The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

About The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

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.

HBO Max's The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin is a documentary series. Gwen Shamblin Lara leads the cast as Self (archive footage), Joe Lara as Self (archive footage), Natasha Pavlovich as Self - Former Girlfriend of Joe Lara, and Megan Cox as Self - Member 1996-2006.

Its one season of 5 episodes aired between September 2021 and April 2022.

Shelv files it under cult, child abuse, christian faith, and plane crash. It streams on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, and Philo in the United States. It carries a TV-MA rating.

Shiny Happy People, Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, and Insatiable make useful companions to The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, all filed under brainwashing.