Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America

Three narratives (“Cutting Moments,” “Home” and “Prologue”) combine to create a shocking trilogy of modern American life, a portrait drawn with brushstrokes of hidden violence and disturbing cruelty. Directed by Douglas Buck, this unflinching film reveals what lies behind the drawn curtains of so-called “ordinary” households.

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