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Movie Reviews - Black and Blue 
 
Movie Reviews this week looks at the beautiful drama Black and Blue.

It tells the story of Amber, a teen having troubles at home with her mother, a 
meth addict, and her mother's boyfriend a violent drunk. We meet Amber at a 
music class, where she seem oblivious to the class, amidst the troubles she is 
having at home.

Soon afterwards she finds her mother unconscious from taking meth, and while 
her mother is recuperating in hospital, she is sent to stay with one of her 
relatives, but not before her teacher says goodbye to her with the gift of a 
lovely 1930's classic guitar. It turns out the life her relative leads is no 
different from the life Amber was having with her mother, and in the middle of 
the night she takes her sole belonging, the 1930's guitar and runs away.

Living on the streets Amber faces some of the dangers prevalent for anyone just 
made homeless, from the homeless people adamant she doesn't take any of their 
sleeping spaces, to the dangers often faced by single teens on the streets, 
fortunately for her she is protected from a terrible attack from some homeless 
vagrants, by a couple of street musicians she saw early on in the day, one of 
them notices her guitar and asks her if she can play, she says she can't and 
walks away. As fate would have it she soon befriends the street singers that 
helped her and their lead singer, namely Ryan played by Dennis Denicola, Teresa 
the lead singer of the group, played by another beautiful singer Carolina 
Hoyos, and Marco, played by Daniel Galo, Teresa notices the guitar she is 
carrying and asks her to play, she mentions she doesn't really know how to play 
it, but Teresa insists that this is the condition if she wants to hang around 
with them; she must play, and as if on cue, she plays a beautiful melody and 
sings too, to the amazement of all, and no doubt the audience too. Amber is 
played by the gorgeous and very talented Christine Evans (she has one of those 
dreamy voices, that is reminiscent of Alanis Morisette).

Amber befriends a local blues singer Billy, played magnificently by Zach 
Harmon, who she first meets wanting to sell the 1930's classic guitar to him to 
raise some money, Billy asks why on earth anybody would want to sell such a 
beautiful instrument, he fixes the loose strings on the guitar and plays a 
lovely song, and soon afterwards Amber asks him to teach her, which he is only 
too happy to do, it turns out Amber is looking for that father figure she has 
missed all her life, and Billy sees her as someone who needs guidance, which he 
is very happy to give.

Black and Blue is a beautiful tale of hope when all seems lost, both for Amber 
and her newly found companions. The songs and guitar melodies in Black and Blue 
are what makes this movie enchanting, and Christine Evans is a very talented 
singer and guitarist.

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