Are good men really so hard to find?
The Good Men Project, comprised of a book, documentary, and website, begins to heal a gaping wound in the fabric of society.
The concept was to create "a platform where men can tell their stories: stories men can relate to, and examples of what they can follow, according to Good Men Project cofounder, Tom Matlack. He notes that, "we don't have the answer, but that his project is intended to promote the discussion.
"This all started with the idea that men of our generation have stories to tell, notes cofounder James Houghton. "And what is striking about the stories in the book "from the one about the former drug lord "turned "prison-reformer, to the soldier home from Iraq and facing the death of his young daughter, to the guy who has to face the reality of his son's autism "is not just the breadth of experience and shared humanity that is expressed, but also the desire for so many men to talk, given our cultural bias to put on the good face and hold it all together.
Most men today learned their lessons from fathers who also struggled with what a man's role entails. And like their fathers, many are well-intentioned fellows who are a little unsure about their roles and are mining the complexities of life for a bigger chunk of happiness.
The book, The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines of Modern Manhood, was launched concurrently on Nov 15 with the DVD of the same title, directed and produced by Pulitzer Prize "nominated filmmaker Matt Gannon.
The book is an anthology of thirty-one first person essays in the earnest voices of all kinds of "good men and true : rich, poor, black, white, gay, straight, rural and urban, including a stay-at-home father, an NFL Hall of Famer, and a Pulitzer Prize "nominated journalist.
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