Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America
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UNSETTLED is a feature documentary that traces the untold stories of LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution in Africa and the Middle East and are trying to resettle in the United States. Having escaped Islamic terrorist death threats in Syria, beatings by a homophobic father, and a nation devastated by war, Subhi finds his voice as a leader for refugee rights in the U.S. Lesbian couple Cheyenne and Mari flee brutal harassment in their native Angola to face uncertain asylum through the American immigration courts while pursuing their dreams of becoming musicians. Junior, a gender non-conforming gay man from the Congo, struggles to create a livelihood and secure basic housing while exploring a more fluid gender identity. While American volunteers and organizations work to provide much needed legal and financial support, these individuals process past trauma and navigate the cultural and economic landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area. UNSETTLED explores the challenges these immigrants face and honors their resilience, hope and determination.
Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) | Patti McCall-Wright, Systematic Review Librarian, University of Florida
Highly Recommended
“Their stories are personal and deeply poignant and fortunately have a happy ending but one is left to ponder all the stories that do not.”
Variety Magazine | Dennis Harvey
“An engrossing study in human interest, as well as an empathetic look at the particular struggles of U.S. immigration in the new millennium.”
San Francisco Chronicle
"Stirring and timely"
Forum with Michael Krasny
"Moving ... poignant"
KPFA 94.1
"Unsettling ... brilliant and gorgeous"
Frameline
"Powerful ... unflinching"
Citation
Main credits
Adriano, Cheyenne (on-screen participant)
N'Timansieme, Mari (on-screen participant)
Mayema, Junior (on-screen participant)
Nahas, Subhi (on-screen participant)
Shepard, Tom (film director)
Shepard, Tom (film producer)
Gilomen, Jennifer (film producer)
Other credits
Editor, Eva Brzeski; composer, Justin Melland; directors of photography, Andrew Black, Jen Gilomen, Mike Seely.
Distributor subjects
LGBTQ+ Studies; Immigration & Border Studies; Sociology; Law & Civil Rights; International Studies; African(a) Studies; Middle East Studies; American StudiesKeywords
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(electronic music)
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(crowd shouting in foreign language)
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(light winds music)
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It just feels difficult to talk about it.
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You have to hide not to lose everything.
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You will be targeted from everyone,
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extremists or the
government, even your family.
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They just come and take you from your home
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and they just kill you.
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(rain pattering)
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Just because I\'m different in my country,
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why do I have to live this way?
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I don\'t hate anyone, I don\'t steal,
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so you think, what did I do wrong?
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Being kicked out
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by the people you most love and you trust,
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I have this anger in my heart.
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That\'s why you feel like, oh just leave it.
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I\'m gonna leave like...
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like a bird.
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Yeah.
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(airplane engine roaring)
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(upbeat music)
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(solemn music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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I was like oh my God, please
don\'t let the plane crash.
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Let me get at least to Washington
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and see how other continent looks like.
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(Cheyenne laughing)
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We thought at least here,
we\'re not gonna have
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people stalking us or
following us or throwing rocks
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or, say, like, calling
us name on the street.
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And I think this don\'t happen
here in America, right?
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[Mari] I\'m scared because I
feel responsible for her.
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But then she said, you know, I
feel the same way about you.
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If you end up on the street,
I\'ll end up too, it\'s fine.
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At least we don\'t...
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We\'re a team, of course.
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At least we don\'t get to
be so much persecuted,
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the way we have been now.
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Yeah, we are a team, as you say it.
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Yeah.
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Don\'t cry.
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(Mari sniffles)
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Sorry, I\'m emotional.
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Yeah.
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(solemn music)
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So, I think we can squeeze this in there
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or on top of this.
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Yeah, I don\'t know, I think so.
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Should be able to do that.
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[Melanie] You\'re perfectly legal.
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There\'s nothing you\'re
doing that\'s illegal at all.
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You guys have your
passports on you, right?
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Yes, okay.
Yes, we do.
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(video chat ringing)
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[Fred] Hi, Subhi!
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Hi.
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Any news about your coming here?
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No, not yet.
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Well, you\'re welcome to stay
with us at our house here
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when you get here.
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I\'m gonna ask around to friends
to help you find a place,
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hopefully close by here,
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where you could stay for
the first six months or so.
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[Fred] I really didn\'t know
anything about refugees,
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and I was approached by Jewish Family
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and Children\'s Services,
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\"would you consider being his sponsor?\"
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[Fred to Subhi]
How are you feeling about all of this?
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I want to get out of here,
but, it\'s taking too long.
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(gentle music)
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[Subhi] I was always the black sheep,
I was always the outcast.
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I think most gay people
in Syria felt the same,
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isolation, the people mocking them,
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and it\'s been a lonely place for 25 years.
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(bomb exploding)
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(guns firing)
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(shouting crowd)
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I just could not feel safe,
so I did not went out anymore,
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I did not go to university anymore.
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There was huge arguments all the time
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between me and my father.
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He started to argue and
shout anti-gay slurs.
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All of his anger was directed towards me
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and I was so scared, so I
pushed him, and he pushed back.
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After he pushed me, he
just grabbed my head
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and just smashed it into
the kitchen counter.
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I was bleeding so much
and I couldn\'t remember
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exactly how did I get to the hospital.
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I decided that I couldn\'t
take this anymore,
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and I went to Turkey
without even looking back.
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I decided to come out publicly
while I was in Turkey.
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The threats started within a few weeks.
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They came from an old friend
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that became affiliated with ISIS.
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He told me to secure his
position in paradise,
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he will make my blood
halal, which is like,
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it\'s okay to kill this
person because he\'s gay.
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He escalated his threats
and he kept on calling,
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more than 30 missed calls in half an hour.
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He told me that he would
justify it by honor crime.
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(tense music)
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(airplane engine roars)
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(solemn music)
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(Announcer) Attention
please: for your safety,
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do not accept the services of anyone
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who approaches you...
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[Melanie] I don\'t think a lot of
Americans understand
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how hard it is to come here.
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Even if you\'re white, even
if you speak perfect English.
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What I try and do is help
people through the process.
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It\'s mind boggling how some
people manage to do it,
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but they do it.
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Have you seen him at all during that time?
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No, just...
Oh my God.
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I mean, just online
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and Facebook.
Yeah, yeah.
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Finally!
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After a long, long trip.
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Welcome to America, welcome home.
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Thank you.
Welcome home.
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Thank you very much.
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I just want a space to sit down
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and start thinking about it now,
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to start making it a reality now.
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Yeah.
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Take your time, be patient,
no hurry for anything.
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But now that you\'re here,
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there are a few things that we need to do.
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We\'re gonna talk about the house.
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We\'re gonna take you to
get an official number
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so you can, people call them
Social Security numbers,
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it\'s a bit of bureaucracy,
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but everything else
comes from that number.
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(tense music)
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(sullen music)
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I managed to get to university
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[Reporter] An internal
investigation has begun
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over the assault by South
African police officers
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of a gay Congolese refugee.
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Junior Mayema was beaten by officers
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after they refused to process
a discrimination claim.
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(tense music)
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(solemn music)
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Maybe you shouldn\'t have
lead in your clothes,
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something lighter than the
lead outfits... chainmail.
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We provide toilet paper, paper
towels and cleaning stuff.
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Everybody is assigned to a chore,
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what they do for the house.
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We\'ll get some disinfectant
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if you want to wipe everything down.
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All across the street, down that way,
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so if you leave out, go this way.
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Did you, did you catch what he\'s saying?
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For safety, don\'t go down that way.
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Yeah, just don\'t go through
those projects and stuff,
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it\'s like a totally
different world over there.
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(solemn music)
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[Melanie] Home sweet home for three days.
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[Mari] Oh, my.
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Nice to meet you, I\'m Mari.
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Hi Mari, nice to meet you.
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Hi, Cheyenne, nice to meet you.
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Thank you so much for having us.
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[Alan] Okay, so, these are heavy (laughing)
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[Melanie] When they first contacted me,
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they said, we are under
siege by our neighbors.
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They managed to get a student visa,
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and it was like, escape through
the night with your one bag.
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This is it?
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Yeah, this is the right place.
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Yay!
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This is the couch that just pulls out,
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and it\'s not big, but
you ladies are small,
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so I think you could fit.
(Mari and Cheyenne laughing)
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And we have, we have more pillows, so.
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We have a little bit of
food in the bag here.
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Okay, we can put that in the fridge.
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Let me just put these here.
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Oranges, let me just put that here.
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The sun is going up, maybe now.
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The clouds are fighting.
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(gentle music)
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How did we meet?
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Tell the story.
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(gentle music)
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I was living still with my parents.
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There was this gay guy that just moved in,
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so I was like, oh, gay people here, okay.
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He said, oh my God, I have to
introduce you to this girl,
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you guys gonna look so good together!
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I was like don\'t do that.
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And he was like,
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I have this beautiful
girl you have to meet,
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you will love her.
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She is your size, she\'s
just like perfect for you
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and I was like humph!
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So, I was coming down the street
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and she was standing there.
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And then she turned around and...
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Ta-da!
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We\'re the same size!
Yeah, it was really,
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it was really like ta-da!
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(gentle music)
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Of course, you are beautiful.
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Your smile, the way you looked at me.
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We had to be careful all the time.
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Sometimes, I would sneak
out of my parents\' house
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and go to her house,
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because we really wanted
to see each other.
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And then she had to walk me back.
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(crowd yelling)
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I\'m tired of people
bullying me on the street
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all the time, and it happened many times.
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Imagine how it would feel like.
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After all this shit that we went through,
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we felt like there are no
good people in the world.
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Yep.
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(phone beeps)
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Hi, Pablo, my name is Melanie Nathan,
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I have a lesbian couple who\'ve
just arrived seeking asylum.
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I am trying to help them
find a pro bono attorney.
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Can I set up a time with you?
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Thursday the 8th, 10 a.m.,
really appreciate it.
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All right, take care, bye bye.
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We have an appointment.
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(gentle music)
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[radio program] San Francisco continues
to be one of the most
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expensive places to live in the country.
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[Teacher on Intercom] Good morning.
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Hi, I\'m Junior.
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Okay, I\'ll be down there.
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[Teacher] Karina\'s absent...
Junior, Mary Lou...
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Now we\'re learning numerical filing, okay?
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So, who goes first?
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[Students] Zero, three.
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Zero, nine,
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and 22.
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Nine.
Five.
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53, 88, 29.
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[Teacher] So, so let\'s do this,
let\'s start with Junior.
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Why don\'t you read your problem?
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So what\'s actually the housing problem?
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Oh, I see.
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[Student] End of the month?
