: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The new BBC documentary Escaping Utopia has detailed what it was like inside the Gloriavale cult Warning: The following article contains discussion of child sex abuse that some readers may find disturbing The co-founder of a cult described as the ‘real Handmaid’s Tale’ has…
: | Daily Mail | Christopher Stevens | Liz Gregory likes to call herself ‘the Devil’. A committed Christian, she has devoted her life to helping refugees from a cult, whose leaders regard her as the embodiment of Satan. With an infectious laugh, Liz holds up her fingers to her forehead…
: | Lad Bible | Michael Slavin | The community has been exposed in a new documentary called Escaping Utopia Warning: The following article contains discussion of child sex abuse that some readers may find disturbing A cult community which horrifically forced young girls to watch their parents having sex has…
: | The Irish Sun | Jim Mahoney | We were made to watch our parents have sex & abused from 7 in cult run by ‘shepherds’ who performed sick marriage ‘prep’ Far from being a promised Utopia, Gloriavale was set up by a sex offender who systematically abused the children.…
: | The Telegraph | Anita Singh | Netflix transformed the documentary genre so profoundly that it feels unusual to come across something made in the old style. Escaping Utopia (BBC Two) doesn’t have glossy cinematography or a dramatic soundtrack or people talking directly into the camera. It is not edited in the…
: | The Guardian | Lucy Mangan | Escapers from the Gloriavale sect open up about living in constant fear of damnation, its abuse of women – and a landmark court case brought by female ex-members Hello and welcome to another entrant in the popular television genre Do Try to Be…
: | Deadline | Max Goldbart, Jesse Whittock | The BBC has picked up a premium doc series on a group of people’s clandestine escape from a New Zealand cult. Escaping Utopia is a three-part investigation into Gloriavale Christian Community – New Zealand’s extreme religious cult – and the true stories of people attempting…
: Brand new doco Gloriavale is in cinemas today and this week the men who created the film Noel Smyth and Fergus Grady spoke to Dave Griffiths about the film. Take a listen to the full interview below: Gloriavale Interview…
: By Zac Ntim | International Reporter | Deadline EXCLUSIVE: MetFilm Sales has acquired world rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult, Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth’s feature doc about a notorious kiwi religious cult. MetFilm will shop the doc to international buyers at the upcoming European Film Market. Billed…
: 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…
