Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
The joy is so good because the sad is so big. The film really deftly paints a portrait of a family and shows how the death of a loved one creates ripples through the tapestry of the interconnectedness of all things. And it does it all so quietly like a jaguar under the midnight moon. Clown opera hit me in the feels. Big snail shell in the sky keep on turnin'
This was an amazing (and not always so happy) journey into the lives of the people of Bhutan through the lens of a truly unique government system and the people who administer the survey.
I had heard about Gross National Happiness (GNH) for years, and cited it's existence as a "fun fact" about Bhutan, but never really knew how it worked or what it really measured.
Turns out they ask a LOT of questions, some with objective answers, others based…