Half Cut Tea is a web-series dedicated to the understanding and exploration of artists through short documentary videos. The series is produced by a two-person team (Jordan Wayne Long and
Matt Glass) that travels the country looking for artists and telling their stories through short documentary films. Episodes from the series have been licensed to several programs across the world including
KCET
KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...
's Artbound and Belgium's Lust For Life.
History
The first season was released in early 2013. It consisted of 8 episodes featuring a wide variety of artists from performance artists to a puppeteer working at a burlesque night club in Los Angeles. For Season Two, Half Cut Tea raised money through
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
where in exchange, donators received DVD copies of Season One and CDs of the soundtrack.
Season Two of Half Cut Tea began in July 2013. The first episode got the attention of several press outlets including MSNBC and Yahoo who described it by saying:
"... the glass cabin and the video are an inspiring story about youth and dreams."
In the months that followed, Half Cut Tea released an episode ever two weeks for the rest of the year. The series featured a variety of artists including actor/director
Sandeep Parikh
Sandeep Parikh (; born July 23, 1980) is an American writer, director, actor and producer of comedy. He is best known for his co-starring role as Zaboo on the award-winning web series '' The Guild''. He is the founder of Effin Funny Productions, ...
and inventor/tinkerer JJ Dasher.
The Company Half Cut Tea has expanded its reach into both Fiction content and Music Videos. The creators of Half Cut Tea, Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long, starte
HCT.mediain 2015. Their clients include
The Jim Henson Company, BBC, NPR, KCET, LINK TV and more. Their work has been featured in The No Budget Film Festival for the past two years.
Episodes
Season 1 (2013)
Season 2 (2013)
Music
For each episode,
Matt Glass creates an original song based around of the artist. These songs quickly become available on bandcamp,
when the episodes are released.
References
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External links
Half Cut TeaHalf Cut Tea's youtube pageHalf Cut Tea on IMDB
2013 web series debuts