If you have not seen this already it is well worth a watch.
Brutally traumatic and captures very well one of the biggest issues in this cult.
Debutante - Award-Winning Short Film
by notsurewheretogo 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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under the radar
This is an excellent short film with every bit of the quality of a full-length motion picture. I would love to see a follow-up to explore what happened next in this young girl's life.
As far as I can tell, they got just about every detail of the JW interrogation process correct.
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slimboyfat
It was overall good, but a couple of parts in the dialogue I found unrealistic.
I doubt a JW elder would say “Jehovah is right here in the room”, or “no one will ever speak to you again, you’ll be an outcast”. I mean it’s not impossible that some JW elder would say that, because these situations play out many thousands of times, and some proportion of them is bound to be whacky and atypical, but it would be unusual wording because JWs don’t usually talk about Jehovah being “in the room”, or say disfellowshipped people will never be spoken to “ever again”, or use the word “outcast”.
The part of the self-righteous young brother who convinces the girl to shun her father, has sex with her, then dumps her to save himself, is all too believable!
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NotFormer
The non-regular wording is probably meant to be explanatory to outsiders who wouldn't know the "proper" turns of phrase or procedures.
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Balaamsass2
I have heard of worse interrogations. A very well done short film that captures the pain, angst, and humiliation of the situation.
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Vanderhoven7
Mom's reaction says it all.
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LostintheFog1999
I knew of one committee where the chairman pointed to an empty chair in the room and actually said to everyone present "That chair is for Jesus the head of the congregation who is sitting in it invisibly". As one of the other elders on that committee I had never been on one with this brother before, and can remember thinking what planet is this brother on. It didn't get any better believe me. It was an embarrassment to be there.