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Born Hutterite
199752 min 13 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Bryan Smith
Production: Dale PhillipsJim WarnerBryan SmithJerry KrepakevichGraydon McCreaFrancis Damberger
Script: Jim Warner
Co-produced by Black Hat Productions Inc. and the NFB.
The communal Hutterite way of life is utopian. Food, shelter and clothing are guaranteed. But it is a world that limits individual choices. Born Hutterite chronicles the struggles of two individuals who found it impossible to stay in the colony. Meet Sam Hofer, a spiritually rebellious young writer who left to explore alternative sources of spiritual inspiration, and Mary Wipf, an outspoken mother of 10 who left when she could not convince the Hutterite authorities that a strong intervention was needed to save her family from her abusive, alcoholic husband. A candid look at two people struggling to create a new life and at a community struggling to hang on to its collective future.
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > ChristianityPortraitsReligion, Politics and SocietyWomen
- Social Issues > Family LifeReligion and EthicsViolence
- Families > Family Violence
Credits
- director
- Bryan Smith
- producer
- Dale Phillips
- Jim Warner
- Bryan Smith
- Jerry Krepakevich
- executive producer
- Dale Phillips
- Graydon McCrea
- associate producer
- Francis Damberger
- script
- Jim Warner
- cinematography
- Ken Hewlett
- sound
- Per Asplund
- editing
- Bryan Smith
- narrator
- Susan Cardinal
- music
- Michael Becker
- Darcy Phillips