Because I never heard of this cult (or "movement" as they call it) before, I didn't have any expectations whatsoever towards this docu-series. Overall I found it informative and it was interesting to hear firsthand accounts from people wo were in the midst of Rajneeshpuram or living in Antelope, Oregon for decades, before the "Orange People" came.
It was very impressive to see, what the Rajneeshees built on that empty, rocky property within a short amount of time - the idea to build a community from scratch is intriguing. When you see the footage of those early positive, energetic and creative days you can sense, why these people wanted to be a part of the resettlement from India to Oregon.
I would have loved to get to know more about the Rajneeshpuram medical laboratory, since it was the place where they cultured their very own Salmonella bacteria in order to incapacitate the voting population of The Dalles, Oregon so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections. 751 people were poisoned! It's the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in the history of the United States of America (bigger than the 2001 anthrax attacks) but unfortunately this docu-series didn't manage to capture the dimension of it.
The ending is kind of ironic because the former compound is now inhabited by the world's biggest Young Life camp. One could argue they switched from one cult to another up there, the only difference is the Christians are more welcome than the followers of an Indian guru were. (I'm obviously talking about the time before any of the crazy stuff happened.)
And on a final note, the font was really hard to read!
Review by chanBlockedParentSpoilers2019-09-10T14:33:26Z
Because I never heard of this cult (or "movement" as they call it) before, I didn't have any expectations whatsoever towards this docu-series.
Overall I found it informative and it was interesting to hear firsthand accounts from people wo were in the midst of Rajneeshpuram or living in Antelope, Oregon for decades, before the "Orange People" came.
It was very impressive to see, what the Rajneeshees built on that empty, rocky property within a short amount of time - the idea to build a community from scratch is intriguing. When you see the footage of those early positive, energetic and creative days you can sense, why these people wanted to be a part of the resettlement from India to Oregon.
I would have loved to get to know more about the Rajneeshpuram medical laboratory, since it was the place where they cultured their very own Salmonella bacteria in order to incapacitate the voting population of The Dalles, Oregon so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections. 751 people were poisoned! It's the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in the history of the United States of America (bigger than the 2001 anthrax attacks) but unfortunately this docu-series didn't manage to capture the dimension of it.
The ending is kind of ironic because the former compound is now inhabited by the world's biggest Young Life camp. One could argue they switched from one cult to another up there, the only difference is the Christians are more welcome than the followers of an Indian guru were. (I'm obviously talking about the time before any of the crazy stuff happened.)
And on a final note, the font was really hard to read!