Love Wins Over Hate

This documentary explores the lives of six former white supremacists and ultraconservatives. Each one of them explains how they went through a transformation from being filled with hate, anger, and rage to acceptance and appreciation of diversity. And they all have gone on to teach many other people to love rather than hate. • They talk honestly and openly about their former beliefs, the pain they have inflicted on others and their fight for a better world devoid of hate. "We basically thought that we would be agents in the breakdown of society, and that we would be fighting to build this Aryan white state," explains a former Neo-Nazi, Shannon Foley Martinez, who was recruited when she was fifteen years old. "It's always been there. We just have torn the mask off. We've taken the hoods off so to speak. And we live in a time where we're deeply entrenched in polarization." Shannon, now a mother and mentor, provides a solution, "I believe that connection is the antidote to hate. It's really hard to actually connect with somebody, to sit in a room, have a conversation, and share with them and continue to hate them. Once we're connected my hate melts away." • The film includes interviews with a professor and individuals who have been the brunt of hatred revealing the senseless pain and damage done to them and wider communities. We also see instances of reconciliation of the victims with the perpetrators. • Today, prejudice and hate crimes are more prevalent than ever, but so is love. This film is inspirational, because it demonstrates how people can change from a state of hatred and violence to empathy. • During a rally by a Sikh and a former white supremacist about the importance of accepting diversity, Arno Michealis says, "If we are going to combat hate and violence you can't do it with more hate and violence. You need to do it with Love and that is the way Love Wins.

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