Mitch, your matter of fact commentary makes the propaganda into a documentary and this is hopefully one of many deserving of award after award. I really hope you work through all the films you made in such a way, providing such a touching, eye opening insight into that world. The world can watch those films but need your commentary to really see them. Thank you for doing this ❤ Edit: can’t wait for your book!
You’re very welcome and thank you for the comments and the support. Unfortunately much of the work I did is completely locked down and will never be seen outside of orgs
I know everybody on this video and can confirm that all of them were there when I was there, and this is all true. Mitch is telling the truth, and he was there for the entire 15 years that I worked at the Scientology HQ.
Thank you Mitch for revealing the truths of which once you were involved in the lies, acting as an advocate. I can imagine that to some degree it wasn't easy for you to do but at the same time your intelligence overcame that and here you are giving it the big one. Nice one! And long may you continue in your expose of the lies and deceit, etc. that this so called church has and is creating. :)
Wouldn't you know, the guy who made Scientology look good makes a very powerful enemy on the outside... Mitch I love your videos, your calm dry insights of what was really going on are so eye opening. I am really looking forward to you using your skills to reveal how bad Scientology really is
Mitch you know film makers shift the Overton window. You are making great content. Keep it up. Loving this short form. You know people will share. You are using your skills for good. Go Mitch this format is perfect. Fills a niche. SPTV rocks
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie my daughter has a Film and TV degree. She's taught me well. I also do a lot of climate activism volunteer work. Telling stories is a huge part of reaching people. I'm 67 and a retired mental health clinician. I'm dedicated , determined and passionate about social justice. Mitch I will be watching for all your content. Notifications are ON. Short form. You got it. Hi OSA. I live in a SCN free state. Not even a Mission. Come play down under.
I was hoping you’d make some reaction videos about the content you helped make for them- thanks for sharing! If you’re able to, I’d also love to see a reaction video for the attack propaganda on Ron Miscavige, so we could hear straight from the creator what was exaggerated/fabricated, how it was made, etc.
he talked about that subject in his interview with Aaron Smith Levin (Growing up in Scientology) on YT. What struck me deeply was he had little reaction to it at the time, in his words "it was just a job"...The indoctrination and brainwashing is so deep that emotion and moral code is buried deep inside and you become a machine for one person only and that is the monster David Miscavige. !!Thankul he is now breathing the air of freedom and truth.
I love you Mitch your commentaries are hilariously, bitter sweet and tragic at the same time! Don’t feel guilty. You’re speaking out and saving lives now you’re a hero!
Mitch, you and Mark Vicente would probably have a very interesting conversation about your idealistic selves as cinematographers of your respective cults. I'd love to see that. Great job on this video. I love your comments and deconstructions of the lies you once helped build. Congratulations on your courage and thank you for sharing it with us.
I've thought about reaching out to Mark as we were both the chief filmmakers for our respective cults. I"d seen his film "What the Bleep Do We Know!?'" when I was working for Gold and thought it was excellent.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie I only recently learned Vincente was in a cult and that he was the director of that film. Ironically, that film was part of my deconversion from fundamentalist islam. A convo between you two is bound to be very interesting.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie he has a UA-cam channel too, don't know if you have seen it. And he has recently had an excellent conversation with Guy Pierce, I'm going to share the link here, if UA-cam allows me to.
I passed by here last night and the whole area gives you a scary guy feeling. The whole place is designed from keeping people from escaping. They have cameras facing towards the property, so that they see anyone trying to escape. That castle is creepy AF. That whole area feels evil
Wow. Bravo to all of you who have gotten out and making it a mission to tell people what is happening . People are listening and believe you. I am one of them. Mitch your story, insight and blatant truth here is powerful . Just wow. And your delivery, painfully humorous in its pure revelation of reality versus the facade is so good. Thank you. This is amazing .
Mitch has been very nice to me. I was in a different abusive cult as a teen and we accidentally bumped into each other and he befriended me and there is not to many people who have recognized different cult same tactics same trauma. Steven Hassen interviewed a man Dave Cherry who came after me but was in the same cult it’s on UA-cam . If you watch you will see the same games same trauma. This will be good Mitch is kind and smart
Hi OSA!! Amazing video. Scientology should be afraid of your content.... very afraid. Your videos are smart and so well done. I'm looking fwd to more content .
I just saw the original Golden Era video. It was great to find this awesome review of it. That long list of those once imprisoned in the Hole was truely chilling.
Wow! Mitch, this is a great video and very informative. Since I am a visual person, seeing this video content helped me to understand and contextualize all of what I have learned more effectively. I look forward to more, and keep up the snarky comments, too. Run, Crystal!
