Gloriavale: DVD Review

Darren’s World of Entertainment

In some ways, Gloriavale the documentary feels like it’s been released at the wrong time.

That is to say, its story is incomplete with its resolution easily hinting much more is still tantalisingly to come.

But while Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth’s documentary goes inside the closed doors of the New Zealand’s Gloriavale Christian Community, it’s still infinitely shocking how far those in charge are allowed to go in terms of coercion, oppression and abuse.

Further reading: Gloriavale: DVD Review