BURNT SUGAR PRODUCTIONS
FILMS
Burnt Sugar Productions creates female-centric stories that connect culture to place,
highlight the environment, and employ primarily 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
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ROAD TRIP TO TOTALITY (2026)*
When a retired actress is convinced she is going to die during the total solar eclipse, she embarks on a road trip with a documentary filmmaker through Arkansas to seek a new owner for her beloved dog, Poodle Joe.
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
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
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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.
