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The Cult Next Door

The Cult Next Door

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 26, 2017

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Cult Next Door

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Vanessa Engle

Description

In 2013, three women emerged from a flat in Brixton. They had been held there for decades by Aravindan Balakrishnan, a revolutionary Maoist who controlled the women with brainwashing techniques and tales of a sinister, world-controlling machine he called 'Jackie'.