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[CROWD CHEERING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
RAMON: There's Spanish Harlem.
Then there's the rest of the world.
- [MAN SPEAKING SPANISH] - [MUSIC PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
RAMON: Aqui, your favorite band
isn't on a CD.
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
RAMON: They're on your front stoop.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
- RAMON: Here... - [SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
the love is tough if it's real.
And the steak is tough if it's not.
- Aqui... - [SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
...que paso power is what's happening.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
RAMON: This isn't like anywhere else...
and that's why we stay here.
- [SINGING IN SPANISH] - RAMON: This music...
reminds us of who we are.
In this neighborhood,
our souls are united with the same beat.
In El Barrio...
familia is what counts.
[CONGA PLAYING]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
- Bruv, come on. - Let him do his homework.
It's not homework, it's extra credit.
Whatever it is.
He's just scared I'll punk him up.
Remember who's the older brother.
Why are you staring at your feet?
It isn't your feet that moves you,
it is in your eyes that guide you.
All right.
Shut up.
- [SPEAKING SPANISH] - Come here.
Okay?
Okay.
Don't dance just because you know how to.
You've gotta feel it.
It isn't salsa if it doesn't have flavor, papi.
Come on, ready?
- [CONGA PLAYING] - There you go.
- Feel it. - [DOORBELL RINGS]
RAMON: Puneta.
JUNIOR: I've got it, pop.
Until you stop seeing and try feeling...
this stays on, okay?
- Wow, who are you? - [JOSIE GIGGLES]
She's my neighbor Josie and a really good dancer, Tio.
- Nice meeting you, Josie. - Nice to meet you.
They call me Tio.
And this is my brother from another mother, Ramon.
And this is his kids.
This is, uh, Junior and that's Ralphi there.
Or Buckethead.
- [THUDS] - Uh-uh, okay, no, settle down.
But you could use that energy, papa, okay?
Griselle, did you teach her the steps?
- Yes. - RAMON: Okay, let's see
what you guys practiced, okay?
- TIO: Okay, from the top. - [MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
♪ Oh, baby come on ♪
[SIRENS BLARING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
- [CROWD CHEERING] - [SINGING IN SPANISH]
[CROWD CHEERING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- [SPEAKING SPANISH] - [CONTINUE SINGING IN SPANISH]
- [CROWD CHEERING] - [MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
[CROWD CHEERING]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Okay. Get some rest, I'll see you tonight, okay.
- MAN: Raymond. - [SPEAKING SPANISH]
It's Ramon, and I already told you the answer's no.
Ramon, listen, it's double the market price.
I don't care if it's ten times the market price,
the answer's the same, no.
There are two languages, no, y non, okay?
[LAUGHS] You're making a big mistake.
RAMON: Okay.
You should really sell!
RAMON: Josie!
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
- Did you enjoy the show? - Ramon, it was amazing.
Good, good.
You're here just in time to teach
one of these knuckleheads another lesson.
Ralphi! Step forward, hands out. Come on.
- Pops, we good? - Why you always in such a rush?
Pops, I gotta go.
You think I spend time here for the hell of it?
I'm trying to teach you both a skill.
Follow me.
[SALSA MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
When I look at this mural, do you know what I see?
- ALL: Pride. - RAMON: Exactamente.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
We've made this place our home whether we wanted to or not.
Me, Julio, your mother.
God rest their soul.
And all the jibaros that built this place and made sacrifices.
This isn't just a building...
this is the beginning of our foundation.
Our music...
and dancing connects us.
From the very first beat to the very last echo.
Don't let anybody break that spirit
or it will destroy...
the very thing that we've worked so hard to become.
Don't ever turn your back on your family...
and never forget where you came from.
Pops, you okay?
Yeah, go... go back in there and finish cleaning up.
I'm gonna walk Josie home to keep you two out of trouble.
- Pop, I really wanted to walk... - Ralphi, vete.
RALPHI: I just wanted to walk...
- He's always doing this... - Listen, after you clean up,
get some sleep then, Ralphi,
meet me in the studio tonight.
- Okay? - Bye, Buckethead.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
- What you got, what you got? - [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Yo, so uh, you smash yet, son?
Didn't I tell you to shut up?
You always get nervous when I ask.
I'm trying to make you pay attention to the game.
Because of you, we're losing.
Yo, you need me to get up in there or what?
RALPHI: What would you do?
