The Best Part
dir. Kyndall Hubbard
2022
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Film
An attempt to continue a project undertaken a decade in the past, this film illustrates the unique struggle within African American families to record and unearth their histories through the filmmaker’s own endeavors to learn more about her grandmother’s early life. A home video interview recorded more than 10 years ago serves as a starting point for the journey and provides a glimpse into a not-so distant past. The result is a tribute to stories lost to time that highlights the widespread failure to adequately preserve and acknowledge Black history in the U.S.
Kyndall Hubbard
Kyndall Hubbard is a Documentary Journalism major and Spanish and Black Studies minor from Chantilly, Virginia. She fell in love with storytelling early, constantly reading books and writing her own novels. As she grew older, she cultivated an interest in journalism, writing for school publications and volunteering for professional news/media outlets, including USA Today. During her time at the university, her understanding and passion for storytelling has evolved to include the long-form medium. The Best Part provides a glimpse at how she hopes to contribute to the world with her work. After graduation, Hubbard plans to return to the DMV to be closer to family and seek storytelling opportunities in producing around the nation’s capital and beyond.