July 19 and 20
Film: Sabbath Queen
There are two screenings of Sabbath Queen, both include a post-screening Q&A with Director Sandi DuBowski.
Saturday, July 19 at 7 pm, moderated by Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President and CEO, Reconstructing Judaism.
Sunday, July 20 at 2 pm, moderated by Chris Bartlett, Director Emeritus, William Way LGBT Community Center.
Use the code SQPJFMW101 for $9 tickets.
The film will be shown at Film Society East (125 S 2nd St.).
SABBATH QUEEN, a feature documentary filmed over 21 years, follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer bio-dad and the founder of Lab/Shul—an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation.
SABBATH QUEEN joins Amichai on a lifelong quest to creatively and radically reinvent religion and ritual, challenge patriarchy and supremacy, champion interfaith love, and stand up for peace, ceasefire, and an end to the Occupation in Israel/Palestine. The film interrogates what Jewish survival means in a difficult, rapidly changing 21st century.
SABBATH QUEEN is directed and produced by Sandi DuBowski.
USA | 2024 | 105 MIN | NR | ENGLISH, HEBREW
This event is presented by Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media in partnership with Philadelphia Film Society. Please contact info@phillyjfm.org with any questions.
