4:00 PM -- Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Curated by David Schwartz, Curator at Large at the Museum of the Moving Image

At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Janis Ian, a Jewish teenage singer-songwriter from New Jersey became a sensation after releasing hit song about an interracial relationship, “Society’s Child.” Ian would go on to jam with Hendrix, party with Janis Joplin, and play duets with Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson. But she also had to work to overcome the stigma of her debut, homophobia, industry misogyny, and serious illness. With access to Ian’s music, archive, collaborators, and music journalists, this in-depth documentary chronicles the singer’s epic life journey.

With a pre-recorded Q&A with director, writer, & producer, Varda Bar-Kar.

Tickets: $10 Members | $16 Public

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7:00 PM -- Sabbath Queen

Curated by David Schwartz, Curator at Large at the Museum of the Moving Image

Filmed over 21 years, Sabbath Queen follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie's epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. He is torn between rejecting and embracing his destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel, a queer bio-dad and the founder of Lab/Shul—an everybody-friendly, God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation.

Tickets: $10 Members | $16 Public

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