MONKEY ON A STICK: MURDER, MADNESS AND THE HARE KRISHNAS

Monkey on a Stick is a feature-length documentary exposé of the criminal activity that took place in the Hare Krishna movement in America in the 1970s and ‘80s, adapted from the New York Times bestselling book.

It tells the story of devotees like Nori Muster, a young woman from Los Angeles who joins the movement to find inner peace and spiritual meaning and instead discovers a rotting heart of criminal activity taking place within ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.  

Drug smuggling, stockpiling weapons, and the subjugation and exploitation of female devotees metastasizes to widespread child sexual abuse and murder, all under the watch of ISKCON’s spiritual leaders - the gurus who run the movement. 

Monkey on a Stick investigates how and why human nature drives some to dream the purest spiritual dreams but causes others to manifest our worst, basest nightmares.

PRESS FEATURES

POV MAGAZINE

YAHOO NEWS

"A massive trove of archival material to pull from, as well as many in-depth sit down interviews with former and current devotees that provide some much needed context and personal connection." THE GATE
"One heck of a story... fascinating." THE GATE
"Will restore your faith in true crime." POV

DURATION

1 x 98-minutes (1 x 110-minute - Director's Cut & 2 x one hour versions also available) 

BROADCASTER

Hollywood Suite, Bell Media

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2024

PRODUCED BY

Sphere Media

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION

Canada

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