Uncle Howard

2016
TV-MA
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Uncle Howard is an intertwining tale of past and present, the story of filmmaker Howard Brookner whose work captured the late 70s and early 80s Downtown NYC cultural revolution - and his nephew's personal journey 25 years later to discover his uncle's films and the legacy of a life cut short by the plague of AIDS.

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An intertwining tale of past and present this Award Winning Sundance documentary rediscovers NYC filmmaker Howard Brookner and his body of work, unveiled by his nephew, after being buried in... Read allAn intertwining tale of past and present this Award Winning Sundance documentary rediscovers NYC filmmaker Howard Brookner and his body of work, unveiled by his nephew, after being buried in William S. Burroughs bunker for over 30 years.An intertwining tale of past and present this Award Winning Sundance documentary rediscovers NYC filmmaker Howard Brookner and his body of work, unveiled by his nephew, after being buried in William S. Burroughs bunker for over 30 years.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

284

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations

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Mother's Touch
Written by Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse
Performed by Watersports'
Courtesy of Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse

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8/10

A remarkable documentary about a remarkable man.

Howard Brookner isn't a name that many people know. He was a young film-maker in the 1980's who died of AIDS, aged 34. He made a highly acclaimed documentary about the writer William Burroughs and a mainstream movie, "Bloodhounds of Broadway" with Matt Dillon and Madonna but little else is known. Now his nephew Aaron Brookner has made a portrait of his uncle, "Uncle Howard", that reclaims him for posterity. Luckily for Aaron, Howard left a lot of film behind, of his work and of his life and moved in circles that included, not just Burroughs, Zappa and Warhol but film-makers like Jim Jarmusch and Tom DiCillo who were more than happy to talk about Howard. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a talented and beautiful man whose life ended much too soon. It's also a wonderful picture of a society, many of whose inhabitants are no longer with us. It's honest, enlightening and very moving and Aaron Brookner is to be commended for giving it to us.