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91Èȱ¬ Four announces three-part series Jews
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A new series from award-winning Lefties director Vanessa Engle is coming to 91Èȱ¬ Four this spring. Jews offers a remarkable and unprecedented insight into Jewish life in Britain today.
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It looks at religion, orthodoxy and secularism, documenting the beliefs and culture of very different kinds of Jews – ranging from atheist and secular Jews through to ultra-orthodox Jews.
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The three-part series looks at family histories, belief systems and the meaning of what it is to be Jewish.
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Vanessa Engle says: "It tackles these big questions by telling three authored and specific stories about faith, identity and community."
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With extraordinary access to the Hasidic community in Stamford Hill, the first episode gives an exceptionally rare insight into ultra-orthodox Jewish life in a closed Jewish community in North London.
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Episode two looks at the psychological inheritance of the Holocaust. The Holocaust may have taken place over half a century ago, but the children of refugees and survivors find themselves carrying the inherited trauma from the past in their everyday lives.
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The final programme is set in the uncharted world of the Modern Orthodox Jewish community in Hendon in north-west London. The subject of the film is the 52-year-old millionaire philanthropist and aptly-named Jonathan Faith, former owner of high street chain Faith shoes.
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The 3 x 60-minute series has been commissioned by Janice Hadlow, Controller, 91Èȱ¬ Four, and the Executive Producer is Anthony Wall.
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This is Vanessa Engle's fourth series for 91Èȱ¬ Four. Her previous series were Britart, Art & The 60s and Lefties which won a Gold Plaque for Best Social/Political Documentary at the Hugo Awards at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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