I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

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

1998-08-04

(US) •

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Overview

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.

Movie Cast

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Byron Hurt

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

bell hooks

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Michael Eric Dyson

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

John Henrik Clarke

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Kevin Powell

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Andrew Young

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Alvin F. Poussaint

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

MC Hammer

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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Jackson Katz

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