2024 | United States | Short

The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong

  • English - 21 mins
  • Director | Dana Ben-Ari
  • Writer | Dana Ben-Ari, Kate Novack, Joanne Nerenberg
  • Producer | Dana Ben-Ari, Joanne Nerenberg, Kate Novack, Nikola Duravčević

STATUS: Post-Production

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When bestselling Soviet-Jewish novelist Gary Shteyngart wrote about his botched circumcision, he sparked a viral debate about the age-old practice. In The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong, Shteyngart delves deeper into the trauma he suffered at age seven, shortly after his family’s arrival in America.

identity trauma childhood
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