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Aravindan Balakrishnan
cult leader
Aisha Wahab
Victim
Peter Clement
Prosecutor
Josephine Herivel
Victim
Rosie Morgan-Davies
Victim
Camera
Johann Perry
Director of Photography
Directing
Vanessa Engle
Director
In 2013, three women emerged from a flat in Brixton. They had been held there for decades by Aravindan Balakrishnan, a revolutionary Maoist who controlled the women with brainwashing techniques and tales of a sinister, world-controlling machine he called 'Jackie'.
cult leader
Victim
Prosecutor
Victim
Victim
Director of Photography
Director