CONNECTED TO AN ATTACK ON A 56-
YEAR-OLD HASIDIC MAN IN THE
SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
GOVERNOR CUOMO HAS DIRECTED
POLICE ACROSS THE STATE TO
INCREASE PATROLS AND ORTHODOX
JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR GUEST TONIGHT IS ACTOR
PHILANTHROPISTS AND FORMER TV
HOST MONTEL WILLIAMS.
IS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR
THE NEW DOCUMENTARY HATE AMONG
US.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
WHAT PERSPECTIVES DO YOU BRING
TO THIS FILM?
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
ISSUES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOR
SUFFERING AROUND THE WORLD FOR
ALMOST 8 YEARS.
IT WAS CALLED ARCHITECTS OF
DENIAL.
WE BELIEVE A GENOCIDE DENIED IS
THE REASON WHY GENOCIDE
CONTINUES.
MANY TOOK PLACE IN 1918.
HITLER SAID HIMSELF THAT HE WAS
ASKED HOW CAN WE GET AWAY WITH
THE HATRED THAT HE STARTED.
AGAIN, IN THIS CENTURY AGAINST
JEWISH PEOPLE.
HE DELIBERATELY UNDERSTOOD THE
WORLD WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION
TO THE FACT THEY WERE ABLE TO
MARCH 1,000,000 1/2 ARMENIAN
PEOPLE TO THEIR DEATH.
NOW THE WORLD IS NOT PAYING
ATTENTION.
WE LOOK AT REPORTS ABOUT THE
RISE AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT AS IF IT
DOES HAPPEN IN THE LAST YEAR.
THIS IS BEEN GOING ON IN
AMERICA FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
IT IS A RISE IN HATE.
WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST
JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE
UNITED STATES HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
YOUR FILM WILL MAKE ITS PREMIER
TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE
MIAMI JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL?
YES SIR.
IT DOCUMENTS THE RISE OF
ANTI-SEMITISM.
NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT
AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY WERE MORE THAN 1300 ANTI-
SOMATIC INCIDENTS LAST YEAR.
DOES YOUR FILM REVEAL ANYTHING
ABOUT THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM
IN THIS COUNTRY?
WE LOOK AT GERMANY, FRANCE
AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
EVEN TODAY THERE IS TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON ONLINE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE TROLLING TO
MAKE SURE THEY CAN SEE IF THEY
CAN IMPACT THE WAY PEOPLE FEEL
AND THE WAY PEOPLE THINK.
LEADING UP THROUGH THE ELECTION.
UNLESS WE STEP UP TOGETHER AND
START UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU
HATE ONE, YOU HATE ALL.
UNLESS WE ALL STAND TOGETHER IT
DID NOT TAKE ONE ETHNIC GROUP
IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET AMERICA
WHERE IT IS AT.
IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO
TOMORROW. HE TALK ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM.
WHAT IS DRIVING THE LEVEL OF
PEOPLE BEING IN CARRYING OUT
THESE CRIMES?
WE HAVE HIT THAT POINT.
IS MUCH AS PEOPLE WANT TO BLAME
ONE ADMINISTRATION OR THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN WE
PULLED THESE OUT OF OUR POCKET.
IN THE NARCISSISTIC WAY THAT WE
ALL BEHAVE.
IT'S ABOUT US THINKING WE HAVE
THE RIGHT TO DO AND SAY
WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO AND SAY.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH STOPS WHEN
YOU INCITE VIOLENT ACTS.
WHEN YOU START TO ASK AND
REQUEST PEOPLE TO DO VIOLENT
ACTS.
YOU CAN'T WALK INTO A MOVIE
THEATER AND SCREEN FIRE.
YOU CAN GO TO JAIL.
YOU CANNOT SCREAM ACROSS THE
STREET.
AN ETHNIC RACIAL SLUR.
TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET PEOPLE TO
INSIGHT SOME KIND OF VIOLENT
ACT.
WE THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS
THAT WE ARE FREE TO DO WHATEVER
WE WANT.
IT'S ABOUT TIME WE RECOGNIZE AS
MUCH AS THIS WILL BE THE FUTURE
THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE WHAT
PUTS US IN THE PAST.
THAT DEVICE MAGNIFIES
WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
ALSO THE UGLY SIDE.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, TRUMP SIGNED
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER GIVING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MORE TOOLS
TO PROTECT JEWISH PEOPLE FROM
DISCRIMINATION.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE
GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE
CRISIS?
I THINK BAND-AIDS AREN'T
WHAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
THE SAME WAY AS WE HAVE A
MOVEMENT IN THE NEXT NINE
MONTHS.
WE WILL BE SCREAMING WHO WILL
BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
HOW ABOUT WE SCREAM ABOUT HOW
TO PROTECT AMERICA?
THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THE
IDEA AS MUCH AS WE THINK.
THIS IS A SOUP.
WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT
INGREDIENTS THAT HAVE COME
TOGETHER THAT ALL ACTUALLY DO A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO GIVE US
THE FLAVOR THAT WE HAVE.
YOU DO NOT EAT A SOUP AND WANT
TO CONSUMMATE IT ALL DOWN TO
BLEND IT TOGETHER.
YOU WANT TO HAVE A CARROT AND A
POTATO.
ACTING LIKE WE WANT TO HAVE A
DEMOCRACY.
WE NEED TO STEP UP THE PLATE
AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY.
THIS MOVIE IS ONE WE DID TO SEE
IF WE CAN INSIGHT A
CONVERSATION AND THE
DISCUSSION.
MANY PEOPLE GET OUTSIDE OF
THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND SAY
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
THIS FILM IS PART OF WHAT IS
RAISING THE ALARM.
HOW DO WE REVERSE COURSE?
ONE OF THE GREATEST MINDS OF
THE LAST CENTURY THAT WE
RECOGNIZE AS ONE OF THE
GREATEST MINDS IN HISTORY SAID
THE TRAGEDY OF MAN -- I BELIEVE
THAT WAS BY ALBERT EINSTEIN.
WHEN YOU ARE BORN, IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT COLOR THE PERSON IS.
THAT BABY REACHES UP AND WANTS
TO BE HELD.
WANTS TO BE TOUCHED AND
NURTURED.
AS WE LIVE, WE FEED ON OTHER
PEOPLE'S VIEWS AND LIVED DOWN
TO THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
BY ACCEPTING HATE AS PART OF
OUR CHARACTER.
RACISM AND HATRED ISN'T
SOMETHING YOU ARE BORN WITH.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
LEARNED.
AS EQUALLY AND EASY AS IT IS TO
TEACH THAT IT IS EASY TO TEACH
RESPECT FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
STORIES THAT ARE MAKING US
THINK.
WE HAVE TO LEARN THIS LESSON.
WE SHOULD WATCH THIS
DOCUMENTARY, HATE AMONG US.
IT WILL PREMIERE AT THE JEWISH
FILM FESTIVAL.
HOW CAN PEOPLE GET MORE
INFORMATION?
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD INFORMATION.