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“Cult Escape Artists: Podcast Interviews - Feature Documentary - Documentary Series”
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Banana Island Films
Follow the Witness Underground Podcast as we dive in to stories of artists escaping cults from around the globe.
Interviews by the director of Witness Underground with artists across the planet who escaped a cult, or went through an important personal transformation.
Film short synopsis:
Witness Underground is a feature documentary that reveals the insular DIY music community that emerged within a high-control cult. Music, fame, and success are typically forbidden in this faith, who instruct its members to “beware of independent thinking.”
The artists at the heart of the music scene have their faith tested in deeply personal ways. They battle for positive mental health and push the boundaries of their religion’s norms, where leaving means being banned from interacting with your entire family and social circle for life.
Although severely restricted, they create the record label Nuclear Gopher and produce over 30 albums of earnest and personal music that spans singer/songwriter, riot grrrl, psychedelic rock, pop, EDM, shoegaze, and post-rock. Carefully curated songs and live performances punctuate their stories of friendship, deep loss, and personal growth.
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