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Your support makes this level of outreach possible:

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Doubles the impact

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  • Exclusive digital film artwork and digital wallpaper
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Three people recognize the pattern

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  • Deleted scenes: footage and story threads that never made the final cut of the film.
  • "Red-Flag Reminders": 6–8 phone wallpapers.
  • “Spot the Tactic” Mini-Guide (PDF): 1–2 page visual cheat sheet of common manipulation tactics.

$150.00

Breaks the silence for six

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  • Extended recorded conversations with the film’s experts

$250

Awakens ten people to the truth

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  • Director's commentary: in-depth explanation of five to six key scenes, why they made the cut, what was cut, and the thinking behind the edit.

$500

Carries this message into twenty lives

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  • Live virtual Q&A with filmmakers and trauma experts

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Brings this message into an entire community

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  • Small-group Zoom session with creative team and special guest.
  • “Changemaker” credit in the film

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Ignites multiple communities

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  • Invitation to private screening with filmmaking team (airfare not included).
  • Early access to our complete outreach + education toolkit
  • On-screen “Advocate Producer” credit

$25,000

Shifts thousands out of silence

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  • Individual private screening with filmmakers.
  • Personalized post-release impact report
  • Prominent “Impact Partner” on-screen credit

$75,000

Moves tens of thousands into awareness

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  • Co-host or speak at premiere/signature events
  • Invitation to exclusive expert + creator roundtables
  • Optional inclusion in extended content and featurettes
  • “Presented with Support From…” prominent credit

$150,000

Changes the cultural conversation nationwide

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  • Full Executive Producer credit (film + IMDb)
  • Private dinner/salon with creators (LA/NYC or virtual)
  • Featured mention in premiere press + promotional materials
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Evan Rachael Wood appearing in Narcissist's Playbook
Evan Rachael Wood - Artist/Activist/Survivor

The documentary

Narcissist’s Playbook

"Narcissist's Playbook" is a feature-length documentary that exposes the hidden tactics of psychological abuse through expert insight, survivor testimony, and the shocking confessions of self-aware narcissists. This film reveals how manipulation infiltrates our most intimate relationships, workplaces, and global power structures—and gives you the tools to recognize and resist it.

Watch the film trailer

Narcissist’s Playbook Trailer

Why your support matters

They've Been Playing by a Secret Rulebook. Until Now.

From director Mark Vicente (HBO's "The Vow"), this isn't just another documentary about toxic relationships. It's the first full-length documentary to feature self-aware malignant narcissists openly revealing their tactics, with unprecedented access to both perpetrators and the experts working to stop them.

Where HBO's The Vow showed the damage, Narcissist’s Playbook shows the design.

Your support will help us:

  • Complete post-production and deliver a cinematic experience worthy of this vital story
  • Launch strategic theatrical screenings in key cities to build momentum
  • Execute trauma-informed marketing that reaches survivors without retraumatizing them
  • Create educational toolkits for therapists, advocates, and survivor communities
  • Build a global movement that transforms how we recognize and respond to abuse

We're bypassing traditional gatekeepers to ensure this film reaches the people who need it most—unfiltered and uncompromised.

From the filmmaker

Director’s Statement

MARK VICENTE - Director/Cult Whistleblower

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The urgency

Why This Story Can't Wait

Right now, millions of people are trapped in the confusion of psychological abuse. They know something is wrong, but they can't name it. They're told they're "too sensitive" or "imagining things." They're isolated, gaslit, and blamed for their own mistreatment.

This film breaks that spell.

For the first time ever, narcissists themselves reveal their playbook on camera. No speculation. No theory. Just the unvarnished truth about how they target, groom, and control their victims—from intimate partners to entire organizations.

Most documentaries disappear into the streaming void. We're building something different: a cultural earthquake that validates survivors, educates the unaware, and creates lasting change in how we understand power and abuse.

The patterns are everywhere once you see them. In toxic relationships, dysfunctional families, corrupt institutions, and authoritarian leaders. It's all the same playbook—just different scales.