The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin(2021)
series - first aired/released 2021-09-30 - audience 6.6
Documentary
Directed by Marina Zenovich
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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Cast
Gwen Shamblin LaraSelf (archive footage)
Joe LaraSelf (archive footage)
Natasha PavlovichSelf - Former Girlfriend of Joe Lara- Megan CoxSelf - Member 1996-2006
- Helen ByrdSelf - Member 2008-2017
- Rafael MartinezSelf - Cult Interventionist
- Gina WilsonSelf - Member 1996-2012
- Rachel PhillipsSelf - Member 2002-2009
- Laura BooneSelf - Former Remnant Babysitter
- Carey WingerdSelf - Former Brentwood Resident
- Glen WingerdSelf - Former Brentwood Resident
- Terasee MorrisSelf - Member 2014-2017
- Stuart WatsonSelf - Author and Investigative Journalist
- Gary BlackburnSelf - Nashville Attorney
- Teri PhillipsSelf - Member 1995-2003
- Randy RiceSelf - Weigh Down Workshop Participant 1997-1999
- Antonio RaelSelf - Former Classmate of Joe Lara
- Adam BrooksSelf - Clinical Psychologist, Self - Remnant Recruit
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- Bob BeeneSelf - Member 2002-2019
- Jessica CoxSelf - Member 1996-2012
- Autumn WilliamsonSelf - Member 2008-2015
- Paul MorantzSelf - Cult Expert
- Eleanor OdomSelf - Assistant District Attorney, Cobb County, GA
- David SchweizerSelf - Cobb County, GA Police Department
- Robert FowlerSelf - Aviation Consultant
- Phil WilliamsSelf - Investigative Journalist, NewsChannel 5 Nashville
- Ge'cobi PittmanSelf - Member 2006-2015
- Laura AlvarezSelf - Member 1996-2006
- Brooks BinkleySelf - Childhood Friend of Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah, Self - Childhood Friend of Jessica Walters
- Steven DarlingSelf - Member 2014-2017
- Gina HartleySelf - Member 2007-2012 & 2016-2020
- Mindy MunozSelf - Member 1996-2006
- Nancy StaggsSelf - Childhood Friend of Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah
- Holly McCallSelf - Editor-in-Chief, Tennessee Lookout
- Keenan SmithSelf - Member 2001-2008
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