Underplayed Gems

Banking on Heaven (2005)

Banking on Heaven poster
Directed by
Dot Reidelbach
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary exposes the largest polygamous enclave in the United States and its leader Warren Jeffs. It interviews escapees, excommunicated members, law enforcement, and politicians about what can be done to help the women in the FLDS church.

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What happens

Banking on Heaven is a documentary film which exposes the largest polygamous enclave in the United States (located in Colorado City, Arizona) and its leader, Warren Jeffs. Banking on Heaven was directed by Dot Reidelbach and written, produced, and narrated by Laurie Allen, who escaped a similar polygamous sect at age sixteen (her uncle was Ervil LeBaron). Banking on Heaven focuses on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church), a schismatic polygamous sect of the Latter Day Saint movement that (at the time of the creation of the film) existed in Colorado City, Arizona. The documentary holds interviews with many escapees as well as those that have been excommunicated from the church. The documentary also interviews law enforcement as well as Utah and Arizona State politicians and poses questions on what can be done to rescue or help the women of the FLDS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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