The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin
2021 - 2022
6.6 (19)
47 min
English
The fallout of faith
1 season, 5 episodes
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.
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- Status
- Ended
- Production
- Campfire Studios, Huntley Productions, PMZ Pictures, Mindbomb Films
Keywords
- child abuse
- diet
- custody battle
- cult
- tennessee
- beaten to death
- brainwashing
- religious fundamentalism
- cult leader
- religious cult
- eating disorder
- weight loss
- god complex
- corrupt church
- false prophet
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Top Cast
Gwen Shamblin Lara as Self (archive footage)
Joe Lara as Self (archive footage)
Natasha Pavlovich as Self - Former Girlfriend of Joe Lara
Megan Cox as Self - Member 1996-2006
Helen Byrd as Self - Member 2008-2017
Rafael Martinez as Self - Cult Interventionist
Gina Wilson as Self - Member 1996-2012
Rachel Phillips as Self - Member 2002-2009
Top Crew
Isobel Waller-Bridge · Composer
Marina Zenovich · Executive Producer
Nile Cappello · Executive Producer
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