I’m not advertising for a movie, but rather a type of movie. I’m tired of violence, graphic sex, and larger-than-life heroes or villains. Song Sung Blue, based on a true story, is about ordinary people with yearning hearts who find each other and in the process find themselves. The story highlights committed love and persistence despite tragedy. The well-acted characters achieve our theme of More Than Ordinary Lives. I haven’t cried in a movie since Bambi’s mother was shot.  But I cried with gratitude and joy throughout this movie.

There are no religious themes in Song Sung Blue but the movie oozes with what I’ll call “goodness.” I think we need more models of goodness in imperfect people for America and worldwide. Despair and hopelessness are the non-fictional enemies that nearly everyone faces at some time. Goodness is the antidote to that poison.

Song Sung Blue is the first movie since The Artist I hope wins many Academy Awards.

Feel free to report your own examples of movies with goodness.

Drew