• reFrame Films is the home of award-winning filmmakers Garry Beitel and Barry Lazar, who produce enduring social documentaries about compelling contemporary subjects.

Bonjour! Shalom!

(1991) 52 minutes

Bonjour! Shalom! explores the relationship between Hassidic Jews in Montreal’s Outremont district and their predominantly French-Québécois neighbours with street-level insights into the diversity and complexity of Canada’s second largest city.

Broadcast on Radio-Québec, CBC, TV Ontario, Canal D, and Belgian National Television.

Awards: Three Gémeau (Gemini) Awards including: Best Documentary; TV Ontario Award; Silver Apple, Oakland Educational Film and Video Festival; Blue Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival. Included in the Contemporary Documentary Series in Los Angeles, “a series of outstanding documentaries” of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Produced by Imageries.

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