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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· 9 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· 8 hours agoMalik, who shares an apartment with his sister, his mother ( Jurnee Smollett ) and his grandmother (...
Lil Rel On Similarities In Coming Of Age Story 'We Grown Now' | Watch | EURweb
EURweb· 37 minutes agoThe film also stars Jurnee Smollett and Milton “Lil Rel” Howery as Jason, Eric’s father. As a...
Here's what's happening this weekend in Chicago
Axios· 41 minutes 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: The award-winning movie depicts the aftermath ...
‘We Grown Now’ review: Amid gritty Chicago reality, two friends embrace childhood
The Christian Science Monitor· 15 hours agoYears ago I reviewed a movie set in a gang-ridden Black neighborhood in Los Angeles. For the...
'We Grown Now' a lovely but haunting Chicago snapshot of two boys' lives
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day 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 ...
Review: In the well-researched 'We Grown Now,' a family hangs tough in Chicago's projects
Los Angeles Times· 8 hours agoA close-knit Chicago family of meager means and hesitant dreams grapples with their sense of home in...
Movie Review: A lyrical portrait of childhood in Cabrini-Green with ‘We Grown Now’
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTwo 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama...
