Mr. Cheeks

Aspiring stand-up comedian Isaiah (Nashawn Kearse) resents having to take care of his developmentally disabled brother James (Christopher Scott). But when his dreams fall through and he gets mixed up in a violent underworld, Isaiah begins to understand the importance of the fraternal bond. Tatum O'Neal and Vanessa Williams -- who poignantly portrays the boys' terminally ill mother -- co-star in this moving inner-city drama.

My Brother is an inner city story of two impoverished boys, Isaiah and James. James is developmentally disabled. Their mother, L'Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation. Dying of tuberculosis, she desperately tries to get her two boys adopted together. Finding that only Isaiah can be adopted, L'Tisha makes the only choice she feels she can make; creating an unbreakable bond of love between the boys, and hoping that bond will get them through life. Her prayers are answered as the boys overcome impossible odds on their way to adulthood, staying as close as ever as young men dealing with life's obstacles.

My Brother is an inner city story of two impoverished boys, Isaiah and James. James is developmentally disabled. Their mother, L'Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation. Dying of tuberculosis, she desperately tries to get her two boys adopted together. Finding that only Isaiah can be adopted, L'Tisha makes the only choice she feels she can make; creating an unbreakable bond of love between the boys, and hoping that bond will get them through life.