Jim Bakker establishes a large televangelical empire in the 1980s, including Heritage Village. However, they are removed from P.T.L, the ministry that they had established in 1987.
Acting
Bernadette Peters commits to Tammy Faye's mascara-drenched soul.
Costume
The wigs deserve their own billing. Higher than God.
Production
Heritage Village recreation: theme park of broken dreams.
Director
Karen Arthur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Tammy Faye Bakker loved Bernadette Peters' performance and they became friends. She even gave Peters her actual mascara tips.
Released just as the real Bakker trial dominated headlines, this was essentially prestige true crime before that was a genre—complete with Jessica Hahn scandal references that hit different in 1990.
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