Imma just making a whole bunch of separate comments for engagement: Knowing what we now know about what’s going on here, it’s pretty sad to look at these people and notice the darkness under the eyes, the hypnotic stare - it must be really easy to hypnotize someone who is so deeply sleep deprived and over work! - the guy who has the slight jaundice at about -5:39 … you can literally see the sleep deprivation and poor nutrition on the faces of many of these people.
This looks exciting! Can’t wait, Mitch!! Ooh… how many more of these video’s do you still have? I didn’t think any of these would ever show outside the bubble.
I love this Mitch! Your commentary style is in the best SPTV tradition of what I’d call righteous sass. The perfect antidote to COS’s pompous, self-important nonsense. ❤
I went to a thrift store today in my town, to check a bookshelf and I found a big book for 4€ that called "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard. Because the book was lil bit thicker then the other one's, I sayed to myself: I gonna come back home and check some reviews (is it worth my time to read it). So I type in the name of it here (youtube) where the all best critics gathering together :)) And the first videos it poped out was about Scientology... I heard about this 'stuff' some years ago and realized, that this is like a bibble of that occult. Thank You for sharing your experience about this movement as an insider! Nobody could explain it better than a person, who stuck in that for so many years... Wishing you all the best in whatever You do in Your life! At the present of truth - the bullshit disappears!
Came over here from Blown for Good. I’m glad you made this short video as an introduction to you, Mitch. The original video is quite the promo for the COS! Your commentary will help the new never-ins get into the SP world. For the record, I agree with those who suggest a collab with Vicente.
Mitch, this is a great reaction video. Your comments are succinct and to the point ❤ I always had your back and you've proved me right ❤ Also, pretty 🔥! Shame you're on another continent 😂
I’ve been binge watching the videos on Mitch’s channels. This video is amazing. Shows Mitch’s talent as a director, behind the scenes of Scn propaganda and Mitch’s commentary is informative and funny.
It's interesting to watch some of your self-deprogramming process, including what must be fairly painful moments of holding yourself accountable for how you were deceived. It's good work. Thank you.
Really Mitch, you did make them look great. i would actually be interested in seeing some of them. if you still have copies of the training films you did you can do commentary over the top of them and that would be quite cool.
I just watched you with Sterling and I just wanted to tell you something as quietly as I can. (Especially since you said you don’t like compliments). I think COS was only successful because the people that believe or believed in it were the best of human race. They are people who really want to do good for the world and others. You are an exceptional human. COS takes advantage of that, IMO. You are a good man and I am sending you all the positive energy I can muster.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie you are welcome. Please take care of yourself and remember to always put the oxygen mask on yourself 1st, because if you can not breathe, you can’t help anyone else. It’s the #1 lesson I teach my sons. Hugs to you
Oh oh oh! This is the video where you roll out the names at the end of Sea Org members in the hole! I missed that the first time, although clearly Heber is not IN the video. Brilliant well done!
i think janis was saying they were moving anyway, but the way i hear the hartwell video, he had to flee in a hurry as the hartwells had outed his location. that story is hilarious/outrageous. hartwell was telling the guardian's office that he had been working for hubbard. they didn't believe him because i don't think they knew he was there. hartwell (a wog) finally convinced the guy when he told him the story that he was being ordered to build something without any materials. hartwell tells the GO that some kid just said "make it go right" and they knew he was telling the truth, lol.
I have been at this place a few times as an extra in their films. I was young and had no clue about what they actually believed. I just remember the whole atmosphere was very strange and secretive and the other actors thought so as well. They have invited me back but bc of what I know now and my beliefs I don't.( Although it would've been great for quick money lol.) Looking at this i remember what it looked like, I still haven't seen the things I've filmed either.
Loving this directors commentary!
Wow Mitch. This is awesome and very effective. I'm so glad you are helping to stop COS from their terrible crimes.
Thanks for the support.
So great right? He laid it out so well
Literally THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
Mitch, your matter of fact commentary makes the propaganda into a documentary and this is hopefully one of many deserving of award after award. I really hope you work through all the films you made in such a way, providing such a touching, eye opening insight into that world. The world can watch those films but need your commentary to really see them. Thank you for doing this ❤
Edit: can’t wait for your book!
You’re very welcome and thank you for the comments and the support. Unfortunately much of the work I did is completely locked down and will never be seen outside of orgs
Yes David Cherrys story is Ike mine without physical and sexual abuse. I was a child in that nightmare
@@Jennafromcalli ❤️🤗❤️
I know everybody on this video and can confirm that all of them were there when I was there, and this is all true. Mitch is telling the truth, and he was there for the entire 15 years that I worked at the Scientology HQ.
