Wild Wild Country(2018)
dir. Chapman Way & Maclain Way
No narrator. Just charisma curdling into control.
Where to watch: Streaming on NetflixLetterboxd ↗
Six-part documentary on the Rajneeshpuram commune's rise in rural Oregon and its collapse into the largest bioterror attack in U.S. history.
Why it’s here
Neither side gets to narrate the other into villainy — Sheela, the ex-followers, and the Oregonians who fought back all get to make their own case, so the viewer has to do the actual work of separating charisma from control. Six hours of primary-source tape, no tidy verdict at the end.
Where This Film Lives
- Setting
- North America
- Themes
- authoritarianismcults
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