MadewithMexican-AmericanresidentsofIowawithnoprioractingexperience,'MySister'sQuinceanera'tellsthefictionalstoryofonefamily'sexperiencelivinginsmalltownAmerica.BigbrotherSilasistheinvoluntarymanofthehouse.Hedoeshisbesttotakecareofhisfivesiblingsandhelphissinglemotherasthefamilypreparesforhissister'sfifteenthbirthday,buthedreamsofleavingMuscatineandstartinganewlifeforhimself.'MySister'sQuinceanera'isaruralcoming-of-agedramaaboutcircumstances,Americanaspirations,andtheeffectoffamilyties.