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I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America, a 60-minute, award-winning documentary video by [former Northeastern University Quarterback Byron Hurt, that poignantly captures the thoughts and feelings of African-American men and women from more than 15 cities and towns across America. I Am A Man links everyday black men from various socioeconomic backgrounds with some of Black America's most progressive academics, social critics and authors to provide an engaging, candid dialogue on black masculine identity in American culture. I Am A Man features cultural critics bell hooks and Michael Eric Dyson; the late historian John Henrick Clarke; hip-hop writer, author and activist Kevin Powell; human rights activist and former mayor of Atlanta, Andrew Young; renown psychiatrist Dr. Alvin Poussaint; entertainer MC Hammer, and several African-American men and women from across the country.


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