Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)
July 14, 2019Release Date
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)
July 14, 2019Release Date
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Louis Theroux
Himself / Writer
Shirley Phelps-Roper
Herself
Fred Phelps
Himself (archive footage)
Steve Drain
Himself
Bethany Hockenbarger
Herself
Chris Jakes
Himself
Daniel Jakes
Himself
Josh Jakes
Himself
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Surviving America's Most Hated Family is a 2019 BBC documentary film presented and written by Louis Theroux. The programme follows as Theroux revisits the family at the core of the Westboro Baptist Church and observes how its members have changed since the 2014 death of the church's founder, Fred Phelps. The documentary first aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2019, and is the third in a trilogy of documentaries Theroux has made about the church. It was preceded by 2007's The Most Hated Family in America, and 2011's America's Most Hated Family in Crisis.While the first two documentaries focused on the controversial doctrine, cult-like atmosphere and extensive protest activities of the church, the third documentary concerns itself primarily with the lives of former members. It also covers the impact of the death of lead Pastor Fred Phelps on the church, as well as his rumored death-bed excommunication for softening his anti-homosexual rhetoric. Megan Phelps's defection from the church, from devoted follower to critic, as well as her attempts to stay in contact with her family (in particular with her mother Shirley) is covered in detail.