[GreaterPhilly] Fwd: [NFBP-Talk] The Shack

DENICE BROWN dbrown8827 at aol.com
Mon Jul 12 23:40:14 UTC 2021



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> From: Steve Cook via NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: July 12, 2021 at 7:17:20 PM EDT
> To: "NFB of Pennsylvania Talk, state list" <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Steve Cook <stanley7709 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NFBP-Talk] The Shack
> Reply-To: "NFB of Pennsylvania Talk, state list" <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Hi All, 
> 
> Come join the NFB of SC on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern for the
> audio described movie The Shack! 
> 
> Plot
> Mackenzie "Mack" Phillips suffered physical and emotional abuse as a child
> at the hands of his drunken father, who abused his mother as well. One day,
> Mack tells the preacher at his church of his abuse, and as punishment, his
> father harshly beats him, leading to Mack’s mother’s decision to leave them.
> As a 13-year-old boy he chose to poison his father with strychnine in his
> whisky. The film does not include any criminal consequences for his father's
> murder.
> 
> As an adult he has a fulfilling life with his wife, Nan, and their three
> children: Kate, Josh and Missy. Mack's life is shattered, when their
> youngest child Missy disappears during a camping trip while he is saving
> Kate and Josh during a canoeing accident. The police determine Missy is the
> victim of a serial killer after finding her torn dress and blood in a vacant
> cabin. Kate blames herself for Missy's death because she recklessly caused
> the canoe accident in the first place.
> 
> The tragedy derails Mack's faith and life until the onset of winter when he
> receives an unstamped, typewritten note in his mailbox. The surrounding snow
> is devoid of any incriminating tracks. The message is signed "Papa" (which
> was Nan's nickname for God) and invites him to meet at the cabin.
> 
> Thinking this may possibly be an opportunity for meeting and punishing the
> serial killer, Mack borrows his friend's 4X4 and drives there, apparently
> narrowly avoiding a collision with a truck. Finding the ruined cabin cold,
> desolate and empty, he is overcome with frustration, rage and an almost
> irresistible impulse to turn his handgun on himself. But he suddenly
> encounters a mysterious trio of strangers who invite him to stay at their
> well-furnished, cozy little house situated just down the path and, oddly, in
> the midst of a beautiful, sunshiny, summertime wilderness.
> 
> The trio of strangers gradually reveal their identities: an African-American
> woman is God the Father (Papa), a Middle Eastern man is Jesus, and an Asian
> woman is the Holy Spirit. The purpose of their invitation is to first help
> him better understand his life as seen from a much broader context or higher
> perspective. This helps free him from an inclination to pass judgment upon
> himself and everyone else who crosses his path. It is from that new starting
> point that he may then continue his long, slow journey healing himself and
> his family, and forgiveness for himself as well as for those who have
> greatly harmed him and his loved ones.
> 
> He helps Jesus build a beautiful wooden box, the Holy Spirit to prepare a
> spot in her garden for a planting, and then Papa - in the form of an elderly
> Native American man - leads him to the cave where Missy's body is located.
> Together they prepare her body for burial, place her in the box, and lay her
> to rest in the garden. He briefly sees Missy in Heaven, but is unable to be
> with her. Jesus steps through the boundary separating them to visit with
> her. Mack also visits another cave where God's wisdom, in the form of a
> woman, Sophia, talks to him. Eventually, the trio and Mack encounter the
> spirit of Mack’s father, who apologizes for his mistreatment of Mack and he
> reluctantly forgives him. Mack also apologizes to his father, whom he
> killed, and finally understands that Missy's death was not punishment for
> his murder of his father.
> 
> Finally able to move beyond his grief and his faith restored, he leaves the
> trio and sets out to return home to his family. However, he again encounters
> the truck and this time collides with it and wakes up in hospital. The
> friend from whom he borrowed the 4X4 tells him that he never reached the
> cabin, having crashed on the way there.[a]
> 
> Cast
> Sam Worthington[5] as Mackenzie "Mack" Phillips
> Carson Reaume as Young Mack
> Octavia Spencer as God (Papa)[6][7]
> Graham Greene as Male Papa[8]
> Radha Mitchell as Nan Phillips[8]
> Aviv Alush as Jesus Christ[8]
> Sumire Matsubara as Holy Spirit (Sarayu)[9][10][11]
> Tim McGraw[12] as Willie
> Alice Braga[12] as Sophia
> Megan Charpentier as Kate Phillips[12]
> Gage Munroe as Josh Phillips[12]
> Amélie Eve as Missy Phillips[12]
> Ryan Robbins as Emil Ducette[12]
> 
> 
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