I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

1998 en 56 minutes

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Plot

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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