I mean, what I usually do.
RALPHI: You wouldn't be doing shit with her.
Yo, if that was me, I'd be smashing, son.
Like I say, smashing. Like I say, smashing.
[SPEAKING SPANISH] Smashing.
Smashing [SPEAKING SPANISH]
- Yo. - [SINGING IN SPANISH]
[CHEERING]
- What's this? - [JOSIE SPEAKING SPANISH]
You ate the whole thing?
- What are you gonna give me? - You want some?
I'll take a little bit.
- Let me. - Hey! [YELPS]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[IMITATING CONGA]
- [EXHALES HEAVILY] - [MUSIC PLAYING]
Let's be dance partners
and travel around the world together.
We can go to London, France...
- [WHISPERS] Italy. - I like Italy.
- [CHUCKLES] - They have good food.
They do.
But we don't speak the language.
It's like Spanish.
- Oh, then we're good. - [JOSIE CHUCKLES]
China.
- Not China. - Not China.
Let's do it.
I wanna do it.
Yeah?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SIRENS BLARING]
What time is it?
Oh, fuck, it's ten, I've gotta go help pops close up the shop.
- He's gonna be pissed. - Come back when you're done!
[SIRENS BLARING]
FIREMAN: Evacuate the building, let's go!
POLICEMAN: I need everybody to step back and remain calm.
I have no information, sir, I'm sorry.
JUNIOR: I've gotta find my brother and my father.
POLICEMAN: I understand but I have no information,
but you've got to stand back.
- RALPHI: Junior! - You've gotta stand back.
Bro! You scared me, bro.
Where's pop?
What you mean where's pop? He was with you.
- Bro, I got held up, bro. - Pops was with you, bro.
- Pops is still in there. - Ralphi, pops was with you, man.
[EXPLOSION]
RALPHI: Oh, shit!
- No he's still in there! - JUNIOR: Pop, pop! Pop!
- FIREMAN: Hey! - JUNIOR: My father's in there.
- Pop! - Pop!
RALPHI: If we gain control of the target
while it is still intact, we also incur with it
all the liabilities and risks.
Our goal is to mitigate the risk.
Thank you, Ralph.
Tabling the Linderburg account only makes sense
if New York is a go. So we'll pick up next week
after my Monday meeting with corporate.
- If New York's a go? - Well, Jack gets back on Monday,
so hopefully, he has the current situation
there handled.
TV ANNOUNCER: You are watching IN World News.
FEMALE REPORTER: There has been yet another devastating fire
in the Spanish Harlem area of New York today.
This one, once again, being attributed to arson.
This is the third Emerson renovation project site
to be targeted and officials are calling this a criminal
and deliberate attempt to stop
the massive revitalization project in that area.
A month in New York
and we are still literally putting out fires!
These are not sophisticated locals.
How hard is it to gain their support, Jack?
It's unacceptable.
That's all.
Mr. Matas, sit.
I've recommended you to corporate.
That you should start running point in New York.
- What? - Maybe we shouldn't close
the door on Jack's efforts so fast.
[SIGHS] Mr. Matas...
a word of advice...
fear is crippling.
If you know what's good for your career,
you'll accept this transfer.
Good luck.
Don't forget pops, it's your night to lock up.
Bro, I've got you.
- [EXPLOSION] - [SCREAMING]
♪ Glamour lifestyle, baby ♪
- ♪ Dum, dum, dum ♪ - ♪ Bottle the rocks ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ - ♪ Lose the ice ♪
♪ Hundred mil kid Money, money, money ♪
- ♪ Money, money ♪ - ♪ Platinum status ♪
- ♪ What, what ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪
[MUSIC PLAYING]
- ♪ Glamour lifestyle baby ♪ - ♪ Dum, dum, dum ♪
LINDA: We set up a Town Hall meeting
and got nowhere.
We're trying to give this neighborhood
a much needed facelift and they have no interest.
That's where you come in.
- We need a friendly face. - You mean a Latino?
This is not about race, though. Of course, it doesn't hurt.
But I've heard you can be very persuasive,
so we're gonna put those skills to good use.
Now, Morgan is gonna send you a list
of key community leaders. Talk to them, earn their trust.
But remember, time is not on our side.
Good luck, and welcome.
How we doing here?
MAN: Going great, I'll have it to you by the end of the day.
LINDA: Excellent, thank you.
WOMAN: We will not be moved!
