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The Boys and the Bees

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United States202519 minEnglish
Boys and the Bees

Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction

On an idyllic farm in rural Georgia, Black beekeeping parents tenderly share their knowledge of life, love, and nature with their young sons while restoring their homestead.

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Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction

On an idyllic farm in rural Georgia, Black beekeeping parents tenderly share their knowledge of life, love, and nature with their young sons while restoring their homestead.

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    Arielle Knight

  • Producers

    Sean Weiner

    Arielle Knight

  • Director of Photography

    Fernando Rocha

  • Consulting Producer

    Arno Mokros

    Martha Gregory

  • Associate Producer

    Alessandra Puig-Santana

  • Editors

    Sean Weiner

    Omar Guzman

  • Featuring

    Aaro Ray

    Carver Ray

    Eliza Ray

    Nehemiah Ray

  • Sound Design

    Thomas Becka

  • Sound Recordist

    Sabrina Cedeno-Tobon

  • Color by

    Away Team

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Arielle Knight

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Arielle Knight is an Academy Award–nominated producer and New York–based filmmaker whose work spans short and feature-length films centered on Black life and community. Supported by Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, Catapult Film Fund, Firelight Media, and others, she is developing hybrid projects that blur genre and reimagine form.

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