Film
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998 · 56m · Documentary
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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.
Cast
Byron Hurt
Self
bell hooks
Self
Michael Eric Dyson
Self
John Henrik Clarke
Self
Kevin Powell
Self
Andrew Young
Self
Alvin F. Poussaint
Self
MC Hammer
Self
Jackson Katz
Self
Crew
- Byron HurtWriter · Producer · Director
- Andrew P. JonesWriter
- Lionel JardineEditor
- Donald HastieEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 4, 1998
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary
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