My Brother's Wedding (1983)
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61% of users liked it
(529 ratings)
Everett Silas plays a 30-year-old black male who works at the Watts dry cleaning business owned by his family. He is quite comfortable with the debilitated African-American community around him--but not with his brother, who has escaped the ghetto and achieved prosperity as a lawyer. The day of his… More Everett Silas plays a 30-year-old black male who works at the Watts dry cleaning business owned by his family. He is quite comfortable with the debilitated African-American community around him--but not with his brother, who has escaped the ghetto and achieved prosperity as a lawyer. The day of his brother's wedding is the same day as the funeral of his best friend. Silas thus has only twenty-four hours to make a permanent decision: whether to cast his lot with the underprivileged, as represented by his late friend, or with those who aspire for better things, represented by his brother. My Brother's Wedding has the crudity to be expected of an independent production, but also has more honesty and energy than most mainstream films dealing with internal racial divisiveness. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Burnett
- Written By
- Charles Burnett
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 30, 1984 Wide
- Studio
- Milestone Films
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
A tragicomedy of the highest order
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S. James Wegg, JWR
Too much compromise on character development qualifies this film as merely remarkable when, given the promise of previous work, it ought to be great.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Burnett is recognized by some critics as the best filmmaker no one knows.
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Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online
[Director Charles Burnett] paints a world of complex family dynamics and social relations...
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Cast
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Everett Silas
as Pierce Monday
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Jessie Holmes
as Mrs. Monday
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Gaye Shannon-Burnett
as Sonia
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Ronnie Bell
as Soldier Richards
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Dennis Kemper
as Wendell Monday
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Sy Richardson
as Sonia's Father
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Frances E. Nealy
as Sonia's Mother
