a balance between her activism and nine year old daughter Yoli; street artist Andi who is estranged from her family and journeys to become a leader within the crew; and bright eyed recruit Evie, who despite poverty, and the concerns of her protective Salvadoran mother, discovers a newfound confidence.
"Observational, inspirational, thought-provoking...always quite beautiful to look at."
Robert Lloyd, LA Times
"Its stories highlight struggles for social mobility and access to the urban landscape, voice and selfactualization, and womynist-of-color activism."
Transfers Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies
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Video Librarian
"Compelling portraits in grass-roots inspiration and female strength. The film is a natural for doc platforms with a political edge."
The Hollywood Reporter
"...equal parts revolution and jubilation, showing that solidarity and strength in numbers are the best ways to protect your community while enacting progressive change."
NBC News
Citation
Main credits
Sokolowski, Joanna (film director)
Sokolowski, Joanna (film producer)
Trumbull-LaValle, Kate (film director)
Trumbull-LaValle, Kate (film producer)
X, Xela de la (interviewee)
Tekolokuautli, Yolihuani N (interviewee)
Xoch, Andi (interviewee)
Martinez, Evelyn (interviewee)
Other credits
Editor, Victoria Chalk; director of photography, Michael Raines; music, Jimmy La Valle.
Distributor subjects
Activism; Chicana; Feminism; Immigration and Exile; Latina; Violence Against WomenKeywords
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(distant siren wailing)
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♪♪ (looming orchestra)
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♪♪ (rapping)
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- ♪ Fearless
we be spitting ♪
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♪ In the face
of colonizers ♪
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♪ In the name of...
(foreign language) ♪
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♪ With the quickness,
bringing death to rapists ♪
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♪ Like Josepha,
and from the ropes ♪
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♪ Hanging as
we\'re yelling, freedom ♪
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♪ Death or freedom ♪
-♪ Death or freedom ♪
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- ♪ We came... ♪
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♪ Behind these fucking
prison bars ♪
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♪ Like modern day militia ♪
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♪♪ (foreign language)
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♪ Like Ramoncita,
we be scrappin\' up ♪
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♪ We are the women,
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♪ The women you\'ve been
warned about ♪♪
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♪♪ (echoing electronic)
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♪♪ (soft electronic)
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(Xela)
- Ovarian Psycos
is a refuge
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for the runaway,
for the throwaway.
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I understood that being
an at-risk youth,
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now an adult,
I\'m still an at-risk adult.
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You know what I\'m saying, like,
that doesn\'t go away, right?
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And so where are
the spaces for us?
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♪♪ (energetic electronic)
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(Evie)
- When I first started
riding a bicycle,
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people would stare.
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Is it because
I\'m a big girl?
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Is it because I\'m a girl?
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Is it because they don\'t
see any girls at all riding?
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(Andi)
- The reason why we\'re
in Ovarian Psycos
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is because
we feel like we\'re fuckups.
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(Xela)
- The majority of us,
not all of us,
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have some kind of
trauma in our life.
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We\'re just that safe space
for each other,
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to bring comfort,
to bring a sense of family.
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♪♪ (looming electronic)
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♪♪ (upbeat hip-hop)
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- What do you think about
the mashed potatoes?
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Better than Grandma\'s?
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- Mm-hmm.
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(Yoli)
- My mom made Ovarian Psycos
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because I think
she wants someone
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to back her up
or something
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when she\'s,
like, a little kid.
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(Xela)
- What are you sleeping
with tonight?
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Your black panther
or your...
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- Black panther.
- Or your jaguar?
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Your black panther?
Okay, I love you.
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- I love you.
- Okay, good night.
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- Mwah.
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♪♪ (gentle piano)
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(Xela)
- I didn\'t have
any kind of sisters, any.
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I didn\'t even have any girl
cousins really, growing up.
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I wanted the sense
of havingtias,
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of having, like, older women
looking after my daughter
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and building community.
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- That\'s them
over there.
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- Pedal, baby.
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Stay to your left,
to your left.
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Stay here, mama.
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(laughing)
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(siren)
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- ♪♪ (singing
in foreign language)
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- I don\'t know
aboutabogada.
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♪♪ (pop playing on radio)
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- I initially started
doing this because
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Xela and I ran
with the idea of creating
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gender-bending toys.
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What I was trying to do
with these is
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make a whole army of women.
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I was just wondering,
you know,
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what kind of body parts
I would want to give her.
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I just figured the boobs
weren\'t as important
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as the ovaries were.
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Ovarian Psycos.
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Ovaries so big, we don\'t
need no fucking balls.
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I remember
the first couple meetings.
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We were just all excited
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to be hanging out
with other women.
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We could be leaders
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without feeling
like we\'re bossy bitches.
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(Xela)
- It was a dream to have
a collective of women,
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women from
our neighborhoods,
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but it was going
to take a lot of work,
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a lot of commitment,
a lot of time.
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(text chime)
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Ovarians,
please check your emails
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for location
information.
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Tonight, 7:00 pm, we\'re
getting just a little psycho.
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Who\'s down?
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There\'s strength
in numbers, right?
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And so, when you\'re--
when you\'re riding by yourself,
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yeah, it feels,
you know, it feels good,
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but when you\'re riding
with a group of women,
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it feels like, damn, like,
I\'m supported, I\'ve got backup.
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I feel like
you could win the war.
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You feel like nothing,
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absolutely nothing
can stop you.
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- Hi.
Welcome, girls.
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Get some.
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- Here, gimme right here.
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- All right.
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Hi.
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- A Luna Ride is
every full moon.
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We get together,
women, women-identified,
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gender-nonconforming
folks.
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And then we have a dialogue,
and that dialogue
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is the most
important part.
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- It\'s for
the uneducated woman.
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It\'s for the knuckle-headed
girls,
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for the punk rockers,
for the cholas,
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for the sisters
in the neighborhood
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that just... that...
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that live
that hard life.
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(Xela)
- For us, it was very
significant.
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It was women not being scared
of riding our bicycles,
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or just claiming space
in very dangerous zones.
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It felt like
a fire had been ignited,
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and it just went wild.
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(cheering)
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- Go!
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(car horns and rap music)
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(cheering)
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(bicycle bells ringing)
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(reporter)
-A high school student
from Southeast High School
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did die tonight
from her injuries
00:12:41.520 --> 00:12:43.136 line:20%
after she was stabbed
earlier.
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The young girl
and an ex-boyfriend
00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:46.975 line:20%
got into an argument,
an argument
00:12:46.999 --> 00:12:48.936 line:20%
that then
turned physical.
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♪♪ (soft electronic)
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(Joss)
- It was a Luna Ride,
and when we found out
00:12:54.999 --> 00:12:59.096 position:20%
that a sister got stabbed,
it was on her lunch break,
00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:03.016 position:20%
by her ex-boyfriend,
she got stabbed and died.
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Um, so that was...
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that was just really
intense for everybody.
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- Her family was--
didn\'t have enough resources
00:13:15.160 --> 00:13:17.256 position:20%
for her freaking funeral,
00:13:17.280 --> 00:13:18.736
couldn\'t even, like,
wasn\'t even
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allowed the time
to mourn her death
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because they had to--
they had to, um,
00:13:23.560 --> 00:13:25.536
have fundraisers right
in front of their house,
00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:26.975 position:20%
selling tacos,
you know what I\'m saying?
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Like, and everybody
came out, like,
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the whole community came out,
but I\'m saying,
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how did we fail
this young girl?
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It\'s just incident
after incident.
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You know,
there was...
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all this stuff about women,
just young girls,
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being found
killed, raped.
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(sigh)
00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.776
Another brown sister
found dead,
00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:11.656
another body
bruised blood red.
00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:13.216
Another tear is shed.
00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:15.216
Another mother\'s
broken heart to mend,
00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:17.975
with questions left
unanswered in her head.
00:14:17.999 --> 00:14:20.975
Another brother incarcerated
in the pen,
00:14:20.999 --> 00:14:23.736
another tragic,
yet familiar end.
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(whistles)
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- This is a women
and women-identified only ride.
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- Another brown sister
found dead,
00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:34.096
another body
bruised blood red.
00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:35.975
Another tear is shed.
00:14:35.999 --> 00:14:37.856
She was only 24
when she was found
00:14:37.880 --> 00:14:41.216
face down on the beach,
dead from a beatdown.
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No one but the waves
to hear the sound
00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.975
of her scream,
of her pain.
