Hassidic
Phillip Guttmann : when a Black Hat is a symbol of repression
Queerguru talks with Phillip Guttmann the writer and co-producer of BlackHat a short powerful queer film that just won the £30K prestigious Iris Prize Festival : the story is of an Hasidic man living a secret double life misplaces his black hat one night which will cause his two separate lives to collide in a way he…
Menashe
Documentary filmmaker Joshua Z. Weinstein’s feature film directing debut is an intriguing project that is not just based on a real story, but it actually stars the subject himself who has never actually acted before, and it all makes for such compelling viewing. Menashe (Menashe Lustig) is an Hassidic Jew who has been widowed…
