Company:Trembling Before G-d
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SYNOPSIS Trembling Before G-d is 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 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 Vividly shot
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