After a series of assassins, neighbors from hell, and high-class robbers, Netflix is turning its attention to the news. Keep Sweet: Pray and shut up, the platform is interested in the case of Warren Jeffs, nicknamed the “Polygamist Guru”. The four-part documentary tells the story of how this man taught the whole community and used his power to dominate women, both physically and psychologically.
In the United States, 47-year-old Warren Jeffs became the head of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2002 after the death of his father, Rollon Jeffs. This movement, which belongs to Mormonism, has thousands of followers and seems to be cut off from the world. Women, submissive to men, are dressed in various pastel colors.
The supreme leader of the movement uses his advantage in the practice of polygamy. According to one of the doctrines of the society, if a man has at least three wives, paradise will open his hands to him. In total, Warren Jeffs had 78 and 24 of them were minors. The youngest was 14 years old.
Polygamy is banned in most US states, the movement is isolated in isolated areas of Utah, Arizona and Colorado, where polygamy is not considered a crime. Trapped because women who have flourished in this world since childhood have no choice but to fend for themselves silently.
Photo from the documentary “Keep Sweet”.
A call to the social services of one of his wives – 16 years old – upsets Warren Jeffs’ “balance”. In 2006, he was charged with rape and pedophilia. On the run, he is on the FBI’s most wanted list along with Osama bin Laden. He was finally arrested in September 2007.
The official sentence was dropped in August 2011: he was sentenced to life in prison in Texas. From 2007 to 2011, Warren Jeffs continued to manipulate his followers out of the cell. Wives came to visit him. 468 children were placed in custody after his arrest.
Be sweet: Pray and be silent Available on Netflix.
Source: allocine
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