The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction. | dG1fc0o2WnRLaTJaQW8
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00:00Will you be coming to the meeting this afternoon?
00:13Wasn't planning on it.
00:17The government is offering a package to the residents of Sweetland to move anywhere in
00:21the province, but we will not move a soul out of here unless we have a commitment from
00:26everyone.
00:28I'll have to take a rain check.
00:30Don't leave it too long.
00:33Don't leave it too long.
00:38Some people say they was going to burn us out.
00:41Who said they were going to burn me out?
00:43No one directly, just people who spoke up.
00:46Must be hard for you, Moses, being in the king's seat on all this resettlement business.
00:52Can't imagine a lonelier spot.
00:56I never minded being alone.
00:59Will I have to go?
01:01Not as long as I live.
01:10You been getting any notes of me?
01:12Ransom notes, like with letters cut out of magazines.
01:15I wouldn't have checked here if you hadn't noticed.
01:20Truth be told, I think you're scared.
01:23Scared to let go of the place?
01:25Scared none of it meant anything?
01:27Jesus Christ, Moses, you've got to stop being so bullheaded about it.
01:30Why?
01:31Tell me why it is I've got to stop.
01:33You're an old man.
01:34We're all old men.
01:35Jesse!
01:37Jess!
01:39Jesse!
01:48It wouldn't be the end of the world, would it?
01:51To live somewhere else?
01:55You