Children of God: Lost and Found

Noah Thomson at film screening in Los Angeles, California. August 23, 2007.

Children of God: Lost and Found is a documentary by former second-generation member Noah Thomson. Thomson began working on the documentary in 2002 and its world premiere was held in January 2007 at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. It was shown on Cinemax[1] in the US and on MovieCentral[2] and The Movie Network in Canada starting in September 2007. See Showings below for more information.

On January 23, 2007, members of The Family reportedly protested and noisily disrupted a question and answer session held after the film's second screening at Slamdance. The police were summoned to restore order and confiscate unauthorized recordings cult members made inside the theatre. This resulted in increased worldwide publicity for the documentary.

Trailer

Download: Children of God:Lost and Found - Trailer (02:58, 30.5MB)

Showings

The following broadcasts/showings have been announced. Viewers may want to check their local listings for more detailed information.

United States

• Arclight Theater (6360 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California) – 2007-08-23 – 8PM
• MAX High Definition East – 2007-09-05 – 7PM EST
• Cinemax East – 2007-09-05 – 7PM EST
• More Max East – 2007-09-08 – 5:10AM EST
• More Max East – 2007-09-19 – 10AM EST
• Cinemax East – 2007-09-23 – 7:20AM EST
• WMAX East – 2007-10-04 – 3:30AM EST
• Cinemax on Demand (sm) – 2007-09-06 – 2007-10-10

Canada

• Movie Central (Corus Entertainment) – 2007-09-06 – 7PM ET
• Movie Central MC3 – 2007-10-14 – 3:15PM MT
• Movie Central MC3 – 2007-10-15 – 12:30AM MT
• Movie Central MC3 – 2007-10-16 – 1:45PM MT
• Movie Central MC3 – 2007-10-16 – 11PM MT
• Movie Central on Demand – 2007-10-04 — [end date not announced]
• The Movie Network (MFest) – 2007-11-07 – 9PM ET
• The Movie Network (M) – 2007-11-07 – 2:45AM ET

Press coverage

• Hollywood Reporter: HBO Documentary Focuses on Cult Kids — 2004-04-26
• Fox News: Cult Members Cause Scene at Screening — 2007-01-24
• The Guardian: Protest film — 2007-01-24
• Variety: Slamdance screening ends in melee — 2007-01-24
• New York Post: Slammed with Cult Mischief — 2007-01-25
• Park Record: Documentary ambushed during Slamdance screening — 2007-01-31
• Los Angeles Times: Former cult member assesses damage in 'Children of God' — 2007-09-05
• New York Times: What’s on Tonight — 2007-09-05

More Information

• Slamdance: Children of God: Lost and Found
• Slamdance 1: Lost and Found and Kevin Bacon — review by "Film-Fatale" blogger Justine.
• WOW Productions: Children of God: Lost & Found — Information about the documentary from World of Wonder Productions site and producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
• WOW Report » Archives » An Invitation — 2007-08-15
• HBO: Children of God: Lost and Found —
• Internet Movie Database: Children of God: Lost and Found
• divx.com Stage6: Children Of God Lost And Found trailer — 2007-01-19
• movingon.org: movie on cog — 2004-03-08 – article by Thomson on MovingOn.org
• movingon.org: documentary — 2004-03-11 – article by Thomson on MovingOn.org
• movingon.org: HBO doc in the works — 2006-01-09 – article by Thomson on MovingOn.org
• movingon.org: Invite to Hollywood for a screening of Children of God: Lost and Found — 2007-07-19
• movingon.org: Screening for Noahs HBO Doco in LA Aug 23 — 2007-08-13

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