Brother Born Again is an intimate documentary about Julia Pimsleur’s attempt to reconnect with her only brother, Marc, a born again Christian who spent ten years living with his spiritual family on a remote island in Alaska. Julia, a bisexual Jewish New Yorker, travels to Alaska to try to understand why Marc dropped out of college and converted to Christianity. Alternately funny and poignant, the film explores family dynamics, as well as the definition of family itself.

* World Premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival, 2001. Also shown at IFP’s Independent Night; Toronto’s InsideOut Film Festival; LA OUTFEST; the Boston Jewish Film Festival and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Brooklyn Museum; the San Francisco, San Diego, Denver Jewish Film Festivals, as well as the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals.
* Broadcast in 2001 on public television. Distributed by New Day Films.

DIRECTOR:

Julia Pimsleur

PRODUCER:

Katy Chevigny and Julia Pimsleur

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:

Elizabeth Adams

EDITOR:

Linda Hattendorf

CAMERA:

Kirsten Johnson

MUSIC:

John Kimbrough

GENEROUS FUNDERS:

ET Harmax Foundation, the Wexner Center for the Arts and generous individuals.

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