Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kate Davis directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 8 years ago.
• 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 3Sandra Bland and Robert E. Brzezinski and Brian Encinia carry the top of the cast.
• 4Marketing tagline: "Passion cannot be silenced".
• 5IMDB entry: tt8106584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

105 min · 1h 45m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2018) ↗

Also by

Kate Davis

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• 
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• 
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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2018) | Official Trailer | HBO

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

• CO

  Cozy Post Production

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  HBO

  US

Key crew

• ProducerDavid Heilbroner
• ProducerKate Davis

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• police brutality
• texas
• death
• jail cell
• woman director
• activist
• black lives matter

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2018-04-25· Tribeca Film Festival
• TV2018-12-03R· HBO