Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey | The Cult of Warren Jeffs and FLDS | Netflix
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Published 2022-06-30
The Netflix docuseries 'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' tells the chilling story of Warren Jeffs and his rise in the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), an offshoot of the mainstream Mormon church.
FLDS members practice polygamy and assign women husbands by divine revelation to the prophet, in this case, Warren Jeffs. The church turned into a cult under Jeffs' leadership, and its practices led to concerns from outsiders about underage marriage and statutory rape.
But no one was prepared for the shocking crimes perpetrated by Warren Jeffs himself, who remains the prophet of FLDS to the present day, despite being in prison.
The docuseries, directed and produced by Emmy-winning filmmaker Rachel Dretzin, looks at both the ways in which Warren and his father transformed the group, but also at the hunt for, and ultimately, conviction of Warren for crimes against children.
“The strongest thing about this story is that it tells you a lot about human nature and the ways that these things can happen.” - Rachel Dretzin
Time Stamps:
00:00 - The trailer for 'Keep Sweet: Prey and Obey.'
04:55 - A synopsis of what the docuseries is about.
06:09 - The main practices of the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
07:20 - Warren Jeffs and the disturbing practices he was involved with.
11:55 - What life was like for women in the FDLS.
14:28 - Who was responsible for unearthing the crimes that Warren Jeffs was involved in.
17:05 - The ‘chosen members’ Warren Jeffs brought to Texas.
22:45 - How people can be brainwashed to such a large extent.
24:57 - How Rachel Dretzin got involved with the making of 'Keep Sweet: Prey and Obey.'
28:39 - The difficulty of having victims relive their trauma for the documentary.
31:15 - The continuation of the FLDS and Warren Jeffs.
33:15 - The next projects Rachel Dretzin is working on.
Resources:
Keep Sweet: Prey and Obey (2022) www.netflix.com/gb/title/81292539
MovieMaker Magazine www.moviemaker.com/
Innersound Audio www.innersoundaudio.co.uk/
Connect with Rachel Dretzin:
IMDb imdb.com/name/nm0237606/
Twitter twitter.com/rdretzin
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All Comments (19)
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I was in a cult and I enjoyed this documentary. I also enjoyed Prophet's Prey. I still deal with some of the victims from the cult I was in; cults are nearly impossible to escape. You'd need absolute conviction and surreal drive, bordering unattainable. I feel like this documentary did a good job at depicting the psychological struggle; detailing what your leaving behind in your efforts to escape - your fam, friends, inner-circle - gone. Relationships? Gone. Your ranking in the social hierarchy? Gone. Most people would not be able to leave all that behind, whereas I was forced to. I was what the FLDS would refer to as either an apostate, one of the 'Lost Boys' or perhaps the newly coined, "Poofer."
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Warren Jeffs has sons and grandsons and they need to keep the population growing, someone needs to keep tabs.
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Warren Jeffs still is in power and is allowed to contact FLDS members. They have changed their locations, and he moved out his people. Don't stop pursuing him. Monitor his phone calls to church staff and shut him down completely. Share all the info with Canadian authorities.
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This isn’t the first time that they have been in trouble for this. Child bride from short creek was a movie (that is on YouTube) about the raid in the 50s.
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I didn't even know the flds existed until I saw the show Breaking the Faith on TLC in 2013!! I can't believe what Warren has put those people through!!! So glad you got out!!!!
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These men were/are predators. What they did to these young girls/women is atrocious. Where does it say in the bible that Jesus said marrying a bunch of women is okay.
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BTW really enjoyed the podcast with Racheal dritzen 😉😊😊😊🥰
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Hello Rachel from Utah! a hidden gem eh?
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Tell us about Roberta and Beth Stubbs (Both sisters of Pennie Peterson) and Tamera Phelps.
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I need to reach out as I’m one of those girls dressed as a milk maid in blue. Who can I talk to about the usage of that picture??? I’ve left and but those picture I feel shouldn’t have been used.
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Understanding the keep sweet rule ... I observed that several girls/women were not smiling in the group photo and appeared quite stressed.
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0:23 The STATE of THAT.
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rachel forgot her hat.
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They all like weird crap
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why did the state take away the children from their mothers ?
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So he doesn't sound like the guy from poltergeist
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Modern Mohamad
