Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets (2023)
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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Cast & Crew
- Director
Self - Member of the Duggar Family Jill Dillard
Self - Jill’s Husband Derick Dillard
Self - Cousin of the Duggars Amy King
Self - Author; Professor, Calvin University Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Videos
Miniseries
2023
4 episodes
Season 1 of Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets premiered on June 1, 2023
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Keywords
- child abuse
- sexual abuse
- pedophilia
- arkansas
- childhood trauma
- cult
- right wing extremism
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- domestic abuse
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- brainwashing
- pedophile
- evangelical christianity
- religious fundamentalism
- child molester
- sexual repression
- child labor
- misogyny
- religious cult
- marital rape
- child molestation
- corporal punishment
- sexual assault
- authoritarianism
- traumatic childhood
- religious propaganda
- sexual predator
- large family
- traumatized child
- child sexual abuse
- prosperity gospel
- christian faith
- reality television
- reality star
- reality show
- christian nationalism
- culture war
- institute in basic life principles (iblp)
- spiritual abuse