thank you for joining us on this holiday weekend. i hope yours are safe and filling. i am monica cabrera. up next is anthony bourdain "parts unknown." when you can't get through this town down there. eight or ten coal mines down at one time. >> let's go. >> it is the same every single week. there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positives. they see us as ignorants or

hillbilli hillbillies. there is a lot of good people here. when you walk in the tunnel, you better have vision. you got some ground to make up. >> let's go. ♪

a >> anthony: new york city, where i live. this is what america looks like. things that are important to me are important to everybody. every place else is out there, unthinkable. maybe even unknowable. 600 miles away from midtown manhattan is west virginia, another america. the heart of god, guns and trump country.

the exitend shl enemy. ♪ >> my daddy always tells me that those tornados can't get to us. here, if you see the skies, you got to look up. ♪ ♪ you can't find me on the highest mountains ♪ ♪ you can't find me in the black coal mine ♪ ♪ >> anthony: a place that looks

like this, the unthinkable. why can't these coal miners get retain retrained. why do these conservative people vote for a billionaire, new yorker. i went to west virginia and you know what -- screw you. >> he here in the heart of everybody i ever mocked and fought against, i was welcomed by opened arms by everyone. i found a place both heartbreaking and beautiful. a place that symbolizes containing everything wrong and everything wonderful and hopeful about america. ♪ the town of welsh. the town known as little new york. >> it is a rural area, it is an hour away from walmart.

if that tells you anything, it is a really old historic town built in the 1800. >> anthony: a place where generations of immigrants and dreamers could work and lift up their family. >> the town of welch. the sidewalks were so crowded there would be traffic backed up like a mile. you could not find a place to park. we had taxi cab stands and three jewelry stores. it was a wonderful place. >> anthony: the rest of the country took a lot of money out of these hills over the decade. billions and billions of dollars. when it became cheaper and more convenient to pull a coal, we needed to pull our electrical grid and make our steel elsewhere. this was what was left behind. this is not a poverty poor

shell. do not pity these people here. >> i drank coffee from the time i could walk. they put coffee in your bottle, coffee or wine. >> a true daughter of appalacha. >> our family was from naples. >> yes, i came here 1923. my mother died when i was five. we went to live with my noona. this is the dish that my noona cooked during hunting season with squirrels. these are not squirrels. it is with chicken. >> now, i don't measure anything. nothing has a recipe here.

>> anthony: home kitchen garden and hunting and gathering. >> oh, makes mama dance. now, this is what i am favorite for. have you ever had spaghetti pizza? the tomato sauce was made with jowls. the farm supplies the local school systems. >> the people here are very good. they give you their shirt off their back and come together in times of tragedy or anything. >> anthony: christian value means something here. they practice in the streets and homes. linda runs a food bank that holds many lives here during tough lives.

16,000 people walk through these doors annually. >> gracious god we are thankful for this day to give food out again. watch us and protect us and help us keep cool our heads. >> father we pray with the food we are about to eat to nourish our bodies, amen in the name of christ. >> amen. >> this is our home. we love it here. we are very close to our church, everybody knows everybody. they're all dying now but we are still hanging on, are we, honey? >> yeah. >> anthony: was there any sizable italian american community here in the past? oh, yeah, a lot of immigrants from different countries came here. >> we have gone from 100,000 to 12,000. >> in the county itself as a

last census. >> anthony: this is a grim statistic of the cole that came out of this area built america. >> mcdowel county alone was called a billion dollar coal field. the people in charge at the time didn't take advantage of all that money in case something did happen to the coal mine. >> west virginia is developing strong entrepreneur movement and a lot of people don't know about. like with joey, he started a entrepreneur growth. not blaming hers for their problems, just trying to solve their own. a lot of people that's really doing a lot of good that we don't hear about. >> this is our pumpkin pie cake, have you ever had it? >> you probably won't like it, we'll take your spot. >> the last coal mine i worked at, i made basal e salary of $94,000 a year. most of the kids, i don't need this, i am going to go to the coal mine.