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Beginning?
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[Student] Next week is already
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the beginning of the month.
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[Student] Next week!
(keys clicking)
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So this page is very important,
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they talk about all public housing.
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Up here\'s a phone number to call them
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and email to answers hud.com.
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I\'m going to contact them.
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Yeah, just ask, you\'re really urgent,
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you need an apartment.
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You will not sleep on the street.
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God will not do it.
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(gentle music)
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Be careful, be careful.
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Ooh, okay.
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So this is my husband Jack.
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Hi.
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And you have my name, Betsy.
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Yeah.
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[Betsy] I can come up
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and rearrange the space a little bit.
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[Galen] Many of our refugees,
00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:55.689
they need extra time to become acclimated.
00:19:55.690 --> 00:19:57.069
In Junior\'s case, with the way he looks
00:19:57.070 --> 00:20:00.629
and presents himself, there\'s
prejudice that he\'s fighting,
00:20:00.630 --> 00:20:02.850
and he\'s had PTSD issues.
00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:07.449
He has expressed that
he recognizes he drinks
00:20:07.450 --> 00:20:08.550
and he shouldn\'t drink.
00:20:30.260 --> 00:20:32.840
(upbeat music)
00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.899
[Fred] So, Subhi, do you want some coffee?
00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.740
Yes, sure.
00:20:35.741 --> 00:20:36.799
Okay.
00:20:36.800 --> 00:20:38.039
Well tomorrow, I\'m gonna take you
00:20:38.040 --> 00:20:39.769
to the local farmer\'s market here.
00:20:39.770 --> 00:20:44.419
So, they tend to be a little
expensive, but it\'s a scene.
00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:46.859
Uh-oh, these went bad.
00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.770
Oh.
Randolph,
00:20:47.771 --> 00:20:49.899
your dolmas went moldy.
00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.730
Oh.
00:20:50.731 --> 00:20:52.659
Yeah, there is a club scene here
00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:54.099
for late night parties.
00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:57.939
Yeah, we\'re not gonna be very
helpful to you about that.
00:20:57.940 --> 00:21:00.379
We don\'t know that scene at all.
00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:02.559
One of the things that I hope we can offer
00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:07.329
is a way of entering into
the San Francisco Bay area,
00:21:07.330 --> 00:21:10.000
gay and Middle Eastern community
00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:14.319
at a high level in an interesting way.
00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:18.109
So, you\'ve come from places
that are not so gay friendly.
00:21:18.110 --> 00:21:22.699
It\'s not comparable with
here or other places.
00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:25.629
But in terms of going out at
night, or in the streets...
00:21:25.630 --> 00:21:27.369
Well, no, you cannot.
00:21:27.370 --> 00:21:30.779
If your expression is a
little bit effeminate,
00:21:30.780 --> 00:21:33.869
the police will harass you,
the army will harass you.
00:21:33.870 --> 00:21:35.239
Okay, you know there are these
00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:37.259
old-fashioned American words.
00:21:37.260 --> 00:21:39.120
So one is called swish
00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.589
It means somebody who
walked in a swishy way.
00:21:42.590 --> 00:21:43.530
And then there was \"nelly.\"
00:21:43.531 --> 00:21:45.039
[Subhi] \"Nelly.\"
00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:47.009
Because when I was growing up,
00:21:47.010 --> 00:21:49.249
queer was like the most negative
00:21:49.250 --> 00:21:51.059
word.
[Subhi]... Word, yeah.
00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:55.199
And then now people use
it as being I\'m hip,
00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:57.099
I\'m beyond gender.
00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:59.269
And what\'s the Arab equivalent?
00:21:59.270 --> 00:22:03.489
There\'s expressions, but I
feel very shy to say them
00:22:03.490 --> 00:22:05.000
because they are so rude.
00:22:07.250 --> 00:22:09.840
(sullen music)
00:22:32.930 --> 00:22:37.930
As a refugee, you are
entitled on some benefits.
00:22:38.110 --> 00:22:39.759
Your cash will be in the amount
00:22:39.760 --> 00:22:44.760
close to $350 per month for eight months.
00:22:45.410 --> 00:22:46.719
Do you worry about your family,
00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.839
just in terms of what\'s
happening in Syria,
00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:51.699
like the bombing and war there?
00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:53.959
They are influential, so not that...
00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:56.999
Are they?
Yeah, so they can
00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.299
manage themselves very well.
00:22:58.300 --> 00:23:00.309
But I\'m worried about my sister,
00:23:00.310 --> 00:23:03.139
like, she\'s living alone
and she\'s in the city.
00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.449
All refugees are vulnerable,
00:23:04.450 --> 00:23:07.159
but LGBT refugees are doubly vulnerable
00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:09.779
in that they are leaving their families,
00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:11.869
they are not coming as
refugees with families,
00:23:11.870 --> 00:23:13.479
they are escaping their families.
00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:17.439
99% of them have experienced
trauma, if not torture.
00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.249
And their communities have rejected them.
00:23:20.250 --> 00:23:22.239
It\'s really scary feeling
00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.820
like if you\'re not gonna
fit well with the society.
00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:28.399
I don\'t know, I feel a little bit stressed
00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.779
about the culture.
00:23:29.780 --> 00:23:30.610
Well, of course!
00:23:30.610 --> 00:23:31.440
(all chuckling)
00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.440
What everybody feels.
00:23:32.441 --> 00:23:34.059
You just left it.
00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:35.809
I think that you in a better position
00:23:35.810 --> 00:23:37.409
than many other people
00:23:37.410 --> 00:23:40.119
because of your language, your skills.
00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:41.369
Okay, all right.
00:23:41.370 --> 00:23:43.629
Now just...
Say, yay, America!
00:23:43.630 --> 00:23:44.460
(Subhi laughs)
00:23:44.461 --> 00:23:47.089
Look at me, look at me, look at me.
00:23:47.090 --> 00:23:48.700
(blonde woman laughing)
00:23:50.130 --> 00:23:52.599
(solemn music)
00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:57.600
When I left home, it felt
really good at first.
00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:04.120
It feels much safer, but
sometimes when I wake up,
00:24:04.790 --> 00:24:06.680
I just get the same feeling.
00:24:08.290 --> 00:24:09.899
You\'re here, you\'re alone
00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:13.509
and all the things that you lived with
00:24:13.510 --> 00:24:16.469
and you left behind will stay with you,
00:24:16.470 --> 00:24:19.350
but you cannot go back, no
matter how much you miss them.
00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:23.180
(solemn music)
00:24:49.070 --> 00:24:51.720
Look at this, look at this!
00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:54.749
This is your evidence.
00:24:54.750 --> 00:24:56.749
Documents, everything
that you went through
00:24:56.750 --> 00:24:58.409
from the time you met me.
00:24:58.410 --> 00:25:01.439
This is to help you prepare for
the appointment on Thursday.
00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.769
We\'re meeting with...
00:25:02.770 --> 00:25:04.509
When they first contacted me,
00:25:04.510 --> 00:25:07.319
their neighbors were writing
epithets on the wall,
00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.959
had killed their dog.
00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.469
There was a man outside their
front door masturbating,
00:25:12.470 --> 00:25:15.439
\"I\'m coming in to kill you,
I\'m coming in to rape you,
00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:17.249
we\'re gonna burn this house down.\"
00:25:17.250 --> 00:25:20.349
Nobody will go to the police
because they are scared.
00:25:20.350 --> 00:25:21.359
So, what you gonna do?
00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:24.909
You gonna fear for your life,
you\'re not gonna feel safe
00:25:24.910 --> 00:25:27.680
to go and report something
that is happening to you.
00:25:28.530 --> 00:25:30.749
[Melanie] You\'re gonna need more detail.
00:25:30.750 --> 00:25:34.379
The asylum person, he\'s not in your head.
00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:35.949
Now, a lot of it\'s here,
00:25:35.950 --> 00:25:37.900
but they\'re gonna want
to hear it from you.
00:25:39.250 --> 00:25:41.009
(sullen music)
00:25:41.010 --> 00:25:42.399
[Cheyenne] I moved in with Mari.
00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:45.890
Her mother didn\'t like the situation.
00:25:46.810 --> 00:25:51.220
She brought some cooked
food for us, so we ate.
00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:55.759
In the middle of the
night, we woke up sweating,
00:25:55.760 --> 00:25:59.739
like, with diarrhea, really bad vomiting,
00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:03.249
and like it was, we thought we would die
00:26:03.250 --> 00:26:06.300
because it was really,
really bad, really bad.
00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:11.249
[Mari] It was the same day that she said,
00:26:11.250 --> 00:26:13.959
I wish I would leave you for adoption.
00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:16.299
I wish you were never born.
00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:18.220
Yeah, things like that.
00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:23.390
(Mari sniffling)
00:26:46.330 --> 00:26:48.150
[Fred] Mr. Subhi Nahas, welcome.
00:26:49.090 --> 00:26:50.959
You\'re timing? You can say one, two, three,
00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.849
so I can know exactly when you start.
00:26:52.850 --> 00:26:54.089
[Fred] Okay, we start over.
00:26:54.090 --> 00:26:56.480
Mr. Nahas, begin.
00:26:57.800 --> 00:27:02.089
Your excellencies, honored
Security Council members,
00:27:02.090 --> 00:27:04.039
colleagues and friends,
00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:05.829
Marhaba, welcome.
00:27:05.830 --> 00:27:07.629
[Neil] Your excellencies,
00:27:07.630 --> 00:27:12.630
honored Security Council
members, colleagues, and friends.
00:27:13.170 --> 00:27:16.929
Okay, you want, you want me
to actually talk like this
00:27:16.930 --> 00:27:17.760
in the...
[Neil] Yes.
00:27:17.761 --> 00:27:19.799
That would take more than seven minutes.
00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:21.759
[Neil] Well, you\'ll get faster
00:27:21.760 --> 00:27:24.529
[Fred] I ran into my friend,
who was very involved
00:27:24.530 --> 00:27:26.949
with lobbying in the state department.
00:27:26.950 --> 00:27:28.389
And she said, oh, I just got this call
00:27:28.390 --> 00:27:30.109
from Samantha Power\'s office,
00:27:30.110 --> 00:27:32.149
they\'re looking for
somebody who could testify
00:27:32.150 --> 00:27:34.159
about the mistreatment of gay people
00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:37.219
under ISIS and fundamental Islam.
00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:39.159
So, I went home and I said, \"hey Subhi,
00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:42.069
how\'d you like an all expense
paid trip to New York?
