Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo

Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo

Documentary 2022

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The story of the Mexican Christian megachurch La Luz del Mundo (LLDM) and the sexual abuse that scores of members, many of them minors, claim they have suffered at the hands of its successive leaders, known as the "Apostles."

Documentary 2022

EPISODE 1

Darkness in the Light of the World

In 2017, former members of LLDM form an online community on Reddit sharing stories of abuse at the hands of the church's venerated "Apostles"; groomed as children, they are taught to surrender their free will in return for eternal salvation.

55 min · 6 Dec 2022 Ab 12 Jahren
EPISODE 2

Unconditional

Journalists Rhonda Schwartz and Brian Ross report on the decades-long scandal as law enforcement also takes note; ex-LLDM members come forward to speak out as the church plans the construction of a fundamentalist community in Georgia, USA.

56 min · 6 Dec 2022 Ab 12 Jahren
EPISODE 3

A Fight for Justice

LLDM's incumbent "Apostle," Naasón Joaquín Garcia, is apprehended in 2019 and charged with crimes relating to five Jane Does; in a heartbreaking turn of events for Joaquín Garcia's victims, prosecutors unexpectedly offer him a plea deal.

1 hr 10 min · 7 Dec 2022 Ab 12 Jahren

Jennifer Tiexiera

Director
Stacey Offman

Producer
Richard Perello

Producer
Rhonda Schwartz

Producer
Evan Lerner

Producer

About

Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo

DOCUMENTARY

The story of the Mexican Christian megachurch La Luz del Mundo (LLDM) and the sexual abuse that scores of members, many of them minors, claim they have suffered at the hands of its successive leaders, known as the "Apostles."

Information

Studio: HBO
Released: 2022

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: * (AD), German (Germany) (AAC)

Accessibility

: Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.