
DEPROGRAMMED chronicles Ted 'Black Lightning' Patrick's anti-cult crusade. His practice of 'deprogramming', also known as 'reverse brainwashing', started in the early 1970s and quickly snowballed into a vast underground movement composed of concerned parents, ex-cultist-turned-deprogrammers and some sympathetic law-enforcers whose mission was to physically and mentally remove individuals from 'cults'.... (Full plot summary below)
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DEPROGRAMMED chronicles Ted 'Black Lightning' Patrick's anti-cult crusade. His practice of 'deprogramming', also known as 'reverse brainwashing', started in the early 1970s and quickly snowballed into a vast underground movement composed of concerned parents, ex-cultist-turned-deprogrammers and some sympathetic law-enforcers whose mission was to physically and mentally remove individuals from 'cults'.
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| We Got This CoveredAdam A. DonaldsonFor anyone interested in the notion of how belief can corrupt as well as save, or perhaps hold a more extreme atheistic view of any organized faith, then this is the documentary for you. |
| Montreal GazetteKathryn GreenawayDonovan's film would have been interesting enough if it were just a history lesson, but it goes deeper, exploring the eerie disconnect that takes place when people hand over the reins of their brains to an outside force. |
| User ReviewIan TVery interesting subject matter but very unstructured film making. It doesn't seem like a story or a perspective just a series of scenes. |
| User ReviewJames MIn the early 70's-80's at the height of "New Religious Movements" parents get Ted Patrick to "deprogram" their adult children from being in a cult. Kidnapping, brainwashing, intimidation - that's not just the cult's method, it's Ted Patrick's method! |