Orthodox Stance (ON DEMAND)

DIRECTED BY - Jason Hutt

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RUNTIME - 82 minutes

YEAR - 2007

FORMAT - DVD Region All

COUNTRY - United States

LANGUAGE - English

GENRES - biography, documentary, sports & recreation

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Film Info

A NY TIMES Critic's Pick!

For the last 60 years, the term "Jewish boxer" has been an oxymoron. But Dmitriy Salita, a 25 year-old Russian immigrant is making history as a top professional boxer and a rigorously observant Jew. While providing an intimate, 3-year long look at the trials and tribulations faced by an up and coming professional boxer, Orthodox Stance is a portrait of seemingly incompatible cultures and characters--boxing promoters, trainers and Orthodox Rabbis--working together to support Dmitriy's rare and remarkable devotion to both Orthodox Judaism and the pursuit of a professional boxing title. In the end, the film is about more than just boxing and religion, but a young man's search for meaning in life.

CAST
Dmitriy Salita	Himself
Jimmy O'Pharrow	Himself
Israel Liberow	Himself

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"In the intriguingly layered documentary Orthodox Stance, a determined young boxer strives to prove that the laws of God and the laws of the ring need not be at odds." -- Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times (Critic's Pick)

Four stars -- Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

"Jason Hutts slow-burning documentary chronicles the fascinating career of Dmitriy Salita, an endearingly humble Ukrainian-born Brooklynite (and subject of a 2006 profile in this magazine) who struggles to maintain his faith as an Orthodox Jew while swiftly rising to the top of the professional boxing circuit." -- New York Magazine (Critic's Pick)