Music of the Heart (1999)
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Cinema
in Focus, a social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny
Wayman.
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review.
- Themes
- Faith/Persistence
- (Early part of the video) Roberta is talking to her classes and
tells them "you must stand tall and strong." Later in the video when
she is considering quitting she goes into her classroom and talks to a little girl who
wares a brace on her left leg. The young girl wants to quit because she can
not stand tall. Roberta says "Standing tall is more than standing on your
legs. It can also be to stand tall here (as she touches the girls heart).
Application: standing tall in the faith even when we are wounded.
(Richard Reese)
- Joy
- Roberta has encounter with Mother and son. The mother wants her
son to quit the violin class and says, "He has more important
things to do than to play dead white men's music. Later on Robert
confronts the mother and tells her "When he plays [the son]
his whole face lights up. You should see it." Application:
When has your face lit up? (Richard Reese)
- Spiritual Struggle
- In preparation for one of the number the students will play at
the Spring Concert Roberta tells her class that they will
"hold-it, hold-it, the audience will be dieing for this next
note but they will have to wait, and wait, and wait for it."
At the concert the kids hold the pause, the audience becomes very
nervous, then the ending is played and the audience takes a great
sigh. Application: When have you felt like you are in a great
pause and did not know what to do? (Richard Reese)
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