Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Aug 14 2011
•1h 0m
•Documentary, TV Movie
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. But four years on from Louis's last visit, there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan. A series of defections of family members has shaken up the church.
Cast
See allLouis Theroux
Himself - Presenter
Fred Phelps
Himself
Shirley Phelps-Roper
Herself
Lauren Drain
Herself
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