Film · Documentary
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America (1998)
56 minDocumentary1998
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.
- Director
- Byron Hurt
- Writers
- Byron Hurt, Andrew P. Jones
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 4, 1998
Cast
Byron HurtSelf- bell hooksSelf
Michael Eric DysonSelf- John Henrik ClarkeSelf
- Kevin PowellSelf
Andrew YoungSelf- Alvin F. PoussaintSelf
MC HammerSelf- Jackson KatzSelf
