Laptop Cinema Club: SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT

Join us for a look into the making of SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT with India Oxenberg (Subject/ Executive Producer), Cecilia Peck (Director/ Producer), and Inbal Lessner (Editor/Producer)

SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT SEDUCED is a four part documentary series available on STARZ which takes the viewer through first hand experiences of how intelligent people can unknowingly fall prey to cults or “high control groups.”

Groups like NXIVM, the cult at the center of this series, masquerade as legitimate organizations offering self help classes, professional workshops, spiritual guidance, or other practices. SEDUCED is based around the harrowing first person account of India Oxenberg’s journey through the self-help group turned destructive sex cult, and features a group of courageous women whose experiences in NXIVM bring context and perspective to India’s story. The series explores NXIVM’s deft and alluring recruitment process, and how gradual indoctrination through the curriculum worked to hijack the brains of its members.

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