The subject of a controversial new Netflix documentary has caused confusion among Instagram followers by attending his sister’s wedding while still being an active member of an alleged sect.
The three-part docuseries, Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, has mesmerized subscribers with its look at the Los Angeles-based Shekinah Church, led by Pastor Robert Shin, and 7M Films, an associated management company. responsible for handling the business affairs of TikTok dancers. .
Shin has been accused of indoctrinating members with his religious ideology while profiting from their talents by claiming the largest percentage of the profits they make through social media and other business endeavors.
One long-standing member, professional dancer Miranda Derrick, is the focus of the documentary, and her distraught family claims that Shin brainwashed her and encouraged her to abandon her family.
The show’s final episode finds sister Melanie Wilking and her parents making progress in their tentative attempts to reconnect with Miranda, who makes sporadic visits to her family home after years of limited contact.
Miranda Derrick, the subject of a controversial new Netflix documentary, has caused confusion among Instagram followers by attending her sister’s wedding while remaining an active member of an alleged sect.
The dancer models an elegant black dress, the color preferred by other family members that day, while on the grounds of a sprawling country venue.
But Melanie, who is also a dancer and shared a popular YouTube channel with her sister before becoming involved with Shekinah and 7M, admits that her dream of seeing Miranda as a bridesmaid at her wedding may never come true and she even worries invite her
Given the context, it’s understandable that viewers were confused after noticing that Miranda, a member of the church since 2019, had attended the wedding, just two days before the documentary’s May 29 release.
The dancer shared her own photos from Melanie’s wedding to Austin Keler in May, in which she wears an elegant black dress, the color her mother also prefers.
Captioning the posts, he wrote: “Had a great time at my sister’s wedding.”
Commenting after watching the Netflix show, one perplexed follower wrote: ‘What’s up with the Netflix show?’
“We needed a photo of you and the bride,” a second added.
Others took a more cynical view, claiming she didn’t actually attend the wedding, with one posting: “What a terrible staged photograph.” She can tell by her arms.
“It’s obviously a photo put together after the documentary,” wrote another skeptical follower.
Viewers were understandably confused after noticing that Miranda, a member of the church since 2019, had attended the wedding, just two days before the documentary’s May 29 release.
Another added: ‘This is all a lie!!!’
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In 2022, Derrick’s parents released a heartbreaking video in which they claimed they had not spoken to their daughter in over a year and that she was being held against her will by a church posing as a management company.
They explained that the popular internet star had joined forces with a company called 7M Films in hopes of becoming a famous dancer in January 2021, but they later discovered that the management company had ties to a Christian sect led by controversial pastor Shinn. .
But Miranda says she simply asked her family for space so she could adjust to her new life after dedicating herself to Jesus Christ in 2020, something she says they have not respected.
