When it comes to challenging cultural norms, and questioning gender related issues in the African-American community, no one does it better than Byron Hurt.
Hurt is a critically acclaimed filmmaker/writer, who has produced several documentaries. The most notable being Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, which premiered in Utah, at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. Beyond Beats and Rhymes was aired on the PBS series Independent Lens, and garnered major attention capturing more than 1.3 million viewers.
Hurt also includes activist to his many titles. Through his voice, as well as his actions, Hurt has attempted to tap into the way people perceive race and gender.
He has also served as a gender violence prevention educator. Hurt has been down for the cause since his college days as quarterback for the Northeastern University football team. While there, Hurt along with others found the Mentors in Violence Prevention(MVP) program, which is a college-based rape and domestic violence prevention initiative for college and professional athletics.
As a result of his extraordinary perspective, Hurt has been embraced by numerous media outlets such as The New York Times, The Source Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly to name a few.
In my opinion we need more people like Hurt, to not be afraid to confront cultural norms that in many ways plague our community Check out the clip.
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