In My Father's House
Movies & TV / DVD
Movies/TV › Social Sciences & Issues
UPC: 796019829830 / Publisher: Arc Entertainment, January 2016
Chicago rapper Che "Rhymefest" Smith reconnects with his father after twenty years and discovers that his father is now a homeless alcoholic.
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"IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE explores identity and legacy in the African-American family, as Grammy award-winning rapper Che'Rhymefest' Smith and his long-lost father reconnect and try to build a new future in Chicago's turbulent South Side. Himself a child of a broken home, Chehasn't seen his father, Brian, in over 20 years, and presumes him dead. But after buying his father's childhood home, Chesets out to find him, and learns that he is now a homeless alcoholic living only several blocks away. The film offers a probing take on memory and identity in a family two generations removed from slavery as it tracks Cheand Brian's shared journey to create a new legacy for themselves, their community and the next generation of family."
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