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Happy Valley

Director: Ron Williams

Director: Dan Barnett

  • Dan Barnett: Director
  • Ben Unguren: Film Editor
  • Ron Williams: Director, Producer
7th Annual LDS Film Festival 2008
One miracle after another occurs through the passion of one full time single father whose original intention was to reunite his 12-year-old daughter with her addicted mother. Deep in the heart of Utah, commonly referred to as "Happy Valley," residents enjoy one of the lowest crime rates, highest literacy and language fluency - even the most jello consumption - across the nation. Yet under the glossy exterior of this beautiful community, there are less popular categories that Happy Valley contends in but doesn't advertise, including prescription drug abuse, double the national average of anti-depressant drugs, even suicide. In Happy Valley at least one teen per week dies from drug overdose. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff calls the film "an honest, must-see experience."
Winner of the 2008 Award in Film, Association for Mormon Letters
  • Official movie website
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DVDMM 401
2007
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