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Summary:

"The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed documentary Going clear : Scientology and the prison of belief is a look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees. Following the Peabody Award-winning documentary Mea Maxima Culpa, his investigation into the Catholic Church, Gibney dives fully into one of the most secretive religions in the world in Going clear, exploring what members of Scientology are willing to do in the name of religion. The film touches on a wide range of aspects of the church from its origin, to an intimate portrait of the Church's founder L. Ron Hubbard, to its recruiting practices, to present day practices by church officials.

Contributors:

Gibney, Alex , film director

Content Media Corporation , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Ro*Co Films Educational (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Scientology — Doctrines

Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986

Scientology

Genres:

Motion pictures

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

System Details:

DVD.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a documentary film in 2015.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

GOI 2015 DVD

OCLC Numbers:

1053536945
918862188 [Invalid]