00:27:42.070 --> 00:27:44.479
All it requires is that you come out
00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:47.489
as an openly gay person in
front of the United Nations.\"
00:27:47.490 --> 00:27:48.949
[Neil] Okay, from the beginning.
00:27:48.950 --> 00:27:50.929
[Fred] Can I break for a
presentation question?
00:27:50.930 --> 00:27:51.760
Sure.
00:27:51.761 --> 00:27:53.499
Does he get to wear his earring?
00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:56.669
I\'m not sure, it looks nice
with the charcoal suit.
00:27:56.670 --> 00:28:00.059
I think it looks, I\'m in favor of it.
00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:02.929
Otherwise you\'re gonna
look a little too straight.
00:28:02.930 --> 00:28:05.269
It\'s a different look, Neil,
it\'s not a formal look.
00:28:05.270 --> 00:28:06.379
Put the jacket on.
We don\'t need
00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.809
maybe too formal?
00:28:07.810 --> 00:28:08.819
He doesn\'t want to look like a banker.
00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.989
Yeah, and I\'m, you know, gay.
00:28:09.990 --> 00:28:11.359
I think actually...
00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:13.729
I\'m gay, I have to look gay.
00:28:13.730 --> 00:28:15.049
Okay, it\'s gonna be fine.
00:28:15.050 --> 00:28:15.940
Okay, take off the jacket
00:28:15.941 --> 00:28:17.169
and I\'ll take it down and have them...
00:28:17.170 --> 00:28:20.189
[Neil] This is a completely
different level of exposure.
00:28:20.190 --> 00:28:23.409
This is the UN Security Council.
00:28:23.410 --> 00:28:25.600
And I said to him, do you understand
00:28:26.530 --> 00:28:29.329
that this may expose you to a fatwa?
00:28:29.330 --> 00:28:32.620
Do you understand how dangerous this is?
00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:35.589
And he said, yes I understand,
00:28:35.590 --> 00:28:37.399
I\'m doing this for other people.
00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:40.189
I\'m doing this so that this road is safer
00:28:40.190 --> 00:28:41.640
for people who come after me.
00:28:47.770 --> 00:28:50.350
(gentle music)
00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.080
Wow.
00:28:54.910 --> 00:28:57.189
[Neil] Is there simultaneous
interpretation?
00:28:57.190 --> 00:28:58.050
There\'ll be interpretation
00:28:58.051 --> 00:28:59.519
in people\'s earpieces.
00:28:59.520 --> 00:29:01.180
Mm-hmm, that\'s good.
00:29:13.850 --> 00:29:17.659
Whew, there\'s no air conditioning here.
00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.739
Hi.
[Subhi] Pleasure to meet you.
00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.580
I\'m honored.
Pleasure to meet you
00:29:20.581 --> 00:29:23.199
as well, thank you so much
for coming and being here.
00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.869
Thank you for inviting me.
It\'s really important.
00:29:24.870 --> 00:29:25.810
Hi, Neil Grungras.
00:29:25.811 --> 00:29:27.159
Hi.
It\'s a pleasure.
00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.349
Good to meet you.
00:29:28.350 --> 00:29:30.969
Do you have any questions
about the session or anything?
00:29:30.970 --> 00:29:32.929
[Subhi] No, I don\'t.
00:29:32.930 --> 00:29:35.739
I cannot think of any
questions at the moment.
00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.889
How does it feel for you
to be here at the UN?
00:29:37.890 --> 00:29:38.989
Very nervous.
00:29:38.990 --> 00:29:41.399
What are you nervous about?
00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.429
Everything today.
00:29:42.430 --> 00:29:45.289
The speech, meeting you, the speech, yeah.
00:29:45.290 --> 00:29:46.879
That\'s okay, we got that out of the way!
00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.419
Yeah.
00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:50.759
Hundreds of years from now,
people will look back on this
00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:54.489
and they will think it\'s a
historic step that you took
00:29:54.490 --> 00:29:56.189
and your family will be very proud.
00:29:56.190 --> 00:29:57.939
It may take some of them some time,
00:29:57.940 --> 00:30:01.140
but that\'s how history gets made, so.
00:30:03.490 --> 00:30:06.419
We haven\'t really played
up your family history,
00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:09.889
your story, didn\'t want to, you know,
00:30:09.890 --> 00:30:12.989
cause any particular danger to anybody.
00:30:12.990 --> 00:30:16.349
(people chattering)
00:30:16.350 --> 00:30:20.499
Keep quiet and make
notes of any questions.
00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:24.679
[Ambassador Power]
Yeah, we\'re gonna go this way now.
00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.930
Okay.
00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.210
[Neil] If you get scared or nervous,
00:30:28.211 --> 00:30:30.869
make eye contact with Fred, okay?
00:30:30.870 --> 00:30:32.019
[Subhi] Oh my God.
00:30:32.020 --> 00:30:34.600
(gentle music)
00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:40.480
My name is Subhi Nahas, I\'m
a refugee, and I am gay.
00:30:42.690 --> 00:30:47.079
I\'m here to recount to you what
I experienced and witnessed
00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:49.260
as a gay man in my country.
00:30:50.930 --> 00:30:54.169
In the name of all vulnerable refugees,
00:30:54.170 --> 00:30:57.419
I urge you to heed this plea.
00:30:57.420 --> 00:31:00.330
(crowd applauding)
00:31:02.610 --> 00:31:06.569
LGBT is not just a terminology
invented by the West itself,
00:31:06.570 --> 00:31:08.629
but there is a LGBT community
00:31:08.630 --> 00:31:10.619
in the Middle East and in Africa,
00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:14.080
and they stand together and
they want their rights too.
00:31:16.010 --> 00:31:17.000
I\'m gonna fall down.
00:31:17.001 --> 00:31:18.009
No, you\'re not, you\'ll be fine.
00:31:18.010 --> 00:31:19.299
I mean, I know.
You can hold on.
00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:23.409
Hold on, it\'s not about...
I... I need coffee and water.
00:31:23.410 --> 00:31:24.799
Okay, we\'ll get you that.
00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:26.019
Sorry.
00:31:26.020 --> 00:31:26.850
[Neil] It\'s okay, it\'s okay.
00:31:26.851 --> 00:31:27.929
[Subhi] Yeah, I know, it was really,
00:31:27.930 --> 00:31:30.020
I did not expect it to go this well.
00:31:32.610 --> 00:31:34.199
So this is very cool, look at this.
00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.239
Wow!
00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:37.739
(playful music)
00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.249
[Fred] Greenwich Village
was always the center
00:31:39.250 --> 00:31:40.950
of gay life in New York.
00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:45.099
[Subhi] Everyone seems like a hippie.
00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:46.269
[Fred] So, you heard of Stonewall?
00:31:46.270 --> 00:31:47.719
[Subhi] Yeah, sure.
00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:50.629
That the police used
to raid it all the time
00:31:50.630 --> 00:31:54.880
and then one day the gay
men said, \"oh, that\'s enough.\"
00:31:57.210 --> 00:31:58.719
Very simple place.
00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:00.039
Yeah, it\'s very simple, but it\'s so...
00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:02.120
And it still, it still exists.
00:32:04.970 --> 00:32:07.550
(solemn music)
00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.719
[Fred] And what country are you from?
00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.580
[Man] I am from Pakistan.
00:32:18.581 --> 00:32:19.769
You\'re from Pakistan?
00:32:19.770 --> 00:32:20.600
Yes.
00:32:20.601 --> 00:32:22.039
And you\'re from Mauritania?
00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:23.049
Yeah.
Yeah.
00:32:23.050 --> 00:32:24.450
And he\'s from Syria.
00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:27.609
[Man] This is a multicultural place.
00:32:27.610 --> 00:32:29.849
[Fred] This is the new America, right?
00:32:29.850 --> 00:32:34.850
(gentle music)
00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:46.190
(crowd cheering)
00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.279
Donald Trump, he wants to send back,
00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:50.739
he promises to send back all the refugees,
00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.789
all of them go home if
he gets elected, he says,
00:32:52.790 --> 00:32:54.949
and here he is, just moments
ago, making that point.
00:32:54.950 --> 00:32:56.769
I\'m putting the people on notice,
00:32:56.770 --> 00:32:58.689
if I win, they\'re going back.
00:32:58.690 --> 00:33:00.299
They\'re going back, I\'m telling you.
00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:01.130
(crowd cheering)
00:33:01.131 --> 00:33:02.710
They\'re going back.
00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:06.320
Thank you.
00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.790
[Receptionist on phone] Good morning,
00:33:10.791 --> 00:33:12.930
Lawyers\' Committee for Civil
Rights, may I help you?
00:33:16.250 --> 00:33:19.090
We\'re open from nine to
four, Monday through Friday.
00:33:20.370 --> 00:33:21.999
How are you feeling?
00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.840
Much better.
00:33:22.841 --> 00:33:23.979
Yeah?
How are you?
00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.810
How are you doing, darling?
00:33:24.811 --> 00:33:26.259
Oh.
00:33:26.260 --> 00:33:29.129
Why did you come to the United States?
00:33:29.130 --> 00:33:31.389
Does your government or
any other organization
00:33:31.390 --> 00:33:32.709
wish to harm you?
00:33:32.710 --> 00:33:36.550
Explain who has harmed you,
or wants to harm you, and why.
00:33:37.790 --> 00:33:39.199
Once they apply for asylum,
00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:42.169
the work permit takes about
three months to get processed.
00:33:42.170 --> 00:33:44.349
[Melanie] They have no means
of survival whatsoever.
00:33:44.350 --> 00:33:46.159
They\'re couch surfing right now.
00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:49.699
They literally have maybe, $90 on you?
00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.839
That\'s it.
00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:53.509
How long do you estimate it would take
00:33:53.510 --> 00:33:56.019
to find them an attorney through you?
00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:58.669
It could be, you know,
weeks, or maybe even months
00:33:58.670 --> 00:34:01.379
before we found an attorney for you guys.
00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:03.690
That\'s just the nature of the process.
00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:07.400
(solemn music)
00:34:11.620 --> 00:34:15.019
[Mari] I think all this asylum
process is very intense.
00:34:15.020 --> 00:34:17.319
For six months, you can\'t work.
00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.199
You can\'t support yourself.
00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:21.350
And you\'re a grown up
person, it feels bad.
00:34:23.730 --> 00:34:26.230
(tense music)
00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:44.080
This is my mother.
00:35:30.650 --> 00:35:33.829
My concerns with Junior and
with many of the students
00:35:33.830 --> 00:35:37.609
is that they are not realistic
about what is required
00:35:37.610 --> 00:35:40.299
in a workforce as
sophisticated as San Francisco.
