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PROCEEDS IN SUPPORT OF AIDS SUPPORT GROUP OF CAPE COD
Join filmmaker Patrik-Ian Polk at Stanley to dive into his lifetime of advocacy for LGBTQ+ communities and HIV/AIDS awareness. Polk will be in conversation with Paul Glass, Cape resident and former board member of ASGCC.
After the conversation please join us at 9:30 at Water’s Edge Cinema for a screening of Patrik-Ian Polk’s The Skinny.
Patrik-Ian Polk is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Polk is noted for his films and theatre work that explore the experiences and stories of African-American LGBT people. In 2016, Polk was included in the Los Angeles Times Diverse 100 list, which described him as "the man bringing black gay stories to screens large and small".
Polk made his feature film directorial debut with Punks (2000), an independent film that he also wrote and produced. Punks had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2004, Polk created the television series Noah's Arc, which made its debut on Logo in October 2005 and ran for two seasons. After the series' cancellation, Polk wrote, directed, and produced a film spin-off, Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, which was released theatrically in 2008. His subsequent feature films, The Skinny, starring Jussie Smollett, and Blackbird, starring Mo'Nique, Julian Walker and Isaiah Washington, were released in 2012 and 2015, following festival runs.
Paul Glass is the co-founder of LGBTQ+ Elders of Color (EOC) and current Program Coordinator at the Multicultural AIDS Coalition (MAC). Paul provides advocacy for LGBTQ+ older adults of color and combats loneliness and isolation through social engagement events and educational activities. Paul is also a longtime advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and care services for at risk individuals and people living with the virus. He is committed to ensuring that LGBTQ+ aging adults of color have access to quality healthcare and resources that impact their quality of life and that they’re being treated with dignity and respect.
Paul is retired and living in Falmouth on the Cape with his loving husband Charles D. Evans. His blended family includes 2 children, 4 grandchildren and a great-grand child. Paul and his husband are active in the LGBTQ+ community on the Cape and in the Boston area.
