Happy Valley, Music Box Films and A&E Indiefilms presents an Asylum Entertainment production ; a Passion Pictures production ; produced by Jonathan Koch and Steve Michaels ; produced by John Battsek and Ken Dornstein ; directed by Amir Bar-Lev
Type
Label
Happy Valley, Music Box Films and A&E Indiefilms presents an Asylum Entertainment production ; a Passion Pictures production ; produced by Jonathan Koch and Steve Michaels ; produced by John Battsek and Ken Dornstein ; directed by Amir Bar-Lev
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Happy Valley
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
905917396
Responsibility statement
Music Box Films and A&E Indiefilms presents an Asylum Entertainment production ; a Passion Pictures production ; produced by Jonathan Koch and Steve Michaels ; produced by John Battsek and Ken Dornstein ; directed by Amir Bar-Lev
Runtime
97
Summary
Investigates the 2011 Penn State child molestation scandal, in which Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of several accounts of child sexual abuse and head coach Joe Paterno and university administration were implicated in a coverup. Looks at the effects of the scandal on the Penn State student body, Penn State alumni, and residents of State College, Pennsylvania. Covers Paterno's sudden decline in health and subsequent death in the wake of the scandal, with commentary by Paterno family members
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Happy Valley, the story behind the Penn State scandal
Contributor
Subject
- Documentary films
- Child sexual abuse + Investigation -- Pennsylvania -- State College -- Case studies
- Scandals -- Pennsylvania -- State College -- Case studies
- Child sexual abuse -- Pennsylvania -- State College -- Case studies
- Pennsylvania State University -- Corrupt practices
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- Child molesters -- Pennsylvania -- State College
- Paterno, Joe, 1926-2012
- Sandusky, Jerry
- Football coaches -- Pennsylvania -- State College
Content
Director
resource.filmmaker
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor9
- Genre2
- Subject10
- Documentary films
- Child sexual abuse + Investigation -- Pennsylvania -- State College -- Case studies
- Scandals -- Pennsylvania -- State College -- Case studies
- Child sexual abuse -- Pennsylvania -- State College -- Case studies
- Pennsylvania State University -- Corrupt practices
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- Child molesters -- Pennsylvania -- State College
- Paterno, Joe, 1926-2012
- Sandusky, Jerry
- Football coaches -- Pennsylvania -- State College
- Content1
- Director1
- resource.filmmaker1
- Producer4
- Mapped to1