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Is rock and roll an untapped conduit for healing after shunning? Filmmaker Scott Homan\u2019s debut documentary feature \u201c'Witness Underground\u201d,\xa0 sheds light on the experiences, creative expressions, and defection of ex-members of the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses community.\xa0 The film delves into the journey of notable underground bands within the culty, culty JW organization, and chronicles their musical legacy comprising over 30 albums across multiple decades. Scott joins us today to talk about his experience coming of age as a second generation JW, and how he and other ex-JWs have harnessed the power of art for awakening and therapeutic purposes after escaping high-control religion.\xa0

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Filmmaker Scott Homan, was raised as a second generation Jehovah\u2019s Witness in Wisconsin where his teenage music community recorded albums while being influenced by the cult. He studied photography and digital media in Minneapolis and now runs Banana Island Films, which was born in a music community during his years in Hanoi, Vietnam. His present projects focus on artists escaping cults, demonstrating that self-expression through art shortens the path to healing from shunning. \u201cWitness Underground\u201d is his debut feature documentary, and as a wider project, includes the Witness Underground YouTube channel and the series \u201cXJW Coming Out.\u201d

\u201cWitness Underground\u201d was just released on major streaming platforms, TUBI for free with ads, and on Amazon to rent or buy.\xa0 Learn more at:

WitnessUnderground.com

TUBI: tubitv.com/movies/100018684/witness-underground\xa0

Amazon Prime Video:\xa0 amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CVGPPFZ

To Rate and Review on IMDB:\xa0 imdb.com/title/tt15215562

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CREDITS:\xa0

Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson & Anthony Ames

Production Partner: Citizens of Sound

Producer: Will Retherford

Writer & Co-Creator: Jess Tardy

Theme Song: \u201cCultivated\u201d by Jon Bryant co-written with Nygel Asselin

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