![]() ![]() For this adaptation, Polk returns to his hometown of Hattiesburg Mississippi, where the film is set. Blackbird is based on the novel of the same name by Larry Duplechan, published in 1986. ![]() Polk is the creator of the groundbreaking series about young Black gay men, Noah’s Arc, which ran on Logo for two seasons from 2004-2006, culminating in the theater-release 2008 film Jumping the Broom. ![]() This journey is the basis of Blackbird, a 2014 film by Patrik-Ian Polk that deserves a revisit during Pride season. ![]() And if acknowledging their queer spiritual offspring is difficult for congregations, for religious LGBTQ youth themselves, the journey to self-acceptance can take them through hell. Church communities are often delighted with their queer kids-until they come out. In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned that “religious precociousness is one of the unacknowledged features of queer childhood.” For LGBTQ kids brought up in the church, musical performance, altar serving, and church drama, scripture reading, preaching, or testifying, can be opportunities to unleash the fabulousness of queer performance. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |