New People: If I Go Will They Miss Me

All listed screenings take place at NEW PEOPLE CINEMA, located at 1746 Post Street in Japantown. Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez in person for a post screening Q&A. Twelve-year-old Lil Ant struggles to connect with his father when he begins to see surreal, almost spectral visions of boys drifting around his neighborhood. Their presence reveals a link between father and son, laying bare the threads that bind family, legacy, and place. “If I Go Will They Miss Me is motion picture poetry. Floating like a bubble, knowing this moment is fleeting, every scene transports the audience to a mythological state of mind.” –Cortlyn Kelly, Chicago Reader “Insists on finding wonder in places where others see only poverty and despair. (See also Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project”)” – Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times “If I Go Will They Miss Me finds intense emotionality in a disarming sense of tenderness.” -Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter “The lyrical narrative is defined by a bracing sense of wonder and an evocatively delivered humanism that, initially, is an ode to Charles Burnett’s thoughtful social realist dramas. -Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com “Danielle Brooks proves to be a vibrant vision of a family trying to find their way through the world.” Chase Hutchinson, The Wrap Note films start right at the listed showtime.
 Discounted for members. Roxie Red Passes are not accepted for any screening at New People Cinema. All ticket sales are final.