>> there is an education piece there that we try to instill to people, still have the mentality that coal is king. we don't doubt that. we try to think outside the box and look at other opportunities that may be there. >> the job that i have right now it is one of the best other than the few guys that work at the coal mines. operate the school bus. >> anthony: i mentioned god, guns and trust. >> kaeep all physicals. >> anthony: i forgot another big one, football. >> i graduated there 1976. >> anthony: the town perpetual under dogs and mostly children

of minors. this week is homecoming. coach larry thompson has a way of hosting and hiring higher academics. there are high hopes. >> livermore, thank you for the food we are about to receive. bless these young men and young women as they play out the field. jesus, i pray, amen. >> anthony: locals put together baked potatoes, chicken. >> they got a long day, 4:45 a.m. to 7:00. they go through a lot. >> anthony: how many generation of coal in your family? >> at least five. >> anthony: coach mike anderson is second in command. >> coal? any other family? >> trash man is a common job in my family. >> don't feel bad, trash man

make more money than teachers do. >> anthony: they're in my ways are typical mountain view players with students of hopes and dreams like any other. >> how big of a deal thinks game and what you guys do? >> there is not a lot of resources here. you can kind of fuel the jury that lingers around the community. now, the work ethics they put in, you can show the support. we daid a few outreach work. >> anthony: how did football change your life? >> it gives me something to do. >> some of these guys changed 100%. they had no guidance and discipline. they had outside forces that could pull them in a different direction. they know how life is going to go for them. as a team and relying on each

other, their limits are out of this world. >> anthony: i am pretty sure you would make big money working on coal. you don't have that kind of guarantee now, what do you see yourself in ten years? >> journalism. i hope to study my phd to be chemical engineer. >> i am definitely going to be a neuro psychology. >> anthony: what's tougher? life or football? >> life. there is no time to life. >> there is no limit. >> that was a really good answer. >> anthony: love thy brother is one thing, these guys want to win. they need to win and everyone will be watching. ♪

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them boys say west virginia girls are gold diggers. them boys should know better because in west virginia, there ain't no gold, just black, black coal. and them girls, them west virginia girls don't take no ha handouts. they got to live and make and stripping this hard work. >> anthony: west virginia was settled by people who were fleeing persecutions, by homesteaders, people just want to live their lives their own way. to discover a vast coal reserve, the business that goes around it changes everything. >> boom, boom, them girls shake

it. boom, boom, them girls dance. them boys know some of them west virginia girls can't count so they laugh and call their names like crazy like -- just after they take all their minerals, right? boom, boom, she was wrong. boom, boom, forever gone. boom, boom, them boys, them girls, them mountains mountains -- explode. ♪ >> anthony: what is right? what is wrong?

what is mine and what gets taken away? the town of war understands this dynamic well. it is a former coal and timber cap have paid more than its dues. >> works for me, this gravy, two eggs up and i am a happy man. >> anthony: the war cafe is one of the few family owned businesses left in town. >> it is an obvious new yorker arrive in town first question, why not self-service. i have been the furthest reaches of the arabian deserts. >> the mountains is hard to get signals down in every valley. >> anthony: nick mullens working in public outreach trying to help people transition away from fossil fuels. >> i try to call an balanambula here, they don't deliver babies at the hospital anymore. >> anthony: the oscar nominated,

born and raise in west virginia. gun rights are important? it sounds threatening. >> both sides are saying the same thing and both sides are threatened by each other. i know a majority of people live in the region wants to be left alone of the traditions in this place and things that we value whether it is family or personal communication or not having cell phone technology to distract us. it is why we have always been looked at as being backwards. >> being part of the media living here is a big challenge. rarely like people myself are the ones that control our narrative and our story. >> anthony: right.

it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda at the moment was. lazy depiction of stereotypicas. >> you are going to see dirty faced kids and barefoot on a front porch shaking lyndon b. johnson's hand. >> anthony: lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? the press tour portraying the people here as incapable and bewildered helpless mass. the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> when you come in and keep telling us how poor and fat and all these things are, we felt at

some point changed. >> anthony: what do people don't know that they are not getting? >> it has been said but not hit home. it is how much that people in this area have been exploited? >> the land agency came in and bought all the mineral rod. the coal and timber company started extracting taking everybody's rights. >> who is the miner in this group? who is it? stand up. you are all standing up anyway. 9 million pills. one pharmacy. >> there were some political figures that comes through.

>> by and large, the industry does not really want that? why would they? if somebody can live here and make a similar living wage and not having to risk their lives, they're not going to. democrats are not understanding the problem here. >> i want to know how you could say you are putting a lot of coal miners out of jobs and telling us -- >> i don't think people understand how genuine these people are in these mountains. people who worked all their lives and sacrificed so much for their families. >> anthony: you can't talk about west virginia without talking about coal. coal ace complex issue here, tied into the self-issue and family pride for the people who worked in the mines for generations. >> coal mine is something else.

you got the take care of yourself in there. >> that fan is blowing about 200,000 cubic feet of air. when you go in there, you know -- you don't know when you will see outside again. >> today we are going about 5,000 feet. >> anthony: 5,000 feet deep. >> yeah. it is a little bumpy ride in places. >> anthony: the foreman, the mine in kimball. >> watch your head.

