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Jurnee Smollett opens up on the challenge of raising Black sons in America as ‘We Grown Now’...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“I could relate to that struggle of raising a Black son,” Smollett tells theGrio exclusively. “I...
Jurnee Smollett And Lil Rel Howery On Emotional Ties To New Film ‘We Grown Now’: How Many Times...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 18 hours ago“I was sent the script and I was a fan of our filmmaker’s [Minhal Baig] first film, Hala, and was...
Jurnee Smollett Stars as Dolores in ‘We Grown Now’ - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel· 5 days agoSet in 1992, “We Grown Now” is a film about two African American boys who are also best friends. A series of surprise raids to sweep gangs and other criminal elements from Cabrini Green resulted ...
Jurnee Smollett pays homage to motherhood in 'We Grown Now'
Rolling Out· 6 days agoVeteran Emmy-nominated actress Jurnee Smollett, an NAACP Image Award winner, plays a mother named Dolores in her new film We Grown Now, which she also helped ...
‘We Grown Now’ review: Coming of age in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green projects, in a movie of true...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCan we really trust tears as a sign of a film’s quality? A century of so many shameless, relentless...
Celebrity Photos April 2024: Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, Idris Elba
Variety via Yahoo News· 4 days agoApril kicked off with Beyoncé being presented with the Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Awards in...
‘We Grown Now’ Review: Coming of Age in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days ago(Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez), two boys of about 10 years old living in the...
An Exploited Neighborhood, Seen Through Children’s Eyes
Vulture· 14 hours agoIn We Grown Now, elementary-school-age best friends Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian...
American Confinement in “We Grown Now” and “Stress Positions”
The New Yorker· 15 hours agoBoth movies nonetheless emerge from, and even typify, two instantly recognizable strains of American...
Here's what's happening this weekend in Chicago
Axios· 4 days agoThis weekend in Chicago, see a new film about Cabrini-Green, taste rum from local vendors in Logan Square or have a party while playing bingo. Zoom in:...