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<\/a>Music heals all. \u00a0The unexpected intersection of two random folk singers match up rather easily in this Ultimate Americana Film about the American ideal of living on a dream – from your van – while touring america and playing guitar<\/em>. \u00a0Every artists dream of a fairy tale. \u00a0Timely for sure as many metropolitan cities are peppered with people living on the fringe, out of a truck, van or car. \u00a0This is a magical tale of following your heart and what happens on the way. “The journey itself” is the point of this masterful tale, what can happen and how life evolves out of necessity. \u00a0On the day of 9\/11\/2001 two musicians Joni and Elliot are on a flight together in which the pilot turns around to LAX and disembarks the passengers. The tables are tipped, for the whole nation. \u00a0Joni finds herself luckily in the back of a taxi in busy LAX and calls out to Elliot to jump in and share the ride. \u00a0Neither one can deny that they need each other in this moment. \u00a0Elliot is relived to catch the ride with Joni, there they are in the back of the taxi. Elliot has no idea where to go, \u00a0 Joni invites him along. \u00a0Hopefully what happens in this movie happens to you because it is a true tale about the power of music<\/em> to heal a life, a situation and turn the tragic into miraculous. \u00a0The back drop of finding out while mid flight from LAX that 9\/11 has occurred contrasts the urgency of each of the musicians to head to New York where they had intended to land that day. \u00a0Joni’s mother is missing her but she doesn’t even know it because she has dementia, which is all the more reason for Joni, her primary caregiver to get home quick. \u00a0Elliot has a gig to get to and although his craft is important to him, he quickly becomes involved in the journey and in becoming hopelessly in love with Joni. \u00a0Falling in love was far from his intention in life at this time, he needed a boost in his career not a dame to distract him. \u00a0Joni quickly adds to the situation in every frame. \u00a0She is a most likable character and as a talented musician makes it easy to root for her as well. \u00a0She is cheerful and witty with charm that wins Elliot over, time and again. \u00a0Life is funny sometimes. \u00a0It may not turn out to be like you thought it would, but then it may turn out unexpectedly good. Even better. This is a tale of American optimism. \u00a0Instead of coming of age it’s a coming together movie. \u00a0A story of how as a people we can rally together and forget our differences. \u00a0The songs they sing together will carry you through and give you the feeling that in the face of uncertainty and fear, a most magical experience still awaits you through music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reviewed by Alicia Huhn. Viewed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival 2017. Music heals all. \u00a0The unexpected intersection of two random folk singers match up rather easily in this Ultimate Americana Film about the American ideal of living on a dream – from your van – while touring america and playing guitar. \u00a0Every artists dream […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135207,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/135207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}