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Playfully updating the 1950's school documentary, "Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness" offers up political and social satire regarding the
current state of reproductive rights in a fast-paced spoonful. Found-footage,
animation and original images are interwoven into a collage containing the fictional stories of a conservative politician, a young couple, and a fundamentalist activist (portrayed by Survival Research
Laboratories founder Mark Pauline) along with the decline in amphibian
populations and the insidious creeping erosion of reproductive rights in the
United States. All linked together through a Chinese dry cleaner.
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" was an official selection for
the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, the 32nd International Film Festival Rotterdam and many more.
Director and co-writer, Tiffany Shlain,
honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,”
is an award winning filmmaker and founder and creative director of The
Webby Awards. For this film she has partnered with her long time collaborator,
co-writer Maya Draisin, co-writer and
Emmy Award winning producer Xandra Castleton,
award winning designer Gil
Gershoni, editor
Jennifer Steinman, and music composer Mark De Gli Antoni (Soul Coughing)
in this sharp, funny, intense and entertaining film. Read
bios, or see the complete list of credits.
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