A Life Apart: Hasidism in America Movie Review 1997

Looks at the strict spiritual tradition and family in a distinct community that has kept its distance from its surrounding culture for generations by entering the world of Hasidim customs, homes, schools, and synagogues.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Judaism

Director

Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum

Other

Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker