Join Us

"There are thousands of cults in America... This is the story of one."

Jun 23 2007 Not Rated 1h 40m
Documentary

At the Mountain Rock Church in South Carolina, Pastor Raimund Melz leads a small Christian cult that justifies brutal actions like child abuse with the words of the Old Testament. Documentarian Ondi Timoner focuses on one family in particular, who left the church with plans to file charges against Melz before eventually checking into a one-of-a-kind cult treatment center. Timoner's film follows their journey as they receive psychological help and then return home to confront their former pastor.

Plot

Award winning filmmaker, Ondi Timoner, follows four families as they leave an abusive church in South Carolina and realize they have been in a cult. The film documents them as they enter Wellspring, the only accredited, live-in cult treatment facility in the world, where they learn the true extent of the brainwashing they have all experienced. Eventually they return home to bring the Pastor and his wife to justice and try to begin to rebuild their damaged lives.

Written by

Ondi Timoner

Directed by

Ondi Timoner

Cast

Raymund Melz, Deborah Melz, Joaquin Sullivan

Crew

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Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
JOIN US - trailer
Scores
# of Votes
152
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA