Enter the editing suite with Sundance Collab and BIPOC Doc Editors for a lively conversation on Sabbath Queen, the award-winning, New York Times Critic’s Pick documentary from Sandi DuBowski. In this session you’ll learn how the film’s editors distilled 21 years of footage into a singular, provocative work of art.

The discussion brings together five key collaborators from the film:

• Director Sandi DuBowski
• Editors and Screenwriters Francisco Bello and Jeremy Stulberg
• Editor Kyle Crichton
• Associate Editor Meranda Yslas

Sabbath Queen charts the epic journey of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a religious leader turned drag queen. The film joins Amichai on his lifelong quest to radically reinvent religion, challenge patriarchy, champion interfaith love, and stand up for peace.

The film premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to screen at major festivals in Zurich, Amsterdam, Palm Springs, and elsewhere. Critics have called it “fast-paced, well-shot” (Variety), “overwhelmingly ambitious” (Indiewire), and “required viewing not just for queer people, not just for Jews, but for everyone” (Next Best Picture). It marks the first feature from Dubowski since Trembling Before G-d, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.  The film’s editing team will dissect key scenes and offer useful strategies for documentary editors. Don’t miss this chance to learn from veteran nonfiction filmmakers on the craft of documentary editing.

The film’s editing team dissects key scenes and offers useful strategies for documentary editors. Join for this chance to learn from veteran nonfiction filmmakers on the craft of documentary editing.

This event is part of the “Inside the Edit with BIPOC Doc Editors” series, a program hosted by Sundance Collab in collaboration with BIPOC Doc Editors. Don’t miss this chance to explore the craft of documentary editing with industry leaders. Follow these links to watch our previous events in this series on the films Spermworld and Patrice: The Movie.