Lifted (2011 film)

Lifted is a film directed by Lexi Alexander. It premiered at the Feel Good Film Festival on August 14, 2010, and was released straighttoDVD in 2011.

Williams Reserve Unit is activated and deployed to Afghanistan. While William is gone, Henry sends him songs to listen to, and to show off to his Marine buddies. While William is gone, Henrys mom cannot afford the mortgage on the house, and they move into Lisas dads trailer, without telling William. Lisas dad hates the music Henry listens to and didnt agree with her marrying William. Henry skips school, but Lisa thinks he is gone. She begins to bike to her therapy session, but turns around. She walks to the neighbors and gets high, breaking her promise to William that shed stay sober. Henry watches his mom get high out of the window, and unplugs his headphones from his radio. Lisas dad returns and hits Henry for listening to his music and skipping school. He decides to leave and attend the competition. He tells his mom bye, but she is too high to understand. Henry hitchhikes to Birmingham to enter the singing competition. His dad comes home while hes gone, and finds the house empty, and his wife high, then runs to Birmingham where he finds Henry and performs with him in the competition.Henry gets far in the competition, and is covered on the news, where Lisas dad sees him. Lisa and her dad go to Birmingham and find Henry. Lisas father tells the competition officials that he hasnt had a parent with him the entire time. This confuses Henry, who is told his father died three months earlier. Henry looks at his dad, who says no one else can see him. His dad was killed by an Afghan woman back when he was deployed, but Williams spirit was with Henry the whole time. Henry decides to drop out of the competition because his dad isnt there. Williams spirit then visits his friend for his unit. The friends remote breaks on the channel talking about Henry and reads a letter William gave him. The letter tells him to help Henry in the competition if he ever dies. Back at the competition Henry cant sing because his dad is gone. The judges eliminate him but one of the other singers

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