Six American Families: The Burks of Georgia (1976)
1976 · Short film · 31 min
Synopsis
Documents the daily life of a poverty-stricken family with 13 children, living in rural Georgia. Depicts the family's great pride and love for one another, and their overriding concern for keeping the clan together
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Details
- Running time
- 31 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Rural families
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Interesting slice of life · kchandler0 · 2022-07-29
At first it seems like just a look at a very large, poor family but there is always more to the story, i.e. the family history of alcoholism and Mom's need to keep her grown children nearby no matter the circumstances. Not sure how I feel about the sly way the filmmakers pointed out the family's poor hygiene and lack of education, and how they kept forcing the subject of the deceased brothers, but I guess they were just laying it all out there. I hope the Burks were paid a nice amount for their participation.