Synopsis

Soul Sisters is the story of the inspiring friendship between two young women, Sade and Sonya. Sade is an "illegal immigrant", a medical student from one of Nigerian universities, who abandoned her education in the sixth year and seized the scant opportunity to flee her birth land for the perceived opportunities of America. Sonya is an African-American young woman dealing with the pressure of cultural ambiguity, struggling with the separation of her loving parents, and seeking an identity that is articulate of her soul's yearning.

In America, Sade hopes to settle down and continue her education, but what life holds in stock for her is different. Through the lives of a lonely and sexually frustrated uncle, and the conflictual life of a young man trapped in the racial forces of the American society, Sade's journey reveals the various existential elements that, often innocently, combine to determine the experience of the individual anywhere in the world.

When Sonya meets Sade, they feel a connection that grows into a relationship that will lead them to individual and mutual self-discovery, and help define life for both of them. Empowered thus, Sade faces the present bane of her life: the American immigration policy.