00:14:44.999 --> 00:14:48.975
And it\'s goin\' on all around,
tears falling like the rain.
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For these lives,
15 to 44 years of age
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lost in vain.
00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:55.936
And she was only 24.
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When will this issue
be explored?
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\'Cause see,
we\'re either bitches,
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or we\'re whores.
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- I scream.
- Who screams?
00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:03.896
- (Cyclists) I scream.
00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:05.456
- Who screams?
- I scream!
00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:06.456
- Who screams?
00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:08.816
- I scream!
- Who screams?
00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.376
I scream!
00:15:09.400 --> 00:15:12.456
- Who screams?
- (all shouting)
00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.976
- Who screams?
- I scream!
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- Who screams?
00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:19.120
(chanting fades)
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- We were
just going to this.
00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.696 position:20%
- When you\'re growing up,
00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:18.976
you know, it\'s like
you want to fit in.
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You know...
00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:22.416
We\'re living
in America now, like,
00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:23.976
everybody has
sleepovers.
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Everybody invites
their friends over.
00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.336
- Mm-hmm.
00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:30.416
- I guess we don\'t really
have that relationship
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where we can be like...
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be so, like, in tune with
our emotions with each other.
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(distant siren)
00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.816
My mom, one of the things
she taught me
00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.320 position:20%
is to never question her.
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But I feel like
I\'m growing up,
00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:06.975
and I\'m like,
I want to stand up
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for what I believe in.
00:17:09.999 --> 00:17:12.720
Just make her
understand.
00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:26.776
- All right,
so let\'s get started.
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We\'re a sisterhood, right?
00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.616
There\'s nine of us.
00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:31.976 position:20%
I mean, how do you
all feel about bringing in
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girls like Evelyn?
00:17:33.800 --> 00:17:37.536 position:20%
I propose that we have
a meeting, left and right,
00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:40.616
and meet with them,
me included.
00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:43.416
An initial meeting
where we give them a handbook,
00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.416
talk to them a little bit about
what\'s expected, all right?
00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:49.216
And then, if they are
still interested,
00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.056
and they want to do it,
00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:51.936
then-- then
they can meet with all of us
00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:54.696
at our next court meeting.
How do you all feel about that?
00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:56.336
- I think we should do
what we did the first time,
00:17:56.360 --> 00:17:58.975
when we all came, you know,
when we did a ride.
00:17:58.999 --> 00:18:01.336
- It would also be
really cool for you to trust
00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:04.856
that me, Taryn, and maybe Alex
could handle that.
00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:07.416 position:20% line:20%
- So it also kind of,
like, lays the groundwork
00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.096 line:20%
for the S.L.I.T. process
00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:10.016 position:20% line:20%
that, like, we\'ve been
trying to, like, work on.
00:18:10.040 --> 00:18:14.256 position:20% line:20%
You know, it\'s like so we can
say these specific titles.
00:18:14.280 --> 00:18:15.975 line:20%
Alex is Clit Rubber.
00:18:15.999 --> 00:18:17.616 line:20%
Claudia and I are L.R.O.
00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.256 line:20%
This is what it is,
00:18:18.280 --> 00:18:22.975 line:20%
and we\'re comin\' to talk to you
because we see your initiative.
00:18:22.999 --> 00:18:23.736
Okay, cool.
00:18:23.760 --> 00:18:25.336
This is-- this is
what it\'s all about.
00:18:25.360 --> 00:18:28.376
It\'s all about us all
learning how to be
00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:29.736
recruiters too, right?
00:18:29.760 --> 00:18:32.816
And really getting--
getting good at it
00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.616
and gaining confidence.
00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.096
So-- so everybody is cool
with us setting up
00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:39.216
our meeting with them?
- As long as I\'m there.
00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.800
No, I\'m just kidding.
- (all laughing)
00:18:57.760 --> 00:19:01.296
- Being in Ovarian Psycos
would mean a lot.
00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:03.416
You can see how they
take care of each other
00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.416
and how they\'re concerned
about each other\'s lives
00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.720
and families.
00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.975
My only fear is
commitment,
00:19:20.999 --> 00:19:24.816
because I work part time
and go to school.
00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:29.496
I don\'t want to feel like
I\'m spreading myself too thin.
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♪♪ (disco)
00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:46.696
I\'m excited.
00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.856
I\'m-- I don\'t know
what to expect.
00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.975
I guess.
00:19:50.999 --> 00:19:52.576
I feel, like, anxious.
00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.975
Like, I kept
looking at the time,
00:19:53.999 --> 00:19:57.016
and I\'m like, why am I...
what\'s going on?
00:19:57.040 --> 00:19:59.000
I feel excitement.
00:20:00.999 --> 00:20:02.176 line:20%
(text chime)
00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.400 line:20%
- ♪♪ (whistling)
00:20:05.999 --> 00:20:08.800 line:20%
(laughter)
00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.999
(shouting)
00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:18.336 position:20%
- That\'s the only reason!
00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:21.440
- You gypped me
on my workout!
00:20:40.280 --> 00:20:42.975
- There\'s something
really special about the Ovas
00:20:42.999 --> 00:20:44.216
that, like,
00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:46.736
we... we are concerned,
00:20:46.760 --> 00:20:48.736
and we speak to, like,
00:20:48.760 --> 00:20:51.376
those, like, wounded,
broken girls.
00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:56.560
Like, you show me
what I always wanted
00:20:56.999 --> 00:20:58.256
for myself--
like, I want to be able
00:20:58.280 --> 00:21:01.136
to speak from the heart,
like you do.
00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:03.136
I\'m looking forward
to seeing you bring
00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.056
some of that
to the Ovas.
00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:06.896
(all)
- We are an all women of color
00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:08.576
bicycling brigade,
00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:10.856 position:20%
cycling for the purpose...
00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:13.336
(everyone saying
different things)
00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.416
(woman)
- Okay, one more time!
00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:17.296
- We are an all women of color
00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:18.975
bicycling brigade,
00:21:18.999 --> 00:21:22.975 position:20%
cycling for the purpose
of healing our communities
00:21:22.999 --> 00:21:26.056
physically, emotionally,
and spiritually,
00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:29.760
by addressing
permanent issues.
00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.176
- Smells so good, okay.
00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.040
Okay, go ahead...
00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:39.680
(distant chatter and laughter)
00:21:42.999 --> 00:21:43.975 position:20%
(woman)
- We have a duty to fight.
00:21:43.999 --> 00:21:45.536
(all)
- We have a duty
to fight.
00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:46.536
- We have a duty to win.
00:21:46.560 --> 00:21:47.856
(all)
- We have a duty
to win.
00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.296
- We must love
and protect each other.
00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:51.416
(all)
- We must love and protect
each other.
00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.975
- We have nothing to lose.
- (all) We have nothing to lose.
00:21:54.999 --> 00:21:57.456
- But our chains.
- (all) But our chains.
00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:59.080
- Again, again.
00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:07.360
(sizzling)
00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:18.296
- Being a girl
in a family full of boys
00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:22.016 position:20%
in a post-colonized,
traditional Mexican home,
00:22:22.040 --> 00:22:25.656 position:20%
I always really want to be
clear about that statement
00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:28.696
because you can\'t call it
traditional Mexican.
00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:30.456
Traditional Mexican was
not like that.
00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:33.496
Traditional Mexi--
Mexican is very much indigenous
00:22:33.520 --> 00:22:37.976
and respected the female\'s role
as well as the male\'s role.
00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:40.496 position:20%
Post-colonized
traditional Mexican home?
00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:43.120
Horrible.
Horrible.
00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:49.096 line:20%
- Xela was her own girl,
so she got, like,
00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:51.776 line:20%
whatever beatdowns
my mom didn\'t get, uh,
00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:54.736 line:20%
were transferred on, so
like, all right, to Xela now.
00:22:54.760 --> 00:22:56.896 line:20%
So it was, like,
times two.
00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:00.576 position:20%
You know, like,
now all your frustrations
00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:02.296
and all can be
taken out.
00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:04.296 position:20%
You know what I mean, like,
00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:06.176
which was
not cool at all,
00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:09.560
but that\'s a day
in our life.
00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.816
- At the time that
I was holed up here,
00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.975
my brothers were free
to play.
00:23:12.999 --> 00:23:15.296
They were free
to play anywhere they wanted,
00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:17.096
in the front, in the back,
didn\'t matter.
