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What Black Men Think (Documentary)
Unrated Number of discs: 1

Studio: iYAGO Entertainment Group

Run Time: 87 minutes DVD Release Date: July 26th, 2007 (Mid-Atlantic Black Film Festival)

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Format: Dolby, Color, Full Screen, Special Limited Edition, NTSC

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Cast
Janks Morton - director/producer/author/filmaker

Dr. Shelby Steele

Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson

Darryl James - publisher/author/filmmaker

Dr. John McWhorter

Joseph C. Phillips - actor-turned-author and commentator

Juan Williams - Fox News contributor

Steve Perry - author and high school principal

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Armstrong Williams - columnist

Dr. Kellina Craig-Henderson

Governor Michael Steele (R-MD)- former Lieutenant

Mychal Massie - political figure

Synopsis
Morton acts as the producer, director, narrator, commentator, and interviewer in this documentary confronting the various myths, fallacies, and misconceptions about black men that are prominent throughout society. He made use of conversation to make this documentary more of a “docu-logue” that will help facilitate conversation outside from the movie so that issues can be heard. With the likes of influential public intellectuals such as: Dr. Shelby Steele, Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, publisher/author/filmmaker Darryl James, Dr. John McWhorter, actor-turned-author and commentator Joseph C. Phillips, Fox News contributor Juan Williams, author and high school principal Steve Perry, Dr. Alvin Poussaint,columnist Armstrong Williams, Dr Kellina Craig-Henderson, former Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele (R-MD) and outspoken political figure Mychal Massie, Morton and his panel were able to address issues such as education attainment, black male homosexuality, and interracial relationships. They express their hopes and aspirations for the African American men but their conversation was not restricted to their conservative opinions but they offered advice on topics such as the AIDS epidemic, use of the N-word, and black on black crime. Morton poses the question at the beginning of the documentary to people in a restaurant of there are more black men in prison or in college. The people that he asked were shocked to learn the answer was that there are more black men in college than in prison. Morton employs data from the government to enlighten people on the portrayal of African American men. He attacks other stereotypes such as: black men don’t pay child support, and they don’t graduate from high school. But rather than simply pointing the finger, Morton suggest that if they are left unchanged and unchallenged then these fallacies have the ability to do damage to the future generations.

Reception
After eartning accolades from NAACP, this documentary became an Amazon bestseller and mentioned on CNN. It was widely received and used in the classroom and community environment of universities nationwide to promote thought and conversation on racial issues.