A pair of inquisitive Black boys struggle with life’s inevitable changes in 1992 Chicago’s impoverished and crime-ridden Cabrini-Green housing projects in We Grown Now. The film tugs at heartstrings as a poetic and beautifully told coming-of-age story unfolds. Acclaimed filmmaker Minhal Baig uses symbolic fantasy elements to depict an upbringing rarely portrayed with such honesty. Children are much more than a product of their physical environment. They are shaped by multiple factors that open young minds to adult hardships. The loss of innocence can be devastating, but a strong foundation ensures the fortitude to cope and carry on with maturity.
Netflix’s Narnia Just Ended a 55 Year Trend That No One Could Have Predicted, But It Makes Perfect Sense
More than 20 years after C.S. Lewis’s beloved Chronicles of Narnia books became smash hit movies, starting with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
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