Say Our Names (film)

Say Our Names is a 2018 documentary film by director Juwan Chambers and producer Eric Martin. The film examines race, colorism, the BlackLivesMatter (BLM) movement, cultural appropriation, and the 2016 presidential election from the views of students and educators of different races, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations. It is titled after the hashtags #SayHerName and #SayHisName that spawned from the BLM Movement.  

The concept was born in late 2015 during a lunch between Martin and Chambers. Production began on the night of March 11, 2016 and lasted a little over one year. Having initially wrapped during spring 2017, the producing duo was eyeing a Juneteenth release that year, but due to a damaged hard drive erasing the film, release was postponed. On September 25th, 2017, reshoots began and lasted until spring 2018.

On August 31, 2018, the highly-anticipated film was released on YouTube. It is dedicated to friend and Switch Up co-founder Diamond Tillman.