Movie · Netflix · 2025

David

The old story, told for children without sanding off the God who sends him.

A film called David can be a brand or a scripture. This one keeps the anointing, which is the difference. He is small, the giant is not a metaphor for self-esteem, and the victory is borrowed. Children can watch it. Stay in the room so the song, if there is a song, does not replace the fact that he was sent.

The eight

Industry
7/10
He is a shepherd before he is a king. The work is in his hands.
Household
6/10
A father and a house of brothers. The youngest is not a joke to them for long.
Piety
9/10
The soul is the subject. He answers to God, not to the crowd.
Courage
9/10
He walks toward the giant with a reason that is not himself.
Republic
7/10
A people, a king who has failed them, and a boy who will not replace God with a sword.
Temperance
7/10
The fight is one fight, not a feast of them.
Truth
8/10
It is the biblical account, not a mascot with the name left on.
Stewardship
8/10
What he is handed is a charge, and he is told not to spend it on himself.

Live historicallyRead the chapter aloud after the film. The film does not get the last word.

Movie · Disney+ · 2016

Moana

A girl, a people, a boat, and a task that is not about becoming famous. Keep it.

Moana is given a wanting that could have been the usual wanting — see the world, be special — and the film ties it to a people who will starve if she is only special. Her father is strict because the reef has killed before. He is wrong about staying and right to care whether she comes back. The demigod is funny and proud and has to become useful. The theology is Polynesian and particular. You do not have to share it to see that a stolen heart has to be returned, and that a girl can carry her house with her instead of shedding it.

Good for the whole table, Kiki included. Afterward, ask what we have forgotten how to do that a grandparent still knew.

The eight

Industry
6/10
Wayfinding and sailing are taught as a craft the people had lost.
Household
7/10
A father, a grandmother, a village. She leaves because of them, not in order to escape them.
Piety
6/10
Ancestors and a creation story are the engine. It is not our creed. It is treated as real.
Courage
8/10
She sails anyway. The ocean is not a mood. It can kill her.
Republic
8/10
The unit is a people who have forgotten they were voyagers. She is restoring the memory, not her brand.
Temperance
7/10
Maui's vanity is the obstacle. It is corrected, mostly.
Truth
7/10
The island is dying because of a theft. The cure is restitution, not a feeling.
Stewardship
9/10
The last shot is the boats going out again. That is handing on, filmed.

Live historicallyLearn one skill an older person in the family has, from them, on purpose.