| A
story of three secular women’s journey into
the Orthodox Jewish world. As they grapple or embrace,
their experiences throw pat answers about tradition,
community, and meaning into relief.
AWARDS
CINE Golden Eagle
Gold Apple, National Educational Media Network
1st Place, Magnes Museum Jewish Video Competition
LINKS
San
Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Women
in Judiasm Journal
New
York Times Online
The
Jewish News Weekly
REVIEWS
Warm and compelling. . .
—Kevin Thomas, LA Times
Gives us neither stereotypes
nor mush headed proselytizing … A very
personal and generous film about the search for
meaning.
— San Francisco Weekly
With intelligence, sympathy,
nuance and grace, Sarah’s
Daughters raises provocative questions about
the complexity of contemporary women's lives and
options. This film will help us teach all of our
daughters how to search for a meaningful life of
their own.
— Judith Stacey, Contemporary Gender Studies,
USC
One of the most sensitive,
judicious, and nuanced explorations of the women’s
relationships to Judaism. . . . it raises questions,
invites sympathy,
and leaves open space for conversation.
— Lori Lefkowitz, Center for Jewish Women’s
and Gender Studies
This is about real people
with complicated lives—like all of us—who demonstrate
that making religious choices hardly ever comes
with total certainty and without regrets. . . .
to have the capacity to imagine what a different,
but equally valid expression of Judaism feels like—Sarah's
Daughters guides
us in learning some of the necessary empathic skills
which would make pluralism possible.
— Vanessa L. Ochs, author, Words on Fire
A wonderful documentary
about Judaism and women's lives today—and
how the two fit and don't fit together. . . .
The film has a rich texture
and tremendous warmth. . . . I watched it with my
wife and daughter and we all gave it two thumbs up.
— Rodger Kamenetz, author, The Jew and
the Lotus
Jarmel’s provocative film suggests
that contemporary Jewish women can’t simply
go home again, but most find ways to build new homes
on traditional foundations.
— Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, Union of American
Hebrew
Congregations
SCREENINGS
American Cinematheque
Council for
the Advancement of Jewish Education
General Assembly--American
Jewish Federations
Houston Jewish Book Fair
Jewish
Museum of San Francisco
Judas Magnes Museum
Mayan: The Jewish
Women’s Project
National Foundation of Jewish
Culture
National Havurah Conference
National
Museum of American Jewish History
Dozens of Jewish
Community Centers, Jewish Federations, synagogues,
Hillels and women’s groups, around
the country.
Colleges & universities around
the world
FESTIVALS
Cinequest (San Jose Film Festival)
Doctober
International Documentary Film Festival (IDA)
Women's
Music Festival
Religion Today Film Festival (Italy)
Rocky
Mountain Women's Film Festival
San Francisco International
LGBT Festival
Women in the Director's Chair
Festival
Bangladesh Short Film Festival
Jewish
Film Festivals in: Australia, Buffalo, Denver, Detroit,
Miami, Montreal, Portland, Saint Louis,
San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Seattle, Toronto,
Tucson, Virginia, Washington DC, Saint Louis, and
Maine.
BROADCASTS
American Public Television
Danish
Television
Israeli Television
Slovenia Television
WGBH- Boston
WNET-New York City
KCSM-Women of
Vision Series
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