Nomadland and What's Making Us Happy

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 5:01 a.m.

The new film Nomadland is about a woman named Fern who's lost her husband, her home and her entire community: a company town that collapsed when the company did. She's played by Frances McDormand, and in ChloƩ Zhao's film, she falls into a new community of people who live on the road, out of vans and RVs.