Three faiths, one messy human question: where does strength actually come from when life falls apart?
Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestIvor is celebrating his 83rd birthday in an unusual way. He is having a second bar mitzvah, which happens to coincide with his 13-year-old grandson Zak's first bar mitzvah. The preparations for this milestone event take Ivor on a trip down memory lane to the area where he grew up, the market where he worked for 40 years and the grave of his beloved wife. Now he's happily living with his new partner of 12 years, Rita, and the bar mitzvah is the perfect opportunity to take stock of his life and make the most of growing older.
Life's pivotal moments - from becoming parents to losing a loved one. In times of challenge, crisis and change, how believers find strength and community through their faith.
Direction
Patient observation without preachiness — rare for religious docs.
Editing
Interfaith parallels that never force false equivalence.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak 'deconstruction' era — arguably the first prestige doc to treat religious doubt as feature, not bug.
Episode three's Christian couple originally declined participation after miscarriage; returned when producers agreed to film their second pregnancy's uncertainty in real-time.
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