My Brother's Wedding
Charles Burnett / US, 1983 / 81 min.
Charles Burnett’s classic L.A. Rebellion film follows Pierce, a young man roaming Los Angeles in search of a purpose in life. Poignant, funny and true. Screening in a new 4K-restored version.
South Central LA, in the early eighties. Pierce Mundy works in his parents’ dry-cleaning business and has few prospects. Most of his old friends are either in prison, or dead. Unlike his brother, who is engaged to be married to a haughty female lawyer, Pierce has no ambition – and this drives his mother, in particular, to distraction. As his best friend gets released from jail and his brother is busy preparing for his big wedding day, Pierce tries to decide what he really wants in life.
Charles Burnett in attendance
Everyday Blues: The Films of Charles Burnett opens on 27 November with Charles Burnett and Maya Cade (President of Milestone Films) in attendance, featuring the Dutch premiere of the 4K restoration of My Brother’s Wedding. The screening will be preceded by Burnett’s short film When It Rains (1995).
The restoration of My Brother’s Wedding was carried out by Milestone Films in collaboration with the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
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Director
Charles Burnett
Production year
1983
Country
US
Original title
My Brother's Wedding
Length
81 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Everyday Blues
Rarely shown, now finally back on the big screen: the films of legendary American filmmaker Charles Burnett, a pioneer of the Black independent cinema movement of the ’70s and ’80s known as L.A. Rebellion. Three of his films have now been digitally restored, including his debut Killer of Sheep.
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