Review by thesiouxfallskid

I don't see how this documentary could be out for over 20 years, get nominated for an award at the leading documentary film festival in North America, and get a Gold Plaque at some other competition (so the description here says), and then on imdb get only 14 voles with no user review until now with mine. It presented to me a very good and seemingly thorough history of the Children of God up to when this documentary came out. I came out of this documentary with a very positive impression of the organization despite certain "problems". We can understand its phenomenal growth and how people become wedded so to speak for so many years and even owe their sanity and well-being to the teachings of David Berg. In its first 4 years it is said to have established 130 communities worldwide with tens of thousands of members. This said, I think one should absolutely also watch another documentary, Crime Killer: the Story of Rick Rodriguez, which came out 9 years later. By virtue of viewing both documentaries we can see how people get drawn into what may appropriately be called a cult, adamantly believe in it, and how also a great many lives become destroyed and an appalling number of members or former members commit suicide as a result of their experience. Absolutely, absolutely see both documentaries. Read the article on the Children of God (now The Family International) on Wikipedia. And by all this you can learn some important things about life.