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>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. IT'S A RIVETING STORY OF A YOUNG
TEEN FORCED TO FIND HER VOICE IN
THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY.
THE HATE YOU GIVE IS A STORY
INSPIRED BY REAL LIFE EVENTS AND
THE EMOTIONAL MODIFIY WAS FILMED
RIGHT HERE IN ATLANTA.
>> IT'S THUG LIFE.
THE HATE YOU GIVE LITTLE
INFANTS.
INFANTS.
INFANTS. >> ASK EVERYBODY.
I KNOW WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS.
>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT US.
>> US WHO?
>> BLACK PEOPLE.
POOR PEOPLE.
POOR PEOPLE. EVERYBODY AT THE BOTTOM.
>> YOU WANT IT.
>> MOTION PICTURE OPENS
NATIONWIDE FRIDAY OCTOBER 19TH.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT TODAY IS THE
DIRECTOR GEORGE TILLMAN AND THE
AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS.
IT'S ALREADY GETTING CRITICAL
PRAISE.
PRAISE.
PRAISE. I
PRAISE. I WANT TO START WITH YOU BEFORE
WE GET INTO THE MOVIE.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY YOUR NOVEL.
THE FIRST BOOK YOU'VE WRITTEN
AND IT LANDED ON THE NEW YORK
TIMES BEST SELLERS BOOK.
>> I WAS FIRST INSPIRED TO WRITE
THE STORY WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. I WENT TO A MOSTLY WHITE UPPER
CLASS PRIVATE SCHOOL AND I LIVED
IN A MOSTLY BLACK POOR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I OFTEN HAD TO BE TWO
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN TWO
DIFFERENT WORLDS.
DIFFERENT WORLDS. ALTHOUGH THAT WAS THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS IT
LED TO CONVERSATIONS AFRND ME.
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE UNDERSTOOD
THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION OF THE
PEOPLE MANY OAKLAND BUT SO MANY
OF MY CLASSMATES IN SCHOOL
DIDN'T GET IT.
THEY TRIED TO JUSTIFY HIS DEATH
BECAUSE HE WAS AN EX-CON.
AND SO I WROTE A SHORT STORY TO
HOPEFULLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND
MORE AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS BORN.
>> YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT
WRITING MORE OF A FANTASY NOVEL
AND YOU HAD A PROFESSOR GUIDE
YOU AND SAY WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU
KNOW, ABOUT YOUR TRUTH AND HERE
YOU ARE TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY THIS STORY EXPLORES A
SERIOUS TENSE SUBJECT MATTER OF
POLICE BRUTALITY, CIVIL RIGHTS.
BUT YOU'RE WRITING TO A YOUNGER
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. HOW DO YOU THINK THE FILM WILL
RESINATE.
RESINATE.
RESINATE. WE KNOW HOW THE BOOK DID.
HOW DO YOU STAY TRUE TO THESE
WORDS AND MAKE IT REALLY SINK IN
TO YOUNG PEOPLE EVERYWHERE?
>> I PRETTY MUCH STAYING TRUE TO
THE BOOK WAS REALLY JUST HAVING
ANGIE NEARBY THE WHOLE TIME.
MAKING THE FILM.
OUR EXPERIENCE IS VERY SIMILAR.
WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE BOOK WAS
THIS CENTERED 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO HAS THESE ADULT ISSUES AND
OBSTACLES AND HOW SHE HAS TO
OVERCOME THESE OBSTACLES OF
FAMILY AND FINDING A VOICE.
IT WAS VERY UNIVERSAL.
>> AND OUR PROTAGONISTS GETTING
AGAIN CRITICAL PRAISE FOR HER
PERFORMANCE.
PERFORMANCE. AMAZING CAST.
AMAZING CAST. TALK ABOUT GETTING THIS GROUP
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. AMAZING ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.
>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS
EVERYONE LOVED THE BOOK.
ALL THESE PEOPLE SORT OF CAME
TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY LOVED THE
STORY AND THEY JUST FELT LIKE IT
WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T
SEEN IN THEATERS RIGHT NOW.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> AND TALKING ABOUT STAR, THE
PROTAGONIST STORY IS SIMILAR TO
YOUR OWN.
YOUR OWN.
YOUR OWN. AND WHAT SHE WITNESSES, YOU
KNOW, THE MURDER OF HER FRIEND
AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE.
