Families can go into crisis mode when faced with stressful situations. How will family members deal with the situation and how will it transform their relationships with each other? Check out these docs that focus on families in a state of crisis.
“Tarnation” (2005)
Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip. Faced with the haunting remnants of his past, including a family legacy of mental illness, abuse and neglect, Jonathan Caouette returns home to aid in his schizophrenic mother’s recovery.
“Dear Zachary” (2008)
Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne begins making a film for Zachary, son of his oldest friend who was murdered by Zachary’s mother. The film’s focus shifts to Zachary’s grandparents as they fight to win custody of Zachary from the woman who took their son’s life.
“Prodigal Sons” (2010)
Returning home to Montana for her high school reunion, filmmaker Kimberly Reed (previously the school quarterback and now a transgender woman) hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother. But along the way they face challenges no one could imagine.
