Hummingbirds
In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance. Grand Prize, 2023 Berlinale Generation. New York Times Critic's Pick. Broadcast and streaming on PBS's POV.
Starring and Directed by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
Co-Directors Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó
Produced by Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Leslie Benavides, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó, Diane Ng, Rivkah Beth Medow
Edited by Isidore Bethel, Jillian Schlesinger
Director of Photography Miguel Drake-McLaughlin,
Co-Director of Photography Diane Ng
Featuring Maria del Carmen Contreras, Blanca Contreras Solis, Bingo Ladies, Andrés Contreras, Jeffrey Louis Gutierrez Jr., Marissa Inés Castaños, El Raspero
Co-Editors Sophia Hernández, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó, Zulema Young-Toledo, Leslie Benavides
Co-Producers Isidore Bethel, Dawn Valadez
Executive Producers: Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin, Robina Riccitiello, Gill Holland
Co-Executive Producers Esther Bensadon, Rufus J. Lusk, Michael Melamedoff, Adrian Selkowitz, Matthew Semel, Corey Tatarczuk
Music: Estefanía “Beba” Contreras, Elijah Cruz, Brandan Hoy
Title Animations: Yensey Murillo
Color: Eyal Dimant, C Diaz
In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance. Grand Prize, 2023 Berlinale Generation. New York Times Critic's Pick. Broadcast and streaming on PBS's POV.
Starring and Directed by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
Co-Directors Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó
Produced by Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Leslie Benavides, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó, Diane Ng, Rivkah Beth Medow
Edited by Isidore Bethel, Jillian Schlesinger
Director of Photography Miguel Drake-McLaughlin,
Co-Director of Photography Diane Ng
Featuring Maria del Carmen Contreras, Blanca Contreras Solis, Bingo Ladies, Andrés Contreras, Jeffrey Louis Gutierrez Jr., Marissa Inés Castaños, El Raspero
Co-Editors Sophia Hernández, Ana Rodríguez-Falcó, Zulema Young-Toledo, Leslie Benavides
Co-Producers Isidore Bethel, Dawn Valadez
Executive Producers: Rivkah Beth Medow, Jen Rainin, Robina Riccitiello, Gill Holland
Co-Executive Producers Esther Bensadon, Rufus J. Lusk, Michael Melamedoff, Adrian Selkowitz, Matthew Semel, Corey Tatarczuk
Music: Estefanía “Beba” Contreras, Elijah Cruz, Brandan Hoy
Title Animations: Yensey Murillo
Color: Eyal Dimant, C Diaz
