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My Brother's Wedding is a new dramatic feature by black independent filmmaker Charles Burnett. Like his first film, Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother's Wedding presents a knowing portrait of a Watts family. In both films, Burnett's immersion in the ironies and complexities of his subject matter defies the restrictions of incredibly small budgets. My Brother's Wedding focuses on Pierce Monday (Everett Silas), whose love-hate relationship with the black community, while given an entirely personal portrayal, seems to encompass the burdens of a generation. Angry over his lower-middle-class status, yet angrier still at those who would have him seek affluence, he finds himself suddenly alone at the age of 30, all of his friends having been imprisoned or killed, and his brother bound for an upper-middle-class life with his bride-to-be. Variety notes, Burnett...has a facility for incorporating secondary characters, comic observation and local color into the story and still maintaining the central focus.... Using primarily novice and semi-pro performers, he manages to create an authentic flavor to his film. Particularly strong are Silas as Pierce and Jessie Holmes playing the family matriarch. Featured at the 1983 Toronto Film Festival, the 1984 Rotterdam Festival and the upcoming Museum of Modern Art series, New Directors, 1984.
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