Happiness
Season 16 Episode 5 | 56m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch this film through November 16th, 2021.
A 9-year-old monk has never before left his Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas, where the nearest road is a three-day walk. When connected to electricity for the first time, he treks to the nearest city in search of a television. The <i>Independent Lens</i> documentary <i>Happiness</i> tells a story of the bittersweet seduction of technology and progress.
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Happiness
Season 16 Episode 5 | 56m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
A 9-year-old monk has never before left his Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas, where the nearest road is a three-day walk. When connected to electricity for the first time, he treks to the nearest city in search of a television. The <i>Independent Lens</i> documentary <i>Happiness</i> tells a story of the bittersweet seduction of technology and progress.
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Coming to Independent Lens: Happiness
Preview: S16 Ep5 | 30s | Happiness premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 17, 2014. (30s)
Clip: S16 Ep5 | 1m 53s | Happiness premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 17, 2014. (1m 53s)
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Clip: S16 Ep5 | 57s | Happiness premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 17, 2014. (57s)
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