A Life Apart (1997)
- Original title
- A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
- Directed by
- Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary looks at Hasidic Jewish communities in Brooklyn. It explains their daily life, beliefs, and the challenges they face in modern America.
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What happens
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America is 1997 American documentary film produced for PBS about Hasidic Judaism in America produced and directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky, written by Daum and Robert Seidman, and narrated by Leonard Nimoy and Sarah Jessica Parker. The film is the first documentary to cover the American Hasidic community in an in-depth manner, and mainly examines Hasidic sects in Brooklyn and focuses on the Hasidic way of life and the struggles and conflicts that face the movement's adherents. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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