Family Affair
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 – 7:30pm
USA 2009. Director: Chico Colvard
Post-screening discussion with Allan Wade
“As a 10-year-old, Chico Colvard accidentally shot his older sister in
the leg. This seemingly random act detonated a chain reaction that
exposed unspeakable realities and shattered his family. Thirty years
later, in his film Family Affair, Colvard ruptures the secrecy
and silence again. As he bravely visits his relatives, what unfolds is a
highly personal film — uncompromising, raw, and cathartic.
Charlize Theron won the Best Actress Oscar for her fearless portrayal of notorious serial murderer Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in Florida in 2002 after being convicted of killing six men over a nine month period. Wuornos confessed to seven murders, including that of a policeman, but claimed to have killed only in self-defence.