I sat down to chat with filmmaker Clay Tweel about his Heaven's Gate miniseries on HBO Max. We get into what drew him to the story of  Heaven’s Gate, how his presentation of this story provides a window into the minds of those who found themselves wrapped up in Marshall Applewhite and Bonny Lu Nettles teachings, the importance of understanding why these 39 people were so willing to take their lives in 1997, parallels between cult behavior and Trumpism, and much more.

I sat down to chat with filmmaker Clay Tweel about his Heaven's Gate miniseries on HBO Max. We get into what drew him to the story of Heaven’s Gate, how his presentation of this story provides a window into the minds of those who found themselves wrapped up in Marshall Applewhite and Bonny Lu Nettles teachings, the importance of understanding why these 39 people were so willing to take their lives in 1997, parallels between cult behavior and Trumpism, and much more.

#10 - Clay Tweel

<p>Conversations we have in everyday life are not directed. We just have them. It is the conversations we don’t expect to have that have the most impact. Think of the last time you had an unexpectedly profound chat with a total stranger. You weren’t expecting to meet that person and you couldn’t possibly have planned it, but you certainly remember it. Some part or many parts of that exchange stuck out, and burned into your memory. It was exactly what you needed to hear, perhaps by total accident or mysterious coincidence. That is what Zac Cichy hopes to cultivate with this project. Vast adventure awaits you. This is Project Human.</p>

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Conversations we have in everyday life are not directed. We just have them. It is the conversations we don’t expect to have that have the most impact. Think of the last time you had an unexpectedly profound chat with a total stranger. You weren’t expecting to meet that person and you couldn’t possibly have planned it, but you certainly remember it. Some part or many parts of that exchange stuck out, and burned into your memory. It was exactly what you needed to hear, perhaps by total accident or mysterious coincidence. That is what Zac Cichy hopes to cultivate with this project. Vast adventure awaits you. This is Project Human.

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