Babalu
season one premieres October 22, 2025
Babalu is an Official Selection of the 2023 Rhode Island International Film Festival and 2024 Catalyst Content Festival
Babalu is a new audio drama about a mother and daughter’s connection that transcends time.
Sherry Zhang committed suicide in 1989. When she died, she left behind a baby daughter and unbeknownst to her family, dozens of cassette tapes recording her innermost thoughts. Years later, Luisa, the child Sherry left behind, learns about these tapes and decides to finally get to know the mother she lost through her own words. But the more she listens, the more questions she has.
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Created and written by Kimberly Truong. Directed by Katharine Chen Lerner. Sound design, editing and mixing by Charles Moody.
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