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That chummy persistence serves him well in my scientology movie, an offbeat attempt to illuminate the churchs psychological grip. Nov 27, 2016 sunday, 27 november 2016 by graham pierrepoint. Directed by alex gibney and produced by hbo, it is based on lawrence wrights book going clear. The church of scientology has not returned usa today s. Mar 02, 2017 for years my dream was that i might be the first journalist to find another, more positive side of the church, he says, quixotically, at the beginning of my scientology movie. Scientology and the prison of belief is a 2015 documentary film about scientology.
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