"My Brother" is an inner city story of two impoverished boys, Isaiah and James. James is developmentally disabled. Their mother, L'Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation. Dying of tuberculosis, she desperately tries to get her two boys, eight and eleven at the time, adopted together. Finding that only Isaiah can be adopted. L'Tisha makes the only choice she feels she can make; creating an unbreakable bond of love between the boys, and hoping that bond will get them through life. Her prayers are answered as the boys overcome impossible odds on their way to adulthood, staying as close as ever as young men dealing with life's obstacles.
Acting
Nashawn Kearse and Christopher Scott's lived-in brother chemistry.
Writing
Refuses easy sentimentality in poverty portrayal.
Director
Anthony Lover
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Anthony Lover was primarily a music video director; this was his sole feature film.
Released in 2006 but feels like a lost 90s indie, when films about Black working-class life got micro-budgets and zero marketing.
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