Join us for a film screening, ManaHeart Circle and Q&A hosted by Dark and Tender's Zya (Kingsya Omega) and Kaylyn Irshard.

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.

Both short films "Dark and Tender: A Film by the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project" and "Dark and Tender: The Big Island" will be screened.

To open, we'll form a circle and share in some somatic grounding and meditation exercises, and community singing.

After the films we'll have a Q&A and open conversation around courageous vulnerability.

5:30pm -6:30pm | Arriving, Introductions. Welcoming.

6:30pm - 7:15pm | ManaHeart Circle with Zya + Kaylyn
7:15 - 8:15pm | "Dark and Tender" film screenings

8:15pm - 9pm | Q&A - open discussion

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

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.

Vintage Theatre | "Dark and Tender: The Big Island " Screening, ManaHeart Circle and Q&A

Hosted by Kingsya Omega & Kaylyn Irshard