Mister Sister
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WINNER - BEST NYC FILM
NOMINATED - BEST ACTOR (JACK JAMES BUSA)
2020
Canada / United States
109 mins
East Coast Premiere
Feature Film Competition
| Mars Roberge | |
| Mars Roberge, Kenneth Shaw | |
| Jack James Busa (Jordan), Jim Sclavunos (Sonny), Princess Diandra (Charmaine), Debra Haden (Marie) | |
| Graphic Violence; Drug Use; Discussion or Depiction of Rape; Discussion or Depiction of Suicide |
A suicidal man from Milwaukee is given a second chance at life in NYC, working as a drag MC while learning courage from the caring LGBTQ+ community in order to pursue his dreams, including a relationship with a tap-dancing single mom.
About the Director
Mars Roberge is a Canadian-American dual citizen filmmaker, born in Toronto and living in Los Angeles. A film production graduate of York University, Mars is a multi-award-winning director, producer, screenwriter and editor, known for his narrative feature Scumbag (2017), feature documentary The Little House That Could (2013) while also exhibiting work at galleries in Beverly Hills (Sur Le Mur), Harlem (Chashama) and Tokyo (ARS) alongside Keith Haring, Lincoln Townley and Grace Jones.
Reviews
Keep Kicking Out the Bricks – ‘Mister Sister’ relies on the support of his Queens – Winter Film Awards, by Tasha Joachim
Interview with Mars Roberge – Raindance Instagram Live, by Elliot Grove
Interview with Mars and Debra of Mister Sister – Ya Wuteva Podcast
Interview with Mars Roberge – Planet Lizzdom
Interviews
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