Deprogrammed

5.8
2015
1h 30m
Released
Documentary

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.

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Director: Mia Donovan

Cast: Ted Patrick, Mia Donovan, Matthew Robinson, Aaron Christ, Steve Capellini, Stephen A. Kent, Jim Siegelman, Flo Conway

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