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Covered up / Yes Docu & Pardes Productions present ; director, Rachel Elitzur ; producer, Avigail Sperber.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish women--Religious life.
- Jewish women.
- Orthodox Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Women in Judaism.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Tel Aviv, Israel] : Film Platform, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In Hebrew with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Rachel, an ultra-orthodox young woman, entered an 'arranged' marriage ready to be a "kosher" woman doing the will of her husband. After her marriage fails and she gets divorced, she asks permission to remove her wig - an unusual move in the ultra-Orthodox society. Facing the opposition from her parents and society, she starts to question the religion's attitude to woman and her own body and mind.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed June 28, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1264102936
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