Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert facilitated this month’s movie watcher group.
The movie for the month of July will be Somewhere in Queens. The main characters, Leo (Ray Romano) and Angela (Laurie Metcalf) Russo live a simple, blue-collar life in Queens, surrounded by the big personalities of their overbearing Italian-American family. When their lanky, soft-spoken son ‘Sticks’ finds success on his high-school basketball team and a chance at a life beyond what tradition expects because of a basketball scholarship, Leo risks everything when the scholarship becomes jeopardized, including ties with his overbearing Italian-American family, to give his son a shot at a different life.
Somewhere in Queens was also written and directed by Ray Romano.
This movie was chosen because it explores family relationships, the desire to manipulate life in order to achieve desired outcomes, and the often missed invitation to confront fear head-on and, thus, to heal and grow from life itself.
You can rent this movie on Vudu and Amazon Prime.
Rev. Jacquelyn created a playsheet designed to facilitate contemplative movie watching: Somewhere in Queens Playsheet.
