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‘Real Handmaid’s tale’ community that forced young girls to watch their parents have sex

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

‘Real Handmaid’s tale’ community that forced young girls to watch their parents have sex

February 17, 2025: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The community has been exposed in a new…

Hell on Earth

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Hell on Earth

February 16, 2025: | The Irish Sun | Jim Mahoney | We were made to watch our parents…

Escaping Utopia, review: a refreshingly old-fashioned documentary about a disturbing cult

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Escaping Utopia, review: a refreshingly old-fashioned documentary about a disturbing cult

February 16, 2025: | The Telegraph | Anita Singh | Netflix transformed the documentary genre so profoundly that…

Escaping Utopia review – there’s so much terrible detail about this cult it barely fits into the show

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Escaping Utopia review – there’s so much terrible detail about this cult it barely fits into the show

February 16, 2025: | The Guardian | Lucy Mangan | Escapers from the Gloriavale sect open up about…

BBC Picks Up New Zealand Cult Doc ‘Escaping Utopia’

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

BBC Picks Up New Zealand Cult Doc ‘Escaping Utopia’

October 31, 2024: | Deadline | Max Goldbart, Jesse Whittock | The BBC has picked up a premium…

GLORIAVALE – Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady Interview

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

GLORIAVALE – Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady Interview

November 3, 2023: Brand new doco Gloriavale is in cinemas today and this week the men who created the film Noel…

‘Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult’: Doc On Notorious Religious Group Lands Sales Deal Ahead Of EFM

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

‘Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult’: Doc On Notorious Religious Group Lands Sales Deal Ahead Of EFM

February 13, 2023: By Zac Ntim | International Reporter | Deadline EXCLUSIVE: MetFilm Sales has acquired world rights, excluding Australia and…

Gloriavale: DVD Review

Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Gloriavale: DVD Review

December 13, 2022: Darren’s World of Entertainment In some ways, Gloriavale the documentary feels like it’s been released…

Filmmaker Noel Smyth Lifts The Lid On Gloriavale | Studio 10

Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries Videos

Filmmaker Noel Smyth Lifts The Lid On Gloriavale | Studio 10

November 3, 2022: Studio 10 Gloriavale Christian Community is surrounded by secrecy and controversy. Now a new documentary…

Inside New Zealand’s secretive Gloriavale Christian Community

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Inside New Zealand’s secretive Gloriavale Christian Community

November 2, 2022: RN Drive By Nick Baker and Sky Kirkham for The Drawing Room Like many New Zealanders, Fergus Grady…

‘People Being Programmed’: Inside New Zealand’s Gloriavale Religious Cult

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

‘People Being Programmed’: Inside New Zealand’s Gloriavale Religious Cult

November 1, 2022: By Julie Fenwick | VICE | “You’re reared in those thoughts where it’s like ‘I…

Let’s Talk About Sects – Interview Episode: Gloriavale with Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Let’s Talk About Sects – Interview Episode: Gloriavale with Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady

October 19, 2022: By Sarah Steele – Let’s Talk About Sects – 19/10/2022 When widespread abuse is uncovered…

Newstalk ZB – Film: Gloriavale and Good Luck to you Leo Grande

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Newstalk ZB – Film: Gloriavale and Good Luck to you Leo Grande

August 20, 2022: Newstalk ZB – Mornings with Jack Tame – 20/08/2022 Francesca Rudkin: Gloriavale and Good Luck…

NZ Herald – Movie review: Gloriavale

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

NZ Herald – Movie review: Gloriavale

August 19, 2022: By Tom Augustine – NZ Herald – 19/08/2022 There are certainly shades of the addictive…

Tova O’Brien – New Gloriavale Documentary – “They’re actually abusing Christianity”

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Tova O’Brien – New Gloriavale Documentary – “They’re actually abusing Christianity”

August 18, 2022: Description A new documentary hitting cinemas today is lifting the veil on West Coast commune…

RNZ – New documentary Gloriavale follows groundbreaking legal case launched against community leaders

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

RNZ – New documentary Gloriavale follows groundbreaking legal case launched against community leaders

August 18, 2022: By RNZ / Newshub – 18/08/2022 Sharon Ready has lived in the Gloriavale community for…

Stuff – Gloriavale: Enlightening, heartrending doco lifts the veil on ‘NZ’s secret cult’

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Stuff – Gloriavale: Enlightening, heartrending doco lifts the veil on ‘NZ’s secret cult’

August 17, 2022: By James Croot – Stuff – 17/08/2022 Gloriavale (M, 89mins) **** Lifting the veil on…

RNZ – Gloriavale’s secrets and the fight for justice

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

RNZ – Gloriavale’s secrets and the fight for justice

August 16, 2022: By RNZ – Nine To Noon – 16/08/2022 A new documentary gives an eye-opening look…

RNZ – Sharon Ready & Liz Gregory: standing up to the Gloriavale shepherds

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

RNZ – Sharon Ready & Liz Gregory: standing up to the Gloriavale shepherds

August 13, 2022: By RNZ – Saturday Morning – 13/08/2022 Sharon Ready has lived in the Gloriavale community…

Ashburton gets sneak preview of Gloriavale documentary

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Ashburton gets sneak preview of Gloriavale documentary

August 11, 2022: By Malcolm Hopwood | Ashburton Guardian | Ashburton audiences will have an advance screening this…

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