My Father's Name

Upcoming events

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival

MY FATHER’S NAME will be screened at 12:00 PM on Sunday, March 30.

The festival starts STREAMING the film March 31 at 3:00 am EDT through April 9. This virtual screening is eligible for audience awards! Unlock it to cast your vote.

Sunday, March 30 — Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Robert Brent Auditorium, Sebastopol, CA

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12th Social Justice Film Festival

Official Selection

Seattle Screening: April 11th, 8:30PM

The Film will stream on the Virtual Cinema platform April 14–20

Wednesday, April 9 — Sunday, April 20, 2025

Seattle, WA

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Past events

Hutchins Center for African & African American Research

My Father’s Name: A Film Screening and Discussion with Susanna Styron and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

This event is accessible, free, and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 6:00 PM

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Maysles Documentary Center

Post-screening Q&A panel discussion with Susanna Styron, moderated by Jamal Joseph.

Friday, March 7, 2025 7:00 PM

Harlem, NYC

28th Magnolia Independent Film Festival

Thursday Evening Screening

UEC Starkville Hollywood Premiere Cinemas

Thursday, February 20, 2025 5:30 PM

Starkville, MS

Martha's Vineyard Film Society Panel

MY FATHER’S NAME post-screening panel at Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, August 2024. Featuring Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Rabbi Caryn Broitman, director Susanna Styron. Moderated by Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 9:00 AM

Martha's Vineyard Film Center, MV, MA

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St Louis International Film Festival & EncoreNOW

Thanks to St Louis International Film Festival, My Father’s Name is available for streaming on EncoreNOW through 12/22/24.

Friday, November 29 — Sunday, December 22, 2024

Big Apple Film Festival 2024 Fall Edition

Official Selection of the Featured Documentary Program

Monday, November 18, 2024 8:30 PM

Look Dine-In Cinemas: Theater #4, W 57th St, NYC

33rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival

Oscar® Qualifying Shorts Competition: Documentary Shorts 10 Program

Thursday, November 14, 2024 5:10 PM

Chase Park Plaza Cinema, St. Louis, MO

27th Annual East Lansing Film Festival

Screening as part of the Shorts Docs Program, both at 3:30PM on Nov. 9 and 14.

Saturday, November 9 — Thursday, November 14, 2024

Studio C Meridian Mall, East Lansing, MI

7th Annual “Lynching in Maryland” Conference

A panel discussion moderated by Dr. Terry Anne Scott, author of the acclaimed Lynching and Leisure: Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas, followed the screening of MY FATHER’S NAME.

Thursday, November 7, 2024 11:21 PM

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Adapting Personal Stories Into a Film

Host and Big Apple Film Founder/Director Jonathan Lipp speaks with acclaimed writer/director/producer Susanna Styron on adapting personal stories into a film.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 4:29 PM

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7th Annual “Lynching in Maryland” Conference

A panel discussion moderated by Dr. Terry Anne Scott, author of the acclaimed Lynching and Leisure: Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas, will follow the screening.

The program is offered both in-person and in virtual attendance.

Saturday, November 2, 2024 9:30 AM

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, MD

Little Known Facts With Ilana Levine

“LKF” Podcast interview with Susanna Styron, available on Spotify, Apple and wherever podcasts can be heard.

Monday, October 21, 2024 8:23 PM

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7th Annual NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival

My Father’s Name is streaming now. Sign up for a free account with iWomanTV to watch the film. The film with the most views by September 23, will be awarded the Audience Choice Award from iWomanTV.

Thursday, August 15 — Monday, September 23, 2024

Streaming at iWomanTV

MV Times: Uncovering secrets

Susanna Styron’s stirring documentary ‘My Father’s Name’… was a prefect catalyst for the far-ranging panel discussion afterward… about race, reckoning and individual and collective responsibility.
— Abby Remer, MV Times

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 9:00 AM

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