Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family

Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family

Documentary 2021

Available on Prime Video, BBC Select

It’s been 13 years since the British filmmaker first encountered Westboro Baptist Church and the Phelps – a family whose noxious doctrine of hate against gay people and US soldiers made them infamous. Quite a lot has changed for the community in Trump’s America: Pastor Fred Phelps died in 2014 amid rumors of mental illness and excommunication. What happens when a hate group loses its patriarch?

Documentary 2021

TV-14

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Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family

It’s been 13 years since the British filmmaker first encountered Westboro Baptist Church and the Phelps – a family whose noxious doctrine of hate against gay people and US soldiers made them infamous. Quite a lot has changed for the community in Trump’s America: Pastor Fred Phelps died in 2014 amid rumors of mental illness and excommunication. What happens when a hate group loses its patriarch?

59 min · Jul 4, 2021 TV-14

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Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family

DOCUMENTARY

It’s been 13 years since the British filmmaker first encountered Westboro Baptist Church and the Phelps – a family whose noxious doctrine of hate against gay people and US soldiers made them infamous. Quite a lot has changed for the community in Trump’s America: Pastor Fred Phelps died in 2014 amid rumors of mental illness and excommunication. What happens when a hate group loses its patriarch?

Information

Studio: BBC
Released: 2021
Rated: TV-14
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.