[CROWD SPEAKING SPANISH]
[TIO SINGING IN SPANISH]
[SIZZLING]
[CLANKS]
- [TIO SINGING IN SPANISH] - [WHISKING]
[SIZZLING]
Ralphi!
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I pray to God daily that I could see your face again.
- It's good to see you, Tio. - Oh.
The place still looks the same.
Here, chop this.
We're gonna make mojito today, okay?
- How long you been in town? - Not long.
Hmm.
Have you seen Junior yet?
That should have been your first stop.
Are you back for good?
I'm here for business.
What kind of business?
I work for Emerson.
- Tio... - Listen, go the club tonight.
Okay? Go see your brother.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
♪ Yo, yo, yo, drop those horns Hey come on ♪
- [MUSIC PLAYING] - [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MAN SINGING IN SPANISH]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
Thank you. Keep the change.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
Damn mama, when you gonna let me take you out?
Damn you, Sonny, leave me alone for one night.
Damn. Love you too, baby.
Sonny?
You got to be kidding me, Ralphi?
Yo, where the hell you been, bro?
Oh, man, we thought you joined the Puerto Rican Air Force,
- or something, man, you good? - I'm good, bro, you?
Yeah, bro, I'm ecstatic, you see these women?
Fine as hell. Thank God I wore tight ass pants.
You're still crazy as shit.
Come on, I'm about to blow your wingtips off.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Yo, she looks good, right?
- What? - Yo, she's fire, bro.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
Let's give it up for Josie Fuentes!
Our very own queen en el barrio!
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Sonny, who's your new boyfriend?
What you mean, bro? This is your childhood crush,
Ralphi Matas.
Ralphi Matas?
Ay dios mio! My goodness.
RALPHI: Long time, long time, man.
Oh, yo, we've got a table. Come on.
Damn, look at you!
Giorgio Armani, fall collection.
Bro, I've been working on my collections for like...
- Sonny, you look good, bro, - ...long.
- relax. - Ain't no one worried about you.
Oh, look who it is.
Ralphi?
Do I know you?
Bro, that's Griselle. You don't recognize her, bro?
RALPHI: Hey, mami, you've grown.
Mm-hmm. She decided to stop dressing like a man
and show off that body.
Yo, what'd I tell you about calling me that?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
RALPHI: How've you been?
Good.
Hey, where's...
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
- [CROWD CHEERING] - [SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Junior.
Hey!
[GIRLS LAUGHING]
JOSIE: All right, ready?
Okay, let's finish up the end of the choreography.
We go! And one, two, three.
Side rock and lazy step. And one, two, three.
All around.
One, three, five, seven and vogue.
Whoo! [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Guys, don't forget next week we have... [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Parents, please, don't forget your permission slips.
Great job, I'll see you next week.
- Bye, guys! - ALL: Bye!
JOSIE: See you. Yes.
BOY: Wait, wait, wait!
Weren't you...
weren't we supposed to give you a hug?
JOSIE: Yes, of course!
Okay, bye.
Bye, sweetie.
I like what you're doing here.
You like what I'm doing here?
Yeah, with the kids.
It's nice.
And what are you doing here?
I'm here for work.
- I see. - I saw you dance last night.
You were amazing.
Yeah, well, I do what I can to pay the bills.
Wanna grab a coffee or something?
I don't think that's a good idea.
- Josie. - [FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
♪ No, no, no ♪
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
♪ If you ask me, baby ♪
- RALPHI: Yo, he's good. - [MAN WHISTLES]
That nigga's insane.
♪ I'll get on my knees and... ♪
[SONG CONTINUE IN SPANISH]
Yo, let's get a drink.
It's on you, right?
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
I'll pour a little more.
Bueno.
Junior!
[SPEAKING SPANISH] Come on, Junior,
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
JUNIOR: What's up, Tio?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Finally the brothers are reunited, huh?
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Sonny, why don't you show me that new routine
you've been practicing?
What routine?
Oh, uh, yeah, yeah, check... check this out.
Okay, then. [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Let's break the ice, bera.
I've got something for you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
TIO: For you.
For you.
Pre-Castro, Tio? These are too valuable,
- we can't smoke these. - Hey, now is post-Castro...
and that's what they're here for,
to be smoked.
Let's light up.
Where's yours, Tio?
TIO: Son, I only have two of them.
Besides, they were made to be smoked by brothers.
