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Directed By: Ondi Timoner
Written By: Ondi Timoner
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Release Date: 2008-01-20
Running Time: 1:37
Content Rating: PG14 (Parental Guidance)
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DVD Region: 1 - U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Media Format: NTSC-DVD
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Audio Language(s): English
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Genres: Religion >> Other :: Documentary >> Health :: Religion >> General |
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JOIN US follows four families as they leave a controlling and abusive church in
South Carolina and come to realize that they have been members of a cult. The film
documents them intimately as they enter Wellspring Retreat, the only accredited live-in cult treatment facility in the world. At Wellspring these families come to understand how they were brainwashed to give up control of their lives to the Pastor and his wife, allowing themselves and their children to undergo severe abuse in order to make heaven.
As they emerge from the safety of the treatment facility, the ex-cult members
return to their homes hoping to bring the Pastor to justice and struggling to establish
“normal” lives. The film also gives voice to the cult leader and his wife as they struggle
to cope with the “betrayal” of their church family and rebuild their congregation.
Using an intimate verité style and hidden cameras, award-winning filmmakers
Ondi Timoner, Vasco Lucas Nunes, and Tim Rush infiltrate the cult and its leaders to
create an emotional and human portrait, exploring why America is the number-one
breeding ground of cults in the world, and how mind control can happen to anyone.