In 2013, three women emerged from a flat in Brixton. They had been held there for decades by Aravindan Balakrishnan, a revolutionary Maoist who controlled the women with brainwashing techniques and tales of a sinister, world-controlling machine he called 'Jackie'.
Vanessa Engle
Director

Aravindan Balakrishnan
cult leader
Chanda Balakrishnan
Yvonne Hall
Aisha Wahab
Victim
Peter Clement
Prosecutor
Paul Flewers
Rosie Morgan-Davies
Josephine Herivel
Victim
Rosie Morgan-Davies
Victim
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Night Will Fall76%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
13th78%
Room 23761%
Tabloid64%
Girl Model65%
Maidentrip70%
Above Majestic73%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
A Plastic Ocean75%
McQueen74%
Love, Marilyn66%
Jesus Camp70%
Public Speaking70%
Miss Representation69%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
For Sama82%