family affair
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Chico Colvard interviews family members 30 years after a dirty family secret is revealed. He finds out how his three sisters survived severe abuse at the hands of their father and how they cope as adults.
Chico Colvard is a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, founder of C-LineFilms and Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at Massachusetts College of Art & Design. He is the former Founding Curator of the UMass Boston Film Series, where he taught race, law and media related courses for 15 years. His award-winning feature, FAMILY AFFAIR, premiered at Sundance and was the first film acquired by Oprah Winfrey for OWN. His recent film, BLACK MEMORABILIA premiered at MoMA and aired on PBS' Independent Lens. Chico is the producer for SPRING VALLEY, which premiered at SXSW in 2021 and currently working on THE CALL a project that examines weaponized 911 calls and a nine-part series for MTV.
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