Yo, finish this, I've gotta go.
Hey, you're not going anywhere, okay?
Real soon, you know what's gonna be left?
Memories and regrets.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Man, I love this song.
Puerto Rico, man.
[CROWD CHEERING]
He was always killing it with this song.
[CROWD CHEERING]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
Yo, you remember when we used to steal these
from the ashtrays while pops was sleeping?
Let's get one thing straight.
I ain't on no walk down memory lane with your ass.
The only reason I'm still standing here is because of Tio.
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
Junior, we've gotta talk, man.
Yo, we're way past talking.
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
RALPHI: Josie. Josie, Josie!
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
Look, I'm sorry things got weird up there.
I don't wanna talk about it.
I'm tired and I just wanna go to sleep.
- Let me walk you. - I have a car coming.
It's been a while since I've done this.
- Done what? - This. Us.
Let's get the record straight, there is no us!
What did you expect? You just come back
- after seven years... - I miss you, okay?
You don't miss me!
If you missed me, you would have come back for me years ago.
If you missed me, you would have picked up the phone
and called me!
Don't come here and act like this sappy bullshit
is what you came here for. You said it yourself...
you came back for your job.
Instead of wasting your time with me...
go try and fix what you have with Junior.
You're more important to him than you are to me.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
MALE REPORTER: Again, we're live
at the Emerson commercial construction site on 108th.
This is the third arson fire in the Harlem neighborhood
in the last few months.
The police say they have no suspects,
but there is an ongoing investigation.
LINDA: There was another fire uptown,
we lost 13 trailers.
How are you doing with community outreach?
Still laying down the groundwork.
I thought these were your people.
Linda, I've been gone for years.
It's gonna take me some time to build a rapport
with the community leaders.
Look, we all know that gentrification
is a dirty word in this city,
but you could be our golden child.
Convince the community leaders we're on their side,
can you do that?
Are we on their side?
Okay, no one visits this neighborhood as it is,
but we could build a new Spanish Harlem
where the business opportunities would be endless.
Plus, they're getting compensated.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
Hey. [GIGGLES]
- Hi. - What you think?
I think this new design is fire, mi rey.
- Yeah? - But, how's she doing?
Chill...
I gotta figure some things out.
But you know me.
I'll take care of it.
How about your brother?
Come on, I mean he's making money now,
maybe he could contribute a couple of dollars to the...
No.
Imma figure it out.
You trust me?
- I trust you. - Okay.
- I'll be back. - Okay.
Okay.
♪ You got running Go baby ♪
[MAN SCREAMS]
[TIO SIGHS]
I wanna show you something.
See this?
This I found still in the recorder.
And it must have been the last thing
your pop was working on.
And this...
is the other thing I recovered from the fire.
Still could be fixed.
Tio, it's beautiful.
Tio, I have to go back to my boss with something.
The people here listen to you.
At least come by and hear what we have to say.
Let me tell you something
about those Emerson people you work for.
They're trying to drive up property value to force us out.
They want you to think that they like us,
or that they want us here, but they don't.
They think we're the reason this place is the way it is.
They think we have no value.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER] - [PHONE RINGING]
Over the next few months, they're gonna buy up
every building on the block.
One thing I know, if one building stands firm...
they can't complete the project.
Yeah, well, easier said than done.
Things have been tough,
some of my students can't even afford classes
and I've been trying to make up the rest
by doing gigs whenever I can.
I haven't been able to pay the mortgage.
Josie, how much do you owe?
- We're in foreclosure. - [GRISELLE GASPS]
RALPHI: Josie, in foreclosure you have two options,
you either buy it back full out cash
or the bank's gonna take it away.
So how much money are we talking about?
- Easy 200 to 300,000 dollars. - GRISELLE: Oh.
Jesus Christ! No one has that kind of money.
Yeah, but what if we get some of the baddest motherfuckers
in the scene to dance with us?
Promoters are gonna wanna support
- and we can get bread from that. - This ain't no Step Up.
- There's no prize money. - [DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
Those events are only about pride.
Pride can go a long way.
Sonny's right, y'all. Ain't a bad idea.
My boy told me about this site where people donate money
to raise funds for things like this.
Whatever we come up with these promoters,
we can blast on social media, try to get the word out.
But at the end of the day, it starts here.
I know we got that Puerto Rican parade coming up.
