The Family
"Inside one of Australia's most notorious cults"
Overview
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.
About The Family (2016)
Released in 2016, The Family is a documentary film from Dogwoof (Australia). It was directed by Rosie Jones and written by Rosie Jones. The cast is led by Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Anne Hamilton-Byrne, Bill Hamilton-Byrne and Lex De Man. With a runtime of 1h 38m, the film averages 7.7/10 across 6 TMDB ratings.
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