The fourth in a series of six documentaries about people of today.
Sister Wives
Polygamy is illegal in every state in the USA. But in Salt Lake City, Utah, there are several thousand men who have married three, four or even ten wives.
Albert Barlow is 83 years old. He has been thrown into prison twice because he married Kate, Vi and Maureen. He now enjoys his large family of 34 children, and at the latest count, 270 grandchildren.
Roy Potter was sacked from his job as a policeman when it was discovered that he had married Denise, Vera and Mary. His young wives live in houses 30 miles apart.
Boyde Jentszch is a young lawyer with four wives. They live in two houses, each wife with her own bedroom.
The men explain why they marry several wives. The women talk frankly about jealousy, and discuss the joys and problems of sharing a husband and a household with their sister wives. Photography DAVID WHITSON Film editor DAVID ELLIOTT
Series producer EDWARD MIRZOEFF Producer LOUISE PANTON
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