Mitch, I am so glad to hear your voice can’t wait for the book. Thank you for speaking out. You are doing more good than you know.
Thank you.
Thank you Mitch for revealing the truths of which once you were involved in the lies, acting as an advocate. I can imagine that to some degree it wasn't easy for you to do but at the same time your intelligence overcame that and here you are giving it the big one. Nice one! And long may you continue in your expose of the lies and deceit, etc. that this so called church has and is creating. :)
Mitch - you do such an effective job of re-contextualizing the propaganda. Keep up the good work.
Wouldn't you know, the guy who made Scientology look good makes a very powerful enemy on the outside...
Mitch I love your videos, your calm dry insights of what was really going on are so eye opening. I am really looking forward to you using your skills to reveal how bad Scientology really is
Thank you ☺️ should I do a live Q&A? Thinking about it.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie I love a Q&A but I'm notoriously bad at thinking of questions, myself!
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie
Great show! I suggest in your YT Community section you survey your subscribers.
@@Barbara-li5yb on what subjects?
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie just generally ask them what to talk about. Now I see you have an Ask Me Anything. Yay you!
This film without commentary is Triumph of the Will, but with commentary becomes The Blew Light.
Brilliant video, thanks Mitch, you are a welcome addition to SPTV. 😊
Mitch you know film makers shift the Overton window. You are making great content. Keep it up. Loving this short form. You know people will share. You are using your skills for good. Go Mitch this format is perfect. Fills a niche. SPTV rocks
Thanks for that!
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie my daughter has a Film and TV degree. She's taught me well. I also do a lot of climate activism volunteer work. Telling stories is a huge part of reaching people. I'm 67 and a retired mental health clinician. I'm dedicated , determined and passionate about social justice. Mitch I will be watching for all your content. Notifications are ON. Short form. You got it. Hi OSA. I live in a SCN free state. Not even a Mission. Come play down under.
I was hoping you’d make some reaction videos about the content you helped make for them- thanks for sharing! If you’re able to, I’d also love to see a reaction video for the attack propaganda on Ron Miscavige, so we could hear straight from the creator what was exaggerated/fabricated, how it was made, etc.
Underway
he talked about that subject in his interview with Aaron Smith Levin (Growing up in Scientology) on YT. What struck me deeply was he had little reaction to it at the time, in his words "it was just a job"...The indoctrination and brainwashing is so deep that emotion and moral code is buried deep inside and you become a machine for one person only and that is the monster David Miscavige. !!Thankul he is now breathing the air of freedom and truth.
The list of people who have been in the Hole with the video continuing in the background....😢
I painted that place in 2006 I think. I also witnessed some craziness.
I love you Mitch your commentaries are hilariously, bitter sweet and tragic at the same time! Don’t feel guilty. You’re speaking out and saving lives now you’re a hero!
Excellent work, Mitch.
Fabulous! Your color commentary is hysterical and tragic. What a ride!
Mitch, you and Mark Vicente would probably have a very interesting conversation about your idealistic selves as cinematographers of your respective cults. I'd love to see that.
Great job on this video. I love your comments and deconstructions of the lies you once helped build. Congratulations on your courage and thank you for sharing it with us.
I've thought about reaching out to Mark as we were both the chief filmmakers for our respective cults. I"d seen his film "What the Bleep Do We Know!?'" when I was working for Gold and thought it was excellent.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie I only recently learned Vincente was in a cult and that he was the director of that film. Ironically, that film was part of my deconversion from fundamentalist islam.
A convo between you two is bound to be very interesting.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie he has a UA-cam channel too, don't know if you have seen it. And he has recently had an excellent conversation with Guy Pierce, I'm going to share the link here, if UA-cam allows me to.
Mark Vicente and Guy Pierce
ua-cam.com/video/1RJW1WaUIOU/v-deo.html
I'm sure he would love to hear from you, Mitch. I love his podcast, you'd make a great guest.
I passed by here last night and the whole area gives you a scary guy feeling. The whole place is designed from keeping people from escaping. They have cameras facing towards the property, so that they see anyone trying to escape.
That castle is creepy AF. That whole area feels evil
Wow. Bravo to all of you who have gotten out and making it a mission to tell people what is happening . People are listening and believe you. I am one of them. Mitch your story, insight and blatant truth here is powerful . Just wow. And your delivery, painfully humorous in its pure revelation of reality versus the facade is so good. Thank you. This is amazing .
That meas a lot. THanks for your support.
