We Grown Now

Don’t be afraid to fly.

A coming-of-age story centered on the deep friendship between two boys navigating poverty and loss in 1990s Chicago, balancing youthful imagination with the weight of tragedy.

In 1992 Chicago, 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.