The book of lone peak documentary about scientology

The film is based on the pulitzer prize winning journalist lawrence wrights book going clear. A new book delves into scientology lawrence wrights going clear. The book of lone peak is a short documentary about the lone peak high school basketball team and their. The film, which profiles a high school basketball team from the town of highland, utah, was made by new york citybased filmmaker ben altarescu and a fifteenyearold journalism student named zack samberg. Gordon melton has been an observer of the scientology movement, and the leading chapter is a reprint of meltons 2000 short book pamphlet on scientology. Scientology and me was a television documentary broadcast 14 may 2007 as part of the bbcs panorama series.

Scientology and the prison of belief attracted nearly 1. Reporter john sweeney visited the united states to investigate whether the church of scientology was becoming more mainstream. The book of lone peak a short documentary about the lone peak hs basketball team and their unexpected rise to the top. Its possible that hbos scientology documentary, going clear. The film premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival in park city, utah. Scientology and the prison of belief, a new documentary by alex gibney, who won an oscar for taxi to the dark side. The challenges of making a scientology documentary, according. Academy awardwinning director alex gibney profiles eight former members of the church of scientology, whose most prominent adherents include alist hollywood celebrities, shining a light on how the church cultivates true believers, detailing their experiences and what they are willing to do in the name of religion. I was thinking about some of these issues and then larry wright sent me his book going clear. Scientology and the prison of belief film wikipedia. The cult tried to sue the makers of documentaries, but was dismissed as an abuse of the courts. The documentary covers a good bit from that, but reading it will make you even more scaredangry as theres a ton they leave out.

Theres nothing in it that hasnt been said many times before. Famous followers extol its virtues but a series of suspicious deaths brings into question its treatment of their. Take a closer look at how a group of mormon basketball. Scientology is one of the worlds most controversial and secretive religions. Alex gibneys documentaries have tackled all sorts of controversial topics from wikileaks to enron to the sexual abuse in the catholic church. This is a documentary on last years national championship team. The book of lone peak is a short documentary about a predominantly mormon high school basketball team and its unexpected rise to the top. Directed by alex gibney and produced by hbo, it is based on lawrence wrights book going clear.

Scientology and me is a television documentary first broadcast on 14 may 2007 as part of the bbcs panorama series. Scientology and the prison of belief is a 2015 documentary film about scientology. Utahs lone peak surprisingly climbs to top of pack the new. Going clear is a mustsee scientology documentary bbc. Academy awardwinner alex gibney turns his gaze to scientology in this provocative documentary based on the book by pulitzer prize winner lawrence wright a tale of ego, exploitation and lust for. Carlton tv has a ball when the reporter ali braund was covered with a hidden camera in the organization of poole. Scientology film going clear is skys mostwatched documentary since 2012 emmywinning documentary that alleged abusive practices at the religions us hq scores success despite legal threats and. The 2012 national champion lone peak high school basketball team. It was published in march 2009 by oxford university press. Not known nationally as a traditional basketball powerhouse, the. Going clear is a must see scientology documentary alex gibneys documentary demystifies the powerful organisation. This is an incomplete bibliography of scientology and scientology related books produced within the church of scientology and its related organizations, containing all of the basic books and some other later works either compiled from other works by or written directly by l. The book of lone peak is a 21minute documentary, codirected by 14yearold high school student, zack samberg and new york based filmmaker, ben altarescu. Going clear watch the hbo original documentary hbo.

If you never have then you should read the book too. High school national champion lone peak players value. Ron hubbard recounts in a lecture so legendary, it has been. In addition to lewis, other contributors to the book include j. The book of lone peak is a 21minute documentary, codirected by 14yearold high school student, zack samberg and new york based. Scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief looks at. What is the impact of the hbo documentary film going. The book that going clear, the scientology documentary. Not known nationally as a traditional basketball powerhouse, the lone peak knights had what many considered to be the best basketball team in the state of utahs history going into the 2012 season.

Scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief 20. A short documentary about the lone peak hs basketball team and their unexpected rise to the top. Scientology, hollywood, and the prison of belief, which was published in january 20 and was a national book award finalist. Haws, marcus acton, braxton bruni, spencer curtis, eric mika, dylan hedin, talon shumway, braden miles, manager spencer bailey, asst. Why you need to see going clear, the new documentary on. Scientology and the prison of belief, alex gibneys documentary based on the book by the pulitzer prizewinning journalist lawrence wright, was a revelation to many and a certain. Head coach quincy lewis, assistant coach reed bromley, assistant coach alan bailey, t. Presented by john sweeney, it is a followup of his 2007 investigation into the church of scientology and features interviews with former highranking members of the organisation.

The book of lone peak is a short documentary about the lone peak high school basketball team and their unexpected rise to the top. A write up about a film the marketing of madness is described by this site as one sided and manipulative. I have researched scientology extensively and can say that this is a very poor documentary as it is so obviously one sided that even if i was not clued up on the subject, i would dismiss it due to its obvious tone. For more information go to the book of lone peak is a 21minute documentary, codirected by 14yearold high school student, zack samberg and new york based filmmaker, ben. The top training levels of scientology are now available at wikileaks, specifically the class 8 course and lectures transcripts are all available on wikileaks. They also used other sources to make this historic documentary on the church of scientology. Scientology and the prison of belief, didnt show you anything you didnt already know. Hbo to rerelease scientology documentary going clear in theaters oscarwinning director alex gibney directed the film based on the book by pulitzer prize winner lawrence wright kathy zerbib. In fact, the documentary s approach is relatively respectful. This is one of the most familiar and damning criticisms of scientology, attested to over and over again in wrights book, as well as others janet reitmans excellent inside scientology, for example. The secrets of scientology is a documentary which was broadcast on 28 september 2010 as part of the bbcs panorama documentary strand.