City of Joel Movie Updates

Sun., Dec. 29, 2019

from Samuel Goldwyn Films

• changed the movie production status to Completed
• set the MPAA rating to NR
• added a poster to the photo gallery
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• added Federico Rosenzvit as screenwriter to movie credits
• added Jesse Sweet as director and screenwriter to movie credits
• added a running time of 83 minutes
• added documentary as a genre
• added Samuel Goldwyn Films as a distributor
• added the US VOD release date of January 10, 2020
• changed the US film release date from TBA to January 3, 2020
• set film release to Limited
• added a synopsis

• City of Joel follows an ultra-orthodox Hasidic sect as they wage a turf war with their secular neighbors. 50 miles north of New York City, the Satmar sect has thrived in a 1.1 square mile religious haven called Kiryas Joel, or City of Joel, for over ... show all 40 years. With some of the highest rates of marriage, birth, and religious observance in the US, their success has come at a price, as Kiryas Joel is no longer big enough to hold its 22,000 members. When a plan is created to double the size of the village to keep up with its growth, their secular neighbors fight back, believing that the expansion will disrupt their lives, harm the environment, and tilt the balance of local political power. With unprecedented access, the documentary presents people on all sides of a conflict - from religious zealots to dissidents, from rabbis to people who doubt their own faith as they struggle to find their place in the City of Joel.

• created the movie page