Ray

A 2004 biographical film focusing on 30 years of the life of rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles. This independently produced film starred Jamie Foxx in the title role for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Ray Charles was set to attend an opening of the completed film, but he died of liver disease several months before its premiere.

I am Inspired

Despite facing many hurdles in his journey, Ray Charles moves on fearlessly. The courage he shows was inspirational at all levels.

There is an intense sadness and yet there is a spontaneous willingness to walk alone in the dark, which sure looked magical!

Trivia: Jamie Foxx had to wear eye prosthetics that really did make him blind for up to 14 hours a day during shooting.

Flash of Genius

A 2008 American biographical film, focuses on Robert Kearns (the part played by Greg Kinnear) and his legal battle against the Ford Motor Company when they developed an intermittent windshield wiper based on ideas the inventor had patented.

Based on a true story: Robert Kearns was the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles from 1969 to the present. His first patent for the invention was filed on December 1, 1964.

Kearns won one of the best known patent infringement cases against Ford Motor Company (1978–1990) and a case against Chrysler Corporation (1982–1992). Having invented and patented the intermittent windshield wiper mechanism, which was useful in light rain or mist, he tried to interest the "Big Three" auto makers in licensing the technology. They all rejected his proposal, yet began to install intermittent wipers in their cars, beginning in 1969.

I am Inspired
While it may be important to prove a point, to what extent does one need to stretch themselves...was worth an observation.

Trivia: Today over 145 million cars carry the wipers that Kearns invented.