| Why Can't We Be A Family Again | |
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| 1 Nomination | |
| Year | 2002 |
| Director | Murray Nossel, Roger Weisberg |
| Writer | Roger Weisberg |
| Starring | Ossie Davis |
| 75th Academy Awards | |
Why Can't We Be a Family Again? is a 2002 American short documentary film directed by Murray Nossel and Roger Weisberg who also produced the film. It is narrated by actor Ossie Davis. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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A portrait of a family preparing for a child welfare hearing in Brooklyn. Daniel and Raymond Jacobs have been in the care of their grandmother, Ursula, for seven years, because their mother Kitten is a drug addict. The filmmakers follow them during the period before the hearing: the boys, now in high school and middle school, voice their hopes for their mother's rehabilitation and for a normal life with her. Ursula talks about the responsibility she bears. Kitten enters a residential treatment program.
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