>> anthony: so this is all our steel. >> yes. >> and the average weight of a miner is 60% greater than the average weight of all labor in the united states. that's phenomenal. >> anthony: wow. >> the people of mcdowel county want mine jobs. >> there is no bar. >> anthony: wow. >> we want to gather for the opportunity and keeping us safe. amen. >> amen. >> what do you got? >> oh, i may put my sandwich back here if you got bare meat. >> that's delicious.

>> >> anthony: do you think the country as a whole understand the coal business and what it is all about? >> no. >> when you travel from new york to here whether you are on a boat or plane or car, it is because of a mine. >> anthony: mine causes damage of the environment. what can't be grown must be mined. there ain't no cell phone without mines some where. >> anthony: anybody think it is going to come back big time like 30 years ago? >> my personal opinion, every time a republican's in it, it goes up. >> anthony: this used to be a solidly democratic state. what do you think trump attractive, three times married. >> that's it. >> hillary shows up here and she openly says she's going to put a lot of coal miners out of work. wrong answer. >> anthony: how many kids do you

have? >> i got three. >> six. >> anthony: other options. when you recommend that they join the family business? >> no sir. >> anthony: you would say no. >> everybody here, their dads who worked in the coal mines, probably telling your son not to go. you are going to tell them no. if they do it, i am proud. from the stickers we put on our buckets and our hats and my coffee mug there passed down. i don't mess that thing up. my son knows it is going to be his. >> anthony: when you retire, where would you like to go? >> i don't know where i am going -- i will lay back on my couch for a while. ♪

♪ i am going to walk to ♪ to the river ♪ my working day is over ♪ ♪ >> anthony: we should let the miners move and find some other work. what other work? the state's biggest employer is walmart. ♪ ♪ ♪ i am baptized in your name ♪ >> anthony: whatever your views, respect these people and what they do and what they are paid. ♪

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>> anthony: wow, what a spread. atvs and supporting industry are up and coming for tourists. there are thousands of miles and tl trails running in the hills for this. m mot motor sports park. we found stuff. >> anthony: straight up. >> the last 30 feet of the hill was actually vertical. the hill was not momentum to skip and lay on top. that's why you got to have all the horsepower. >> too much power can get you in trouble also. >> horsepower is not always the key of success but a lot of fun. >> hopefully you can come back and try to barbecue thing.

♪ >> anthony: guns are a fact of life around here. whether to defend your isolated home or get yourself dinner when there is no place else to get it or the fun of shooting stuff. the feeling that gun ownership is an absolutely right and mutable and non-negotiable. >> the nice guy next door. >> it is the only kind that reduce recoils. >> anthony: they own a home business that design and built custom weapons.

>> safety off. three, two, one. >> anthony: to be clear, these are fully automatic firearms. they can't be purchased legally by individuals anywhere. as they are in the business, these guys can apply for special highly vetted atf licenses for testing. >> anthony: that was a lot of fun. to the child, what can i say? >> who wants to blow up pumpkins? >> it makes it explosive. >> some are small and some are big. you only know it when you see it. >> anthony: oh, surprise. i love et. >> three, two, one. >> anthony: whatever you feel about gun rights or access to weapons, there is an undeniable

visceral thrill to blowin blowing -- up. people who like guns liked them for a reason. >> how much of america right there? >> anthony: not mine. >> with or without cheese. >> anthony: wow, nice selection. >> that's what i will have. >> god, we thank you for this day and liberties and freedom. >> amen. >> anthony: everybody is born and bled here? >> lisa is from california. it was the first time i shot a gun. >> show him our arm? >> yeah, she him your tat. >> she got an ak tat. >> no matter how long i have gone, i always come back. i load the jeep and stay out

there for seven days. can't do that anymore. >> that's one of the greatest things of west virginia, we can enjoy whatever we want to enjoy. i am not trying to source my opinion on anybody else. with that being said, we'll defend ours. >> anthony: i was guessing. >> i grew up in an environment, you see somebody at the super market carrying a handgun, that would be cause for a red alert. do you think there can be common ground between somebody who grew up absolutely thinking guns are bad things. >> i would say no. >> anthony: you are an honest man and i appreciate it. >> i am a responsible gun owner, why should i be crippled in what i am able to do as far as protecting my family. >> anthony: look, i hear ya. there is a fair people in this world who would too dumb to pull piss out of a boot. they still got their license but should they be driving?

