Making Sweet Tea has been selected for screening at the Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival 2020!
We’re excited to announce that our film is coming to the American Studies Association 2020 conference as a Program Committee Sponsored Event!
Making Sweet Tea: Film Screening and Q&A with E. Patrick Johnson and John L. Jackson was selected via a peer reviewed process to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association, to be held November 12-15, 2020, Baltimore, Maryland.
Specific screening information TBA.
For more information, visit ASA's website.
Making Sweet Tea is excited to be screening at Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2020, running virtually November 10- 15, 2020.
Screening time & information TBA.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest website.
We are excited to be screening at the South Carolina Underground Film Festival (SCUFF) 2020!
SCUFF will take place on November 6th, 7th and 8th, 2020 in Charleston, SC, at the S. of Broadway Theater (1080 E. Montague Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405).
Screening time TBA.
Daily tickets and 3-day Passes will be on sale soon!
For more information, please visit the SCUFF website.
Making Sweet Tea is excited to screen at the CineOdyssey Film Festival 2020, taking place virtually November 5-7, 2020.
Screening time TBA.
More information is available on the CineOdyssey website.
Making Sweet Tea is excited to be screening at the Baltimore International Black Film Festival 2020, running in a hybrid (mostly online) format from October 28 - December 7, 2020.
Screening time & information TBA.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Baltimore International Black Film Festival website..
We are excited to be screening at NewFest's 32nd Annual New York LGBTQ Film Festival, which runs virtually October 16 - 27th, 2020!
Screening time TBA.
Day passes and full festival passes are on sale now on NewFest website.
More information is available on the NewFest website.
We are also thrilled and honored that Making Sweet Tea is screening as the opening night feature film at the 3rd annual Melanin Pride Festival, being held virtually Oct 9th - 11th, 2020.
Our film is an opening night feature, so please watch Friday Oct. 9th, 2020! After screening, E. Patrick Johnson will also be taking part in a fireside chat about the film. You can purchase tickets to Friday’s screening at this link. On Oct. 17th, we are excited to return to Melanin for a Q&A about the film.
Can’t make either event? We understand! Luckily, MPF III films screenings will be available on Xerb.tv October 8th - 18th. To view our film and others and browse the MPF screening channel, please visit and sign-up with Xerb.tv today (for free).
For more information, please visit the Melanin Pride website, or keep checking back here for updates.
Extended through 10/10 due to popular demand!
Making Sweet Tea is excited to be screening at Out Film CT: Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival 2020, which will run from October 2 - 10, 2020.
Our film becomes available on October 4th at 7:00 pm EDT, and you'll have 72 hours to start watching. Once you begin, you have 48 hours to finish the film. Click here to watch.
A live or pre-recorded Q&A will also be scheduled.
For more information, please visit Out Film CT website.
Making Sweet Tea is thrilled to be screening at OUT at the Movies International Film Fest 2020, which will run virtually from October 2-4, 2020.
Films will screen online, with some outdoor and/or drive-in screenings in Winston-Salem, NC.
Schedule and ticketing options TBA.
For more information about the festival, virtual screenings, drive-in protocol, etc., please visit the OUT at the Movies website.
Making Sweet Tea has been selected to screen at the 31st annual Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF), taking place virtually October 2-18, 2020.
Available to screen October 3 - 17th.
More information is available on the TIGLFF website.
Making Sweet Tea is excited to be screening at the 2020 Footcandle Film Festival in Hickory, North Carolina.
Our film is screening Friday, Sep. 25th at 10:00 AM followed by a live Q&A with the filmmakers but will also be available to screen from Sept. 23 - 27th, 2020, using this link.
All-Access Passes ($60) and individual tickets are both available.
For more information, please visit the Footcandle site.
Making Sweet Tea is an Official Selection at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) 2020!, which is scheduled for September 18th and 19th, 2020, in Toronto, Canada.
Our film can be screened for $4.99 by clicking this link.
For more information, please visit the TINFF website.
Making Sweet Tea is heading to Mumbai, India, where we’ll be making our debut in the subcontinent at the 11th annual KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival.
