anika, you are the mother. be with your family, in the summer of 1963. >> well, my oldest son is having trouble making decisions that are helpful to his life. i've gotten to the point where i don't know what to do. it's simply time to go home and let my mother put her hand on the situation. i think the amazing thing is, this woman, wilona, has so much love for her children, she has decided to go out on love and faith, and bring them home, even though home is not a good place right now. it's sort of turbulent. but home is also the place where the roots are and the place where we can fertilize this young man. >> and, yes. he needed a grandma's loving. >> he needed grandma. >> tonya, we've seen films before, depicting this time in our country's history. you decided to go with a different angle here. explain that. >> we adapted the young adult novel, by christopher paul curtis. and what's so great about it it's told through the eyes of the 12-year-old boy. that's what is unique about it. i don't think we've seen th