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Nobody Knows My Name
A videotape by
Rachel Raimist
Grades 9 and up
A perfect companion to "The Righteous Babes," "Nobody Knows My Name" tells the story of five young women connected by their love of hip-hop and their uphill battle to make it in the music business. Through candid interviews with a b-girl, music producer, singer and DJ, the film explores a fascinating and diverse community of feminist artists yearning to find a place within the male-dominated hip-hop community. Girls will find role models in this inspirational documentary about a talented group of women unafraid to pursue their dreams without compromising their artistic and personal integrity.
- New York Girls’ Film Festival
- South By Southwest Film Festival
South By Southwest Film Festival
- LA Pan-African Film Festival
- Denver Pan African Film Festival
- Women In The Director's Chair Film Festival
- San Jose Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, CA
- NY Girl’s Film Festival
- Popular Culture Association Conference
- Gender Issues in Classrooms, Corridors, and Communities Symposium
“A real must for reaching out to young urban women of color.”
Susan Mondzak
Teen Talk
“As soon as this video started, I knew I had to show it to the young women I work with.”
Lucy Georgeff
Teen Voices
"The image of unrecognizable yet powerful women, rocking their craft (without showing cleavage), is enough to let young girls know that with commitment, passion and determination, the world can be theirs."
Hilary Kopple, Girls Program Coordinator
The DOME Project
“Essential viewing. The hip-hop culture, not always, but so often sheds a negative light on women whether through lyrics, or through in-access to the movement/culture. In this film, female hip-hop artists are the powerhouses. They are talented, strong, successful, women making change with their words and presence.”
Adrienne McCurrach
GirlsFilmSchool
“The film is relevant, well presented, and instantly grabs a young woman's attention. It utilizes the music of today, and deals with obstacles young women are struggling to overcome. They need to know that they can rise above the prejudices and obstacles set before them. Nobody Knows My Name sends out this message loud and clear.”
Robert Wilson, Director
Moccasin Community Day School
“…provides another exploration of what it means to be feminist within an alternative music scene. Well-edited and insightful…The film provides a good starting point for discussions about the industry and women’s place in it.”
Shannon L. Green
Feminist Collections
”Raimist's film does an outstanding job of representing a wide range of female participation in hip hop; since hip hop has been unique in the way it has privileged the work of people of color, the film speaks eloquently about the relationships between race, gender, sexuality, and social class. This documentary will be of interest to programs in women's studies, ethnic and African American studies, popular culture and popular music, American studies, and sociology.”
Joe Austin, Director
Youth and Popular Culture Conference
"Conversational, intimate and heartfelt but never less than brutally honest."
Nicole Campos
LA Weekly
In a culture and society where men rule and sex sells, 'Nobody Knows My Name' goes deep into the hearts and souls of the women whose voices continue to be silenced because they refuse to fit in to the narrow molds that are set before them. Filmmaker Rachel Raimist gives us a taste of the blood, sweat and even tears that some of the most prolific artists within our culture have shed.
Tre Boogie
Urbanearth.com
A one-of-a-kind beautifully rendered portrait of women in hip hop: these are not the skeezers and hos of the corporate music video world that the mainstream media has led us to believe define women in hip hop. No, these women in Raimist's documentary--d.j's, b-girls, and rappers--are complex: wise, sometimes vulnerable, yet triumphant, all of great ethnic diversity and talent who believe in hip hop as a way of life.
Fatimah Tobing Rony
University of California, Irvine
Women in Hip Hop
B-Boy (and B-Girl!) Summit
MySistahs
Women of Color Resource Center
The Cyber-krib on "Nobody Knows My Name"
The "Nobody Knows My Name" Home Page
"Women In Hip Hop Step Up And Throw Down" in Hip Hop News
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