The Film What is a hate crime and why do people perpetrate them? What can anyone one of us do about them? These are some of the questions the investigative team try to answer in this motivational training film aimed at high schoolers. We follow a hate crime through the judicial system as the national hate crimes legislation goes through congress. The Team A 16 year old straight male adopted from Ecuador at age one by Americans. A 19 year old gay male with Juvenile diabetes A 19 Gay male survivor of attempted suicide. A 21 year old trans-woman. A 53 year old gay male who has cohabited with HIV for over 23 years.