So you mean to tell me you guys are gonna try
to put a group together overnight,
and expect some glorified salsa routine
to be the moral wakeup call to this neighborhood?
Guys, if you can't find a way to leverage this place
there's no way to save it.
You can't bet your lives on a dance routine.
Why don't you shut the fuck up
- and let us solve this shit? - Junior!
Puneta! At least we doing something!
At the end of the day, it's gonna remind people
that there's something worth preserving here.
We gonna be all right.
There you go.
Now you look familiar.
Nah, B, do that again.
Give us all your back.
Junior, what do you want me to do?
What happened, happened. If I could go back,
I would have done things differently.
- Like what? - GRISELLE: Junior.
Blow pop's money on some yuppie institution?
Are you serious? That's called getting an education.
Nah, B, you forgot where you come from.
You turned your back on your family
- for a fucking payout! - It's ignorant motherfuckers
like you that hold our fucking family back!
- Fuck you! - SONNY: Oh, shit!
[GRISELLE SCREAMING] Stop! Get...
JUNIOR: Get off me!
What the hell's wrong with you two?
- You're still brothers. - JUNIOR: He ain't my brother.
- Fuck you! - Fuck you!
Just walk the hell out!
- Junior! - Keep walking.
GRISELLE: Junior!
What the hell's your problem? He's still your brother.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Junior, baby, stop that shit.
- It's not my fault, G. - Junior!
Calm down.
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry.
That nigga forgot where he's from.
- I ain't forgot. - What the hell's that mean?
I'm doing this for our neighborhood,
I'm doing this for papi, I'm doing this for our people.
I gotta defend my people, I gotta defend you.
Trust me.
I do.
I'm not about to let this neighborhood crumble.
- I know. - You with me?
I'm with you, baby, all the way.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
So I'm here.
I know you always said you love the pastelitos here.
The best in town. So I got these for you.
Thank you.
Look, me bringing up the property acquisitions
in the studio was my way of saying I was sorry.
Sorry that I'm losing the studio?
Or sorry that you've disappeared for the last seven years?
Maybe we could come up with a contingency plan.
I've been handling the studio by myself
for a long time. I don't need your help now.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It's a beautiful thing what you're doing
with those kids.
Reminds me of how pop was with us.
After all that your father did for me...
I couldn't just leave.
Somebody had to carry on his vision.
You see that?
- A lot has changed. - But change isn't always bad.
I don't have a problem with the change
in the neighborhood,
I have a problem with them whitewashing it.
Why can't we be a part of the development?
But that's the idea.
Josie, they don't come in here blind.
They come here with planning, strategy.
And do they put a value on the people they've displaced?
What about the complete lack of respect for the culture
that we've built here?
The music.
The poetry.
The art.
It's all been created right here on these streets.
This change isn't for us...
it's to remove us.
You see, now you sound like Junior.
You know your brother may be a hothead,
but he's not wrong. You may wanna listen
to what he has to say.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
Junior?
Yo, Junior.
Hey, Junior.
Shit, my mistake, I thought you were someone else.
I'm sorry.
[SPANISH SONG CONTINUE PLAYING]
What are you doing?
JUNIOR: I got this. More around back, yo.
RALPHI: Junior, what the hell are you doing?
Why the fuck you following me?
It's you.
You've been vandalizing all of my construction!
Your construction? You grew up here!
Junior, it's complicated! Talk about it, man!
For what, nigga? For what?
So you can look like a fucking hero?
Fuck them and fuck you!
Why don't you do what you do best?
Get the fuck out of here!
You're still my fucking brother, Junior!
[SIRENS BLARING]
[TIRES SCREECHES]
- [SPANISH SONG PLAYING] - [MONITOR BEEPING]
I'm sorry, pop.
I'm sorry, I let you down.
I miss you.
RAMON: I miss you, too.
You know, I met your mother right here on this very street.
They had just started painting this.
I remember you told me.
You were carrying your conga.
She told you how much she loved music.
This was a good home for us.
Apparently I didn't think so.
I didn't expect you not to make mistakes.
I made plenty, believe me.
You need to learn how to forgive yourself, Ralphi.
I can't face my brother.
I still can't face you.
You talk like if we're opponents.
We're all in this together.
And we always will be.
You go to your brother.
You need him.
Junior, I'm so sorry.
- [MONITOR BEEPING] - [RALPHI SNIFFING]
[RALPHI SNIFFLES]
- Leave. - [RALPHI SOBBING]
Junior, please.
