NPR: sundance https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=379426274 sundance en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 21:04:17 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: sundance https://www.npr.org/tags/379426274/sundance Are you happy? New film follows a Bhutan bureaucrat who asks 148 questions to find out The new documentary <em>Agent of Happiness</em> explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data. Sun, 04 Feb 2024 08:00:15 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/04/1228505757/agent-of-happiness-bhutan-documentary-film-gross-national-happiness https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/04/1228505757/agent-of-happiness-bhutan-documentary-film-gross-national-happiness Agent of Happiness follows Bhutanese bureaucrats who survey people about their state of mind. From left: director Dorottya Zurbó, happiness agents Amber Kumar Gurung and Guna Raj Kuikel, and director Arun Bhattarai.'/>

The new documentary Agent of Happiness explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data.

]]> Jonathan Lambert The story of two bird-saving brothers in India gets an Oscar nom, an HBO premiere Nominated for an Oscar and debuting on HBO this week, <em>All That Breathes</em> explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving raptors cut down by smog and deadly kite strings. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:53:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/27/1131319953/birds-fall-to-earth-from-delhis-toxic-skies-these-brothers-are-there-to-save-the https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/27/1131319953/birds-fall-to-earth-from-delhis-toxic-skies-these-brothers-are-there-to-save-the All That Breathes, which was just nominated for an Oscar and is premiering on HBO on Feb. 7.'/>

Nominated for an Oscar and debuting on HBO this week, All That Breathes explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving raptors cut down by smog and deadly kite strings.

]]> Kamala Thiagarajan In Conversation About Diversity In Hollywood, Where Does Sundance Fit In? Sundance may be just one part of a much bigger puzzle, but filmmakers of color say it has an important role to play. Wed, 03 Feb 2016 10:22:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/02/03/465322193/in-the-conversation-about-diversity-in-hollywood-where-does-sundance-fit-in https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/02/03/465322193/in-the-conversation-about-diversity-in-hollywood-where-does-sundance-fit-in

Sundance may be just one part of a much bigger puzzle, but filmmakers of color say it has an important role to play.

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]]> Monica Castillo 'En Garde' Takes On New Urgency In A Duel With Machetes The short film 'Papa Machete,' which is having its U.S. premiere this week at Sundance, introduces viewers to a 70-year-old Haitian farmer who's the master of a secret martial arts form. Sat, 24 Jan 2015 07:03:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/01/24/379333823/en-garde-takes-on-new-urgency-in-a-duel-with-machetes https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/01/24/379333823/en-garde-takes-on-new-urgency-in-a-duel-with-machetes

The short film 'Papa Machete,' which is having its U.S. premiere this week at Sundance, introduces viewers to a 70-year-old Haitian farmer who's the master of a secret martial arts form.

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