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Dir. Sandi Simcha Dobowski (USA, 2001, 84 min.)
An unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious fundamentalism. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. As the film unfolds, we meet a range of complex individuals - some hidden, some out - from the world's first openly gay Orthodox rabbi to closeted, married Hasidic gays and lesbians to those abandoned by religious families to Orthodox lesbian high-school sweethearts.
Dir. Alejandra Juhasz (USA, 2001, 7 min.)
Friends and relatives join together to celebrate a lesbian couple's Jewish baby-naming ceremony demonstrating how the most ancient of institutions - the family and Judaism- can adapt to a contemporary life. A joyous celebration of both traditions.
Casualty
Dir. Andy Abrahams Wilson (USA, 1999, 5 min.)
Comfort or conflict? A gift or deception? Filmed entirely underwater, where even struggle appears beautiful, this mythic and dreamlike piece highlights the unraveling of an intimate relationship.