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Julia Pimsleur made up elaborate lies about her brother Marc, rather than explain that he had dropped out of college, turned his back on his Jewish heritage and moved to a Christian commune in Alaska. When Marc became a fundamentalist Christian, a deep rift formed between him and his liberal Jewish family, especially with his bisexual sister, Julia. BROTHER BORN AGAIN traces Julia's efforts to understand her brother's conversion and attempt to salvage their relationship. The filmmaker travels from New York City to her brother's religious community, where she and Marc search for common ground and rediscover the meaning of family.

Recommended for academic libraries supporting courses in the sociology of family and psychology of religion.
Library Journal

A riveting and unabashedly intimate documentary that is as much about family dynamics and lack of communication as it is about spiritual dogma or the need for spiritual community.
Boston Globe

My students were really moved by this fine film. It's a very useful sociological text of how identity - sexual and religious - shape our families and ourselves.
Laurie Essig, Professor of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Yale University

BROTHER BORN AGAIN is a provocative and moving film -- the perfect vehicle for stimulating discussions about the spiritual and identity issues many college students are facing for the first time. This film is a great asset to our video library.
Ronald Herron, Vice President of Student Affairs
Purchase College-SUNY

Gary D. Barber, formerly with SUNY at Fredonia Lib
Library Journal
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AWARDS & SCREENINGS:

• Independent Feature Project and the Film Society of Lincoln Center
• South by Southwest Film Festival
• Inside Out Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
• Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
• Outfest Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
• Atlanta Film and Video Festival
• Denver Jewish Film Festival
• Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

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