Steven Spielberg’s Why We Hate Documentary Series Headed to Discovery

Steven Spielberg and Alex Gibney are executive producing a new documentary series titled We We Hate for Discovery. Discovery announced on Friday that the six-part series will be directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard (When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts), investigating the human capacity for hatred and how we can overcome it. Why We Hate will debut on the Discovery Channel in 2019.

David Zaslav, President and CEO of Discovery, Inc., said of the project, “This is exactly the kind of story Discovery should be telling. ‘Why We Hate’ has been a four-year discussion with Steven and Alex on how best to capture the domestic and global trends that are growing around the world and bring those facts and stories to a worldwide audience. Our aspiration is to be working with great storytellers like Steven and Alex all over the world on the most important and consequential stories and issues. ‘Why We Hate’ is even more relevant today, and the Discovery team and I are ‘all in’ on this project. It is Discovery’s commitment and critical part of our heritage and mission. I really look forward to collaborating on such an important topic and bringing it to over 1 billion people across our domestic and global platforms in over 220 countries.”

“To say we are excited to work with Steven, Alex, Geeta, and Sam is an understatement. Understanding the why behind our actions can help us change those actions. That leads to a hopeful future for us and generations to come,” added Nancy Daniels, Chief Brand Officer for Discovery and Factual.