I always try to hire women, people of colour, trans or bisexual and otherly abled people. I will always do so. I’m not sure others follow suit but I do keep hearing that of more crews these days, so that’s a good thing.
Director Rama Rau was a documentarian prior to this, and it remains her sole fiction feature to date. This likely gives her an edge in knowing what audiences will and won’t read as B.S. Yes, HONEY BEE understands narrative structure, and with careful editing and scoring, puts the viewer subjectively into Natalie’s head. But it’s not interested in creating artificial cinematic heroes.
