Happy Valley

Year: 2014

Runtime: 98 min

Language: English

Director: Amir Bar-Lev

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In Pennsylvania’s Happy Valley, the Penn State University football program and its legendary coach Joe Paterno were sources of immense pride for decades. However, in 2011, the community was rocked by the revelation of disturbing allegations against former assistant Jerry Sandusky. The unfolding scandal shattered the trust within the university and surrounding area, exposing a troubling culture of silence and forcing a reckoning with the values the community held dear. The revelations had profound and lasting consequences for the university and its celebrated football tradition.

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