Synopsis:
A Journey to Find the Happily Ever After

Wondering what happened to that “Leave it to Beaver” fantasy? For some people, marriage brings a cold dose of reality. The fantasy dissolves away and we are stuck asking ourselves how can we have a relationship that is healthy and happy like we envisioned?

Director Tracie Donahue searches for the answers to finding (and maintaining) a healthy, happy love, by asking real couples and relationship experts the most important questions. What draws us to people? Do certain communication patterns contribute to the breakdown of relationships? How do skills such as empathy contribute to a healthy, functioning relationship – and can they be taught? It all starts at home – but if applied globally, think where it could lead?! This is a film about how real couples learned to create the marriage they hoped for.

“This film does a tremendous job of communicating what I believe to be the most important piece of public awareness – that there is information (i.e., skills and knowledge) to learn that will help make good partner choices and ensure the quality and stability of their marriage. I also love how it engages the audience with these seemingly ‘perfect’ couples, who we then find out have endured very real and very difficult circumstances, and who have enhance and strengthened their relationship through these experiences. These are beautiful portrayals of what healthy marriages look and sound like over time.”
Francesca Adler-Baeder, Ph.D. CFLE, Associate Professor, Auburn University.

Cast:
Robin Givens, Jack Gallagher, John Gray

Crew:
Director: Tracie Donahue
Writer: Suzanne Eckes-Wahl
Story: Tracie Donahue
Executive Producer: Tracie Donahue
Producer: Suzanne Eckes-Wahl
Director of Photography: Brian Hamm
Editor: Jim Eckes

A Foresight Productions

Documentary | HD | 63 minutes | 2008 | USA

Festival Selections:
Milan International Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival
Sacramento International Film Festival
Mammoth International Film Festival
Anchorage International Film Festival
Indie Distribution Fest
Women’s International Film Festival, Miami
Macon Film and Video Festival
Gasperilla International Film Festival
OnFilm Memphis International Film Festival
Charleston International Film Festival
Reel Women’s International Film Festival
Swansea International Film Festival
British Film Festival
The Heart of England International Film Festival
International Film Festival Ireland
International Christian Film Festival
International Film Festival Thailand
International Film Festival South Africa
El Sawy Egypt International Film Festival
RealHeART International Film Festival
Los Angeles United Film Festival
Brilliant Lights Film Festival
The Accolade Competition
The Sky Fest
Hollywood Ultra Fest
Sacramento Ultra Fest
Urban Suburban Film Festival

Awards:
Winner: "Outstanding Documentary" at the Global Arts Film Festival in Sacramento, California (May, 2009)
Best of Fest: Women's International Film Festival
2nd Place Best Documentary -Mammoth International Film Festival
Award of Merit- Indie Distribution Fest
Gold Kahuna Award for Filmmaking- Hawaii International Film Festival
Award of Merit- The Accolade Competition
4th Place Best Documentary- Sky Fest

Nominations for Best Documentary:
Milan International Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival
Macon International Film and Video Festival
Swansea International Film Festival
Mammoth International Film Festival