Mohammed Hijab – Burning Hands – London Drama – #01
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That is never getting fixed.
Harriet.
Woah. I
got your * jacket.
Jackie?
Omar?
Look who it is.
Hey, Tina.
Go do it, I'm
fools, man.
Omar.
Early rise on grind. Yeah?
You know what happens in there?
So where's the food? Go to Steven. It
got packed.
Steve, that
deal. Yeah? Did I not teach you anything?
You're gonna go and sort this Yeah?
Well, go on then. I'm not waiting till
fucking Christmas.
Got your
Alright. It's 1 birthday.
Pick that up now. I've boss gone black,
so Bossman
said pick that up.
That's what I thought. Got the * BFG
by my side, boys. Don't mess with me.
Omar, Abiywe, how are your brother?
I'd be better if those boys stop *
around in my shop.
Thank you.
Yeah, Omar.
On the house.
Got a lot to deal with today.
You're gonna need this if you wanna come
to my class.
Thanks.
I believe the first bell, which
means you should be making your way to
your classes.
So I suggest you stop behaving like wild
animals and get a move on.
Now.
Because I'm a ball boxer.
Of course.
At the end of the school year.
Has anyone read this?
Let me say clearer.
Put your hands up if you've read this
book.
Sean,
Salmon,
Eamon,
and Idris.
Stand up, please.
Get out.
What?
I thought I was the one with the
hearing problems. I said, get out.
Why?
Because you didn't do the readings for this
class.
So this class will be useless to you,
and more importantly, you're gonna be useless to
this class. Come on, man. It was the
summer. I'm not gonna spend my whole holidays
reading this dumb
book. So dumb, man. None of our other
teachers give a if we read the book
or not. That's them, and you watch your
mouth.
You're more than welcome to come to my
class when you've bothered to read the book.
But for now, I only want the students
who actually read the book to be in
this class. Now this month,
where do you expect us to go? Because
if mister Stone's Go to the student library
and make us out there, or you can
go out and waste your time but you're
not gonna waste my time or the time
of the students here. So that's it. Get
out now.
You've got something.
Good morning, at 12.
In Googie,
Watheung
is a Kenyan author
who's written a book that you've all read
but also written a groundbreaking
series
of essays
called
Decolonizing
the Mind.
But how can a mind even be colonized?
You guys know what colonization is, right?
Is it when a bunch of white people
took over Africa and that? Yeah. It's a
little bit more complicated than that. Like Jay
said, it's a bunch of white people, you
know, taking over Africa. But where does the
mind actually come into this?
Yeah.
I I guess there's more to colonization
than most people think.
It's more than taking over
land or people. It's
a state of mind.
It's
an ideological
takeover
that influences how the colonizer
or the colonized
think.
Nice.
That's enough.
Shaw, Stoker, your crush online can wait. Or
what did you think of the novel? Yeah.
Great. 10 out of 10.
Look.
There's no point being shy here. Okay? This
is one of the few places
on earth
where your opinion is not only welcomed, but
it matters. Have you ever questioned
why you have this seemingly occurring indifference
to the cultural practices of people, for example,
in Africa? Do you not think, for example,
that if we were to take our cultural
practices, the things that we find normal,
to those people that they would find us
kinda weird? True. True.
But
I kinda relate to Waike. You know?
He's in between the tradition and the West.
It's actually the first time I've read a
book where I could relate to the main
character.
Like, I wanna go to school and that,
but
all we learn about is this white man
did this, this white man invented that.
And then when we learn about our people,
it's us in chains,
us fighting against racism.
I
I feel like
I'm too black
for white people
and too white for my people.
So dumb,
man. Nah, bro. I think we're dumb. What
are you even talking about, bro?
I mean, come on, bro. We can't even
read. Our teacher is kinda bad, you know.
No. Seriously. He kicks us out like it
was nothing. Yeah. Probably because he's too lazy
to do his job. So
you
are we gonna read this?
Idris, where's your book at? Where it belongs.
Up your *. Right?
Scary man. Narbo.
I dash in the bin right in front
of Omar's face. It's actually it's damaged.
And what exactly are you boys doing here?
Oh, wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Hold on. Ain't
this the library?
And what about your English literature class?
Sir, it's not our fault. Our teacher just
threw us out because we didn't read some
book.
Really?
Right.
Well,
continue reading the works of,
Ngoogiewei
Thongu.
And I can't tell you how grateful I
am to the thousands of you that turned
up in support of us
and in defiance of this backwards ideology that's
dead set on ruining this great country of
ours.
And for those that did turn up, I
will say this.
Our movement is growing stronger.
Our voices are growing louder.
There are more
Afternoon, Mark.
Omar,
how was your first lesson with the year
12 students?
It was good. Really?
Then why did I see several of your
students loitering around the school? I sent them
to the library because they didn't
required texts.
