One of the best albums of the year, Topaz Jones' Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma, gets an accompanying short film of the same name. Not only Topaz Jones co-write and direct this doc with Rubberband, two of the most sought-after creative duos in the music video industry, but this project also went on to win the Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Now, the film has finally been released on The New York Times' Op-Docs forum for all to see.

Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma is a musical and visual remix of the Black ABCs. This was a set of words and images linked to the 26 letters of the alphabet that reflected the lives of Black children in the Seventies when it was created as a bulwark against anti-Blackness in the education system.

Topaz Jones remixes the original 26 flashcards to create a new lexicon that can be recognized by Black Americans today. In a quote from Variety, the artist said: “At the heart of Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma is a desire for preservation. We found joy in uncovering new creative ways to archive moments in a single life that could speak to the spirit of many lives.

"We’re honored to partner with an historic institution like The Times to present this raw, unconventional exploration of thought and memory as a record of Black Americans’ complex relationship to identity in the early aughts. May it inspire and make others feel seen in their own self-discovery for generations to come.”