Film director to attend premier at Napa Valley College December 2, 2010

The Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center will host a premier showing of The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue To Hope and a community discussion with the film’s director and producer, Mike Ramsdell. Greg Miraglia, dean, Career Technical Education, announced that the film will be shown Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) at the Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy. The premier is free and open to the public.
About The Film
“The Anatomy of Hate; A Dialogue to Hope 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...”according to a website on the film.
Miraglia said, “Many colleges and universities around the country started this school year with incidents of hate violence occurring in and around their campuses. Napa Valley College is committed to promoting a learning environment that appreciates diversity and inclusivity. We hope this documentary will promote discussion about how to end hate violence.”
Admission to this event is free of charge, but tickets are required as seating is limited. For more information and tickets, go to www.nvccjtc.org.