Shiny Happy People
Shiny Happy People
FIRST AIR2023-06-01
LAST UPDATE2025-07-23
RegionUS
Media TypeTV
BROADCASTING
Storyline
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 d...
DIRECTOR / Director
Michael Gasparro
KEYWORDS
child abusesexual abusepedophiliaarkansaschildhood traumacultright wing extremismpatriarchychild pornographydomestic abuseconservativehomeschoolingbrainwashingpedophileevangelical christianityreligious fundamentalismchild molestersexual repressionchild labormisogynyreligious cultmarital rapechild molestationcorporal punishmentsexual assaultauthoritarianismtraumatic childhoodreligious propagandasexual predatorlarge familytraumatized childchild sexual abuseprosperity gospelchristian faithreality tvreality starreality showchristian nationalismculture warspiritual abuse
