Louis Theroux's Weird WeekendsSeason 2
Louis Theroux documents some of the US's most bizarre happenings, events and rituals, by getting involved himself.
Where to Watch Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends • Season 2
6 Episodes
- Black Nationalism
E3Black NationalismAmerican black nationalist groups have been branded anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynist and even racist by the mainstream press. Louis Theroux goes to Harlem in New York to meet its proponents, and meets the Reverend Al Sharpton, the main point of contact in the black nationalist movement. Theroux also meets Khalid Abdul Muhammad, dubbed by the media 'the most dangerous man in America' and visits the Israeli School of Universal Practical Knowledge, who believe that blacks are the true Israelites and that all English monarchs until early modern times were black. Theroux also joins Al Sharpton on a march on Wall Street to protest at the shooting by New York police of Amadou Diallo, who was shot 19 times. - Off-Off Broadway
E5Off-Off BroadwayLouis Theroux, master of the crafty interview, continues his journey through the outskirts of the American mainstream and plunges into the nightmare that is Broadway's audition circuit. He learns about some of the jobs actors take to make ends meet, and steps on the working treadmill of the wannabe actor by attending an acting class, a photo session and a voice-coaching class.