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♪ >> anthony: what is halla? >> it is where everybody is united. everybody sticks with one another and take up for one another. ♪ >> anthony: a single mother of four children, inherit strengths of the people around here. where do you find them, on the

trees or underground. >> trees. you will watch for movement. >> anthony: she and her best friend hunt together, raise kids together and do their best to get by in a changing world that can get very hard. >> we got to keep our eyes to tame others. >> anthony: they're good eating, rattlesnake? >> i have never eaten one. >> anthony: when you first go hunting, how old are you? >> about six. i just love this place. having a bad day, i go to the mountains, it changes.

♪ >> my mom used to cook squirrel. >> anthony: everybody here calls lola mom. >> 58 years, born and raised here. >> anthony: she often cooks and helps look after the kids. >> fried potatoes. >> anthony: lola does her best to look after her. that's what people do here. >> thank you for the food and bless thy that fix the food.

>> thank you for having me. >> i have been waiting all day for this. >> anthony: you are working on a farm? >> yes. the land is usually useless. we are trying to make a purpose, pumpkin and watermelons, we are trying to figure out what we are grilling on. for about eight years, i can probably get a job now but i don't want to mess up a good thing. what do you think about that squirrel? >> anthony: oh, man, it is good. >> they call them loud and wonderful west virginia. >> anthony: you girls are how old? >> nine, eight, six and three. >> taught any of them to shoot yet? >> all of them. >> anthony: all of them. >> she kill big one last year. >> anthony: how big? you dragged it out of the wood

yourself? dress it and cook it? >> yep. >> we don't rely on anybody. >> we are not a bunch of pregnant women. >> anthony: what's the best thing about test test pregnant women bare-footed with no teeth. i got all mine, you see? >> anthony: what's the best thing about living in this area and what's the worst thing? >> leshawna: the best thing is the people here. you always know somebody has your back no matter what. like i couldn't move away from here. i'd be so sick -- home sick. >> lola: there's probably nobody in these hollows that i couldn't go say, 'hey, i'm hungry, would you fix me a sandwich?' >> anthony: and worse thing? >> drema: see somebody that's on pills. or drunk. or out here just fighting. >> anthony: what can you do? >> drema: pray for them. that's all we can do. ♪ oh, eliza

oh, eliza ♪ ♪ little liza jane ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: for years here the base was what was called a "west virginia democrat." hard line on the second amendment, religious, pro-union, with a record of voting reliably blue. those days are gone. >> allen ladieri: but you know, i'm a high school dropout, military. i'm a veteran. there is a smell on the earth itself here in west virginia that when i was away, when i was in the army, that your soul rots away, it feels like you can't smell it. or you look up and you see the

sun, all the way set. here it disappears around 4 o'clock. >> anthony: allen lardieri is a former tanker in the us army, and what he calls "constitutional conservative." he is solidly pro-trump republican. however distant from mr. trump's new york city background and gold-plated lifestyle he may be. >> allen: you'll see a lot of parallels in rural west virginia that you see in the inner-city. >> anthony: i see a lot of parallels to places i've been. school districts that are starved, opioid addiction, teenage pregnancy, food deserts, you know where there ain't nothing but fast food. >> allen: yeah, exactly. where's our whole foods? it's non-existent, sir. >> tony: why would west virginia overwhelmingly go for a guy, donald trump, who has never changed a tire in his life? who sits on a gold toilet. >> allen: yeah. everybody else talks around us or whatever, this man talks just like us. like how we talk to each other in the mines. it ain't pretty, it's straight talk. >> anthony: well, you know, they say he tells it like it is.

i don't know that that's true. he says outrageous things, i guess that's refreshing. >> allen: you know, i gave up on political saviors a long time ago. i'm not going to be naïve and go ahead and say that i think that there is going to be one individual, especially in government, that's going to turn everything around. trump can bring change and it's very quite simple. his offensive, incendiary nature can send a word out to these assholes -- i'm sorry, these individuals that so-called represent us in congress, senate, whatever, if people get frustrated enough, they're going to put somebody in there that's not like you. you know, what i hope that things would come out of this is national dialogue. we have to start talking. we >> anthony: if he stopped tweeting from the toilet at 4 o'clock in the morning i'd feel a lot more comfortable, you know, a little impulse control, dude. [ laughter ] eam) no! others won't believe it. no! no!

