Sandi Simcha Dubowski’s SABBATH QUEEN follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis as he seeks to embrace his destiny by becoming a drag-queen rebel, a queer father, 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, all while interrogating what Jewish survival means in a difficult rapidly changing 21st century.

A Q&A with director Sandi Simcha Dubowski and subject Rabbi Amichai Lou-Lavie, moderated by Rabbi Jay Michaelson, follows the screening.