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==In popular culture== In 2016, playwright [[Ernest Kearney]] produced his one-man show ''My Alamo War'' for the [[Hollywood Fringe Festival]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]. The show recounted his four-year struggle against the Alamo church in Hollywood. He succeeded in getting the high-end jackets which were designed by Alamo and manufactured by unpaid cult members removed from a majority of the clothing stores which were located on [[Hollywood Boulevard]]. He and his supporters also gained the attention of the local media by informing it about the abuses of the cult. The show won the Fringe's Encore Producer Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Alamo News |url=https://www.tonyalamonews.com/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.tonyalamonews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=My Alamo War |url=https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3587 |website=www.hollywoodfringe.org}}</ref> In 2019, [[Sundance TV]] broadcast a four-part miniseries, ''Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo'', based on the lives of Tony and Susan Alamo. It described their founding and running of the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation – it also called the foundation a "[[cult]]". It also described how the couple became rich by exploiting their followers who truly believed in them. Following his conviction, the program charged Tony Alamo with being a [[child abuse]]r, a [[Polygamy|polygamist]] and a [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]. The documentary series includes archival footage, including Alamo's videotaped deposition, and interviews with former members of the cult and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent who brought Alamo down.<ref>Staff (January 22, 2018) [http://www.nbcpeacockproductions.com/news/ministry-evil-twisted-cult-tony-alamo/ "Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo" (press release)] NBC Peacock Productions</ref><ref>Rabinowitz, Dorothy (February 21, 2019) [https://www.wsj.com/articles/ministry-of-evil-the-twisted-cult-of-tony-alamo-review-hell-on-earth-11550785714 "‘Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo’ Review: Hell on Earth"] ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''</ref> The series of four 40-minute episodes was also broadcast on [[BBC Four]] and in April 2024, it was broadcast on the [[BBC iPlayer|iPlayer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo, Series 1, Episode 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y572 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2025, [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] produced a series titled ''How I Escaped my Cult: Ten Stories of Survival'', in which former members talk about their time in the Alamo Christian Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manley |first=Breanna |date=2025-02-20 |title='How I Escaped My Cult: Where to watch, how to stream free |url=https://www.al.com/tv/2025/02/how-i-escaped-my-cult-where-to-watch-how-to-stream-free.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=al |language=en}}</ref>
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