A Family Thing is a 1996 film starring Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones and Irma P. Hall. It was written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and directed by Richard Pearce.
The film is a drama about a White American Southerner (Duvall) named Earl whose mother makes a shocking revelation in a letter, after her death. She reveals that Earl's biological mother was an African American who died while giving birth to him. His mother's dying wish is t...
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A Family Thing is a 1996 film starring Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones and Irma P. Hall. It was written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and directed by Richard Pearce.
The film is a drama about a White American Southerner (Duvall) named Earl whose mother makes a shocking revelation in a letter, after her death. She reveals that Earl's biological mother was an African American who died while giving birth to him. His mother's dying wish is that he goes to Chicago to meet his half-brother, Ray (Jones). Ray blames Earl for his own mother's death and does not want to speak to him. But his loving Aunt T. (Hall) welcomes Earl and insists the family accept him.
Earl initially takes it badly, admonishing his aged father for "lying in bed with a nigger woman" and there is a shot in which he gets in to his truck and takes a good look in the mirror, squinting and speculating if it could be true. In any case he packs up his clothes and takes off for the big city. He meets Ray at city hall ...
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