Featuring special guest Dr. William Doherty
Friday, August 21, 2020
6:30 pm Doors // 7:30 pm Show
$14 Advance // $19 At The Door
$29 Advance (includes copy of Nygard’s book, The Truth About Marriage) // $38 At The Door
A screening, discussion and celebration of the new documentary film and companion book, The Truth About Marriage, by acclaimed author and filmmaker Roger Nygard, who will be on-hand to speak, sign books, and answer questions. Joining Nygard is marriage therapist and psychology professor Dr. William Doherty, author of Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart.
According to Nygard, "All marriages of those in attendance will be fixed this evening!"
Award-winning and critically acclaimed director and author Roger Nygard (Trekkies) has just released his latest documentary film and companion book, The Truth About Marriage, which unveils NEW scientifically-proven tools for finding the right relationship and improving the one you have now.
We all know the statistics: marriage rates are down, divorce rates are up, and over time people become more dissatisfied in their relationships. The appetite for advice is insatiable, resulting in magazine covers touting tip-after-tip from experts on how to find the perfect mate, how to tell if it’s going south, and how to fix the one that’s broken. Never in history have we expected so much from romantic partners and experienced such little happiness.
Nygard attended countless weddings and found himself asking: Why do people keep getting married when fifty percent break up? What makes them think they will beat the odds? And if they do, what exactly are the secrets to making it work?
In The Truth About Marriage, Nygard tracked down the experts — and some other extraordinary folks — to solve the mystery of happy relationships. Along the way he discovered scientific facts about how we truly find each other to begin with, what we can do to increase the chances of finding our soulmate, and how most of what we call fate is anything but.
For anyone who’s having trouble finding love or maintaining it, or even for those who think they have it all figured out, The Truth About Marriage is a quintessential viewing experience that will raise your hopes and expand the romantic side of your brain. —Cultured Vultures
Educators, if you’re paying attention, you may want to add the fourth ‘R’ to your curriculum—Relationships! — Texas Jewish Post
You will glean knowledge and wisdom that will better your relationships. — Film Threat
A refreshing and hilarious look at a problem not often addressed. — Irish Film Critic
Dr. William Doherty is a renowned family and marriage therapist and the author of 19 books including his most recent, Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart. Doherty is a psychology professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Center at the University of Minnesota. Along with his daughter (also an esteemed psychologist and therapist), he is the founder of The Doherty Relationship Institute, designed to help engaged couples through couples on the brink.
Roger Nygard is perhaps best known for his highly-successful and acclaimed documentary Trekkies, about the most obsessive fans in the Universe. Nygard’s previous documentary, The Nature of Existence, addressed the impossible subject of the world’s philosophies, religions, and belief systems. Nygard has also directed television series such as The Office and The Bernie Mac Show. His work as a film editor includes Grey’s Anatomy, The League, and Emmy-nominated episodes of Who Is America?, VEEP, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Nygard has made several other award-winning films, including the car-salesman cult-film, Suckers; a profile of UFO fanatics, Six Days in Roswell; and most recently the documentary and companion book, The Truth About Marriage.
