Thursday, November 21, 2024

SABBATH QUEEN - Theatrical Premiers - Music by Joel Goodman

 

Friday, November 22 - NY Premiere at IFC Center
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Thursday, December 5 - LA Premiere at Laemmle Royal
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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. 

Directed by Sandi Dubowski, 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.

Watch the official trailer HERE

Read the review in The Hollywood Reporter HERE

Preview some of the score at Joel's website, HERE

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