The Cult Next Door (2017)
In 2013, three women emerged from a flat in Brixton. They had been held there for decades by Aravindan Balakrishnan, a revolutionary Maoist who controlled the women with brainwashing techniques and tales of a sinister, world-controlling machine he called 'Jackie'.
- Date of release
- 2017-01-26
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Vanessa Engle
Casting
- Aravindan Balakrishnan — cult leader
- Chanda Balakrishnan
- Yvonne Hall
- Aisha Wahab — Victim
- Peter Clement — Prosecutor
- Paul Flewers
- Rosie Morgan-Davies
- Josephine Herivel — Victim
- Rosie Morgan-Davies — Victim
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