1 of 2: #Juneteenth (June 19) screening in #Sebastopol of Aaron Johnson's short film "Dark and Tender": "follows ten Black men on a transformative retreat with the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project . . . . The men seek to reclaim platonic intimacy and tenderness through close encounters with nature and depictions of gentle Black masculinity, restoring the vital aspect of touch by replacing violence and rough play with care, connection, and intimacy."
I recently attended a virtual screening. During the Q&A, someone asked, <"Men touch each other during the Super Bowl, high fiving etc, does that count?" AJ: "When our humanity is being offered up, in a culture that hasn't seen it, people interrogate 'Why are you doing this?'
https://givebutter.com/sebastopol #Sonoma #AaronJohnson #DarkAndTender #film
