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📜 Overview: Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
🌏 Languages Available: Yiddish , English
📆 Date Released: 2017-09-10
⌚ Running Time: 95 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.8

Beloved Cast

Etty original image
Herself, an Hasidic member
Etty
Chani Getter original image
Herself, Footsteps counselor (ex-Hasidic)
Chani Getter
Ari Hershkowitz original image
Himself, ex-Hasidic
Ari Hershkowitz
Luzer Twersky original image
Himself, ex-Hasidic
Luzer Twersky
Yosef Rapaport original image
Himself, Hasidic Community Member
Yosef Rapaport
David Mandelbaum original image
Himself, artistic director / new Yiddish rep
David Mandelbaum

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