For seven years, India Oxenberg was the frog slowly boiling in the pot of water that was so-called self-empowerment group Nxivm. For about three years she was a supporting character in stories told by everyone from directors Karim Amer and Jehan Noujaim to her own mother, Catherine Oxenberg. Now, she has reclaimed her life and is reclaiming her narrative along with it in “Seduced: Inside the Nxivm Cult,” a new four-part docuseries premiering Oct. 18 on Starz.
“I felt like it was my chance to take the story back into my own hands and say, ‘Hey, there’s a person here! Not just branded, sex slave, cult girl — a human being,'” India Oxenberg tells Variety.
For many who have been following the Nxivm saga, including Clare Bronfman’s recent sentencing and the fact that group founder Keith Raniere and his right-hand woman who was one of the heads of Dos,...
“I felt like it was my chance to take the story back into my own hands and say, ‘Hey, there’s a person here! Not just branded, sex slave, cult girl — a human being,'” India Oxenberg tells Variety.
For many who have been following the Nxivm saga, including Clare Bronfman’s recent sentencing and the fact that group founder Keith Raniere and his right-hand woman who was one of the heads of Dos,...
- 10/13/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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