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♪ ♪ [Birds chirping] Girl: Grandpa?

Grandfather: Yes, Ava?

Ava: What was it like here when you were a kid?

[Crackling] [Grandfather chuckles] There were more adventures to be had.

You know, I used to swim with the sacred guardian, Two Breaths, every other day.

[Mysterious music playing] Ava: Two Breaths doesn't exist.

Grandfather: Of course it does.

It is the spirit of our island and the people who have lived here, Ava.

Ava: Grandpa, if Two Breaths actually protected us, this would have never happened to our home.

[Crowd yelling] [Explosion] [Rumbling] [Rumbling continues] [Waves crashing] [Helicopter flying] ♪ Hey, Grandpa.

I think I heard something on my way back.

Maybe it's those people from the mainland?

Grandpa?

Are you... feeling better?

Grandpa?

♪ Hanging out with Mr.

Fish?

[Loud rumbling] Man: Nest special ops.

Sweeping the area for survivors.

Anyone here?

[Radioactive crackling] Man 2, muffled: Ah, poor guy.

Why don't you call it in?

[Radio beeps] Man 1: Last house.

Local male.

Stage four exposure.

No survivors on this at all.

Ava: Grandpa.

Man 2: Whoa.

Did you hear that?

Man 1: Hear what?

Man 2: Shh.

Listen.

[Chair squeaks, loud thud] Man 1: Hey, wait.

There's a kid in here.

Wait.

Come back!

♪ Grandfather: Here, let's take a look at this.

All right.

So, what is this?

A plant?

Grandfather: Sure.

But more than just a plant.

Squash?

Grandfather: Yes.

Everything you see around us is a gift... from the tiny blades of grass on our lawn to the great mountain peaks overseeing our valley.

This land is our home, Ava.

We can't give up on it when it needs us the most.

That's why people protest, to protect the things they love.

♪ Announcer: ...Friday announced, "The government is moving forward with developing a new version of the tactical nuclear gravity bomb."

Testing is planned to begin in early spring in the Pacific, with claims of full safety for nearby atolls and their residents.

♪ [Whimpering] [Thunder clapping] [Rain pouring] [Eerie music playing] [Door creaking] ♪ Look who I found upstairs today.

Mr.

Fish and I want to take you snorkeling.

Grandpa, I'm 11, not 5.

Grandfather: Oh, excuse me, 11-year-old lady.

I forget how big you are now.

[Watering can sloshing] [Chuckles] ♪ [Sighs] ♪ [Wind blowing] [Water rumbling] [Splash] I think we got it, Mr.

Fish.

Mr.

Fish?

[Dramatic music playing] Mr.

Fish?

[Splash] ♪ [Voices whispering] ♪ [Voices whispering] [Coughing] ♪ Thank you.

♪ Wait.

Come back.

Don't leave me here.

♪ [Watering can sloshing] ♪ [Coughing] Ava: Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Your grandpa's strong as an ox.

♪ ♪ You there?

Hi.

♪ So, I guess it's just me and you now.

♪ ♪ Announcer: Testing is planned to begin in early spring in the Pacific, with claims of full safety for nearby atolls and their residents.

Every resident will receive compensation... ...early spring in the Pacific, with claims... ...announcement is reflective of a change... [Loud rumbling] Ava: Grandpa, the protests are just getting worse.

Shouldn't we just leave?

♪ [Boat motor humming] Hey!

Help!

Over here!

Over here!

Ava, voiceover: Do you think we're all gonna-- gonna die?

[Wave roaring] ♪ [Radio chatter, beeping] ♪ Help!

Hey!

Man: We got a civilian over here.

Looks like a kid.

I got you.

Come on.

You're okay.

I got you.

Hey, whoa, don't touch her.

Just look at her wounds.

Hey, little girl, are you alone?

Is your family still on the island?

What's that in the water?

Man 2: Looks like a toy, man.

Ava: Mr.

Fish?

♪ Ava: Two Breaths doesn't exist.

Grandfather: Of course it does.

It is the spirit of our island and the people who have lived here, Ava.

Ava: We have such a beautiful home, but it's all... changing.

Grandfather: Change is a part of life.

But the beauty of the past and our memories, they'll always be with you, you know.

Ava: Yeah.

