Go for Sisters
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| Directed by | John Sayles |
| Written by | John Sayles |
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Edward James Olmos Lisa Gay Hamilton Yolonda Ross |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
| Cinematography | Kathryn Westergaard |
| Edited by | John Sayles |
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Anarchists' Convention
Olmos Productions Go For Films |
| Distributed by | Cinema Management Group |
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Running time
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123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Go for Sisters is a 2013 buddy road-trip movie, 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.
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".
As the story unfolds, Mahershala Ali, Isaiah Washington and Harold Perrineau each deliver brief but plot-twisting cameos.
The International distribution rights are being licensed by Cinema Management Group
It has a rating of 72% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 critic reviews.
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