After starring in Minhal Baig’s nostalgic coming-of-age film We Grown Now, Jurnee Smollett understands all too well how art imitates life, even at its bleakest moments. The real-life single mother of one plays a hardworking mom of two, Dolores, in Baig’s sentimental drama, set in Chicago’s famous Cabrini-Green housing project during the early ’90s. It follows the unbreakable bond between her young son, Malik (Blake Cameron James), and his best friend/neighbor, Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez). Malik... Read this story
