Shiny Happy People
TV Show · Reality

The smash-hit anthology series exposes powerful movements that masquerade as forces for good while hiding insidious manipulation and control. From the Duggar family's empire to Teen Mania's stadium-filling youth crusade, behind beaming smiles and righteous promises lurk authoritarian agendas weaponizing devotion to create armies of true believers—revealed by brave survivors who escaped their grip.

2023 · 44m
  • 14+
Director Julia Willoughby Nason, Olivia Crist

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    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.
    44m
  • EPISODE 2
    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.
    51m
  • EPISODE 3
    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...
    47m
  • EPISODE 4
    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.
    36m
  • EPISODE 1
    Acquire the Fire
    In the explosive opener, Teen Mania emerges as millennial America's radical evangelical youth movement. Charismatic founder Ron Luce dazzles with "Acquire the Fire" - pyrotechnic stadium revivals where teens pledge their lives to spiritual revolution. Beneath the rock-concert worship and adrenaline-fueled Christian missions, Luce is assembling his army of true believers.
    46m
  • EPISODE 2
    Consumed by the Call
    Teen Mania's Honor Academy subjects its eager young recruits to brutal bootcamp tactics and endless hours in a massive call center as teenage telemarketers for Jesus, facing crushing quotas while enduring strict purity rules. Terrifying "End Times" simulations complete with mock executions create trauma disguised as spiritual transformation, forging young martyrs ready to die for their faith.
    49m

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Cast & Crew

  • Julia Willoughby Nason
    Director
  • O‌C
    Olivia Crist
    Director
  • Cori Shepherd Stern
    Producer
  • Jody McVeigh-Schultz
    Producer
  • M‌G
    Mike Gasparro
    Producer
  • Jenner Furst
    Producer
  • Blye Pagon Faust
    Producer
  • O‌C
    Olivia Crist
    Producer

About

Shiny Happy People

Reality

The smash-hit anthology series exposes powerful movements that masquerade as forces for good while hiding insidious manipulation and control. From the Duggar family's empire to Teen Mania's stadium-filling youth crusade, behind beaming smiles and righteous promises lurk authoritarian agendas weaponizing devotion to create armies of true believers—revealed by brave survivors who escaped their grip.

14+

COMMON SENSE

Grim docuseries exposes abuses of reality family and others.

Information

Studio
Amazon Studios
Released
2023
Rated
TV-14

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English (United States) (SDH), Arabic (world) , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech (Czechia) , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Filipino (Philippines) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hebrew (Israel) , Hindi (India) , Hungarian (Hungary) , Indonesian (Indonesia) , Italian (Italy) , Japanese (Japan) , Korean (South Korea) , Malay (Malaysia) , Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian (Romania) , Russian (Russia) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Tamil (India) , Telugu (India) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish (Türkiye) , Ukrainian (Ukraine) , Vietnamese (Vietnam)

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