Go Toward the Light

TV Movie
1988
Not Rated
1h 33m

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A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.

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7.4/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
The cabin seen in the beginning when they are at the family reunion is the same one used in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).

Quotes
Greg Madison: When you're born, your spirit slips into your body like a glove. It's your spirit that moves your body and gives you your thoughts and feelings. Look here.
[Greg waves his hand]
Greg Madison: Here's your spirit and when you're born, your spirit slips into your body like that.
[Greg slips his hand into a glove]
Greg Madison: And then for your whole life long, your spirit and your body act as one. Now, when the time comes for the spirit to leave this world, when you die, your spirit slips out of your body the same way.
[Greg takes the glove off and wiggles his hand]
Greg Madison: And even though the body dies, the spirit lives forever.
Ben Madison: You mean, my body is like a glove?
Greg Madison: Yes.
Ben Madison: And my spirit goes to heaven?
Claire: That's right, Ben
Ben Madison: Am I gonna die, Mom?
Claire: Yes, Ben, you are... We all are, but your time may come sooner than ours.

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helpful to kids

I saw this movie for the first time when I was about 11. I didn't really understand the effects of AIDS on a person or on their family. This very touching movie really opened my eyes to what was going on all around me. I have grown up and never forgotten this movie (I still cry when I see it on TV), and I wish other kids could see this movie and get the same message I did out of it. I also realized that people with AIDS shouldn't be stereotyped and are just like everyone else (I felt so sorry when the school wouldn't let Ben back into school because of people's ignorance). Richard Thomas' explanation of death/a soul is also very helpful for a child with questions. Sad yet necessary film. Beautifully acted by everyone in the cast. Especially the actor who played young Ben, who was confused but very brave in his fight.