Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs Page #3

Synopsis: Aged Rulon Jeffs is the leader - the prophet - of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) centered in Colorado City, Arizona. His followers believe the prophet is the voice of God. The church espouses polygamy - most specifically men married to several women - as a means of eternal salvation of the highest order. The prophet places the females into marriages, often as soon as they are of child bearing age, which in the eyes of the law is considered child abuse if the female is a minor. Following Rulon's death, his son Warren Jeffs assumes the FLDS leadership as prophet, somewhat against the wants of FLDS council who believed they should vote on who should become leader. Regardless, many of the congregation do follow his word as gospel as their new prophet. But Warren is more reckless in his decisions than his father, with some, including some of the young minor women, questioning his unbending decisions, excommunication often the price for crossing those d
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Gabriel Range
Production: Sony Pictures Television
 
IMDB:
5.7
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
120 min
127 Views


- Yes. Do you feel the same?

- Yes.

Yes.

- Can you feel the presence of the Lord?

- Yes.

- What do you feel?

- Happy. I feel God.

- What do you feel?

- Yes.

- What do you feel?

- I feel God!

- Do you feel the presence of the Lord?

- Yes.

- Tell me. You do.

- I feel God in you, Uncle Warren.

- I feel good. Yes.

- Do you feel good? What do you feel?

- Say it.

- It feels good.

Look in my eyes and tell me.

What do you feel?

I feel God in you.

Do you feel it?

Yes, yes, say it! I need to hear it!

Yes, I feel it, I feel it!

- Who is it?

- Me, Uncle Warren.

What do you want?

Losing Rulon's been so hard

on all of us.

And now you're grieving...

just the same as me,

but you need to know something.

Rulon's not dead.

He's been restored. He's alive in me.

He wants you to feel him through me.

Please, Uncle Warren,

just leave me alone.

Come and pray with me.

- I want to help.

- No, no, don't do this.

- God wants me to place you in marriage.

- No.

I won't do it, Warren. I won't.

I am going to break you.

I am going to teach you

to be an obedient wife.

You have got to stop fighting this,

Rebecca.

I can't.

I was bound in marriage to Rulon,

just like you are to Warren.

You know it's wrong, Janine.

If you wanna leave,

you have to come now.

There's no one guarding

the other side of the house.

- Where's Warren?

- He's asleep.

Come with me.

You have to hurry.

Hey, Isaac. You're not sleeping?

Warren's got me keeping watch from 4,

so I figured it ain't hardly worth it.

How about I make you some coffee?

Come on down to the kitchen.

Where's Rebecca?

Where the hell is she?

One of you b*tches let her out,

didn't you?

Sorry, Isaac told me to wait

for you right...

What? What is it?

- Can we talk in private?

- Allen, spit it out.

My wife, Elissa,

she won't fulfill her wifely duties.

- You haven't had intercourse yet?

- She won't allow it.

It's not her place to allow you anything.

But what can I do? She won't touch...

Women respond to authority, Allen.

- You're the man. Be forceful.

- Thank you, Uncle Warren. Thank you.

Hey.

Now you're a woman.

So, what do you say?

Thank you, Allen.

- Morning, Gary.

- Hey, Kim.

You moving in or what?

Well, my motel room

got broken into last night.

God, Gary. I'm sorry.

- They take much?

- Nothing as far as I can tell.

What were they looking for?

Oh, I reckon they were just trying

to make me feel welcome.

Not really trying to steal anything...

so I figured

I didn't need to call Sheriff Brady.

We've got to get him decertified...

him and his other polygamist buddies

in the police department.

Well, it's not just the marshals,

you know that.

It's everybody.

Judges, doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs.

All with multiple wives,

all living the FLDS dream.

Doing what the prophet

tells them to do.

But this one,

this one's pissing some people off.

He's a lot more controlling

than his dad was, and he's not stable.

I think he's gonna screw up.

Engels.

Yes, sir. On the way.

Now, Miss Musser,

you know if you go through with this...

they will do everything they can

to ruin you.

They'll discredit you,

drag your name through the mud.

I know.

And you're okay with all that?

I left my little sister behind.

Elissa Wall.

- She's still at the Crick.

- Is she married?

Warren placed her

with her cousin Allen.

How old is she?

Fourteen.

Gary Engels is the lead investigator

in the Warren Jeffs case...

and, Gary, I've got to ask you:

Have you seen any signs...

that Mr. Jeffs

is a danger to the public?

What we have is an individual

who's using religion as an excuse...

to rape young girls, like the Taliban,

right here on American soil.

The Taliban? Lies. Nothing but lies.

We are privileged to live and pray

on this hallowed ground, Zion...

even though the whole wicked world

wants to destroy us.

But it seems that for some of us...

Zion is not enough.

God has revealed to me a conspiracy...

between the apostates

and a few lost souls...

right here

in our very own community.

This conspiracy

involves branding us as criminals...

for performing celestial marriages,

and so-called underage marriages.

I will not let this happen.

God has delivered to me

a new set of laws to protect us...

from the evil forces...

that fester and propagate

in the outside world.

And by these laws, we shall live...

and find happiness

in the kingdom of heaven.

Amen.

First, the color red.

The color of Satan shall be banished

from within the community.

Swimming, basketball, baseball,

sports will no longer be allowed.

Instead, this time should be used

in study of prayer.

All media, except radios,

will be expunged from the community.

This includes TVs, movies...

satellite dishes, computers,

the Internet...

newspapers, books and magazines.

There will be no dancing or music,

except for approved religious hymns.

And finally, there have been a number

of incendiary incidents involving dogs.

The canine is a direct descendant

of the wolf, the devil's mascot.

Colorado City

will no longer tolerate the presence...

of these hellhounds

within its borders.

All dogs must be surrendered...

and will be delivered to agencies

outside Colorado City.

Our community is sacred.

If it is to remain sacred,

God's words must be heeded.

I do this out of love for our God.

I do this because I love you all.

The Lord has instructed me

to take another wife.

Amen.

Let us proceed to the altar...

where we will celebrate the sacred rite

of celestial marriage.

What's he doing here?

Somebody let him into the compound.

Get Bill Brady over here right away.

He was trying to serve this subpoena.

- That legally compels you to testify.

- About what?

Child brides, statutory

rape, you name it.

Who's accusing me?

No way to know.

- Could be anyone.

- This is serious, Warren.

No kidding.

It's because of what you're doing.

It's because they've heard

you're marrying off younger girls.

What are we gonna do?

Follow the word of God.

He will speak to me and I will listen.

Jesse Brewer, stand up.

Nate Carter, stand up.

Joseph Alvey, Isaac Mathers,

up, all of you.

Roy Hodges, on your feet.

Look at these men.

Remember their faces,

for they are all master deceivers.

From this moment on, you are

excommunicated from Colorado City.

You are hereby divorced

from your wives.

Your children will be placed

in the care of more faithful men.

Let us pray for these unfaithful...

that they may one day

return to their families...

and be accepted back

into God's church.

Daddy, what the prophet said about us

being given to other families...

that's not true, is it?

Get out!

- Please, just leave us alone.

- You heard the prophet.

- You'll be reassigned to Edson Hodges.

- Get out of my house.

Roy. What are you doing, Roy?

Roy.

I'm so sorry about your baby.

God's plan

isn't always easy to understand.

I believe in you, Elissa. Always have.

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