Peter Hutchison
Filmmaker & Impact Producer, The Cure for Hate Films
2023, 2024
Peter Hutchison is an award-winning filmmaker, NYT bestselling author, educator & activist.
His films include “Requiem for the American Dream: Featuring Noam Chomsky” (Netflix, Amazon Prime) – a NY Times Critics Pick & #1 selling doc on iTunes – the companion piece book a NY Times Bestseller.
The recent “Healing From Hate” (Amazon Prime/MEF) – an exploration of hate group activity as seen through the lens of masculinity – has been described as a “raw masterpiece”. “Devil Put the Coal in the Ground”, a holistic look at the ravages of extractive industry and corporate power in West Virginia, has garnered 6 festival Best Feature awards and is slated for Fall 2023 release (Grasshopper Films).
His longstanding commitment to issues around male identity has resulted in the films “You Throw Like A Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity” (MEF), “Angry White Men: Masculinity in the Age of Trump” (Grasshopper), and “The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump” (MEF).
In addition to directing, he has produced several feature documentaries including “What Would Jesus Buy?”, “Awake Zion”, “Egypt, A Love Song”, “SPLIT: A Divided America”, “SPLIT: A Deeper Divide”, and the forthcoming “The Town That Shot the Sheriff”.
His new book “The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism” – in collaboration with George Monbiot – is being published by Penguin Books spring 2024. He holds an M.S. in Counseling Psychology/Systems Dynamics.
At the Summit
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
