This spot promoting Hulu features 11 players from the Women’s U.S. Soccer team and Mia Hamm that will run through the Women’s World Cup.
Dave Laden of Hungry Man directed the comedy piece, “Goal Celebration,” for agency Big Family Table in which the women athletes celebrate success on the field by pantomiming being able to watch the game at home on Hulu, underscoring that viewers can access live sports on the platform.
Client Hulu Agency Big Family Table Guto Araki, executive creative director; Will Burroughs, group strategy director; Mary Ellen Duggan, head of production; Lucy Herzog, sr. producer; Eric Manchester, Neal Desai, creative directors; Marcin Markiewicz, sr. copywriter; Vlad Ivangorodsky, sr. art director. Production Hungry Man Dave Laden, director; Dan Duffy, exec producer; Tina Densmore Bell, line producer; Eric Schmidt, DP. Editorial Arcade Editorial Dave Anderson, editor; Glen Montgomery, assistant editor; Damian Stevens, managing director; Crissy DeSimone, exec producer; Christina Matracia, sr. producer. Post/VFX Tribbo Post Bibinho Carvalho, VFX creative director; Erick Buosi, 3D lead artist; Alexandre Takeshi, Helder Alves, 3D modeling; Henrique Freitas, Rod Tebisx, 3D simulation; Tato Carvalho, sr. VFX producer; Rodrigo Pina, sr. Flame artist; Bruno Spinella, Flame artist. Color MPC Ricky Gausis, sr. colorist; Rebecca Boorsma, color producer; Meghan Lang, exec producer. Audio Post Lime Studios Mark Meyuhas, audio engineer; Peter Lapinski, assistant engineer; Susie Boyajan, exec producer. Music MassiveMusic Tim Adams, Ben Einziger, creative directors/partner; Kiki McDaniel, exec producer.
White Ribbon has launched its “My Friend, Max Hate” campaign in Canada featuring this public service film that follows the journey of a young, isolated boy who becomes influenced by a misogynistic online puppet, “Max Hate.” The PSA reveals how online figures in the manosphere--a network of online communities promoting hateful, misogynistic rhetoric which fuels attitudes among young men and boys that contribute to gender-based violence.
“It’s alarming to see the growing impact of the manosphere and how they are conditioning vulnerable populations such as teens, particularly young men,” said Humberto Carolo, White Ribbon CEO. “These misogynistic online groups have existed for years, but their influence has grown under controversial figures, driving an increase in gender-based violence. With the My Friend, Max Hate campaign, our goal is to expose the damaging influence of misogynistic figures and raise awareness, particularly among young men who are often drawn into these toxic online communities.”
Launching two weeks before Safer Internet Day (February 11), the campaign--from Toronto agency Bensimon Byrne--underscores the importance of online safety and protecting youth through clear content boundaries.
White Ribbon is creating an online resource hub that educates individuals on how to recognize harmful online groups and provides support for young men and boys seeking to escape. Additionally, the campaign will launch a TikTok account, @max_hate_, featuring the PSA ‘My Friend, Max Hate’ puppet to expose how these figures gain influence and spread hate in a space that reaches those most influenced, young men.
The PSA was directed by Angie Bird via Toronto-based Westside Studio.
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