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The Six of Us (1982)

The Six of Us poster
Directed by
Edward Parone
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television film that introduces a family dealing with everyday challenges, including a deaf child. It focuses on the parents and their efforts to connect with each other and their children.

quietearnestslow-pacedintimateemotionalfamily-centeredreflectiveunderstated

What happens

The Six of Us is a 1982 television film directed by Edward Parone and starring Gail Strickland and Marco St. John. It eventually served as a pilot film for the short-lived television series The Family Tree. The 1983 series was recast (except for the deaf actor Jonathan Hall Kovacs), and some characters' names were changed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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