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Indigo is a film released in 2003, directed and produced by Stephen Simon. The film deals with the phenomenon of the indigo children and their effects on the world and humanity through a story of one family's reunification and emotional healing. It's release was sponsored by the Spiritual Cinema Circle, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing spirituality to cinema.

Plot

Ray Talloway (played by Neale Donald Walsch) is a construction manager whose business is on the edge of declaring bankruptcy. His semi-estranged daughter, Cheryl (Sarah Rutan) and he have fights often over almost anything, and her husband, Alex (Gregory Linington) is involved with some minor criminals. Cheryl and Alex have one daughter, Grace (Meghan McCandless), who is the indigo child of the story, and who eventually reunites the family.

One night, Alex takes Cheryl to a "party" that promises something exciting to happen for the participants (presumably drugs). Cheryl gets concerned about leaving Grace alone in the car, so Alex leaves and goes to check on her. A few minutes later, a police raid has everybody in the house arrested. Grace, who was asleep in the back of the car, wakes up and sees her mother being taken away. (Note: A different actress portrays the five-year-old Grace in the movie) Ray, who is asleep at home, gets a call from the police station informing him of his daughter's arrest. He goes to the police station, arriving deep in conversation with one of his business partners. A protest by environmentalists at the sight of one of his latest projects causes him to abandon his daughter at the station and drive out to the sight. The sight of the crowd protesting his efforts (eradicating a forest to make room for a new highway), combined with the stress of having his daughter arrested, causes him to have a small nervous breakdown.

Here, the film jumps ahead five years. Neale has lost his job and is living at home alone with a very old car on the verge of breaking down. Cheryl has been in jail for possession of hard drugs even though she was innocent. Ray has never come to visit her nor ever bailed her out. Grace is living in a children's home, Alex has ran off (possibly to Canada), and they are more estranged then ever.

A visit with her lawyer leaves Cheryl afraid for Grace's safety: Her lawyer intimated that Alex might kidnap her in exchange for the drug money he thinks Cheryl has. After this scene is over, we see the lawyer walking over to a car and accepting a wad of cash. Consequently, Cheryl calls Ray and asks him to come visit her. When he does, Cheryl tells him of the lawyer's information and asks him to go and pick up Grace and take care of her until she gets out of jail on parole in a month. Ray does so out of a sense of duty towards his daughter and guilt for being an inadequate father and grandfather. Grace is revealed to have developed her indigo abilities to the point where they are unsettling to Ray (at first). He unceremoniously kidnaps her (with her consent and aid) and escapes to meet with Ray's girlfriend, Sally (Lynette Louise). Ray and Grace drive north to Ashland, Oregon to hide out until Cheryl's parole comes through. On the way, they spend the night in a hotel and begin to develop a bond. The hotel manager is astonished next morning when Grace brings his father, who sits in a chair just inside the front window, out of a severe case of Alzheimer's disease back into normal waking consciousness. He reacts with the accusation that it is the work of the Devil, and Ray and Grace leave the pair to work out their own issues.

Driving further north, Ray's car finally breaks down, and he and Grace are forced to walk. They are picked up by a group of teenagers on their way to Mt. Ashland (one of whom is played by Neale's son, Karus Walsch). They end up staying the night together in a cabin. Karus's character is disturbed by Grace telling a story about his childhood that brings up painful memories: he could see angels when he was a boy, but his older brother beat him whenever he talked about it. Another one of the teenagers expresses skepticism and anger at Grace's powers, especially when Grace claims to see the spirit of the teenager's mother and delivers a message for her to the teenager. The experience empowers them all and enables Ray and Grace to continue.

They finally reach the cabin they are staying at, and Sally informs them that Alex is there. But it isn't Alex that's there: It's Ray's estranged son, Stewart (Dane Bowman). Stewart is there to collect the money that he thinks Cheryl hid, and that Grace knows where it is. He takes her hostage using a gun, and Ray bluffs, saying that Grace needs her cough medicine in his suitcase, but goes for his gun. As he reaches for it, he has a vision of the choices he has made, and reconsiders his decision. He attempts to apologize to Stewart and explain his choices and issues, but Stewart is very angry and refuses to accept them. Eventually, the arrival of the police at the cabin surprises them all. (Grace had dialed 911 earlier in the scene and left the phone in the car.) Stewart finds out that one of the cops is the same cop that made the drug bust five years ago, and that the cop stole the money.

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