Mitch has been very nice to me. I was in a different abusive cult as a teen and we accidentally bumped into each other and he befriended me and there is not to many people who have recognized different cult same tactics same trauma. Steven Hassen interviewed a man Dave Cherry who came after me but was in the same cult it’s on UA-cam . If you watch you will see the same games same trauma. This will be good Mitch is kind and smart
Is this the Steven Hassan video you're talking about? ua-cam.com/video/r6ipxr7x8dA/v-deo.html
Yes it is
This guy is a legend
Hi OSA!! Amazing video. Scientology should be afraid of your content.... very afraid. Your videos are smart and so well done. I'm looking fwd to more content .
NASA LEVEL TECH who was that guy.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Great upload Mitch straight to the point keep bringing the truth.
So interesting to see behind the scenes. Thanks for doing this Mitch! Much love
I just saw the original Golden Era video. It was great to find this awesome review of it. That long list of those once imprisoned in the Hole was truely chilling.
Hello OSA! Thank you, Mitch, for great content!
Omg! Your commentary!
*chef’s kiss* 🤌
Merchant of Chaos right here. Hi OSA! 👋
I am glad I found your channel through A A Ron. Thank you for speaking out against this evil cult of Scientology.
Thank you for your support.
Wow! Mitch, this is a great video and very informative. Since I am a visual person, seeing this video content helped me to understand and contextualize all of what I have learned more effectively. I look forward to more, and keep up the snarky comments, too. Run, Crystal!
Mitch, keep doing videos please! Nice reaction style. Hope you don't stop posting. Love from Barcelona.
Thank you for your support. More to come.
Replay crew from Australia here to say 👏🏻 Mitch. A whole new SPTV story teller. Maybe this is the lever for JT. Thank you.
Excellent job Mitch!!🎉
Great video, Mitch. You description is pretty much the Sea Org as I experienced it. Glad you are out there talking about it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The list of names in the RPF at the end got to me.
High quality, well produced hostage video right there.
Imma just making a whole bunch of separate comments for engagement:
Knowing what we now know about what’s going on here, it’s pretty sad to look at these people and notice the darkness under the eyes, the hypnotic stare - it must be really easy to hypnotize someone who is so deeply sleep deprived and over work! - the guy who has the slight jaundice at about -5:39 … you can literally see the sleep deprivation and poor nutrition on the faces of many of these people.
Yep. As a health professional in mental health for over 30 years all those signs were red flags that my clients were struggling.
This was wonderful. Thank you Mitch
I saw you on Andrew Gold and am now here on your channel. Bravo Mitch !!! This is wonderful. The TRUTH is everything.
Thank you Mitch, for speaking Truth to their lies. Looking forward to your book!
thoroughly enjoyed.!
☺️😊😃
totally appreciate your wicked sense of humour.!
😉
✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻
Mich I think you're brave and bring hope.
I don't want to go backwards. Forward
Great video! (That guy wasn't THAT annoying! LOL)
Love it! Can’t wait to see more!
Great video... I love the little humor you injected dissing yourself.
Thank you. Please subscribe.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie I had thought I was!... Oops. 😎
This looks exciting! Can’t wait, Mitch!!
Ooh… how many more of these video’s do you still have? I didn’t think any of these would ever show outside the bubble.
I really hope he's made plenty of copies and distributed them to other SPTV crew members etc.
The inside Golden Era Productions” video is on YT. Anyone can download it.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie ah okay. The little vignette of your other films just look so good, I was hoping you had more of them !
This was a great video! Looking forward to more!
This was fantastic Mitch - great info
Mitch, this is amazing! More people need to see it!
I love this Mitch! Your commentary style is in the best SPTV tradition of what I’d call righteous sass. The perfect antidote to COS’s pompous, self-important nonsense. ❤
Excellent commentary and insight Mitch. Thank you for sharing. 💗
Replay Crew, have now properly subscribed and turned on notifications "All" bell. 👍✔️
You are right great thumbnail.
I went to a thrift store today in my town, to check a bookshelf and I found a big book for 4€ that called "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard. Because the book was lil bit thicker then the other one's, I sayed to myself: I gonna come back home and check some reviews (is it worth my time to read it). So I type in the name of it here (youtube) where the all best critics gathering together :)) And the first videos it poped out was about Scientology... I heard about this 'stuff' some years ago and realized, that this is like a bibble of that occult.
Thank You for sharing your experience about this movement as an insider! Nobody could explain it better than a person, who stuck in that for so many years...
Wishing you all the best in whatever You do in Your life!
At the present of truth - the bullshit disappears!
Thank you that really means a lot. Please like and subscribe.
