Cabrini Green drama ‘We Grown Now’ kicks off Chicago International Film Festival
Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez embrace in a still from the film "We Grown Now" written and directed by Minhal Baig. Participant and Sony Pictures Classics / Provided
Cabrini Green drama ‘We Grown Now’ kicks off Chicago International Film Festival
Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez embrace in a still from the film "We Grown Now" written and directed by Minhal Baig. Participant and Sony Pictures Classics / Provided

What do you do with a family home after a death? It’s a question writer and director Minhal Baig wrestled with. And that led her to learning about the experiences of thousands of people who lost their homes once the Cabrini Green towers were demolished in 2011.

Reset chats with the writer and director of We Grown Now about the process of making this film and what she learned about the complicated relationship to home.

GUEST: Minhal Baig, writer, director We Grown Now

Cabrini Green drama ‘We Grown Now’ kicks off Chicago International Film Festival
Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez embrace in a still from the film "We Grown Now" written and directed by Minhal Baig. Participant and Sony Pictures Classics / Provided
Cabrini Green drama ‘We Grown Now’ kicks off Chicago International Film Festival
Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez embrace in a still from the film "We Grown Now" written and directed by Minhal Baig. Participant and Sony Pictures Classics / Provided

What do you do with a family home after a death? It’s a question writer and director Minhal Baig wrestled with. And that led her to learning about the experiences of thousands of people who lost their homes once the Cabrini Green towers were demolished in 2011.

Reset chats with the writer and director of We Grown Now about the process of making this film and what she learned about the complicated relationship to home.

GUEST: Minhal Baig, writer, director We Grown Now