Cazzie David Spent Five Years Fighting to Make an "Anti-Rom-Com" About Emotional Abuse

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Cazzie David has spent years mining her innermost thoughts about anxiety, breakups, and social media to become somewhat of a millennial poet laureate—her sharp, perceptive voice fueling her web series and essays. And when it came to the 30-year-old’s directorial debut, I Love You Forever, she also explored the personal. She hopes it resonates—but, for her viewers's sake, also hopes they don't relate.