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“You don’t really see a 14-year-old girl creating her own stuff and actually making it into theaters,” she
adds. “That’s why you have to start working with people that will trust you and will believe that you can
do it and will trust that you can carry…such a big responsibility.”
Martin says one of those people is a writer and producer she’s been watching for the past five years:
Blackish’s Barris. It was advice Barris gave Martin that turned a lightbulb in her head.
“Kenya said I have the freedom
to do whatever I want. At that
time I was nervous to say what I
meant or say what was on my
mind. Everything was kept in,
but when he said that it was
very relieving — and that’s
when I took the journey to make
this a thing.”
Little hits theaters April 12.
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