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Sabbath Queen w/ Sandi DuBowski & Luke Burbank // Live Wire Radio

Dates with showtimes for Sabbath Queen w/ Sandi DuBowski & Luke Burbank // Live Wire Radio
  • Wed, Apr 2

Run Time: 165 min.

TICKETS $35

Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.

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THE EXPERIENCE

We’re thrilled to host Sandi DuBowski at the PAM CUT Tomorrow Theater with his latest film, Sabbath Queen! After the screening, Luke Burbank will interview Sandi DuBowski, which will be recorded for Live Wire Radio‘s nationwide broadcast. 


ON SCREEN: Sabbath Queen

2024. Directed by Sandi DuBowski. Runtime: 105 minutes. 

Sandi DuBowski’s epic documentary Sabbath Queen—shot over the span of twenty-one years—follows Amichai Lau-Lavie, an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of thirty-eight rabbis stretching back a thousand years. Yet as Sabbath Queen opens, Lau-Lavie is newly arrived in New York in the late 1990s, a young gay man declaring “Artists are the new rabbis” and appearing around the city in drag as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, the widow of six Hasidic rabbis (all from the same extended family). As the years pass, Lau-Lavie embraces a range of creative spiritual endeavors, including Storahtelling and Lab/Shul—until he shocks everyone with his decision to become a rabbi himself, studying in the Conservative tradition of Judaism. Sabbath Queen is witness to Lau-Lavie’s unfailing courage and grace, as he grapples with key questions of who we are and who we will be. Stimulating and moving, DuBowski’s film ends with Lau-Lavie’s words on Israel and Palestine post-October 7th as he evokes the challenge of our lifetime: “How do we reimagine our sacred traditions to achieve peace?”


HOSTED BY: LiveWire Radio

Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show hosted by Luke Burbank and announced by Elena Passarello. The show artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy and features all kinds of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Live Wire champions discovery by producing spirited live shows and listening experiences that create genuine connections with local and national audiences.

 

 

 

 

 

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