Why on earth did you do that? Because
I want them to gain as much as
they can from the class, son.
They can't do that if they haven't read
the required text. Listen, Omar.
Although I guess that in itself proves to
be a difficult task for you.
Your job is to come into this school,
stand up in front of a class, and
teach.
You're not here to bring your own rules
or life lessons for the boys.
You are paid simply to turn up and
teach. Who cares if they haven't read the
* book? That's their problem. Stop making it
yours.
Oh, and,
well done for dressing
adequately this year.
Except
you may want to lose the beard.
Makes you look a bit like
a caveman.
What an absolute
critic. It was my guy. How you doing,
bro? You good, Jack?
What's going on here? We will not idly
stand by and watch this happen.
I bet someone would love this guy.
I don't even know how this is allowed
on, YouTube, man. I thought it'd be done
for, like, hate speech or something.
Oh, man.
What what's funny?
You're not calling.
He's bagged himself a sister.
No.
This guy, I don't even believe is dating
anyone. I don't have black woman.
Yeah. You're gay? Don't stop. That's all you
need. Come here. Come here. Come here. Hey.
Oh, that's
I get it. Trust me, I do.
I picked up, man.
Just leave. Come on. Just leave, grandma. Just
go.
Interest in it.
Have a seat.
Don't mind. I have so much beer right
now. So I'm screwed. I ain't asking you.
Sit down.
Lovely, ain't it?
Yeah. Sure.
Wasn't too long ago,
we thought the war though.
Because of me like it is today
peaceful
under control
You know what I mean?
Look, if you don't mind, I have somewhere
to be right now. Not your brother.
He's right in there. He's in prison.
So what's he saying?
He ain't saying much.
Listen, digs. I know my brother. It's not
a snitch, okay?
You know what?
I've got a little Idris.
Come. It's time to go.
I've gotta go yet. So am I.
What are you doing here?
He's no good. You got away from that
guy, man.
You forgot this book. You're lucky it was
the 1st period of the 1st day.
Otherwise, you would have found us in the
bin that you threw it in.
Harriet,
turn that TV off for a second.
What?
What's your being bought? Don't you hear that?
* clear getting in it?
Mom, you can't say that. That's so racist.
Well, no. No. It's not.
Also, he's not Pakistani. He's Arab.
I don't know. That's all the * same
to me, aren't it? No, it's not the
same.
Do you know that?
Now this is ridiculous.
He's got a lovely singing voice.
Omar,
open the * door now. I know you're
in there.
What?
What is of all that singing and chanting
you keep doing in there? What you've been
praying?
I really couldn't care less what it is.
I can hear your Islamic songs from my
bedroom. And you expect me to relax? So
you don't find it a little bit
relaxing?
You're disturbing the peace. What flipping peace are
you talking about, Jackie?
Well, at least I understand what that music
means. Only god knows what you're going on
about in there.
Well, it's a lack of understanding is the
problem.
Here you go.
There. Now you understand.
It's kinda like lyrics.
Night night, Jackie.
Jackie.
Do
I always ask questions for all questions for
all?
I've done this before.
But if the feds come,
I'm gone.
You hear me, bro?
No.
So what we doing?
Do we need to do this?
Of course, bruh.
K. This guy's a
snake.
Yeah. I get that. Still.
So what we doing then?
At 11, he's getting his stash.
We go to his yard,
and we teach him a lesson.
You're a 100% sure he's gonna be there
at 11. Yeah?
You're why you're always asking questions, bro?
You're moving shook.
Blood.
What are you getting moved for? You're in
my house. Watch your mouth. Bro, I ain't
here for you.
You chat to your boy, man.
Chat to your boy? Who are you getting
rude to, blood?
Alright.
Omar.
Anton's here because I told him to be.
He owes me
that he gonna be on job.
I need you to be on job.
Listen to your boy, bro.
After tonight,
I'll owe you shit. We're done when I
say you're done.
And don't you forget that.
You got my back?
Have you got my back?
Yeah.
Yeah. I've got your stuff.
Alright.
Just move.
I need to be 2 minutes. Okay? But
I love you, baby.
Oh
my
god.
Good morning, Alright,
guys. Well, you know the drill.
Who has read the book?
Alright.
Well, I'd like to see progress. Yes. I
do.
What are the rest of you?
I promise you we'll read it by the
end of the day. Yeah, man. I know
what happens next with Wayaki and his school
and all that. Oh, man.
No spoilers.
Shut up. I actually kinda like it too.
You know? Alright, guys. Stop begging me. Alright?
You can stay this week, but next week,
you guys all have to read the book.
Alright?
He's right here.
Wait. Unit 4 and 6.
Actually, we're here for you.
What? Omar
Iyad, you're under arrest for suspicion of inciting
terrorist acts.
You don't have to say anything.
Make sure you guys read that book.