93QUEEN (Paula Eiselt, U.S.). 85 minutes. Rating: NNNN
What at first looks like a straightforward story about plucky Hasidic women battling to create an all-female emergency force in Brooklyn turns into something much more complex.
There’s the predictable opposition from their community – which has its own skilled and strangely macho all-male emergency team. But then there’s the women’s formidable leader Rachel Freier, a committed seeker of justice, but with her own ambitions, who confronts resistance from within the group of activists. And there’s more humour here than you would expect.
Check out a scene at the hair salon, where women discuss why they have to cover their heads.
Apr 29, 3 pm, Scotiabank 3 May 1, 8:45 pm TIFF 2 May 6, 8:45 pm, Hart House
