Black, Gay, Stuck At Home

BLACK, GAY, stuck at home is a project created by Michael Ward and Joshua Henry Jenkins. As the world was asked to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, a need for affinity and community remained. BLACK, GAY, stuck at home is an effort to both gather Black and queer-identifying folks together but to also center Black queer film, allowing for folks to engage with one another and build community but to also enjoy familiar and perhaps new work centering Black queer experiences. The inaugural viewing in April 2020 featured Patrik Ian Polk's 2000 feature film debut Punks which has long been out of print and rarely screened in recent years. That event saw 500+ registrants. BLACK, GAY, stuck at home has since screened films virtually every two weeks and welcomed special guests such as Vanessa L. Williams, Darryl Stephens, Brontez Purnell, and many more.