The theme for this week's Monday Movie Meme is based on one of the questions from a blog fest hosted by Nostra at My Film Views and Karamel Kinema, in an attempt to expand upon it a bit: Life, Love and the Movies.
Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies that had a big impact on your life.
This can include movies that changed a small part of your view on life, films that you will forever cherish for their depiction of life as you see it, or films that moved you in some way, shape or form.
Here are my selections for this week's Life, Love and the Movies meme. They include films that were not mentioned when I did my post for Nostra's blog fest.
Booker's Place: A Mississipi Place
I'm glad to have been able to watch this documentary because it reminded me that settling for mediocrity is not an option. The importance of unity and putting your best foot forward, even when people are trying to bring you down continues to be all the more present in my mind, after watching it.
The movie also makes me even more aware of the fact that your enemies, whoever they may be, don't always come at you directly -- many are clever and use folks from your own community, circle of friends, workplace or family, to destroy you, which kinda reminds me of the movies "Malcolm X" directed by Spike Lee and "Panther" directed by Mario Van Peebles.
Street Paper
This documentary about a group of homeless men and women who are working as newspaper vendors was an enlightening movie to watch for many reasons -- two of them being that we are best to not take things for granted. Also, you can always pick yourself up and make your way out of an undesirable circumstance; sheer will and determination allow you to make your tomorrows better than today.
Walk the Line
I hold a special for this biographical musical drama about Johnny Cash, because it tells a great story of redemption.
These are the few that come to mind at the moment.
What movies had a big impact on YOUR life?