Shiny Happy People

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.

Shiny Happy People
7.420232 Seasons
TV-14

Documentary

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.

Cast

The cast behind this title

Jill Dillard

Self - Member of the Duggar Family

Derick Dillard

Self - Jill’s Husband

Jen Sutphin

Self - YouTube Creator, Fundie Fridays

Amy King

Self - Cousin of the Duggars

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Self - Author; Professor, Calvin University

Dillon King

Self - Amy’s Husband

Josh Pease

Self - Pastor, Journalist

Brooke Arnold

Self - Ex-IBLP

Bill Gothard

Self (archive footage)

Jeff Sharlet

Acting

Deanna Duggar

Self - Jim Bob Duggar’s Sister

Jim Holt

Self - Duggar Family Friends

Bobye Holt

Self - Duggar Family Friends

Danielle Lindemann

Self - Author, ‘True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us’

Lindsey J. Williams

Self - Ex-IBLP

Floyd Oathout

Self - Ex-IBLP

Tara Oathout

Self - Ex-IBLP

Lara Smith

Self - Ex-IBLP