Not Just A Name
Not Just A Name
Not Just A Name info
Year
2021
Location
United States
Director
De'Onna "Tree" Young-Stephens
Writers
De'Onna "Tree" Young-Stephens
Other cast & crew
Madeline Gamero - Producer / Shiquita Williams & Fulani Bahati & Mocha Robinson-Jones - Cast
Duration
23 minutes
Not Just a Name explores the stigma and racial bias experienced by African-Americans with unique sounding names, as well as the historical origin of these names in America. Winner of the Best Domestic Documentary at the Student Academy Awards and an official selection at dozens of film festivals across the United States, Not Just a Name is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the AODR Film Festival.