![]() "The Man with 80 Wives" provides a thorough overview of Jeffs and his polygamous followers as leads are tracked down from Phoenix, Salt Lake City, British Columbia and Eldorado, Texas. In a documentary that aired July 2006, "The Man with 80 Wives" follows a British journalist as he investigates the whereabouts of FLDS leader, Warren Jeffs. Two years before law enforcement raided the Yearning for Zion ranch, the documentary "Banking on Heaven" showed what life was like behind closed doors in the FLDS.Īccording to the movie's website, "Banking on Heaven reveals the corruption, the legislatures failure to help, the Mormon Church's role, and the plight of innocent members of the FLDS polygamous sect." ![]() Warren Jeffs is a man from the same ilk and the more predators like him are exposed from the low-lives they are, the better society will be.Filmmakers had ample material to work with in telling the story of the FLDS under Warren Jeffs.Ī powerful religious figure wanted by the FBI, a reclusive sect of followers whose women dress as if they've stepped out of the pages of a history book, controversial marriage practices and people ruled both by fear and faith.Įven before our national attention pivoted sharply in April 2008 toward a small pocket of land just outside Eldorado in Schleicher County, Texas, when 439 children were removed from the largest polygamous enclave in the United States, film producers had begun capturing life in the FLDS with these documentaries: Banking on Heaven, 2006 He got away with it because he manipulated his position and did good deeds in order to give him cover to do bad. It is perhaps especially pertinent for us here in the UK who are still living in the aftermath of the Jimmy Savile scandal where a children's television entertainer who was regarded by some as a national treasure, got away with years of paedophile abuse of kids of all ages. Amy Berg has put together a very powerful documentary about a subject many of us had not hitherto known about. The truth of course is that he sexually abused many children, often of alarmingly young ages and he simply has no answer to these accusations. His response is to repeat the words 'the Fifth Amendment' ad nauseam it seems that when it suits him he is happy to hide behind the technicalities of the laws of the United States, a country he was hitherto at pains to disassociate himself from before. Latterly, from his cell he is questioned by Berg on his actions. He is a hypocrite who indulged in many things he forbade his followers to do. Despite his claims to the opposite, Jeffs is a man with no morals at all and simply abused his power at every given opportunity. It has been included here to show us a deeply unpleasant truth and is not exploitative the full clip itself is seemingly harrowing. The horrible extent of this is revealed in a small segment of a clip of a recording of him raping one of his twelve year old wives. Jeffs paints himself as a prophet of God and was free to do as he pleased. The liberties he continued to take and the way in which he is still considered a martyr to many in the FLDS is an indication of the way a group of people can be programmed to believe almost anything if it is presented in the right way to them. Jeffs consistently comes across as a deeply creepy man, with his very sinister monotone voice anything but reassuring. The story is deeply unsettling and strange and shows that there is a form of extremely unpleasant religious fundamentalism of a Christian variety that is established within the United States itself. Scored with a very fitting downbeat minimalist music by Nick Cave, this is a well-made film which makes its point very clearly. Two men, private investigator Sam Brower and novelist Jon Krakauer, have dedicated considerable time in bringing Jeffs down, while film-maker Amy Berg has brought this story to the screen here with Prophet's Prey. Warren Jeffs in particular used the guise of religion to carry out a number of extremely evil acts most damningly he sexually abused and raped many children under his wing. The membership of the FLDS were to a large extent systematically brainwashed from birth to give maximum unquestioning obedience to their leaders in the priesthood and were banned from any contact with the outside world whatsoever. He implemented many restrictions on their lives and at his whim was at liberty to take away a members family, their home and all their money. Under his leadership there was a marked increased oppression of the FLDS followers. Jeffs himself had approximately seventy wives. It is most well-known for continuing the practice of polygamy. This organisation is one of the largest Mormon churches in America. This very disturbing documentary looks at Warren Jeffs the former president of the Fundamentalists of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). ![]()
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