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

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

August 04, 1998 | 56 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

bell hooks

Naomi Scott

Michael Eric Dyson

Naomi Scott

Kevin Powell

Naomi Scott

Andrew Young

Naomi Scott

Alvin F. Poussaint

Naomi Scott

MC Hammer

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