Byron Hurt
Byron Hurt
Byron Patrick Hurtis an American activist, lecturer, writer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. In 2010, he hosted the Emmy-nominated television show, Reel Works with Byron Hurt. His documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and broadcast nationally on PBS in 2007. His film Soul Food Junkies received the Best Documentary Award at the 2012 American Black Film Festival and aired on PBS' Independent Lens in January 2013...
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It's like you're in a box. And in order to be in that box you have to be tough, you have to have a lot of money, and get a lot of girls and dominate other people. If you're not any of those things you get called 'weak' or a 'chump.' No one wants to be any of those things so they stay in this box.
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It goes to show how deeply embedded homophobia and sexism are.
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Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a dynamic panel with some of the people who appear in the film. So it should be a lively conversation about all the issues that come up.
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Sundance was always a milestone; it was always on mind, I'm very excited.