Aleshea Harris directs Is God Is film adaptation

Aleshea Harris, the playwright behind the Obie Award-winning off-Broadway production "Is God Is" from 2018, has adapted her work into a feature film that she wrote and directed. The movie, released by Amazon MGM Studios and rated R for strong bloody violence and language, runs 99 minutes and stars Kara Young and Mallori Johnson as twin sisters on a path of vengeance.

The story centers on Racine and Anaia, 21-year-old twins living together in the Northeast. They share physical scars from a childhood fire set by their father in an attempt to kill their mother, whom they believed had died. Racine, played by Young, is expressive and aggressive, while Anaia, portrayed by Johnson, is more reserved and deliberate. The sisters receive a letter summoning them to their mother's deathbed in the South, where she asks them to avenge her. Played by Vivica A. Fox and referred to as "Mother" or "God," the character bears her own scars from the incident.

The twins embark on a road trip in their old Oldsmobile, following clues that lead them from a church compound to a lawyer who has been silenced by their father's actions, and ultimately to his suburban home. There, they confront him, played by...