The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin
Documentary
6.632/10
|US
|en
|5 eps
First Air Date: 2021-09-30
Overview - Explore how the late Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded the controversial Remnant Fellowship Church and created the Christian weight loss program The Weigh Down Workshop, rose to fame as a diet guru and church leader.
Production Companies
Campfire StudiosHuntley ProductionsPMZ PicturesMindbomb FilmsSound Troop
User Reviews
totallyfiend
5/10
Now this was _a lot_ to take in, and I'm having a difficult time deciding where to even start from. The 5-episode series was definitely packed. I was confused a lot, as this series assumes the viewer knows how churches work. I didn't get a clear picture of how exactly this community interacts and how it spreads it's message; glimpses of footage was shown off from some gatherings, but I had no i...
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