Stop and Watch: The Butterfly Circus
By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2009
This is not my usual post. This is something very special I want to share with you. Something, I feel, that is very needed in the shrillness of our times. It will take 20 minutes of your time, and it will, I can almost certainly promise, give you a refreshed view of hope and accomplishment.
This is a magnificently produced short film that is magic. It will grab your soul and hold it up to the light for a few moments… and might even recharge it a little.
“At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirits of audiences along the way. During their travels they discover a man without limbs at a carnival sideshow, but after an intriguing encounter with the showman he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed.”
I hope you will watch this amazing short film. It has the quality of a feature film, and if you have a good monitor you may watch it in high quality full screen. Your ticket is RIGHT HERE… click the familiar “Play” diamond!
[Retired journalist Larry Ray is a Texas native and former Austin television news anchor. He also posts at The iHandbill.]
Wonderful, larry, really truly. I loved it and kept saying why do I love this? It’s so corny, kinda .. then thought: because it’s true is why.
Carol
Beautiful. As promised, a refreshed view of hope and accomplishment.
Thanks.
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Astounded. Grateful.
– other Larry
It touched me. So kind,so real, the best of humanality. (I know that is not a word, but it expresses feelings akin to the film)
Thank you for this,
pms
Thank you for posting this. I am sending it to everybody I know.