I Got My Brother
Directed by Victor Gabriel for Academy Award–winning Breakwater Studios in partnership with the Schultz Family Foundation, I Got My Brother is a darkly comedic exploration of the foster care–to-prison pipeline through the eyes of formerly incarcerated Jarrett Harper and his younger brother Baylon.
Through a conversation-style interview, the brothers reminisce about their time spent in a Los Angeles foster home where they were routinely abused and neglected. Though the candid memories are rooted in unimaginable trauma, they are laced with wry humor and an unbreakable brotherly bond that is put to the test when 17-year-old Jarrett is sentenced to life in prison for murdering their abuser.
Screenings
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Directors Spotlight
Victor Gabriel
Director
Victor Gabriel is a black male writer/director who has turned to filmmaking as way for him to look at our shared humanity through the lens of humor. He holds an MA in Clinical Psychology and has been working as an LMFT with survivors of trauma in Compton/Watts/South Central for the past several years. His most recent narrative short film HALLELUJAH.
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 17 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Director
- Victor Gabriel
- Producer
- Rachel Earnest
- Executive Producers
- Ben Proudfoot, Josh Rosenberg
- Cast
- Jarrett Harper, Baylon Harper
- Cinematographer
- Robert Hunter
- Editor
- Nadine Mundo
- Composer
- Katya Richardson
- Sound Design
- Sean Higgins
- Premiere
- Philadelphia