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=== Films about Rajneesh === * 1974: The first documentary film about Rajneesh was made by David M. Knipe. Program 13 of Exploring the Religions of South Asia, ''A Contemporary Guru: Rajneesh''. (Madison: [[WHA-TV]] 1974) * 1978: The second documentary on Rajneesh called ''Bhagwan, The Movie''<ref>(1978) Bhagwan, The Movie, by Robert Hillman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQbFtCEH-34 available here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017031502/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQbFtCEH-34 |date=17 October 2015 }}. Retrieved 6 August 2011.</ref> was made in 1978 by American filmmaker Robert Hillmann. * 1979: In 1978 the German film maker Wolfgang Dobrowolny (Sw Veet Artho) visited the Ashram in Poona and created a unique documentary about Rajneesh, his Sannyasins and the ashram, titled ''Ashram in Poona: Bhagwans Experiment''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sannyas.wiki/index.php?title=Ashram_in_Poona:_Bhagwans_Experiment_(1979) |title=Ashram in Poona: Bhagwans Experiment (1979) |access-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155751/http://www.sannyas.wiki/index.php?title=Ashram_in_Poona:_Bhagwans_Experiment_(1979) |archive-date=23 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Ashram in Poona [https://dotsub.com/view/896de5e5-4dfb-4a2e-9e48-2fe8ef03506c available here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323155602/https://dotsub.com/view/896de5e5-4dfb-4a2e-9e48-2fe8ef03506c |date=23 March 2018 }}</ref> * 1981: In 1981, the [[BBC]] broadcast an episode in the documentary series ''[[The World About Us]]'' titled ''The God that Fled'', made by [[British American]] journalist [[Christopher Hitchens]].<ref name=Bagwash>James, Clive (9 August 1981). [https://web.archive.org/web/20101030143529/http://clivejames.com/books/glued/bagwash "The Bagwash Speaks"]. Retrieved 24 September 2011.</ref><ref>(9 June 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080930104517/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mfx6 Time Shift: Gurus], [[BBC]]. Retrieved 15 July 2011.</ref> * 1985 (3 November): CBS News' ''[[60 Minutes]]'' aired a segment about the Bhagwan in Oregon. * 1987: In the mid-eighties [[Jeremiah Films]] produced a film ''Fear is the Master''.<ref>(1987) Fear is the Master,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTKM1z-o-xg preview available here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911014810/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTKM1z-o-xg |date=11 September 2016 }}</ref> * 1989: Another documentary, named ''Rajneesh: Spiritual Terrorist'', was made by Australian film maker Cynthia Connop in the late 1980s for [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC TV]]/[[Learning Channel]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512001600/http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm681.shtml Cynthia Connop], Women Make Movies. Retrieved 10 July 2011.</ref> * 1989: UK documentary series called ''Scandal'' produced an episode entitled, "Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: The Man Who Was God".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944700/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|access-date=26 July 2018|title=Bhagwhan Shree Rajneesh: The Man Who Was God|website=[[IMDb]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907045639/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944700/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|archive-date=7 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2002: ''[[Forensic Files]]'' Season 7 Episode 8 takes a look in to how forensics was used to determine the cause of the bio-attack in 1984. * 2010: A Swiss documentary, titled ''Guru – Bhagwan, His Secretary & His Bodyguard'', was released in 2010.<ref>Martina Knoben (27 September 2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100930040552/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/im-kino-guru-der-preis-der-hingabe-1.1004764 "Der Preis der Hingabe"], ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]''. Retrieved 9 July 2011. {{in lang|de}}</ref> * 2012: [[Oregon Public Broadcasting]] produced the documentary titled ''Rajneeshpuram'' which aired 19 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rajneeshpuram|url=https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/rajneeshpuram/|date=19 November 2012|access-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110306/https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/rajneeshpuram/|archive-date=30 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2016: ''[[Rebellious Flower]]'', an Indian-made biographical movie of Rajneesh's early life, based upon his own recollections and those of those who knew him, was released. It was written and produced by Jagdish Bharti and directed by Krishan Hooda, with Prince Shah and Shashank Singh playing the title role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4659548/fullcredits|title=Rebellious Flower|date=15 January 2016|publisher=IMDb|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207035418/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4659548/fullcredits|archive-date=7 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2018: ''[[Wild Wild Country]]'', a [[Netflix]] documentary series on Rajneesh, focusing on [[Rajneeshpuram]] and the controversies surrounding it.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wollaston|first1=Simon|title=Wild Wild Country review – Netflix's take on the cult that threatened American life|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/11/wild-wild-country-review-netflixs-take-on-the-cult-that-threatened-american-life|publisher=The Guardian Newspaper|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417183121/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/11/wild-wild-country-review-netflixs-take-on-the-cult-that-threatened-american-life|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2023: [[Secrets of Love (web series)|''Secrets of Love'']], an Indian web series * 2024: ''Children of the cult'', a documentary that presents an international investigation into the Rajneesh movement,<ref name=dartmo>{{cite web | title=Children of the Cult | website=Dartmouth Films | date=1970-01-01 | url=https://www.dartmouthfilms.com/childrenofthecult | access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref> focusing on accounts of widespread [[child sexual abuse|sexual abuse of children]] within the movement.<ref>{{cite web | last=Stimpson | first=Mansel | title=Children of the Cult | website=FILM REVIEW | date=2024-10-03 | url=https://www.filmreviewdaily.com/new-reviews/children-of-the-cult | access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref>
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