00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:43.799
I know that his focus is to
work with the LGBT community,
00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:46.799
I also know that that is a
pretty competitive arena.
00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:48.959
It\'s not a job that you\'re
just gonna be able to walk in
00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.699
and say, well, here I am.
00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:53.450
(crowd cheering)
00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.879
Giant dog.
00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.999
Huh?
Giant dog.
00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.469
Nacho grande.
00:36:03.470 --> 00:36:05.049
[Customer] She wanted salsa.
00:36:05.050 --> 00:36:05.880
Salsa?
00:36:05.881 --> 00:36:07.549
[Customer] It comes with the chips, right?
00:36:07.550 --> 00:36:09.189
Oh, with chips...
00:36:09.190 --> 00:36:10.449
Sorry?
00:36:10.450 --> 00:36:14.960
Is that, sorry, is that
possible to add hot pepper?
00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.800
Sorry, it\'s hard for me.
00:36:18.990 --> 00:36:21.160
I\'m sorry, it\'s hard.
00:36:25.470 --> 00:36:26.909
Ah!
00:36:26.910 --> 00:36:28.320
Maybe I switch it like this.
00:36:30.390 --> 00:36:31.639
Ah!
00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:32.640
This stuff.
00:36:34.450 --> 00:36:35.430
I\'ll get it next door.
00:36:35.431 --> 00:36:37.499
Thank you.
00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:40.080
(solemn music)
00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:46.330
(crowd cheering)
00:37:04.540 --> 00:37:07.120
(upbeat music)
00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:15.089
[Neil] I met Subhi in Turkey,
00:37:15.090 --> 00:37:18.069
and then later on, when we
needed somebody to do some work,
00:37:18.070 --> 00:37:20.139
I turned to Subhi for help.
00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:22.389
And, I realized that we had a gem.
00:37:22.390 --> 00:37:24.070
We had a gem on our hands.
00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:29.970
$28.31.
00:37:29.971 --> 00:37:31.479
Thank you so much.
00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:34.120
Have a good... you too, bye bye.
00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:48.729
Without the help of my sponsor,
00:37:48.730 --> 00:37:51.290
I would never get an apartment anywhere
00:37:52.390 --> 00:37:54.449
because they will ask
you for so many things,
00:37:54.450 --> 00:37:56.680
like credit score, which we don\'t have.
00:37:57.670 --> 00:38:00.709
Without Fred, I would not ever
00:38:00.710 --> 00:38:02.490
get a house in San Francisco.
00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.919
Bulgur is thicker than this,
00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:09.339
it doesn\'t look like this usually, so.
00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.569
I\'m sure it\'ll be nice.
00:38:10.570 --> 00:38:11.400
Yeah?
00:38:11.401 --> 00:38:12.519
[Mark] It smells good.
00:38:12.520 --> 00:38:13.959
[Subhi] It does because the lentil
00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.219
and the bulgur together.
00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:16.819
That already makes it better.
00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:18.879
And the onions.
00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:21.499
[Mark] All right, I\'m trying something new.
00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:23.819
I don\'t know much about
the refugee situation.
00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:26.939
I didn\'t know anything
about Syria before really.
00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:31.089
I mean, I don\'t think I knew
anything at all about it.
00:38:31.090 --> 00:38:33.399
I don\'t think you knew
where it was. (laughing)
00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:35.820
I didn\'t know where Syria was, yeah.
00:38:37.530 --> 00:38:39.409
I don\'t know why, but in my mind,
00:38:39.410 --> 00:38:42.489
the word refugee has a
negative connotation.
00:38:42.490 --> 00:38:45.040
I think I was raised thinking
that was a bad thing.
00:38:46.110 --> 00:38:47.459
Look who this guy is?
00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:49.480
[Subhi] Oh, wow, that\'s me, I know.
00:38:50.350 --> 00:38:53.049
(both laughing)
00:38:53.050 --> 00:38:55.539
Sometimes LGBT refugees
don\'t want to come out,
00:38:55.540 --> 00:38:56.629
even after they\'re safe,
00:38:56.630 --> 00:38:59.569
because they don\'t want to
harm their family back home.
00:38:59.570 --> 00:39:01.839
I mean, he\'s getting email
messages and Facebook messages
00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:03.099
from all over the world saying,
00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:06.199
we\'re looking to you to
lead us, you\'re our voice.
00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:08.129
(uplifting music)
00:39:08.130 --> 00:39:10.849
Chairman Johnson, ranking
members of the committee,
00:39:10.850 --> 00:39:14.209
thank you for offering me the
honor and the opportunity
00:39:14.210 --> 00:39:16.779
to be here today to share my story.
00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:19.349
[woman on phone] Hi Subhi,
this is Mandalit del Barco
00:39:19.350 --> 00:39:20.210
with NPR news.
00:39:20.211 --> 00:39:21.859
You know, coming from a place
00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:24.039
where I cannot talk about it at all
00:39:24.040 --> 00:39:27.289
to a place where I\'m
sharing it with the world,
00:39:27.290 --> 00:39:28.120
(crowd cheering)
00:39:28.121 --> 00:39:31.029
it opened whole other doors.
00:39:31.030 --> 00:39:32.239
[MC] Give it up for your grand marshal,
00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:36.009
Subhi Nahas! We love
you honey, happy Pride!
00:39:36.010 --> 00:39:38.729
So, thank you for this tremendous honor.
00:39:38.730 --> 00:39:39.560
Thank you.
00:39:39.561 --> 00:39:44.560
(crowd cheering)
(uplifting music)
00:39:50.770 --> 00:39:53.809
(audience applauding)
00:39:53.810 --> 00:39:56.689
It is my sincere pleasure to introduce
00:39:56.690 --> 00:40:00.409
this year\'s International
Trailblazer, Mr. Subhi Nahas.
00:40:00.410 --> 00:40:01.599
(audience)
00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:04.199
♪ And I run from wolves ♪
00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:06.119
♪ Ooh ♪
00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:09.649
♪ Breathing heavily ♪
00:40:09.650 --> 00:40:10.989
♪ At my feet ♪
00:40:10.990 --> 00:40:13.599
♪ And I run from wolves ♪
00:40:13.600 --> 00:40:15.499
♪ Ooh ♪
00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:17.539
♪ Tearing into me ♪
00:40:17.540 --> 00:40:18.829
Thank you so much.
00:40:18.830 --> 00:40:22.039
The LGBT community is a global one,
00:40:22.040 --> 00:40:24.589
and our brothers and
sisters in the Middle East,
00:40:24.590 --> 00:40:27.829
and elsewhere, need to know
that we stand with them.
00:40:27.830 --> 00:40:31.319
(audience applauding)
00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:34.320
(people chattering)
00:40:40.130 --> 00:40:41.130
One second!
00:40:42.590 --> 00:40:43.420
Great.
00:40:43.421 --> 00:40:46.009
And do you mind, Subhi, if
we just get one of you solo?
00:40:46.010 --> 00:40:47.359
Yeah.
Okay, great.
00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:50.399
Can you start right
over here in the middle?
00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.240
Awesome, all right,
00:40:51.241 --> 00:40:53.630
so we\'re just gonna get a
stage solo shot, please?
00:40:58.970 --> 00:41:00.870
We\'re just, we\'re doing a solo shot.
00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:06.989
(solemn music)
00:41:06.990 --> 00:41:10.660
Okay, great, thank you so much.
00:41:15.700 --> 00:41:17.379
Okay, now we\'re done.
00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.350
You\'re done, you\'re done.
00:41:18.350 --> 00:41:19.180
Oh, thank you.
You did great.
00:41:19.181 --> 00:41:21.109
Thank you.
00:41:21.110 --> 00:41:23.690
(gentle music)
00:41:27.810 --> 00:41:30.519
(people laughing)
00:41:30.520 --> 00:41:31.809
You speak French, right?
00:41:31.810 --> 00:41:32.969
Yeah, of course.
00:41:32.970 --> 00:41:35.569
Bonjour.
00:41:35.570 --> 00:41:37.719
(speaking in French)
00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:39.949
[Hairstylist] So let me ask you a question,
00:41:39.950 --> 00:41:42.289
are you gay or are you straight?
00:41:42.290 --> 00:41:43.819
[Junior] That is a personal question.
00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:46.809
(stylist laughing)
00:41:46.810 --> 00:41:48.919
No, San Francisco, we don\'t care.
00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:52.599
You know, but like, you should
still come do your hair here.
00:41:52.600 --> 00:41:56.469
You\'re like, \"that bitch
is so nosy.\" (laughing)
00:41:56.470 --> 00:41:58.179
You like white men?
00:41:58.180 --> 00:41:59.589
[Junior] I don\'t discriminate.
00:41:59.590 --> 00:42:01.589
[Stylist] Okay, but you
like white men with money.
00:42:01.590 --> 00:42:04.919
If you\'re gonna go out of your
race, get some money, huh?
00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:06.409
(stylist laughing)
00:42:06.410 --> 00:42:08.990
(upbeat music)
00:42:16.160 --> 00:42:18.999
I\'m Galen, nice to meet you.
00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:21.659
Will you allow me to
buy you a glass of wine?
00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:22.799
Sure, thank you.
00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:24.429
What kind of wine are you having?
00:42:24.430 --> 00:42:26.179
(patrons chattering)
00:42:26.180 --> 00:42:27.529
[Galen] I was trying to figure out
00:42:27.530 --> 00:42:30.149
what Junior was looking for in a guy.
00:42:30.150 --> 00:42:31.959
Meeting Mike, it was pretty clear
00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:33.819
that this type of stability
00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:36.529
was something that Junior was looking for.
00:42:36.530 --> 00:42:38.909
But when it came out a few weeks later
00:42:38.910 --> 00:42:41.399
that Junior was going
to move in with Mike,
00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:43.920
one of the questions I
had is, was it too early?
00:42:45.750 --> 00:42:48.330
(gentle music)
00:43:07.220 --> 00:43:10.089
[Mike] The lights come on, there\'s a timer.
00:43:10.090 --> 00:43:11.859
[Junior] It\'s beautiful.
00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:14.549
[Mike] I see people that I
haven\'t seen in five years
00:43:14.550 --> 00:43:17.119
that are just a mess.
00:43:17.120 --> 00:43:19.579
A gay party every night thing.
00:43:19.580 --> 00:43:22.179
And you just see so many people just
00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:24.359
kind of lose themselves in it.
00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:27.989
And then they mess up
their future, their career,
00:43:27.990 --> 00:43:30.130
and then, there\'s just a decline.
00:43:35.890 --> 00:43:36.760
Cheers.
00:43:36.761 --> 00:43:38.149
Happy Friday.
