“No matter how low you are, you can come back up. That’s what WILL is. People can’t count themselves out that quick.”
—Jessie Maple on the making of WILL

A former basketball star (Obaka Adedunyo) fights to rebuild his life, stay off drugs, and find redemption by mentoring a streetwise orphan named Little Brother (Robert Dean). WILL, the first independent film directed by an African-American woman, is a powerful tale of resilience, reminding us that hope might be just around the street corner. Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024 for its cultural, historic, or aesthetic importance.