BURNT SUGAR PRODUCTIONS
FILMS
Mission
Burnt Sugar Productions creates films that connect culture to place, highlight the environment,
empower women's stories, and employ women filmmakers in the midwest and south.
AMERICAN PARENT (2023)
Two new moms navigate questions of intimacy and shifting power-dynamics in this heartfelt exploration of queer parenthood
World Premiere: BFI Flare London
US Premiere: 42nd Chicago Reeling LGBTQ+ Film Festival
ROAD TRIP TO TOTALITY (2026)*
Convinced she's going to die during the solar eclipse, a woman steals her husband's fortune to film her legacy—embarking on a dog-costumed odyssey through Arkansas with a disillusioned filmmaker, a bedazzled poodle, and an alligator man who may or may not hold the answers.
Production (2024), Currently in Post-Production
KOKOROMI GAKUEN
An alternative school in Japan offers hope and a fulfilling life to people with severe disabilities who learn to work the land.
THE GAME CAMERA (2025)
When a grieving woman installs a night vision camera in her mini horse's corral, the specter of a human intruder on her rural Kansas ranch makes her reconsider her husband's death.
World Premiere: Kansas City FilmFest International
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FEAR NOT (2020)
A Mennonite school teacher trains to carry a gun in her classroom after her husband votes for the new law.
Winner:
Best Kansas Narrative Short Film, Tallgrass Film Festival
Recipient: Chicago Digital Media Production Fund grant
OUR BLOOD IS WINE (2018)
Filmmaker Emily Railsback and award-winning sommelier Jeremy Quinn provide intimate access to rural family life in the Republic of Georgia as they explore the rebirth of 8,000-year-old winemaking traditions almost lost during the period of Soviet rule.