First-timefeaturefilmmakerRebeca“Beba”Hunttundertakesanunflinchingexplorationofherownidentityintheremarkablecoming-of-agedocumentary/cinematicmemoirBEBA.ReflectingonherchildhoodandadolescenceinNewYorkCityasthedaughterofaDominicanfatherandVenezuelanmother,Hunttinvestigatesthehistorical,societal,andgenerationaltraumashe’sinheritedandpondershowthoseancientwoundshaveshapedher,whilesimultaneouslyconsideringtheuniversaltruthsthatconnectusallashumans.ThroughoutBEBA,Hunttsearchesforawaytoforgeherowncreativepathamidalandscapeofintenseracialandpoliticalunrest. Poetic,powerfulandprofound,BEBAisacourageous,deeplyhumanself-portraitofanAfro-Latinaartisthungryforknowledgeandyearningforconnection.
