I am a man / a documentary by Byron Hurt and Andrew Jones ; produced by Byron P. Hurt, Andrew P. Jones ; in cooperation with Connecticut Public Television ; written by Byron P. Hurt, Andrew P. Jones ; [directed by Byron Hurt] ; a God Bless the Child production ; presented by the National Black Programming Consortium.
Features bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, Kevin Powell, John Henrik Clarke, Gail Dines, Hammer, Richard Majors, Jackson Katz, Andrew Young, Monifa Akinwole, Alvin Poussaint and others. Originally produced as a documentary film in 1998. Originally produced as a documentary film in 1998.
Contents:
Images -- The cool pose -- Emotions -- Black male homosexuality -- Black males : violence & fears -- Sexism : men's violence against women -- Fathers -- The future.
Summary:
An exploration of "what it means to be a black man in America ... [confronting] issues of race, and racism, through the lens of gender, probing deep within the traditional American ideals of manhood in order to draw out the complex and often ambivalent nature of black male identity"--Container.
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