It's a novel by Myla Goldberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Season), later made into a film. The story is about a seemingly normal family in which, however, there are deep problems.
One of the characters, a teenage boy, gets involved with ISKCON.
I have seen only parts of the film. There are scenes of chanting the maha mantra, devotees dancing.
(But it's not a particularly easy or nice film, there are some explicit sensual scenes.)
Some things seem to be inaccurate in the film, though. For example, the boy is a newcomer devotee, yet he is already given saffron clothes, as if he were a brahmacari.
I just read the link, sounds like the average disjointed family in any western country, I lived most of this stuff last thing I need is to see a re-run of my own life LMHO!
I saw the film because a devotee I know was consulted for the scenes of devotees and the temple. That said, I feel even tho devotees were consulted it gives an unreal portrayal of temple life.
Actually, I had no idea what the film was about before I began watching. I was switching channels, waiting for something else, and there was Richard Gere talking about the power of words and how they vibrate and how words can lift one's consciousness up to a higher level - this caught my attention, it was a description of sabda.
And just earlier before, I was reading in the Bhagavatam - SB 11.8.10: Just as the honeybee takes nectar from all flowers, big and small, an intelligent human being should take the essence from all religious scriptures.
So in the spirit of this, I thought, let's see if I can be open-minded and take the essence from this.
I was all delighted when I saw the boy chanting! 8)
