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URL:https://www.chaimitzvah.org/events/challah-and-comedy-how-movies-shape
 -cultural-identity-and-public-perception/
SUMMARY:Challah and Comedy: How Movies Shape Cultural Identity and Public P
 erception
DESCRIPTION:Join Scott Shay for a conversation with Jewish-American filmmak
 er Daniel Robbins\, winner of the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awar
 d for his comedy Bad Shabbos. Starring Kyra Sedgwick\, David Paymer\, and 
 Method Man\, the film hilariously portrays a Shabbat dinner gone wrong. Sc
 ott and Daniel will also explore the cultural impact of iconic films such 
 as The Godfather and My Big Fat Greek Wedding\, and discuss how cinema sha
 pes public perceptions of religious traditions and cultural identity.\nReg
 ister Here\nDaniel Robbins is an NYC-based filmmaker acclaimed for his ver
 satility across genres. He directed the horror hit Pledge (2018)\, which e
 arned him Best Director at Screamfest and was distributed by IFC Midnight\
 , as well as the comedy Bad Shabbos (2024)\, which premiered at the Tribec
 a Film Festival and won the coveted Audience Award.
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CATEGORIES:Scholars Circle
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