Documentary.

Special features of this DVD: [disc 1]: the feature; scene selections; New Yorker Films trailers -- [disc 2, Special features]: featurette, Trembling on the road : a look at the life-changing movement of the film around the world; director's short film: Tomboychik; interview with the director, Sandi Simcha Dubowski; conversation with editor/creative collaborator, Susan Korda; more with the rabbis; more with Rabbi Steve Greenberg, the first openly gay orthodox rabbi; Petach Lev: the trembling Israeli Education Project; deleted scene: Sara and her kids; Behind the silhouettes: What is the atonement ceremony for sexual sins? and theatrical trailer; Mark: the musical; international resources, links and glossary.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.

Director of photography, David Leitner ; music, John Zorn.

Shot on location in Israel, New York City, London, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco.

A documentary built around personal stories of gay and lesbian Hasidic and Orthodox Jews. Portrays people who face a profound dilemma--how to reconcile their passion for Judaism with the biblical prohibitions against homosexuality. Includes interviews with closeted and out gay Orthodox and Hasidic Jews, including the first openly gay Orthodox rabbis, Steven Greenberg.

Not rated.

DVD.

Audio tracks in English, Hebrew and Yiddish ; subtitled in Hebrew, Yiddish and Spanish ; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.