Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

Don't Go Tellin’ Your Momma is an American short film directed by rapper and singer Topaz Jones, in collaboration with filmmaking duo Jason Sondock and Simon Davis, who are known professionally as rubberband.

Each letter of the alphabet is represented with short vignettes introduced by title cards: Topaz Jones’ creative partnership with Jason Sondock and Simon Davis (rubberband.)

[5][6] Much of its early production took place during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the beginnings of the George Floyd protests, which Jones quotes as having greatly affected the developmental process of the film.

[5] Jones uses himself as an example of the complex relationship African American youths face with personal identity, and he produced the film to promote the visibility of their struggle.

[4] The vignette style of the film was inspired by the “Black ABCs," a series of posters created in 1970 by the Society for Visual Education of the University of Chicago.