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In this two-part program, noted American poet Robert Bly and Bill Moyers explore how men think about themselves, their fathers, their sons, and their roles in society. Bly discusses the need for intimate emotional contact between fathers and sons, and talks about how his own poor relationship with an alcoholic father deprived him of the ability to express grief. He laments the loss of meaningful rites of passage for today’s young males.January 8, 1990In this series from 1990, Bill Moyers and poet Robert Bly explore the changing role of men in modern America. “Lately men in various parts of the country have begun to gather. It isn’t a reaction to the women’s movement, really. I think the grief that leads to the men’s movement began maybe 140 years ago, when the industrial revolution began, which sends the father out of the house to work.” http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=11252316#…