Compass

There's the story the world has heard about the Warren Jeffs, polygamy, child molestation, and a very public trial that brought disturbing evidence to light. There's also a lesser-known story - an economically depressed community of devoted followers who are still holding tight to the belief that their beloved prophet will be released from his life sentence in prison. With unprecedented access into a secretive FLDS community located in Short Creek, active FLDS member, Norma Richter, is forced to watch as her beloved community and once 'sacred land' is slowly inhabited by opposing ex-FLDS members who are returning home to reclaim their land.

Despite their hippie persona and rustic community businesses, the Twelve Tribes have long stood accused of physically abusing children and subjugating of women. Now disconnected from her family, ex-member Samie Brosseau works to expose the Twelve Tribes abusive practices today.

Examine the story of the eugenics movement and its long history in the US, from its beginnings in the study of heredity, to its rise as a popular movement promising to uplift the human race through state sponsored sterilisation, to its influence on immigration laws designed to close our borders to groups deemed genetically inferior.