Gettin' Grown (2004)
Some get lost...and some get grown.
74 min
A thought-provoking story about a family's struggle to raise a child in the inner city, where some get lost and some get grown. Twelve year-old Eric lives with his mother Rolanda and father Darryl in a working class neighborhood. Darryl drives a city bus second shift. Rolanda, who is very pregnant and not feeling well, takes care of her ailing mother who lives with them. The story begins when Rolanda discovers that she has forgotten to fill the prescription for her mother's new diabetes medicine. Someone must make the long walk through the neighborhood to the pharmacy that evening, and the only one who can is Eric. With his granny's prescription, insurance card and $22 stuffed in his sock, Eriic starts out on what appears to be a simple errand. Along the way things become unexpectedly complicated.
- Release date
- October 21, 2004
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Sandra Adell as Pharmacist
- Casey Braxton as Drunk Driver
- Casey Braxton as Basketball Player
- Patricia Bridges as Clara White
- Glenda Cole as Officer Cole
- Joseph W. Dixon Jr. as Jo Jo
- Frederick Keith Johnson as Officer Johnson
- Kevon Kane as Drey
- John Luckett as Will
- Ginger Manning as Rolanda Terry
- Isaiah Matthew as Eric Terry
Crew
- Aaron Greer · Director
- Aaron Greer · Writer
- Tony Ferraro · Producer
- Fran Kaplan · Producer
- Josh Werner · Composer
- Zhong Chen · Cinematographer
- Aaron Greer · Editor