The Farewell And What's Making Us Happy

In <em>The Farewell</em>, Akwafina plays Billi, a young woman whose beloved grandmother back in China is diagnosed with lung cancer. The family decides not to tell the grandmother that she's got only months to live — a decision that Billi strongly disagrees with. <em>The Farewell</em> was written and directed by Lulu Wang based on a piece she did on <em>This American Life. </em>