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wildflowers, and then this is an old-fashioned vinegar pie. it's in a class of pies called "desperation pies" that try to create something like a lemon pie and you don't have lemon juice. what do you do? put some vinegar and some nutmeg together and you get that same kind of tang. >> anthony: appalachia has a rich and deep culinary culture. increasingly fetishized, riffed on, appropriated for the genteel tastes of a hipster elite willing to pay big bucks for what used to be, and still is in many cases, the food of poverty. >> mike: we see that ramps are selling for $30 a pound in new york city that we're harvesting in west virginia, and what's west virginia seeing from that? probably a guy that got about $2 a pound. >> emily hillard: it becomes just another extractive industry like coal or timber. and you sort of start to see that -- >> anthony: that's the story of west virginia. >> emily: yeah. >> anthony: chef mike costello and partner amy dawson are looking to keep that culture alive and appreciate it, and paying off locally for the region it originated in. >> mike: i also have some buttermilked poached trout that

we're gonna put on there with some pickled rhubarb. yeah, it'll be good. >> anthony: they run a traveling kitchen that brings local ingredients, appalachian recipes, and the stories behind them around the state. ♪ "lost creek farm" is their place. ♪ a working farm they're rebuilding by hand. ♪ and the nucleus of that effort is the garden. >> amy: we have two different varieties that we are picking today. the one are the logan giants. >> lou: this seed is logan giant seed. they're an heirloom strain of beans and i've had these seeds for 40 years. i've saved these for 40 years. >> mike: this guy down at the end of the table, lou, is in his 90's, he said it's important for somebody to carry on these traditions, and gave me his stock of heirloom beans this year.

>> anthony: this is what heirloom looks like outside of holy foods. bloody butcher corn, fat horse beans, candy roaster squash and homer fikes yellow ox heart tomatoes. >> mike: nice and soft and it's like a really sweet green tomato. >> anthony: these ingredients define a near lost time and flavor. >> mike: this is an italian heirloom beet that was brought to west virginia by italian immigrants, so it's called like a chioggia. >> anthony: a story of hardship and resourcefulness. >> mike: we've got some sweet corn chowder. we're just going to drizzle a little bit of this nettles and wild apples. next, we've got these crackers, they're broken communion wafers. you know, the way that appalachian food has always worked is you work within your means and you create something pretty special out of what you have at your disposal. we've kind of suffered from this in a way. it created this sort of rush towards the middle class and a rush toward the perception that we're better than the food that

we used to have to eat. >> john jennings: yeah, i think we were taught a lot to be embarrassed of our, you know, hillbilly past, you know? i remember coming home from school and my dad having hog's head on the kitchen table making head-cheese and sauce like, i would've been mortified if somebody came over and saw that. >> josh bennett: a friend of mines grandmother once told me, "you know we used to make this 'cause we were poor, now me make it 'cause it's effing good." [ laughter ] >> anthony: oh, what's that? >> mike: this is some buttermilk fried rabbit, rabbit that we raise here at the farm. >> anthony: oh, yes. >> mike: a little bit of chow chow, some fresh maple syrup. ♪ >> mike: is it gross that we slaughter rabbits right behind us? >> anthony: yeah. >> mike: this is some venison harvested from the woods here. it's got a wild chicory root rub to it. some chanterelles and sorghum syrup and some wild pears. >> anthony: wow. >> anthony: mike and amy's friends are a cross section of people invested in

west virginia's potential. >> anthony: oh, which am i drinking here? the old school cider? >> josh: we actually came across a recipe from 1822 with elderberry and cider. and um, it's a native plant here so, we put a little bit in there to see what it would do and it came out wonderful. >> anthony: you're using only west virginia apples? >> josh: i am only using west virginia apples. >> anthony: that can't be cost-effective. >> josh: it's not. it can and can't be. >> anthony: nobody is talking about money at this table. [ laughter ] >> josh: this is another thing for me. we are often talked about as being this impoverished state. we are rich, i mean, as could be, in food and the things that we make as a culture and as a community. when you are living on the land, and doing what your ancestors did, you feel a connection that you can't get anywhere else. >> mike: you know you look at something as simple as these pole beans. it took a community to save that seed. you know every time we put food on the plate, there's a story about the way that people have always kind of bound together to

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>> coach larry: lord bless everybody that's going to the game, bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. lord guide us to victory this evening, keep everybody safe, to and from the game. in jesus' name i pray, amen.

