In ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me,’ a family seeks healing under the LAX flight path
Writer and director Walter Thompson-Hernández's film 'If I Go Will They Miss Me' explores life near Los Angeles International Airport. Inspired by a real jet fuel dump incident, the story follows a family seeking healing in a local working-class community. The coming-of-age narrative addresses the complexities of living under a major flight path.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six years ago, jet fuel was dumped from the sky onto a working-class city near Los Angeles International Airport, spattering onto children at an elementary school. For writer and director Walter Thompson-Hernández, who grew up nearby, the incident sparked a coming-of-age story that grapples with the contradictions of life under the...
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