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Interrupting four hundred years of the Black Brute archetype. Tender, caring, platonic touch between Black men. The Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project’s short films are screening on-dema and through community hosts via Kinema.

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Best Short Doc Black Film Festival of New Orleans 2025
Best International Voice / Untold Stories Film Brixton Film Festival 2025
Medium Length Documentary / Bronze Prize Seattle Social Justice Film Festival 2025

Content Note: The video above contains historical images of lynching and other abuses.

Official Trailer | Dark and Tender (Original)

Ten Black men explore the transformative power of touch during a workshop with the Chronically UnderTouched Project outside Seattle, Washington, replacing violence and roughness with tenderness and connection.

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Official Trailer | Dark and Tender: The Big Island

In the second chapter of “Dark and Tender”, ten Black men workshop the touch and listening practices from the Chronically UnderTouched Project on the Big Island of Hawaii – interrupting the violent narratives told about them using the tool of tenderness.

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Recording from the road, we’re currently capturing footage to make feature length film.

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