Nonetheless, 'Brother' is one of the better Canadian movies I've recently seen.What does the neighbourhood that the boys live in represent? place of threat and fear, home of gangs and killings, boys are deeply embedded in this world and their futures scare them because of this, these dangers manifest themselves in nightmares and even though Francis DOES have street smarts he struggles to keep these nightmares at bay Is it any wonder why the boys feel threatened given the memory of the robbery and the racist attack that follows (page 153)? boys see black men and identify with them, fear the possibility of themselves slipping into this kind of way, don't have proper role models, death of Anton is pivotal because even though he was not a close friend him just being someone they know symbolizes that danger can be nearer than you think How does Michael feel about his body? something he is always in, body enables him to be stereotyped and treated by people a certain way ie. And I wonder if the metaphor of hydro-tower-climbing interspersed throughout the film really worked. My biggest complaint was that I found the rapid jumping back and forth in time sometimes confusing. The chemistry between Blake, Pierre, and Johnson was excellent. 'Brother' was a hard movie to watch because of its ring of truth and many dark scenes. 'Brother' is the story of family love persisting through trauma, shattered dreams of a hopeful Jamaican musician, and territorial conflicts between gangs of similar backgrounds, with a final glimmer of resolution at the end. We see the bleakness of many Caribbean immigrant lives, the aura of violence that is never far away, and the problematic relationship with a lily-white 1991 Scarborough police force. The story jumps back and forth between 1981, 1991, when a tragic event occurs, and 2001 when Michael is trying to hold things together. In high school, Michael is attracted to Aisha (Delia Lisette Chambers/Kiana Madeira), a Canadian-Jamaican neighbor whose father came from the same area of Jamaica as Ruth. Michael is smaller, darker, less self-confident, and more studious in school.

By his late teens, Francis is a large, physically intimidating man who acts with confidence but has some questionable friends. Francis is older than Michael by a couple of years and is protective of his family in the father's absence.

She has two sons-Francis (Jacob Williams/Aaron Pierre) and Michael (David Odion/Sabastian Nigel Singh/Lamar Johnson). Ruth (Marsha Stephanie Blake) is a Jamaican immigrant to Toronto, Canada. It follows a Canadian-Jamaican family in Scarborough, Ontario, over 20 years from 1981 to 2001.

Brother by David Chariandy