The Family (miniseries)

The Family is an American documentary television miniseries that premiered on Netflix on August 9, 2019. The series examines a conservative Christian group—known as the Family or the Fellowship—its history, and investigates its influence on American politics.
The series was executive produced by Jeff Sharlet, who previously wrote books about the same organization, including C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy and The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.

Cast

David Rysdahl as Jeff Sharlet.
* Sharlet appears as himself in the documentary interview portions of the series.
Ben Rosenfield.
Zachary Booth
Michael Park
Nate Klingenberg
Tessa Albertson
James Cromwell as Douglas Coe

Reception

Critics have generally praised the series. For Decider, Joel Keller described it as having "a lot of potential to fascinate". Joel Mayward of Cinemayard described the series as "chilling" but also wrote that it felt "muddled and redundant". Vultures Jen Chaney noted that the series focused predominantly on the Fellowship's influence on conservatives, and excluded Democratic involvement.

Release

The Family was released on August 9, 2019 on Netflix.