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Cult Witness A Study of the Cultic Experience
Title
Cult Witness [electronic resource (video)] : A Study of the Cultic Experience / produced and directed by Samuel Stefan.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2010.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (70 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 22, 2010.
Closed-captioned.
Portions in German and French with English subtitles.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
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 (The Gentle Wind Project), Lea Saskia Laasner (The Janus Project), and Celeste Jones and Amoreena Winkler (The Children of God). Analytical insights into the cultic experience are provided by leadership expert Betty Sue Flowers; Benjamin Zablocki, chair of the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University; UCLA Professor Emeritus Bertram Raven, an expert on interpersonal influence and social power relationships; psychotherapist Miguel Perlado, who specializes in cult-related problems; and Urs Eschmann, a specialist in legal issues involving cults.
Variant and related titles
Study of the Cultic Experience
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Stefan, Samuel, 2010.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English; German; French
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Mode of access: Internet.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
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)
Videorecording number
42203 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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