Bubby & Them
2017, 20 minutes
A person looks into the camera shirtless with short black hair and dark purple red lipstick. They are holding a yamaka over their left eye and have yellow nail polish. They have a white and black tallit resting on the back of their head and going down on their shoulders.
Genre
documentary   short (less than 45 min)  
Keywords/theme
family   disability   Judaism   gender  
Media type
film/video  
Country of origin

United States of America

Technical specs

Colour

Languages

English/English

Content Warnings
violence, homophobia
Images
A person looks into the camera shirtless with short black hair and dark purple red lipstick. They are holding a yamaka over their left eye and have yellow nail polish. They have a white and black tallit resting on the back of their head and going down on their shoulders.

A person looks into the camera shirtless with short black hair and dark purple red lipstick. They are holding a yamaka over their left eye and have yellow nail polish. They have a white and black tallit resting on the back of their head and going down on their shoulders.

Description

Bubby & Them is a docufictional short video about the relationship between two liminal members of the Lower East Side Orthodox Jewish community: Je’Jae, a genderqueer college student, and Razi, their adoptive grandmother. The movie examines how the two femmes support each other in their struggles, share space, and create a chosen family.

FilmFreeway. “Bubby & Them.” Accessed August 4, 2023. https://filmfreeway.com/BubbyandThem.
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Distribution
Trailer
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References
Daniels, Je’Jae Cleopatra. “The ‘Bubby’ Who Welcomed This Queer Mizrahi Jew.” Hey Alma, February 15, 2022. https://www.heyalma.com/the-bubby-who-welcomed-this-queer-mizrahi-jew/.