Mensch

by Heather Tenzor, Stanford University, 16 mm, 3 min. and 10 seconds

“Mensch” is a portrait of a young Hasidic woman who has suffered through a long list of failed blind dates arranged for her by a matchmaker.  At 23, she expresses frustration and annoyance with trying to find a marriageable man who also adheres to Jewish religious law.