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5.1/10   21 votes
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Director:
Macky Alston
Writers:
Macky Alston (writer)
Kay Gayner (writer)
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Release Date:
29 August 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
nice documentary on a heavy topic more (2 total)

Directed by
Macky Alston 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Macky Alston  writer
Kay Gayner  writer

Produced by
Jennifer Chaiken .... associate producer
Nicholas Gottlieb .... executive producer
Selina Lewis .... producer
 
Original Music by
Camara Kambon 
 
Cinematography by
Eliot Rockett 
 
Film Editing by
Sandra Marie Christie 
Christopher White 
 
Sound Department
Judd Ehrlich .... assistant sound editor
 
Editorial Department
Judd Ehrlich .... apprentice editor
 
Other crew
Leonard Cox .... distribution advisor
Jaime Wolf .... legal counsel
 

Distributors

Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
nice documentary on a heavy topic, 5 January 2001
10/10
Author: naxash from Basel

Macky Alston discovered that lots of Black kids seem to have his last name when his father, a fighter for civic rights and Reverend like Run, sent him to a black school. Now, as a grown up (gay) man, he goes on to discover the roots of his family and why lots of black people have the same last name that he has. - "Family Name" is a nice documentary on a topic that lots of people, including Alston's grandma, don't wanna talk about.

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