Michael Gasparro
Director
Shiny Happy People (2023)
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.
Released June 1, 2023
Episode 47 min
14+
Genres: Documentary
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Amazon Studios, The Cinemart, Story Force, Chick Entertainment
Network: Prime Video
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish
9.0
S1E1 - 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.
June 1, 2023, midnight
9.0
S1E2 - 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.
June 1, 2023, midnight
8.5
S1E3 - 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 Gothard is finally cut down inside of his own organization. But the roots he put down are now spreading everywhere...
June 1, 2023, midnight
9.0
S1E4 - 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 image.
June 1, 2023, midnight
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Prime Video
47 min/ep
330 min
June 1, 2023
July 23, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-14
14+
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