A look into the beginnings of the Gloriavale community and how it evolved from its socialist Christian beginnings to the extreme place it now occupies.

A journalist is determined to expose the shocking truth about the Gloriavale Christian Community, but fears their charismatic leader is too powerful for the laws of the land.

The community reels at the loss of its charismatic leader Hopeful Christian, while two former children of Gloriavale expose one of its most shocking secrets.