The immersive HBO documentary takes viewers inside Keith Raniere’s sinister “self-help” group NXIVM.
(ESP stands for “Executive Success Programs.
“If you feel that art is necessary for that, that’s almost a self-condemnation.”
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When she missed a meeting after nearly passing out from exhaustion, Piesse turned to Vanguard for guidance.
“You’re blowin' it from a spiritual perspective,” he told her on a middle-of-the-night walk.
(Piesse recorded the conversation on her phone.)
Edmondson says it was pitched to her as an exercise in self-actualization.
I definitely would have said no.'”