Came over here from Blown for Good. I’m glad you made this short video as an introduction to you, Mitch. The original video is quite the promo for the COS! Your commentary will help the new never-ins get into the SP world.
For the record, I agree with those who suggest a collab with Vicente.
Thank you.
Mitch, this is a great reaction video. Your comments are succinct and to the point ❤ I always had your back and you've proved me right ❤
Also, pretty 🔥! Shame you're on another continent 😂
Thanks. What continent are you on BTW?
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie I'm in Scotland
@@themenna007 nice
Just found this one, Mitch! Powerful and brilliant! Because I❤❤❤
Really enjoyed this. Blew my expectations away. Welcome home Mitch.
I’ve been binge watching the videos on Mitch’s channels. This video is amazing. Shows Mitch’s talent as a director, behind the scenes of Scn propaganda and Mitch’s commentary is informative and funny.
Really good point about social media. That’s crossed my mind many times also. It’s literally common sense.
Fascinating
This was so good!
I commend you for speaking out, respect you for any risks you have taken, admire you disclosing your truth.
Thanks Chris 💜
Thanks, Mitch
Hi OSA!
Mitch Thank you!!
This is fascinating!!!! Thanks Mitch ❤🎉
OMG the list of those in the hole😢
(Shared). Thank you very much for this.
Thank you!
It's interesting to watch some of your self-deprogramming process, including what must be fairly painful moments of holding yourself accountable for how you were deceived. It's good work. Thank you.
So interesting Mitch! I really appreciate your insight into what happened at the base!
Excellent content, Mitch! I very much enjoyed this video
That list at the end… and that’s JUST the people held at Golden Era, not all of Int. Think of how many are in RPF sites.
Really Mitch, you did make them look great. i would actually be interested in seeing some of them. if you still have copies of the training films you did you can do commentary over the top of them and that would be quite cool.
Glad to have found your channel, Mitch :) this going to be fascinating 🍷
I just watched you with Sterling and I just wanted to tell you something as quietly as I can. (Especially since you said you don’t like compliments). I think COS was only successful because the people that believe or believed in it were the best of human race. They are people who really want to do good for the world and others. You are an exceptional human. COS takes advantage of that, IMO. You are a good man and I am sending you all the positive energy I can muster.
Thank you.
@@Scientology-The-Big-Lie you are welcome. Please take care of yourself and remember to always put the oxygen mask on yourself 1st, because if you can not breathe, you can’t help anyone else. It’s the #1 lesson I teach my sons. Hugs to you
Love the deadpan humor
Wow. Thank you so much for doing this.
Beautifully done.
Absolutely looking forward to the book....and all your future projects.❤👍💯
Thanks... That was great!
Thank you for doing this video.
Oh oh oh! This is the video where you roll out the names at the end of Sea Org members in the hole! I missed that the first time, although clearly Heber is not IN the video. Brilliant well done!
Great content, Mitch! Your perspective is needed. Thank you!
We want MORE!!!
i think janis was saying they were moving anyway, but the way i hear the hartwell video, he had to flee in a hurry as the hartwells had outed his location. that story is hilarious/outrageous. hartwell was telling the guardian's office that he had been working for hubbard. they didn't believe him because i don't think they knew he was there. hartwell (a wog) finally convinced the guy when he told him the story that he was being ordered to build something without any materials. hartwell tells the GO that some kid just said "make it go right" and they knew he was telling the truth, lol.
Awesome Mitch!
Thank you so much! Keep them coming!
OMG, Mitch. That was so good. And funny. More, please. 😊
Thanks
Thanks so much for this Mitch, you really give the viewer a sense of the illusion. I can’t wait to watch more of your content 😊
Great podcast
Thanks Mitch it was a great commentary.
Your videos are very high quality. I hope you keep doing documentaries like this.
I have been at this place a few times as an extra in their films. I was young and had no clue about what they actually believed. I just remember the whole atmosphere was very strange and secretive and the other actors thought so as well.
They have invited me back but bc of what I know now and my beliefs I don't.( Although it would've been great for quick money lol.)
Looking at this i remember what it looked like, I still haven't seen the things I've filmed either.
@@Desmondenae_ good on you for withdrawing your support. Good luck to you
This video is amazing! I hope it is watched by many.
Great breakdown! I love it when people point out propaganda!
Explain more about the Hole. What would land you in there and for how long? What were the conditions?
All you had to do was piss off David Miscavige and you’d be there until you were needed.
Awesome video Mitch
Hello OSA. Get used to me writing lots on all SPTV channels and giving the channel lots of love ❤
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Thanks Mitch