David the filmmaker is 40 years old, but he still doesnt feel like a man - not a real man anyway. When his wife becomes pregnant with a boy, Davids manhood insecurities deepen. How can he bring his son into manhood if he feels so estranged from his own? This question sets him off on a quest for his manhood that leads him from voice lessons to a mens group to deer-hunting, and ultimately back to his own father. My Own Man is an intimate, humorous, and emotional account of one mans search for what it means to be a man and a father in the 21st century.