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How a Cult Took Over Fiji

fern | December 26, 2025



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Thanks to Dan McGarry and the OCCRP for the support behind the scenes. And to everyone we spoke with in Fiji, thank you very much for your trust. Al Jazeera has covered the full story of Seo-Yeon Lee in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn9nJ4mthKA

Thanks to @valilevi for traveling to Fiji for us. Check out his socials:
https://www.instagram.com/vali.levi/

This is the story of Grace Road, the cult that quietly took over Fiji.

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPqUGKGMl3vYjEpjV3_9sojIXaNxj3MmsD_rpcXdMfk/edit?usp=sharing

Music list:

Epidemic Sound:
Beetleweed – Cobby Costa
Beneath the Church – Jo Wandrini
Cellar Stellar – Johnny Berglund
Crypta – Jo Wandrini
Cryptic Clues – Enigmanic
Deeper Into the Jungle – Experia
Enter The Night 5 – Fredrik Ekstrom
Escalation – Jon Bjork
Flame – Ruiqi Zhao
Forest Dogs – Edward Karl Hanson
Friends Make the Worst Enemies – Experia
Grit and Danger – Craft Case
Hunting in the Wild – Sight of Wonders
Override – Hampus Naeselius
Pneumatic – Anthony Earls
Shri Ram Stuti (Instrumental Version) – Siddharth Parashar
Slip Bobber – Edward Karl Hanson
Terribilita – Kevin Dailey

Artlist:
Videmar – Desert Pulse – No Backing Vocals

Lens Distortion:
Doubts
Known World
No One Wins
Panic
Parallax
Render
Riptide
Stay Down
Taskforce
The Plot

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Comments

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  1. @valilevi

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    It was wild, no better reason to go to the other side of the world than shooting for a fern documentary. And what an incredible place Fiji is. Thanks so much for having me once again, more is coming… 🤫🫶🔥

  8. @nathandockery131

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    this "making YouTube money off of other people's tragedy" is straight BS. this boy/girl confused host is likely going to get SO MANY PEOPLE INJURED OR KILLED. this channel and production is just as destructive as cult formation. You didn't stop it. You didn't really get any info. You endangered every person whose face or any description was given that could be analyzed to track them down. This is terrible and I am highly disappointed at your channel and intentions. Shame on you for being even lower and claiming to be virtuous for "filming". Shame shame shame.

  14. @kari-mr1kz

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    na przykład uważam że wetowanie podwyższenie akcyzy alkocholowej jest idiotyczne ponieważ rząd dostaje rocznie z akcyzy ~15mld PLN a traci na alkocholu z powodu na miedzy innymi leczenie i wymiar sprawiedliwości szacuję sie na ~31mld dolarów

  20. @shardssoicy

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Isnt baťa a czech shoe store? Even the logo is the same.. i am czech so i know.. its pretty famous here like seriously and the logo is exactly 1:1 but baťa is like tens of years old company here its weird asf

  24. @liquicitizendirk2147

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Just a few days ago it has been announced that Fiji might be re-classified on the human trafficking index to level 3. This is on the same level as North Korea and Cambodia. The downgrade would mean Fiji would lose tons of aid as well as other international funding.

  25. @Mefitek

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    Gotta say I was kinda.. disapointed by this document? From the video it seemed like the crew only sent a few emails and got interview with a few Fijians and the rest of the video was publicly available info.

  28. @NeraBerg13

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    This video is a textbook case of sending a journalist across the world for no need. All of this could of been done remotely, safer and probably to a far greater effect given could easier convince folk to talk via anonymous forums or the like. All the dude did there was talk to a few folk on street and got nothing, then read a few emails off.

  30. @NeraBerg13

    December 26, 2025 at 10:54 am

    3:00 I mean tbf you are a hostile film crew, they will know asking about them and likely working on an expose, regardless you entered the land they controlled so to pretend they don't know what doing is ignorant.

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