I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America (1998)

N/A 56 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

Byron Hurt Byron Hurt Self
bell hooks bell hooks Self
Michael Eric Dyson Michael Eric Dyson Self
John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke Self
Kevin Powell Kevin Powell Self
Andrew Young Andrew Young Self
Alvin F. Poussaint Alvin F. Poussaint Self
MC Hammer MC Hammer Self
Jackson Katz Jackson Katz Self

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