Exclusive: HBO is in production on Love Has Won, a new docuseries about the obscure religious group branded a cult by many, and its leader Amy Carlson, with Baby God director Hannah Olson set to direct.
The series will tell the story of Carlson, Aka Mother God, and Love Has Won with exclusive access to key subjects and previously unpublished archival material, according to HBO.
The Love Has Won movement has been described as a combination of New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and elements from mainstream Abrahamic religions. The group proclaimed that Carlson was a divine, 19-billion-year-old being who had birthed all creation. Carlson claimed she had been reincarnated 534 times, including as Jesus, Joan of Arc, Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra, and would lead 144,000 people into a mystical “5th dimension”.
The mummified remains of the 45-year-old Carlson were found April 28 wrapped in Christmas lights in a home in Crestone, Colorado, the...
The series will tell the story of Carlson, Aka Mother God, and Love Has Won with exclusive access to key subjects and previously unpublished archival material, according to HBO.
The Love Has Won movement has been described as a combination of New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and elements from mainstream Abrahamic religions. The group proclaimed that Carlson was a divine, 19-billion-year-old being who had birthed all creation. Carlson claimed she had been reincarnated 534 times, including as Jesus, Joan of Arc, Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra, and would lead 144,000 people into a mystical “5th dimension”.
The mummified remains of the 45-year-old Carlson were found April 28 wrapped in Christmas lights in a home in Crestone, Colorado, the...
- 6/11/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO's new documentary Baby God tells the disturbing story of Dr. Quincy Fortier, a Las Vegas-based fertility doctor with a dark secret: instead of performing artificial insemination on his patients using their husbands' sperm, he used his own without telling his patients, resulting in a web of medical deceit, betrayals, and over two dozen children who didn't even know the truth of their parentage. Even more disturbing? Fortier never had to face the consequences of his actions.
On two separate occasions, as reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal, Fortier settled out of court with women who accused him of deceiving them by using his own sperm in their artificial insemination procedures, resulting in children that they didn't know were fathered by Fortier. One of those cases was settled in 2001, the other in 2006. In both of them, court-ordered DNA tests proved that Fortier was the biological father of both women's children,...
On two separate occasions, as reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal, Fortier settled out of court with women who accused him of deceiving them by using his own sperm in their artificial insemination procedures, resulting in children that they didn't know were fathered by Fortier. One of those cases was settled in 2001, the other in 2006. In both of them, court-ordered DNA tests proved that Fortier was the biological father of both women's children,...
- 12/3/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
The kind of story at the heart of Baby God is sadly familiar from news reports. As text at the end of the documentary points out, “More than two dozen U.S. doctors have been accused of secretly inseminating patients with their own sperm.” Director Hannah Olson’s first feature follows the children of Dr. Quincy Fortier, an Ob/Gyn who used his sperm to impregnate dozens of women in Nevada from the 1940s through the ’80s. Fortier, who died in 2006 at the age of 93, was sued late in life by one of the children of ...
- 11/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The kind of story at the heart of Baby God is sadly familiar from news reports. As text at the end of the documentary points out, “More than two dozen U.S. doctors have been accused of secretly inseminating patients with their own sperm.” Director Hannah Olson’s first feature follows the children of Dr. Quincy Fortier, an Ob/Gyn who used his sperm to impregnate dozens of women in Nevada from the 1940s through the ’80s. Fortier, who died in 2006 at the age of 93, was sued late in life by one of the children of ...
- 11/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Do you want to say that your father was a monster? And what does that say about you...?" HBO has unveiled an official trailer for a harrowing investigative documentary titled Baby God, made by filmmaker Hannah Olson. You may have heard of this story thanks to all the shocking headlines about the discovery. For more than 30 years, Dr. Quincy Fortier covertly used his own sperm — without his patients' knowledge or consent — to inseminate his fertility patients and impregnate them with his own DNA. Now his secret is out and his children seek the truth about his motives and try to make sense of their own identities. Not only does the film examine this man and why he might've done this, but it also spends time with all of the people who have his DNA in them. It's fascinating to see them grapple with the morals of his decision and how...
- 11/16/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
HBO’s Baby God, debuting Wednesday, December 2 (9:00-10:20 p.m. Et/Pt), from first-time director Hannah Olson and executive produced by Academy Award® nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, is a shocking examination of the work of a Las Vegas fertility specialist and the many women he guided to pregnancy through use of his own sperm, often without their knowledge or consent. The documentary follows his newly-discovered offspring as they grapple with the scope of his misdeeds and the impact that his genes may have on their own identities. Baby God will debut on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max. When retired detective Wendi Babst decides to explore her ancestry through home DNA testing, she makes a stunning discovery. The quest to find the truth about her biological father takes her down a rabbit-hole of furtive medical procedures and unsuspecting women… leading to one man: Dr.
- 11/14/2020
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
On Nov. 24, 1971, night before Thanksgiving, a man identified as Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Boeing 727 flight bound for Seattle. He told the pilots to circle around a few times before he parachuted out with $200,000, never to be heard from again. A team of 40 FBI agents, criminologists, journalists, and attorneys worked the case for decades. In 1972, 15 copycat hijackings were pulled. The last D.B. Cooper wannabe hijacked a plane on July 11, 1980. He demanded $600,000, two parachutes, and the assassination of his boss. A stewardess gave him a valium and he settled for three cheeseburgers. In 1981, Treat Williams played the elusive criminal in The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper. The FBI officially closed the case in 2016, citing a lack of strong leads.
But filmmaker John Dower will launch an investigation into the only unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history almost 50 years after the disappearing act. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper...
But filmmaker John Dower will launch an investigation into the only unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history almost 50 years after the disappearing act. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper...
- 10/31/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Issa Rae has found her latest project at HBO.
The “Insecure” creator and star is set to executive produce a two-part documentary called “Seen & Heard” on the history of Black television from the perspective of those who wrote, produced, created and starred in series of the past and present.
“Who Killed Malcolm X?’ helmer Phil Bertelsen is on board to direct the doc which will feature interviews with actors, showrunners, writers, and celebrities sharing their experiences of watching African Americans represented on TV and succeeding in their own creative endeavors. The doc will also incorporate archival material and verité-driven segments.
“Black people have such a rich, but often unacknowledged history in Hollywood,” said Rae. “We have defined American culture and influenced generations time and time again across the globe. I’m honored to pair with Ark Media to center and celebrate the achievements of those who paved a way for...
The “Insecure” creator and star is set to executive produce a two-part documentary called “Seen & Heard” on the history of Black television from the perspective of those who wrote, produced, created and starred in series of the past and present.
“Who Killed Malcolm X?’ helmer Phil Bertelsen is on board to direct the doc which will feature interviews with actors, showrunners, writers, and celebrities sharing their experiences of watching African Americans represented on TV and succeeding in their own creative endeavors. The doc will also incorporate archival material and verité-driven segments.
“Black people have such a rich, but often unacknowledged history in Hollywood,” said Rae. “We have defined American culture and influenced generations time and time again across the globe. I’m honored to pair with Ark Media to center and celebrate the achievements of those who paved a way for...
- 8/5/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
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