Promotion and publicity associated with the ABC for Beyond Our Ken - a documentary which had no showing in major cinemas
1. ABC Radio - News item 30 July 2007
Shortly after Ken’s passing – Melissa Maclean the only source of the story – promotes the film
Beyond Our Ken.
2. ABC Radio - PM, 30 July 2007
Promotion of Melissa's film Beyond Our Ken, and the beginning of Melissa’s lies: “
without Ken Dyers Kenja will struggle to survive”.
3. ABC Radio - Religion Report, 1 August 2007
David Millikan - attacking Kenja, commenting at the time of Ken's passing "
if
they're going to be taken seriously in the world, they've got to
develop some sort of apologetic and I think that’s going to be difficult".
4. ABC TV - Media Watch, 6 August 2007
Mediawatch denounces Kenja's right to take out a paid advertisement
attempting to expose the anti-cult movement and its role in Ken's
passing.
5. ABC Radio - Triple J, 4 May 2008
Melissa’s film
Beyond Our Ken mentioned.
6. ABC Radio - Triple J, 13 July 2008
John Safran and Father Bob interviewing Luke Walker promoting the film
Beyond Our Ken.
7. ABC Radio National - Australia Talks, 30 July 2008
Melissa Maclean interviewed by Paul Barclay, promoting the film
Beyond Our Ken
Paul Barclay states "
Now, perhaps I'm a cynical, old
journalist but I've got to admit the energy conversion gobbledygook,
the Klowning stuff which also forms an important part of Kenja, I found
it totally unconvincing – Why do you think people were attracted to
Kenja?"
8. ABC Local Radio - Afternoons, 28 August 2008
Melissa Maclean interviewed by Genevieve Jacobs, promoting the film
Beyond Our Ken
Genevieve Jacobs describes Kenja training as "
visibly
intensive experiences that really play with the mind, more hypnosis
than meditation" and wondered whether Melissa found “any value in the
things that were being described … or did it all seem like a round of
activities that was absolutely designed to ensnare people"
9. ABC Radio - Conversation Hour, 15 September 2008
Melissa Maclean interviewed by Richard Fidler, promoting the film
Beyond Our Ken
Richard Fidler actually attacks people from Kenja for smiling on camera: "
I'm
a little troubled by some of those people I see in the film, they're
standing around Ken and they’re beaming, they're smiling all the time"
10. ABC Radio - Spirit of Things - 16 November 2008
Rachael Kohn interviews Bevin Hudson and Melissa Maclean about Melissa's documentary 'Beyond Our Ken'.
11. ABC TV - Compass - 9:30pm, Sunday 7 December 2008
Compass shows the actual documentary
Beyond Our Ken
12. ABC Radio National - Australia Talks - 6pm, Monday 8 December 2008
Repeat of the 30th July program which cuts sections linking Rachael Kohn and Melissa with the CultAware agenda
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