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My Brother

2006 · 100 min · Director: Anthony Lover ★ IMDb 5.2 · 368 ratings

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"My Brother" is an inner city story of two impoverished boys, Isaiah and James. James is developmentally disabled. Their mother, L'Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation. Dying of tuberculosis, she desperately tries to get her two boys, eight and eleven at the time, adopted together. Finding that only Isaiah can be adopted. L'Tisha makes the only choice she feels she can make; creating an unbreakable bond of love between the boys, and hoping that bond will get them through life. Her prayers are answered as the boys overcome impossible odds on their way to adulthood, staying as close as ever as young men dealing with life's obstacles.

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My Brother (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Love. Genres: Drama, Action. AI estimate.

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Cast

NK
Nashawn Kearse

CS
Christopher Scott

DD
Dexter Darden

Dexter Darden

Baseball Son

BV
Baron Vaughn

BV
Baron Vaughn

Reason Comic

JA
Janelle Anne Robinson

TH
Talent Harris

ML
Michael Luggio

EM
Eric Michael Gillett

Adoption Administrator

MN
Molly Nikki Anderson

Drug Lord Comic

RH
Rodney Henry Jr.

Young Isaiah Morton

DJ
Donovan Jennings

Young James Morton

BD
Brian Delate

Mr. Roland

BP
Basil Pologianis

Amir

NM
Nasser Metcalfe

Fazul

LD
Lena D'Amour

Prostitute

DJ
Danny Johnson

Reverend Franklin

RS
Roger Shamas

Rasime

Details

Directed by
Anthony Lover
Written by
Anthony Lover
Type
Movies
Released
2006
Runtime
100 min
Genres
Drama, Action
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.2 · 368 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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