Ranked #2 of 10 in Season 1•+0.6 vs season avg
The family is our most treasured institution and our most vulnerable one. It is constantly threatened internally by generational fractiousness, externally by dislocating events. When it fails, people — especially young people — recreate it in surrogate forms. When it surmounts its challenges, it warms
Richard Schickel
Executive Producer
Avra Scher
Writer
Sharon Sachs
Co-Producer
Mel Stuart
Executive Producer
Ellen Hovde
Director
Ellen Hovde
Producer
Muffie Meyer
Producer
Muffie Meyer
Director
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"Family Portraits" is episode 3 of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 1 votes, ranking #2 of 10 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer and written by Avra Scher, it aired on July 7, 1998.