Many first learned of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints when the polygamous group came into the media spotlight following leader Warren Jeffs’ arrest (and eventual conviction) as an accomplice to rape. Pictures of young women in “prairie dresses” were splashed on TV and the media rushed to try to explain who these people actually were. Were they Mormons? Were they a cult? Sons of Perdition, a documentary that premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, follows the story of a group of teenage boys who have left the FLDS church, and tracks their struggles in exile from their homes and families.
Becky Garrison
Becky Garrison contributes to a range of outlets including The Humanist, Killing the Buddha, American Atheist, Beverage Master, Grapevine, and Fresh Toast. Her eight books include Roger Williams’s Little Book of Virtues (Wipf & Stock, 2020), and Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church (Jossey-Bass, 2006).
