Strictly Jewish: The secret world of Adass Israel

Synopsis

‘Strictly Jewish: The Secret World of Adass Israel’ is a revealing observational documentary that opens an unprecedented window into Australia’s most ultra-Orthodox Jewish subculture – the small and highly reclusive Adass Israel community in Melbourne – as it battles to maintain its millennia-old ultra-Orthodox traditions in the face of modernity and all its subversive temptations and trappings.

2018: SBS Australia

"A rare glimpse into this reclusive group”
The Age

Winner, Screen Producers of Australia Best One-Off Documentary

For the first time ever, the Ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel community in Melbourne let the cameras in on their world which shuns modern media. The film follows the community over the course of a Jewish year as we see a rich, vibrant and somewhat unusual culture celebrate a series of festivals and a devout way of life. In a film filled with song, prayer, food, tradition and one of the world’s largest weddings, ‘Strictly Jewish’ uncovers the beliefs and the people underneath traditional attire this sect are associated with. Broadcast on 27 April 2016, ‘Strictly Jewish” was the top rating episode in the “Untold Australia” series on SBS TV.

The film was directed by Danny Ben Moshe from Identity Films and Productions and produced by Mint Pictures.

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