Set against the backdrop of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing project

in the early ‘90s, ‘We Grown Now' (written and directed by Minhal Baig) follows the

lives of two young boys as they navigate the trials and tribulations of their

community. Reggie "The Reel Critic" Ponder spoke with Blake Cameron James and Jurnee

Smollett, who play the characters Malik and Dolores, to hear more about the film.

‘We Grown Now’ is playing at Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center until May 2.

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