Sugar
After being released from prison, battling addiction and with few opportunities on the outside, Sugar moves in with her grandmother in hopes of a new life.
Sugar is a five-chapter scripted digital series helmed by veteran indie filmmakers Rose Troche (Go Fish, The Safety of Objects, The L Word) and Amy Lo (Planet B-Boy), and also featuring the work of writer/directors Alia Shawkat, Guinevere Turner, Keola Racela, and Jonathan Caouette. The story centers around Sugar, a female ex-con, who is released from prison and attempts to find a stable place to stay, connect to her young estranged daughter, and avoid the unwelcome influence of her old criminal cohorts.
The series is created using an "Exquisite Corpse" model: each episode has a different writer/director charged with complicating Sugar's situation based on their own personal interpretation of her circumstances. What results is a cohesive story that presents a commentary on issues of recidivism facing many low-income communities today.