I miss you.

Grandfather: I know.

But the time has come for you to go on now.

Now, it's your turn to keep our story going.

Keep our spirit alive.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [Mix of music and street sounds] [Sounds growing louder] [Bicycle bell dinging] [Horns blaring] [Alarms blaring, chatter] Woman: Depending on where the four of you are across this area, you can either keep going through here and just kind of meet the other two people around here, and maybe come down towards First and Central.

Can we just all gather around, please?

Man: It's really cute too.

Woman: Open up the circle.

There we go.

[Laughs] Alright y'all, well good morning.

Happy Friday to everyone.

Um, I know we finally made it through a very long week, so I just want to start off by saying thank you to all of you, because I know a lot of work has gone into Heart of LA, and I know how challenging that can be at times with logistics, getting here, being outside in the sun.

So, just, thank you to everyone who has been able to make this possible and come out here this weekend as well.

I think I will leave us here in Boyle Heights, and John, if that's okay?

John: Yeah.

All right, and then, Eric, I do want you-- I want both Erics together, [Laughs] starting at Venice and Fig.

Eric: Okay.

And then, if y'all could start in Chinatown, that would be perfect.

Eric 2: Can I use the sunscreen after you?

Woman: Yeah, there's another one here.

Eric 2: Oh, okay.

Thank you.

Woman: Right.

What are we going to go do?

Man: Did you read all your emails?

Woman: No, that's for us.

Woman 2: Okay.

Woman: Ready?

Woman 2: You take the metro?

Woman: Yeah?

Do you all have tap cards?

Woman 2: Yeah.

Man: I mean, yeah.

We're just doing the cars and driveways, so we can just start down First.

Man: We'll come out on Sunday.

Woman: Oh, okay.

Man: Alright, CicLAvia.

She's doing something, the whole block-- there's going to be a block party up there, but it's eight miles of just, like, pure joy.

We convert public streets into public parks for a day.

Woman: Nice.

Man: So, come out.

Woman: Okay.

Thank you.

Woman 2: Thank you.

[Man laughs] Woman: Buenos días.

Hola, buenos días.

Woman: Dígame.

Bueno, mire.

And then basically a closure, so that people can ride their bikes and bring out their skates and stuff.

Man: I'll be at South Park, so I won't be anywhere around here, unfortunately.

South Park being at the far end?

Yeah.

Man: Where it starts?

Yeah, it's connecting these communities.

It's... it's the South Side, the-- Boyle Heights... Man: Yeah, exactly.

...Little Tokyo, Chinatown.

We'll be united for one day.

Woman: "Kill cars, ride bikes."

[Laughs] We should take a picture.

Let me take a picture.

Hold on.

I need to send this to production team.

It's kind of a sick picture.

[Man laughs] Woman: It actually came out sick.

[Copy machine whirring] Woman: Yeah, 'cause this route is, um... Man: Huge.

You know, like, you can't-- you can't get to the end and get back.

So it's 16 miles at the minimum.

I think if you're actually covering the whole route, it's 16 miles.

LADOT?

Man: Yes.

Woman: Do we want to go over closing and reopening timelines at all, or are you all already on the same page?

Man: I'll go over it real quick.

So, for LADOT, we're going to roll call at our office at 4 a.m.

I think we'll be on site around 5.

And we'll have the hubs secured and closed by 6 a.m.

Woman: Great.

Woman: Are you excited?

I'm very excited.

And I really appreciate that this route is just so wide.

Yeah, I always love the people walking in the morning and being, like... Because it's right outside of your door.

Woman: True.

Woman 2: And especially for families.

Man: It's an art piece.

[Laughter] Woman: Probably this week.

Yeah.

For the mayor, I don't know if it was my communication or the one that they did with both of us, but they wanted us to also send the information for South LA Press Conference now, so that they can get on her calendar.

Romel: Yeah.

Alright.

So, why don't we get started with, you know, we have an event.

And so, let's just do a quick round of updates.

How's the outreach, things on the ground?

Woman: Our outreach in Chinatown was amazing.

Woman 2: St.

Bridget, Chinese Catholic Church?

Woman 3: The one north... Romel: Yeah.

It's alm-- Woman: Richard at the church included in his email that they're encouraging their members to go to church on bicycles that day, because they really want their members to join the event after.

