Noah's Arc: The Short Film

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Noah's Arc: The Short Film is a 2004 short film written, directed and produced by Patrik-Ian Polk. The film became the foundation of the LOGO television series Noah's Arc . The cast features Darryl Stephens, Rodney Chester, Christian Vincent, Doug Spearman, Jensen Atwood, Jonathan Julian and Carlos Tinoco. All cast members of the short film eventually starred in the television series except for Tinoco.

Patrik-Ian Polk is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Polk, who is openly gay, 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".

<i>Noahs Arc</i> (TV series) television series

Noah's Arc is an American cable television dramedy. The series, which predominantly features gay black and Latino characters, focused on many socially relevant issues, including same sex dating, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay bashing. It ran from October 19, 2005, to October 4, 2006. After its cancellation, a film was produced entitled Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, which was released theatrically in 2008.

Darryl Stephens American actor

Darryl Joseph Stephens is an American actor. He is best known for playing Noah Nicholson on the television dramedy Noah's Arc.

Plot

Noah and Wade come home after going out to dinner. Wade wants to have sex with Noah for the first time. They get ready as they start to completely undress. They start to have trouble when they fail to put on a condom correctly three times in a row. They run out of condoms, but Wade decides to have sex anyway but bareback. Noah excuses himself to the bathroom.

Bareback (sex) sex without the use of a condom

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Noah gets a phone and calls his best friend Ricky, who is seen penetrating another man. Noah asks Ricky if he and Wade should have bareback sex, and Ricky gets someone else on the phone into a conference call. Ricky calls Alex, a medical expert, who is seen with a bottle of lube and watching gay porn. Alex tries to convince Noah to not go for it without protection due to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. He goes on to get Chance in the conference, who is seen bathing with his boyfriend. Chance tells Noah that he should only have unprotected sex in a committed relationship. Noah said Wade is "the one". Near the end of the conversation, it was revealed that Wade used to be straight. Alex, Ricky and Chance start to all talk at once on the phone before Noah hangs up on them.

Anal sex Insertion of the penis into the anus, or other sexual activity involving the anus.

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Noah goes back to Wade on the bed. The scene transitions to the next day with Noah eating brunch with his friends. Noah was about to tell them what happened, but the credits roll.

During the credits roll, brief scenes of Noah and Wade in the shower is shown with Wade moaning,

Cast

Rodney Chester is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alex Kirby on the Logo sitcom Noah's Arc.

Christian Vincent is a Canadian-American professional dancer, choreographer, actor and model. Christian's most notable role has been as Ricky on the former LOGO Viacom television series Noah's Arc, which chronicles the lives of four African-American best friends in Los Angeles.

Doug Spearman American actor

Doug Spearman is an American actor. His career highlights include work on such television shows as Noah's Arc, Star Trek Voyager, The Drew Carey Show, The Hughleys, Charmed, Gideon's Crossing, MAD TV, Girlfriends and Profiler.

Soundtrack

The opening and ending credits were played with "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé Knowles as the background song. Which is also featured on the following EP entitle Noah's Arc: The Beginning a long side with such artists as Adriana Evans, Meshell Ndegeocello and Janet Jackson. The EP includes an exclusive bonus track Could This Be Love from the Noah's Arc series.

Adriana Evans, is an American R&B soul singer-songwriter. She was born 1974 in San Francisco. Her debut album entitled Adriana Evans was released in 1997 and peaked at #33 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Meshell Ndegeocello American musician

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The Bonus Track EP

Noah's Arc - The Beginning – EP
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Remember the Love (Samba Soul Mix) - by Adriana Evans" Adriana Evans, Jonathan "Dred" ScottEvans, Dred Scott3:49
2."Something - by Adriana Evans"A. Evans, J. ScottEvans, Dred Scott 4:02
3."Relief (A Stripper Classic) - by Meshell Ndegeocello"Michelle JohnsonMe'shell Ndegéocello4:33
4."Anything - by Janet Jackson" Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, René Elizondo, Jr.Harris, Lewis, Jackson4:55
5."Crazy in Love (feat. Jay-Z) - by Beyoncé"Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter, Eugene RecordHarrison, Knowles3:56
6."Could This Be Love - by Janet Jackson (bonus track)"Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis Harris, Lewis, Jackson4:20

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