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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 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…

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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 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…

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BBC Picks Up New Zealand Cult Doc ‘Escaping Utopia’

October 31, 2024: | 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…

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Escaping Utopia – Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust – Decult

October 10, 2024: | Banana Island Films | In this special episode of the Decult Takeover Series, I’m joined by Liz Gregory, the founder of the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust, who plays a crucial role in helping survivors of the notorious Gloriavale Christian Community in New Zealand. Liz and her work are featured…

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Escaping Utopia – Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust – Decult

October 3, 2024: | Banana Island Films | Interviewee in the new film Escaping Utopia – and founder of Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust joined me in the Decult Takeover series for the ramp up to Decult Cult Awareness Conference in Christchurch New Zealand. Get your live stream tickets now for the Decult Cult…

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Leavers’ Feedback on the DocuSeries – Escaping Utopia

April 19, 2024: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). I have spoken to a lot of leavers since the Escaping Utopia DocuSeries went to air, and the vast majority…

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Podcast Dissection of the Gloriavale DocuSeries – Escaping Utopia

April 19, 2024: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). There has been ample opportunity for dissection on the Escaping Utopia Docuseries recently, and I wanted to share with you…

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Reflections on the Gloriavale DocuSeries Escaping Utopia

April 19, 2024: Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers, current members or the Trust). As predicted the 3 part docuseries Escaping Utopia brought the Gloriavale issue front and centre into the living rooms of…

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Hot Picks: Escaping Utopia

April 5, 2024: | Broadcast | ‘As a contemporary cult story, this is unlike anything I have ever seen’ Distributor Fifth SeasonProducer Warner Bros International Television Production New ZealandLength 3 x 60 minutesBroadcaster TVNZ (New Zealand) Into the thriving sub-genre of documentaries about cults comes Escaping Utopia, a three-part exposé of the Gloriavale Christian Community, which operates on New Zealand’s South Island. Co-director Natalie Malcon is no…

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Escaping Utopia reveals ‘a whole other level of what the hell’ to Gloriavale

March 27, 2024: | The Spinoff | Anke Richter | The new docuseries reveals shocking new information about the global expansion of the cult – which somehow still has charitable status in New Zealand. When I visited Gloriavale for the first time to endure their last concert – a Disney-style variety show with overtones of…

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

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

BBC Picks Up New Zealand Cult Doc ‘Escaping Utopia’

Escaping Utopia – Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust – Decult

Escaping Utopia – Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust – Decult

Leavers’ Feedback on the DocuSeries – Escaping Utopia

Podcast Dissection of the Gloriavale DocuSeries – Escaping Utopia

Reflections on the Gloriavale DocuSeries Escaping Utopia

Hot Picks: Escaping Utopia

Escaping Utopia reveals ‘a whole other level of what the hell’ to Gloriavale

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