Sentences with phrase «uplifting stories of»

Photographer Rigby Gray captures uplifting stories of motherhood, inspiring a decision even she wouldn't expect.

Part road trip, part self - help manifesto, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead defies the traditional documentary format to present an unconventional and uplifting story of two men from different worlds who each realize that the only person who can save them is themselves.

UNFINISHED SONG is the funny and uplifting story of Arthur (Terence Stamp), a curmudgeon old soul perfectly content with sticking to his dull daily routine until his beloved wife (Vanessa Redgrave) introduces him to a spirited local singing group led by the youthful and charming Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton).

An uplifting story of redemption and of just not giving up.

I caught this film at last year's Telluride Film Festival, and it's a charming, uplifting story of one wonderful woman and the awkward man who loved her back.

Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon and an ensemble of young Sudanese actors — all of whom have direct personal ties to the war in their country — bring the inspiring and uplifting story of The Lost Boys of the Sudan to the screen in a film about heartbreak and hope, survival and triumph.

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary and uplifting story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, and of two people defying the steepest of odds through love.

Isabelle's Garden / United States --(Director: Jeffrey Palmer) An uplifting story of a community coming together in reciprocity, through the hopes and dreams of a young Choctaw girl and her garden.

Can my eyes produce any more tears for this heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting story of a family consumed by a school shooting?

«A thought - provoking, funny, and ultimately uplifting story of self - actualization that masterfully defies stereotypes about both coming out and team sports.»

I can not believe the depths this man can reach in this heart - breaking, totally absorbing and uplifting story of two entirely different women, who find a «connection» that can make the spirit soar.

Mournful whale song and an organic musical score composed by Chris Kubie accompany George Guidall's telling of the uplifting story of a dramatic rescue at sea.

An uplifting story of bravery, compassion, camaraderie and determination.

Not exact matches

The site usually posts adorable videos of animals and other kinds of feel - good, uplifting content: stories and videos of police officers doing good for citizens, underdog stories, and kitchen hacks.

For those posters who use this uplifting story to praise the decline of churches and religions in this USA, I offer that it is not only churches and religions going down the tubes.

Theirs is too much the story of discrimination, repression, hopelessness, and frustration, and too little the saga of uplift and the march forward to genuine empowerment whether others cooperate or not.

This was an uplifting story - REGARDLESS of your views on Christianity or religion.

The uplifting of the lowly is particularly evident in the story of the nativity.

The black church has often focused on community uplift and centered their religious experiences in the story of the Exodus.

Lorna is someone I admire & this uplifting story is one we need to see more of in these troubling times, thank you CNN for posting it.

But stop taking over the comment sections of uplifting stories to rant about how you hate religious fanatics.

The story was uplifting, a nice antidote to the constant reports of industrial ag gone wrong, of pink slime and herbicide - resistant super-weeds.

Full of inspiring stories and uplifting quotations, this little book celebrates the joys and challenges of raising children.

Now, the writing appears to be on the proverbial wall: A growing body of data on eSET tells an uplifting story for prospective parents undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF).

It follows the emotional, yet uplifting, story about the trials and tribulations of trying to have a baby for years, and the choices that are sometimes made.

While it may be a specialised interest in the Westminster village — namely myself, Steve Pound MP and Paul Kenny from the GMB — the then Fulham captain's inside story of how a pre-Fayed Fulham was transformed by a rookie manager from the second worst team in England to record - breaking promotion winners in 1997 is an uplifting read.

An uplifting front page story in the Buffalo News showing that fathers have a role to play in the education of their children.

It is also part of an uplifting lakefront story: Many of the bald eagles that return to the lake every winter can be seen, on cold days, in the trees of Murphy's Island.

That may sound like an uplifting tale of perseverance and triumph against the odds, but the reality is different: Tamer Elsayed's story also includes prison time and a permanent ban from the United States.

I'll admit, cute kitten videos and stories of triumph on the Internet are a refreshing and uplifting.

The color story is wildly divergent and we see a kaleidoscopic bounty of uplifting shades and feel - good tones.

Every other attendee followed suit, and it was SO refreshing to experience a diverse group of women telling their stories and uplifting one another.

I can?t tell you how many times I have felt better going to sleep just by lighting a few candles and reading an uplifting book or story, and falling asleep wearing my signature piece of lingerie.

with the rah - rah uplift of an underdog sports story.

For an uplifting story about the importance of faith, family and the true holiday spirit, go to the Christmas Lodge.

The downside to this approach is that the film occasionally feels repetitive or drags; we know that some kind of uplift is coming, because the story is well - worn, and there are times of wishing that it would just cut to the chase.

A simple story told with abundant gentleness, Yomeddine looks at a group of outcasts with such compassion and generosity that it has the good manners not to artificially inflate their tale with phony uplift.

Pitched fascinatingly, at times uneasily, between misery and uplift, «Mister & Pete» tells the story of an endlessly resourceful child who survives the unimaginable over one long summer.

Hollywood has little use for John G. Avildsen's brand of uplifting stories.

And yet the plot, co-written with Braff's brother Adam, seems to have been set up to hit all the beats required of an uplifting, finding - your - way story.

Director and co-screenwriter (along with Chris Gerolmo, Allison Burnett, and Michael Bortman) Rod Lurie tells the uplifting tale of a sports writer who almost lost it all before stumbling into the story of a lifetime in this uplifting sports - themed drama starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson.

In an effort to provide both sides of the story, the directors — especially in late, slow - motion - drenched elegiac passages full of uplifting and / or mournful music — buy too much of the pap being sold by the sannyasins.

Rather than an uplifting childhood bedtime story, this Noah carries the burden of God, his own family and the survival of all beings... his days are filled with moral dilemmas much larger than what you and I go through.

Neither uplifting tale of triumph nor blind - woman - in - peril thriller, it is a playful, intimate story of a person who keeps unseen world alive in her mind's eye.

The story of Valens is irresistible both for its uplifting and melancholy message.

As other Time Out reviews (below) indicate, the story's not uplifting - mainly because it's a story of the banking crisis, and so well acted you're absorbed in the story.

Its uplifting story arc may be formulaic but the strength and honesty of the performances give it surprising emotional heft — especially from Damon as a troubled math genius in the role that marked his arrival as a major, serious actor.

Entertaining and uplifting, this Oscar - winning documentary tells the unknown story of the back - up singers who made classic records so memorable.

Based on a true story, this is one of those relentlessly uplifting Disney movies that mixes comedy and emotion to inspire and move the audience.

You can see the film as an uplifting story about a wife and mother overcoming the drudgery of domesticity and finding new meaning in her life.