One of Us (2010)

Directed by

Heidi Ewing

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 141 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three former members of the Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn as they navigate life after leaving their insular religious world. It shows their individual struggles with family separation, identity, and building a new life.

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What happens

One of Us is a 2017 documentary feature film that chronicles the lives of three ex-Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn. The film was directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who also created the documentary Jesus Camp. One of Us opened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, and was distributed the following month of October via Netflix, which also financed the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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