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Television coverage

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Title Date Length Size

2000s

CNN Newsroom: Born into a cult 2007-12-05

CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Twisted Cult (Download: AVI) 2007-12-04 00:09:59 32M
KFMB-TV: Father Wins Custody Of 5-Year-Old In Sex Cult Case 2007-11-28

ABC News Nightline: Faith Matters: The Tragic Legacy of the Children of God (Download: AVI) 2007-11-01 00:11:43 37M
Ireland AM: Born Into A Cult (Download: AVI) 2007-08-10 00:18:32 58.6M
BBC - Heaven and Earth - Children of God (Download: AVI) 2007-07-22 00:11:58 38.1M
KGTV: Former Members of Children of God Speak Out (Download: AVI) 2007-04-28 00:04:38 14.71M
Montel Williams: Escaping A Cult (Download: AVI) 2007-02-06 40:24 127MB
ABC News 20/20: Revenge Against Religious Sect (Download: AVI) 2007-02-02 41:52 131MB
CBS Local News San Diego: Judge Denies Motion To Ban Media From Sex Cult Case 2006-10-16 2:23 6.3MB
Fox News: The O'Reilly Factor: Child Custody Dispute in San Diego 2006-10-11 4:49 37.2MB
CBS Local News San Diego: Judge Orders Site Inspection of Sex Cult 2006-09-29 3:10 5.3MB
Montel Williams: Sex Abuse and Mind Control: Raised in a Cult (Download: AVI WMV) 2005-10-24 40:56 128.8MB
Featured video icon60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts 2005-10-16 15:59 64.8MB
CBS Local News San Diego: 'The Family' Religious Sect Has Ties to San Diego 2005-10-03 3:16 5.9MB
Dr. Phil: The Family Cult Escapees (Download: WMV) 2005-10-03 36:59 93.8MB
60 Minutes New Zealand: The Children of God 2005-08-22 27:15 81.7MB
Dateline NBC: A Child Lost 2005-08-19 17:24 46.5MB
FOX: A Current AffairTabloid overview of The Family and Ricky Rodriguez. (Download: AVI) 2005-05-09 11:05 31.6MB
CBS Local News San Diego: FBI Launches Investigation Into Sex Cult 2005-04-04 2:56 5.3MB
CBS Local News San Diego: People Raised in Sex Cult Gather for Memorial 2005-03-26 2:03 3.7MB
CBS Local News San Diego: Religious Sect Has Ties to Two Local Charities 2005-02-17 4:00 7.2MB
CBS Local News San Diego: Cult Member Responds to Abuse Allegations 2005-02-11 3:38 6.5MB
CBS Local News San Diego: Dulzura Charity Funded Accused Child Molester 2005-02-10 3:21 6MB
ABC Primetime Live: Tale of the Tape 2005-01-27 18:36 46.7MB
CNN Anderson Cooper 360°: Murder-Suicide Leads to Secretive Cult 2005-01-18 20:43 52.5MB
ABC Good Morning America: Family International Cult Under Scrutiny After Murder-Suicide 2005-01-18

ITV: This Morning (Download: AVI) 2004-11-11 11:50 37MB
Featured video iconDateline NBC: Losing FaithOn estranged children of cults. Focuses on Julia McNeil's life in and after The Family. (Download: WMV) 2004-07-16 16:26 41.7MB

1990s

ABC ExtraZack Prendergast "Parent of the Year" controversy. 1999-08-06 3:12 1.2MB
GMTV:News Hour: Children of God (Download: AVI Ogg Theora) 1994-11-01 8:46 24MB, 59MB
ITV:This Morning: Children of God (Download: AVI Ogg Theora) 1994-11 8:28 27MB, 49MB
NBC Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric (Download: AVI) 1993-09-08 14:27 38.3MB
CBS News with Paula Zahn 1993-09-03 1:47 5.7MB

CNN Headline News

1993-09-03 3:07 10.7MB
American Journal with Nancy Glass (Download: AVI) 1993-09 7:33 23.6MB

