For their own reasons – to do with spreading their twisted take on the gospels – Westboro let me back in. Louis Theroux returns to visit the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, investigating what effect the death of its founder has had on its members and those who have since left. some people’s most fervent beliefs can lead to conflict. Filmmaker Louis Theroux, left, with Westboro Baptist Church elder Steve Drain with a WBC sign featuring Theroux’s head. looks at private collections of tigers and chimpanzees. Milwaukee Police Department as they patrol District 5. between prostitute and pimp in Houston's illegal sex industry. For my part, it was a chance to see the strange machinations of psychology, religion and social conditioning.‘I feel lucky to have had the chance to conduct this kind of longitudinal documentary making.’In Surviving America’s Most Hated Family, Louis will meet a Bradford-born man who admires the Westboro Baptist Church’s rhetoric, as well as Pastor Phelps’ granddaughter Megan, who defected from the church.Theroux has visited the Church twice before for BBC Two documentaries – 2007’s The Most Hated Family In America, and 2011’s America’s Most Hated Family In Crisis.BBC Two controller Patrick Holland said the new documentary ‘could not be more timely and important’.The Westboro Baptist Church held its first public service in 1955 but became known for its inflammatory hate speech towards the LGBTQ+ community in the early 90s, when it started using the slogan ‘God hates f**s’.The church is also known for conducting anti-gay protests at military funerals and picketing other funerals, with pickets at the funerals of Matthew Shepard, who was beaten to death allegedly because he was gay, Michael Jackson, and victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting.It is believed there are 70 members of the Church, with the majority being members of the Phelps family.The release date for Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family has not been revealed yet.If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us Louis Theroux cringes as BBC leak unseen footage of rap attemptLouis Theroux fans celebrate 25 years of weird and wonderful with Life On The EdgeLouis Theroux feared for his relationship after visiting 'stressful' swingers partyLouis Theroux cringes as BBC leak unseen footage of rap attemptHow schools have 'moved mountains' to get children back into classLouis Theroux fans celebrate 25 years of weird and wonderful with Life On The EdgeFive incredible off-the-beaten-track Greek isles to jet toThe Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco reaches out to Kunal Nayyar as he teams up with Kit Harington for Criminal season 2Britain’s Got Talent receives 1,121 Ofcom complaints over Diversity’s Black Lives Matter routineBillie Piper ‘breaks record for longest masturbation scene on British TV’ in I Hate SuzieGame Of Thrones’ Kit Harington and Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar collide in Netflix’s Criminal season 2 line-up‘It was the most surreal moment of my life’: The Boys season 2 cast break down wild audition process Watch all you want. Thanks. With Steve Drain, Rachel Hockenbarger, Steven Holroyd, Fred Phelps.
Does anyone know of any links to watch Louis Theroux's documentary 'Surviving America's Most Hated Family' about the Westboro Baptist Church? Photo courtesy of BBC This image is available for web publication. Starring: Louis Theroux. Louis Theroux returns to visit the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, investigating what effect the death of its founder has had on its members and those who have since left. Collection. Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader. Rev Fred Phelps is one of the most notorious hate-mongers in the country.
I'm not from the UK so I can't watch it on BBC iPlayer, and I also can't find a free VPN strong enough to withstand a documentary (if anyone knows of any, please let me know!). the traditional model of marriage is still fit for purpose. Louis Theroux is set to revisit the Westboro Baptist Church 13 years after one of his most memorable documentaries.The filmmaker has confirmed that he will be revisiting the hate group in Kansas for Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family, to explore the changes the family at the centre of the Church have gone through in recent tears.The Church’s founder and patriarch Pastor Fred Phelps, or Gramps, died in 2014, so Louis will be investigating what happens when a hate group largely made up of one family lose their figurehead.Louis said: ‘I am always interested in how people change over time – physically and in their outlook – and even more so when they are involved in lifestyles that are somehow wrong-headed or self-sabotaging.‘With our unique access to the inner workings of the Westboro Baptist Church over the last 13 years, we’ve been able to track the changes in an extreme religious group from the inside, and also from the perspective of its ex-members.‘We’ve been able to tell a story about indoctrination, where it comes from, how it is enforced, but also about deradicalisation, and the way in which a handful of those who were formerly zealots have managed to break free and take a kinder, less hateful view of the world.’Louis said: ‘Gramps’ angry and bigoted outlook had been the bedrock of Westboro’s practices and I was curious to see whether his death might have caused any kind of break up or re-evaluation within the church, especially since there had been rumours that Fred Phelps might have had some kind of change of heart at the end of his life.‘It was exciting going back for thirds. who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality
But since his death in 2014, the church has experienced a significant change that has threatened to tear apart what was once a tight-knit family community and challenged their relevance in Trump’s America, where outrageous statements are par for the course.
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