Only in a world with a growing gap between the haves and the have-nots could aSundancedocumentary likeSugar Babiesexist.
The catch?She’s a sugar baby without the sugar.
No meeting up with clients and no sex.
Image via Sundance
Just pictures, videos, flirty texts, and an active Cash App account.
When COVID shut down many businesses, she had to get creative.
And in the struggle to pay the bills, no one around Autumn judges her for making her money.
Image by Jovelle Tamayo via Sundance Institute
While Autumn and her friends talk about scamming their clients, there’s no finger-wagging to be found.
Everyone’s watched each other grow up, everyone knows everyone.
Instead, her focus is far more on the plight of Autumn herself.
What does all of this mean at the end of the day?
There’s a missed opportunity here that could have offered more insight into the sacrifices that Autumn gave.
The documentary doesn’t judge Autumn, butit also seems to encourage people into thinking sugaring is easy.
