Yelling to the Sky is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Zoë Kravitz.

The girls return home to their emotionally unstable mother, Lorene, and caring, but violent father, Gordon.

At school, her principal, Mr. Coleman, unknowingly protects Sweetness from getting beat up by Latonya and her friends, Fatima and Jojo, by asking about her sister and asking how she was doing.

She sees Latonya at school later on, carrying books and going to class, symbolizing how the roles have reversed between the girls since the start of the film.

On her way home, while drunk and high on coke and weed (and after losing her virginity), Sweetness totals the car, promising to pay her sister back every penny.

He sees Sweetness drinking with her friends on the street one day, but doesn't get angry at her when she returns home that night.

First, by applying for college, apologizing to Latonya (who doesn't accept it), and opting to stay in and do dishes instead of going out with her friends.

The US industry trade paper, Variety, said of the film, "Yelling to the Sky" boasts a strong directorial voice.

[Victoria] Mahoney was clearly driven by a genuine creative gift, and escaped such restraints to unleash this affecting cri du coeur."

Mahoney, who has drawn fine performances from her actors, has a sophisticated and empathetic understanding of the characters they play.