I’ve been a filmmaker for a decade and this invitation was wholly unexpected. I’m honored to join the Academy as a director, alongside such an impressive cohort of filmmakers.
We Grown Now comes out in theaters on April 19. Thank you to current and former Cabrini-Green residents who generously shared their stories with me—without them, this film could not exist. To @jjpirro & @james.schamus at Symbolic who championed the film, alongside @participant and @stage6films . Thank you @sonyclassics for bringing this film to theaters, to believing in us as filmmakers and in our movie.
Words cannot express how I feel after premiering our film at @tiff_net . The past 10 days have been such a blur in Toronto. I am so grateful to the warm, effusive audiences who passionately loved and supported our film. I’m in complete awe of what the team behind this film accomplished together.
