In 2009, filmmakers Storme Wood and Andie Redwine (former pcg) created Paradise Recovered detailing the journey of a young woman’s exit from a fundamentalist cult group….
Andie Redwine’s “Paradise Recovered”
Charlatan
There was an article (pg-3) in the latest Journal titled ‘United Pilgrim Crusade based on old WCG’. The author of this article wrote
The episode, titled āCharlatan,ā starring Ed Asner, who plays newspaperman Lou Grant, deals with a fundamentalist Christian ministry based in Rosemead, Calif., noted for its beautifully landscaped campus and extensive expensive art collection, as well as a grand auditorium, among other things. I wonāt overly delve into the plot but will point out interesting parallels that indicate where the episodeās writers may have gotten their inspiration: headlines in L.A.-area newspapers of the time.