Painter Beverly McIver was enjoying a skyrocketing career when a promise she had made to her mother— that she would take care of her older sister Renee, who is mentally disabled—came due. Filmed over the course of six years by Oscar nominees Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan, RAISING RENEE is marked by drama, humor and unexpected twists. The film explores themes of race, class and disability and provides a complex view of a unique group of women, the tenacity of family bonds and the transformative power of art.