''Leaving the Fold'' is a 2008
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
on the lives of young men and women who left the
Hasidic world of their youth. The young people featured in the film live in Canada, America, and Israel. The film was directed by Canadian filmmaker,
Eric R. Scott, and featured in the film is
Basya Schechter, a New York–based singer-songwriter. Shechter's music features throughout the film.
Overview
The film's run time is 52 minutes. Four of the film's interviewees are from the
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community. The film was first shown at the
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...
, and subsequently on Canadian, Australian, Belgian, and Finnish television.
See also
* ''
One of Us (2017 film)''
* ''
Let There Be Light (2007 film)''
*
Chabad in film and television
References
External links
2008 films
Canadian documentary films
Jewish Canadian films
Chabad in Canada
Documentary films about Jews and Judaism
Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews
Films about Chabad
Anti-Orthodox Judaism sentiment
2010s Canadian films
2000s Canadian films
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