'' Prophet 's Prey '' is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Amy J. Berg . The film is an adaptation of the 2011 book '' Prophet 's Prey : My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints '' . It was produced by Katherine LeBlond and Sam Brower , the author of the book , for Showtime and Imagine Entertainment . It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and had its television premiere on October 10 , 2015 . The film 's subject matter is Warren Jeffs , the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , who is now running his religion from the confines of the Texas state prison , where he is serving out a sentence of life plus twenty years for the rape of girls aged 12 and 13 . The score is written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
2015 Sundance Film Festival
2015 Sundance Film Festival
Prophet's Prey