Product Overview
An expanded and updated version of Rosie Jones' 2016 documentary on the notorious Australian cult, this year's three-part ABC documentary series gives greater space to its survivors' emotionally charged testimony while remaining a harrowing depiction of corruption and injustice. Yet the figure of cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne remains elusive, with her central presence in the series subverting true-crime tropes and gender stereotypes, as Felicity Ford argues.
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