Documentary HackJews: The PrisonerBy Vanessa Engle
In a Nutshell
In this 2008 documentary from the BBC, filmmaker Vanessa Engle observes the reentry of a convicted drug trafficker to his ultra-orthodox Jewish community in London.
Favorite Quote
Coming back to a very strict and disciplined lifestyle in a completely different way as the prison discipline … will obviously be very difficult for him. He will have mixed with a lot of non-Jewish people, which obviously will have affected his mind.
Isaac Leibovitz, Samuel Leibovitz's brother
Introduction
The chances of a gentile knowing what life is like for Britain's ultra-Orthodox Jews are very low.
These Hasidic communities are intentionally closed-off and hostile toward the media, so socializing with them or documenting their lives is often impossible.
Vanessa Engle is a British journalist and filmmaker who has made over 60 documentaries for the BBC.
In her 2008 BBC docuseries Jews, Engle offers viewers insights into the daily and personal lives of British Jews.
The first episode introduces us to the Satmar sect and one of its members, Samuel Leibovitz, a former international drug smuggler trying to reintegrate into his community in North London after being released from prison.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
- 1.The Satmar sect is extremely strict
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