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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.