A Family Thing
With family, everything is relative.
109 mins
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
Richard Lexsee
Truckjacker
James N. Harrell
Earl Pilcher Sr.
Lauren Leigh Phillips
Kindra
Ashleigh Jordan
Danielle
Sandra Quarterman
Young Aunt T.
Rufus Thomas
Tommy
Tom Epperson
Writer
Gerrit Dangremond
Camera Operator
Alphonse Blumenthal
Chief Lighting Technician
Michael Hausman
Unit Production Manager
Morgan Michael Lewis
Key Grip
Brad Wilson
Co-Producer
Aiman A. Humaideh
Second Assistant Director
John S. Robertson
Dolly Grip
Ric McElvin
Set Decoration
Mark Warner
Editor
Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Design
Linda DeScenna
Production Design
Michael Hausman
Executive Producer
James Nedza
Art Direction
Fred Murphy
Director of Photography