MOTHER WITH A GUN

81 min

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, the Jewish Defense League advocates any means necessary to stop antisemitism. Once considered the most active terrorist organization in the United States for its use of armed response and preventative violence, the JDL is currently led by Shelley Rubin. With candor, Mother with a Gun charts Rubin’s path to extremism, relaying how an archetypal good Jewish girl defied family and community expectations for love and purpose – at a deep personal cost.

Director: Jeff Daniels

Producer: Lizzette Atkins, Jeff Daniels

Cinematographer: Jimmy Hammond

Editor: Bryan Mason, Tony Stevens, Simon Price

Music: Dale Cornelius

Language: English, French

Country: Australia

Year: 2016

Activism

Crime

Family

History

Human Rights

Jewish

Religion

Women and Girls

MOTHER WITH A GUN

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