After Happily Ever After is Emmy® award-winning filmmaker Kate Schermerhorn s quirky, funny and moving personal quest for the secret to a happy marriage and for answers to some timely questions about an institution that might just be due for some review. Why do 90% of Americans marry when half of those marriages will end in divorce? What better alternatives, if any, exist? Is marriage entering a new phase, a better and more flexible one or is it becoming obsolete? What s the secret to a happy marriage? After Happily Ever After features an eclectic mix of experts and long-married couples addressing these questions and many, many more. Along the way, Schermerhorn chronicles the joys and heartbreaks of her own marriage and finds that even the best advice can t always guarantee you a happily ever after.