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הִנֵּנִי

HINENI

Here  ·  I  ·  Am

A documentary celebrating the diversity
and inclusion of Jewish Americans

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About the Film

Eighteen stories.
One answer.

Hineni follows eighteen diverse Jewish Americans through the course of a single day each — day-in-the-life portraits and interviews of people whose identities span a multitude of backgrounds, beliefs, orientations, cultures, and walks of life.

This film is not about disagreement — it is about respect, honoring people for who they are. It witnesses and allows for discussion, for questioning faith, viewpoints, and more. It moves through kitchens and studios, workspaces and synagogues, yoga mats and living rooms — anywhere a person lives out the fullness of who they are.

At a time when more and more people feel marginalized and unseen, when the question of who truly belongs feels impossible to ignore — these are the people who step forward and answer: Hineni. Here I am.

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Documentary
"The word Jews have called out across millennia — the same word these eighteen people embody simply by being."
Subjects

The people of Hineni

Shoshana Hebshi
Yoga Instructor

Arab, Jewish by heritage — Saudi and Ashkenazi — a yoga teacher and mother whose practice holds multiple identities with hard-won grace. The film's first subject.

Santa Rosa, CA
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld
Physician · AMA President · U.S. Military Veteran

A leading voice in American medicine, the first openly gay Jewish physician to serve as president of the American Medical Association. A veteran of the United States military, navigating faith, identity, and institutional leadership at the highest levels.

Washington, D.C.
Multiple Subjects in Development
Across America

Filmings are nearly confirmed with subjects in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, and Michigan — voices that will deepen and expand this portrait of Jewish American life.

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More subjects to come

Eighteen subjects across age, geography, background, belief, and identity — each filmed in about one single day.

The Director
Brian Molyneaux, Director

Brian Molyneaux

Director · Producer · Photographer

Brian Molyneaux is a documentary filmmaker and photographer whose work centers human complexity — the moments where identity, place, and belief converge in a single frame.

With Hineni, he brings the same attention he has given to his photographic subjects to a larger canvas: eighteen people, eighteen cities, eighteen voices calling out the same ancient word — Hineni. Here I am.

The project is in active production. Filming is currently underway across the United States.