Family Matters

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the preemptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, and more!

Shirley Jackson's "Charles" performed by Lois Smith, Frank O'Connor's "First Confession" performed by Malachy McCourt, Toure's Solomon's Big Day: A Children's Story" performed by Daniel Alexander Jones, Grace Paley's "The Loudest Voice" performed by Linda Lavin, Diane Leslie's "A Life of Crime" performed by Jill Eikenberry, Etgar Keret's "Pride and Joy" performed by Robert Sean Leonard, Rick Moody's "Boys" performed by BD Wong

Presented by Selected Shorts