The 5 Browns: Digging Through The Darkness

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Movie Info

Siblings and Juilliard-trained pianists, The 5 Browns were on top of the world after three #1 records and appearances on 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and more. But beneath the surface of their success loomed a terrible secret: their father, who managed their careers, was responsible for years of sexual abuse against the three sisters. Long before #MeToo, and well aware that their story would devastate their family and possibly the group, the young women bravely spoke out. THE 5 BROWNS follows the siblings' search for healing through the transformative power of music. Told intimately using archival family video, interviews, rehearsals, performances and verité footage, Niles weaves together the remarkable story of musical determination and passion mirrored by profound bravery and survival-both personally and professionally-as The 5 Browns come to terms with their broken family and work to find solace and healing in their own individual ways.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Documentary
Directed By:

Ben Niles (II)
In Theaters:

Jan 23, 2019 limited
Studio:

Plow Productions

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Critic Reviews for The 5 Browns: Digging Through The Darkness

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6)

[An] unsettling and powerful documentary.

February 12, 2020 | Full Review…

Ben Sachs
Chicago Reader
Top Critic
A painful story that needed to be told.

January 22, 2019 | Full Review…

Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
Top Critic
The five Browns are likable, admirable individuals; two of the sisters started the Foundation for Surviving Abuse, an advocacy group, and we see them at work with eloquence and compassion.

January 22, 2019 | Full Review…

Glenn Kenny
New York Times
Top Critic
Equally poignant, heartbreaking and inspirational.

January 23, 2019 | Rating: 8.9/10 | Full Review…

Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
A moving tale of survival that's timely, too, given the emergence of the #MeToo movement.

January 19, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Kam Williams
Sly Fox
By granting Niles such in-depth access to their lives, the 5 Browns make possible this cathartic chronicle of a terrible crime and the recovery of its victims.

November 19, 2018 | Full Review…

Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Hammer to Nail