THE MANOR

By Shawney COHEN

SIX ISLAND PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2013

A peculiar Jewish family attempt to nurse their relationships and themselves back to health while running a small-town strip-club.

Festivals
& Awards

Hot Docs 2013
Gala Opening Night
Karlovy Vary 2013
Official Competition
Zurich FF 2013
Opening Night Documentary
Bergen 2013
Woodstock 2013
Maverick Award
Palm Spring Fest. 2014
Official Competition
Thessaloniki Documentary 2014
DOC NYC 2014
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Shawney COHEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Paul SCHERZER (Six Island Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • When he was six, Shawney Cohen’s father bought “The Manor,” a small-town stripclub. Hoping to understand what happened to his nice Jewish family, Shawney spends years filming this intimate tragi-comic family portrait that lays bare the nature of dependence and love.