PETER HUTCHISON, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
PETER HUTCHISON is an award-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, educator and activist.
His critically-acclaimed films include “Requiem for the American Dream” (featuring Noam Chomsky), “The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz”, “Devil Put the Coal in the Ground”, “Healing from Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation”, and "The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism” (featuring George Monbiot).
His longstanding commitment to issues around identity and masculinity has resulted in the trio of films “You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity”, “Angry White Men: American Masculinity”, and “The Man Card: Gender, Power & the American Presidency”.
His books include the Sunday Times #1 bestseller "The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism”, with George Monbiot (Penguin Books), and the NY Times bestseller “Requiem for the American Dream: 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power”, with Noam Chomsky (Seven Stories Press).
A sought-after commentator on issues of hate, racism and masculinity, he has appeared on NBC, CBS, PBS, NPR, FOX, The Minority Report and the Lincoln Project. A frequent speaker at the invitation of colleges & universities, he holds an M.S. in Counseling Psychology.
LUCAS SABEAN, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/EDITOR
Lucas Sabean is an editor, producer & filmmaker, whose output includes narrative & documentary features, commercial video, and a large body of experimental work.
He directed, produced & edited the award-winning Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (Rogovy Foundation grant recipient), directed, produced & edited The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump (2020, The Media Education Foundation, Sedona Film Festival). He co-directed & edited Angry White Men: Masculinity in the Age of Trump (2019, Grasshopper Films), produced & edited the critically acclaimed film Healing from Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation (2020, Journeyman Pictures/Freestyle Digital Media) which premiered at DOCNYC and was a SIMA award-winner. Directed, produced and edited You Throw Like A Girl: The Blindspot of Masculinity (2020, Media Education Foundation/Kanopy). He is also produced and edited The Cure For Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz (2023).
His other credits include his short film “Relievio” (2000, Slamdance, Telluride, Seattle & Chicago International Film Festivals), associate produced the narrative feature “Roof to Roof" (2001, Sundance Film Festival). His film “End of Era” (2003) was part of The Underground Zero film program, screening at more than a dozen International film festivals. “The Last Stand” (2008) won best feature film by a local filmmaker at the Backseat Film Festival in Philadelphia. Choreographer Paul Taylor has called his experimental films "superb - like poems made visible." He has an MFA from Boston University in Film Production.