Tamera.
Tamera!
I'm under here.
Tamera, what are you
still doing in bed?
You're going
to be late for school.
I'm not going.
What's wrong?
Time...
Life... destiny.
Tamera, does this
have anything to do
with your university
registration forms
thrown all over the place?
I was up till 3:00 A.M. trying
to figure those things out.
- There are over 800 classes
- to choose from.
There are fewer choices
on the s.A.T.
I finished mine last Monday.
Have a good time at college.
It's just one little
simple form, tamera.
Now, you see, Tia
that's where you're wrong.
It's just a first of an
endless string of forms
that will make up
the rest of our lives...
Job applications, tax forms
loan papers,
wedding licenses,
death certificates.
I don't think
you get to fill out
your own death certificate.
Tia, you're missing the point.
Once we get out of high school
we're going to have to face
the cold, cruel world on our own
and I'm not ready.
I just want to hide
under the covers
and be a kid for
the rest of my life.
Yeah, well, I have
one thing to say to you.
Move over.
Oh, look.
The student store.
So many memories,
so many skittles.
Ooh, look, look, look!
The water fountain.
What can I say?
We shared so many
refreshing times.
Tamera, what are you doing?
What you should all be doing...
Cherishing the moments.
Hello, locker.
Girl, what's with your sister?
She's been talking
to everything in the hall.
- I heard her say hello
- to a bench.
She's on an "I want
to stay in high school
and not go to college" kick.
Guys, there is nothing wrong
with wanting
to stay in high school...
- Where everything's
- the same.
Hey, tamera.
And everybody knows your name.
Ooh! I know that song.
Yo, wait, wait.
Don't tell me.
He'll be a while.
Now, listen, tamera
you're just a little freaked
about leaving high school.
It's normal.
You feel the same?
Girl, please
I already have my college
wardrobe on layaway.
Hi, daddy.
- Hi.
- What you doing?
Open-heart surgery.
Oh, dad.
Dad...
Hmm?
Would you read me the funnies...
Like you used to?
Sure.
Okay, how much money
do you need?
I don't need anything.
I just miss the good old days.
Okay.
Here we go.
Okay, let's find "blondie."
Aw, boy, that dagwood
was cool, wasn't he?
Hmm.
No "blondie."
Let's try "Steve canyon."
Can't go wrong with Steve.
Mm-hmm.
That's not in here either.
Who the heck is "dilbert"?
Oh, hey, guys.
You're supposed
to be studying with us.
Have some pizza.
I'll pass on the studying.
Study, or you don't pass.
If you don't pass,
you don't graduate.
If I don't graduate,
I'll stay in high school.
Ooh, happy days marathon!
Now, you see,
if Richie Cunningham
can stay in high school
for ten years, so can I.
Tamera doesn't want to graduate?
Don't listen to her, tyreke.
She's graduating.
I know that's right
'cause I'm not having
a stupid girlfriend
who didn't graduate
from high school.
Just ain't me.
Oh, I'm sorry, dog.
I didn't mean it like that.
I didn't mean to diss you.
I didn't graduate.
It's no biggie.
So we straight?
Yeah, we straight.
- You sure?
- Positive.
- Really?
- Now I'm getting mad.
I should shut up?
Yes. Don't you guys
have some studying to do?
You should get to it.
Yeah. Good idea.
Tamera, let's go.
And pass watching fonzie
get his library card?
No, thanks.
Okay, but don't you
come crying to me
trying to cram all by yourself
talking about,
" Tia, who's Malcolm the tenth?"
Tia, she'll come around.
Steven and I came up
with the b*mb way
for us to remember stuff
for our black history final.
You ready, baby?
Yeah. Hit it.
Give me a little b*at.
Oh, b*at.
Hey!
Steven:
Aw, that was tight!
That was tight!
Y'all was jamming
like schoolhouse rock.
Guys, that was so much fun.
Let's throw down with
some black history bowl.
Me and diavian against
Jordan and Steven.
Cool. We gon' win.
There's only one thing
I have trouble remembering.
Sojourner truth...
What did she do?
Sojourner truth
was the abolitionist
- who established
- the first black regiment
Right here in Michigan.
You don't have
to graduate to read.
We got tyreke, too.
Hey, dad, Lisa.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hey, tamera.
Oh, would you guys like
some help with the chili?
I thought you had
a big history final
to study for.
Nope. I'm going
to be a kid forever.
Oh, girl, now, you know
you can't do that.
Why not?
You've been 29 forever.
Ray, I'm not even going
to respond to that.
Honey, we all go through a phase
where we all wish that
we could stop time.
Look at Ray's hair.
He's still living in the '70s.
But you, honey, you
have to move forward.
Hey, daddy,
can you please make me
a fried Bologna sandwich?
Honey, Lisa may have a point
except for that part
about my hair.
Remember, girls
who don't grow up
have to listen to their
daddies lecture them forever.
I remember when I had
to walk to school in snow.
Uh, maybe I will
go check out
the study group.
