The Boys in the Boat: Pulling together
“It’s not about you; it’s about the boat.” The most prevalent trope for sports film is overcoming...
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%! – What is worth caring about?
?Happiness is a problem.? The self-help industry revolves around selling books or programs that...
Under the Banner of Heaven – Faith wrestles doubt
Faith and doubt struggle within a police detective investigating a brutal murder in Under the...
House of Gucci – Desire Destroys a Family
?And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him.? (Gen....
Grace and Grit – Death and Life
?Because I could no longer ignore death, I pay more attention to life.? Based on a true story,...
Blizzard of Souls – Latvian Pride
Latvia?s official entry for the Best Foreign Feature Oscar is Blizzard of Souls from director...
The Reason I Jump – Inside Autism
Films have to ability to take us into unknown worlds?maybe through science fiction, or a setting...
Hillbilly Elegy – Family Turmoil
?Where we come from is who we are, but we choose every day who we become.? J. D. Vance?s...
Papillon – From Savagery to Resurrection
Perhaps that is why when he finally found that new life and wrote his autobiographical books, they became bestsellers and prompted film adaptations. The riveting story of the absolute savagery and inhumanity within that prison setting eventually shifts to a story to hope and fulfillment.
Alone on the Island of the Blue Dolphins
Every year many fourth grade students read Island of the Blue Dolphins in school. ?The book is a...
The Zookeeper’s Wife – Providing Sanctuary
The Zabinskis? decision to harbor as many Jews as they could was a courageous act?and a very illegal one. They were well aware of the threat that the Germans represented?both to the Jews and to those who harbored them.