Man: That's cool.

That's cool.

[Laughs] Woman 2: We should add that to the timeline.

Romel: All right, so moving on, anything else on production... related work?

Woman: On Sunday, Outreach is going to flyer residents in cars parked on St.

Louis... Aerienne: We also are hiring a big, new round of Outreach team members.

I'm going to be doing a training with folks here on Friday to get them started on Sunday.

Um, so, yeah, really exciting.

[Horn blaring] Woman: These are bike rides you guys are-- or what--?

Woman 2: Not just bike rides.

They can be bike rides, but you can come out in roller skates, skateboards, scooters, walking, running-- Woman: I'm gonna want to go do that.

Honestly, that's why I'm like, "Wait, what are we doing?"

Yes, so, on each route that we do, we, of course, you know, we go to each business-- each business, each residence.

So, when we find locations like this where it's just unique and it's in whichever way that it is, we like to add it to our map so when folks show up that day, they'll look at the map, and it'll show them, like, what spots they should visit.

So, I'm for sure going to add you to that.

Woman: Thank you.

Yeah, I don't know for follow-up if it's worth just calling the bail bond number.

I put one there, and then I left this up for residents as well.

I wasn't sure how many there were.

Woman: Yeah.

That's perfect.

Man: Okay, great.

I had one guy who was super uninterested, started closing the door on me as I was talking.

I was just like, "Okay, that's fine."

[Laughs] "I'm just going to go."

I know, it happens, you know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Sometimes you're just like, "Thank you, bye."

Well, thanks for your time.

Yeah.

[Laughs] Woman: Some folks don't have the same resources as others do to be able to connect with other communities.

And they can't pay attention to what's going on in the community, because they're more concerned with providing what their household needs.

♪ Woman: Okay, do we have the Ofev?

Yes, we do.

I saw it.

How about the merch supplies?

Women: Yes.

Woman: Perfect.

Um, health and wellness box?

Woman 2: Yes.

Woman: How about the merchandise tab?

Woman 2: Yes.

Right there.

Woman: Perfect.

Okay, let's do the small merch?

Woman 3: Yes.

Woman: Cool.

And is that accessible?

Women: Yes.

Woman: Perfect.

Um, health and wellness box?

Woman 2: Yes.

Woman: Uh, hub volunteer?

Woman 2: Yes.

Woman 3: Here you go.

After.

Woman: Good, Ariel.

[Ariel laughs] All right.

You want me to do it?

Woman: Absolutely.

♪ Woman: Um... across here... [General chatter] [Radio chatter] Okay, so we'll just set it up.

Man: Okay.

Just tell them what you want.

Romel: Middle of the street.

That'll be good.

[Truck backing up] Romel: Does that work?

Man: Hey, man, I'm here to help you, dude.

♪ ♪ [Bicycle wheels spinning] ♪ Romel: Good morning, LA.

[Crowd cheering] Let's get some energy.

We're so honored to be here at our 48th CicLAvia since 2010.

[Crowd cheering] Romel: So, we are here today on 7.8 miles of open streets, 7.8 miles of joyful streets, 7.8 miles of connection to our communities.

We have the largest open-streets event in the country, and it's called CicLAvia.

Man: Woo!

[General chatter] Boy: Hey!

Hey!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've been trying to find my own way back again Haunted by the things I thought I'd need One day at a time I'll feel alive again ♪ Woman: Good to see you too!

Enjoy your day.

♪ Feel the changes taking over ♪ [Man hooting and hollering] ♪ ♪ ♪ I'll be alright I'll be alright ♪ ♪ [Bark] ♪ ♪ [Bicycle bell dings] ♪ Israel: I wanted to just thank all the volunteers, all the supporters.

Many people assume that when we talk about the heart of LA, it's really just about the route.

When we think about the heart of LA, we think about the people first-- all the communities that make up all parts of LA.

And, to us, that is the heart of LA.

