Shiny Happy People75%
TV
2023-06-01
Documentary
Ratings
Combined
75.1
%
6 sources
IMDb
7.4
/10
5,428 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100
%
9 votes
Letterboxd
3.6
/5
9,837 votes
Trakt
67
%
267 votes
TMDB
75
%
28 votes
RT Audience
81
%
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.
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Returning Series
Seasons
2
Episodes
7
Studios
Network
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish
Cast
Amy King
Self - Cousin of the Duggars
Dillon King
Self - Amy’s Husband
Jill Dillard
Self - Member of the Duggar Family
Derick Dillard
Self - Jill’s Husband
Jen Sutphin
Self - YouTube Creator, Fundie Fridays
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Self - Author; Professor, Calvin University
Josh Pease
Self - Pastor, Journalist
Brooke Arnold
Self - Ex-IBLP
Bill Gothard
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Sharlet
Deanna Duggar
Self - Jim Bob Duggar’s Sister
Jim Holt
Self - Duggar Family Friends
Duggar Family Secrets
- 1 Meet the Duggars The shiny facade of America's favorite giant family, and the ministry that guided their conservative values, is shattered, revealing a troubling reality underneath.
- 2 Growing Up Gothard As IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar's power.
- 3 Under Authority Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar grow their shared vision into an international empire on the backs of young people. Unpaid labor, abuse, and threats of retaliation build, until Go…
- 4 Arrows Activated Despite Gothard's demise and Josh Duggars disturbing new crimes, the movement goes on. Fundamentalists have consolidated political power nationwide to reshape society in their own…
A Teenage Holy War
- 1 Acquire the Fire In the explosive opener, Teen Mania emerges as millennial America's radical evangelical youth movement. Charismatic founder Ron Luce dazzles with "Acquire the Fire" - pyrotechnic …
- 2 Consumed by the Call Teen Mania's Honor Academy subjects its eager young recruits to brutal bootcamp tactics and endless hours in a massive call center as teenage telemarketers for Jesus, facing crush…
- 3 BattleCry Teen Mania goes to new extremes with BattleCry, a hyper-militant culture war campaign. An evangelical pied piper, Luce leads the children into politically volatile protests. Meanw…
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