Dialogue: Director Sandi Simcha Dubowski in attendance.
"Constantly finds ways to renew our interest throughout its 105 minutes and does so with great intelligence and respect." - Christophe Bilien, Film Threat
"Awe-inspiring." - Robyn Bahr, Hollywood Reporter
Saturday, June 21, 5:00 p.m. & Sunday, June 22, 5:00 p.m. | Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a dynastic heir of 38 generations of rabbis, arrives in New York City in the 1990s, a creative young gay man who uses performance art—including appearing in drag as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, widow to six rabbis—to challenge patriarchal orthodoxy. Founder of Lab/ Shul, the “god-optional, pop-up, experimental Jewish community,” Lau-Lavie shocks everyone when he decides to become a rabbi himself, studying in the conservative tradition of Judaism so he has the knowledge to challenge the canon from within. Provocative and engaging, SABBATH QUEEN is an exhilarating document of freedom, faith, independence, and individuality. Dialogue: Director Sandi Simcha Dubowski in attendance.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - The Sherzum Award, Hamptons Film Festival
Winner - Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival
Winner - World of HA Change Maker Award, Woodstock Film Festival
Nominee - Best Documentary Feature, Tribeca Film Festival
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu