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| Trembling Before G-d
(2001) |
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94 minutes
Rated: NR
Country: US, Israel
Studio: New Yorker Films
Director: Sandi Simcha
Dubowski |
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Synopsis |
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Shot in six countries, this
documentary 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. Many have been
tragically rejected and their pain
is raw, yet with irony, humor and
resilience, they love, care,
struggle, and debate with a
thousands-year old tradition.
Ultimately, they are forced to
question how they can pursue truth
and faith in their lives--and
survive--while upholding the
universal struggle to belong. |
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