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Release Year1998
Runtime0h 56m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
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DirectorByron Hurt
WritersByron Hurt, Andrew P. Jones
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast9 credited
Also Known AsI Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
About I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
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.
Directed by Byron Hurt, I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America leans on a strong ensemble — Byron Hurt, bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1998.
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