In her own time [videorecording] / Act III Communications ; directed by Lynne Littman ; produced by Vikram Jayanti and Lynne Littman ; a production of the Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California in association with Embassy Television.
Originally produced in 1985. Narrator, Lynne Littman. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not work in all DVD players or drives. "Based on the fieldwork of Dr. Barbara Myerhoff."
Summary:
Focuses on cultural anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff's study of the community of Hasidic Jews in Los Angeles's Fairfax neighborhood. Tells also how, after exhausting medical treatment for cancer, she found strength among the traditions, faith, and caring of these Orthodox Jews.
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