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Leaving the Fold*<\/h1>\n\n\n

*Directed by Eric R. Scott, this film was produced by Films Bunburry<\/a> and Media Ontic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

Leaving the Fold<\/strong><\/em> is a documentary about five young people born and raised in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish world who no longer wish to remain there. As children they grew up in a closed society where deviation from the rules is often punishable by ostracism, intimidation or worse. As young adults they pay a steep price for abandoning their parents and community to seek the freedom to make their own choices.<\/p>\n\n

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From the Hasidic enclaves of Montreal, Brooklyn and Jerusalem come stories of conflict, struggle and coercion. Tinged with pain and unexpected humour, Leaving the Fold<\/em><\/strong> reveals the processes by which our five young people emerged from a strictly controlled society in order to make a living in a sometimes confusing secular world that offers them endless choices – What should i wear? What will I become? Who am I going to marry? Before, everything was pre-arranged f. Now they have to decide for themselves.<\/p>\n

Finding the courage to leave the fold is only the first challenge for most of these young people. Those who decide to take this step become pariahs, often completely cut off from the emotional and financial support of their families. <\/p>\n

Ultimately, Leaving the Fold is a film about complex, spiritual journeys in the opposite direction, from the constraints and the strange beauty of religious fundamentalism to the intoxicating uncertainties of personal freedom for those few who choose to escape it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Production Companies:<\/strong><\/td>\nBunburry Films<\/a>
Media Ontic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year:<\/strong><\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenght:<\/strong><\/td>\n52 min.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director:<\/strong><\/td>\nEric R. Scott<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Producers:<\/strong><\/td>\nFrederic Bohbot<\/a>
Evan Beloff<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Editing:<\/strong><\/td>\nCarl Freed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOP:<\/strong><\/td>\nKieran Crilly<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sound Recording:<\/strong><\/td>\nToby W. Richardson<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Music:<\/strong><\/td>\nBasya Schechter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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