Shulamit, the single openly gay student at a private Jewish academy, successfully forms the school's first gay-straight alliance, prompting discussion of homosexuality and Judaism and encouraging others within the school to come out of the closet. "Izen's youthful enthusiasm for her faith is infectious...her take on religious pluralism is never less than fascinating as students and staffers hold forth, pro and con. Docu renders ancient concerns as vibrantly contemporary." (Variety) Cosponsored with Ga'avah: GLBTQ Jewish Students at Cornell, Haven, the Cornell Women's Resource Center, the Cornell Jewish Student Union/Cornell Hillel, the LGBT Resource Center and Temple Beth-El of Ithaca. More at www.boston-keshet.org/hineini
2005, color, 1 hour 2 minutes, USA