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Cult Witness A Study of the Cultic Experience /

An intelligent exploration of how cults attract and manipulate their followers, this documentary shares the disturbing firsthand experiences of Cult Witness director Samuel Stefan and six others who have freed themselves from cults: Jill Mytton (The Exclusive Brethren), Jim Bergin and Judy Garvey (T...

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Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase
Other Authors: Stefan, Samuel
Format: Video
Language:English
German
French
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2010.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (70 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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505 0 |a Credits: Cult Witness: A Study of the Cultic Experience (0:43) -- Introduction to Samuel Stefan's Journey (2:37) -- Cultic Personality: Holy Grail of Researchers (2:12) -- Samuel Stefan's Search for Meaning (2:08) -- Cult Appeal: Someone Who Knows Me (4:32) -- Understanding Social Influence (1:46) -- Losing the Self to a Cult (1:50) -- Cult Leaders Influence Self-Beliefs (1:28) -- Growing Up in a Cult (2:12) -- Cult Leader Image: Regular Guy (1:40) -- Hypnotic Suggestion & Ritualized Behavior (1:03) -- Sexual Abuse in Cults (3:08) -- Trauma: Sexual Abuse of Children in Cults (3:28) -- Producing Cult Prophecies (3:01) -- Social Power: Potential Influence (3:33) -- Techniques of Control: Reward and Punishment (3:03) -- Renouncing Material Goods (2:38) -- Profile of a Cult Leader (2:23) -- Elvis Presley's Wife is in Heaven (1:57) -- Understanding Cult Indoctrination (4:54) -- Cult Culture (1:56) -- "Breaking My Will Every Day" (3:22) -- Cult Doctrine: "Separation from Evil" (5:09) -- Ex-Members' Family Reunion (1:57) -- Lessons From a Cult (3:04) -- Letting Go of the Past (2:36) -- Credits: Cult Witness: A Study of the Cultic Experience (1:09) 
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