What is being a man?

ReachOut Content Team
Published 06 September 2023

Everyone's got their own ideas about what it means to be masculine and manly. Many of these revolve around having big muscles and a hairy chest. Marcus talks about defining his manliness in a way that sits well with him.

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About the filmmaker

Brendan Cain hails from Kempsey, NSW. He recently finished studying film directing at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Before that, he spent three years at the University of Technology Sydney studying Media Arts and Production. He currently has his own freelance business. Brendan was thrilled to be a part of the ReachOut Film Crew and thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with the rest of the awesome team.

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