"Golden documents her conversations with psychologists, writers, and young Black males themselves. She writes her son's story against the backdrop of a society plagued by systemic racism, economic inequality, and mass incarceration and offers a form of witness and testimony in a time of crisis for Black Americans. Not only does Golden confront the root causes of violence inflicted upon Black teen boys, she reassesses the legacy of her own generation's...

In this moving follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Hoop Dreams, award-winning filmmaker Frederick Marx continues his exploration of the lives of ordinary young men and the extraordinary challenges they face. Boys to Men? - the second in a proposed trilogy about masculinity in America - trains its focus on the pressures and expectations faced by a diverse group of young urban males. This program consists of four films. Are You Listening? features...

"The tragedies and reckonings around racism that have rocked the country have created a specific crisis for parents and other caregivers: how do we talk to our children about it? How do we guide our children to avoid repeating our racist history? While we work to dismantle racist behaviors in ourselves and the world around us, how do we raise our children to be antiracists? After he wrote the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning,...

"A journalist's searing investigation into how we teach boys to be men--and how we can do better"-- Brown who was at home with her newborn son when the #MeToo movement erupted. Traveling around the country, interviewing hundreds of people, she wanted to understand the challenges boys face and how to address them. She discovered that 23 percent of boys believe men should use violence to get respect; 22 percent of an incoming college freshman class...