Twelve people saw gold plates. Some stayed believers, some didn't. What did they actually witness?
Were the eleven official witnesses—twelve if you include Joseph Smith himself—of the Book of Mormon reliable? What about the unofficial witnesses who interacted with the plates in various ways—including a number of women? Were the plates actually made of gold? How could witnesses really hear the voice of God and yet come to doubt His prophet?
Production
Reenactments that actually look like 1820s rural America
Writing
Examines doubters with surprising evenhandedness
Director
Mark N. Goodman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mark N. Goodman previously produced Latter-day Saint media through his company Excel Entertainment, known for Mormon-targeted films with higher budgets than typical religious documentaries.
The 'unofficial witnesses' framing directly addresses a 2014-2019 wave of Mormon historical scholarship that emphasized women's roles in early church history, particularly the work of scholars like Kate Holbrook and the Church History Department's own 'Saints' volumes.
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