[RALPHI SNIFFING]
Leave.
[SOBBING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[PHONE VIBRATING]
G, I can't feel my legs.
I tried to get up to go to the bathroom
and it was like I was half asleep.
[SIGHS]
G, what did the doctors say?
We can talk about it tomorrow.
- Just get some rest, okay? - G...
G, am I paralyzed?
[GRISELLE SOBBING]
[CRYING]
JUNIOR: G...
- take me home. - [BOTH SOBBING]
LINDA: I got a call from London last night asking for an update.
Where were you? I tried you for over an hour.
You asked for community outreach and that's what I'm doing.
- I'm busting my ass! - Fantastic, how are we doing?
Linda, this is the only home some of these people know.
It's one of the few affordable neighborhoods
in the city and we're just asking them
to uproot their lives for nothing.
Nothing? They're getting paid,
that sounds like a really good deal to me.
Yeah, below market share.
This is a business, not a charity.
Look, they're not stupid. They know their property value.
Why don't we include them in the process?
Absorb the spirit of the neighborhood
and try to include it in development efforts.
I'm sorry, are you an advocate for them,
- or do you work for us? - Look, I'm just trying to help.
No! Do your job.
That's what you're being paid for.
[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
JOSIE: Hey.
Hi.
Have you seen Junior's website?
Your brother's always been a hustler.
It's not impossible.
We could put on our own event.
- We? - I can get sponsors.
Then we recruit the best dancers in the area,
plus our own, put on a showcase
to represent the Barrio and try to raise the money.
- JOSIE: Special delivery. - GRISELLE: Hi, mama.
Hi. Tio Julio brought you some good food.
Tio Julio is the man, he's always spoiling me.
I got tostones.
- Oh. - I got pollito.
- JUNIOR: Tio Julio. - Mm-hm. He went all out.
Why don't we go downstairs and have a cafecito?
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
Sonny, let's go.
What's up, Junior?
JUNIOR: What you doing here?
I brought you something.
What's that?
That's pop's last recording.
Where'd you get it?
Tio Julio had it.
You listen to it yet?
I can't.
I thought maybe you'd wanna hear it.
Maybe use it for a show or...
Junior...
look, I know you don't wanna hear this...
but I was scared.
I left because I was scared.
I just didn't know how to deal with it.
I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
You were scared?
How the fuck do you think I felt?
Pop's gone.
You bounced.
You know what that did to me?
After that first night...
I was convinced that you'd be better off without me.
After a few days I thought about it,
and it was just too late. I fucked up!
Tell me the truth.
If your job wouldn't have brought you back
- would you be here? - It doesn't matter.
- It does matter. - This is where I belong.
You're my only piece of family.
Then why the fuck are you working for them, Ralphi?
I know this is gonna sound selfish to you...
but I just don't wanna walk around 24/7
seeing pops everywhere.
Maybe these changes and these renovations
might help me not have that.
What are you saying?
We are pops, this is us.
Junior...
this is bigger than us. Change is gonna happen.
- These people have money. - So that's it.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
I wish I knew what to do, Junior.
I just don't.
It's times like this I wish pops was here.
Me too.
I'm gonna go get the things from the car.
Okay.
You want some water?
I'm gonna get us some water, okay?
Hey Lola, this is, uh, Ralphi.
I don't know if you remember me, Junior's brother.
Um, listen, I really need your help.
I need some dancers for this fundraiser
I'm trying to put together.
Hey, Charlie, this is Junior's brother.
I need some dancer for this fundraiser
I'm trying to put together.
Hey, Larry, I'm looking for dancers.
Um, I know you could help me out,
so just give me a call back whenever you can. Thanks.
The New York Salsa Throw Down is in two weeks.
This could be the event that could help us
- reach our goal. - That sounds great,
but we're missing a girl.
Oh, hell, no. Ralphi, you better handle this, bro.
I'm not dancing with "Purple Rain",
- are you kidding me? - You guys got
- a really special connection. - And ladies love a man in touch
- with his feminine side. - Sensitive men are sexy.
- CHRISTIAN: It's true. - [DOOR OPENS]
Yo Ralphi, let me get the one in the front. With her fine ass.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
RALPHI: You do know that you're keeping the dirt
in the same spot, right?
[RALPHI LAUGHS]
Did it really have to be a red bucket?
Traumatized.
