Sabbath Queen

Opened Friday, November 22, 2024

Special Events

  • Sat Dec 14 : 

    Q&A with dir. Sandi DuBowski at 4:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, December 11 at 7:45 p.m.: Q&A with subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie

Saturday, December 14 at 4:00 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski

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.

A Roco Films release.

Official Selection: Tribeca

“Piercingly emotional…invites enticing questions about what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century.” – IndieWire

After the 11.15 a.m. show on Sunday, November 24, a special Sabbath Queen Editing Masterclass with Editors and Writers Francisco Bello ACE and Jeremy Stulberg ACE, Editor Kyle Crichton and Director Sandi DuBowski. Co-presented with The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship. 1.45PM-3.45PM. Email hello@sabbathqueen.com for details.

Previously screened with the following Q&As: Friday, November 22 at 1:30 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski Friday, November 22 at 6:20 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-LavieSaturday, November 23 at 6:50 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Rabbi Rachel Timoner
Sunday, November 24 at 4:20 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Kyra Sedgwick
Sunday, November 24 at 6:50 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Rev. Derrick McQueen and Rev. Brandan Robertson
Monday, November 25 at 6:50 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering

Tuesday, November 26 at 6:50 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Krista Tippett, creator and host of On Being

Sunday, December 1 at 4:20 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, and filmmaker Ira Sachs, founder of Queer|Art, supporting LGBTQ+ artists across disciplines and generations

Sunday, December 1 at 6:50 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, and Libby Lenkinski  founder of Albi, a new fund, institute and lab that uses cultural vehicles to establish paradigm-shifting narratives by and about Palestinians and Jews. She is also VP for Public Engagement at NIF

Tuesday, December 3 at 8:45 p.m.: Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Joey Soloway, creator of the Amazon original series Transparent

  • Country USA
  • Language English with Hebrew and Yiddish
  • Running Time 105 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Roco Films
  • Director Sandi DuBowski
  • Cast Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio

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