Menashe (2017)
Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.
Primary Title
- Menashe
Date Broadcast
- Monday 2 July 2018
Release Year
- 2017
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 55
Duration
- 85:00
Channel
- Rialto Channel
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Feature films--United States
- Widowers--New York (State)--New York--Drama
- Hasidism--New York (State)--New York--Drama
Genres
- Drama
Contributors
- Joshua Z Weinstein (Director)
- Alex Lipschultz (Writer)
- Musa Syeed (Writer)
- Joshua Z Weinstein (Writer)
- Menashe Lustig (Actor)
- Yoel Falkowitz (Actor)
- Hershy Fishman (Actor)
- Autumn Productions (Production Unit)
- Maiden Voyage Pictures (Production Unit)
- Shtick Film (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Feature films--United States
- Widowers--New York (State)--New York--Drama
- Hasidism--New York (State)--New York--Drama