Watch full episodes of family affair and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. A fathers duty is to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Filmmaker tom fassaert travels to south africa to visit his estranged, 95yearold grandmother. A lowkey but imaginationsnaring choice of opener for this years idfa fest, a family affair requires deft marketing from arthouse distribs teasing but not spoiling its nerviest. And, until her death, the quixotic and unstable, impeccably turnedout marianne will refuse to give any of her relatives. Such was the case with tom fassaerts a family affair, a dutch film i saw screen at the thessaloniki documentary film festival last spring. An angel in doel delves into his own painful family history in the peculiar a family affair. A family affair tom fassaerts idfa opener is a startling inquiry into his troubled family history that makes a virtue of missing information. Dutch documentary director tom fassaerts germanborn, south africabased grandmother is the focus of his fascinating second feature, a family affair though as the title suggests, her. This documentary is also available on dvd and is accompanied by a free. At 10 years old, chico colvard accidentally shot his older sister in the leg. During his stay, she makes a shocking confession that forces fassaert to reevaluate everything he. This seemingly random act detonated a chain reaction that exposed unspeakable realities and shattered his family. Sevens a family affair by tariq mansor singapore documentary.
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