“Don’t be afraid to fly.”
We Grown Now (2024)
April 19, 20241h 35mEN
6.7
34 votes
Overview
In 1992 Chicago, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.
Director
Minhal BaigWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$296K
Production Companies
ParticipantSymbolic ExchangeStage 6 Films
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User Reviews
Brent Marchant
10.0No one ever said growing up was easy. It’s inherently a time for a lot of hard lessons, but they’re the kind of teachings that we need to help prepare us for adulthood. And, depending on the circumstances, it can be particularly challenging but also rewarding at the same time. Such is the experience of two young boys, Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez), best friends who go through virtually everything together in Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green Housing Project in 1992, a time when it was just about at its worst. Writer-director Minhal Baig’s third feature outing is an…
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