00:43:38.150 --> 00:43:39.100
Cheers.
00:43:39.101 --> 00:43:42.459
I want to go out and dance and
everything, then come sleep.
00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.460
Okay.
00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:46.010
It\'s only five o\'clock, so.
00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:54.890
Oh, your face is so smooth.
00:43:56.430 --> 00:43:59.290
I try to do the skin
care, being the old man.
00:44:00.520 --> 00:44:02.319
(people chattering)
00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:03.949
Thank you, salud.
00:44:03.950 --> 00:44:05.879
Salud!
[Mike] Another Sunday in paradise.
00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:07.800
That\'s right.
00:44:13.060 --> 00:44:14.539
I really love this.
00:44:14.540 --> 00:44:16.419
Yeah.
This looks so different,
00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.250
you know?
00:44:17.251 --> 00:44:19.429
I just want to make sure
that you love each one.
00:44:19.430 --> 00:44:20.430
Yeah.
00:44:24.330 --> 00:44:25.170
Oh my God.
00:44:25.171 --> 00:44:27.189
You have very good taste. (chuckling)
00:44:27.190 --> 00:44:29.370
Let me see that.
00:44:30.990 --> 00:44:34.240
(trolley bell dinging)
00:44:47.650 --> 00:44:48.829
They first thing that we\'re going to do
00:44:48.830 --> 00:44:51.189
is fill out an I-589,
00:44:51.190 --> 00:44:55.239
and that\'s the form for
applying for asylum.
00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:58.669
We\'re going to submit a
declaration from each of you,
00:44:58.670 --> 00:45:00.889
and it might take a few interviews
00:45:00.890 --> 00:45:03.009
in order to make sure that
we have all the information
00:45:03.010 --> 00:45:04.029
that we need.
00:45:04.030 --> 00:45:07.189
I don\'t have an exact timeline for you.
00:45:07.190 --> 00:45:11.490
Other clients of the firm have
had to wait a year or longer.
00:45:12.590 --> 00:45:14.809
After we met Mari and Cheyenne,
00:45:14.810 --> 00:45:17.799
we had to think through their story.
00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:19.329
The applicant has to show
00:45:19.330 --> 00:45:22.719
a well-founded fear of persecution.
00:45:22.720 --> 00:45:25.769
There\'s not a whole lot of
press that comes out of Angola
00:45:25.770 --> 00:45:28.569
about the treatment of the LGBT community.
00:45:28.570 --> 00:45:32.119
So, the applicant\'s own testimony
00:45:32.120 --> 00:45:35.139
can be sufficient to support their claim,
00:45:35.140 --> 00:45:36.620
if the testimony\'s credible.
00:45:37.550 --> 00:45:38.899
They way the interview\'s gonna go
00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:40.089
is kind of going to depend
00:45:40.090 --> 00:45:42.169
on which asylum officer you get.
00:45:42.170 --> 00:45:44.419
Asylum officers have different styles,
00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:47.859
some may be a little
bit interrogation like.
00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:51.729
Let\'s say they start asking
really intimate questions,
00:45:51.730 --> 00:45:55.429
like, do we have the right to say,
00:45:55.430 --> 00:45:57.280
we\'re not gonna answer that?
00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:01.139
I doubt that that will come up,
00:46:01.140 --> 00:46:02.819
but you know, like I said,
00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:04.609
I\'m going to be in the room with you,
00:46:04.610 --> 00:46:07.569
but at the end of the
day, this is your story.
00:46:07.570 --> 00:46:09.889
And I can\'t tell it for you.
00:46:09.890 --> 00:46:12.470
(solemn music)
00:46:30.650 --> 00:46:32.149
Baby, you done?
00:46:32.150 --> 00:46:33.349
What do you want, baby?
00:46:33.350 --> 00:46:35.340
I want to use the restroom.
00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:40.820
People think that refugees
or asylum seekers are,
00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:42.869
I\'m not gonna say criminals,
00:46:42.870 --> 00:46:45.649
but they don\'t understand what it is.
00:46:45.650 --> 00:46:47.579
It\'s even harder when you come from Africa
00:46:47.580 --> 00:46:52.039
because people think you\'re
coming from the bushes.
00:46:52.040 --> 00:46:56.239
♪ The world is easy
\'cause you and I exist ♪
00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:59.919
♪ The reason you defy with
every word you speak ♪
00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:02.709
♪ I know your world is
I so I need you to see ♪
00:47:02.710 --> 00:47:04.809
♪ You gotta wake up now ♪
00:47:04.810 --> 00:47:07.579
♪ You gotta get up now ♪
00:47:07.580 --> 00:47:11.389
♪ I\'m strong \'cause I came from desire ♪
00:47:11.390 --> 00:47:15.339
♪ My heart is built out of fire ♪
00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:17.680
[Cheyenne] I always had
this connection with music.
00:47:18.630 --> 00:47:20.509
It\'s a good therapy for me.
00:47:20.510 --> 00:47:21.610
For both of us.
00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:33.940
Mm, mm, mm.
00:47:35.630 --> 00:47:40.449
♪ I\'m strong \'cause I came from desire ♪
00:47:40.450 --> 00:47:45.450
♪ My heart is built out of fire ♪
00:47:45.590 --> 00:47:49.429
♪ I\'ve come from the centuries of light ♪
00:47:49.430 --> 00:47:51.709
♪ You gotta wake up now ♪
00:47:51.710 --> 00:47:54.259
♪ You gotta get up now ♪
00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:56.109
♪ Oh ♪
00:47:56.110 --> 00:47:59.039
[Cheyenne] She really knows
how to deal with me.
00:47:59.040 --> 00:48:00.790
And she\'s always there when I need.
00:48:02.650 --> 00:48:04.159
And a lot of things.
00:48:04.160 --> 00:48:05.160
She\'s amazing.
00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.740
Drives me crazy,
I\'m happy to know that.
00:48:07.741 --> 00:48:10.989
But what can you do?
Oh, look who\'s talking,
00:48:10.990 --> 00:48:12.209
like you don\'t drive me crazy?
00:48:12.210 --> 00:48:13.210
[Cheyenne] What can you do?
00:48:13.211 --> 00:48:14.949
[Mari] No, like you don\'t drive me crazy.
00:48:14.950 --> 00:48:17.059
You think you don\'t drive me crazy.
00:48:17.060 --> 00:48:19.650
(upbeat music)
00:48:27.410 --> 00:48:29.160
Subhi, can you sit?
00:48:30.010 --> 00:48:31.010
Can you sit down?
00:48:35.950 --> 00:48:39.999
When you\'re behind the
scenes your entire life
00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:41.849
and then, all of the sudden,
00:48:41.850 --> 00:48:44.280
the whole world wanna
hear about your story,
00:48:46.690 --> 00:48:48.479
it was overwhelming.
00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:51.070
(solemn music)
00:48:52.070 --> 00:48:55.850
I don\'t want to put masks and
look happier than what I feel.
00:48:59.250 --> 00:49:01.730
I\'ve been receiving a lot of messages.
00:49:02.910 --> 00:49:07.229
The most recent was from a
guy who\'s still in Syria.
00:49:07.230 --> 00:49:10.530
He was telling me how lucky I am.
00:49:12.200 --> 00:49:14.159
He\'s willing to do anything,
00:49:14.160 --> 00:49:17.510
like really, literally,
anything, to be out.
00:49:18.970 --> 00:49:21.660
To be honest, I did not reply to him.
00:49:28.170 --> 00:49:32.500
(crowd yelling in foreign language)
00:49:35.120 --> 00:49:36.620
It\'s like a dream.
00:49:37.780 --> 00:49:41.320
It\'s so far away that it feels unreal.
00:49:45.830 --> 00:49:48.099
My family\'s still there,
00:49:48.100 --> 00:49:50.450
and no matter what they\'ve done to me,
00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:53.240
they are still my family.
00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:58.699
At any moment, they could all die
00:49:58.700 --> 00:50:01.720
and I cannot help.
00:50:24.620 --> 00:50:27.949
I\'ve been struggling with depression.
00:50:27.950 --> 00:50:30.070
Sometimes it gets beyond control.
00:50:39.730 --> 00:50:42.089
[Fred] So, have you heard
from your parents?
00:50:42.090 --> 00:50:43.139
Yup.
00:50:43.140 --> 00:50:44.219
How are they?
00:50:44.220 --> 00:50:46.519
They\'re fine, I mean, I
heard from my mom only,
00:50:46.520 --> 00:50:48.159
but Dad doesn\'t... at all.
00:50:48.160 --> 00:50:50.729
I know, but are they
saying they\'re safe?
00:50:50.730 --> 00:50:51.560
Yes, they are.
00:50:51.561 --> 00:50:55.329
There\'s lots of bombings,
lots of aircraft.
00:50:55.330 --> 00:50:58.409
Today my brother almost got killed.
00:50:58.410 --> 00:50:59.380
What happened?
00:50:59.381 --> 00:51:01.939
Shrapnel almost went through his back
00:51:01.940 --> 00:51:03.919
but the laptop just saved him
00:51:03.920 --> 00:51:06.049
because there\'s a laptop there,
00:51:06.050 --> 00:51:07.479
so the shrapnel just hit
the laptop and broke it.
00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:08.819
Wait, you\'re kidding!
00:51:08.820 --> 00:51:09.820
No.
00:51:20.050 --> 00:51:21.169
(people laughing)
00:51:21.170 --> 00:51:22.090
Happy Thanksgiving.
00:51:22.091 --> 00:51:24.420
(solemn music)
I\'m thankful.
00:51:31.490 --> 00:51:34.189
[Subhi] I\'m thankful for
being here in the States,
00:51:34.190 --> 00:51:35.820
and for being alive,
00:51:37.170 --> 00:51:40.450
and for being among
friends this night here.
00:51:44.790 --> 00:51:47.790
(people chattering)
00:52:09.240 --> 00:52:12.230
I was starting to really love him.
00:52:13.640 --> 00:52:15.679
I told him, I don\'t know
why you are asking me
00:52:15.680 --> 00:52:18.609
to move right now, where
do you want me to go?
00:52:18.610 --> 00:52:20.989
He just told me, no, everything is over,
00:52:20.990 --> 00:52:23.240
and I just want you to move, so.
00:52:30.530 --> 00:52:34.450
(speaking in foreign language)
00:52:38.390 --> 00:52:39.429
You see, this is a contraption
00:52:39.430 --> 00:52:41.819
that you can hang some of your clothes in.
