The Glow Up

Imagine how it would feel to grow up without a father. If you couldn't ask your abused mother questions about him. If you heard pieces of your origin story from relatives who wanted to hurt her. If trauma overshadowed your formative years. If your childhood wounds caused negative physical reactions to everyday sounds.



Jamilla Kabongo, a twenty-six-year-old woman, navigates family secrets and painful memories in pursuit of closure, healing, self-discovery, and forgiveness, while grappling with the ultimate question: Should she track down her father and finally face the most challenging part of her past?