The Family
Inside one of Australia's most notorious cults
2016 | 98m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Rosie Jones |
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| Writer: | Rosie Jones |
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| Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 30, 2016 |
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| Director: | Rosie Jones |
| Writer: | Rosie Jones |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | child abuse, manipulation, investigation, lsd, australia, religious cult, stolen child, drug, santiniketan park association |
| Production Companies | BBC, Screen Australia, Dogwoof, Film Victoria, Big Stories |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Jordan Fraser-Trumble | Detective Lex De Man (young) |
| Anne Hamilton-Byrne | Herself (archive footage) |
| Bill Hamilton-Byrne | Himself (archive footage) |
| Lex De Man | Himself (interview) |
| Name | Job |
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| Rosie Jones | Director, Writer |
| Lex De Man | Consulting Editor |
| Jane Usher | Editor |
| Jaems Grant | Director of Photography |
| Livia Ruzic | Sound Designer |
| Keith Thomas | Sound Designer |
| Mark Tarpey | Sound Recordist |
| Anna Grieve | Production Manager |
| Aida Innocente | Production Manager |
| Name | Title |
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| Rosie Jones | Co-Producer |
| Anna Grieve | Producer |
| Barbara Ghammashi | Executive Producer |
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