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Love Has Won (2023)
Interesting and a little terrifying...
This documentary is definitely interesting in its examination of the modern day cult. What's terrifying is how it shows how easily people are drawn into the cult mentality and lifestyle, no matter how far from reality the ideologies are. What's fascinating is that even after Amy's death, many of her followers are adamant that she is God and that they did the right thing by denying her medical care and overdosing her on colloidal silver. And they still believe in her! They even have these largely dilated pupils all throughout their interviews. I don't know if that's a sign of psychosis or not, but I found it quite curious. All in all the cult seems like a mixture of stoners, swindlers, and mentally unstable people who somehow found each other. I think the real dangerous person is Michael, the guy who manages the money. I think he saw Amy and realized she was extremely mentally ill and chose to exploit her and her ignorant followers until the very end. He always seemed a bit estranged from everyone and at the end hadn't spoken with Amy in a few months before her death. He's the true evil.
The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith (2022)
Exactly Why People Don't Trust Cops
This is a documentary on how to frame an emotionally fragile, lonely person by overzealous police officers obsessed with looking like heroes. The Canadian police created such a mind-fu** to solve a cold case that they ruined dozens of people's lives, spent many thousands of government money to do so, and ended up not solving the murder. The victim and her family received no justice and another family was victimized in the process of bungling this case. If anything this is a study on how not to be a detective.