00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.975
The neighbors, down the street,
it didn\'t matter.
00:23:18.999 --> 00:23:20.975
Meanwhile, I had to be
holed up in that room,
00:23:20.999 --> 00:23:23.096
and it, just like--
- But it was more than
that though,
00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:24.976
because your room was
your cell.
00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.496
You were on
24-hour lockdown.
00:23:28.520 --> 00:23:32.040
(ticking)
00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.696
- Doesn\'t look
the same anymore,
00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:52.296
but this is-- this is
where I basically
00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:54.816 position:20%
lived when I grew up here,
00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:56.536
and it\'s kind of dark.
00:23:56.560 --> 00:23:59.656
And it felt like--
it felt like a prison,
00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.975
really, like solitary
confinement.
00:24:01.999 --> 00:24:05.999
So my brothers,
while they were...
00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.280
♪♪ (distant piano,
\"Fur Elise\")
00:24:17.999 --> 00:24:21.560
♪♪ (soft piano)
00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:38.999
- There\'s things
that happened in the house.
00:24:41.760 --> 00:24:44.320
I didn\'t know
how to help her.
00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.136 line:20%
I always thought that
raising boys
00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:51.960 line:20%
is more easy
than to raise a girl.
00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:56.216 position:20%
Marcella was very strong.
00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:59.720
It was hard.
It was hard.
00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:05.176
- I feel like my mom should
have-- should have known
00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:07.696
that something
was going on with me.
00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:12.016
At first, I would try
as much as a kid could try,
00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:15.256
right, but I didn\'t have
the words to say them,
00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.975
to say...
00:25:16.999 --> 00:25:19.656
And so my mom would say
that I was being silly,
00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:22.216
that\'s my dad,
and that...
00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:24.576
and that, um...
00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:27.096
that, uh, I have to be,
I have to...
00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:29.975
that he\'s my dad,
and how can you not love
your dad?
00:25:29.999 --> 00:25:33.536
And so,
it was very confusing.
00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.536
And so...
00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:37.975
but when I got old enough to,
like, actually...
00:25:37.999 --> 00:25:40.296
say the shit
that was going on,
00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:42.776
she still didn\'t
believe it, so--
00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:45.320
can we stop?
I\'m sorry.
00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.976
(Maria Luisa)
- I tried to do my best,
00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.999
the way that I thought
it was the best.
00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:58.000
What else can I say?
00:26:42.999 --> 00:26:47.440
(soft music
and people murmuring)
00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:04.999
(camera snaps)
00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:10.040
♪♪ (distant pop)
00:27:10.999 --> 00:27:13.160
(camera snaps)
00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:16.456
- So this is
the 6th Street Bridge,
00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.536
which basically connects
00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:20.256
what is now
Downtown Arts District
00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:22.496
to the Eastside,
00:27:22.520 --> 00:27:24.496
and the minute
you cross the bridge,
00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:28.576
it\'s like you know you\'re not
in downtown anymore.
00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:30.520
You\'re in East L.A.
00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:36.240
♪♪ (soft Mexican)
00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:52.576
My parents moved
from Mexico to the U.S.
00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:54.256 position:20%
when they were very young.
00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:56.976
(man)
- Hey, where you going?
Tell us. Hey hey hey.
00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:59.736
- Being in East L.A.,
being in Pollo Heights,
00:27:59.760 --> 00:28:01.336
my dad would tell me,
00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:03.576
\"This is exactly
how Mexico feels.\"
00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:08.160
♪♪ (upbeat Mexican rock)
00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:37.576
You see the culture
on our walls,
00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:40.480
our history, our roots.
00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:44.856
Chicano artists,
we\'re able to use these walls
00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:47.360
as a form of expression.
00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:55.536
East L.A.
being the birthplace
00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:57.416
of the Chicano
Civil Rights Movement
00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:01.920
has encouraged us
to keep the fight going.
00:29:05.999 --> 00:29:08.376
(woman)
- Take your time.
00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:10.520
Be patient.
00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:17.240
You don\'t have
to push so much to release
so much paint.
00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.656
Perfect.
Yeah, like that.
00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.975
As an artist,
it\'s important
00:29:19.999 --> 00:29:23.496
to let people know who we are,
where we\'re coming from,
00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:25.136
and where
we want to go.
00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:29.416
-La Raza Mexicana
shall be history.
00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.576 line:20%
(reporter)
-The Brown Berets evolved
00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:34.296 line:20%
out of the movement
in the Chicano community
00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:35.936 line:20%
for social justice.
00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.656
The Brown Berets are
a community organization
00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:41.016
that gives new pride
to Chicano youth
00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:44.976
and that educates
all the people in the barrios
00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.760
on their social
and political rights.
00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.975
(Maylei Blackwell)
- Women in the Chicano Movement,
00:29:50.999 --> 00:29:52.536
women in the Black Power
Movement,
00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.856
in the Asian American Movement,
00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:59.975 line:20%
we only looked at how women
were core community organizers,
00:29:59.999 --> 00:30:01.856 line:20%
how they really could
00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:04.656
organize for community
transformation,
00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:08.080
and how they\'ve been
written out of history.
00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:13.656 line:20%
(woman)
- My independence
as a woman
00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:15.975 line:20%
and as a Chicana is
very important to me.
00:30:15.999 --> 00:30:21.176 line:20%
It\'s this anger that I feel,
the frustration that I feel,
00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:23.056
the hostility
that I feel,
00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:25.056
that I... cannot...
00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:28.336
walk away from a situation
that I feel is unjust,
00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:32.416
because I feel
it\'s my business.
00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:35.975 line:20%
- Historically,
brown women, you know,
00:30:35.999 --> 00:30:39.416 line:20%
if they were working
with white women
00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.016
on... on women\'s issues,
00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:43.096
they were seen as
betraying, you know,
00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:45.056
La Raza
and our brown brothers.
00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:46.696
But then, when we step
into that space
00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:51.256
and try to work on issues
of oppression based on race,
00:30:51.280 --> 00:30:52.696
that\'s basically still
very patriarchal,
00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:56.280
where women\'s issues,
you know, are put aside.
00:30:57.999 --> 00:30:59.496
- What I love about the work
00:30:59.520 --> 00:31:01.216
that Ovarian Psycos
are doing
00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:04.296
is that they\'re tapping
into a long legacy
00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:06.975
of women of color
organizing that links
00:31:06.999 --> 00:31:08.656 position:20%
intimate forms of violence,
00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.656
that not just
happen in their homes
00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.999
but in the streets.
00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.896
The Ovarian Psycos
are drawing upon
00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:23.816
do it yourself, kind of punk
or riot grrrl tradition.
00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:27.975
And then they\'re also
co-opting gang culture.
00:31:27.999 --> 00:31:28.975
They\'re co-opting
00:31:28.999 --> 00:31:30.336
cultural signs
and signals
00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:33.999
and reworking them to be
a form of empowerment.
00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.975
I love the in-your-face
Fallopian tubes on the mask.
00:31:40.999 --> 00:31:43.016
They\'re so powerful.
00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:44.576
What women are shamed by
00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:49.456
or what they are often
the victims of violence over,
00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:51.776
they, you know,
claim it as their own
00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:53.416
and put it up front.
00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.800
♪♪ (drumbeats)
00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:18.216
- We\'re the remnants
of 500 years of colonization.
00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:21.896 position:20%
A lot of our history isn\'t
even in the history books.
00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:25.176
We haven\'t addressed the rape
and the slaughter of our people
00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.856
and the burning
of our books,
00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:29.240
so we\'re people without roots.
00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:32.816
This is what we should get
called psychotic for.
00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:34.999
(scream)
00:32:37.999 --> 00:32:41.496 line:20%
- So, we came out
in the L.A. Times.
00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:42.816 line:20%
\"Their Chain Gang.\"
00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:45.696 line:20%
So it\'s like,
why are we a gang?
00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:48.376 line:20%
Is it \'cause we\'re brown
women, women of color,
00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:53.999
you know, from East L.A.,
from, you know, from the hood?
00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.456
- How are you?
00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.816
- I want to do my nails
myself.
00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:07.376 line:20%
- The language
that they use,
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.736 line:20%
I don\'t think
they need to do that to,
00:33:10.760 --> 00:33:13.975
you know, to make
their point across.
00:33:13.999 --> 00:33:15.096 position:20%
You guys should be more...
00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:17.136
you know,
more feminine.
