The Anatomy of Hate (2009)
86 min
Reveals the shared narratives found in individual and collective ideologies of hate, and how we as a species can overcome them. For six years the filmmaker worked with unprecedented access to some of the most venomous ideologies and violent conflicts of our time including the white supremacist movement, Christian Fundamentalism as an anti-gay platform, Muslim extremism, the Palestinian Intifada, Israeli settlers and soldiers, and US Forces in Iraq. By juxtaposing this verite footage with interviews from leading sociological, psychological, and neurological experts, and interspersing stories of redemption told by former "combatants", the film weaves a tapestry that reveals both the emotional and biological mechanisms which make all of us susceptible to acts and ideologies of hate, and demonstrates how these very same traits make us equally capable of overcoming them.
- Release date
- April 21, 2009
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
- Music
- Eric Schrotenboer
Cast
- Justin Barrett as Narrator
- Kerry Noble as Self
- Terrence Deacon as Self
- Fred Phelps as Self
- Sheldon Solomon as Self
- Shirley Phelps-Roper as Self
- Margie Phelps as Self
- Rick Smith as Self
- Sam Keen as Self
- Billy Roper as Self
Crew
- Mike Ramsdell · Director
- Michael A. DiManno · Producer
- Mike Ramsdell · Producer
- R. Scott Reid · Producer
- Eric Schrotenboer · Composer
- Mike Ramsdell · Cinematographer
- Ellen Goldwasser · Editor
- Mike Ramsdell · Editor
- Raul Recuero · Editor