I decide to interview my sister over brunch in Chelsea. The weather has been absolutely wonderful here in New York City so I thought that it would be great to spend some time with her shopping, eating, and talking. We sat down and ordered our food. I explain to her that my professor has me writing a blog and that I needed to interview on her favorite movie or book (did I mention she’s my younger sister so I still kind of tell her what to do). Anyway, she was very excited and quickly mentioned her favorite movie was the FIVE HEARTBEATS. Immediately she started to sing songs from the movie; that is what she enjoyed most. It’s about a black R&B group that triumphed from the hard times in a time when racism was at the forefront and the music industry was full of drugs, crooks and scandal. “When they performed they conveyed a passion that would touch your soul” my sister said. I could see her excitement when she talked about this movie. She spoke about one performance at the amateur night Apollo Theatre. They started singing and immediately the crowd begun to boo them. They were throwing all types of things at them telling them to get off the stage but the group kept on singer. They put their all into the song “a heart is a house for love” and wont the crowd over. They got a standing ovation. Of course, she’s saying this with so much passion laughing, tapping me every few sentences and carrying on. She goes on to talk about the lead singer Eddie Kane. Eddie was always into trouble from the beginning. His mom believed in him but his dad thought he wasn’t going to be successful. The group became successful with Eddie as the lead singer but Eddie started to drink and use drugs. His behaved so poorly that the group kicked him out. Eddie Kane end up hitting rock bottom and was almost killed. At that point he ends up going to church and getting healthy again. Of course you discover this with an opening scene of him singing his heart out in church.
The audience would probably be anyone who loves music. My sister absolutely enjoys music as well as this movie.
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