Originally scheduled for May, the festival has been postponed until September. Specific dates and location TBA.
More information is available on the KASHISH website.
Making Sweet Tea is thrilled to be screening at Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival 2020, which will run virtually from September 11 - 30, 2020.
The festival will be streaming films virtually throughout the month, so you can watch anytime between 9/11-9/30.
Day passes and full festival passes are on sale now on the Cinema Diverse website.
For more information about the festival and to purchase tickets, please visit the Cinema Diverse website.
Making Sweet Tea will be screening at Milwaukee Film's Minority Health Film Festival 2020, running virtually September 10- 24, 2020.
Watch our film anytime between 9/10-9/24 by following this link.
All-Access Passes ($24.99) and individual tickets ($2.99) are both available.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Minority Health website.
Making Sweet Tea is thrilled to be screening at the BlackStar Film Festival 2020, which will run virtually from August 20-26, 2020.
Our film will air August 25th at 10:00am EDT and will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with the filmmakers.
Day passes and full festival passes are on sale now on the BlackStar website. Tickets to individual screenings are not available. Although the festival is virtual, all films will stream once at a scheduled time.
For more information, please visit the BlackStar website.
Making Sweet Tea has been selected to screen at the 33rd annual All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF), taking place virtually August 6-9 & 13-16, 2020.
The festival will be using Eventive to ticket and stream films.
Screening time TBA.
More information is available on the aGLIFF website.
Making Sweet Tea is an Official Selection at the San Francisco Black Film Festival 2020 in San Francisco, CA.
The screening date and venue will be announced as we get closer to the event. For more information, please visit the SFBFF site.
Making Sweet Tea is a Feature Film at the 17th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, set to run virtually July 10-19, 2020 at DamnTheseHeels.org.
The crew will also be taking part in a Virtual Q&A on Sunday July 12, 2020 from 4:00 PM - 5:00PM GMT.
Tickets and passes to the Festival are on sale now at DamnTheseHeels.org. The Q&A is free but a virtual ticket is required. To sign up, please visit this site.
**For those who are not able to pay for a ticket to the online screenings for any reason, Utah Film Center is offering free vouchers to ensure there are no barriers to experiencing the Festival.
Making Sweet Tea is an Official Selection at Pride Houston’s Reel Pride 2020, which will be held via Zoom on June 13th from 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST.
Tickets are $10 and provide access to all films, all day.
For more information, please visit the Reel Pride website.
Making Sweet Tea will screen at the Last Vegas Film Festival 2020, held May 28 - 30.\
For more information, please visit the LVFF website.
We’ll be in Philadelphia soon to screen Making Sweet Tea, an Official Selection at the 13th annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2020!
The festival is currently postponed. Future screening time / date TBA.
More information available on PIFF’s website.
SCREENING CANCELED.
Making Sweet Tea is coming to Paris for the 2020 Ethnografilm Festival! Tickets and food are free to the public. Specific screening time / date TBA — for more information, like transportation to the venue, please visit the Ethnografilm website.
We can’t travel to the Midwest due to COVID-19, but we will be screening online at the Kansas City FilmFest International 2020.
We will also take part in a Q&A session Wednesday, April 15, 7:30PM CST.
The screening will be on-demand. To view our film and others, purchase a one-time pass ($10), which gives you access to all the films at the festival between April 13-19, 2020.
More information and tickets on the KCFF website.
Making Sweet Tea won “Best LGBTQ Film” at the San Diego Black Film Festival, one of the largest black film festivals in the country. John L. Jackson, Jr., and Nora Gross were also nominated for “Best Directors” for their work on the film!
See the festival website for more info.
Making Sweet Tea is headed to Biloxi, Mississippi, for the Southern States IndieFanFilmFest 2019!
The Southern premiere of Making Sweet Tea was at the 32nd annual Out on Film Festival in Atlanta. The screening was followed by a discussion with directors, producers, composers, and four of the men featured in the film! Screening SOLD OUT!
Making Sweet Tea had its world premiere at Reeling 2019, the 37th Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. The screening was followed by a discussion with the directors and producers, and an afterparty! Screening SOLD OUT!
