HOW I LEARNED TO FLY (2023)
BlackTree Media presents How I Learned to Fly, a moving coming-of-age drama about two Black teenage brothers struggling to survive after their parents mysteriously abandon them.
Starring Marcus Scribner, Lonnie Chavis, Method Man, Cedric the Entertainer, and Michele Selene Ang, the film explores brotherhood, poverty, trauma, resilience, and the importance of accepting help when life becomes overwhelming.
📺 Rating: Not Rated
🎞️ Genre: Drama / Coming of Age / Black Cinema
⏱️ Runtime: Approximately 104 minutes
📅 Year: 2023
MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Teenage brothers Daniel and Eli Davis suddenly find themselves alone after their mother and father disappear.
Older brother Daniel attempts to keep their situation secret. Haunted by the physical and emotional abuse inflicted by their father, he works as a dishwasher, maintains a daily routine and struggles to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.
Meanwhile, younger brother Eli continues leaving voicemail messages for their missing mother, hoping she will return and explain why the family was abandoned.
As money disappears and their circumstances become increasingly desperate, the brothers must depend on one another while learning that survival sometimes requires accepting kindness from unexpected places.
KEY CAST
• Marcus Scribner as Daniel Davis
• Lonnie Chavis as Eli Davis
• Method Man as Cliff Davis
• Cedric the Entertainer as Louis
• Michele Selene Ang as Yaya
• Crystal Bush as Dorothee Davis
Marcus Scribner also served as an executive producer, while Lonnie Chavis received a screenwriting credit alongside writer-director Simon Steuri.
FILMMAKERS
• Writer and Director: Simon Steuri
• Producers: Jewerl Ross, Eric Binns, Andrew Harvey and Oliver Ridge
• Cinematography: Irvin Y. Liu
• Music: Nikki Grier and Jason White
• Distributor: Film Movement
The film received a limited theatrical release on December 1, 2023, followed by its digital release in February 2024.
FILM NOTES
Method Man delivers a dramatic performance as the brothers’ troubled and abusive father, stepping away from his more familiar roles in crime dramas and comedies.
Cedric the Entertainer appears as Louis, an older man whose presence reflects the film’s message about community, compassion and the people who offer assistance when a family is in crisis.
At the center of the movie are Marcus Scribner and Lonnie Chavis, whose performances capture the fear, loyalty and emotional burden carried by children forced to become adults too soon.
WHY WATCH?
How I Learned to Fly is not simply a story about abandonment. It is about two brothers refusing to give up on one another despite poverty, trauma and uncertainty.
The film also challenges the idea that strength means handling every problem alone. Sometimes the bravest decision is admitting that help is needed.
⚠️ Viewer Discretion Advised: Contains child abuse, domestic violence, abandonment, strong language and mature emotional themes.
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Make sure you get rid of those girl legs! I was done!😢😢😢Great movie!!!
Why was the kid fired? Interesting movie.
This was/ is a good movie. The guy from blackish is developing is crafty as an actor. So is Method Man another actor i like.
This was good!!
YOU ARE BLESSED!
I watched because of the cast but hate black struggle films….don’t want my thoughts or energy flowing to that