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THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES Stream on HBO platforms. John Goodman plays the patriarch of a family of televangelists in this new comedy series. The show, whose first episode aired Sunday night and is available to stream, is the latest creation from Danny McBride (“Eastbound & Down”). It wrings laughs by mixing excess with righteous language, centering on Eli Gemstone (Goodman) and his children — Jesse (McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam DeVine) — who are experts in turning the word of God into cash. They’re also extremely dysfunctional and comically selfish, casually using their faith as justification for misdeeds. “Your ability to accept me for the sinner I am,” McBride’s character says while praying, “only speaks to your greatness.”

DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (1991) Stream on Netflix; Rent on Amazon. A completely different depiction of multiple generations of a family interacting with each other can be found here, in Julie Dash’s lush feature about a group of Gullah people in 1902 living on the Sea Islands off the South Carolina-Georgia coast. The story takes place as family members are preparing to leave for the mainland; the cinematography, by Arthur Jafa, won an award at the Sundance Film Festival.