WHY GET MARRIED?

"Nominated for Best NM Film 2010"

The 54-minute documentary evolved from a series of interviews spanning three years and two widely flung and disparate settings: Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada and New Mexico, USA. Singles, gays, marrieds, divorced, never-marrieds, wedding planners and marriage experts – no one was safe from the provocative interrogator determined to find the answers to questions like:

This documentary is evocative and thought-provoking, taking a look at the institution of marriage, how it differs in Canada and the USA, and whether it is our nature to want to be in couples or in marriage. Based on a personal quest, the documentary nevertheless resonates with a powerful universal appeal.