Someone You Should Meet
New Day Films
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30m
Directed by Salome Chasnoff, Debra Chasnoff • Documentary • 2024 • 30 minutes
Someone You Should Meet focuses on an extended family gathering organized by two filmmakers who only recently learned they were related through their great-grandparents. As the family explores their shared history and evolving Jewish identity over five generations, old wounds surface, and a sense of belonging is discovered.
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