A documentary that approaches polyamory from the intimate point of view of an Afro-American family who decided to live an authentic life without denying the option of diversity in their love and family.
Direction
Flores lets the family speak, never sensationalizes.
Production
Raw, lo-fi intimacy that feels like being invited home.
Writing
Conversations so natural you'll forget it's scripted... wait, it's not.
Director
Michelle Flores
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2016, this arrived just as mainstream discourse around ethical non-monogamy was hitting podcasts and dating apps — positioning Black poly families as narrators of their own stories, not subjects of spectacle.
The Sawyers family deliberately centers their Blackness alongside their polyamory, refusing the common media framing that treats polyamory as a predominantly white counterculture — this dual visibility remains rare in documentary film.
US
