In Satmar Custody
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Cast & Crew
Nitzan Gilady
Lauza Jaradi
Yahia Jaradi
Nitzan Gilady
Ron Goldman
Lauza Jaradi
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Synopsis
The Jaradis, a Jewish Yemeni family, are one of many that were brought from Yemen to the U.S. (Monroe, NY) by the Ultra Orthodox Satmar Community, which openly campaigns against immigration to Israel. A deep cultural gap exists between the Yemeni families and the Yiddish Satmar Community, which led to tragedy for the families who have traveled thousands of miles to an entirely different place, with strange rules, norms, morals, and lifestyles. Still in Yemen, Yemeni Jewish families are inculcated by skillful missionaries, and have difficulty defending themselves. Yahia and Lauza Jaradi were brought from Yemen into the New York Satmar Community, and one day the Jaradi couple receives an urgent phone call notifying that their two and a half year old daughter, Hadia, died in a hospital in Paterson, N.J. Through their search for their daughter's body, they come closer and closer to some very painful truths about their faith, and their community.
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Nitzan Gilady
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Released in United States April 6, 2005
Released in United States Spring April 6, 2005
dialogue English, Hebrew, Yemenite, Yiddish, subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States April 6, 2005 (New York City)
Released in United States Spring April 6, 2005
