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I Am A Man
Black Masculinity in America
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I Am A Man
Black Masculinity in America
This award-winning documentary links everyday black men from various socioeconomic backgrounds with some of Black America's most progressive academics, social critics and authors to provide an engaging, candid dialogue on black masculine identity in American culture. Featuring interviews with bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, John Henrick Clarke, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, MC Hammer, and others.
Sections: Introduction | Images | The Cool Pose | Emotions | Black Male Homosexuality | Black Males: Violence and Fears | Sexism: Men's Violence Against Women | Fathers | The Future
Filmmaker Info
Director: Byron HurtProducers & Writers: Byron Hurt, Andrew P. Jones
Off-Line Editors: Andrew P. Jones, Donald Hastie
On-Line Editors: Lionel Jardine, Donald Hastie
Videography: Byron Hurt, Andrew P. Jones
Additional Videography: Bill Desjardins
Original Music by: Michael Gaskins, Andrew P. Jones
Filmmaker's Bio
BYRON HURT | DirectorCentral Islip, NY native Byron Hurt is a filmmaker, gender violence prevention worker, and former star college quarterback. He has a diverse background in the media, with work experience in broadcast television, print, public relations, and long-form documentary. He was a production assistant for Stanley Nelson's American Experience PBS documentary, Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind and is the producer of the "underground classic" award-winning documentary film, I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America. Hurt is also the associate director of Mentors in Violence Prevention-Marine Corps (MVP-MC), the first system-wide gender violence prevention program in the history of the United States military. Hurt has lectured and facilitated workshops at colleges and universities nationwide including the University of Kentucky, Southern Oregon University, Washington State University, UMass-Amherst, St. John's University, Loyola Marymount-Los Angeles, University of North Carolina, and the University of Nebraska.