00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:20.256
Not all moms are going
to agree, you know,
00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:22.576
in the way you guys...
00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:25.480
the way
you guys talk.
00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.816
(Joseph Bray-Ali)
- There are probably people
that could better handle
00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:32.975
the women\'s issue discussion
than the Ovarians,
00:33:32.999 --> 00:33:34.656
\'cause they have,
like, a little...
00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.736 position:20%
tends be kind of violent.
00:33:35.760 --> 00:33:36.976 line:20%
She acted violent
towards this woman
00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.536 line:20%
I was meeting
for the first time,
00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:43.216 line:20%
and drank my beer...
00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.416
and got in my face
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:46.496
the way a guy would
to start a fight.
00:33:46.520 --> 00:33:47.816 line:20%
- There\'s a gang,
00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:50.616 line:20%
and they call themselves
the Ovarian Psycos,
00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.816 position:20% line:20%
and they rolled up on me.
00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:55.056
(Joss)
- It\'s our urban,
hood mentality,
00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:58.496
and if somebody tries to,
like, cross us in a wrong way,
00:33:58.520 --> 00:34:00.696
then, yeah,
we get psycho.
00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:03.999 line:20%
I think
it\'s like a reflex.
00:34:14.999 --> 00:34:17.975
- The Ovarian Psyco ride
is the only ride I\'m aware of
00:34:17.999 --> 00:34:19.176
where they say,
00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:21.016
\"No, you\'re
a 15-year-old boy.
00:34:21.040 --> 00:34:23.416
\"You have the wrong set
of genitals.
00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.600
Go away.\"
00:34:39.520 --> 00:34:42.896
- People would write, like,
messages on Facebook about,
00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:46.696
\"Why is it okay for women
to do this and not for men?\"
00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.975
And it\'s like,
what the fuck?
00:34:47.999 --> 00:34:51.999
Everything that
you guys do is for men.
00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:19.016
- The Chicano Movement was
a legitimate push
00:35:19.040 --> 00:35:20.016
for civil rights,
00:35:20.040 --> 00:35:21.376
but getting together
and riding bikes,
00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:23.976
I mean, I don\'t really
know if that counts.
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:26.656
- Whose streets?
- Our streets!
00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:28.416
(chanting continues)
00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:30.999
- Let\'s roll,
ladies.
00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:46.496 position:20%
- Haters gonna hate,
and ovaries gonna ovulate,
00:35:46.520 --> 00:35:48.456
and-- and that\'s that.
00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.336
- Dude, fuck the riding.
00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.776 position:20%
We could be
on broomsticks right now.
00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.096
It doesn\'t fucking matter,
dude, like,
00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:54.456
fucking, can we--
dude, can we connect?
00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.536
You know what
I\'m saying, like--
00:35:55.560 --> 00:35:58.136
this is just a vehicle
to connect, right?
00:35:58.160 --> 00:36:01.296
Like, when our women are
fucking dying on the daily,
00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.176 position:20%
when that shit is
still our fucking reality,
00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:05.975
what the hell are we doing
to address that issue?
00:36:05.999 --> 00:36:07.616 position:20%
If you don\'t see that shit,
00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:09.975
step, son, this shit ain\'t
for you then.
00:36:09.999 --> 00:36:13.216
- I know a lot of cyclists,
L.A. cyclists,
00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:15.176
that would be
saying shit like that.
00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:16.975
- Yeah.
- You know, like,
00:36:16.999 --> 00:36:18.736
\"Well, you know, like,
00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:21.576
\"I\'m not sure about
that whole feminist...
00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:23.656
- Mm-hmm.
- \"...stuff.
00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:25.975
\"Like, what-- they don\'t
let guys ride with them,
00:36:25.999 --> 00:36:28.776
and blah blah blah.\"
- I feel like I\'m constantly
00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.416
- Trying to defend?
- Trying to defend.
00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:32.296
- You know what?
Hey, you know what, fuck \'em.
00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:34.376
They don\'t have to understand,
they never will,
00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.776
and that\'s why we are
doing what we\'re doing,
00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:39.336
because we\'re touching
on different fucking topics
00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:42.096
that they will never
fucking ever grasp.
00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:45.616
- I don\'t know, dude.
I don\'t know, I don\'t know.
00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:48.176
- No, I agree.
- I don\'t know.
00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:50.296
I don\'t know.
It is what it is.
00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:51.016 position:20%
What are you going to do?
00:36:51.040 --> 00:36:52.975
- It is what it is.
- What are you going to do?
00:36:52.999 --> 00:36:55.999
What are you going
to do?
00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.456 position:20%
- I mean, you\'re
not liked by many people.
00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:15.640
Or you\'re the bitch,
you\'re the this,
you\'re the that.
00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:20.056
I took on a lot,
00:37:20.080 --> 00:37:23.776
but if I can stretch myself
to get it done,
00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.975 position:20%
I\'m going to get it done.
00:37:24.999 --> 00:37:27.536 line:20%
(howling)
(text chime)
00:37:27.560 --> 00:37:30.016 line:20%
- Thank you all
for coming.
00:37:30.040 --> 00:37:31.975 line:20%
(cheering)
00:37:31.999 --> 00:37:33.056 line:20%
Are we waiting
for anyone?
00:37:33.080 --> 00:37:36.456 line:20%
Do you know anyone that\'s
on their way, four minutes away?
00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:40.376
No? Can one of the Ovas check
the Facebook page?
00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.096
Please?
Thank you.
00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:42.975
All right, so we\'re going
to start stretching.
00:37:42.999 --> 00:37:46.336
So maybe if you want to come
closer if you can\'t hear me.
00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:51.080
We\'re going to start by
taking in four deep breaths.
00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:01.976
One. Two.
00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.975
Three. Four. Five.
00:38:04.999 --> 00:38:06.975
Six. Seven.
00:38:06.999 --> 00:38:07.736
Eight.
00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:11.176
Come on up!
Come on up, ladies!
00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:15.240
♪♪ (mellow acoustic)
00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:18.440
- Sorry.
- That\'s okay.
00:38:45.999 --> 00:38:47.096
(howling)
00:38:47.120 --> 00:38:48.736
(dog whining)
00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:51.920
(howling)
00:39:11.040 --> 00:39:14.999
♪♪ (humming)
00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:06.560 line:20%
- Si.
-For you, everything!
00:40:39.560 --> 00:40:43.360
♪♪ (rap)
00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:11.720
♪♪ (up-tempo, foreign language)
00:41:35.999 --> 00:41:40.360
♪♪ (delicate ambient)
00:41:58.080 --> 00:42:00.976
(Yoli)
- They\'re always busy--
people are always busy,
00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:05.136
and it makes
my mom frustrated.
00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:08.736 position:20%
And sometimes, I tell her
to calm down a little bit,
00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:13.320
to relax, but she never
gets the time to, she says.
00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:23.975
But I think it\'s like, with one
of her songs that she wrote,
00:42:23.999 --> 00:42:24.976 position:20%
I think it\'s really true.
00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.096
Like she said,
\"It\'s really hard for me
00:42:28.120 --> 00:42:34.640
to raise my own child good,
when I wasn\'t raised as good.\"
00:42:43.520 --> 00:42:47.640
(bird calling)
00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:49.576
- (sighs)
00:42:49.600 --> 00:42:55.320
Nobody wants to speak about
our issues.
00:42:57.640 --> 00:42:59.936
That\'s my mom,
and she comes into the room
00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:03.256
and she\'s like, \"Wow, you know,
now, you know,
00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.736 position:20%
\"you\'re a mother now and...
00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:07.176
now, hopefully now
you\'ll understand me as a mom.\"
00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:09.256
Like she straight out--
And I was like shocked.
00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.975 position:20%
I was-- I don\'t understand.
00:43:10.999 --> 00:43:13.975 position:20%
And I just told her, I was
like, \"I just went through
00:43:13.999 --> 00:43:17.896
\"16 hours of straight pain,
like, this labor,
00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:21.136
\"and they sewed me up
for this child,
00:43:21.160 --> 00:43:24.576
that I am now
100% responsible for.\"
00:43:24.600 --> 00:43:26.176
Her... you know, her--
00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:30.296 position:20%
just like her upbringing,
and for her to be healthy,
00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:31.816
and you know what I\'m saying?
00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.816
And-- and I told her,
00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.975
I looked her
in the eyes and I told her,
00:43:33.999 --> 00:43:39.696
\"No, I-- Mom, I swear to God,
I understand you even less.\"
00:43:39.720 --> 00:43:42.280
(sink running)
00:43:56.999 --> 00:44:00.976
I had a lot of issues
about mothering.
00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:04.416
Will I be able to check
my rage and not project,
00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:06.336
\"Oh, I didn\'t have this,
therefore I\'m not
00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:09.176
going to give it
to you either\"?
00:44:09.200 --> 00:44:10.536 position:20%
Do I even know how to love?
00:44:10.560 --> 00:44:13.680
Like, will I be
loving enough?
00:44:15.160 --> 00:44:18.040
(heavy footsteps)
00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:28.336 line:20%
It\'s really nice to meet you.
00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:30.296 line:20%
(overlapping greetings
and introductions)
00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:32.976 line:20%
Nice. Told you so.
00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:35.975 position:20%
- Hi, I\'m Ethan.
- I met you before, Ethan.
00:44:35.999 --> 00:44:36.976
- Oh, I...
00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:40.056
- So, um, are we
waiting for any other, uh...
00:44:40.080 --> 00:44:42.376
(Ethan)
- Wait, do we meet
here or somewhere else?
00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:45.336
- Oh, it\'s going to be for girls
only, Ethan, this time around.
00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:46.536
Sorry.
- It\'s all right.
00:44:46.560 --> 00:44:48.856
- Yeah, and I want to talk
to you all a little bit
00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:51.016
about Angel\'s Flight
At-Risk Youth Services.
00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:52.975
One out of three youths
in their lifetime
00:44:52.999 --> 00:44:56.216
will run away from home--
one out of three, right?
00:44:56.240 --> 00:44:59.216
Um... who do you all think
is more likely
00:44:59.240 --> 00:45:01.936
to run away from home,
boys or girls?
00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.496
(all)
- Girls.
00:45:02.520 --> 00:45:05.816
(Xela)
- Yeah. White, Asian,
black, or brown?
00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:09.056
What would be the race
more likely to run away?
00:45:09.080 --> 00:45:10.096
(woman)
- Latina.
00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:11.616
(Xela)
- Yeah, awesome.
00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:12.456
(woman)
- Wow, really?
00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:13.736
(Xela)
- Yeah, crazy right?
00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:14.856
In L.A. County alone,
00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:16.975 position:20%
there\'s 160,000 phone calls
00:45:16.999 --> 00:45:21.456
that social workers get of
suspected child abuse reports.
00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.016
(woman)
- Right.
00:45:22.040 --> 00:45:24.975
(Xela)
- Most times
when we\'re leaving home,
00:45:24.999 --> 00:45:28.975
it\'s because of some type
of abuse, right?
00:45:28.999 --> 00:45:30.720
Physical, emotional.
00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:46.999
(distant playground chatter)
00:45:54.080 --> 00:45:58.736
After school, I\'d just say,
you know, or whatever.
00:45:58.760 --> 00:45:59.975
It just depended
on the situation.
00:45:59.999 --> 00:46:02.816
Sometimes it was like,
after an argument,
00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:04.056
and I would leave.
00:46:04.080 --> 00:46:07.216 position:20%
Or sometimes it was
like, my dad was at home,
00:46:07.240 --> 00:46:08.376 position:20%
and I was like, \"Fuck that.
00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:09.176
I\'m not gonna go back home.\"
00:46:09.200 --> 00:46:12.896
And then I would just come to
the library in the daytime,
00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:14.176
read my books, handle,
00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:17.600
and then at night
just sleeping here.
00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:23.975
It sucked.
00:46:23.999 --> 00:46:25.999
It gets me real angry.
00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:34.000
♪♪ (soft somber)
00:46:36.640 --> 00:46:39.440
(softly crying)
00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:16.960
♪♪ (opera)
00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:00.336
- It was awesome because
Xela thought about it,
00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:01.536
and she had a vision.
00:48:01.560 --> 00:48:04.976
We can carry on this vision
without her right now,
00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:07.056
because it was kind of like,
it was all, like,
00:48:07.080 --> 00:48:09.216 position:20%
in between, like,
a couple of months, right?
00:48:09.240 --> 00:48:12.976
- Yeah.
- And she decided to drop out.
00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:15.136
And how did you...
(chuckling)
00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:15.975
How did you see it?
00:48:15.999 --> 00:48:18.336
Like, she just broke up
with us, right?
00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:21.136
- Everyone did.
It was like she just...
00:48:21.160 --> 00:48:21.776
got up and left.
00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:25.136
(Andi)
- Yeah, she got us
all wet and fuckin\' left us
00:48:25.160 --> 00:48:26.656
fuckin\' with blue balls.
00:48:26.680 --> 00:48:27.936
- (laughing)
Pretty much.
00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:28.975
- Oh, she is and just...
00:48:28.999 --> 00:48:30.976 position:20%
I don\'t mind it so much,
\'cause it\'s kind of like,
00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.536
Okay look, I pitched you
a good idea.
00:48:33.560 --> 00:48:36.056 position:20%
Fuckin\' take it
and run with it, you know?
00:48:36.080 --> 00:48:36.736
- Yeah.
00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:39.896 position:20%
- And I appreciate that,
because I think sometimes
00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:42.496
we lack that kind of
initiative to be like,
00:48:42.520 --> 00:48:44.536
\"Look, I have an idea.\"
00:48:44.560 --> 00:48:46.000
- Yeah.
00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:48.976 position:20%
- How long am I going to
be in Ovarian Psycos for?
00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:50.776 position:20%
- Yo, I thought about that.
00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:52.936
- Like...
00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:55.975
am I in it
for the long run?
00:48:55.999 --> 00:49:00.680
Which-- I don\'t even know
what that means.
00:49:15.200 --> 00:49:19.056
- After Xela left, I felt
like it was an injustice
00:49:19.080 --> 00:49:23.640
because all the other
Ovas had her an example.
00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:30.216
Sometimes you just
can\'t handle it all.
00:49:30.240 --> 00:49:33.975
You can\'t.
You can\'t always be Super Woman.
00:49:33.999 --> 00:49:36.999
(loudspeaker announcements)
00:49:49.999 --> 00:49:52.216
- Maryann, can you please
take notes this time?
00:49:52.240 --> 00:49:54.256
- Yes.
- Thank you.
00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:57.096
So,acuerdos.
00:49:57.120 --> 00:49:59.136
Number one, be on time.
00:49:59.160 --> 00:50:01.975
Number two, one mic.
00:50:01.999 --> 00:50:04.975
Number three,
step up, step back.
00:50:04.999 --> 00:50:08.616
Number four, throw glitter,
not shade.
00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:11.496
Number five,
shake, not shout.
00:50:11.520 --> 00:50:16.016 position:20%
Number six, challenge
the idea, not the person.
00:50:16.040 --> 00:50:20.975
And finally, number seven,
oppression exists, but not here.
00:50:20.999 --> 00:50:24.256
Who wants to volunteer
to go first?
00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:25.976
- A lot of the things
and rites that we do,
00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:27.096
like...
(speaking in foreign language)
00:50:27.120 --> 00:50:31.616
that\'s all in celebration,
but when the action is needed,
00:50:31.640 --> 00:50:33.696
like, I feel like...
00:50:33.720 --> 00:50:38.856
we haven\'t been receptive
towards meeting the community.
00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:42.696
What does this community
really need?
00:50:42.720 --> 00:50:43.975
(Maryann)
- What do you suggest then?
00:50:43.999 --> 00:50:46.216 position:20%
- What are we
gonna go speak about at--
00:50:46.240 --> 00:50:48.776
at this workshop
when they invite us,
00:50:48.800 --> 00:50:51.975
and we don\'t even, like,
try to do anything about it?
00:50:51.999 --> 00:50:54.936 position:20%
- I did-- I didn\'t even know.
So I don\'t-- I don\'t know.
00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:57.576
It wasn\'t expressed
that we were expected.
00:50:57.600 --> 00:50:58.896
Like, we didn\'t--
I didn\'t know.
00:50:58.920 --> 00:51:00.936
Like, it wasn\'t-- I don\'t feel
like it was expressed,
00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:02.336
so maybe if you would have
said something.
00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:03.696
- Also take
into consideration,
00:51:03.720 --> 00:51:04.896
some of us
don\'t have phones.
00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:05.975
Some of us are not
on Facebook.
00:51:05.999 --> 00:51:07.176
Some of us don\'t have
access to a computer.
