Features Joe Roy, chief investigator, Southern Poverty Law Center ; Julie Widner ; Dr. Bruce Shack, M.D., Chairman, Vanderbilt Cosmetic Surgery Center. Official Selection Nashville Film Festival, 2012 ; Official Selection United Film Festival Los Angeles, 2012 ; Official Selection Hearts and Minds Film Festival, 2012. Lawrence O'Donnell, narrator.
Contents:
Introduction and Credits (1:29) -- Pit-bull of the Movement (3:34) -- Widner's Reflection (1:53) -- Reconstruction (3:37) -- An Extreme Lifestyle (2:47) -- Family Support (1:19) -- Learning to Hate (2:32) -- Looking for Redemption (4:11) -- Finding a Place in Church (3:33) -- A Painful Process (3:47) -- Widner's Rock (1:57) -- Round One (3:02) -- 1st Day After Treatment (1:44) -- Group Activities (0:48) -- Old Connections (3:34) -- Round Two (2:01) -- Leaving the Past Behind? (3:04) -- 1st Day After 2nd Treatment (3:28) -- Trying to Move On (4:08) -- Round Three (2:56) -- In the Recovery Room (3:00) -- Violent Viewpoints (1:39) -- Ink Still Lingers (2:20) -- 10 Months into Treatment (1:57) -- Disillusioned with White Supremacy (3:10) -- Price of Removal (1:37) -- Stepping Back from the Club (2:21) -- Meeting an Old Friend (3:43) -- Almost There (1:51) -- Widner's Difficulties Handling Anger (2:33) -- Ramifications of Leaving (1:55) -- Final Treatment (2:35) -- Procedure 25 (2:24) -- Widner's Reveal (3:08) -- Before and After (0:18) -- Credits: Erasing Hate (1:32).
Summary:
Erasing hate is an unforgettable story of transformation and redemption. Ex-skinhead Bryon Widner's face, neck and hands are covered with intimidating, racist tattoos. He begins a series of painful and extensive laser tattoo removal procedures. But the removal of the tattoos was just the outward sign of an inner transformation. His story presents a first person look into the dark world of racist skinheads but also offers hope of one man's struggle to escape a life of violence, addiction and bigotry.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)796268932
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.