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-demand and through community hosts via Kinema.
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
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.
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.
Recording as we go, we’re currently capturing footage to make feature length film.
Sponsor the Film Tour
Recording as we go, we’re capturing footage that will make the feature length film. Dark and Tender will be touring the United States.
We are looking for sponsors to host film screening events in places where there will be interest in this topic. Hosting can be a combination of financial, promotional and logistical support, including making a donation, providing a venue, event promotion, sleeping accommodations and meals for the team.
If you are interested in being a sponsor of the “Dark and Tender” Tour, please contact Ben Wilson at ben@colorofsound.org.
The Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project, an initiative of Grief to Action, is fiscally sponsored by Color of Sound.