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Here to represent: Patrik-Ian Polk wondered why there was no TV show about black gay men. So he created one.

Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Publication Date: 17-AUG-04 		Format: Online - approximately 839 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Here to represent: Patrik-Ian Polk wondered why there was no TV show about black gay men. So he created one.(DVD)(Interview)

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"I walked into the club, and it was full, mostly, of black gay men from all over the country," recalls filmmaker Patrik-Ian Polk about 2003's Los Angeles Black Pride celebration. "And I was immediately struck with the notion that this was a group who was just not being served by mainstream Hollywood. There was no film or TV project being produced for that audience specifically."

There is now. The director behind the groundbreaking black gay feature film Punks has embarked on Noah's Arc, a series about the lives and loves of tour African-American men in Los Angeles. Rather than follow the traditional route of making pitches and looking for financing, Polk says, he made a vow to himself at that Black Pride party: "I'm not...

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