Making Sweet Tea

Directed by John L. Jackson Jr.

Follows scholar and performer E. Patrick Johnson as he returns to the American South to revisit his roots and reconnect with the Black gay men whose stories inspired his acclaimed book.
Making Sweet Tea is a thoughtful documentary-performance hybrid about Black gay men, Southern identity and the process of turning oral history into theatre. John L. Jackson Jr. brings warmth and intellectual curiosity to the material, allowing scholarship and lived experience to meet naturally.

Making Sweet Tea

Directed by John L. Jackson Jr.

Follows scholar and performer E. Patrick Johnson as he returns to the American South to revisit his roots and reconnect with the Black gay men whose stories inspired his acclaimed book.

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Making Sweet Tea is a thoughtful documentary-performance hybrid about Black gay men, Southern identity and the process of turning oral history into theatre. John L. Jackson Jr. brings warmth and intellectual curiosity to the material, allowing scholarship and lived experience to meet naturally.