However, teenage boys will do what teenage boys inevitably will do and both Michael and Francis get involved with some unsavory characters throughout their youth. Ruth, as a single mother raising two sons on her own, does the best that she can by enforcing rules in her household such as staying indoors, keeping the TV off, and speaking the Queen’s English as opposed to using slang in her presence. The Jamaican-Canadian brothers live in a small apartment with mother Ruth (Marsha Stephanie Blake). The Canadian-based drama, which takes place in 1990s Scarborough, centers on Michael ( Lamar Johnson) and Francis ( Aaron Pierre). Adapted from the David Chariandy novel of the same name, Brother is a coming-of-age story about two brothers and their struggles from being entangled in a community riddled with gun violence, as well as being the targets of police harassment and brutality. Under TIFF’s Next Wave Selects as a part of their Special Presentations programming was the premiere of the Clement Virgo film Brother.
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