My heart is so full from the Child Star premiere 🤍
To all the participants - @alysonstoner , @riccigrams , @drewbarrymore , @itsjojosiwa , @kenanthompson , @ravensymone - this film would have not been possible without you. Thank you for being so courageous and sharing your stories with me and with the world. Our conversations were so healing and eye opening in ways I couldn’t have even imagined. A special thank you to those who were able to make it to watch the documentary for the first time together on Thursday night.
@ratty and the whole @obb team - thank you for always believing in my vision and for being the best creative partner. This project came out to be so much more than I could have initially imagined when we first discussed it 3 years ago. I can’t wait to see what we do together next.
@nicola_b_marsh - thank you for guiding me through my first experience in the director’s chair. It is such an honor to have been able to co-direct this with you. Thank you for continuously pushing me outside of my comfort zone and for teaching me so much.
Chris McCarty - I am so grateful to have met you and to get to work alongside you. You have taught me an incredible amount about the state of child stardom in the digital age. The work you are doing is so important and I look forward to continuing to work together to help get the legislation passed to help to protect the child stars of today.
And to @jutesmusic and all the my beautiful friends and family who attended the premiere, thank you for giving me the greatest support system in the world. I feel so lucky to have the relationships that I do. Thank you all for reminding me of the power of connection and the importance of meaningful relationships.
Child Star is out on @hulu on Tuesday, September 17th
Working on Child Star was a deeply reflective experience for me. It allowed me to deep dive into emotions from my childhood, while also connecting with others who had so many shared experiences.
As we were editing the film, I became very inspired to write a song. The idea of connecting with my younger self through the pain and hardships that came along with child stardom was so important to me. I wrote the song as a letter to my inner child and I hope that it can give others an opportunity to connect with their inner child as well. Thank you to @lauraveltz@sadgirlsloan@oakestra@keith_ten4_sorrells and @oscarlinnander for helping to bring this song to life.
“You’ll Be OK, Kid” from the @hulu original documentary Child Star will be out Friday 9/13 🖤
Child Star out on @hulu on Tuesday 9/17
Growing up in the spotlight changed our lives forever. Thank you to all of the former child stars who shared their stories with me in my directorial debut and new documentary, Child Star. Coming to Hulu on September 17.