Oh, honey, would you pass me
that towel before you leave?
I am making a mess here.
Here you go.
The part about
walking through the snow
was a nice touch, wasn't it?
Mm-hmm.
One day, she's going to realize
you grew up in Arizona.
The first black woman
licensed pilot?
- Both:
- Bessie Coleman.
The first woman of any color
- to become
- a self-made millionaire?
Madame c.J. Walker.
Madame c.J. Walker.
You know, we're playing, too.
The brother that performed
the world's
first open-heart surgery?
- Both:
- Daniel hale Williams!
Aw, man,
you said "brother."
Right there
you let them know
it was a black man.
Jordan, it's black history.
They all brothers.
Wrong. Some of them
were sisters.
And think about it.
- In god's eyes,
- we're all brothers and sisters.
Jordan...
I'm in the middle
of saying something.
Now, I was just saying...
I'm finished. Go on.
And the last question...
The first African American
to play baseball
in the major league?
Both:
Jackie Robinson!
For the Brooklyn Dodgers
April 15, 1947,
ebbets field, Brooklyn.
Ha! In your face!
Jordan, the girls still won.
Yeah. By seven.
Why do y'all got to get
so intense about everything?
It was just a little game.
Aw, man, let it go.
I'm glad my baby won.
This studying group
is really helping
and I think I'm ready
to fly solo.
Steven:
Not me.
This studying's a pain.
- How can you complain
- when people like Harriet tubman
Weren't even allowed
to go to school?
If it were me
would I have had all the courage
to do what all those people did?
Probably not.
Excuse me?
Jordan, Harriet tubman
wasn't like us.
She was an extraordinary woman.
I've read all about her.
Jordan:
And you're saying
because people like her
were extraordinary
they weren't human?
They never had any doubts
or got frustrated or scared?
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
You realize that's wack, right?
I realize I'm wasting my time
arguing with you
when I could be
in my comfortable bed
where I plan to sleep carefree
for the rest of my life.
Tamera, what about the final?
Who cares about history?
Girl, that attitude
will come back
to haunt you.
You're just afraid
to go to college.
La-la-la! I can't hear you!
Oh, you've just got cold feet.
That's all I'm saying.
Jordan:
Tamera, you're just afraid
to go to college.
Tia:
I'm ready to fly solo.
- Ray:
- Open-heart surgery.
Tyreke:
Step up to the plate.
Lisa:
I'm making a mess here.
Steven:
This is giving me a major pain.
- Diavian: - Girl, that attitude's
going to come back to haunt you...
To haunt you...
To haunt you...
Woman:
Chil'ren now
I'm trying to sleep.
Pardon. I thought i'd
rented me a single room
but I doesn't mind
sharing with you.
Who are you?
I's Harriet tubman.
What's going on?
I was just in my safe, warm bed
in Detroit in 1998.
Calm yourself, honey.
You was just having
you a bad dream.
Everything's fine now.
This is Philadelphia
and it's 1849.
Well, gee, I feel
a lot better now.
So... Harriet,
are you getting ready
to take
the underground railroad
back to the south?
The south don't hold
nothing for a runaway sl*ve
but a trip to the grave.
I'm staying here where I'm safe.
But you've got to go back
or things may never change.
Don't you realize?
There are a lot of slaves
counting on you
to lead them to the north.
You could be their only hope.
Girl, I'm nobody's hope.
I'm just one colored woman
that god saw fit
to help to the north.
Excuse me.
Well, what about your husband?
He's still back there.
I do miss my John.
He's a good man.
Harriet, don't you want John
to know freedom, too?
Of course I do.
Everybody should know freedom.
And you already know the path.
So why don't you go back
and show them the way?
Fetch me that lamp.
If I'm going to do this,
I need to make me a map.
Man:
Hurry, nurse.
Bring that lamp
closer to the patient.
Oh, my gosh!
What happened to him?
Kn*fe fight.
Laceration to the heart.
Is he going to die?
I don't know.
There's nothing else I can do.
Well, of course there is.
You can open him up
and suture his heart.
That's nonsense.
No one has ever performed
a successful heart surgery.
Sure they have.
Noah wyle did it
last week on E.R.
Young lady...
I founded this hospital...
The first
colored-owned hospital.
You're Dr. Daniel
hale Williams.
Yes, and I'm not about
to risk my reputation
on voodoo medicine.
But you can't give up.
If you'd done that
- African Americans
- wouldn't have this hospital.
African Americans?
Has a nice ring to it.
Dr. Williams...
You can save this man's life.
Very well.
But I'm going to need your help.
Here.
You will?
Yes.
Um... can I sit down
for a second?
The room is
starting to spin.
I'm going to need
a nurse in here.
Put your head between
your knees and a cold cloth
on your neck.
Woman:
That's it, honey,
keep breathing.
Feeling better?
I'm not sure.
Well, whatever you do
don't throw up.
This is a new vest.
You're bessie Coleman!
That's right.
