The Rabbi Goes West
Amy Geller
Producer, Co-Director and Audio Recordist
A film about a Hasidic rabbi from Brooklyn who relocates to Bozeman, Montana to bring his Chabad Judaism to the American west. It premiered at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and is currently screening at festivals across the world including DOCNYC, Vancouver International, and the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival.
Locations filmed: Bozeman, Helena, and Whitefish, MT; Brooklyn, NY; Newton, MA
Festival highlights: DOCNYC, Vancouver International Film Festival; Jewish film festivals in Atlanta, Birmingham, AL, Boston, Palm Beach, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle
1h 18min | Documentary | 2019
““Terrific. This movie is my kind of mitzvah.” -Jonathan Lethem, author (“Motherless Brooklyn,” “The Fortress of Solitude”)
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