Holy Rollers

Holy Rollers

In 1998, 1 million ecstasy pills were smuggled into the USA by a group of Hasidic Jews.

Directed by Kevin Asch

Produced by Safehouse Pictures, DeerJen

201089 min5.7 / 10

A morally complex drama about young Hasidic men drawn into drug smuggling, exploring faith, identity, and the consequences of crossing into a criminal underworld.

Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.

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