DRAMA Stars: Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jordin Sparks
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
A coming-of-age story about two inner city boys who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
"Many of you work with kids just like Mister and Pete," the First Lady told an audience of educators. "You see them every day — kids struggling against heartbreaking odds in neighborhoods torn apart by poverty and hopelessness, surrounded by gangs and guns and drugs. You see this every day. But, see, this is the thing, the beauty of this movie — this movie isn't just about the challenges that kids like Mister and Peter are facing. And that's really why this movie was so powerful to me, because it's also about their courage."