1980s

ABC News 20/20: To Bring Her Children HomeVivian Shillander's story of removing her children from The Family. (Download: WMV AVI) 1988-07-15 29:27 52.8MB, 94.1MB
 » Discovery Channel: The Justice FilesBrief update on the Shillanders (duplicate footage from 20/20 removed). 1993 4:26 5.7MB

1970s

CBS Evening News: Jesus Movement Spreading to England (Download:AVI) 1973-04-26 5:23 16.8MB
NBC Evening News: Children of God (Download:AVI) 1972-03-05 3:48 11.8MB

French

France 3: Des racines et des ailes: La secte oubliée
2001-10-10
0:43:18.896
117M
France 2: Jugement
1997-05-06
0:00:19.352
1.1M
France 3: Tout images: secte enfants de dieu
1997-05-06
0:00:25.115
996K
France 3: Secte Enfants de Dieu
1997-05-4
0:02:05.758
5.8M
France 2: Enfants de Dieu 5
1993-08-13
0:02:15.902
6.2M
France 2: Envoye Special: Les Enfants de Dieu
1993-06-17
0:34:21.826
92M
France 2: Process - Enfants de Dieu
1993-06-17
0:02:07.794
6M
France 2: Extratit Envoye Special: Les Enfants de Dieu
1993-06-17
0:01:22.782
4.1M
France 2: Espagne - Secte - Proces
1993-06-17
0:02:41.528
7.4M
France 2: Enfants de Dieu 4
1993-06-11
0:01:31.624
4.4M
France 2: Enfants de Dieu 3
1993-06-11
0:01:16.743
3.6M
France 2: Enfants de Dieu 2
1993-06-10
0:01:31.391
4M
France 3: aujourd'hui: secte
1993-06-09
0:01:05.990
2.2M
France 2: Enfants de Dieu 1
1993-06-09
0:02:11.397
5.9M
France 2: Arrestation Secte
1993-06-09
0:01:31.858
4.3M
Télé Française 1: Les Sectes (1985)
1985-04-09
0:04:13.086
12M
France 2: Invitée témoin
1985-04-09
0:03:39.319
8.4M
Télé Française 1: Les sectes (1982)
1982-11-08
0:20:44.676
66M
France 2: Aujord Hui Magazine: Les Nouveaux Prophetes
1978-04-11
0:27:53.772
89M
Office Radio Télévision France 2: Les Enfants de Dieu
1974-01-06
0:13:42.321
37M

Spanish

Telemundo: Cara a Cara con Maria Laria: Niños de Dios II
1993-10
0:44:53.457
143M
KVEA-TV: Telemundo 52: Denuncia
1993-09
0:00:48.181
2.8M
Univision: Noticias y Más: Secta
1993-09
0:00:34.934
2.2M
Noticieros Telemundo: Secta
1993-09
0:02:35.12
8.3M
KMEX-TV: Noticias Univision 34: Escándalo
1993-09
0:02:27.247
8M
Telemundo: Ocurrió Así: Josefina Bravo y Joyanne Treadwell Berg
1993-09
0:28:02.213
89M
Telemundo: Ocurrió Así: La Secta De La Perversión
1993-09
0:07:46.866
25M
Telemundo: Ocurrió Así: Lo Mejor De Lo Mejor: Escándalo en Argentina
1993-09
0:03:24.871
11M
Telemundo: Cara a Cara con Maria Laria: Fui Prostituida En Una Secta
1991-07-02
0:28:02.480
88M

Documentaries

Title Date Length Size
Egomania: The Cult Leader (Download: AVI Ogg Theora) 2007-02-05 8:57 (clip) 27.5M, 35.3M
Children of God: Lost and Found (Download: Trailer- AVI) 2007-01-19 Trailer: 2:58 30.5MB
Featured video iconCult Killer: The Rick Rodriguez Story (Download: WMV) 2006-08-21 52:51 (47:53) 129MB

Featured video iconThe Love Prophet and the Children of God (Download: AVI)"An inside look at the controversial religious movement and its infamous founder."
By DLI Productions. Awards: Best Biography, Gold Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition, 1998.

1998 52:22 151MB

Family videos

DISCLAIMER: Videos by The Family are archived here for educational purposes. The content is occasionally sexually explicit, offensive or promotive of criminal acts. We collect them here to document their existence and the history and practices of the organization but do not condone the points of view or activities.


