Little Satchmo

It's a tiny thing--and it hasn't got a lot of action. It rolls along like your aunt sitting on the porch and telling a family tale on a slow summer day. She takes out old photos, reads bits of old letters. While some great music drifts along in the background. But it is a curious look at another time and another place, and you do get a sense of learning something you didn't know. And you wonder if it had to be that way. I didn't know what to expect about this story at all. But I think it's going to haunt me now.

I read the book first so there were little surprises just so nice to have the visuals and see the words come to life. So much pain and yet healing! My heart still aches at these words, "with a few strokes of a pen...." The documentary certainly confirms the importance of dads' presence in little girls' lives but even with that void, they can still rise and be strong. Congratulations Sharon on being strong and telling your inspiring story! Very well done!!!