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deadline.comBBC Picks Up New Zealand Cult Doc ‘Escaping Utopia’ The BBC has picked up a premium doc series on a group of people’s clandestine escape from a New Zealand cult.
Escaping Utopia is a three-part investigation into Gloriavale Christian Community – New Zealand’s extreme religious cult – and the true stories of people attempting to break free.
Fifth Season has sold the series to the BBC along with MTV OY (Finland), SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark) and Movistar Plus+ (Spain).
Featuring newly-revealed information, the series from Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand documents the intricate planning that went into escapes from Gloriavale – with access to its inner workings, the unravelling of its leadership and the pursuit of justice by a passionate and dedicated resistance movement gaining momentum outside.
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