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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

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

August. 04,1998
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5.5
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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.

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GurlyIamBeach
1998/08/04

Instant Favorite.

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GrimPrecise
1998/08/05

I'll tell you why so serious

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Odelecol
1998/08/06

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Kien Navarro
1998/08/07

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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