6/23/2023 0 Comments Sunshine by norma kleinAs names have been changed in the film, the character of Jacquelynne Marie is called Kate, her daughter is called Jill, and her husband Sam. An author called Norma Klein wrote a book based on this true story, also called “Sunshine”. The film was called “Sunshine”, inspired by the song “Sunshine On My Shoulders” by John Denver which is played in the film, along with other songs by him including “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. I remember seeing this film when I was young, and it was based on the true story of a 20 year old woman who lived in Colorado called Jacquelynne Marie Helton. These are the opening words to a little known film that was released in the USA in 1973, the year I was born. The names of the people in her life have been changed, but we have retained her spirit, and many of the actual words from the tapes. A journal that told what it was to be young, and a mother, and in love…and dying. She left behind a husband, a two year old daughter, and a journal of tape recordings. In 1971 a young woman died at the age of 20.
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