Kingdom of Us

Name: Kingdom of Us
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-10-07
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Paul Shanks, Vikie Shanks, Lorie-Lanie Shanks, Nikita-Nina Shanks

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2017

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109 min

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Documentary

Overview

How does a traumatic event shape a family? How do you sift through the memories to find hidden clues and unlock a collective grief? Kingdom of Us takes a look at a mother and her seven children, whose father's suicide left them in financial ruin. Through home movies and raw moments, the Shanks family travels the rocky road towards hope.

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Keywords

suicide

woman director

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Paul Shanks

Himself (archive footage)

Vikie Shanks

Herself

Lorie-Lanie Shanks

Herself

Nikita-Nina Shanks

Herself

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

August 9, 2026

6/10

This is a curious film to watch as it depicts the struggles of a large family having to deal with the extended aftermath of their father's suicide. Told using a continuous array of professionally filmed video-diary style observations of these six sisters and one brother, we are exposed to just how m…

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