I was attracted to Living the blues by reading on the social message that is encapsulated within its synopsis. I have broad music tastes with REM & Prink Floyd somewhere at the top. I never considered myself a Blues fan – but now that is something that I am not so sure about. This was a powerful and emotive film that relates a very common message of the human condition. It explores survival, commitment, dreams and aspirations. It validated the existential. It transcends materialism and offers a message of hope while conveying a message of hope in mankind. It connects across the continents. It was also clearly a task of love and I feel particularly connected to those who made it. There is a certain quality of warmth that comes across and I do believe that films of this type help knit people together across the globe with a heightened awareness that we are not so different. Perhaps music and independent films have gone a little way to providing a message of hope for us all?