Go for Sisters Dvd

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 Director’s Commentary in which Sayles talks at length about the art and craft of guerrilla film making.

Plot

Bernice (LisaGay 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.

Cast

LisaGay Hamilton as Bernice
Edward James Olmos as Freddy Suarez
Yolonda Ross as Fontayne
Tessa Ferrer as Katrina
Mahershala Ali as Dez
Martha Higareda as Zeidy
Harold Perrineau as Wiley
Isaiah Washington as Vernell
McKinley Belcher III as Rodney
Elizabeth Sung as Mother Han
Vanessa Martinez as Chula
Manny Montana as Tenoch
Héctor Elizondo as Jorge Moncal
Don Patrick Harvey as Detective Mueller
Brent Jennings as Dixon
Jacob Vargas as Navajas
Javier Calderón as Ramiro Chow
Jessica Pimentel as La Mojada
César Alejandro as Nestor
Hilary Barraford as Cindy
Sal Lopez as Morales
Michael Piznarski as Vic
Mary Portser as Margie
Richard Coca as Rufo