00:52:41.820 --> 00:52:43.919
(speaking in foreign language)
00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:45.119
Okay, and January,
00:52:45.120 --> 00:52:47.139
he will not have time
to do the insulation,
00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:48.969
so you will need the heater.
00:52:48.970 --> 00:52:50.639
(speaking in Spanish)
00:52:50.640 --> 00:52:51.939
[Phil] Yeah, he\'s gotta put a
little bit of something
00:52:51.940 --> 00:52:53.610
to make it close.
00:53:07.390 --> 00:53:08.809
You like?
00:53:08.810 --> 00:53:09.710
[Phil] So, Junior, are you interested
00:53:09.711 --> 00:53:12.100
in making the decision
today to take the room?
00:53:13.430 --> 00:53:16.329
I don\'t think we should be
talking about it right now.
00:53:16.330 --> 00:53:17.160
We reach out...
00:53:17.161 --> 00:53:19.139
[Phil] All right, we
will let him know soon.
00:53:19.140 --> 00:53:19.980
Yeah.
00:53:19.981 --> 00:53:21.509
(Phil speaking in Spanish)
00:53:21.510 --> 00:53:24.090
(sullen music)
00:53:28.030 --> 00:53:29.779
[Junior] I\'m getting tired of all of this.
00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:31.479
[Phil] Moving around, huh?
00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:33.409
[Junior] That\'s why people
think I have problem,
00:53:33.410 --> 00:53:34.919
or I have drinking problem.
00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:37.029
It\'s not, it\'s about, I\'ve lived with you,
00:53:37.030 --> 00:53:39.560
did you see me drinking any drink?
00:53:43.370 --> 00:53:45.529
I don\'t want to carry a lot.
00:53:45.530 --> 00:53:46.400
[Phil] You can keep some
00:53:46.401 --> 00:53:49.290
of your frozen things here, Junior.
00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:55.620
The freezer section of that
fridge is pretty small.
00:53:56.800 --> 00:53:59.009
[Junior] It\'s just going to fit.
00:53:59.010 --> 00:54:00.119
(sullen music)
00:54:00.120 --> 00:54:04.040
(Phil speaking in Spanish)
00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:08.299
[Phil] There it is, careful!
00:54:08.300 --> 00:54:10.769
Help him, help him!
00:54:10.770 --> 00:54:12.920
[Junior] This refrigerator is very small.
00:54:15.790 --> 00:54:18.730
You don\'t like the
Virgin or the other one?
00:54:19.970 --> 00:54:21.599
They\'ll take it.
00:54:21.600 --> 00:54:25.520
(counting in Spanish)
00:54:27.870 --> 00:54:30.329
[Phil] The check will come from
our church for this month,
00:54:30.330 --> 00:54:32.319
February 9th through March 9th.
00:54:32.320 --> 00:54:34.029
And then on March 9th,
00:54:34.030 --> 00:54:35.499
it\'s up to him.
[Junior] I take over.
00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:36.579
(Junior laughs)
00:54:36.580 --> 00:54:37.580
All right.
00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:39.460
Let\'s see.
00:55:07.390 --> 00:55:09.970
(upbeat music)
00:55:11.100 --> 00:55:12.129
[Cheyenne] Don\'t drop me!
00:55:12.130 --> 00:55:13.989
Oh my God, this is getting too high.
00:55:13.990 --> 00:55:16.119
(both laughing)
00:55:16.120 --> 00:55:18.090
[Cheyenne] You can do it, yay!
00:55:20.890 --> 00:55:24.529
[Mari] You know, I don\'t want to live
my whole life hurt, angry.
00:55:24.530 --> 00:55:25.980
I don\'t want to have regrets.
00:55:27.640 --> 00:55:32.119
And the best lesson was not
being angry and get revenge,
00:55:32.120 --> 00:55:34.580
the lesson was to make things happen.
00:55:45.100 --> 00:55:46.549
[Teacher] You ready?
00:55:46.550 --> 00:55:49.210
(speaking in Portuguese)
00:55:57.840 --> 00:56:00.010
[Photographer] One, two.
00:56:06.700 --> 00:56:09.499
[Mari] Come on, mission impossible!
00:56:09.500 --> 00:56:10.330
[Cheyenne] You got it!
00:56:10.330 --> 00:56:11.160
[Mari] Yeah!
00:56:11.161 --> 00:56:12.660
(squeals)
00:56:14.520 --> 00:56:15.929
[Mari] Back in Angola,
00:56:15.930 --> 00:56:18.999
I could never put a foot
out of my house alone
00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:20.400
\'cause I would get harassed.
00:56:26.140 --> 00:56:28.199
I\'m happy here, you know?
00:56:28.200 --> 00:56:30.590
I feel free, I can walk by myself.
00:56:32.720 --> 00:56:34.690
It\'s like I woke up from a nightmare.
00:56:40.110 --> 00:56:42.379
[Radio Reporter] A lot more
rural voters did turn out here,
00:56:42.380 --> 00:56:45.320
27% of the vote in Michigan.
00:56:46.270 --> 00:56:47.579
Donald Trump was confident
00:56:47.580 --> 00:56:48.410
that what he was feeling
00:56:48.411 --> 00:56:50.779
and sensing in those
primaries was something that
00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:52.930
people were not
registering in these polls.
00:56:55.210 --> 00:56:57.119
[Caleb] Okay, so I get
the best ones, right?
00:56:57.120 --> 00:56:58.369
Do you have it, Subhi?
00:56:58.370 --> 00:57:00.539
[Subhi] Yeah, I\'m just, so cold.
00:57:00.540 --> 00:57:03.290
(both chuckling)
00:57:08.100 --> 00:57:09.220
[Subhi] Feel like a penguin.
00:57:12.900 --> 00:57:14.629
Well, I thought he was very cute,
00:57:14.630 --> 00:57:18.359
and he has a very endearing
way of speaking too.
00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:19.680
Kind of with his accent.
00:57:20.710 --> 00:57:23.469
You understand that
I\'m still assimilating,
00:57:23.470 --> 00:57:25.979
and you\'re being very patient with that.
00:57:25.980 --> 00:57:29.379
You don\'t mind watching
my Star Trek episodes.
00:57:29.380 --> 00:57:30.389
(Subhi laughing)
00:57:30.390 --> 00:57:32.220
It\'s sometimes really boring.
00:57:33.450 --> 00:57:34.450
You\'re welcome.
00:57:35.180 --> 00:57:36.869
(gentle music)
00:57:36.870 --> 00:57:38.509
[Caleb] That\'s where I went to school,
00:57:38.510 --> 00:57:41.109
and like, that\'s where my
mom lives and everything.
00:57:41.110 --> 00:57:42.279
This is Lake Michigan.
00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:43.369
[Subhi] Oh, it\'s Lake Michigan.
00:57:43.370 --> 00:57:44.379
I thought it\'s a sea?
00:57:44.380 --> 00:57:46.399
So, we\'re going by the lake or by the?
00:57:46.400 --> 00:57:47.330
A sea?
00:57:47.330 --> 00:57:48.160
I didn\'t know.
00:57:48.161 --> 00:57:50.759
I have no idea about the geography there.
00:57:50.760 --> 00:57:52.459
Big smiles, little bear!
00:57:52.460 --> 00:57:55.699
(Caleb chuckles)
00:57:55.700 --> 00:57:57.089
[Caleb] Should we have worn, like, orange,
00:57:57.090 --> 00:58:00.860
so we don\'t get shot by
deer hunters? (laughing)
00:58:01.690 --> 00:58:02.829
[Cashier] $7.25, please.
00:58:02.830 --> 00:58:04.309
[Caleb] Wait, are you still
called The Wooly Booger?
00:58:04.310 --> 00:58:05.599
[Cashier] Uh, no.
[Caleb] Did they change names?
00:58:05.600 --> 00:58:06.659
[Cashier] It hasn\'t been The Wooly Booger
00:58:06.660 --> 00:58:09.109
for about five years.
00:58:09.110 --> 00:58:10.110
(laughing)
00:58:11.270 --> 00:58:12.499
I never had the opportunity
00:58:12.500 --> 00:58:17.200
to bring a \"friend\" with
me for the holidays.
00:58:18.390 --> 00:58:20.969
My family\'s always been very conservative.
00:58:20.970 --> 00:58:22.460
My mother supports Trump.
00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:29.720
[Caleb] You know what, my mom would
love The Last Supper, $20.
00:58:31.100 --> 00:58:32.830
(children and adults talking)
00:58:34.820 --> 00:58:36.619
So, are you going to school?
00:58:36.620 --> 00:58:39.939
I finished school, but I\'m
looking for opportunities
00:58:39.940 --> 00:58:43.749
I want to maybe study some
kind of international affairs,
00:58:43.750 --> 00:58:45.339
a Master\'s degree or something.
00:58:45.340 --> 00:58:46.399
[Caleb\'s Dad] Wow, that\'d be cool!
00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:47.400
[Subhi] Yeah.
00:58:48.450 --> 00:58:53.050
I was wondering, did you uh,
were you a... were you refugee?
00:58:54.440 --> 00:58:56.059
I\'m still a refugee.
00:58:56.060 --> 00:58:58.159
(dad laughing)
00:58:58.160 --> 00:58:59.679
You\'re still a refugee! (laughing)
00:58:59.680 --> 00:59:02.130
Did not yet change my status.
00:59:03.250 --> 00:59:05.709
The so-called terrorists,
00:59:05.710 --> 00:59:07.469
they\'re the ones that are
making a name for themselves,
00:59:07.470 --> 00:59:09.129
and making a bad name for everybody else.
00:59:09.130 --> 00:59:10.229
Mm-hmm.
00:59:10.230 --> 00:59:11.289
There\'s bad Syrians,
00:59:11.290 --> 00:59:13.099
just like there\'s bad Americans.
00:59:13.100 --> 00:59:14.759
Yup.
00:59:14.760 --> 00:59:16.489
So, did you make it
over here by yourself?
00:59:16.490 --> 00:59:17.729
Mm-hmm.
All by yourself?
00:59:17.730 --> 00:59:19.149
Yup.
So, you\'re alone.
00:59:19.150 --> 00:59:20.150
Yup.
Lonelyyyy.
00:59:20.920 --> 00:59:23.410
All lonely and alone, yup.
00:59:24.460 --> 00:59:27.439
(gentle music)
(people chattering)
00:59:27.440 --> 00:59:29.350
[Subhi] That\'s so cute.
00:59:32.340 --> 00:59:33.679
[Caleb] It\'s the dark green
00:59:33.680 --> 00:59:35.810
and she put like a white glitter on top.
00:59:36.830 --> 00:59:37.830
Wow.
00:59:39.710 --> 00:59:41.370
You can touch anything you want.
