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Family

What appears to be a random act of helping is really a familial one.

  • David L Bradburn
    Director
    Before You Woke, Rockabye, The Coming of Age
  • David L Bradburn
    Writer
    Before You Woke, Rockabye, The Coming of Age
  • Denice Riddle
    Producer
  • David L Bradburn
    Producer
    Before You Woke, Rockabye, The Coming of Age
  • Jahred King
    Key Cast
    "Charlie"
  • Michael Malay
    Key Cast
    "Mark"
  • Jason Erik Zacek
    Key Cast
    "Rob"
  • Michael Prado
    Key Cast
    "Miguel"
  • Joel McGinty
    Cinematographer
    Before You Woke, Home, The Coming of Age
  • Tony Scott Green
    Composer
  • Ana Christian
    Editor
  • Kelley Mosely
    Wardrobe
  • Kendall Baron
    Sound Design and Sound Remixer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 13, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:41
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - David L Bradburn

David is a writer, director and producer of independent films in Chicago. He started Fork the Man Productions to create films and connect independent filmmakers in Chicago. Bradburn’s films include “Superhero Me”, a finalist in the 2012 Beverly Hills Film Fest Writing Competition, and the soon to be finished “The Coming of Age” which was written by Northwestern University’s Film Department Chair, Dave Tolchinsky. Bradburn’s successful launch into Chicago’s independent film community most recently landed him assignments with Kenmore and FOX.

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Director Statement

The film “Family” deals on the periphery with an anti-bulling theme, but more directly with the themes of helping the “other” and seeing family as the community around us. It is based on a day when I saw my younger brother being beaten up across the field that lay between our school and our house. I was maybe 11 and he 7. In spite of not being an imposing 11 year old, I still went after the bigger of the two kids beating my brother up and that pretty much ended it. “Family” is that story set in 2018 with the brothers in their early twenty’s.

The visual twist of the story is that we don’t know they are brothers at the start of the story. We find that out after the skirmish has ended. What is unique about my younger brother and myself is that if you look at us you would not think we are brothers, but if you see us interact there is no doubt we are family. So what appears to be a random act of helping is really a familial one. This is important in getting at the idea that humanity is our family and the helping of one is the helping of all regardless of appearance or whatever lines we/society draw.