Netflix’s docuseries “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” is a first-person report of the abuse and torture a group of teenagers suffered while attending The Academy at Ivy Ridge in Ogdensburg, New York.
The 3 episodes limited series follows the series director Katherine Kubler, who attended The Academy at Ivy Ridge, and her former classmates. as they return to their old campus.
The students were sent to The Academy to be disciplined, and what they faced was unimaginable.
WHEN WILL THE SERIES RELEASE ON NETFLIX?
The Program: Cons, Cults & Kidnapping will premiere globally on Netflix on March 5, 2024.
The three-episode series is each 60 minutes long.
THE PROGRAM: CONS, CULTS & KIDNAPPING SYNOPSIS
No talking. No smiling. No going outside. The Academy at Ivy Ridge claimed to use therapy and recreational activities to help troubled teens. Instead, teens suffered mental and physical abuse in a program that operated like a cult. In this gripping investigative docuseries, a filmmaker and other former students recall their horrific experiences attending a disciplinary school and expose the horrors of the troubled teen industry.
WATCH THE TRAILER
| The Program: Cons, Cults & Kidnapping | |
| Premiere Date | March 5, 2024 |
| Synopsis | No talking. No smiling. No going outside. The Academy at Ivy Ridge claimed to use therapy and recreational activities to help troubled teens. Instead, teens suffered mental and physical abuse in a program that operated like a cult. In this gripping investigative docuseries, a filmmaker and other former students recall their horrific experiences attending a disciplinary school and expose the horrors of the troubled teen industry. |
| Director | Katherine Kubler |
| Executive Producers | Melanie Miller, Diane Becker, Katherine Kubler, Rachel Libert, Brian Knappenberger |
| Production Company | Fishbowl Films, LLC |
| Format | 3 x 60-min episodes |
You can find all the movies and series premiering on Netflix in March, including Buying Beverly Hills, in our Everything Coming to Netflix in March post.
