Trust Me: The False Prophet

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2026

Crime/detective
Lifestyle

Summary

Rachel Dretzin directs a four-part documentary series which lifts the veil on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) under the leadership of Warren Jeffs. Christine Marie and her videographer husband Tolga Katas move into Short Creek, Utah with the intention of infiltrating the FLDS, which has been described variously as a religious movement, sect and cult. In the absence of Jeffs, who is serving time in prison, the FLDS lacks clear leadership and a defined prophet. Self-proclaimed heir Samuel Bateman attempts to fill that void and the series combines first-hand accounts from inside the group with previous unseen footage to amplify the voices of women brave enough to speak up against Bateman's actions.

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Jack Seale

Film-makers become part of their own story in a documentary that is not what its authors originally intended. Cult expert Christine Marie and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas, arrive in Short Creek, Utah expecting to take in the aftermath of the imprisonment of Warren Jeffs, leader of the polygamist Mormon splinter group the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS).

When they find evidence of a new leader abusing his acolytes, they infiltrate the FLDS, but identifying the problem is relatively easy; getting cult members out of there is another matter.

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7.6/10