The Mask You Live In

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Hazing

Soul Food Junkies

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes

Independent Lens

Byron Patrick Hurt (born December 31, 1969) is 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.
Hurt is currently working on his new documentary Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In, an exploration on the culture of hazing following the tragic hazing deaths of young people.



Byron Hurt

Crewed in

Hazing

Soul Food Junkies

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes

Independent Lens

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America