Basic Info
Release: October 23, 2022
Runtime: 32 min
Status: Released
Videos
Queer & Frum short film, audience feedback Nov. 2022 LGBTQ+ Toronto Festival (YouTube)
DOC LA - Queer And Frum (Vimeo)
Queer and Frum
2022
32 min
Overview
The story of two former Orthodox Jews, Chaim Levin and Lieba Swartz-Brownstein, in their unique journeys to becoming openly queer. Chaim, from the Chabad Lubavitch community in Crown Heights, starts his journey reading the anti-homosexuality verse for his Bar Mitzvah and ends it by defeating the conversion therapy group JONAH in court, proving them of fraud. Lieba starts her journey by converting into Jewish orthodoxy and moving to New York to study at Yeshiva University and ends it by falling in love with a woman and having a coming out party. Chaim and Lieba's stories are contrasted with the Orthodox perspective with interviews and scenes from the community themselves.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Chaim Levin
Self
Lieba Swartz-Brownstein
Self
Crew
Miki Katoni
Director
Miki Katoni
Producer
Miki Katoni
Cinematography
Alan Vega
Music
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