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Ira Wohl
Best Man: 'Best Boy' and All of Us Twenty Years Later
Ira Wohl
1997
1h 30m
Mentally retarded Philly Wohl, in his late sixties, lives in a group home in Queens, New York. He takes classes, maintains relationships, is beloved by friends and family, travels to Los Angeles for a visit with his cousin Ira, and prepares for a rite of passage: his Bar Mitzvah.
Best Boy
Ira Wohl
1979
1h 51m
In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his retarded, middle-aged cousin Philly, over a three-year period.
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