![]() The documentary is based heavily on two books, Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer, and Prophet's Prey by Sam Brower, both of whom serve as producers for the film. Prophet's Prey premiered on Showtime on October 10 and the film centers around the FLDS, the secluded polygamist Mormon sect, and its leader, Warren Jeffs. Now, Showtime is throwing it's hat into the ring with the premiere of Prophet's Prey, a look into the life of child rapist/cult leader Warren Jeffs, imprisoned leader of the breakaway Mormon sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS for short. This year has been the year of the cult exposé, with Alex Gibney's Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief premiering on HBO earlier this year. Retrieved March 10, 2021.Prophet’s Prey airs on tonight, but Amy Berg fears that Warren Jeffs is still in control, even from prison - VANITY FAIR October 10, 2015 ^ "Showtime Documentary Films Sets Premiere Date for Prophets Prey"."AFI DOCS 2015 Lineup Features Albert Maysles, Alex Gibney and More". "Sundance: 'Prophet's Prey' Director Says Warren Jeffs is 'More Powerful From Prison' ". "Amy Berg's 'Prophet's Prey': Sundance Review - Hollywood Reporter". "Sundance 2015: Amy Berg Discusses 'Prophet's Prey' and Acquiring New Footage of Warren Jeffs". Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay - Nominated.The site's critical consensus reads, "Prophet's Prey finds documentarian Amy Berg striking again at evil masquerading as righteousness - and, as she did with Deliver Us from Evil, hitting her targets with impressive precision." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 77 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It holds a 93% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 27 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.00/10. ![]() Prophet's Prey received positive reviews from film critics. The film was released in a limited release on September 18, 2015, followed by a broadcast on Showtime on October 10, 2015. It also screened at AFI Docs on June 18, 2015. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2015. The two make engaging if contrasting guides through the complex story, with Krakauer coming across as the wisecracking, cerebral counterpoint to Brower's burly man-of-action. īoth Brower and Krakauer are heavily featured as witnesses-the film argues they played a major role in Jeffs's capture-and the men take consulting producer and executive producer credits respectively. It was released in a limited release on September 18, 2015, followed by broadcast on Showtime on October 10, 2015.īerg was approached by Sam Brower and Jon Krakauer with the idea for the film. Ron Howard serves as an executive producer under his Imagine Entertainment banner. The film is an adaption of the 2011 book of the same name by Sam Brower, who also serves as a producer on the film. The film follows Warren Jeffs, the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, who is now running the religion from the confines of the Texas state prison, serving out a life sentence, for the rape of young girls. Prophet's Prey is a 2015 American documentary directed and written by Amy J.
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