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The New Duggar Documentaries "reveals the truth" about the family known for their reality show

(CNN) – A new Amazon Prime docuseries promises an in-depth look at the Duggars, formerly a popular reality family, with their show 19 Kids and Counting.

The trailer for the documentary Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets is available now, and it previews an interview with the family’s second daughter, Jill Duggar, and her husband, Derick Dillard.

“There’s a story that’s going to be told, and I’d rather be the one telling it,” Duggar says in the trailer.

According to Prime, this is “a limited documentary that unearths the truth beneath the wholesome American surface of reality TV’s favorite megafamily, the Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles.”

“As details of the family and their scandals emerge, we recognize that they are part of a much larger, insidious threat already at work that is putting democracy itself at risk,” the description reads.

The Duggars previously starred in the popular TLC series about their mega family. (TLC is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company.)

The show was canceled in 2015 after allegations that the eldest son, Josh Duggar, had abused family members as a teenager.

Although no charges were ever brought in connection with these allegations, Duggar was found guilty in 2021 of receiving and possessing child pornography and was subsequently sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

His family also starred without him in the series Counting On, which was canceled in 2021.

The family was known for adhering to strict precepts, such as not using contraception, family-controlled courtship before marriage, and modest dress for women and girls.

Daughter Jinger Duggar Vuolo recently published her memoir, Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear.

CNN has reached out to the Institute in Basic Life Principles and the Duggar family for comment.

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets premieres June 2nd on Prime Video.