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Happy Valley / A&E Indiefilms presents ; an Asylum Entertainment production ; a Passion Pictures production ; produced by Jonathan Koch and Steve Michaels ; produced by John Battsek and Ken Dornstein ; directed by Amir Bar-Lev.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sandusky, Jerry.
- Paterno, Joe, 1926-2012.
- Paterno, Joe.
- Pennsylvania State University.
- Football coaches--Pennsylvania--State College.
- Football coaches.
- Child sexual abuse--Pennsylvania--State College.
- Child sexual abuse.
- Child sexual abuse--Investigation--Pennsylvania--State College.
- Child molesters--Pennsylvania--State College.
- Child molesters.
- Scandals--Pennsylvania--State College.
- Scandals.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (98 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, 2014.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Amir Bar-Lev's documentary Happy Valley takes an unflinching look at an iconic American institution in the wake of unthinkable scandal. Nestled in the idyllic area known as Happy Valley lies the town of State College and the home of Penn State University. For over 40 years, Joe Paterno was the celebrated head coach of the school's storied football team. Lauded not only for his program's success on the field, but also for students' achievements in the classroom, Paterno was a revered figure in a town where team loyalty approached nationalistic fervor. Then in November 2011 everything changed when longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, setting off a firestorm of accusations about who failed to protect the children of Happy Valley. Filmed over the course of the year after Sandusky's arrest as key players agreed to share their stories, Happy Valley deconstructs the story we think we know to uncover a much more complicated and tragic tale. Director Bar-Lev creates an indelible portrait of a wounded community and an engrossing investigation into the role big time college football played in both the crimes and their aftermath.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2017).
- Won 2014 Nashville Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature Amir Bar-Lev
- Won 2014 Sarasota Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature Amir Bar-Lev
- Won 2014 True/False Film Fest, Documentary Amir Bar-Lev
- OCLC:
- 1003444476
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