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Monday, 23 January 2017

Deprogrammed

Yeah. I'm glad I decided to rate documentaries out of ten, because this was not a good one. The subject matter was so interesting, but the filmmaker didn't delve deeply enough into it.

I came away from it wondering what exactly the film was trying to say. I'd say this was perhaps due to the filmmakers decision to sandwich the documentary with footage and an interview of her brother (who was deprogrammed, and wasn't a fan). I think it felt almost like she had an agenda to say that deprogramming was bad. But from what I could see, it had helped quite a few people.

What should we do? Stand by and let cults take our loved ones? Perhaps the feeling I get from this is that we should never allow the bonds that hold us together as family, and as friends, become so weak that a person feels like they need to seek love and belonging elsewhere. 4/10