A group of prominent TikTok dancers are trapped in a cult masquerading as a management company called 7M. Among them is Miranda Wilking, whose family is desperately trying to get their daughter out. As other dancers and former members escape and work to rebuild their lives, it isn’t until they come together to try and put a stop to the cycle of their abuser that the real healing begins. This three-part documentary series from director Derek Doneen, Dirty Robber and WV Alternative exposes the diabolical tactics used by cult-like organizations to exert control over people as well as the lengths families will go to keep their loved ones safe.
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00:00 I don't even know where to start.
00:01 Today is my sister's birthday.
00:03 We're not allowed to contact her,
00:05 and we're blocked on absolutely everything.
00:07 We have two daughters.
00:09 We don't just have one.
00:10 All the dancers that she danced with,
00:13 someone else is controlling their lives.
00:15 I don't want to say I was in a cult.
00:17 How did I let myself get sucked into something like that?
00:20 Miranda and I knew that we always wanted dance
00:23 to be a part of our lives.
00:24 California and dancing, it was their big dream.
00:27 Men and women travel to LA with their big dream
00:30 of being on stage and just get wrapped up
00:33 in a lot of things that aren't fair for them.
00:35 7M, an entertainment company founded by Robert Shin,
00:38 who's also the pastor of LA-based Shekinah Church.
00:41 This is a church, but they're also a management company.
00:45 I just felt a little funny about that.
00:47 When he found the dancers, he saw all this opportunity
00:51 to be like a world-famous social media talent manager.
00:55 Social media, it was new, like, man,
00:57 I can do this and get money for my art.
00:59 I want to do this.
01:01 He would always share whenever someone would get a deal.
01:04 All this money, it's all going to Robert.
01:06 It started out fairly innocuous,
01:08 but the control slowly grew.
01:12 I could be in an unsafe environment.
01:14 This is a cult.
01:16 They would say, like, cut off your family
01:17 because you need to work on yourself.
01:19 You have to die to your family in order to save them.
01:21 As a man of God, I wasn't thinking that he would ever
01:24 do anything wrong to me or someone.
01:27 When you raise somebody and all of a sudden
01:29 to see a shell of your daughter,
01:33 I don't know who this person is.
01:35 There were these sleuth accounts popping up.
01:37 Former members were saying people suffered
01:40 in his church for decades.
01:42 I felt so betrayed.
01:44 It was awful.
01:45 I want Robert to never be able to do this ever again.
01:51 Whatever you sow, you're going to reap.
01:54 It's what he teaches, right?
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