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Baby

Jessie Levandov · USA · Romance / Drama · 8 min · 57K views

Directed by Jessie Levandov · Starring Ali Mian, Soloman Breland, Safiya Durning, Sana Azim · 2019

Over one Saturday afternoon in the Bronx, Dominican-American teenager Ali moves between family, neighborhood and the giddy rush of a first queer romance.

A tender slice of first love that captures queer Dominican-American youth in the Bronx with warmth and specificity.

Baby is a queer coming-of-age love story that introduces us to the world of Ali, a Dominican-American teenager from the Bronx, on a Saturday afternoon.

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