Market of Hate

Market of Hate began as a whisper in March 2023. The whisper became a deafening shout on October 7th. It's a cry for compassion, our need to resist the powerful forces that promote fear and hatred in order to divide us, while all that time, they are increasing their own wealth and power.

Because of festival limitations, all that can be shown now is the trailer above. Also there is my director's statement from the Woodstock Film Festival.

In March of 2023 I woke up with a whispered warning—lyrics for a new film. Longtime collaborator Lanny Meyers wrote the music. This whisper turned into a full-throated shout after October 7th and I kept amending it until it was finished in March 2024. And current events keep making this, sadly, even more relevant.

Then I tried submitting to various film festivals and discovered that asking for peace and love had become controversial-- they didn't want anything that smacked of politics, and asking folks to band together to fight the forces of divisions became just that, even though it wasn't taking any side in the world-- just asking us to figure out who profits from this and how we might work together to vanquish the hate. I felt like Cassandra, whose message about the future was unheeded.

The Woodstock Film Festival came to the rescue! It had its world premiere there to a very receptive audience and was nominated as a finalist!