>> team: amen. >> anthony: it's friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. ♪ and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] ♪ >> anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. >> anthony: everybody knows everybody else's families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. there's an easy familiarity between people here. >> announcer: the 2017 mount view high school homecoming queen is -- [ cheers and applause ] >> coach larry: bang, bang on three. one, two, three. >> team: bang, bang. >> coach larry: get there! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> anthony: so very much west virginia tradition. coal mining and the military. >> monica barner: yeah, for 10 and a half years, navy. we don' been around about. >> anthony: you've been around. and back here? >> monica: back here. >> anthony: monica barner is a mount view alum. her husband sly is a coach. her sons elijah and eliki are on the team. her daughter alicyia is a cheerleader. so it's personal for her. >> monica: born and raised here, went to school here, wouldn't have it any other way. >> coach: come on, man. >> announcer a 78 yard run. >> monica: come on. [ cheers ] >> monica: oh my. come on boys get your head in the game. >> anthony: garnet edwards jr. is a former mount view player who went on to play college ball. >> garnet: in this state of west virginia, we got two things

going on for us. that's church and sports. now if we lose the game, it's like losing our best friend. >> monica: come on, boys. right here, stop him. stop him. >> garnet: shucks. >> announcer: pass is complete, for the score. ♪ >> announcer: so we come to the end of the first half, the bobcats 20, the golden knights nothing. ♪ >> coach larry: fellas. i just want you to play hard. i just want you to play hard and make smart decisions. ♪ ♪ daddy worked like a mule

mining pike county coal ♪ ♪ he messed up his back and couldn't work anymore ♪ ♪ he said one of these days you'll get out of these hills ♪ ♪ daddy, i've been trying i just can't catch a break ♪ ♪ there's too much in this world i can't seem to shake ♪ ♪ [ cheers ] >> announcer: touchdown. >> monica: oh, yes. >> fan: all right. >> anthony: nice. >> monica: there you go. >> coach larry: let's go, let's go. ♪ see the ways of the world will just bring you to tears ♪ ♪ keep the lord in your heart you'll have nothing to fear ♪ ♪ live the best that you can and don't lie and don't steal ♪ >> coach larry: it's time to turn up and go to another level

fellas. it's time. let's go. ♪ keep your nose on the grindstone and out of those pills ♪ ♪ daddy, i've been trying i just can't catch a break ♪ ♪ there's too much in this world i can't seem to shake ♪ >> coach larry: there you go! >> anouncer: touchdown! ♪ but i remember your words lord they bring me the chills ♪ ♪ keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills ♪ ♪ keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills ♪ >> announcer: all knotted up. >> player: clock's running. ♪ >> coach larry: this is the game. we win or lose on this play. >> cheerleaders: let's go mount view. [ cheers ] >> coach larry: oh, shit. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ [ cheers ] >> announcer: ball game. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> coach larry: hell of a job, young man. good job, coach. yes sir. >> garnet: what a win, what a win, what a win. ♪ >> coach larry: you're never going to forget this ball game. whenever you're in a bind, stuck in a corner, you know what i'm saying? fight through it.

fight your way out of it. and anything you do in life, in school, in football. as long as you got me and these coaches, this community, that's all you need. >> team: yeah! ♪ >> sarah slone: i grew up here, got married here. it's home. >> mom: oh my goodness, there he is. i'm so proud of you. >> quentin: there's more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there's a lot of good people here. and we all do care about each other. >> dad: so proud, so proud. >> anthony: what are any of our hopes and dreams? a roof over our heads, some security, maybe even some happiness for our children. the opportunity to be proud of something. we all have that in common. >> richard rushbrook: i wish y'all could come down here and see us, and when y'all do, i hope y'all enjoy it. >> anthony: this is america. and if you can't embrace it, no matter how bitterly and fiercely we may disagree, there is no hope for any of us. >> carlton: i've been living

here 65 years. i wouldn't trade it for nothing. i guess i'll be here 'til they cut the lights out. >> player: mount view on three. one two, three. >> team: mount view! ♪ ♪ >> lydia: new york city during the 1970s was a beautiful, ravaged slag. ♪ impoverished and neglected after suffering from decades of abuse and battery. she stunk of sewage, sex, rotting fish and day-old diapers.