00:51:07.200 --> 00:51:09.616
(woman)
- \'Cause that\'s me.
I don\'t even have Internet.
00:51:09.640 --> 00:51:10.816
(woman)
- Yeah, but at the same time--
00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:12.896
- We shouldn\'t need
to be like...
00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:14.496
let me fuckin\' find you
through all types of--
00:51:14.520 --> 00:51:15.456
(woman)
- I don\'t live here,
00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:17.216
and I don\'t see you guys
all the time.
00:51:17.240 --> 00:51:17.975
That\'s my only means--
00:51:17.999 --> 00:51:21.016
- Then how can you make yourself
more present?
00:51:21.040 --> 00:51:21.936
(woman)
- Same to you.
00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:23.616
How can you make yourself
more available when we need--
00:51:23.640 --> 00:51:26.975
- And that\'s what I\'m--
I\'m trying.
00:51:26.999 --> 00:51:29.999
♪♪ (soft)
00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:14.975 position:20%
- My family gets upset
because they feel like I--
00:52:14.999 --> 00:52:18.440
I should prioritizing
my life better.
00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:23.120
My role is supposed to be
the breadwinner.
00:52:24.120 --> 00:52:27.056 position:20%
It\'s embarrassing for me to say,
like, I don\'t have a job.
00:52:27.080 --> 00:52:31.200
Like, my mom\'s the one that
works and she pays rent.
00:52:45.080 --> 00:52:46.096
Muchas gracias.
00:52:46.120 --> 00:52:47.216 position:20%
(woman responds in Spanish)
00:52:47.240 --> 00:52:50.456 position:20%
Three bucks and nine cents.
00:52:50.480 --> 00:52:51.999
Whoo!
00:52:57.640 --> 00:52:59.536
- Discovery this morning
at Hollenbeck Park
00:52:59.560 --> 00:53:03.056
in Boyle Heights, the body of
a woman floating in a lake.
00:53:03.080 --> 00:53:04.696
Investigators are now
trying to figure out
00:53:04.720 --> 00:53:07.056
how she died
and how she got there.
00:53:07.080 --> 00:53:09.960
♪♪ (somber)
00:53:13.520 --> 00:53:14.976
- It\'s scary, \'cause we\'ve
been coming to this park
00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:18.816
for a lot of years, and
this is really devastating.
00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:20.999
(ducks quacking)
00:53:29.600 --> 00:53:31.696
- If you want to go to the park,
00:53:31.720 --> 00:53:34.960
you have to remember
you\'re not safe.
00:53:36.999 --> 00:53:38.999 position:20%
That\'s what pisses us off.
00:53:40.999 --> 00:53:43.056
I have to fight.
00:53:43.080 --> 00:53:47.096
It\'s my responsibility
to organize with these women.
00:53:47.120 --> 00:53:49.560
I don\'t know what else to do.
00:54:11.800 --> 00:54:14.496
- Actually, I\'m thinking
of taking off a corner
00:54:14.520 --> 00:54:16.136
and putting it
somewhere else.
00:54:16.160 --> 00:54:18.176
Take out the cilantros.
00:54:18.200 --> 00:54:19.416
- But those
are babies growing.
00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:21.296
What about the--
what about the lettuce?
00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:23.920
- Lettuce.
(groans)
00:54:24.920 --> 00:54:27.975
- Your basil\'s doing
real good, huh?
00:54:27.999 --> 00:54:29.696
(both)
- Take out the corn.
00:54:29.720 --> 00:54:31.240
- And that\'s it.
00:54:40.999 --> 00:54:43.376
I kind of had like
a little bit of a breakdown.
00:54:43.400 --> 00:54:44.656
Like, God damn, dude.
00:54:44.680 --> 00:54:48.776
I\'m not putting--
I\'m not putting my daughter
00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:50.975
as my number one priority
anymore,
00:54:50.999 --> 00:54:53.975 position:20%
and she\'s going through
her own changes, and so...
00:54:53.999 --> 00:54:57.975
You know, she\'s about to be
a little woman soon.
00:54:57.999 --> 00:55:00.520
She\'s going
to get her moon time.
00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:03.176
Yes.
00:55:03.200 --> 00:55:06.016
I told her many times
that I wish I was--
00:55:06.040 --> 00:55:07.816
I wish that we
could trade places.
00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:10.975
I wish that I could be,
you know,
00:55:10.999 --> 00:55:14.056
raised how she\'s
being raised, um...
00:55:14.080 --> 00:55:17.936 position:20%
especially now, because
I feel like, I don\'t know.
00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:20.696
I feel,
uh, kind of robbed.
00:55:20.720 --> 00:55:22.520
I feel robbed.
00:55:31.040 --> 00:55:32.560
God damn it.
00:55:41.960 --> 00:55:43.800
(sniffling)
00:55:44.999 --> 00:55:47.696
And so I was noticing,
like, that I could have
00:55:47.720 --> 00:55:49.736
been potentially
robbing her, too,
00:55:49.760 --> 00:55:55.296 position:20%
by, you know, being so busy
with this or that, and...
00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:59.240 position:20%
and I didn\'t want to...
I didn\'t want to rob her.
00:56:32.880 --> 00:56:36.000
- Being an Ova helped me
get closer to my mom.
00:56:37.840 --> 00:56:43.656
I had to explain to her
why do I do the work that I do.
00:56:43.680 --> 00:56:45.856
I think she understands now,
00:56:45.880 --> 00:56:50.840
and I want to be better
than I was yesterday.
00:56:53.640 --> 00:56:55.960
(dishes clink)
00:56:59.840 --> 00:57:02.536
What attracted me
to the Ovas was the politics
00:57:02.560 --> 00:57:04.975
and the organizing,
but I stayed
00:57:04.999 --> 00:57:06.975
because I fell in love
with cycling,
00:57:06.999 --> 00:57:12.200
and that allowed me to be
a more confident person.
00:57:17.080 --> 00:57:20.975 position:20%
For me, I think it\'s going
against that gender role.
00:57:20.999 --> 00:57:22.856
Like, \"You\'re a girl.
00:57:22.880 --> 00:57:26.216
\"You should be wearing this
skirt, and you should be
00:57:26.240 --> 00:57:30.056
\"putting on makeup
and going out on dates
00:57:30.080 --> 00:57:34.776
\"and trying to find a man
so you can get married
00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:36.999
and have kids.\"
00:57:43.000 --> 00:57:45.096
I have the ability
and the power to do
00:57:45.120 --> 00:57:49.336
whatever the fuck I want,
and nothing will hold me back.
00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:52.760
♪♪ (gentle, upbeat)
00:58:54.680 --> 00:58:57.376
- Don\'t let it boil,
but then you add the...
00:58:57.400 --> 00:58:59.080
- Oh, yes.
00:59:07.120 --> 00:59:10.216 position:20%
- When Xela first left,
it was kind of hard for me
00:59:10.240 --> 00:59:12.400
to understand.
00:59:13.160 --> 00:59:14.296
I\'m still
kind of hurt about it,
00:59:14.320 --> 00:59:17.176
but it\'s given me
a little bit more confidence
00:59:17.200 --> 00:59:20.640
to step up and be more
of a leader.
00:59:21.320 --> 00:59:25.456
We\'ve always said,
once a Psyco, always a Psyco.
00:59:25.480 --> 00:59:27.280
We\'re sisters for life.
00:59:30.880 --> 00:59:31.496 line:20%
- Hi, this is Claudia.
00:59:31.520 --> 00:59:33.576 line:20%
I\'m calling with
the Clitoral Mass Committee.
00:59:33.600 --> 00:59:34.975 line:20%
- Did you sign up
to do traffic control
00:59:34.999 --> 00:59:36.975 line:20%
for our Clitoral Mass
this Saturday?
00:59:36.999 --> 00:59:37.696
- This is Joselyn.
00:59:37.720 --> 00:59:39.056
I\'m part of the Clitoral Mass
Committee.
00:59:39.080 --> 00:59:41.376
- Hey, I was just wondering,
you had signed up
00:59:41.400 --> 00:59:44.975
to do volunteer
traffic control?
00:59:44.999 --> 00:59:47.056
- Okay, that sounds good.
No pressure.
00:59:47.080 --> 00:59:50.616
- So then, um, basically we\'re
asking all traffic controllers
00:59:50.640 --> 00:59:55.016
to meet up at the Watts Towers
at 3:00.
