Meet the Mormons: Inside a Fundamentalist Community | Three Wives, One Husband | Complete Series | ENDEVR Documentary
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Rockland Ranch is a community unlike any other. In the middle of the Utah desert, 14 Fundamentalist Mormon families have made a unique home for themselves, a safe haven where they are free to practice a way of life that’s met with both fascination and suspicion. Living in contemporary ‘cave’ houses that have been carved into the side of an enormous sandstone rock, half of the men here are polygamists – they are married to multiple wives.
With unprecedented access to this extraordinary and normally closed community, this new 4 part series offers an intimate and revealing insight into the everyday lives of modern polygamous families. From the dos and don’ts of courtship and appropriate ways to behave around your “sister wife”, to the management of sleeping arrangements and the protocols of special occasions such as Valentine’s Day, the series explores how the families navigate the practical and emotional challenges of plural marriage and examines the values and beliefs that lie behind it.
Filmed over a year, life at the Ranch plays out with narratives as rich as any drama. From the home birth of a 17th child and the courting of a new wife to a father’s decision on whether his teenage daughter is ready to embark on the road to marriage. And when a dying man asks his brother to marry his two widows, both families are faced with life-changing decisions.
Framing all this is the political battle for the community’s right to live in peace. The mainstream Mormon Church has been keen to distance itself from polygamy since it officially renounced the practice almost 130 years ago. Those who continue to enter into multiple marriages are shunned by conventional congregations. Now, as lawmakers debate whether polygamy should be considered a crime, the families are faced with the daunting prospect of taking a stand to defend their lifestyle at the risk of being prosecuted.
At a time when the entire concept of a traditional, nuclear family is being redefined, the series asks if something can be learned from plural marriage and aims to encourage reflection on our attitudes toward love, relationships, family, and faith
00:00 Welcome to the Rock
Rockland Ranch is home to a unique community of Fundamentalist Mormons, many of whom partake in a Plural Marriage lifestyle. Enoch Foster is expecting his 17th child with his second wife Lillian and has begun wooing a third wife, 25-year-old Lydia.
00:46:05 Baby Makes 12
Living in a community of Fundamentalist Mormons at Rockland Ranch, Abel Morrison has three wives and eleven children. The third wife, Marina, is pregnant, and the second-wife Beth begins to harbor resentment toward their relationship.
01:31:06 Two More Wives?
After a 9 year battle with cancer, Abel’s brother passed away, leaving behind wives Malinda, Anazella, and their 7 children. Abel is left grappling with the loss and a predicament – whether or not to abide by Jim’s dying wish to marry his widows.
02:14:46 Families, Not Felons
Enoch’s brother Christian decides to become a resident of Rockland Ranch, but members of the community have reservations about his lifestyle. In a twist of fate, the state of Utah proposes an anti-polygamy bill. Enoch, Catrina, & Lillian attend a rally.
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