I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998, English. Directed by Byron Hurt.
Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores what it means to be a Black man in America. Traveling to more than fifteen cities and towns across the country, Hurt gathers reflections on Black masculinity from men and women of a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and a host of leading scholars and cultural critics. What results is an engaging and honest dialogue about race, gender, and identity in America. Features bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, John Henrick Clarke, Kevin Powell, Andrew Young, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, MC Hammer, Jackson Katz, and many others.
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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America (1998) was directed by Byron Hurt and stars Byron Hurt, bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson.