“SAY MY NAME!” is a contemporary Black British Gay Love Story set amidst a gritty grimy urban backdrop of ‘street’ reality. The storm kicks off when ‘rude-bwoy’ Ricky blanks his undercover lover Chris while hanging ‘on road’ with his crew because he is afraid being ‘outed’.
Hurt, humiliated, and exploding with fury the ignored Chris confronts his down-low man in a brutally explicit, no holds barred fight in which issues of masculinity, sexuality, race, self definition, love and God are confronted.
With their relationship in the balance Ricky is forced to face his deepest darkest most inner feelings.
“To be or not to be”…OUT!
Chris in love with a man and in the midst of coming to terms with his homosexuality suddenly finds himself unable to deny his true feelings. “Love means doing the right thing no matter what” but does Ricky love him enough to break taboo and go against community, tradition and the laws of the ‘street’?
“SAY MY NAME!” is a love story in the truest sense.
A story of self love and what must be sacrificed in order to achieve this ultimate state of being…
I can’t understand a word of what they’re saying, but they’re both cute, Black, and gay. That’s pretty much all that matters. Jk, lol. I like the concept of the short film.
nevermind! i take that back!!
“say my name” is actually quite endearing. i should’ve given it the time it needed before i opened my mouth. my apologies.
It took a while getting used to the mix of West Indian/African influenced language (where’s my Londoner friend Kikkie when I need her?), but I think the issues confronted here are so important. I don’t even know where to start.
One thing I can say for sure is that I know how Chris feels, and that no man should ever make you go back into the closet just because he’s afraid of facing his own skeletons. You should never be complacent with being someone’s dirty little secret.
the topic is so very important. one should never be forced back into the closet because someone else is uncomfortable or afraid.
very timely piece.
glad i gave it time to warm up. :)
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