♪ I'll be all right I'll be all right ♪ ♪ [Truck engines rumbling] [General chatter] ♪ [Sirens blaring] ♪ Wait ♪ ♪ ♪ Wait ♪ [Railroad crossing signaling] [Horns honking] ♪ Wait ♪ ♪ [Horn honking] ♪ [Siren blaring] ♪ Wait ♪ ♪ [Bicycle bell ringing] [General chatter] ♪ [Bicycle wheels spinning] ♪ ♪ [Chalk on blackboard] ♪ [General chatter] ♪ [TV static] ♪ [Pencil scribbling] ♪ [Plane engine rumbling] ♪ [Birds chirping] [Camera beeps, clicks] [Traffic sounds] [Crowd cheering] ♪ [Traffic sounds] ♪ ♪ [Laughter] ♪ [Pencil scribbling] [Kids playing] ♪ [General chatter] ♪ [Birds chirping] [General chatter] ♪ ♪ [General chatter] ♪ [Pencil scribbling] [Stomach grumbling] [General chatter] [Restaurant chatter] [Firework exploding] [Fireworks whistling, exploding] ♪ [Crowd cheering] ♪ [Crowd cheering] ♪ ♪ [Piano being played] ♪ [General household sounds] ♪ [Water running] ♪ [Bird chirping] ♪ Paul Avila: Alright, let me get you some food.

♪ Can't let you go I love you, I love you I love you Can't let you go ♪ [Bottles clanging] ♪ Paul: That's alright.

♪ You know, know, know Can't let you go You know, you know... ♪ [Scraping pan] Paul: Typically, a child could either be born blind or autistic.

It's very rare if it's both.

My son is Paul, Jr., but we call him Pauly.

♪ I thought it was my chance Well, nobody tells me good things about you, baby... ♪ Paul: You good, Pauly?

You good?

Food's almost up, okay?

♪ I can't let you go Can't let you go ♪ Paul: Music soothes and calms him.

♪ Yeah Can't let you go... ♪ Paul: It's very rare when our house is quiet.

When music is on, he's just completely rolling his head, and that's his, like, comfort zone.

At the end of the day, when he's laying down, I'm like, "Alright, Pauly, we gotta shut it down, no more music."

It is a full day of music.

Okay, turn it.

You're almost there.

Turn it, turn it, you got it.

[Radio] ♪ I'm feeling cheeky I'm on a high ♪ Paul: Good job, dude.

Okay.

Okay, could you put your head up?

Good job.

Almost done.

♪ Almost done.

♪ Alright, let's tie it for you.

Okay.

Yeah, we do this every day around this time.

He gets kind of bored, and I'm like, do you want a snack?

Do you want to go on a drive?

He's all... So we just take a little lap, and does the job every time.

Huh?

You ready to go for a drive?

All right, come on.

Come on, come on.

Let's go for a little drive, okay?

Can you give me your cane?

Thank you.

Can you open the door?

You gotta do it yourself.

[Car honks] Oops, hold on, hold on.

Okay, go.

Let's see here.

♪ Alright, Mr.

Pauly.

[Tapping] When Pauly was born, me and mom, we ended up separating at a very young age.

I had this hole in my heart, like, "Man, I'm just gonna be this single father the rest of my life."

I was a hot mess.

Fights and DUIs and drinking and just getting in a lot of trouble.

This one night in particular, pretty much blacked out behind the wheel, rolled over my truck.

I remember being in the hospital and just waking up and not even knowing where I'm at.

And just my family, all-- specifically my mom saying, you know, "If you don't want to live for yourself, live for Pauly."

Those words immediately hit me, because I was feeling selfish.

"Man, what if I was in his shoes?

What if I couldn't see, or what if I couldn't talk?"

And I look at him, and he has a great attitude, smiling.

I check myself, I look in the mirror and say, "I can't let him down.

I gotta step up, and I gotta be a good father, and there's no time to feel sorry for myself."

And I was just like, "Man, I gotta change my life."

[Music playing on radio] ♪ Feel better now, Pauly?

Relaxed?

♪ [Blinker clicking] ♪ All right, mister, we're home.

[Dog barking] Alright.

We're home.

Oh, now you're smiling.

Now you're smiling.

You happy?

All right, let's get your cane.

Alright, hold your cane right.

Okay.

[Piano playing softly] ♪ Paul: Sounds good.

Can we play some more?

♪ That sounds nice, Pauly.

[Pauly sighs] Paul: You want me to sit next to you?

I got a surprise for you.

Do you want your surprise?

