Brother's Keeper
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bruce Sinofsky
Delbert Ward
Roscoe Ward
Lyman Ward
Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Bill, Delbert, Roscoe and Lyman Ward, were four barely literate bachelor brothers, age 59 to 71, living in squalor on their 99-acre dairy farm in Munnsville, a rural town in central New York. Then, on June 7, 1990, Delbert was arrested and signed a confession stating that he'd suffocated his brother Bill the previous night, in the bed they'd shared for decades. For ten months thereafter, Delbert maintained his innocence, and the people of Munnsville rallied behind him.
Crew
Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger
Douglas Cooper
Lindsay Law
Molly Mason
Bruce Sinofsky
Bruce Sinofsky
Bruce Sinofsky
Bruce Sinofsky
Jay Ungar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Named best documentary of the year by the Boston Society of Film Critics (1992).
Named best documentary of the year by the National Board of Review (1992).
Named best documentary of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle (1992).
Winner of a special jury prize at the 1992 Festival dei Popoli.
Winner of the Audience Award (documentary) at the Sundance Film Festival (1992).
Winner of the Prix Joris Ivens for Best New Talent at the 1992 Cinema du Reel Festival.
Released in United States September 9, 1992
Released in United States Winter February 5, 1993
Released in United States February 10, 1993
Released in United States February 26, 1993
Released in United States March 26, 1993
Released in United States on Video August 11, 1993
Released in United States 1992
Released in United States January 1992
Released in United States March 1992
Released in United States September 1992
Released in United States October 1992
Released in United States December 1992
Released in United States 2012
Following its initial festival exposure, the film was trimmed for theatrical release, and self-distributed by the filmmakers under their Creative Thinking International banner.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1992.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 15 - June 7, 1992.
Shown at Cinema du Reel Festival, Paris March 1992.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (First Cinema) September 10-19, 1992.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 9-25, 1992.
Released in United States September 9, 1992 (Film Forum; New York City)
Released in United States Winter February 5, 1993
Released in United States February 10, 1993 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
Released in United States February 26, 1993 (San Diego)
Released in United States March 26, 1993 (Chicago)
Released in United States on Video August 11, 1993
Released in United States 1992 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival June 18 - July 2, 1992.)
Released in United States 1992 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1992.)
Shown at Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy December 1992.
Broadcast over PBS on "American Playhouse" May 2, 1994.
Released in United States 1992 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 15 - June 7, 1992.)
Released in United States January 1992 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1992.)
Released in United States March 1992 (Shown at Cinema du Reel Festival, Paris March 1992.)
Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (First Cinema) September 10-19, 1992.)
Released in United States October 1992 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 9-25, 1992.)
Released in United States December 1992 (Shown at Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Italy December 1992.)
Released in United States 2012 (Special - Guggenheim Retrospective)
Joseph Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky won the DGA award for best documentary (1992).
