Dark and Tender: The Big Island (Debut)
December 12, 2025
7;)0pm | SIFF Film Center
Presented by Holistic Resistance and Color of Sound
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.
SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this screening.
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.
- Director: Aaron Johnson
- Principal Cast: Aaron Johnson, Ben Wilson, Aliko Weste
- Country: USA
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 120 min.
- Language: English