WE GROWN NOW
WE GROWN NOW
We Grown Now. US 2023. D+S: Minhal Baig. 92 min. Feature film. Original version with German subtitles. FSK 12. Recommended from age 13.
HOW CAN YOU LEARN TO FLY WHEN THE WOLRD WANTS TO PUT YOU IN SHACKLES?
Learning to fly. Not so easy when you grow up in the Cabrini-Green housing project, a social hotspot in Chicago. While Michael Jordan becomes a world-famous star in the summer of 1992, friends Eric and Malik dream of a promising future. A young boy was shot dead on the street in their neighborhood and their parents forbid their children to go out. But how can you learn to fly when the world wants to shackle you? And what happens to a friendship when one of the two friends suddenly has to move away? With powerful images and elegant slow motion, WE GROWN NOW conveys a strong message about freedom and boundaries.
GERMAN PREMIERE
Dates and Movie Tickets
WE, Oct. 9 | 8:30 a.m. | Cinéma (fully booked)
FR, Oct. 11 | 8:45 a.m. | DFF Cinema
Free entry!
Presented by the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt.
Minhal Baig
Biography
Minhal Baig is an American filmmaker.
Like the protagonists of WE GROWN NOW, she grew up in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2017 to dedicate herself to her film career. In addition to her work as a director, she is also a screenwriter for well-known TV series such as BOJACK HORSEMAN and RAMY.
Filmography (Selection)
2023 WE GROWN NOW
2019 HALA
2016 1 NIGHT
Production companies
Participant Symbolic
Exchange Stage 6 Films
World sales
Sony Pictures Classics