We Are Family - The Minchews

Families make us what we are. They are our past, our present and our future; they define us, they identify us. And, as we all know from personal experience, they are hugely complicated... The Minchew family is no exception and in this moving film. We follow their progress over the course of one extraordinary weekend, as they come together to strengthen family ties and uncover a shared past shrouded in secrecy. With three different fathers between them, the only thing the eight Minchew siblings have in common is their ageing and ailing mother, who still refuses to divulge key information about her early life - much to the frustration of her children. Nowadays, unless their paths happen to cross while visiting her at the family home, the Minchews rarely meet - despite living within a radius of 15 miles of each other. Feuds have kept them apart for years but now they're gathering for a family reunion, to try and unpick their complicated family history and confront their differences. Stewart and his younger brother David have barely spoken for nearly two decades after a family disagreement got out of hand. Can they swallow their pride and overcome years of stubbornness to rediscover the closeness they shared in childhood?