First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca "Beba" Huntt undertakes an unfl...
First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca "Beba" Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her identity in the remarkable coming-of-age doc / cinematic memoir Beba. Reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother, Huntt investigates the historical, societal, and generational trauma she’s inherited and ponders how those anci...
First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca "Beba" Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her identity in the remarkable coming-of-age doc / cinematic memoir Beba. Reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother, Huntt investigates the historical, societal, and generational trauma she’s inherited and ponders how those ancient wounds have shaped her, while simultaneously considering the universal truths that connect us as humans. Throughout Beba, Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest.