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#FirstLook: HBO’s Scientology Documentary Is Going To Be A Bombshell (And Not The Good Kind)

By Trey Speegle on February 20, 2015 2:52 pm

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World of Wonder’s Fenton Bailey attended the world premiere Sundance screening of the new HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief and gave us his take afterward here:

“If you suspected all along that Scientology is an evil pernicious religion, this film reaffirms that and adds plenty of added juicy details. I found especially fascinating how Scientology battled and actually beat the IRS, winning covetted tax exempt status as a religious organization. The film seemed to imply that Scientology was not a religion, but in terms of its greed, cruelty and delusional nonsense it seems to behave very much like one, exacting a terrible human price. Many reviews have already commended the testimony of the high-level defectors, but almost stealing the show for me was the clear-eyed testimony of Hollywood director Paul Haggis who by unsparingly sharing his shame gave us a step by beguiling step how the road to hell is paved with good intentions. It’s a tour de force and an especially brave one by director Alex Gibney because as the film makes chillingly clear the one thing they do not believe in is turning the other cheek. Thank goodness for HBO, Sheila Nevins and the army of 160 lawyers they have retained.”

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief premieres March 29 on HBO. Watch.

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