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Jurnee Smollett Stars as Dolores in ‘We Grown Now’ - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel· 1 day 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· 2 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· 17 hours agoCan we really trust tears as a sign of a film’s quality? A century of so many shameless, relentless...
‘We Grown Now’ Review: Coming of Age in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green
The Wall Street Journal· 16 hours agoMalik, who shares an apartment with his sister, his mother ( Jurnee Smollett ) and his grandmother (...
Here's what's happening this weekend in Chicago
Axios· 9 hours 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:...
‘We Grown Now’ review: Amid gritty Chicago reality, two friends embrace childhood
The Christian Science Monitor· 23 hours agoYears ago I reviewed a movie set in a gang-ridden Black neighborhood in Los Angeles. For the...
‘We Grown Now’ - A Deeply Poignant Film by Minhal Baig - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel· 15 hours ago“We Grown Now” written and directed by Minhal Baig emerges as a cinematic rarity, defying Hollywood norms by presenting African American characters as intricately nuanced and relatedly ordinary ...
Lil Rel on Similarities in Coming of Age Story 'We Grown Now' | WATCH | EURweb
EURweb· 9 hours agoThe film also stars Jurnee Smollett and Milton “Lil Rel” Howery as Jason, Eric’s father. As a...
'We Grown Now' imbues hope in a coming-of-age story in a Chicago housing project
NPR· 11 hours agoMalik returns home from skipping school to find his mother panicked. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WE GROWN NOW") JURNEE SMOLLETT: (As Dolores) I'm over here worried ...
'We Grown Now' a lovely but haunting Chicago snapshot of two boys' lives
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoThe closing credits for Minhal Baig’s lovely and lyrical yet haunting and heartbreaking “We Grown Now” include Annette Freeman as a consultant. In October 1992, 7-year-old Dantrell Davis was ...