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Released
2005 · FILM

Family Sins

The world saw them as the perfect family. The law found some perfect criminals.

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Written by
Runtime
90 min
DramaTV Movie

Synopsis

The film is based on the true story of the Burt family, who appeared to be normal, upstanding members of the community but were deeply involved in criminal activity. The family matriarch took in foster children, many of whom were later molested and abused by her husband and children. Additionally, she kept a woman enslaved and imprisoned in the basement for over twenty years. The woman's daughter eventually reached out to Rhode Island Attorney General David Morwitz, who helped expose the abuses occurring within the Burt household.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lori Jane ColemanShot by Ousama RawiScored by Charles BernsteinDesigned by Louise Middleton

Also known as

  • Family Sins - Familie lebenslänglichde
  • El secreto del sótanoes

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