--- description: Film to debut on HBO on March 29 title: 'Going Clear': See the First Trailer for Scientology Documentary image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the First Trailer for Scathing Scientology Documentary _Going Clear_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2015 12:34 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2015 12:34 AM CUT The first trailer is here for the Sundance sensation _Going Clear_. The scathing Scientology documentary by Alex Gibney that’s based on Lawrence Wright’s book created [quite a stir](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/01/26/controversial-scientology-documentary/22337995/ "undefined") in Park City last month for taking on the controversial organization and claiming many bombshell revelations about the group’s history and tactics. The film features interviews with former members of the controversial organization who describe widespread abuse and intimidation from the upper echelons of the Church’s power structure. The Church of Scientology has even [sent up an online response center](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/28/scientology-going-clear-response "undefined") devoted to taking on the film. _Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief_ will debut on HBO on Sunday, March 29. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/19/going-clear-scientology-documentary-gets-first-trailer "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3716022/first-trailer-scientology-documentary-going-clear/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3716022/first-trailer-scientology-documentary-going-clear/"},"headline":"See the First Trailer for Scathing Scientology Documentary Going Clear","datePublished":"2015-02-20T00:34:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:33:54.254Z","description":"Film to debut on HBO on March 29","url":"https://time.com/3716022/first-trailer-scientology-documentary-going-clear/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3716022/first-trailer-scientology-documentary-going-clear/","name":"See the First Trailer for Scathing Scientology Documentary Going Clear"}}]}] ```