See also: Category:Family Videos
Title Date Length Size

Publicly Distributed

Music With Meaning (MWM) Videos

MWM Summer Concert
1981-07
1:59:08.360
376M
MWM: H.M.S. MWM
1981
0:57:39.240
182M
MWM: PR Show
1982
0:13:23.840
42.3M
MWM: Rachel Show 1
1980s
0:29:56.680
94.5M
MWM: Rachel Show 2
1980s
0:26:28.360
83.2M
MWM: Angelo & Sarah Show
1980s
0:24:40.760
78.3M
MWM: Show 1 - Music Special with Jeremy Spencer
1982-06-09
0:29:15.600
92.4M
MWM: Show 2 - A Picnic
1982-05-16
0:28:50.360
91M
MWM: Show 3 - Peter and Rachel
1982-05-27
0:31:17.120
98.6M
MWM: Show 4 - Tea with Michael and Patience
1982-07-14
0:29:04.360
91.3M
MWM: Show 5 - Romantic Evening
1982-07-23
0:27:19.640
86.2M
MWM Club Party
1983-04
2:01:07.440
385M

Música con Vida (MCV) Videos

MCV: Latin American Show
1980s
0:36:07.720
114M
MCV: Poder Infantil 4
1980s
0:31:21.960
99M
MCV: Poder Infantil 5
1980s
0:30:51.960
98M
MCV: Villamor Show
1980s
0:37:26.320
119M

Family Outreach Videos

Insight: Experts comment on The Family and other New Religous MovementsPublic relations video produced and distributed by The Family. Appearances by friends and supporters of The Family including Eileen Barker, Allen R. Brockway, David Casterline, Bart Cox, Rex Davis, Charlotte Hardman, Rick Lannoye, James Lewis, Lawrence Lilliston, Gordon Melton, David Millikan, Christopher Murphy, Ellen D. Oliver, George Roberston, Gary Shepherd, Jack Thompson and Bryan Wilson. 1994 1:05:45 154M

Internal Videos

Fellowship Videos

Christmas at MWM: Christmas Meeting
1981-12-25
1:18:41.080
248M
Christmas at MWM: New Year Candlelight Service (Part 1)
1981-12-31
1:08:20.040
216M
First Brazil NAFM
1982-01
1:37:12
354M
MWM: Sunday Fellowship
1981-04
0:38:28.240
121M
North and Central Peru GAF Meeting
1982-06
1:41:33.960
321M
Mexico TTC (partial video)
1986-08
0:24:49
78.6M
Japan TTC
1986
2:43:03.240
514M
PI Y.E.S. - Skit Tape #2
1987-03
2:36:20.800
494M
A Day At The JumboVideo tour of the Philippines Jumbo. 1987-10-27 0:12:33 29.7M
Fellowship At The JumboVideo footage from a fellowship meeting at the Philippines Jumbo. 1987-09-26 0:18:21 43.3M
"One Wife" Class at Y.E.S. Grant Montgomery teaches a class on the Mo Letter "One Wife" at a Y.E.S. fellowship in the Philippines. 1987 0:8:55 21.2M
Class at Y.E.S. MeetingPaul Peloquin teaching a class at a Y.E.S. meeting in the Philippines. 1987 0:4:36 11M
Security Skit at Y.E.S. MeetingA skit about following security procedures. 1987 0:2:58 7.2M

