Shiny Happy People(2023)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2023-06-01
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 27
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 7
A limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.
Keywords
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Duggar Family Secrets
Episodes: 4E01
Meet the Duggars
Air Date: 2023-06-01
The shiny facade of America's favorite giant family, and the ministry that guided their conservative values, is shatt...
E02
Growing Up Gothard
Air Date: 2023-06-01
As IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Got...
E03
Under Authority
Air Date: 2023-06-01
Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar grow their shared vision into an international empire on the backs of young people. U...
E04
Arrows Activated
Air Date: 2023-06-01
Despite Gothard's demise and Josh Duggars disturbing new crimes, the movement goes on. Fundamentalists have consolida...
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