“What happens when you’re expecting a child, but you’re still a child yourself?”

From the creator:

My name is Ramona Nina, I am a 19 year old Actress based in Los Angeles, CA, and Baby marks my screenwriting debut. I grew up in a Home-Daycare run by my Mother and have since worked at a Childcare Center in my hometown as a Teacher’s Assistant. I have seen the ins and outs of caregiving, and have known so many women who work these jobs to pay their bills and get their own children childcare.

Being a woman in the modern world is extremely challenging, and often terrifying. I live in a country where Abortion rights are constantly being challenged, and in the midst of this I felt an urge to write Baby.

Our Story

Baby is a gritty coming of age drama about the importance of choice.

Set inside a mother-daughter-owned in-home daycare in Wilsonville, Alabama, the film follows 16-year-old Carrie, who discovers she is pregnant. To keep her secret and her youth, Carrie must drive 8 hours out of state to the closest abortion clinic that will accept minors without a parent’s consent. Caught between autonomy and childhood, the female-centered film explores Carrie’s relationship with her mother, which becomes the emotional spine of the story: complex, imperfect, and a tale as old as time.

Baby is a love letter to Women, to the care givers out there who give more than they take, and to every girl who has had to grow up to fast. I hope this movie speaks to you like it does to me.

Where your support will go

Your contribution will help us make Baby: paying our cast and crew, securing locations in Alabama, and covering the equipment, travel, production, editing, sound, and finishing work needed to tell Carrie’s story with care.

Our hope is for the film to have a life beyond its festival run. Once it is complete, we plan to seek opportunities for community screenings and conversations with educators and organizations working in reproductive health and youth support. We would love to explore events with local Planned Parenthood education teams and other community partners, where the film could open a discussion about choice, caregiving, and the barriers young people face when seeking healthcare. Any such events would depend on partners’ interest and available resources.

If fundraising allows, support will also help us prepare festival submissions, accessible screening materials, and a discussion guide developed with appropriate input. We’ll share updates as the production and release plans take shape.

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