Even though his best friend is gay, Randy's in denial about his own sexuality.ĭirector Patrik-Ian Polk says Blackbird is a movie he has wanted to make ever since he left Mississippi for college and found himself in the gay and lesbian section of a Boston bookstore. Everyone thinks he's gay, and they're totally fine with it. In Blackbird, the main character Randy is in high school. The first original film it has acquired is a gay interracial romance set in the Deep South. Johnson created BET and now, the Urban Movie Channel - an online channel that's being called the black Netflix. Blackbird is about a gay interracial romance set in the deep South.Ī tiny independent movie has been picked by one of Hollywood's biggest moguls to promote his latest venture.
