It's About Men
1/2 inch open-reel videotape Black & White Sound 1973 23:48
Summary: A black-and-white video by Michael Falk featuring a father, Harry, and his son Matthew, that examines the joys and difficulties of single fatherhood and masculinity.
Title number: 21515
LSA ID: LSA/28218
Description: The film begins with still images of children, fathers and mothers on a bisected screen, with a voiceover of what is ‘expected’ from men. The voiceover mentions how the feminist movement has also prompted men to re-analyse their own positionality.
We see a father and son walk across a football pitch together, followed by a talking-head interview with the father who holds a guitar while responding. He talks about becoming more empathetic ever since becoming a father, the difficulties of single parenting and his scheduling. Interspersed throughout the film are domestic sequences with Harry and Matthew – first in a living room, where Harry congratulates Matthew on learning the first four letters of the alphabet; second, playing a game together.
Throughout the talking-head interviews, Harry mentions how he’s learned to adapt to other people’s perspectives as a man and how everyone should try get in touch with being more open-minded and intuitive through paying greater attention to others.
Credits: Falk, Michael (Producer)
Cast: Introduced by Steve Ascher, Judy Beltis, Michael Felk
Keywords: Fatherhood; parents; children
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