BeBe is a short movie produced by Marquis Gold that is inspired by the animated film “Bebe Kids” by the late Robin Harris, with a psychological thriller tone. “Bebe” centers around a single mother with three children who grapples with the mystery of why she never hears from her escorts again after their first dates. The trailer presents a dark contemporary perspective, effectively bringing every animated character from the original film to life. Brent Black plays Robin Harris’s character, leading a cast that also features veteran actor George Lima and Sarah Danielle Toran. The filmmakers have preserved the characters’ appearances, mannerisms, and wardrobe.
Boone grew up watching Bebe’s Kids and wanted to use the trailer to explore the more serious topics the original film never touched on. “I wanted to ask the questions like who was Bebe and where was she? Why were these kids so bad? What was really going on in their home?” Boone adds. “I wanted to create something as if Jordan Peele or Lena Waithe teamed up with me and made Bebe’s Kids into a thriller. I also wanted to explore the subject of inner-city-kids living in poverty and the effects it has on our children having to raise themselves and grow up faster than others.” This trailer is not the comedy that many will remember. Instead, it takes the viewer down a path that deals with sexual abuse and African American family trauma. “I felt like growing up I always thought there was more to the story, more behind the cartoon that we laughed over,” Boone continues. “I thought, ‘man, we could really take this story and deal with some real life issues in a really psychological way.”
