A stunning self-portrait, tough, raw, stubborn, and powerful "Beba" stares down the curses of her ancestry, probing the psychic wounds she has inherited, while simultaneously embracing the vastness of her multitudes.
First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her own identity in the remarkable coming-of-age documentary/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 all as humans. Throughout BEBA, Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest. Poetic, powerful and profound, BEBA is a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection.
Rebeca Huntt is an award-winning Afro-Latina writer and director from New York City. Her debut feature Beba premiered at TIFF and was released by NEON in 2022, earning critical acclaim from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter. The film received nominations from the Berlinale, Independent Spirit Awards, and Cinema Eye Honors, and won Best U.S./Latinx Film at the Cinema Tropical Awards. She is currently in post-production on her second feature documentary with Story Syndicate, focused on a globally recognized athlete, and previously worked as an archival producer on the Hulu Original Look at Me: XXXTentacion. Rebeca is represented by UTA.