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[APPLAUDING]
[ALL CHEERING]
MAN: Yeah!
ALL: Aww!
MAN: Get on with it, bro!
[ALL CHEERING]
You better post up. [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Yo, for real, you better start sharing that shit.
- That is really good. - This is good, huh?
[CONGA PLAYING]
Yo, do you hear that?
Sounds nice, huh?
- Yo, let's go check that out. - Let's go.
Hold this and don't eat my shit.
Yes, nigga.
All right, Junior, we're here, bro.
- You good? - Yeah, I'm good.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
Buckethead, you doing good.
Oh, what's this?
RALHPI: Yo, why you always touching everything?
PlayStation or what?
You're always touching everything.
- Yo, give me a job, son. - Can you make it through here?
- Give me a job. - That's why I got you.
Yo, we gonna throw mad parties in here.
- Just one, just one big one. - [JUNIOR CHUCKLES]
- Yo, so I got you something. - That's me.
But I need your help. So check it out first.
Ralph.
How?
Tio Julio had it all these years.
I mean, it was all banged up and... and not playable,
but I took it and I got it restored.
So what you need?
Yo, I need you to coach me.
- Need me to coach you? - Bro, just like pop used to.
- You wanna bring the red bucket? - Really, bro?
You gotta bring that fucking red bucket out again?
- I got you, man. - All right, let's do it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
[SIGHS]
[SPANISH SONG CONTINUE PLAYING]
So I like this.
You with me.
Me too.
[DOOR KNOCKING]
- RALPHI: I gotta get this. - [DOOR KNOCKING]
- [DOOR OPENS] - LINDA: Put some pants on.
RALPHI: Linda, what the hell are you doing here?
So this is what you've been doing
instead of answering your calls?
My private life has nothing to do with you.
It does when it affects your performance.
Mr. Emerson didn't want you on this job.
I vouched for you,
and now I find out you're playing both sides?
It's not what you think.
I think it's time for me to go.
Yeah, I think that's a great idea.
Josie, wait.
What's wrong with you, Linda? Don't disrespect her like that.
What was your brother doing on one of our sites?
Junior has nothing to do with those fires.
Don't insult my intelligence.
I am not losing my career over your carelessness.
So here's what's gonna happen.
In three days I present a proposal to the board
of why we're moving forward despite setbacks.
You will stay silent during that meeting.
The only reason you're there
is because if you're not, Mr. Emerson will ask questions
and that will reflect badly on me.
Once the board has approved my proposal,
you will wait a few days and tender your resignation.
Do you have any fucking clue what's going on north of 104th?
Have you ever been out there at all?
You know what's really sad?
You could have created impactful change
for your community.
Instead you pissed away your chance.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
♪ Get money, get money Get, get money, get money ♪
- ♪ Get, get money, get money ♪ - ♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Get money, get money Get, get money, get money ♪
- ♪ Get, get money, get money ♪ - ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ Listen to the first verse ♪ - ♪ Watch out now ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
You must be the arsonist.
- [SPEAKING SPANISH] - Excuse me?
I'm sorry, let me translate.
What I said was, you must be really proud
that it's landed on the shoulders
of a homegrown, rice and bean eating,
bodega dreaming, salsero from the hood
to close this deal for you, huh?
I mean who else is gonna get through to us locals?
We'll do just fine without that man,
without your brother.
Pendeja.
What's up, Junior?
[SPEAKING SPANISH] What you doing?
What's it look like I'm doing?
Nigga, I just left your office.
- You got canned? - I gotta go in and do
a presentation tomorrow and then I'm out.
Ralph, that's bullshit, you ain't no quitter.
Whatever, they could kiss my ass.
Ralph, shit's going down regardless.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Not you, or me, we know that.
But if things are gonna change,
and if Emerson's gonna do it,
you gotta go down swinging.
You're our only voice in that room,
make that shit heard.
You have to make it heard.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [MAN LAUGHING] - [WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
- CHILD: Mami, mami! - [CHILDREN LAUGHING]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
Good morning.
As of 5:00 p.m. today,
Emerson owns your little dance studio.
Owns our studio? What are you talking about?
The bank approved our bid, there were multiple competitors,
but we won, so you have 24 hours
to get all of your crap out of there.
Oh, I still expect you at that meeting!
Fucking pendeja, man!
This is it.
- We can't quit now. - Quit?
We lost, it's over.
