Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
1999 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 347 VOTES · DIR. Lynne Littman
Overview
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.
Dialogue Timeline — 516 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:15 I've wasted a lot of my time looking for you
00:06:39 Come on guys
00:13:46 Don't!
00:16:54 Hey! Hyai!
00:22:32 Boy!
00:28:43 My name's Tawan, I've been here for so long
00:34:53 And how did they find her head?
00:37:10 Let me go!
00:40:34 We're talking about a dead person here, not a patient
00:45:50 until I took the curse off him.
00:48:51 while the rest set out finding those dead coffins
00:51:52 At least my father won't kill me
00:55:29 Calm down, man
00:57:52 Uan, that's enough
01:02:28 We'll be right out
01:05:47 I'm asking you
01:12:31 No, none at all.
01:18:46 Her father died when she was just a child
01:21:06 It's nothing
01:27:52 You've wasted a lot of time already
01:29:41 Pim...
01:32:58 It's creepier than any book I've read
01:35:43 I'm so sorry that I ran away without telling anyone.
01:37:20 With Love, Saeng Daow