Movie: Cults: Saying No Under Pressure

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Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston

Narrator

Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black

Male Student (as Michael Schwartz)

Jen Rudin
Jen Rudin

Jennifer

Bob Fellows
Bob Fellows

Self (Magician)

Louis Jolyon West
Louis Jolyon West

Self - Professor of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles (as L. Jolyon West M.D.)

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    Describes how to resist the deception and pressure used to recruit members into cults and keep them there. It also provides advice on how to resist these tactics. The video is designed for young people, parents, educators, counselors, clergy, law enforcement officials, and others.

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    1991-03-18

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