After Noah's Arc, The Flood: Finding Me Brings More Gay Men of Color to The Screen

-- Alonso Duralde from AfterElton.com

 

As long as there has been a Hollywood, movie companies have tried to build on the success of their rivals. Call it the "This studio needs one of them there Bible-musical-gangster-war-monster-surf-biker-disco-vigilante-superhero pictures" syndrome.

And with Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom scoring high per-screen averages in its first two weekends in theatrical release, don't be surprised to see the other big gay film distributors working to emulate the success of Logo Films' debut feature by seeking out movies about queers of color.

 

Case in point: TLA Releasing announced Wednesday that it has acquired all North American and Caribbean-basin rights to Finding Me, the first film from Haitian-American director Roger S. Omeus, Jr. This gay, black romantic comedy tells the story of Faybien (RayMartell Moore), who has to juggle a homophobic dad (Ronald DeSuze) and a possible new relationship with studly Lonnie (Derrick L. Briggs).

 

 

Finding Me is set for a Spring 2009 release, by which time we may find ourselves in the midst of a whole new wave of black gay cinema.