Cowboy Song (2011)

"Cowboy Song" is a personal documentary about the filmmaker's profoundly brain-damaged Uncle Mike who cannot speak but is drawn to cowboy music, and her father who takes over his brother's care in middle age. The film is a tender yet unsentimental story about devotion between two brothers in the modern West, shedding light on the many shapes of the "ideal" American family. It is ultimately about love, the importance of support in any relationship, but particularly in a family impacted by disability.