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Director
  
John Sayles

Writer
  
John Sayles

Music director
  
Mason Daring

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Initial DVD release
  
August 19, 2014 (USA)

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Go for Sisters movie poster

Release date
  
March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11)

Cast
  
LisaGay Hamilton
(Bernice),
Yolonda Ross
(Fontayne),
Edward James Olmos
(Freddy Suárez),
Héctor Elizondo
,
Isaiah Washington
(Vernell),
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
(Dez)

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Related John Sayles movies

Go for Sisters is a 2013 crime drama, written and directed by John Sayles. The title refers to the history of friendship between the two main characters: when they were in high school, the two African American women were so close they could "go for sisters". Sayles shot the film in 19 days, using 65 locations, for under a million dollars. The DVD was released in August 2014 and features a Directory Commentary in which Sayles goes on at length about the art and craft of guerrilla film making.

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Plot

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Bernice (Lisa Gay Hamilton) is a tough, no-nonsense parole officer whose son has gone missing. Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) is her old high school buddy whose brush with a possible parole violation lands her case on Bernice's desk. When Bernice discovers that her son is a possible murder suspect, she enlists Fontayne in a quest to rescue her son from what turns out to be Drug Lords and a Chinese Snakehead. Before they cross the border into Tijuana and Mexicali, Bernice also enlists the help of Freddy Suarez (Edward James Olmos), a disgraced myopic ex-cop, whose nickname used to be "The Terminator".

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As the story unfolds, Mahershala Ali, Isaiah Washington and Harold Perrineau each deliver brief but plot-twisting cameos.

Cast

  • Lisa Gay Hamilton as Bernice
  • Edward James Olmos as Freddy Suarez
  • Yolonda Ross as Fontayne
  • Hilary Barraford as Cindy
  • Mahershala Ali as Dez
  • Harold Perrineau as Wiley
  • Isaiah Washington as Vernell
  • McKinley Belcher III as Rodney

    • International distribution

    The International distribution rights are being licensed by Cinema Management Group

    Reviews

    It has a rating of 72% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 critic reviews.

    References

    Go for Sisters Wikipedia
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    Go for Sisters IMDb Go for Sisters themoviedb.org