Directors:
Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim
Initial release:
August 23, 2020
Watch on:
The Vow
A documentary series following a number of people deeply involved in the self-improvement group NXIVM over the course of several years. The Vow is a story of indoctrination and the step-by-step journey of NXIVM members defecting and outing Keith Reniere. The series takes a deep, nuanced look at the NXIVM organization, faced with various charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, against its highest members – most notably founder Keith Raniere, who was convicted in June 2019 and is currently awaiting sentencing.
The Vow series poster

SERIES PRODUCED BY
Rosadel Varela
Karim Amer
Jehane Noujaim
Nancy Abraham
Shanti Avirgan
Lana Barkin
Anurima Bhargava
Eugen Bräunig
Victor Buhler
Chris Chuang
Jordan Drake
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Nina Fialkow
Kelsey Field
Aleks Gezentsvey
Lisa Heller
Liz Hodes
Leen Karadsheh
Julia Kennelly
Christina D. King
Lyn Davis Lear
Mike Lerner
Yuna Ma

SERIES MUSIC BY
Mac Quayle

SERIES FILM EDITING BY
Christopher Passig
Rebecca Adorno
Alicia Ellis
Aleks Gezentsvey
Erin Casper

SERIES PRODUCED BY
Claire Read
Sara Rodriguez
Daria Scoccimarro
Regina K. Scully
Matthew Patrick Smith
Bits Sola
Olivia Streisand
Aude Temel
Elizabeth Woodward
Rebecca Adorno
Dan Hacker
John Miller-Monzon
Tyler Ben-Amotz
Alicia Ellis
Christopher de la Torre
Grace McNally
Christopher Passig
Natasha Pizzey

SERIES CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Bowie Alexander
Ian Moubayed
Sam Price-Waldman
Omar Mullick
Ed David

SERIES FILM EDITING BY
Karim López
Arielle Sherman
Daniel Koehler
Nyneve Laura Minnear
David Osit

SERIES PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Dan Hacker
Alison Caraotta
Casey Currier
Francesca Flores-Clark
Matthew Patrick Smith
Jeremy Zerechak

SERIES SOUND DEPARTMENT
Melissa Dyne
Rob Ellenberg
Danny Hole
Andres E. Marthe Gonzalez
Tom Paul
Austin Plocher
Daniel Ward
Gibran Yusuf
Eric Milano
Tristan Baylis
Rusty Dunn
Camille Thomas
Andrew Pitts
Dave Pullmer
Madeline Little

SERIES CAMERA AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
Demian Neufeld
Pablo Berron
Matthew Emmi
Ryan Ermacora
Travis Hansen
Kyle Sandilands
Carly Plett
Timothy Douglas
Greg Francis
Morgan Schmidt
Greg Francis
Ryan Westra
Joseph Gabai

SERIES SOUND DEPARTMENT
Madeline Little
Kevin Wilson
Khushhal Kumar
Aaron Garabedian
Anton Herbert
Kyle Jacobsen
Jon Moore
Nicolás Aguilar
Noah Alexander
Jeff Hinton
Adrian Martinez
Spencer Plassman
Kyle Porter
Diego Reiwald
Hayley Wagner

SERIES VISUAL EFFECTS BY
Mb X. McClain
Kayla Sklar
Matthew Hornick
Hanbi Sung

SERIES CAMERA AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
Anthony Madani
Matthew Nauser
Carlos Correa
John Crowley
Ed David
Geoffrey Feinberg
Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
Shana Hagan
Andrew Heskett
Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi
Axel Pedraza
Nejc Poberaj
Matt Rosenblatt
Emily Topper
Trevor Viner
Jules Rico

SERIES ANIMATION DEPARTMENT
Patrick Cederberg
Alex Gee
Matthew Hornick
Luca Tarantini
Albert Albaladejo

SERIES EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Christopher de la Torre
Daniel Aguera
Salah Anwar
Andres Arias
Matthew Belen
Elizabeth Cirillo
Mario G. Deco
Emily Dell’Olio
Isabel Faintych
Colin Fitzpatrick
Leah Galant
Richard Hankin
Pat Kelleher
Shilpa Kunnappillil
Rob Leshin
Sean Perry
Gabe Travis
Alan Wertz
Brian Woos

SERIES MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Mark De Gli Antoni
Tracy McKnight
Chris Rummel
Jennifer Schiller
Michael Tuller
Ben Zales

SERIES ANIMATION DEPARTMENT
Giovanni Bucci
Greg Francis
Martin Karlsson
Ioana Oprescu

SERIES EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Monica Yuen
Hyeseung Kim
Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi
Maria Marrone
Jules Rico
Bryan Smith
David Scherker
John Crowley
John Crowley
Dalia M. Ali
Madeline Lewis
Hannah Buck
Rebecca Adorno
Aleks Gezentsvey
Daniel Koehler
Perry Sean
Bryan Smith

SERIES MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Mona Eldaief
Reinhold Heil
Allison Wood
Natalia Perez
Flynn Hase Spence
Gisburg Smialek

SERIES ADDITIONAL CREW
Manon Courtine
Nicole Machon
Laura López Armas
Sofia Bennett
Ricky Berrin
Anurima Bhargava
Jerry L. Dasti
Donaldson & Califf
Carol Dysinger
Arielle Evans
Adam Feinstein
Hannah Link
Danny Passman
Jonathan Portee
Rebecca Rinot
Karen Shatzkin
Adam Silberberg
Karen Sim
Christina Tucker
Jeremiah Zagar
Raphael Bassalobre
Pablo Berron
Kyle Martin
Van Pierszalowski
Kelli Reilly
Adhar Sharma
Jonathan Fisher
Phil Gibson
Madeline Little

SERIES ADDITIONAL CREW
Jonathan G. Fisher
Silvia Grav
Sydney Stewart
Gonzalo Tarragona
Javon Walker-Peters
Lisa Wisely
Timothy Douglas
Phil Gibbon
Chris Perez
Peter Goldberg
Jules Rico
Li Goldstein
Kyle Martin
Patrick Seaman
Victor Dias
Peter Goldberg
Sydney Stewart
Arevik Acopian
Albert Albaladejo
Heather Butterfield
Phil Gribbon
Justine Jacob
Martin Karlsson
Kyle Martin
Ioana Oprescu
Anissa Rodriguez
Ryah Aqel
Giovanni Bucci

SERIES THANKS
Sara Bernstein
Kathy Eldon
Jodie Evans
Marni E.J. Grossman
Andrew Jarecki
Sarah E. Johnson
Matt Kliegman
Judy Korin
Norman Lear
Jim Swartz

SERIES THANKS
Jim Swartz
Andrew Vahab
Bess Weatherman
Jamie Wolf
Alan Barker
Joan Churchill
Farhad Mohit
Nushin Sabet
Susan Swartz
Nicholas Vissicheli
Diane Benscoter
Elena Fortes
Cassandra Freeman

Review: ‘The Vow’ Follows Nxivm Down Dark, Damaging Paths
“An impressive and even transfixing achievement.“
The New York Times
How HBO’s ‘The Vow’ Tells the Non-Sex-Cult Side of NXIVM
“A sober, empathetic deep-dive into the group.“
Rolling Stone
The Vow review – unsettling Nxivm cult series burrows under your skin
“Darkly compelling...hard to shake.“
The Guardian
Best TV of 2020: ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Normal People,’ the Democratic convention and more
“A fitting and timely statement on the value of one’s own personal BS detector.“
The Washington Post
The best and worst TV shows of 2020
“The 10-part docuseries plays like a real-time mindf---.“
Entertainment Weekly