Byron Hurt Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter

Byron Hurt Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter

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 attended
Northeastern University to study Journalism. While attending
Northeastern, Hurt played football as a quarterback, and founded God
Bless the Child Productions before graduating in 1993. Upon graduation
he was hired by the university's Center for the Study of Sport in
Society to help form the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program
with the purpose of educating young black men about gender and sexual
violence. This experience led Hurt to produce and direct the
documentary I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America. Hurt is also the
former associate director of the United States Marine Corps gender
violence prevention program. On September 30, 2006, Byron Hurt married
Kenya Felice Crumel at their home in Plainfield, New Jersey.
Byron Hurt Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter


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