Tim Milgram is a director, cinematographer, and producer in the Los Angeles dance community. After learning about the management company 7M's control over some of his peers, Milgram wanted to do something. One day over dinner in 2019, Tim Milgram got some disappointing but understandable news.
Isaiah Shinn, who shot video for his production company and dance studio, told him he'd be parting ways with the company to work full-time for his father, who wanted to "invest in him." Milgram wasn't surprised that Shinn would depart to join the family business. But he was surprised when he later learned that the family business was 7M Films, a management company that would come to be dubbed " the TikTok cult .
" It would take more than two years for Milgram to connect the dots. The director and producer in the Los Angeles dance scene had worked with former 7M members BDash and Konkrete on his own content and had crossed paths with content creators the Wilking sisters at events. So when Melanie Wilking and her parents posted an emotional livestream saying they had lost all contact with Miranda and alleging that she was "no longer in control of her life," Milgram knew he had to do something.
The result is "Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult," a three-part Netflix series that alleges Shekinah Church pastor Robert Shinn lured Los Angeles content creators to his talent management company 7M Films and subjected them to sexual abuse, as well as cult-like behavior, including encouraging.
