A 10-minute short film, “Barack & Curtis,” by film director Byron Hurt, who previously made the excellent “Beyond Beats and Rhymes” that explored the relationship between hip hop, commerce and sexuality. York has written about the rationale for “Barack & Curtis: “Why would I compare/contrast the masculinity of Barack Obama, an “upstanding” statesman-like presidential candidate, with 50 Cent, a “lowly” gangsta rapper, right? Well, because Barack Obama is THE MAN right now, who is shattering so many myths about black masculinity, and because 50 Cent, who was just named Forbes Magazine’s top-earning rapper, currently embodies gangsta hip-hop masculinity like no other. Both are successful Black men. Both are rock stars. Both are admired and feared. I thought that juxtaposing the two in a short doc would make for historic level conversations.”
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