Deprogrammed (2015)
Ted "Black Lightning" Patrick's 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-cultists-turned-deprogrammers and some sympathetic law-enforcers whose mission was to physically and mentally remove individuals from cults.
- Released
- 2015-04-26
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mia Donovan
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 21 votes
Cast
- Ted Patrick as Self - Deprogrammer
- Mia Donovan as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Matthew Robinson as Self
- Aaron Christ as Self - The Christ Family
- Steve Capellini as Self - Former member of The Unification Church (Moonies)
- Stephen A. Kent as Self - Professor of New Religions
- Jim Siegelman as Self - Author
- Flo Conway as Self - Author
- Cheryl Prokosh as Self - Former member of The Christ Family
- Kathy Crampton as Self - Former member of the Love Family
- Rick Alan Ross as Self - Deprogrammer/Cult Expert
- Dan Eyink as Self - Rudrananda Ashram
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