Despite the recent Netflix expose of the Rajneesh aka Osho sex cult little has come to surface about the horrendous and widespread child abuse at the Osho schools and ashrams etc. from Pune to the U.S. to Europe and to the U.K. And which is STILL going on.

Now a mayor new documentary film is due to be released detailing the horrific sexual abuse that was experienced by three now adult victims.

[lilydunn.co.uk]

CHILDREN OF THE CULT

At the start of October there will be an international cinema release of a documentary, Children of the Cult, which I helped develop, after which it will air on ITV Exposure (13th October, 2024).

It is directed by award-winning filmmaker Maroesja Perizonius, and Alice McShane, and produced by award-winning David Modell. I am consultant producer.

Children of the Cult is a deeply personal investigation into the Rajneesh movement, of which my father was a member. One of the world’s biggest and most successful cults, it had communes in more than 30 countries in the 1970s and 1980s and was immortalised in the Netflix series Wild Wild Country. Perizonius’ unforgettable film reveals a shocking central truth about the organisation that has long been concealed.

Perizonius, herself a child of the communes, travelled around the world connecting and interviewing other commune children, recording their testimonies in a documentary that uncovers the truth that Wild Wild Country failed to tell <1>.

So many of the children who grew up with parents who were disciples of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (also known as Osho) were shocked that there was no mention of the damage the Rajneesh cult did to families and specifically the children.

Children of the Cult evolved from a friendship between me and Maroesja, but it was made possible by the flood of testimonies that appeared on Facebook pages by those who had grown up in the communes and suffered extreme neglect and abuse. Maroesja and I met during the pandemic after I watched her first film, Child of the Commune (2004)<2>, while doing research for my memoir, Sins of My Father.

Together we hatched a plan to shine a light on these crucial stories. It took years to find the right production company to bring this film into being. I am thrilled that it will finally receive the audience it deserves.

Children of the Cult will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 4th October, with a preview at London’s Curzon Soho on 2nd October, followed by a Q&A discussion with director, Maroesja Perizonius.
Part retrospective, part unfolding investigation, this film tells the barely believable story of the treatment of children within the cult—children who grew up in an environment where sex was pervasive, where they were separated from their parents, and where there were no boundaries. Cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh built an entirely new society with its own moral code, where terrible crimes against children were facilitated and normalised.

The organisation still thrives today, now renamed Osho, profiting from Bhagwan’s teachings, yet no one has been held accountable for the harm caused to children in its communes around the world. In the course of her unflinching investigation, Perizonius unmasks perpetrators and demands answers from the closest members of the cult’s inner circle.

If you want to read more about how this film came into being, you can read this here <3>

For more information please contact:
Yung Kha / yungkha.pr@gmail.com
+44 7788 546 706

ABOUT MAROESJA PERIZONIUS

Maroesja Perizonius is a Dutch director and writer with a background in journalism and copywriting. After working as an assistant documentary producer she directed her debut in 2004. In CHILD OF THE COMMUNE <4> she spoke with her mother about joining a cult at a very young age. The film was broadcast all over Europe and won the prize for the best debut.
As a writer Maroesja published a memoir about living in a cult which was translated to German. She lives in Amsterdam with her family.

DARTMOUTH FILMS

Dartmouth Films are pioneers in Britain of independent documentaries—finding new ways of funding, making and distributing films which have impact.

Recent titles include the 2022 summer box office success ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR, winner of the 2022 Screen Awards for Best Documentary Campaign of the year. Grierson-nominated and the UK’s 2022 entry to the Oscars® DYING TO DIVORCE, BAFTA-winning MEN WHO SING and BIFA-winning CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND. Non-theatrical successes include RESILIENCE, which had a direct impact on the health policy objectives of the Scottish government, and MAGIC MEDICINE, which continues to be used as a crucial resource in cross-party efforts to reform drug policy.

Website: dartmouthfilms.com
Instagram: dartmouth.films
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For Rajneesh in the above read Osho - same person.



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