The Family 2016
6.3 / 10
The Family
Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.
Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.
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All 1 Videos & 2 Photos
cast
Full Cast & Crew
... Detective Lex De Man (young)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
LDM
Lex De Man... Himself (interview)
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Release Date:
Jul 30, 2016 (Australia,United Kingdom,United States)
Run Time:
1hr 38`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
Australia,United Kingdom,United States
Status:
Released
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The Family
Directors & Credit Writers
RJ
Rosie Jones... Director
Cast
... Detective Lex De Man (young)
... Herself (archive footage)
... Himself (archive footage)
LDM
Lex De Man... Himself (interview)
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