Thunder Soul

This highly entertaining, deeply moving documentary has it all:

* hot funk music (by a remarkable high school band)

* inspiration (seeing what a difference one teacher can make in their community and in their students' lives)

* social commentary (showing the society those students grew up in and the world they live in now);

* love (going both ways between the teacher and his students)

I'm not much of a cryer, but before this film ended, I was weeping uncontrollably, and the other people in the auto repair waiting room were edging away from me. That's the kind of power this film has.

Whenever someone asks me to recommend a lesser-known movie, Thunder Soul is the first one I think of. If you have a heart, it will be touched by this terrific film.