A Dangerous Son

May 7, 2018

1h 30m

★ 6.9

When the system fails, where do you turn?

Overview

Documentary following three families each coping with a child affected by serious emotional or mental illness. The families explore treatment opportunities and grapple with the struggle of living with their child's condition.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

HBO

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Cast

Himself (as Dr. Tony Beliz)

Tony Beliz

Himself

Creigh Deeds

Himself (as Dr. Thomas Insel)

Thomas Insel

Herself

Liza Long

Herself

Maria Martinez

Himself

Andrew Solomon

Himself

Brian Tallant

Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.

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