The film follows members of the group as they plan and carry out protests that made them some of the most vilified people in the country, and follows the arrests, trials and prison sentences that followed. Among those featured are Indigo Rumbelow, a co-founder who provides a personal thread; Phoebe Plummer, one of the activists behind the protest at the National Gallery; Mark, a vicar; and Jane, whose blind husband struggles with her involvement. The film examines how media coverage of the group changed as tabloid exposés of individual members appeared, and raises questions about the right to protest, democracy and the climate crisis, while showing the sacrifices the activists made. Made with insider access, We, The Hated offers a provocative and intimate view of a protest movement that dominated the headlines. Its perspective is openly sympathetic and one-sided, but its portrait of the people behind the actions, and of the price they paid, is warm and revealing, and it is a unique record of a turbulent period in British protest history.