Nonfics

Nonfics

Happiness is an Inquiring Nun

Written by Meg Shields

Nov 23, 2018
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In the Summer of 1967, a pair of nuns traversed Chicago armed with a microphone and a devilishly simple question: “Are you happy?” Part cultural artifact, part sociological experiment, part American response to cinéma verité, Inquiring Nuns regularly overpowers its own gag to turn in something more complex. At its core, the film acts as a strikingly hon…

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