Neon has acquired the worldwide rights to “Beba,” the directorial debut of Rebeca “Beba” Huntt that premiered at Toronto earlier this fall.
“Beba” is a documentary and autobiographical coming-of-age story from Huntt, an Afro-Latina woman and artist from New York City. The film combines music, 16mm film, poetry and interview footage to show Huntt reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother.
Huntt in the film 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 all as humans.