DON’T GO TELLIN’ YOUR MOMMA
SHORT FILM
Line producer
In 1970, Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Black centered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape and the Black ABCs were born. For musician Topaz Jones, the Black ABCs served as an inspiration to explore his own coming of age in Montclair, N.J. In the Sundance Film Festival winner "Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma," Jones and rubberband. take viewers on a visual and musical journey through Jones's education on his own Black identity. Jones’s personal update to each letter of the alphabet continues the tradition of documenting Black life as valuable.
Premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2021 and won the Short Film Jury Award in Non-Fiction.
Directed by rubberband
Produced by SMUGGLER, BWGTBLD, Frenzy
Presented by the New York Times OpDocs and the Criterion Channel.