I can't believe
I'm actually flying with you.
You get your license yet?
Heck, no.
What?!
Nowhere in the U.S.
Will they let a colored woman
get a pilot's license.
I am pretty darned steamed.
Oh, don't get mad!
Go to Paris.
Coleman:
What?
Paris!
You can go to France
and get your pilot's license
and become a star.
- Coleman:
- I like the sound of that.
You can be the first black
female to get a license.
I'll do it.
And kiddo...
It's time for you
to fly on your own, too.
What did you say?
Man, thank goodness
they use fabric softener.
Hey...
I know you.
You're Jackie Robinson.
Look, kid, you wasted your time
sneaking in here.
You don't want my autograph.
- I'm sorry. I know
- you're busy getting psyched
For your first
major league game.
Hardly.
I don't think I can
make myself go out there.
What?
Oh, but you have to.
There's thousands of great
athletes counting on you.
Yeah, and there are thousands
of white faces out there
rooting against me.
But you're going to become
one of the greatest players
of all time.
Now...
You get in that outfield
and start shagging flies.
I play second base.
Whatever.
Now, just remember
as long as you know
you can do it
nothing else matters.
Tell that to the crowd.
No, you tell them.
Better yet...
Go show them.
I guess you can't always stay
where it's safe.
You got to move on, right?
Let's just keep this
on you, okay?
Hand me a towel, kid.
Woman:
Hurry up with
that towel, child.
I'm making a mess here.
Madame c.J. Walker?
No need to be so formal.
Call me miss Sarah.
So... this is
where it all started?
Yeah, uh-huh.
This is where I was silly enough
to think that I could make up
a batch of something
to stop us colored women
from going bald.
You here for a refund?
No.
Going bald?
Mm-hmm.
I was talking about
how you revolutionized
black hair care.
You know, the Walker system.
The pomade
the shampoo, the hot combs?
I'm throwing you
out of my kitchen
if you don't stop
talking so crazy.
Madame c.J...
Who?
Sarah...
That's going to make you
the first self-made female
millionaire in this country.
Honey, I'm the daughter
of sharecroppers.
I've been a washerwoman
for 18 years.
Does that sound like the makings
of a millionaire to you?
It does if you believe it does.
But you know, you might
have something there.
Lord knows, women will
spend money on their hair.
Give me that book.
Trying a new formula?
Trying a new gumbo recipe.
I've got to eat me something
if I'm going to be
the first millionaire.
Here you go...
Oh, and here I go, too.
No thanks.
I won't be needing that book.
Why not?
Because I'm not sure
if I'm ready to go to college.
I'm only 15.
Maybe I'll just
stay here in my bed
for the rest of my life.
Really?
I was thinking
about doing the same thing.
In my bed of course.
Not yours.
Right, right.
So...
What college
are you not going to?
University of Michigan.
You?
Morehouse.
Guess those schools
will just have
to go on without us.
Yes, they will.
My dad is all about
going to college.
You should hear my father
go on about it.
Why can't I just be
a average guy?
Right.
Plain ol' tamera Campbell.
And plain ol' Martin king.
Martin Luther King?
Oh, no. That's my dad.
I'm Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boy, you got to go to college.
You're going
to change the world.
I don't think so.
Take this suitcase
and get going.
Why do I have
to go to college and you don't?
- I'm not going to have a holiday
- named after me.
In my dreams.
Exactly.
Martin, because of your dreams
one day, people won't be judged
by their skin color...
But by what's inside.
Wow.
That's a powerful thought.
I'm not sure if the wording's
quite right, but...
Well, feel free
to tweak it a bit.
Well...
I guess I'm off.
Good luck.
And good luck to you
at Michigan.
Now hold up.
I didn't say I was going...
These historical figures
are wearing me out.
Girl:
Wake up, tamera.
Time to get up.
Lisa?
You're going to miss your final
if you don't get to vulcanatin'.
Get to whattin'?
Sorry. 21st century slang.
You'll pick it up.
Who are you?
It doesn't matter who I am.
But I sure know you.
You're tamera Campbell.
This is where
you grew up in Detroit.
You have a twin named Tia.
You went to Roosevelt high...
Okay, now what's going on?
Your black history final.
Now hurry up, because
you have to graduate.
You have things to accomplish
in the future.
Am I famous?
Do I invent something?
Cure something?
Free somebody?
Let's say you make a difference.
I make a difference?
I make a difference.
Whoa.
Let me ask you this.
Do I ace the final?
B-minus.
All right!
Mission accomplished.
Tia?
Tia! Wake up!
We got a final to take.
The world is waiting.
Let's get to vulcanatin'.
It's just the first
of an endless string of forms
that is going to go on...
The first black woman
to get a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman...
Bessie Johnson...
Why not?
You've been a...
Freeze and they won't know
anything happened.
Okay.
- Just freeze
- and I'll pick it up.
Three feet of it.
Freeze and they won't notice.
Okay.
05x18 - I Have a Dream
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Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.
Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.