Like, Follow, Trafficked: Insta’s Fake Guru
- Documentary
Overview
Former Brazilian model, wellness influencer and spiritual life coach Kat Torres was an inspiration and a lifeline to women all over the world. More than a million people on Instagram followed her extraordinary career trajectory from extreme poverty in Brazil, to a European modelling career and a life of luxury in the US. But behind the perfectly curated posts is a story of witchcraft, exploitation and human trafficking - a dark and secretive sorority that led to missing women and sent their families and the FBI on a desperate search to find them. After months of investigations, a team from BBC Eye Investigations and BBC News Brasil uncover a wellness empire built on half-truths and lies. This film tells the story of her enslaved followers and the heavy price they paid. And for the first time - in a surreal confrontation behind the walls of a Brazilian prison - we hear from the self-proclaimed “guru” who exerted absolute control.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Portuguese
- Production
- BBC World News
- Cast
- Hannah Price,Kat Torres,João Fellet,Lívia Bittencourt,Anna Carolina Rodrigues,Nathalia Passarinho,Jasmin Dyer,Jackie Mueller
- Director
- Jack Garland
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt33298607