My Favorite Child
2007•14m•8.0•Released
Documentary
The story of Dwight Core, Jr. and his family, following up the events of the home documentary "Think of Me First as a Person", shot decades ago by his father Dwight Core, Sr. and portraying the love a boy with Down syndrome shares with his four sisters, but also a heartache common to the era's disabled: leaving home for an institution. The little boy, Dwight Core, Jr., grew into a tall, 48-year-old man who enjoyed coloring and watching television in the living room of the Ocean View section of Norfolk, Virginia home he shared with one of his sisters, Cindy Klingler. In 2007, filmmaker Roger M. Richards brought the story of Dwight Core, Jr. to the present, documenting him as a grown man and the continuing love and devotion of his sisters to their brother.
Director
Roger M. Richards
Languages
English
Recommended
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.1
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
7.1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
7.3
The Menendez Brothers
2024
6.9
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
7
Sidney
2022
7.3
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.6
35 Up
1991
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
8.3
S4: The Bob Lazar Story
2026
6.8
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
2022
8.4
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
7
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
6.5
A Toxic Love Story
2026
7.5
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
Similar Movies
5.4
Like It Is
1968
7
Buzz One Four
2017
The Day of No One
2025
Mama Rosa
2019
9
Love 404
2019
Everything I Was Told About Love
0
In the Land That Is Like You
2009
Old Home on the Corner
2021
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021
Sinfonías de ciudad nº 3. Amor.
0
I'm Breathing All the Time
2025
Behind the Mask
2024
Granny's Flags
2013
7.1
Capturing the Friedmans
2003
2
Now That the Sun Begins to Set
2022
Foraging Love
2023
Es gibt kein zurück
2024
3.4
Is This Love?
1957
Helliwell Family Trip with Violet and Jack
1964
Nelson the Piglet
2023