Other Videos

Report to Dad and Maria from AustraliaA video report to David Berg and Karen Zerby from a couple in Australia and their son. In the video, a man named Appeles reports that two children have shared sexually with their stepmother, Sally. This video is referred to several times in the Judgment of Lord Justice Ward. An excerpt of this video was featured on 60 Minutes Australia: Sinful Acts. 1981 0:6:36 15.6M
Flirty Fishing in Osaka-Kobe, JapanFamily members in Osaka, Japan report on their Flirty Fishing activities. mid-1980s 0:10:17 24.4M
Nightclub visits in Osaka-Kobe, JapanFamily members in Osaka, Japan report on their visits to nightclubs to raise funds and sell tapes. mid-1980s 0:7:18 17.3M
Selling tapes in Osaka-Kobe, JapanFamily members in Osaka, Japan report on selling tapes office-to-office and door-to-door. mid-1980s 0:4:01 10.2M
German/Dutch LIM/LIT-PIC 1981 ReportNew Year's Eve 1981 report from the German/Dutch Lit-Pic/LIM 1981-12-31 0:8:02 18.46M
Mexico Teens On The Road To CaliforniaMexico teens visit California mid-1980s 0:9:57 23.62M
Teens sing "Dad, We're Going To Carry It On"Teens sing a song for David Berg mid-1980s 0:1:57 4.75M
Teens sing "We Believe in You"Teens sing a song for David Berg mid-1980s 0:3:09 7.68M
Boat Trip from Portugal to Brazil
1981-11
0:58:09
183M
Christmas at MWM: Children Perform at Minion Department Store
1981-12
0:34:50.240
110M
Daily Might: A How-to of our Ministry
1980s
1:12:47.520
230M
FJLA12 - Welcome to P.R. and MCV
1981-07
2:42:39.760
513M
FJLA7 - Mexico with Faith and Juan
1981-05
2:57:37.600
561M
MWM: Glorify God in the Dance -  Credits
1981-09
0:01:07.100
3.8M
MWM: Personal Interviews
1981-04
2:24:44.600
456M
MWM: The End of Rainbow's End
1980s
1:32:19.720
291M
MCV: Happy Birthday Family
1982-02-18

122M
Venezuela Babes Ranch
1980s
2:54:04.760
549M
String of Pearls 5 - Visit to MCS
1982-08
1:13:38.880
233M
JLC 30: A Look at MBH
1987-09
1:28:06.080
279M
JLC 30: Narita Family Interviews
1987
0:36:00.240
114M
Japan 7 Course Video Series - Part 3: Tokyo and Japan
1987
0:30:42.800
98M
Japan 7 Course Video Series - Part 3: The Beginning
1987
0:24:23.360
77M
Japan 7 Course Video Series - Part 3: Family History 1972-1986
1987
1:07:47.680
215M
Japan 7 Course Video Series - Part 3: Teen Revolution 1986-1987
1987
0:13:49.520
44M
Teens for Christ! '87
1987
01:59:13
376M

Testimony

Title Transcript Date Length Size
Ricky Rodriguez video Transcript 2005-01-07 56:38 26.4MB
Samuel Ajemian (RealMedia) — Interview with Samuel Ajemian</small
1996 14:53 2.2MB
Miriam WilliamsInterview with Heaven's Harlotsauthor Miriam Williams
1995 29:37 13.2MB

Ricky Rodriguez memorial

Footage of the memorial held for Ricky Rodriguez on 2005-03-26.

Title Length Size
Rick Memorial 1 29:54 69.1MB
Rick Memorial 2 53:41 123MB
Channel8 Footage 1 19:17 54.7MB
Channel8 Footage 2 29:00 93.4MB

Short clips

The following excerpts of footage listed above are primarily used to help illustrate relevant articles throughout this website.

Title Excerpted from Length Size
Children explain "My Little Fish" to reporter ABC 20/20: To Bring Her Children Home 1:05 2.8MB
Deborah Davis on Flirty Fishing and her father David Berg ABC 20/20: To Bring Her Children Home 1:07 1.9MB
Merry Berg and other former second-generation members speak about their experiences in The Family NBC Now, 1993-09 4:17 7.7MB
David Berg replaces his original wife, Jane Miller Berg with Karen Zerby The Love Prophet 0:45 1.9MB
Jane Miller Berg talks about her husband's infidelity The Love Prophet 0:24 1.0MB
Steven Kelly talks about how he became "King Peter" The Love Prophet 0:33 1.4MB
Faith Berg describes how Flirty Fishing began The Love Prophet 1:10 3.0MB
Steven Kelly talks about the exorcisms of Merry Berg The Love Prophet 1:08 2.9MB
An adult female dances nude on video for David Berg while children watch The Love Prophet 1:01 2.6MB
Mention of Paul Péloquin's abuse history ABC Primetime Live, 2005-01-27 1:07 1.9MB