Once upon a time, Kai Wright saw a movie called "Punks." A romantic comedy about black\xa0gay men, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. But then it\xa0disappeared.\nKai Wright\xa0is editor and host of WNYC\u2019s Narrative Unit and a columnist for The Nation magazine.\xa0Patrik-Ian Polk\xa0is the writer and director of Punks; he went on to create\xa0Noah's Arc, The Skinny, and Blackbird,\xa0and is now a producer and writer for Being Mary Jane.\xa0He is currently producing and writing the upcoming Starz drama series, Pussy Valley.\nSpecial thanks to the\xa0ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives\xa0at USC.\xa0\nEpisode scoring\xa0by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by Ultracat ("Little Happenings"). Theme by Alex Overington.