In SOUL SISTERS, a coming-of-age satire that captures the zeitgeist of their generation, two Haitian-Canadian sisters navigate university life, campus activism, and a bitter singing rivalry fueled by social media manipulation.
Haitian-Canadian sisters Cami and Gabi, raised by their widower immigrant father in Toronto, pursue divergent dreams in SOUL SISTERS, a coming of age satirical drama. Largely ignoring her university studies in Toronto, Cami dives into demeaning, often raunchy auditions in pursuit of elusive success as a performer. By contrast, younger sister Gabi rides a seemingly gilded path to elite success among her affluent classmates as a first year student at Ivy League Brown University, USA. Between boring classes and wild parties, Gabi dabbles in campus activism. When her father pressures Cami to abandon her dreams and be more like her “perfect” sister, Cami rebels and seeks refuge with an eclectic group of young performers at a Toronto night club.
Despite their different paths, the sisters remain close and support each other until they find themselves on a collision course when they each enter an inter-university singing competition. As the sisters’ online performance ratings converge and then diverge, their rivalry deepens, fueled by social media manipulation. The previously close sisters abandon each other. Gabi dives deeper into campus activism, which draws scrutiny from a university administrator, who pressures her to spy on other student activists. Meanwhile, Cami pushes back against her father, considers abandoning her university studies altogether, and discovers a passion for social justice when her friend’s family loses their affordable housing. The conflicts between the sisters, and within their communities, force Cami and Gabi to confront what it means to be a young immigrant in societies indifferent, or even hostile, to the dreams of a new generation.
Sonam Shulman is a Haitian-Canadian filmmaker from Toronto, Canada. She is in the Brown University, USA Class of 2026, and an alumna of the Oxford University Visiting Students Programme (2025–26). Sonam is the co-director of Soul Sisters, a satiric take on the university student coming of age tale that seeks to capture the zeitgeist of her generation. Soul Sisters was filmed at Cinespace Studios, Toronto where Academy-award winning The Shape of Water was filmed, and on campus at Brown University. Sonam is passionate about conveying messages of social justice through film.
