Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets

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.

Documentary

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets

Documentary

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First Aired on: Jun 01, 2023
Popularity: 2.9241: 20 votes
Networks
Production: Amazon Studios (US)The Cinemart (US)Story Force (US)Chick Entertainment
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes

Miniseries

Aired 2 years ago

4 Episodes

Episode 1Meet the Duggars45 min
The shiny facade of America's favorite giant family, and the ministry that guided their conservative values, is shattered, revealing a troubling reality underneath.
Episode 2Growing Up Gothard51 min
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.
Episode 3Under Authority47 min
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 Gothard is finally cut down inside of his own organization. But the roots he put down are now spreading everywhere...
Episode 4Arrows Activated36 min
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 image.