"Tzadeikis" ("Holy Woman") - A Short Film by Emily Cheeger

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A Magical Realist dark comedy about mortality, mysticism and the metaphysics of facial hair in Hasidic Brooklyn. - After partaking of a fish at a rebbe’s reception that kills him when he chokes on a bone, Neshama, a young woman in Hasidic Boro Park, finds herself possessed. As her body and self begin to transform under this supernatural influence, her life and her community's status quo are turned upside down. Darkly humorous yet compassionate, performed in authentic Hasidic Yiddish, the heart of the story is informed by finer points of Jewish law regulating female voices and male beard ...

Read More s. Prepare for a wild ride!Concept Illustration of The Rebbe of Kolnitz, digital collage by Emily CheegerDirector's Statement“Tzadeikis” is a Magical Realist dark comedy starring ex-Hasidic actors Melissa Weisz ("Félix and Meira," "Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish") and Luzer Twersky ("Félix and Mei

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