familyaffair

FAMILY AFFAIR

Year 2010
Runtime 82 mins
Language ENGLISH
Alberta Premiere

14A - Advisories: Mature Subject Matter & Coarse Language.

At 10 years old, Chico Colvard accidentally shot his older sister in the leg. This seemingly random act sparked a chain reaction that exposed unspeakable realities and shattered his family. Thirty years later, Colvard ruptures veils of secrecy and silence again. As he bravely visits his relatives, a personal film unfolds that’s as uncompromising, raw and cathartic as any in the history of the medium.

Colvard sensitively probes a complex dynamic: the way his three sisters survived severe childhood abuse by their father and, as adults, manage to muster loyalty to him drives the story forward. These unforgettable, invincible women paint a picture of their harrowing girlhoods as they resiliently struggle with the present-day fallout. The distance time gives them from their trauma yields piercing insights about the legacy of abuse, the nature of forgiveness and eternal longing for family and love. These truths may be too searing to bear, but they reverberate powerfully within each of us.

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Countries

United States
Festivals
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2010, Official Selection Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010
Director
Chico Colvard
Executive Producer
Dan Cogan, Abigail Disney
Producer
Chico Colvard, Liz Garbus
Screenwriter
Chico Colvard
Cinematographer
Chico Colvard
Editor
Rachel J. Clark
Music
Miriam Cutler
Cast
none