Happiness Is (film)

Happiness Is is a 2009 documentary film that the examines the different interpretations of the "pursuit of happiness" in America. The film features interviews with notable personalities such as the Dalai Lama, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp as well as happiness authors Daniel Gilbert, Gretchen Rubin and Darrin McMahon. It's the second film from director and writer Andrew Shapter.

Happiness Is
Directed byAndrew Shapter
Release date
  • 30 July 2009 (2009-07-30)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Happiness Is is a road trip documentary that explores American's "pursuit of happiness".[1] It is the second film from Andrew Shapter, director of the popular music documentary, Before the Music Dies and his first with producer, Tracy Marino, who is also a producer on his next film, The Teller and The Truth. Happiness Is examines America's constant struggle to find more happiness as it breaks down the many interpretations of what Thomas Jefferson really meant when he wrote the words "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness".[2]

gollark: Billions of years of *highly parallel* R&D too.
gollark: That seems somehow unlikely.
gollark: Yes, though it's blurry if I do.
gollark: I don't understand it, but it seems good.
gollark: I suppose I prefer this, though it's still just saying "used somewhere else" instead of having an arrow from the ADP output to the ADP input.

References
  1. "Film Explores happiness across America". www.gjfreepress.com/. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  2. "Happiness Is". www.roadwingsentertainment.com. Retrieved 1 September 2010.


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