It works.

[Gasps] Okay, it works.

Look it.

Look it, look it, look it.

So, you got to hold this and drop it right here.

Right there.

♪ Okay, let it go.

[Gasps] Here's the volume.

Keep turning it, and you could go louder.

♪ Want to dance?

♪ Good job, Pauly.

You like your new record player, huh?

You like your new record player?

♪ ♪ We're just meant to be Tell me that you feel it too Tell me ♪ Mic'd up and everything.

Oh, I forgot.

I gotta watch my language.

Matches the sweater.

A little something, something.

Somebody's had it good.

They keep calling me the Mexican Ice Cube, but I don't know.

Paul: Exactly.

Let's see.

Greg: Are you Edwin?

Paul: I'm Paul.

Greg: Paul, I'm Greg.

How you doing?

Paul: Hey, Greg.

Good, yourself?

Greg: EXPO Center.

Paul: Oh, okay.

Greg: For Mark, Mark Rose.

Paul: Oh, okay, perfect.

Thank you for coming.

Appreciate it.

Yeah, yeah, we're getting situated.

Slowly but surely, we're getting there.

This is our 12th annual.

Hi.

Woman: You Paul's daddy?

Paul: Yes, yes.

Woman: Nice to meet you.

Paul: Nice to meet you, too.

Woman: When are you bringing him?

Paul: He's coming at 11.

Woman: He's coming at 11?

Paul: Yep, yep.

Woman: Who's gonna walk him in?

Paul: We have my mom, my family-- there's a bunch of us walking him in.

All right, we're getting situated little by little, so... It's going to be a big day.

This is, like, nothing yet.

You're going to see, it's going to get-- going to get wild.

Oh, wait, that's the wrong... Where's my mic?

[Tapping microphone] Hello, hello.

Thank you for all the participants, thank you for all the volunteers.

Enjoy, have fun.

If you have any questions, let us know.

The man of the hour, as far as I'm concerned, my son Pauly, is about 10 minutes away, so we're getting very excited.

He's gonna touch down soon.

We're gonna show Pauly love.

If you don't know who Pauly is, you can look up on the wall in the mural behind me.

That's my son.

Pauly's the one that inspired this whole project.

So, my son-- if you don't know our story, I'm Paul.

My son, Pauly, was born blind and autistic, so he can't see and talk, but what he can do is hear, and he loves music.

So, we started 13 years ago, giving free radios out here in the Skid Row community.

Fast forward now, we have a street outreach program, a food outreach program, mentorship program, work development program... ♪ Little did I know that 50 radios turned into 100, 500, 1,000.

I literally lost track after, like, 10,000 radios.

Started so organically, and just how it's developed, you know, it's really a miracle.

Pauly can't see and speak, but he's touching so many lives out here, and they don't forget him.

♪ And I'm bringing you a love that's true So, get ready... ♪ Paul: Let's go!

Come on, Pauly, up, up, up, up, up, up!

Let's go, Pauly!

Let's go, dude!

Let's go, Pauly!

Come on, Pauly!

[Applause and cheering] Let's go, Pauly!

Come on, let's go!

You ready, Pauly?

Yeah, Pauly.

Good job, dude.

Let's go, Pauly.

Let's go.

Crowd: Pauly!

Pauly!

Pauly!

Paul: Good job, Pauly.

Crowd: Pauly!

Pauly!

Pauly!...

♪ [Crowd cheering] ♪ Woman: Okay, we're gonna leave right now.

Paul: Oh, you guys-- Oh!

All right, good job.

One more.

All right, well, thank you, guys, appreciate it.

Pauly's gonna go.

Ready, Pauly?

You did good today, Pauly.

I'm proud of you.

Man: Do you know any, like, scales?

Just want to do a quick, like-- whatever you feel like.

[Paul sighs heavily] ♪ Man!

That was brutal.

Man: All right.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Someone else in me What if I What if I Lose myself All to find Someone else in me What if I What if I Lose myself All to find Someone else in me What if I Lose myself All to find Someone else in me What if I Lose myself What if I ♪ ♪ ♪ [Pencil scribbling] ♪ ♪ ♪ Announcer: Funding for "Fine Cut Festival of Films" is generously provided by the Bridges Larson Foundation.