Movies/Scenes Representing
Sabbath/Rest/Peace
- Waiting to Exhale
(1995)
- This movie is based on terry mcmillan's novel about four african american women waiting for ?true love? to find them; waiting to enter a relationship of commitment and nurture where they could let their guard down, where they would be valued for who they are. a place just ?to be.? a place to be sheltered and cherished. mcmillan describes this state of painful anticipation as ?waiting to exhale". it's a fitting description, it seems to me, of the way we live our lives these days: no down time, 24/7, always "on", always striving, secretly yearning for that place of nurture, safety and refreshment already offered to us by God -- one we'd do well to reclaim by rediscovering the gift of the sabbath. (Meg Queior, Richmond, Maine)
- Papillon (1973)
- Papillon has a time of freedom, rest and bliss after first solitary confinement, before he is recaptured. Foretaste of the state of Freedom which may overshadow reality of later escape!
- Wee Willie Winkie
(1937)
- "The setting of this movie is 19th century British-occupied India. Shirley Temple and her widowed mother (June Lang as Joyce Williams), travel to India to live with grandfather/father-in-law, Colonel Williams. At first, the British outpost is an oppressive place, ruled with an iron military fist. Priscilla is a most curious, precocious child. After a series of adventures, she wins the hearts of everyone by challenging prejudicial assumptions of both friends and enemies. Her innocent, yet challenging questions are instrumental in helping Colonel Williams and Islamic freedom fighter, Khoda Khan to see the senselessness of violence, leading to a negotiated peace between the two enemies. Themes: the peaceful kingdom (Isaiah 11:1-9, especially verse 6), reconciliation transforming enemies into friends, children and God?s realm (Matthew 18:1-4), courageous love ( I John 4:18). Recommended for family viewing." (Reviewed by the Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson)
