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The Love Prophet and the Children of God

  • 19981998
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6.4/10
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The Love Prophet and the Children of God (1998)
Documentary
The Love Prophet and the Children of God is a riveting inside look at one of the world's most enigmatic religious movements and its infamous founder, David Berg.The Love Prophet and the Children of God is a riveting inside look at one of the world's most enigmatic religious movements and its infamous founder, David Berg.The Love Prophet and the Children of God is a riveting inside look at one of the world's most enigmatic religious movements and its infamous founder, David Berg.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
30
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  • Director
    • Abbey Neidik
  • Writer
    • Paul Cowan
  • Stars
    • David Berg(archive footage)
    • Faith Berg
    • Jane Berg
  • Director
    • Abbey Neidik
  • Writer
    • Paul Cowan
  • Stars
    • David Berg(archive footage)
    • Faith Berg
    • Jane Berg
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    • 1User review
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    David Berg
    David Berg
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Faith Berg
    • Self (David Berg's daughter)
    • (as Faith Berg Fischer)
    Jane Berg
    • Self (David Berg's wife)
    Merry Berg
    • Self (granddaughter of David Berg)
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Mene)
    Rick Book
    • Narrator
    Christopher Carruthers
    • Self (as Simon Peter)
    John D.
    • Self (ex-member)
    Steven David
    • Self (ex-member)
    Steven Ferguson
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Shelly H.
    • Self (ex-member)
    Sam Halbert
    • Self (ex-member)
    Steven Douglas Kelly
    • Self (former secretary to David Berg)
    • (as Peter Amsterdam)
    Eden Lieberman
    • Self (member)
    Rebecca Newlove
    • Self (member)
    Paul Pelloquin
    • Self
    Kay Spain
    • Self (member)
    Aron Tager
    Aron Tager
    • David Berg
    • (voice)
    Woodie Terrell
    • Self (ex-member)
    • Director
      • Abbey Neidik
    • Writer
      • Paul Cowan
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    intriging and I think very worthwhile but . . .
    I don't see how this documentary could be out for over 20 years, get nominated for an award at the leading documentary film festival in North America, and get a Gold Plaque at some other competition (so the description here says), and then on imdb get only 14 voles with no user review until now with mine. It presented to me a very good and seemingly thorough history of the Children of God up to when this documentary came out. I came out of this documentary with a very positive impression of the organization despite certain "problems". We can understand its phenomenal growth and how people become wedded so to speak for so many years and even owe their sanity and well-being to the teachings of David Berg. In its first 4 years it is said to have established 130 communities worldwide with tens of thousands of members. This said, I think one should absolutely also watch another documentary, Crime Killer: the Story of Rick Rodriguez, which came out 9 years later. By virtue of viewing both documentaries we can see how people get drawn into what may appropriately be called a cult, adamantly believe in it, and how also a great many lives become destroyed and an appalling number of members or former members commit suicide as a result of their experience. Absolutely, absolutely see both documentaries. Read the article on the Children of God (now The Family International) on Wikipedia. And by all this you can learn some important things about life.
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      • 1998 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
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      • DLI Productions
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Laurel, Maryland, USA
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      • DLI Productions
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      • CFCF 12
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