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  1. Gwendolyn Henley Shamblin Lara (February 18, 1955 – May 29, 2021) was the founder of the Remnant Fellowship Cult, founder of the Christian diet program The Weigh Down Workshop, and an American author. She is the subject of the 2021 HBO Max docuseries, The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin. She is portrayed by actress ...

  2. Mar 24, 2023 · Gwen Shamblin Lara rose to fame as a weight-loss champion turned religious cult leader. Her life was the subject of a 2021 HBO Max docuseries and a 2023 Lifetime movie. ... The Way Down: God ...

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  3. The Way Down is an American documentary television miniseries directed and produced by Marina Zenovich. It follows Gwen Shamblin Lara, the founder of a diet program Weigh Down Workshop, and Remnant Fellowship, a new Christian group led by Shamblin Lara and located in Brentwood, Tennessee. It consists of 5 episodes and premiered with the first ...

  4. Feb 6, 2023 · HBO's The Way Down traces Gwen Shamblin Lara’s career from the outset of her Bible study weight loss program in the ‘80s to her 1997 book “The Weigh Down Diet” and eventual establishment ...

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  5. The Way Down: With Natasha Pavlovich, Carey Wingerd, Glen Wingerd, Steph LeHane. Follows the Remnant Fellowship Church, exploring the fame and power of its leader Gwen Shambling Lara as a diet guru and church leader, and the truth behind her carefully-curated image, detailing the church's controversial practices.

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  7. Oct 1, 2021 · Just as The Way Down director Marina Zenovich was finishing off the documentary, the story took a dramatic turn. On May 29, 2021, Shamblin and her husband William Joseph “Joe” Lara were in a ...

  8. Feb 3, 2023 · Shamblin’s meteoric rise to fame as a weight loss guru and founder of a church — which rejected the notion of the Holy Trinity and relied on Shamblin’s extreme theories on weight loss — is the focus of the HBO Max docuseries “The Way Down: God, Greed and the Cult Of Gwen Shamblin.”. The first three episodes of the series are ...

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