HOLY HELL

August 19 – 25
HOLY HELL
SCREENING: FRI 8/19 9:00; SUN 8/21 2:30; TUE 8/23 6:30; WED 8/24 4:00 & 9:00; THU 8/25 6:30

In 1985, recent film school graduate Will Allen became a member of The Buddhafield, a Los Angeles area religious cult. Also acting as the group’s official videographer, he began to document their activities, which centered on the mysterious leader they called Michel, or The Teacher. Over time, the group’s dark side began to surface as total devotion turned to paranoia, until finally, unexpected truths about their enlightened leader were revealed – all in front of Allen’s camera. This incredible, 22-year archive of video footage became the basis for Holy Hell. Peter DeBruge of Variety says, “Like watching a takedown of Hitler by a disillusioned Leni Reifenstahl, what emerges is one of the decade’s strangest and most unsettling documentaries.”
Dir: Will Allen / 2016 / US / 100 min / DCP

Tickets available at box office 30 minutes prior to showtime.