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Amy Berg on 'Prophet's Prey' and 'An Open Secret'

With her new film Prophet's Prey, documentarian Amy Berg takes on the polygamous, fundamentalist arm of the Mormon Church. She tells us about encountering unwilling subjects and also addresses her Hollywood child sex abuse doc, An Open Secret.

By Kim Masters • Oct 3, 2015 • 29m Listen

Filmmaker Amy Berg's new documentary Prophet's Prey examines the FLDS church and their now-imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs. This breakaway, fundamentalist sect of the Mormon Church forces girls as young as 12 into polygamous marriages. Berg shares how she shot the film in hostile territory, and how she hopes the doc can potentially change lives. She also talks about her doc from this past summer, An Open Secret," which deals with allegations of sexual abuse of under-aged boys in the entertainment industry.

Photo: Filmmaker Amy Berg, conducting an interview for her new documentary Prophet's Prey

Kim Masters
partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”
Michael Schneider
Senior editor at Variety
Kaitlin Parker
Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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Amy Berg on 'Prophet's Prey' and 'An Open Secret'

With her new film Prophet's Prey, documentarian Amy Berg takes on the polygamous, fundamentalist arm of the Mormon Church. She tells us about encountering unwilling subjects and also addresses her Hollywood child sex abuse doc, An Open Secret.

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Amy Berg on 'Prophet's Prey' and 'An Open Secret'

With her new film Prophet's Prey, documentarian Amy Berg takes on the polygamous, fundamentalist arm of the Mormon Church. She tells us about encountering unwilling subjects and also addresses her Hollywood child sex abuse doc, An Open Secret.

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