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Imagine a film about the Catholic Church made in the third century or a portrait of the Amish premiering at the turn of the 18th. The Church of Scientology is in it's infancy as a religion, and while it has aptly been the source of intense public scrutiny, few outsiders have approached it's believers in good faith. Director Jeffrey Peixoto spent nearly a decade earning the trust of his subjects both inactive and active members of the Church and in his mesmeric and startling debut, he has transformed their testimony into a haunting meditation on humanity and it's relationship with faith. Distinguished by both it's compassion as well as it's command of the cinematic language, Over the Rainbow is an unsettling, unshakable viewing experience.