AND TALK ABOUT FOR YOU, IN
WRITING THIS AND TELLING THIS
STORY, WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTING
INTO HER MIND SET?
BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU SHARED SOME
SIMILARITIES IN YOUR
EXPERIENCES.
EXPERIENCES. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
FOR ME, IT WAS TOUGH AT TIMES
BECAUSE THIS GIRL GOES THROUGH A
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE
NEVER GONE THROUGH MYSELF BUT I
HAD FELT THAT THAT SAME PAIN IN
THE LOSS OF FRIENDS AT THE HANDS
OF VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT MY CHILD
HOOD.
HOOD.
HOOD. SO
HOOD. SO I HAD TO GO TO THAT SPOT AND
GO TO THOSE EXPERIENCES WHEN I
WAS WRITING THE STORY.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO WRITE IT
FOR KIDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT FEAR AND
FRUS REGISTRATION.
FRUS REGISTRATION. AND HOPEFULLY.
AND HOPEFULLY. I HOPED THAT THIS BOOK WOULD
INSPIRE THEM TO SPEAK UP AND
SPEAK OUT AND FIND THEIR VOICES.
>> AND IT DEFINITELY HAS.
THE ISSUE HERE IS WITH SO MUCH
HATRED WE'RE GETTING OUR NEWS
FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES
AND PLACES IT'S JUST SO
FRUSTRATING AND DISHEARTENING.
HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER?
AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THIS
FILM TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AS TO
HOW WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND
AND COME TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE
THAT JUST PULLS US APART EACH
AND EVERY DAY?
>> YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. WE
LOT. WE JUST REALLY WANT THE FILM,
FIRST OF ALL YOU'LL COME OUT
INSPIRED AND FEELING REALLY
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. IT
GOOD. IT HAS A REALLY GOOD NICE
ENDING.
ENDING.
ENDING. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU
WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS AND TALK TO ONE
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. AND YOU GET TO SEE DIFFERENT
SIDES AND THAT'S THE
CONVERSATION ME AND ANGIE HAD.
>> I KNOW IT WAS FILMED HERE IN
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S
BEEN HAPPENING HERE IN OUR CITY.
TALK ABOUT THAT PART OF IT
GEORGE AND BEING ABLE TO FILM
HERE WHERE SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
SO MUCH RICH HISTORY OF ITS OWN
AND WHAT THAT MEANT TO YOU.
>> IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE WE HAD
REALLY THE BACKGROUND EXTRAS
THAT WE HAD FOR THESE LARGE BIG
SCENES.
SCENES.
SCENES. I
SCENES. I MEAN, THEY CAME READY FOR THE
MOVIE.
MOVIE.
MOVIE. THEY WERE IN LOVE WITH THE BOOK
AND THE PROJECT.
THEY'RE VERY RESPECTFUL.
WE SHOT OVER ON PEACH STREET
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY ALLOWED
US TO SHOOT ON THEIR STREET.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND DO
IT AGAIN.
IT AGAIN.
IT AGAIN. >> WE HOPE YOU DO.
>> AND ANGIE I READ QUICKLY.
I KNOW YOU STARTED ANOTHER BOOK.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> TELL US ABOUT IT.
ALONG THE SAME LINES NOW?
>> WELL THE SECOND BOOK COMES
OUT FEBRUARY 5TH.
AND IT'S ABOUT A 16-YEAR-OLD
GIRL WHO WANTS TO BE A RAPPER
BUT HER LIFE WAS TURNED UPSIDE
DOWN WHEN HER MOM UNEXPECTEDLY
LOSES HIS OR HER JOB.
AND "THE HATE YOU GIVE" I TALK
ABOUT FINDING YOUR VOICE.
SO THROUGH HIP HOP THIS YOUNG
LADY HAS FOUND HER VOICE BUT THE
SOVENG SHE MAKES GOES VIRAL FOR
ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
>> CHILLS.
>> CHILLS. >> SHE'S AMAZING RIGHT.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER BEST
SELLER.
SELLER.
SELLER. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M WAITING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THANK YOU FOLKS SO MUCH.
BEST OF LUCK.
WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. JUST INCREDIBLE.
JUST INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET
TICKETS TO THIS TOUCHING,
IMPORTANT MOVIE,