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If I Go Will They Miss Me

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In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Lil Ant sees the world and his father the way all children should -- full of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief. If I Go Will They Miss Me is a breathtaking father-son story about imagination, family, and the grace we extend to the people we love.
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Walter Thompson-Hernández

Director

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Actor

Danielle Brooks

Actor

Bodhi Dell

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Kelvin Adekunle

Actor

Bre-Z

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Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express Feb 26
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 Lisa Laman Land of the Nerds 4d
Emotional significance can materialize anywhere. If I Go Will They Miss Me's sumptuous filmmaking vividly reflects that. Go to Full Review David Cuevas Next Best Picture Aug 20
5/10
While Danielle Brooks’ commanding performance as an unconventional matriarch provides the film’s emotional rawness, the rest of Thompson-Hernández’s coming-of-age chronology feels derivative of stronger cinematic works of visual poetry. Go to Full Review Joshua Mbonu InSession Film May 5
A-
If I Go Will They Miss Me captures a lyrical sense of wonder in its dynamics and relationships that feel otherworldly from both a narrative and filmmaking perspective. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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If I Go Will They Miss Me

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Movie Info

Synopsis In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Lil Ant sees the world and his father the way all children should -- full of myth, wonder, and unwavering belief. If I Go Will They Miss Me is a breathtaking father-son story about imagination, family, and the grace we extend to the people we love.
Director
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Producer
Josh Peters, Saba Zerehi, Ben Stillman
Screenwriter
Walter Thompson-Hernández
Distributor
Rich Spirit
Production Co
Further Adventures, LinLay Productions, Cedar Road, Spark Features, Merino Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 32m
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