Stories about people who are destined to fight: brothers and sisters.
Drama Of The Gifted Child's Sister
Tamar Brott, on growing up with two music prodigies, and Sandra Tsing Loh's sister Kaitlin, a ballet prodigy. (20 minutes)
Fraternity Is Destiny
Writer Donald Antrim's The Hundred Brothers, and the question: What happens when we grow up? (24 minutes)
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