MOVIE WATCHLIST: 'We Grown Now' release date, plot and cast

2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominee
(Left) A promo poster for 'We Grown Now'; Minhal Baig attends the "We Grown Now" premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival at Scotiabank Theatre on September 08, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Brian de Rivera Simon/Getty Images)
(Left) A promo poster for 'We Grown Now'; Minhal Baig attends the "We Grown Now" premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival at Scotiabank Theatre on September 08, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Brian de Rivera Simon/Getty Images)

New York City, New York (Release): 'We Grown Now' will open only in theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on April 19, 2024, nationwide on May 10, 2024.

Starring: Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson, with Lil Rel Howery and Jurnee Smollett

Written and Directed by Minhal Baig

Synopsis: In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies himself as a champion, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly. 



 

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