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Bookmark this pageMy Brother's Wedding (1983)
Director: Charles Burnett
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A young working class black living in one of LA's seedier ghettos is having problems with his sense of duty to others, bothered by his brother's forthcoming marriage to a wealthy doctor's daughter, and hanging around with his wastrel ex-con pal against his family's wishes. Somewhere between domestic soap and Mean Streets, Burnett's low-budget film confronts a number of universal dilemmas without ever becoming turgidly heavy. Overlong, perhaps, but the witty script and generous characterisations often work wonders.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Charles Burnett
Producer: Charles Burnett, Gaye Shannon-Burnett
Cast: Everette Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronald E Bell, Dennis Kemper, Sally Easter full cast
Duration: 116 mins
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