The Power of TV Felt in Bhutan Village

A sea change has taken place in a remote village in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan after it got electricity and television. "Happiness," a new documentary by the Frenchman Thomas Balmes, shines a light on the power and risks of the small screen. In 1999, authorities in Bhutan -- which famously measures prosperity by gauging its citizens' happiness, not GDP -- decided, after much reflection, to allow television and the Internet into the tiny landlocked ...