My Brother's Wedding (1983)
September 13, 1983Release Date
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
September 13, 1983Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Everett Silas
Pierce Mundy
Jessie Holmes
Mrs. Mundy
Gaye Shannon-Burnett
Sonia Dubois
Ronnie Bell
Soldier Richards
Dennis Kemper
Mr. Mundy
Sally Easter
Mrs. Richards
Hobert Durham Jr.
Mr. Richards
Angela Burnett
Angela
Frances E. Nealy
Mrs. Debois
Sy Richardson
Mr. Dubois
Cora Lee Day
Big Mama
Charles Burnett
Director
Charles Bracy
Walker
Nate Hardman
Babe Brother
Terrence Allen
Terrence
Debbie Williams
Babe Brother's Wife
Thomas Penick
Editor
Henry G. Sanders
Beat-up man
Edwin Prevost
Mr. Shaw
Demene E. Hall
Sister
Eugene Cherry
Gene
Dian Cherry
Dian
Charles Drake
Pastor #2
Camelia Frieberg
Assistant Director
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My Brother's Wedding is a tragicomic film edited, written, produced, and directed by Charles Burnett. Set in South Central Los Angeles, the film follows Pierce Mundy (Everett Silas) who finds himself torn between incompatible loyalties after his childhood friend, Soldier (Ronnie Bell), is released from prison. When his brother Wendell (Monte Easter) decides to marry Sonia (Gaye Shannon-Burnett), who is of a higher social class, Pierce's disdain for Sonia results in misfortune.
Although the film is today praised for its tender, funny and moving portrayal of contemporary working class African American life, mishandling of the film's promotion by the producers led to a limited release of only a rough edit of the film to mixed reviews in 1983. Burnett was able to finish editing and re-release the film in 2007 to a positive critical response, although the film's theatrical run would gross less than $10,000.