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Hidden Power of Purpose, The [Played June 7 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available on Amazon Prime Video and various digital and VOD platforms.] Debbie Allen narrates Elliot V. Kotek's engaging, educational, insightful, intriguing, inspirational, 62-minute documentary that discusses the importance of living a life with meaning and purpose to benefit physical and mental health; focuses on four people, including Mark Barden who channeled his grief into helping others after losing his son Daniel in the Sandy Hook school shooting, Shirley Acevedo Buontempo who channeled her passion for education to help Latinas attend college, Wintley Phipps who channeled his desire to help students by opening numerous educational centers to promote education, and nurse practitioner Karen Cassidy who channeled her desire to help dying patients by opening Hildegard House hospice care centers; and consists of commentary by psychology professors (such as Dr. Michelle C. Carlson, Dr. Todd Barrett Kashdan, Dr. Leigh Pearce, and Dr. Anthony Burrow), author Victor J. Strecher, physician and author Dr. Deepak Chopra, professor and genomics researcher Dr. Steve Cole, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, U.S. Dream Academy founder Wintley Phipps, educator Julie Ann, geriatric neuropsychiatrist Dr. Dilip V. Jeste, and Latino U College Access, Inc. founder Shirley Acevedo Buontempo.   Redhead: Year: 2024 Rating:  NR View Hidden Power of Purpose, The on the Internet Movie Database