I grew up adjacent to the fundamentalist Christian cult that Shiny Happy People, the four-part docuseries ostensibly about the reality TV-famous Duggar family, was really about. The Institute for Basic Life Principles (IBLP), founded and led by a man named…[Continue Reading...]
Earlier this month Amazon Prime launched its bombshell documentary series, “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets,” a no-holds-barred look at the controversy-ridden Duggar family of “19 Kids and Counting” fame. The documentary features interviews with some Duggar family members, including…[Continue Reading...]
Contrary to the title, the new documentary Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets isn't all about the famous Duggar family, and other important voices lend their story, opinions, and feelings about the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP). Bill Gothard…[Continue Reading...]
When we think about cults, we usually think back on the well-known historical cult leaders and activities with the benefit of hindsight. Last year’s Hulu limited series, The Deep End, changed the perception of cults by documenting a modern-day cultish…[Continue Reading...]
Any casual peruser of American cable television is probably familiar with the Duggar family – if not with the specifics of their juggernaut series on TLC, then with the sheer number of them. From 2007 until 2015, the Duggars, a…[Continue Reading...]
The executive producers of the new Duggar family documentary have revealed they were stunned by the levels of abuse survivors suffered at the hands of 'cult-like' religious teachings. The show, titled Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, is set to 'expose the truth beneath…[Continue Reading...]
Saints or sinners? Angels or abusers? Devotion or deceit? These are the three questions posed in the trailer for the upcoming FX’s The Secrets of Hillsong documentary, which they produced in association with Vanity Fair, whose original reporting on the Hillsong scandals over…[Continue Reading...]
W hen the documentary film Name of the Father aired in Israel a few weeks ago, it led to dozens of phone calls from men and women who had suffered sexual abuse in a Charedi community — and spurred national…[Continue Reading...]
JIM Bob Duggar has been dealing with a real-life nightmare now that the Duggar documentary has a release date. Jim Bob, 57, and the rest of the Duggar family are in for a wild summer thanks to the upcoming docuseries.…[Continue Reading...]
A new feature-length documentary from two B.C. filmmakers explores the “Satanic panic” that began over 40 years ago, the origins of which have ties to Vancouver Island. Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams’ documentary, Satan Wants You, is premiering at…[Continue Reading...]
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