Cinema Diverse BIG Gay Movie: SABBATH QUEEN

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.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...

“Awe inspiring. Enthralling. One of the best films I've seen this year. Sabbath Queen is a rich and intimate portrait.” — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter

“Sabbath Queen shrewdly asks hard questions about what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century.”— Ryan Lattanzio, Indiewire

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