I just finished watching ‘We grown now’ movie, and of course I end it crying. It was a journey, but I love how lighting played a role in itself, and the cinematography! Although I reside in Chicago, I couldn’t tell you what it is to have lived in Cabrini-Green, but I know what living in the projects feel like. I also know how it feels to leave your friend, when its time to move. Quick story, I remember in hs when I had to tell everyone I would be moving back to New York, I had one friend who was so upset, she just created distance and unfortunately ‘dumped’ me. I understand feeling pissed that someone who you’ve grown close to would no longer be within arms reach, but it hurt.

In the movie we have two best friends, Eric and Malik, who are growing together. Then tragedy hits, and both kids start to cement a bit more in their thinking of how the World is, and what it will be moving forward. A child possibly embedded in fantasy thinking? Daydreaming? A child rooted in the here and now, seeing what reality is, not for what it could be?

Now streaming on Netflix, it was a wonderful movie, that you should definitely watch.

Tristan Jonez.