Trembling Before G-d
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Susan Korda
Steven Greenberg
Shlomo Ashkinazy
Mark
Ari Amit
Shlomo Ashkinazy
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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.
Directors
Susan Korda
Sandi Simcha Dubowski
Cast
Steven Greenberg
Shlomo Ashkinazy
Mark
Crew
Ari Amit
Shlomo Ashkinazy
Nili Aslan
Adam Bailey
Benton Bainbridge
Carol Sue Baker
Carole Sue Baker
Bill Baldwin
David Baum
David Beatrice
Robert E Bennett
Jonathan Berman
Lynn Bernard
Donna Binder
Alex Bing
Yael Bitton
Yael Bitton
Suzanne Bultmeyer
Andrew Capelli
Sandra Chandler
Elaine Chapnik
Ari Chesir
Maya Cohen
Arturan Consortium
Eugene Corey
Mark Cribben
Ron Demartin
Jim Denault
Noski Deville
Lizzie Donahue
Lizzie Donahue
Liz Dory
Ken Druckerman
Sandi Simcha Dubowski
Sandi Simcha Dubowski
David Ebmeier
Erin Edmison
Tom Edmon
Thom Ehle
Sagheer Bin Faiz
Jon L Fine
Issa Freij
Dana Friedman
Alexander Georges
Caroline Ghiennes
Steve Goldstein
John Grauwiler
Yaffa Grinblatt
Malachi Handler
Victoria Hanna
David Harris
Avram Heilman
Lora Hirschberg
Lawrence Inglee
Akiko Iwakawa
Nurit Jacobs
John Johnson
Kirsten Johnson
Gerald Jones
Judy Karp
Claudia Katayanagi
Kevin Keating
Egon Kirincic
Glenn Kiser
Susan Korda
Susan Korda
Philippa Kowarsky
Phillipa Kowarsky
Karen Kramer
Jennifer Lane
David W Leitner
David W Leitner
Claudia Levin
Avital Levy
Frank London
Jack Louth
Robert Luttrell
Marcia Machado
John Mardesich
Tara Mateik
Jackie Matithau
Monte Matteotti
Astrid Menze
Yoram Milo
Ileana Montalvo
Saul Nachsen
Yigal Nizri
Alex Noyes
Pat O'brien
Eugene Patron
Michael Pearlman
Marie Pederson
Nathalie Petersen
Mark Pogachefsky
Yitzhak Portal
Johanna Prenner
Steven Robinson
David Roche
Sharon Roling
Janelle Rothenberg
Dan Schmeltzer
Dan Schmeltzer
Kris Schumacher
Sara Scully
Bill Seery
Robert L Seigle
Michal Shemesh
Nike Silberstein
Jill Silverman
Lorin Sklamberg
Marc Smolowitz
Eric Solstein
Julisa Sorvino-castro
Mercer Street Sound
Abigail Sperber
Ben Speth
Amy Steiner
Chloe Stewart
Alexandra Stoll
Kelly Stupple
Dragonfly Technologies
Heather Tenzer
Peter Toole
Aljernon Tunsil
Pieter Valk
James Velaise
Daniel Wagner
Micha Wald
Maggie Warwick
Shiri Wilk
Pascale Willi
David Wilson
Owen Wolf
Danny Wool
Fawn Yacker
Andrew Yarme
John Zorn
Phil Zwickler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Awarded the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2001 OUTFEST Los Angeles.
Winner of the Teddy Award for Best Documentary and a Special Mention by the Federation of Film Societies at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall October 24, 2001
Expanded Release in United States December 14, 2001
Released in United States February 22, 2002
Released in United States on Video October 21, 2003
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States January 2001
Released in United States February 2001
Released in United States May 2001
Released in United States June 2001
Released in United States July 2001
Released in United States October 2001
Recipient of Vito Russo Award at the 2001 Lesbian & Gay Film Festival/The New Festival.
Awarded the Gold Plaque for Best Documentary at the 2001 Chicago International Film Festival.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of New Cinema) February 8-18, 2001.
Awarded the "Mayor's Prize for the Jewish Experience" at the 2001 Jerusalem Film Festival.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 15-28, 2001.
Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 6-16, 2001.
Shown at OUTFEST 2001: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23, 2001.
Shown at Jerusalem Film Fsetival July 2001.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 4-18, 2001.
Began shooting 1994.
Completed shooting 2000.
Released in United States Fall October 24, 2001
Expanded Release in United States December 14, 2001
Released in United States February 22, 2002 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video October 21, 2003
Released in United States 2001 (Recipient of Vito Russo Award at the 2001 Lesbian & Gay Film Festival/The New Festival.)
Released in United States 2001 (Awarded the Gold Plaque for Best Documentary at the 2001 Chicago International Film Festival.)
Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.)
Released in United States February 2001 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of New Cinema) February 8-18, 2001.)
Released in United States May 2001 (Awarded the "Mayor's Prize for the Jewish Experience" at the 2001 Jerusalem Film Festival.)
Released in United States June 2001 (Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 15-28, 2001.)
Released in United States June 2001 (Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 6-16, 2001.)
Released in United States July 2001 (Shown at OUTFEST 2001: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23, 2001.)
Released in United States July 2001 (Shown at Jerusalem Film Fsetival July 2001.)
Released in United States October 2001 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 4-18, 2001.)
