City of Joel

City of Joel 2018 Released

Directed by Jesse Sweet

Documentary · 90 min

 

City of Joel 2018 Released

Directed by Jesse Sweet

Documentary · 90 min

 

"City of Joel" is documentary - with unprecedented access - to a 1.1 square mile shtetl in the suburbs that is home to 22,000 members of an one of the most insular and orthodox Hasidic sects. We follow the battles they are waging to survive. Just 50 miles north of New York City, the Satmar sect has built Kiryas Joel as a religious haven where they can be fruitful, multiply... see more

"City of Joel" is documentary - with unprecedented access - to a 1.1 square mile shtetl in the suburbs that is home to 22,000 members of an one of the most insular and orthodox Hasidic sects. We follow the battles they are waging to survive. Just 50 miles north of New York City, the Satmar sect has built Kiryas Joel as a religious haven where they can be fruitful, multiply... see more
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RELEASED
Oct 5, 2018
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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