{"id":4053,"date":"2026-10-21T20:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:46:49","slug":"the-day-you-find-your-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4053","title":{"rendered":"The Day You Find Your Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Drama<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1rGn5C2QbEbie1BbaK7pls_r7T6qyYPKo&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"The Day You Find Your Name\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>During the Black Panther movement, a pregnant Afeni Shakur battles 189 felony charges, forced to defend herself in a trial that could cost her freedom and her unborn child\u2019s future<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Dominique R. Draper<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writer(s):<\/strong> Dominique R. Draper<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Dominique R. Draper, Qingyi Song, Brana Monet, David Ahaiwe Dixon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Journey Carter, Mitchell Edwards<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor(s):<\/strong> UTKARSH KUMAR<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cinematographer(s):<\/strong> Brana Monet &amp; Sika Stanton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Designer(s):<\/strong> CAMILA RODR\u00cdGUEZ<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound Designer(s):<\/strong> JIAQI &quot;ARABELLA&quot; BAI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composer(s):<\/strong> Tristan Jones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 15m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> From her jail cell, eight months pregnant, Afeni Shakur writes a letter to her unborn son, Tupac, reflecting on her transformation from Alice Faye Williams into a Black Panther leader. As government surveillance and betrayal threaten the movement, Afeni and twenty fellow Panthers face 189 felony charges in the historic Panther 21 trial. With her freedom and unborn child&#8217;s future at stake, Afeni chooses to defend herself in court against a system determined to silence her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7z_-3OwPq48?si=fXClczOeOgz-nGjK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/findingafeni?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Short Film &#8211; Drama During the Black Panther movement, a pregnant Afeni Shakur battles 189 felony charges, forced to defend herself in a trial that could cost her freedom and her unborn child\u2019s future Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Dominique R. Draper Writer(s): Dominique R. Draper Producer(s): Dominique &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4053\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Day You Find Your Name&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sherman-oaks-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}