Shalom Safranim,
PURSUED - A closed society. A harrowing personal story. A first-person narrative in Yiddish The issue of sexual abuse is well known, but little discussed in the Jewish Orthodox world. In a recent positive review on the Educational Media Review website: http://emro.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/emroDetail.asp?Number=5110 , Sheila Intner recommends PURSUED, saying "Pursued successfully employs the power of the camera to reveal the underbelly of Hasidic life. It puts to shame those who use the cover of religion to hide their evil behavior and exposes them and their deeds in all their horror". In this courageous self-portrait, the camera becomes a weapon of entrapment as well as an instrument of redemption in the painful chain of sexual abuse. Filmmaker Menachem Roth was an adolescent attending an all-male, ultra-Orthodox boarding school where he became the victim of sexual abuse. Twenty years later he confronts his abuser, documenting their disturbing relationship. Simultaneously, the director must choose between religious and secular life-styles, and between parallel romantic relationships. The end product is a daring first-person account of one man's search for a degree of serenity in a life that has been forever changed. And important film that will lead to significant dialogue and raise essential questions for your audiences. Purchase price for university libraries is $300 + shipping and handling. The price for public libraries is $115 + shipping and handling. For more information please see http://www.ruthfilms.com/pursued.html Or contact us at r...@ruthfilms.com Ruth Diskin Films Ltd. Tel: ++972-2-6724256 Fax: ++972-2-6724210 <mailto:r...@ruthfilms.com> r...@ruthfilms.com <http://www.ruthfilms.com> www.ruthfilms.com ALWAYS BREAKING THROUGH...
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