Leaving the Cult (2010)
Leaving the Cult follows three teenagers who escape from the chokehold of the FLDS, a secretive polygamist sect located on the remote Utah/Arizona border. Joining more than a thousand other exiles, the boys must survive in the alien landscape of mainstream America without parents, money, or education. With access to private sermons, hidden photographs and inside testimony. Leaving the Cult delivers a stunning, unforgettable coming of age story that twists and turns with the speed and delivery of fiction but never runs from the truth. Go inside the heart of polygamy, religious extremism, and the narrow roads of escape, and discover three young men whose courage to think for themselves, has inspired audiences worldwide.
Primary Title
- Leaving the Cult
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 4 April 2015
Release Year
- 2010
Start Time
- 15 : 10
Finish Time
- 16 : 00
Duration
- 50:00
Channel
- BBC World News
Broadcaster
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Leaving the Cult follows three teenagers who escape from the chokehold of the FLDS, a secretive polygamist sect located on the remote Utah/Arizona border. Joining more than a thousand other exiles, the boys must survive in the alien landscape of mainstream America without parents, money, or education. With access to private sermons, hidden photographs and inside testimony. Leaving the Cult delivers a stunning, unforgettable coming of age story that twists and turns with the speed and delivery of fiction but never runs from the truth. Go inside the heart of polygamy, religious extremism, and the narrow roads of escape, and discover three young men whose courage to think for themselves, has inspired audiences worldwide.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- Edited for television from the feature length documentary 'Sons of Perdition'.
Subjects
- Zitting, Sam
- Broadbent, Joe
- Barlow, Bruce
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Teenage boys--Utah--Saint George
- Mormon boys--Utah--Saint George
- Cults--Utah--Saint George
- Documentary films--United States
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
- Religious
Contributors
- Tyler Measom (Director)
- Jennilyn Merten (Director)
- Julie Goldman (Producer)
- Tyler Measom (Producer)
- Jennilyn Merten (Producer)
- Mark Geary (Composer)
- Karl Odlum (Composer)
- In Exile Films (Production Unit)
- The Why Foundation (Funder)
- Left Turn Films (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Zitting, Sam
- Broadbent, Joe
- Barlow, Bruce
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Teenage boys--Utah--Saint George
- Mormon boys--Utah--Saint George
- Cults--Utah--Saint George
- Documentary films--United States