Film Review: ‘We Grown Now’ Shows Humanity of Chicago Youth Despite Media Depiction to the Contrary

Chicago has become a lightning rod in conservative politics and media.

To many, nothing comes out of Chicago but violence and upheaval.

But to people who actually know former residents of Chicago, the truth could not be further from that bigoted stereotype.

The entertainment industry has even caricatured the “Windy City” from the television show “Good Times” to the Spike Lee movie “Chi-Raq.”

But until “We Grown Now,” nothing has humanized young Chicago children in such a powerful and poignant way, showing that a person’s environment has nothing to do with a young person’s evolution into maturity.

More importantly, “We Grown Now” shows how perspective and vision can become the determining factor in whether someone rises from the ashes of ghetto life to something better for the future.

Read the full article here: https://www.regalmag.com/film-review-we-grown-now-shows-humanity-of-chicago-youth-despite-media-depiction-to-the-contrary/