Say My Name (1970)

Overview : People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an identity that challenges others to simply just say their name. A short social docu-film by Mariam Meliksetyan, “Say My Name” is a meditation on identity, otherness, assimilation, community, and ancestral roots.

Release Date : January 1, 1970

Runtime : 21m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Blue Iris Films

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : identity, community, cultural, social documentary, ethnic diversity, ancestry, minority, assimilation, social awareness, social & cultural documentary, cultural identity, ethnic minority, ethnic studies, cultural history, documentary, minority communities, ethnic, documentary short, ethnicities