Join us for a film screening and debut of "Dark and Tender: The Big Island", followed by a Q&A and Song Circle with Aaron Johnson — director and founder of the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project.

In the second chapter of Aaron Johnson’s film "Dark and Tender", ten Black men journey to the Big Island of Hawaii to workshop the touch and listening practices from the Chronically UnderTouched Project. Part cinéma vérité, part elucidated teaching, the film slows down with the men as they reclaim and rebuild platonic intimacy and trust. Holding space for each other, they shake off violent narratives of Black masculinity and seek to restore a vital and basic human need in their lives — tender touch.

Official Trailer | Dark and Tender: The Big Island | A Film by the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project

READ Seattle Medium: "Short Film Seeks to Bring Racial Healing for Black Men Through Touch"

Color of Sound, Producer of Dark and Tender, is a nonprofit 501c3 organization located in Port Townsend, WA just two hours northwest of Seattle. Color of Sound is dedicated to improving the lives of people of color in the PNW and beyond through racial healing, housing and land access, restorative justice, and economic development.

SIFF | "Dark and Tender: The Big Island" Debut

A short film by the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project, Q&A and Song Circle