Filmmakers Alan Kaufman and Deborah Snow put forth this trenchant, straightforward documentary, focusing on a number of topics, which ultimately mash on some of the hottest buttons in the ideological Jewish forum.
To be honest, If I’d woken up this morning to the news that Darren Aronofsky was slated to direct a pilot written by and starring Paris Hilton for the Disney Channel, I’d be excited, but the news that Aronosfky is directing a Michael Chabon written TV pilot for HBO, is a total coup.
According to Yoav Potash, whose newest documentary is being featured by Oprah’s OWN network, his work is fueled by the Jewish value of tikkun olam, or “repairing the world.”
Eli Valley has carved out his own niche, but his willingness to dissect the idiosyncrasies of his own culture and religion is has become his raison d’être.
In the 2004 book Family Circle, Susan Braudy referred to Boudin family as “The aristocracy of the left,” but the family life experienced by Chesa Boudin growing up, was far too sprawling and complex to be so easily summed up.