00:59:43.230 --> 00:59:44.799
[Caleb] Is it dry?
[Subhi] Yeah, it is.
00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:46.710
Mm!
00:59:48.810 --> 00:59:50.629
(Subhi chuckling)
00:59:50.630 --> 00:59:51.779
I think they\'re pretty dry now.
00:59:51.780 --> 00:59:52.839
Yeah, they are.
00:59:52.840 --> 00:59:53.840
(all laughing)
01:00:05.920 --> 01:00:08.959
[Subhi] Your family, after all,
should be the safe place
01:00:08.960 --> 01:00:10.440
that you go to.
01:00:13.730 --> 01:00:16.799
My sister reached out to me.
01:00:16.800 --> 01:00:18.409
I want to reconnect with her
01:00:18.410 --> 01:00:21.140
because she\'s the closest person to me.
01:00:22.910 --> 01:00:24.809
Aleppo is becoming more perilous,
01:00:24.810 --> 01:00:26.590
and she\'s not feeling safe.
01:00:27.610 --> 01:00:32.039
I\'m trying to organize
for her a way to get out.
01:00:32.040 --> 01:00:34.170
Not to fear for her life daily.
01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:39.569
[TV announcer] The Trump
Administration is slashing
01:00:39.570 --> 01:00:41.879
the number of refugees the U.S. will admit
01:00:41.880 --> 01:00:43.969
to a new record low.
01:00:43.970 --> 01:00:46.259
It\'s very clear, Congress
has granted the President
01:00:46.260 --> 01:00:48.079
the authority to determine
who comes and who goes
01:00:48.080 --> 01:00:49.719
from the United States of America,
01:00:49.720 --> 01:00:51.819
with the security interests
of America in mind.
01:00:51.820 --> 01:00:54.829
[TV News] The U.S. is
taking a step backwards
01:00:54.830 --> 01:00:57.919
when it comes to humanitarian crises.
01:00:57.920 --> 01:01:01.079
(protestors yelling)
01:01:01.080 --> 01:01:02.359
There are people in this country
01:01:02.360 --> 01:01:04.659
who don\'t agree with the
actions of our government,
01:01:04.660 --> 01:01:07.009
and that we support people
who are trying to come here,
01:01:07.010 --> 01:01:08.609
just like my ancestors did,
01:01:08.610 --> 01:01:10.650
just like so many of our ancestors did.
01:01:11.730 --> 01:01:14.739
This is probably the worst
time in American history
01:01:14.740 --> 01:01:17.979
as it relates to the rights of immigrants.
01:01:17.980 --> 01:01:20.570
(solemn music)
01:01:22.690 --> 01:01:25.009
[Junior] Hello, is that Peter?
01:01:25.010 --> 01:01:26.790
I say, I\'m outside.
01:01:28.200 --> 01:01:29.030
[Peter on Intercom] Why don\'t you ring
01:01:29.031 --> 01:01:30.279
the goddamned doorbell?
01:01:30.280 --> 01:01:31.340
I did ring.
01:01:32.820 --> 01:01:36.029
[Junior] Hello, just want to get my stuff.
01:01:36.030 --> 01:01:37.169
[Peter] Oh, do you know what I want back?
01:01:37.170 --> 01:01:38.870
The ring.
[Junior] Oh, okay.
01:01:43.540 --> 01:01:44.629
[Peter] By the way, when you left,
01:01:44.630 --> 01:01:46.649
you left that door unlocked completely.
01:01:46.650 --> 01:01:47.650
[Junior] Ooooh!
01:01:51.700 --> 01:01:53.529
Hello, my name is Junior,
01:01:53.530 --> 01:01:55.450
I need a taxi for Christopher Drive.
01:01:58.670 --> 01:01:59.670
Oh, God.
01:02:02.010 --> 01:02:03.280
It just has to stop.
01:02:04.590 --> 01:02:05.729
I have to reach a point
01:02:05.730 --> 01:02:09.589
where I have a stable place to stay
01:02:09.590 --> 01:02:13.940
and a stable relationship
with someone who is,
01:02:14.840 --> 01:02:18.250
not someone who want to just
have sex with you and leave.
01:02:19.620 --> 01:02:21.660
I just want a place to live.
01:02:22.830 --> 01:02:24.690
I don\'t wanna be homeless.
01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:28.830
(people shouting)
01:02:41.200 --> 01:02:42.700
I put your name on the waiting list.
01:02:45.740 --> 01:02:50.169
And today is May 12, 2017,
so it\'s only for one night,
01:02:50.170 --> 01:02:51.519
and it\'s just a bed.
01:02:51.520 --> 01:02:53.439
All right, and what\'s going to happen
01:02:53.440 --> 01:02:54.760
after tomorrow?
01:03:11.340 --> 01:03:13.199
This section is a gender
nonconforming section,
01:03:13.200 --> 01:03:15.129
so you have males, females,
01:03:15.130 --> 01:03:17.609
people who don\'t identify as either sex.
01:03:17.610 --> 01:03:18.440
Okay.
01:03:18.441 --> 01:03:21.929
The section next to you
here is female section only.
01:03:21.930 --> 01:03:22.760
Oh, okay.
01:03:22.761 --> 01:03:25.229
And then the section here
is male section only.
01:03:25.230 --> 01:03:28.859
So, just stay in your section,
just to respect everyone.
01:03:28.860 --> 01:03:32.119
I\'m a little bit shy. (chuckling)
01:03:32.120 --> 01:03:35.039
The showers are gonna be here,
so you\'ll see them later.
01:03:35.040 --> 01:03:37.449
Oh, okay.
01:03:37.450 --> 01:03:38.380
All right.
01:03:38.381 --> 01:03:40.019
Thank you so much.
Not too scary?
01:03:40.020 --> 01:03:41.179
Yeah.
Not too scary?
01:03:41.180 --> 01:03:44.100
It\'s a little bit different, but.
01:03:44.950 --> 01:03:45.950
I don\'t know.
01:03:51.440 --> 01:03:53.200
I don\'t know what to do.
01:03:54.840 --> 01:03:56.489
I cannot cook, I cannot,
01:03:56.490 --> 01:03:59.009
I have to take my medication every day,
01:03:59.010 --> 01:03:59.840
I have to do this...
01:03:59.841 --> 01:04:02.729
I have to go all the time
over there to check in,
01:04:02.730 --> 01:04:04.080
I have to... oh God.
01:04:09.700 --> 01:04:11.680
I\'m thinking about what can I do.
01:04:12.550 --> 01:04:15.130
(sullen music)
01:04:35.560 --> 01:04:37.859
Hello, this is Junior Mayema.
01:04:37.860 --> 01:04:40.389
(door beeping)
01:04:40.390 --> 01:04:43.439
The day before yesterday,
I was feeling suicidal,
01:04:43.440 --> 01:04:47.039
like, I\'m the person living with HIV,
01:04:47.040 --> 01:04:48.640
and being outside homeless.
01:04:49.600 --> 01:04:53.099
I just want like a short
term place to stay.
01:04:53.100 --> 01:04:55.469
I\'m not stable right now.
01:04:55.470 --> 01:04:58.659
This is an awkward time of
the month to try to do that,
01:04:58.660 --> 01:05:00.239
and most of the places are not,
01:05:00.240 --> 01:05:01.599
what you call, prime properties.
01:05:01.600 --> 01:05:04.209
They\'re in the Tenderloin,
they\'re on Sixth Street.
01:05:04.210 --> 01:05:06.690
So, we will do what we can.
01:05:12.120 --> 01:05:15.290
(gentle guitar music)
01:05:19.930 --> 01:05:24.869
♪ Silent night ♪
01:05:24.870 --> 01:05:29.589
♪ Holy night ♪
01:05:29.590 --> 01:05:34.429
♪ All is calm ♪
01:05:34.430 --> 01:05:39.430
♪ All is bright ♪
01:05:39.680 --> 01:05:44.519
♪ Round yon virgin ♪
01:05:44.520 --> 01:05:47.440
♪ Mother and child ♪
01:05:48.520 --> 01:05:49.520
Thank you!
01:05:49.521 --> 01:05:53.169
♪ Holy infant ♪
01:05:53.170 --> 01:05:56.250
♪ So tender and mild ♪
01:05:57.260 --> 01:05:59.169
(TV chatter)
01:05:59.170 --> 01:06:04.170
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪
01:06:08.760 --> 01:06:12.260
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪
01:06:18.950 --> 01:06:21.889
You and your form I-589
have been scheduled
01:06:21.890 --> 01:06:24.799
at your request for
interview as shown below.
01:06:24.800 --> 01:06:27.169
Failure without good cause
to appear for interview
01:06:27.170 --> 01:06:28.889
or to provide a competent interpreter
01:06:28.890 --> 01:06:31.369
will result in immediate
referral to an immigration judge,
01:06:31.370 --> 01:06:34.229
and you\'ll be ineligible for
employment authorization.
01:06:34.230 --> 01:06:37.549
It\'s going to be the three
of us and the asylum officer.
01:06:37.550 --> 01:06:41.389
It is okay to show emotion,
01:06:41.390 --> 01:06:45.939
I mean, what you\'re talking
about is so difficult,
01:06:45.940 --> 01:06:48.069
and it\'s perfectly okay to do that.
01:06:48.070 --> 01:06:50.649
If you need to take a break,
if you need to just say,
01:06:50.650 --> 01:06:53.379
I need to calm down, I
need to collect myself,
01:06:53.380 --> 01:06:54.930
I need to get a drink of water,
01:06:56.200 --> 01:07:00.469
totally fine to ask for that break.
01:07:00.470 --> 01:07:02.230
I\'m sorry, I\'m already emotional.
01:07:03.800 --> 01:07:05.560
Totally, I understand.
01:07:06.520 --> 01:07:10.019
We\'ll bring some water with
us, I\'ll bring some Kleenex.
01:07:10.020 --> 01:07:11.300
(all laughing)
[Cheyenne] Thanks.
01:07:12.400 --> 01:07:14.010
[Mari] Yeah, well.
01:07:16.330 --> 01:07:17.949
What can you do?
01:07:17.950 --> 01:07:19.439
Yeah, I know.
01:07:19.440 --> 01:07:22.030
(solemn music)
01:07:26.420 --> 01:07:27.809
[Kathlyn] If the asylum officer finds
01:07:27.810 --> 01:07:30.399
that they\'re not eligible for asylum,
01:07:30.400 --> 01:07:32.450
they are placed in removal proceedings.
