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- 2022
- R
- Disney+
- 1 h 19 m
- 2022
- R
- Disney+
- 1 h 19 m
Summary Beba is a poetic, raw and ruthless coming of age tale, in which a young NYC born and bred Afro-Latina stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma with unflinching courage.
Directed By: Rebeca Huntt
Written By: Rebeca Huntt
- 2022
- R
- Disney+
- 1 h 19 m
- 2022
- R
- Disney+
- 1 h 19 m
Beba
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Summary Beba is a poetic, raw and ruthless coming of age tale, in which a young NYC born and bred Afro-Latina stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma with unflinching courage.
Directed By: Rebeca Huntt
Written By: Rebeca Huntt
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Metascore
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Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
73
85% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Rebeca Huntt's Beba is the coming-of-age story that Black American children have been waiting for, a documentary that encompasses every step of reclamation of an American bloodline.
It’s never easy for anyone to offer themselves for public inspection, even when personal expression is the key. So what unfolds in Beba is wrought with contradictions, as well as portraits that Huntt probably did not intend to paint.
It can be overwhelming at times, and it’s true that Huntt’s deeply rooted powers of introspection can sometimes curdle into self-absorption. But her lacerating honesty and restless, searching spirit make Beba a virtuoso bomb-drop of a documentary.
Beba is profound. The filmmaker delves into all of who she is, including darker or more destructive aspects of her identity, pushing viewers to see Huntt’s complexity — and perhaps their own.
An alternately searing and scalding piece of family history that doesn’t spare the beautiful narcissist doing the examining.
Huntt is a talent to watch. Her psychic wounds now bared, it will be fascinating to see how she explores them, as well as things outside herself, in different cinematic formats.
Never lacking in earnestness or vigor, she nonetheless teeters over the lines separating introspection from navel-gazing and the raw from the simply underdone.
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Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
