The Veil

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- We rolling?

- Yeah.

All right. I know

I've been a little, uh--

maybe a little

stricter than usual

about this kind of thing.

But it's all for a good cause.

You just have to trust me.

Aren't you rolling?

You don't even have

the damn thing plugged in.

I've invited some cameras

to film our little

sermon here today.

'Cause people have been asking,

"what's going on over there

at heaven's veil?

What are they doing

up there at that ranch?

Are they being held

against their will?"

- Are you a prisoner here?

- No.

Are you

a prisoner here?

No.

No. Just smile for

the camera, people. Wave.

Give me this Bible.

This Bible--

this here book,

this is a tool, people.

And as such,

it only has the power

that we ascribe to it.

But you,

you are something

much different.

Your body is of the earth, yes,

but you are not your body.

You are mightier

than the flesh.

We don't need no book

to tell us about the soul!

Did you see any lightning

come down out of that sky?

I've been put here

to resurrect mankind

from his fallen state

and bring the power

of the etheric realm

back into his hands.

I'm gonna show you, and you,

and you, and every one of ya

how to push your spirit

through the veil.

It's a deathless reality,

souls aglow

with the ever-real

eternal life!

30 miles outside the town

of hidden lake, California,

you'll find

this small ranch known

simply as the veil,

named by the members of

the heaven's veil cult,

the cult that lived

and died here.

The FBI raided the compound

this morning at 8:52 am,

only to find tragedy.

Every man, woman and child

in this once-thriving community

lies dead--

dead at the hands

of their leader,

Jim Jacobs.

- Okay, and we're out.

- Pack the Mikes.

- Wait, what's that?

- Everybody, stay back.

- Come on! Come on!

Hold it! Hold it!

Hey, guys.

Stay back.

Don't worry.

They're not dead.

He's gonna bring them back.

Hello?

I'll do it.

What?

Sarah?

I said I'll do it.

I'll talk to you.

All right.

Thank you, Sarah.

Okay. Would you

do me a favor?

Could you run this

up your shirt and

clip it right there?

Sorry.

Thanks.

Okay, is that good?

Yep.

- All right, guys.

- Quiet down, please.

Okay. Um--

why don't we start

with your name.

Then we can

go from there.

Okay.

Um...

My name

is Sarah hope.

I was-- i--

I am the only li--

the only known survivor

of heaven's veil.

I have no idea

why they didn't

kill me too.

Did your, um--

did your parents

die there also?

Uh, they must have.

I don't know.

I'm not-- I'm not sure

who my parents were.

I don't even know

my real name.

They named me--

they named me Sarah hope--

at the hospital.

Uh...

I was in foster care,

a lot of different homes,

till I was 16.

I think this is

me and my brother

and my sister.

But I'm not sure.

I was only five.

This is that

really famous one,

the one of Jim

and his followers.

I know

this is really hard,

but there is a reason

why we...

Reached out to you.

Like I said earlier

on the phone,

we found something

that no one's

ever seen before.

Do you see that camera

right there?

And right there?

And right there.

They were filming.

But there's no record

of anything.

Nothing's ever

been released.

And there's this.

They never found this room.

Not in the farmhouse

or any of the buildings.

No one knows

what happened that day.

Why did they do it?

I wanna go back out there

and find those films.

Maybe we'd find out

what really happened.

We're in this room.

We feel the silence.

There is a time

for every season,

mama.

This child

has been cut down

before her time.

How long?

How long

has your daughter

been this way?

Two years.

Mmm.

The doctors say

she's brain-dead.

Doctors.

Doctors.

The doctors don't

want her well, mama.

They like that money

coming in.

No, sir.

The child's mind

is not dead.

Will you join hands

with me?

We need to

create an opening,

close the circuit

so the girl can

find her way back home.

Please. Indulge me.

Please.

Thank you.

There we go.

All right.

Now, mama,

i want you

to be brave.

Something happened

before the child

got lost,

about a week before.

No.

Mm-hmm.

No. Nothing.

Not to her,

mama.

Nothing.

To you.

To you.

Something so terrible,

it froze your heart,

and you swore you'd never

tell a living soul.

But the spirit

sees all.

No!

The spirit knows all.

The spirit understands all.

Now whisper it.

Whisper it to me.

Let it out.

No. No.

Let it out.

Whisper.

Whisper it in my ear!

Give it to me!

Tell me the truth.

The truth!

The real truth!

Now!

He's going down!

Get his head.

I got his feet.

Grab him. Grab him.

Hold him.

I've got his head.

Rotate him. Look out.

So, how long

have you guys

worked together?

- Just long enough

to talk us into this.

We actually met

in film school, so we've

done everything together--

industrials,

um, web series--

- infomercials.

- Once. We did one infomercial.

"Your skin

will practically glow."

- That was the best payday

we ever had.

- Yeah, for three days of hell.

Uh, excuse me.

I'm pretty sure you slept

with the spokesmodel.

Hey,

she was very smart.

Oh!

- She reads books.

But this film?

This is different.

We've wanted to

make this film

for a long time.

Why is it

so important to you?

Wait,

you didn't tell her?

Uh, our dad,

he led the FBI team

that day,

the day

when everyone, um--

died.

Our dad was never really

the same after that.

Neither was our mom.

So that's why you have

all those photos.

That's why we're here.

Look at this guy.

Mr. Wheeler, hi.

Maggie, from the documentary.

Uh-huh.

Thank you so much for letting us

shoot on your property.

- I know this is--

- twenty-five years,

i kept folk away from here.

Who are all these folks?

Thought it was just you.

Oh, no, uh,

this is my crew.

- Christian, my brother,

is the editor.

- Hello, sir.

Nick is our gaffer.

Matt's our cameraman.

Ed, grip.

What's up?

Jill does sound,

and Ann is our pa.

- And this is Sarah hope.

- I know who she is.

Thought it was you.

Bound to come back home.

Was wondering

if you ever would.

Oh, wow.

You okay?

Hey, hey.

What?

Get this.

Okay.

Get down.

Get down.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Sarah! Sarah!

- Sarah?

- Is she okay?

- What happened?

Are you okay?

- I'm okay.

I don't know.

Maybe we shouldn't

be here.

All right,

we'll set up camp over there.

Thanks.

Can you imagine

how weird this must be

for her to be back here?

She's the one

that made it out.

My whole life has been

defined by this place,

by what happened.

It's the same for me.

After it all happened,

i, um--

I was only three

at the time,

but... my father, uh,

killed himself.

What?

I found him

hanging in the garage.

I thought he was

playing a game.

We both lost our families

because of this place.

I need to know why.

Sarah. Sarah.

Sarah.

Ed? Ed!

Ed!

Do you see him down there?

- No, he's not over here.

- Ed! Ed!

Ed, stop messing around!

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