BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Not well advertised or discussed, but critically acclaimed.  This is a movie about the area south of New Orleans known as the bathtub.  It is a poor community struggling to survive through the flooding brought about by the melting ice-caps.  It centers around a young girl named hush puppy (tremendous 9-year old newcomer Quevenzane Wallis) struggling to survive with her hot-tempered with fading health father.  The movie focuses on the power of the human connection between parents and children, members of a community and the rest of the world.  Hush Puppy must show humor and imagination dealing with her lost Mother and ailing Father, courage through the rising flood and love for her family and community.  Beautifully filmed, this is a small movie with a large message.

We need to remember in this age of technology, that the human heart has a stronger "wi-fri" (wise-friend) than any cell phone or tablet on the market.  I give this two thumbs pointing up to the heart in us all to learn the human connection is greater than the electronic connection.