a silent, stone-face wisp of a child,
watches her father. Margaret races in.
MARGARET
Father! A post rider!
Martin pointedly continues his work without looking up.
MARTIN
Very well.
Margaret waits, then, seeing that her father isnt going
to come, she turns and races out.
EXT. FRESH WATER PLANTATION - DAY
The post rider rides up to the house. ABIGALE AND ABNER,
a middle-aged African couple, ste
barn door again.
- Opening positions, everybody.
Quiet, please. Lets get ready to do this.
Ready to roll.
What does a chief investigator
want with me?
We found your skates.
Your name was scratched on them.
Oh, those. I lost them months ago.
You reported them missing on February
but said you lost them on January .
You didnt know
they were missing for four days?
Thats how it is. You dont
miss some
Barney.
- You what? - I know I shouldve consulted you,
but Barney Rubbles my neighbor, my lodge brother...
and my best friend since the first time I went through the fifth grade!
Fred Flintstone!
Wilma, without that money, they wouldnt be allowed to adopt a baby.
So go ahead, yell, scream, let the fur fly.
Give the neighbors something to talk about!
What you have just done for the Rubbles...
And
stone, and thorns would be even more harsh for a little girl like Nya.
On the other hand, there was Salva in 1985. He was the same age as Nya, and he and his family lived Southern Sudan. Like other people in the village, Salva and his family enjoyed poor life. Thanks to Salva's father who was successful village's judge, Salva and his three brothers were sent off to school. Salva's two sisters
STONE SPIRALING STAIRS, up up up in what we now see
is a medieval cathedral. And as we continue MOVING UP
something TRICKLES DOWN INTO FRAME - BLOOD. Running thin,
then thicker, as we CONTINUE TO MOVE UP the stairs and find -
A BODY, sprawled awkwardly across the stones, arms and legs
akimbo, not so much Christ-like as victim-like. In one hand
the Body holds a GUN he never had a chance to use. In