1:17:01
Oh, the Canadians ?
Yeah. I got pictures of'em.
1:17:04
Here.
1:17:07
This is Sam,
this is Terry and this is Lisa,
and they're the greatest, man.
1:17:13
Huh.
Yeah. I met 'em at
an EPA in Brooklyn.
1:17:15
And, you know,
they was doin' business
and brought me home and stuff,
1:17:19
and the rest
is what happened, man.
1:17:21
Yeah. That's when
my life changed, Rube.
1:17:23
Hmm. Just yanked a brother up
and took him up to Canada,
just like that ?
1:17:28
No, no.
They asked my folks.
1:17:30
I see.
So what they do ?
1:17:32
Are they a religious group
or hippies or a commune or--
1:17:36
No. They fix up houses
and sell 'em. You know ?
1:17:39
They're just people.
1:17:41
Just people. Just workin',
eatin', livin' together ?
1:17:44
I don't know.
This is what they do, man.
That's their thing.
1:17:48
What'd your folks say ?
1:17:50
Oh, my dad, you know,
he's happy. He's glad for me.
Oh, good.
1:17:54
You see 'em much,
your folks ?
1:17:56
Yeah, but sometimes
it's hard though.
Yeah, well--
1:18:01
Yeah, it's hard.
1:18:04
You give them hope.
1:18:08
Yeah, I guess.
You do.
1:18:10
You give 'em hope
because you have
transcended, Lesra.
1:18:15
It is very important
to transcend
the places that hold us.
1:18:21
You know that ?
You've learned to read.
You've learned to write.
1:18:25
Writing is--
It's magic.
1:18:29
You feel that sometimes ?
1:18:33
Yeah, I guess I do.
Mm-hmm.
1:18:35
When I started writing,
1:18:40
I discovered that
I was doing more than
just telling a story.
1:18:44
See, writing is a weapon,
1:18:46
and it's more powerful
than a fist can ever be.
1:18:50
Every time I sat down to write,
I could rise above the walls
of this prison.
1:18:55
I could look out
over the walls all across
the state of New Jersey,