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America Reframed
After Happily Ever After
Season 1
Episode 21
After Happily Ever After is Emmy-winning Kate Schermerhorn's personal quest for the secret to a happy marriage and answers to questions about the institution. The film not only features a mix of married couples but marriage experts who ground the film in fact, piecing together the history, and possible motivations and future for marriage. She also chronicles the ups and downs of her own marriage.
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