Good Men | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good ma | dG1fWDNEX21ZdVo0REE

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00:0039 years ago, I became the proud father of a baby boy, and last year that boy had a son

00:07of his own.

00:08I wondered, what was it like to raise a son today?

00:12I decided to ask a number of men and women who I respect, what is a good man?

00:17That is a question that I've never directly entertained.

00:22My mom may be smart and conscientious.

00:25She was the only white lady in the Chicago Urban League.

00:27She was always campaigning for anti-war candidates, and then supporting me with unconditional

00:34love.

00:35My dad was trauma.

00:36When he came home from work in the afternoon, it was like someone rolled a hand grenade

00:40into the house, and everyone was watching to see, was the pin pulled?

00:45My dad was in many ways my hero, and he died about six months ago.

00:50I think for a lot of men, that's a very complex moment.

00:55Every time they would talk about each other, they would talk about them with hatred, which

00:58is exactly the impetus that helped me think, if I'm angry at 88 years old, I blew it.

01:04I made a deal I would be a totally different parent.

01:11The concept of what a good man is has to constantly be reappraised and reevaluated, especially

01:17if you want to stay connected to people in a different generation.

01:20I mean, I identify as a gay man.

01:22I definitely grew up in a very heteronormative family and culture.

01:27So if there's a nurture influence, then why didn't I become straight?

01:33I've managed to be so much more vulnerable with my daughter.

01:35I wasn't aware that I was modeling a tougher side for my son.

01:40I couldn't help myself.

01:41So my father committed suicide when I was seven years old.

01:45I never had a father figure, and I didn't really have anybody to tell me that they were

01:49a problem.

01:50My late wife, Karen, passed away here eight years ago.

01:56Beautiful, imaginative, inspirational, loyal.

01:59Karen made me a better man.

02:00She saw me at my worst, but her belief in me was the only thing I needed.

02:07I quit alcohol and drugs, and my children, they've never seen their father any other

02:13way.

02:14A good man is curious.

02:16We have to be able to change in response to the world that changes around us.

02:21I decided what's really crucial for me is to try to do the right thing.

02:26I think that people who are called good people are pretty aware that their life is not separate

02:32from the rest of creation.