Should you watch The Vow?
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The Vow
Documentary · 2020
The docuseries follows people deeply involved in the group NXIVM — which is faced with various charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy — over the course of several years.
The sides of The Vow
- Former NXIVM members telling their story
- A self-help group that hid a secret society
- Years of footage filmed from the inside
The Vow is good for you if…
- you want to understand how thoughtful people were drawn into NXIVM.
- you follow true crime through the eyes of those who walked away.
- you want to see how Keith Raniere controlled the people around him.
The Vow is bad for you if…
- you can't watch accounts of abuse, branding and coercion.
- you need momentum, and this story unfolds over many hours.
About: manipulation · belief · betrayal
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