00:59:55.040 --> 00:59:57.816
- We\'ll brief you on,
um, on...
00:59:57.840 --> 00:59:59.975
on the traffic control plan.
00:59:59.999 --> 01:00:00.975
(indistinct chatter)
01:00:00.999 --> 01:00:02.536
- Don\'t get run over.
- No!
01:00:02.560 --> 01:00:03.336
(laughter)
01:00:03.360 --> 01:00:04.999
- Somebody stop that...
01:00:05.999 --> 01:00:08.176
Beep, beep, beep.
01:00:08.200 --> 01:00:10.280
(laughter)
01:00:12.200 --> 01:00:14.016
Slowing.
Slowing.
01:00:14.040 --> 01:00:15.975
- So the idea is,
you see your light
01:00:15.999 --> 01:00:18.096
is about to turn, uh...
01:00:18.120 --> 01:00:19.336
- Yellow!
- Red.
01:00:19.360 --> 01:00:20.576
- Red.
- So it\'s yellow,
01:00:20.600 --> 01:00:21.376
it\'s about to turn red,
01:00:21.400 --> 01:00:22.975
and we\'re halfway
through the light,
01:00:22.999 --> 01:00:27.975
so you just stop on your bike,
and just hold the car,
01:00:27.999 --> 01:00:28.536
and that\'s it.
01:00:28.560 --> 01:00:32.176
And you just wait till
everybody goes through.
01:00:32.200 --> 01:00:33.456
That\'s traffic control.
01:00:33.480 --> 01:00:34.536
- You ready?
- Yeah.
01:00:34.560 --> 01:00:36.960
- All right, riding out!
01:00:37.880 --> 01:00:40.720
(laughter and banter)
01:00:43.600 --> 01:00:45.776
- Wait up, wait up!
01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:47.999
- Catch up,
catch up!
01:01:10.200 --> 01:01:12.456
(phone ringing)
01:01:12.480 --> 01:01:13.975
(woman)
-Hello?
01:01:13.999 --> 01:01:15.920
- Hi, Mom.
01:01:18.320 --> 01:01:20.520
Um...
01:01:49.480 --> 01:01:50.496 line:20%
Yeah, well...
01:01:50.520 --> 01:01:51.920 line:20%
(water running)
01:01:55.480 --> 01:01:56.736
- Okay, bye.
01:01:56.760 --> 01:01:58.999
(murmured response)
01:02:01.999 --> 01:02:04.975
I knew she wasn\'t
going to come.
01:02:04.999 --> 01:02:07.280
(splashing)
01:02:22.000 --> 01:02:23.336
And I don\'t even want
to call my sister
01:02:23.360 --> 01:02:27.160
\'cause I know she\'s going
to say the same shit.
01:02:28.760 --> 01:02:30.520
\"I forgot.\"
01:02:45.760 --> 01:02:47.040
(sniffles)
01:02:49.240 --> 01:02:51.999
(softly crying)
01:03:03.680 --> 01:03:05.680
(sighs)
01:03:18.480 --> 01:03:21.640 line:20%
♪♪ (funky electronic)
01:03:41.680 --> 01:03:42.975
- Ah!
01:03:42.999 --> 01:03:44.136
(car horn toots)
01:03:44.160 --> 01:03:46.999
- Hey!
Number one ally!
01:03:50.600 --> 01:03:52.296
(indistinct chatter)
01:03:52.320 --> 01:03:54.216
- Yeah. Hello...
01:03:54.240 --> 01:03:55.376
- No, I was coming
out of the restroom.
01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:57.136
They were outside,
I was like...
01:03:57.160 --> 01:03:59.080
(indistinct chatter)
01:04:00.880 --> 01:04:01.256
- Damn...
01:04:01.280 --> 01:04:02.975
- That\'s exactly what my mom
was saying.
01:04:02.999 --> 01:04:04.975
She goes, \"You need
to protect yourself...\"
01:04:04.999 --> 01:04:07.200
(indistinct chatter)
01:04:10.400 --> 01:04:12.360
- Hello.
- Hi.
01:04:52.440 --> 01:04:57.975
(siren wailing)
01:04:57.999 --> 01:04:59.016
(siren shuts off)
01:04:59.040 --> 01:05:00.975
- Don\'t trip.
It\'s not the pigs.
01:05:00.999 --> 01:05:03.296
- Do you guys want
to open ceremony?
01:05:03.320 --> 01:05:06.416
Honor the four directions
and the four elements
01:05:06.440 --> 01:05:07.696
that give us life.
01:05:07.720 --> 01:05:09.336
Uh, circle up.
01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:12.920
(horns and drums)
01:05:16.400 --> 01:05:18.999
(chanting)
01:05:46.520 --> 01:05:46.975
All right!
01:05:46.999 --> 01:05:49.176
I want to welcome you
all to the 2014
01:05:49.200 --> 01:05:51.016 position:20%
Los Angeles Clitoral Mass.
01:05:51.040 --> 01:05:52.816
Can some noise?!
01:05:52.840 --> 01:05:54.720
(crowd cheering)
01:05:55.999 --> 01:05:58.600
♪♪ (delicate ambient)
01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:43.920
♪♪ (salsa)
01:06:46.440 --> 01:06:48.096
- Did you see
the happy birthday sign?
01:06:48.120 --> 01:06:50.096
- Hanging them, yeah.
01:06:50.120 --> 01:06:51.336
- Andi helped me
with it.
01:06:51.360 --> 01:06:52.936
- Hmm.
That\'s cool.
01:06:52.960 --> 01:06:54.975
- Okay, here we go.
01:06:54.999 --> 01:06:57.736
Nice, very nice.
01:06:57.760 --> 01:06:58.975
God, it looks so cute.
01:06:58.999 --> 01:07:03.696
- My mom, she says,
\"You\'re my treasure.\"
01:07:03.720 --> 01:07:07.976
And it makes me feel like
I\'m protected a lot,
01:07:08.000 --> 01:07:11.416
so that, um...
01:07:11.440 --> 01:07:15.975
no one can take me away,
or something.
01:07:15.999 --> 01:07:20.016
- Oh, my God,
you look so beautiful.
01:07:20.040 --> 01:07:21.975
Look at you!
01:07:21.999 --> 01:07:24.136
Masquerading.
What up?
01:07:24.160 --> 01:07:26.216
Ooh, it goes perfect.
01:07:26.240 --> 01:07:28.096
You gonna wear this one?
- Mm-hmm.
01:07:28.120 --> 01:07:29.536
- Very nice.
Okay, so--
01:07:29.560 --> 01:07:30.975
- It fits my face
very well.
01:07:30.999 --> 01:07:32.456
- So good.
So you\'re done.
01:07:32.480 --> 01:07:35.600
Go ahead and handle that.
- (groaning)
01:07:37.920 --> 01:07:39.336
(doorbell)
01:07:39.360 --> 01:07:41.296
- Hello.
Thanks for coming.
01:07:41.320 --> 01:07:42.216
(girl)
- Hi!
01:07:42.240 --> 01:07:44.776
- I kind of see myself
as a-- as a...
01:07:44.800 --> 01:07:47.696
war vet,
with kind of, mm...
01:07:47.720 --> 01:07:52.856
I\'m kind of fine with
my amputated situation, right?
01:07:52.880 --> 01:07:55.975
But I feel that I have
an obligation
01:07:55.999 --> 01:08:01.176
to the next generation and for--
and for my daughter.
01:08:01.200 --> 01:08:02.975
(excited chattering)
01:08:02.999 --> 01:08:04.336
- And whoever
wanted a perfume...
01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:09.416 position:20%
- Yoli, if she\'s really my gift,
she\'s a constant reminder,
01:08:09.440 --> 01:08:10.975
this is why we need
to take a stand,
01:08:10.999 --> 01:08:13.496 position:20%
or this is why we need
to call these things out.
01:08:13.520 --> 01:08:15.975
Ready, Yoli?
One, two.
01:08:15.999 --> 01:08:17.296
(all)
- Three.
01:08:17.320 --> 01:08:18.975
Four.
01:08:18.999 --> 01:08:20.336
Five.
01:08:20.360 --> 01:08:21.975
Six.
01:08:21.999 --> 01:08:22.975
Seven.
01:08:22.999 --> 01:08:24.096
Eight.
- Wai-wai-wait.
01:08:24.120 --> 01:08:25.736
(all)
- Nine.
01:08:25.760 --> 01:08:26.176
Ten.
