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If I Go Will They Miss Me

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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.

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express 4d
If I Go Will They Miss Me takes you through the bleak and gloomy corridors of life, but with poise and grace and draws out the poetic and profound from the prosaic. Go to Full Review Dwight Brown DwightBrownInk.com Feb 6
2/4
All on view is imaginatively rendered. Like a visualist creating art, but not like a wise griot telling a story. Go to Full Review Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter Feb 2
Rather than give in to either misery porn or glossy sentimentality, however, If I Go Will They Miss Me finds intense emotionality in a disarming sense of tenderness. Go to Full Review Brooke Obie Black Girl Watching Feb 18
Nicholson is magic on the screen, wrestling with what toxic masculinity costs a man and his family; and the sweet-faced Dell in his debut role as Lil Ant will break and heal your heart. Go to Full Review Alise Chaffins MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack) Feb 15
4.5/5
If I Go Will The Miss Me is a tender, beautiful portrait of the difficulties of father-son relationships and the nature of freedom. Go to Full Review Derrick Murray NERDBOT Feb 10
4.5/5
…a truly profound film and combined with its beautiful imagery, magnificent score and assured direction, "If I Go Will They Miss Me" is the first great film of the year. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Walter Thompson-Hernández

Director

Bodhi Dell

Lil Ant

Danielle Brooks

Actor

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Actor

Kelvin Adekunle

Actor

Bre-Z

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Movie Info

Synopsis 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.
Director
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Producer
Josh Peters, Saba Zerehi, Ben Stillman
Screenwriter
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m