How to Become a Cult Leader Become Immortal (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, Crime

How to Become a Cult Leader

Become Immortal (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, Crime

Avoid unhappy endings and cement your legacy by studying Sun Myung Moon, who transformed the Unification Church into a still-thriving economic machine.

Director

Ron Myrick

Producer

Jessica Hyndman

Cinematographers

Paul de Lumen | Robert Featherstone (as Rob Featherstone) | John W. Rutland | David Sarasti | Nobutaka Shirahama

Editors

Jeremy Cloe | Jesse Friedman | Alistair Knapp | David Nippert | Clay Zimmerman

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 28, 2023

Release date

Jul 28, 2023 (United States)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Dinklage Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Game of Thrones (2011)
Diane Benscoter Self - Expert on Psychological Manipulation Self - Expert on Psychological Manipulation See fewer	Unlikely Business Lessons (2019)
Rachel Bernstein Self - Cult Intervention Specialist Self - Cult Intervention Specialist See fewer	Paradise Recovered (2010)
Lola Blanc Self - Former Cult Member Self - Former Cult Member See fewer	American Horror Story (2011)
George Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Teddy Hose Self - Former Unification Church Member Self - Former Unification Church Member See fewer	The Ford Focus: Stimulating (2016)
Janja Lalich Self - Expert on Cults and Coercion Self - Expert on Cults and Coercion See fewer	How to Become a Cult Leader (2023)
Amanda Montell Self - Author, The Language of Fanaticism Self - Author, The Language of Fanaticism See fewer	Men Grieving (2023)
Hak Ja Han Moon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Sun Myung Moon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Inchon (1981)
Kimiaki Nishida Self - Professor of Psychology Self - Professor of Psychology See fewer	How to Become a Cult Leader (2023)
Yulanda Williams Self - Former People's Temple Member Self - Former People's Temple Member See fewer	Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2016)