01:07:33.690 --> 01:07:35.889
I think that they have an
incredibly compelling case,
01:07:35.890 --> 01:07:38.839
and that they deserve asylum,
01:07:38.840 --> 01:07:42.840
and I would be devastated
if they didn\'t get it.
01:07:47.620 --> 01:07:49.029
It\'s like I\'m a crybaby.
01:07:49.030 --> 01:07:50.729
[Cheyenne] You are a crybaby.
01:07:50.730 --> 01:07:51.720
I am a crybaby.
01:07:51.721 --> 01:07:53.380
You\'re my crybaby!
01:07:56.770 --> 01:07:59.180
(Mari sighs)
01:08:00.870 --> 01:08:02.620
It\'s gonna be fine.
01:08:21.770 --> 01:08:23.190
[Mari] You look nervous.
01:08:24.370 --> 01:08:25.200
(Mari chuckles)
01:08:25.201 --> 01:08:26.359
I\'m screaming on the inside.
01:08:26.360 --> 01:08:27.360
I know.
01:08:31.210 --> 01:08:33.790
(solemn music)
01:09:13.280 --> 01:09:17.600
My sister\'s traveling today
out of Syria to Lebanon.
01:09:18.590 --> 01:09:22.799
I am very nervous and anxious
about what might happen.
01:09:22.800 --> 01:09:25.879
(sullen music)
01:09:25.880 --> 01:09:30.319
We expect her to face
a lot of checkpoints.
01:09:30.320 --> 01:09:31.960
It\'s a very dangerous road.
01:09:34.940 --> 01:09:38.459
It\'s her first ever
experience out of the country,
01:09:38.460 --> 01:09:40.900
and she has nobody and she knows no one.
01:09:42.330 --> 01:09:45.699
It will take her at least 15 to 19 hours
01:09:45.700 --> 01:09:46.750
to get to the border.
01:09:48.300 --> 01:09:50.529
Until she\'s on the other side,
01:09:50.530 --> 01:09:54.179
there\'s always a chance that
something could go wrong
01:09:54.180 --> 01:09:57.820
and it makes me feel like really nervous.
01:09:58.650 --> 01:10:01.570
(thunder rumbling)
01:10:12.200 --> 01:10:14.999
(dog barking)
01:10:15.000 --> 01:10:16.199
Let me just show you the bedroom,
01:10:16.200 --> 01:10:17.739
and then I\'ll feed the dogs.
01:10:17.740 --> 01:10:18.949
Okay.
01:10:18.950 --> 01:10:20.050
All right, so, come.
01:10:21.840 --> 01:10:24.499
At seven, we go together
to the meditation.
01:10:24.500 --> 01:10:27.309
Yeah, my sponsor runs that meeting.
01:10:27.310 --> 01:10:28.140
Oh, that\'s great.
01:10:28.141 --> 01:10:30.149
And she\'s wonderful.
01:10:30.150 --> 01:10:32.649
October 4th is going to be one month
01:10:32.650 --> 01:10:33.979
since I\'m not on the drinking.
01:10:33.980 --> 01:10:35.859
So, good.
01:10:35.860 --> 01:10:36.690
Okay.
01:10:36.691 --> 01:10:40.010
Since then, I\'ve never put
any alcohol in my mouth.
01:10:41.220 --> 01:10:42.729
Good.
01:10:42.730 --> 01:10:44.009
Yeah.
01:10:44.010 --> 01:10:46.619
Okay, so that\'s great.
01:10:46.620 --> 01:10:47.450
Yeah.
01:10:47.451 --> 01:10:51.259
If I drink, then I forget
everything I\'m going through,
01:10:51.260 --> 01:10:54.919
and then the next morning,
the same thing will come back,
01:10:54.920 --> 01:10:58.729
and I will be jittery, I will be nervous.
01:10:58.730 --> 01:11:00.730
It was gradually taking me down.
01:11:07.360 --> 01:11:09.520
Not having people to talk to.
01:11:18.690 --> 01:11:21.999
You have friends that you
meet, and I don\'t have that.
01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:23.609
So, I think you\'re experiencing something
01:11:23.610 --> 01:11:25.159
that a lot of people experience,
01:11:25.160 --> 01:11:27.949
because in some ways, we
want someone to rescue us.
01:11:27.950 --> 01:11:31.599
And, you know, \"don\'t you
know I\'m in pain, help me!\"
01:11:31.600 --> 01:11:34.180
(sullen music)
01:11:39.940 --> 01:11:42.559
You don\'t have to judge me, you know.
01:11:42.560 --> 01:11:45.640
You should be proud that I\'m
still alive and I\'m resilient
01:11:46.580 --> 01:11:48.860
after everything that I\'ve been through.
01:12:05.470 --> 01:12:07.109
Everyone\'s rooting for you guys today.
01:12:07.110 --> 01:12:08.349
Thank you.
01:12:08.350 --> 01:12:09.350
Yeah!
01:12:11.050 --> 01:12:14.050
(people chattering)
01:12:15.780 --> 01:12:17.569
Is this the one o\'clock waiting in line?
01:12:17.570 --> 01:12:19.349
[Woman In White Shirt] Yeah,
this is the one o\'clock line.
01:12:19.350 --> 01:12:20.300
[Mari] Wow.
01:12:20.301 --> 01:12:23.199
(people chattering)
01:12:23.200 --> 01:12:25.309
So, this is like a
decision line or something?
01:12:25.310 --> 01:12:26.140
Yeah.
Everyone here is
01:12:26.140 --> 01:12:26.970
for decisions.
Everyone here
01:12:26.971 --> 01:12:28.949
is for a decision of some kind.
01:12:28.950 --> 01:12:31.950
(people chattering)
01:12:32.900 --> 01:12:35.480
(solemn music)
01:12:43.490 --> 01:12:44.759
[Security Guard] It\'s 12:30.
01:12:44.760 --> 01:12:47.769
Please have your appointment
letter ready and valid ID.
01:12:47.770 --> 01:12:48.910
Please follow me.
01:13:02.900 --> 01:13:05.900
(people chattering)
01:13:15.390 --> 01:13:16.509
[Melanie] You were denied?
01:13:16.510 --> 01:13:17.889
[Man Wearing Turban] Deported.
01:13:17.890 --> 01:13:19.019
I\'m sorry to hear that.
01:13:19.020 --> 01:13:21.100
Stay strong.
Yeah, yeah.
01:13:28.400 --> 01:13:30.900
(tense music)
01:13:48.850 --> 01:13:49.850
Tell me.
01:13:52.510 --> 01:13:54.090
So, it\'s a recommended approval.
01:13:55.280 --> 01:13:57.019
[Melanie] Well done.
01:13:57.020 --> 01:13:58.719
Well done, well done.
01:13:58.720 --> 01:14:01.310
(gentle music)
01:14:09.260 --> 01:14:11.199
[Cristiano on Phone] I\'m
so proud of you guys.
01:14:11.200 --> 01:14:16.129
There\'s no words to describe
how proud I am, trust me.
01:14:16.130 --> 01:14:17.249
Aw.
01:14:17.250 --> 01:14:20.019
You are trying to fight for something
01:14:20.020 --> 01:14:22.209
that, in my mind, was impossible.
01:14:22.210 --> 01:14:24.399
Because you believed in your love,
01:14:24.400 --> 01:14:27.109
you believed in yourselves,
01:14:27.110 --> 01:14:30.620
you will inspire younger generations.
01:14:37.570 --> 01:14:38.869
City Hall.
01:14:38.870 --> 01:14:39.870
It\'s my day.
01:14:43.930 --> 01:14:46.659
(cheerful music)
01:14:46.660 --> 01:14:48.869
(Mari and Cheyenne sniffling)
01:14:48.870 --> 01:14:51.549
I take you Cheyenne, as my wife,
01:14:51.550 --> 01:14:53.809
for the rest of my life.
01:14:53.810 --> 01:14:56.940
I promise to be faithful
till the day I die.
01:14:57.870 --> 01:15:01.540
(speaking Portuguese)
01:15:05.790 --> 01:15:07.889
With the exchange of these rings,
01:15:07.890 --> 01:15:10.719
I can happily say you\'re wife and wife.
01:15:10.720 --> 01:15:12.199
Partners for life.
01:15:12.200 --> 01:15:15.729
You are officially
married, congratulations.
01:15:15.730 --> 01:15:18.560
(guests cheering)
01:15:40.580 --> 01:15:43.160
(solemn music)
01:15:54.860 --> 01:15:58.400
Finally, thank God, it\'s the
last day in the Middle East.
01:16:00.150 --> 01:16:01.580
She has a new chance.
01:16:04.080 --> 01:16:06.160
Like this, and like that.
01:16:19.580 --> 01:16:21.189
I haven\'t seen my family in seven years,
01:16:21.190 --> 01:16:25.429
but her, maybe in like eight,
or like, in a long time.
01:16:25.430 --> 01:16:26.579
Ohhhh.
01:16:26.580 --> 01:16:29.459
No, thank you for everything
that you\'ve done.
01:16:29.460 --> 01:16:31.719
Without you, this would\'ve
not have happened at all.
01:16:31.720 --> 01:16:35.000
There\'s an old
phrase, pay it forward.
01:16:35.860 --> 01:16:36.989
So this was...
01:16:36.990 --> 01:16:38.409
Thank you.
Paying it forward.
01:16:38.410 --> 01:16:39.769
Thank you so much.
01:16:39.770 --> 01:16:41.440
Yeah, my pleasure.
01:16:43.140 --> 01:16:44.140
Wow.
01:16:47.460 --> 01:16:49.009
[Volunteer] She\'s here.
[Subhi] She\'s here?
01:16:49.010 --> 01:16:50.420
Yeah.
01:16:52.410 --> 01:16:53.410
It\'s her!
01:16:55.890 --> 01:16:58.470
(solemn music)
01:17:01.020 --> 01:17:02.369
(Subhi sobbing)
01:17:02.370 --> 01:17:03.370
Finally!
01:17:08.520 --> 01:17:11.270
(sister sobbing)
01:18:22.040 --> 01:18:24.620
(gentle music)
01:18:27.050 --> 01:18:29.210
[Subhi] Thank you all for coming
and making the time...
01:18:34.250 --> 01:18:35.949
(phone ringing)
01:18:35.950 --> 01:18:37.999
Hello?
[Junior] Hello, Mama.
01:18:38.000 --> 01:18:40.379
Good morning. (laughs)
01:18:40.380 --> 01:18:41.380
Ah!
01:18:42.200 --> 01:18:46.120
(speaking Congolese French)
01:18:59.420 --> 01:19:02.690
(Mari babbling)
01:19:47.750 --> 01:19:50.340
(upbeat music)