Inside a Hasidic Jewish home
Frieda Vizel with Pearl
A Williamsburg great-grandmother welcomes a visitor into her home and explains the Shabbos table, religious books, family photographs, and kosher kitchen.
HomeShabbosFamily
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Neighborhood · Daily life · Conversation
A long walk through Hasidic Williamsburg
A street-level visit through Williamsburg, with conversations about family, work, education, neighborhood life, and the boundaries between the community and the wider city.
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What this film opens up
The density of institutions and relationships that makes the neighborhood function as more than a collection of visibly religious individuals.
Outside the frame. The film follows particular hosts in conversation with an outside filmmaker. Its scope is their route through the neighborhood and the people they meet along the way.
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Another part of the life.
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Chanukah in South Williamsburg
Frieda Vizel
A quiet neighborhood view of menorahs shining from family windows on the eighth night of Chanukah.
ChanukahThe Jewish yearNeighborhood
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