Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin. It reveals the story of a 6-year-old heroine of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' who has a smile to charm fish out of the water and a scowl so fierce it can stop monsters in their tracks. In the wake of her father's ill health and the flooding of her home, Hushpuppy, a six-year-old girl, must brave prehistoric creatures called aurochs and seek out her lost mother.