It is a major documentary film about Peter Tatchell’s 54 years of LGBT+ and other human rights campaigning.
From Executive producers Elton John and David Furnish, «Hating Peter Tatchell» is the powerful and inspiring true story of the controversial campaigner whose protests rocked the Establishment, revolutionised attitudes and laws on homosexuality, and exposed tyrants and injustice across the globe.
History has vindicated Peter’s trailblazing stance, since the 1960s, on LGBT+ equality and other human rights issues. Inspired by the U.S black civil rights struggle, his David versus Goliath battles have won the respect of many critics and secured his status as a national treasure.
Featuring rare archive and an intimate conversation between Peter and celebrated actor Ian McKellen, there are also evocative interviews with the former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, actor Stephen Fry, the ex-head of Stonewall Angela Mason, 1970s pop star Tom Robinson, former MP & cabinet minister Chris Smith and photo journalist Adrian Arbib who reported on some of Peter’s best-known protests.
This film explores what has motivated Peter Tatchell’s lifelong fight for universal human rights. It follows Peter as he embarks on his bid to protest at the FIFA World Cup in Moscow in 2018, to draw attention to the persecution of LGBT+ people in Russia and Chechnya.