01:08:26.200 --> 01:08:28.816
And one extra one
for good luck.
01:08:28.840 --> 01:08:29.975
Yoli\'s my heart.
01:08:29.999 --> 01:08:31.296 position:20%
That\'s what her name means.
01:08:31.320 --> 01:08:32.816
It means
\"heart of the movement.\"
01:08:32.840 --> 01:08:34.176
Do you know where it is?
You know where it is?
01:08:34.200 --> 01:08:35.376
- Yes.
- Ah! Wait.
01:08:35.400 --> 01:08:37.536
Ah! Wait, wait.
- (boy) Stop.
01:08:37.560 --> 01:08:39.136
- Go.
- Go!
01:08:39.160 --> 01:08:40.696
- One.
- One!
01:08:40.720 --> 01:08:42.176
- Two!
01:08:42.200 --> 01:08:43.256
(laughter)
01:08:43.280 --> 01:08:44.656
- Ohh!
01:08:44.680 --> 01:08:45.856
(kids squealing)
01:08:45.880 --> 01:08:49.456 position:20%
(all)
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
01:08:49.480 --> 01:08:50.856
♪ Cha cha cha ♪
01:08:50.880 --> 01:08:54.776 position:20%
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
01:08:54.800 --> 01:08:55.975
♪ Cha cha cha ♪
01:08:55.999 --> 01:09:01.096
♪ Happy birthday
dear Yoli ♪
01:09:01.120 --> 01:09:04.975 position:20%
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
01:09:04.999 --> 01:09:05.976
♪ Cha cha cha ♪♪
01:09:06.000 --> 01:09:08.016
- And many more!
01:09:08.040 --> 01:09:10.920
(cheering and screaming)
01:09:28.999 --> 01:09:31.736
(Xela)
- Check one. Check.
01:09:31.760 --> 01:09:33.216
Check.
01:09:33.240 --> 01:09:35.056
♪ Once again
on the microphone ♪
01:09:35.080 --> 01:09:35.975 position:20%
♪ The double X chromosome ♪
01:09:35.999 --> 01:09:38.936
♪ Come to hit you hard
with an overdose of estrogen ♪
01:09:38.960 --> 01:09:41.776
♪ See what\'s representing
for the feminine ♪
01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:42.856 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:09:42.880 --> 01:09:44.296
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:09:44.320 --> 01:09:45.856
♪ The fiercest of sedition ♪
01:09:45.880 --> 01:09:47.336
♪ So turn it up
because I bring it ♪
01:09:47.360 --> 01:09:48.576
♪ With the fury of a woman ♪
01:09:48.600 --> 01:09:50.336 position:20%
♪ Overwhelming,
tearing down these walls ♪
01:09:50.360 --> 01:09:51.456
♪ Laughing
as I watch \'em fall ♪
01:09:51.480 --> 01:09:53.776
♪ \'Cause I get scared
of yellow government, no law ♪
01:09:53.800 --> 01:09:57.296
♪ No border, no barrier made
strong enough to hold me down ♪
01:09:57.320 --> 01:09:58.176
♪ Like a seed about to sprout ♪
01:09:58.200 --> 01:09:59.296
♪ Emerging from beneath
the ground ♪
01:09:59.320 --> 01:10:00.856
♪ Transcending through
the waves of sound ♪
01:10:00.880 --> 01:10:02.456
♪ Returning
to the sacred of the circular ♪
01:10:02.480 --> 01:10:05.096 position:20%
♪ Can\'t control my soul \'cause
my spirit is unbreakable ♪
01:10:05.120 --> 01:10:08.256
♪ Rebellious, relentless
like my uterus be dangerous ♪
01:10:08.280 --> 01:10:09.856
♪ Harboring
potential fugitives ♪
01:10:09.880 --> 01:10:10.976
♪ Within the nest
of my Fallopians ♪
01:10:11.000 --> 01:10:15.520
♪ Where future prophet oracles
and warriors be born again ♪
01:10:15.999 --> 01:10:19.056
♪ Yeah, see what\'s
representing for the feminine ♪
01:10:19.080 --> 01:10:20.016 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:10:20.040 --> 01:10:21.296
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:10:21.320 --> 01:10:24.456
♪ Yeah, see what\'s representing
for the feminine ♪
01:10:24.480 --> 01:10:25.416 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:10:25.440 --> 01:10:26.616
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:10:26.640 --> 01:10:29.816
♪ So yeah, see what\'s
representing for the feminine ♪
01:10:29.840 --> 01:10:30.856 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:10:30.880 --> 01:10:32.016
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:10:32.040 --> 01:10:33.296 position:20%
♪ I\'ve come
to hit you hard with a-- ♪
01:10:33.320 --> 01:10:34.456
♪ Come to hit you hard
with a-- ♪
01:10:34.480 --> 01:10:37.416
♪ Come to hit you, come to hit
you, come to hit you hard ♪
01:10:37.440 --> 01:10:39.736
♪ I was born to be defiant ♪
01:10:39.760 --> 01:10:42.776
♪ Once again on
the motherlovin\' microphone ♪
01:10:42.800 --> 01:10:44.936
♪ I was born to be defiant ♪
01:10:44.960 --> 01:10:45.975
♪ Once again, yes ♪
01:10:45.999 --> 01:10:47.376
♪ Once again,
yes, yes ♪
01:10:47.400 --> 01:10:48.056
♪ Once again ♪
01:10:48.080 --> 01:10:50.416
♪ I was born
to be defiant ♪
01:10:50.440 --> 01:10:54.600
♪ Once again on
the motherlovin\' microphone ♪
01:10:58.920 --> 01:11:00.336
♪ Yeah ♪
Mic check.
01:11:00.360 --> 01:11:01.376
♪ Once again ♪
01:11:01.400 --> 01:11:02.975
♪ Since birth
I\'ve been defiant ♪
01:11:02.999 --> 01:11:04.096
♪ Was young
when I removed the gag ♪
01:11:04.120 --> 01:11:05.776
♪ That tried to keep me quiet ♪
01:11:05.800 --> 01:11:06.776
♪ Incited verbal riots ♪
01:11:06.800 --> 01:11:08.256
♪ Refusing to surrender
to the violence ♪
01:11:08.280 --> 01:11:10.576
♪ And remain compliant,
breaking from the shackles ♪
01:11:10.600 --> 01:11:12.056
♪ The encaged my rage
in silence ♪
01:11:12.080 --> 01:11:13.336
♪ I was born to be defiant ♪
01:11:13.360 --> 01:11:14.776
♪ Was young
when I removed the gag ♪
01:11:14.800 --> 01:11:16.376
♪ That tried
to keep me quiet ♪
01:11:16.400 --> 01:11:17.336
♪ Incited verbal riots ♪
01:11:17.360 --> 01:11:18.936
♪ Refusing to surrender
to the violence ♪
01:11:18.960 --> 01:11:21.056
♪ And remain compliant,
breaking from the shackles ♪
01:11:21.080 --> 01:11:22.736
♪ That encaged my rage
in silence ♪
01:11:22.760 --> 01:11:25.216
♪ I was born to be defiant ♪
01:11:25.240 --> 01:11:29.960
(droning and static)
01:11:33.280 --> 01:11:36.416
♪ Yeah, see what\'s representing
for the feminine ♪
01:11:36.440 --> 01:11:37.416 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:11:37.440 --> 01:11:38.536
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:11:38.560 --> 01:11:41.736
♪ So yeah, see what\'s
representing for the feminine ♪
01:11:41.760 --> 01:11:42.776 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:11:42.800 --> 01:11:43.896
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:11:43.920 --> 01:11:47.056
♪ So yeah, see what\'s
representing for the feminine ♪
01:11:47.080 --> 01:11:48.056 position:20%
♪ Movement of resistance ♪
01:11:48.080 --> 01:11:49.496
♪ You hear it
in my linguistics ♪
01:11:49.520 --> 01:11:50.936 position:20%
♪ I\'ve come
to hit you hard with a-- ♪
01:11:50.960 --> 01:11:51.975
♪ Come to hit you
hard with a-- ♪
01:11:51.999 --> 01:11:54.736
♪ Come to hit you, come to hit
you, come to hit you hard ♪
01:11:54.760 --> 01:11:57.280
♪ With an overdose
of estrogen ♪♪
Distributor: Women Make Movies
Length: 72 minutes
Date: 2016
Genre: Expository
Language: English / English subtitles
Grade: College, Adults
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