<p>Filmmaker Ed Burns&nbsp;returns to his childhood home in Valley Stream&nbsp;to talk about&nbsp;his 1995 classic, &quot;The Brothers McMullen,&quot;&nbsp;and 2025 follow-up, &quot;The Family McMullen.&quot;</p>


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