Yo, we still gonna do this.
Studio or no studio, we good.
Look, guys, this is all my fault.
Yo, they could turn off all these lights
and tear all this shit down.
But no matter how much they control,
we still gonna shine.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
MAN: Hey man, what's happening? Come on in!
Let's go!
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
- You ready to work? - Let's get this money, go.
- Let's go. - [GRISELLE CLAPS]
[CROWD CHEERING]
RALPHI: Tonight, we're here to re-invest
in this beautiful neighborhood.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Some of you guys knew my father, Ramon Matas.
Some of you actually learned your first basic in that studio.
He used to always remind me...
"Never forget where you come from."
- [CROWD APPLAUDS] - MAN: Yeah!
So we signed onto this...
because we truly believe...
that we could help save a part of this culture.
This isn't about us.
And right now, you and every salsero
in the world do what you do...
because of what started on these streets.
So I ask you...
if you like what you're going to see tonight...
and you believe in this cause, donate and share.
It's like my father always said...
"This music, this dance...
connects us from the very first beat...
to the very last echo."
And that last echo...
has yet to be heard and tonight...
that beat has just begun.
- Thank you. - [CROWD CHEERING]
Go Ralphi!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
[SPANISH SONG CONTINUE PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
- ♪ Everybody ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ I will swing it now ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ Body swinging now ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ That means pretty ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ You're joking about ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ Swing it baby ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ Swing it now, yeah ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
- ♪ Everybody ♪ - ♪ Okay ♪
♪ Okay all now ♪
[SONG CONTINUE IN SPANISH]
[UPBEAT SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
♪ What good is a castle Way high upon a hill ♪
♪ If you're chained down And you're crippled ♪
♪ And you're six stories high ♪
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
LINDA: Ladies and gentleman, Mr. Emerson, Corrine,
I am so excited to present to you today
the new proposal for the SPAHA Development.
I'm sorry, I can't stand behind this plan.
Mr. Emerson...
Ralph, go ahead.
You know, for years the people of Spanish Harlem
were told they didn't belong.
But they were the ones working hard everyday
to rebuild that community.
Nobody lifted a finger to help them, nobody.
Which is what makes SPAHA so different.
We are the only
development project that actually cares
about these people, that are doing things
- for their benefit. - That's just the talking point.
The reality is there is 50 percent
of residents spending half, if not all of their income,
just to pay rent.
I think we all agree that change is inevitable, right?
Right, and what, perhaps Mr. Matas,
- you don't understand... - No, Linda,
what you don't understand. There needs to be balance.
We need to bring the focus back to the people, period.
We go about our day thinking that we're doing
the neighborhood good.
But those of us running these companies
and pushing rezoning,
do it without living their reality.
Excuse me.
LINDA: What are you...
I wanna counter the company's offer
and buy back the studio.
A hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars?
It's just a deposit.
We have 260 people donate to help save the studio,
including my own savings.
Mr. Emerson,
- I am so sorry, I had no id... - Linda, please let him speak.
Guys, please, calm down, all right?
Look, the location of that dance studio
- is far too valuable. - But...
No, we are not going to give you back the studio.
Well, may be some old dance studio to you,
for us...
it's home.
It kept us off the streets.
It kept us alive.
Ralph Matas, wait a minute, I remember your father.
Raymond.
- It's Ramon. - Ah, yes, uh, Ramon.
[SIGHS] He was a special character,
- he really was. - Sir...
you have two choices.
Put more value on the location...
or the people living in the community.
I'm betting on the people.
Let me ask you this, Mr. Emerson...
how hard would you fight
for everything your father believed in?
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
RAMON: A wise man once said...
"The only way to make sense out of change
is to plunge into it."
Move with it and join the dance.
What once was our search has now become home.
And as new faces move within us,
we can't settle with letting them move on
without us.
For too long we've been still...
frightened by the pace of change...
unfamiliar with the steps...
content with the rhythm of what's always been.
That's not our style.
We're not wallflowers.
We are Latinos.
The world introduces a new step...
and we make it our own.
The music still plays in our souls
and as the pride beats in our hearts,
we plunge ourselves once more into the unknown.
Because we are not here just to move.
We are here to lead.
♪ I pray for better days So pray ♪
RAMON: We are not here just to dance.
We are here...
to shine.
♪ 'Cause I was the only way ♪
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la... ♪
[SPANISH SONG PLAYING]
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