A few people know that Dr. Penton, Grace/Mouthy and I participated in a series of interviews about the JWs.
The Producer/Director of the VHS videos, James Kohl, has been working to update the videos and release the series in DVD format.
I am thrilled the videos will be soon available. Kohl had done a few other interviews but they were never released. The new DVD format will include those interviews.
From the back of the present 3 videos:
The Walking Wounded project, came out of childhood experiences of writer/director Andrew Kohl, and the subsequent isolation and alienation that results for many who are born and raised, and indocrinatedwith fear while observing the many restrictions such as no celebration of birthdays, Christmas and many other separating identity qualifiers the Watchtower organization uses to ensure so-called Christain purity
The goal of the interview videos is to help raise enough money to produce a documentary exposeing the controling hand the WTS uses to manipulate and control not only its active membershipo but seeks to control those who have left by isolating them from friends, family and even from God
Understanding Jehovah's Witnesses
Most people know Jehovah's Witnesses as people who knock on their door and preach their religious faith, in hopes of recruiting more believers.
This is true, yet there is a strong dark side to this faith. Our decades of experience and research bring to you this series of DVDs and seminars.
Our DVDs include interviews with the following people:
James Penton,
Professor Emeritus, Author, Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses.
M. James Penton, as a former fourth-generation Jehovah's Witness, and a religious historian, brings with him a wealth of informationand insight to a religious movement which seems to leave a lot of "Walking Wounded" individuals in the aftermath of leaving, being ex-communicated or "disfellowshipped" for various reasons.
In this first of our interview series in support of "The Walking Wounded" documentary project, James Penton reminisces of the days when the JW organization was much less severe in its policies. He recounts how damaging the authoritarian nature of the belief system has become, and its tendency toward totalitarian ideals which bear no resemblance to the tenets of early Christianity, being simply love of neighbor and love for God
Grace Gough,
Founder of Cult Awareness And Recovery (CAAR) support group, Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses.
In this second of our series in support of "The Walking Wounded" documentary project, Grace Gough remembers when she first became a Jehovah's Witness. She tells how the promises of a prophetic interpretation for peace on earth were linked to a life of slavery, which separated her from family, then friends, and eventually caused her to contemplate suicide due to feelings of inadequacy to God.
Grace tells of her activities with her support group "Cult Awareness and Recovery" and has become internationally knownamong support group circles, with radio, TV appearances, and speaks in various groups and churches on a regular basis, telling her story and spreading the word in how to understand the mysterious and enigmatically strange world of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Lee Marsh (fomerly Lee Hardiman),
Psychologist, Cult Researcher, Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses.
Lee Hardiman Marsh is a spiritual, physical and sexual abuse survivor, and an ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. She has used these negative life experiences to help other cult and abuse survivors by becoming a therapist who understands the dynamics of mind control. Having studied the research criteria of Prof. Robert Lifton, author of "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism"she applies this to various issues such as free will, cult thinking and the denial of injustices.
Her explanation of the dynamics of mind control and the resulting depression among survivors are in layman's terms for everyone. This is a most helpful accountfor other survivors, therapists, counsellors, doctors and clergy of all denominations. There is a serious lack of information to facilitate understanding of the connection between religion and psychology, and her comments provide a wealth of knowledge through her own experience, and subsequent knowledge of child and spouse abuse, cult organization coverups and tips on healing the scars that can take decades to unravel.
And many more interviews of people with powerful personal stories to tell.
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Kohl Productions Inc
This DVD and seminar series will be available soon. Please stay tuned for more information.
NOTE: I have added in the commentary of content of each VHS video to the three interviews
Kohl may also retitle the vidoes. I will let you know when they are available