***ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE CLOSED. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE
DOOR.***A loving Hasidic father struggles to maintain custody of his
son after his wife passes away.
SATURDAY, JULY 22ND
VENUE: New Design High School
ADDRESS: 350 Grand Street (Lower East Side, Manhattan)
7:30PM: Doors Open
8:00PM: Live Music
8:30PM: Film Begins
10:00PM: Q&A with Filmmaker Joshua Z Weinstein
10:30PM: After-party at DCTV (87 Lafayette St) sponsored by Corona
Extra, Tanqueray, Freixenet and Fever-Tree Tonic
MENASHE (Joshua Z Weinstein, 81 I USA)
Set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn,
Menashe follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to
maintain custody of his son Rieven after his wife, Lea, passes away.
Since they live in a tradition-bound culture that requires a mother
present in every home, Rieven is supposed to be adopted by the boy’s
strict, married uncle, but Menashe’s Rabbi decides to grant him one
week to spend with Rieven prior to Lea’s memorial. Their time
together creates an emotional moment of father/son bonding as well as
offers Menashe a final chance to prove to his skeptical community that
he can be a capable parent.
Shot in secret entirely within the Hasidic community depicted in the
film, and one of the only movies to be performed in Yiddish in nearly
70 years, Menashe is a warm, life affirming look at the universal
bonds between father and son that also sheds unusual light on a
notoriously private community. Based largely on the real life of its
Hasidic star Menashe Lustig, the film is a strikingly authentic and
deeply moving portrait of family, love, connection, and community.
An A24 release
Winner of the Rooftop Films Brigade Festival Publicity Grant.
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NO REFUNDS. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE INDOORS AT SAME
LOCATION. NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED.
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FAQS
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
Rooftop Films are open to all ages, but ID and proof of age is
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