Brother's Keeper (1992)

Directed by

Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film documents the trial of an elderly farmer accused of murdering his brother in a small New York village. It follows the community's reaction and the legal proceedings against the quiet man.

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What happens

Brother's Keeper is a 1992 documentary directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. The film is about an alleged 1990 murder in the village of Munnsville, New York. The film is in the "Direct Cinema" style of the Maysles brothers, who had formerly employed Berlinger and Sinofsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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