MAKE ME A MAN
A DOCUMENTARY ESSAY BY JERRY HYDE & MAI HUA
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I watched your incredible film last night - what an experience. I was awed and delighted. I’ve got so many urgent things to say about it - the camerawork was so respectful and gorgeous. The men themselves were such treasures in all their wounded, strong, beautiful ways. The editing was absolutely phenomenal. The entire thing was just really profound and left me giddy and stunned.
Author and academy nominated filmmaker
The Perfect Storm, Restrepo, War, Tribe, Freedom
MAKE ME A MAN
is a one hour documentary which has the intention of inspiring men to be open with their emotions and share their story. It is the first collaborative work by Vietnamese-French visual philosopher and film director Mai Hua and London psychotherapist Jerry Hyde.
This unique and brave film ventures into the inner sanctum of the therapy room, allowing the viewer an intimate insight into the minds and hearts of some incredibly open and truly authentic men, led by radical ‘Gonzo’ psychotherapist Jerry Hyde who has transformed men’s group therapy in Britain over the last 25 years with his pioneering work.
In this age of ‘revelation’, contrived and pre-agreed interviews are all too familiar, but this more radical and arresting format will change the way audiences regard masculinity, allowing for remarkable insight into the minds and hearts of men.
The film shows what happens when men choose to expose their vulnerability and tenderness because they trust their interlocutor completely, showing men as we never normally see them on TV - sensitively, articulating what is in their hearts and minds… This brutally honest approach is fascinating and vital, whilst extremely timely as post MeToo societies around the world wrestle with shifting gender norms and mental health issues.
I love this so much. Poetic, soft, and so, so deeply moving
SAMANTHA RODDICK
Feminist activist.
So honest… it is searing
BRENDAN O’BYRNE
Veteran and recovering alcoholic
The work you've all done together shows in every frame, but the film is not about the mines, it's about the jewels they found. It is a spiritual film.
I felt its holiness
BARBARA HAMMOND
Playwright
A very important film, by a man and a woman that offers valuable insights for all
MELISSA UNGER
Mai Hua
is a Vietnamese-French visual philosopher and film director based in Paris
For 8 years, through her blog and social network she has been sharing her research for beauty, female culture and spirituality to spread transformational emotions for both cultural and intimate shifts. MAKE ME A MAN is her second feature length film. The first, LES RIVIERES, was a five year enquiry into her family line of women to understand and be freed from the weight of the past.
New York screening Q&A chaired by Seymour Projects Melissa Unger with the directors and filmmaker and author Sebastian Junger and playwright Barbara Hammond