I’ll Be There primarily focuses on Grace, the youngest of five children in a blended family, one that was difficult to explain to others. However, after Grace finally graduates, she leaves her home life in the past. Flash forward more than a decade later. Grace is an adult and thriving in her new life in Los Angeles — but doing so only cast her more outside her family. Soon enough, her life is turned upside down upon learning her brother and protector growing up, AJ, has cancer, reuniting her family.
AJ’s diagnosis isn’t the only startling news at the center of I’ll Be There — it also takes place mere days following the death of music legend Michael Jackson and is set at the hospital next door to the coroner’s office. The singer was an integral part of Grace and her siblings’ childhood, something not lost on her as they come together. So, Grace must contend with her family’s traumatic past, find common ground with her estranged family members, and say goodbye to a childhood icon.
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The film version of I’ll Be There will debut at the 30th annual Austin Film Festival, kicking off October 26 and running through November 2.
