I didn’t manage to share Nina Paley’s movie “Seder-Masochism” in time for Passover when I first learned about it. This year I hope it brings some comfort and hope to those celebrating in ways that are not what they would have hoped for nor are accustomed to. I first encountered Paley’s delightful creative work through her musical adaptation of the Ramayana, “Sita Sings the Blues.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkYOqI3jSM
More about the Passover-related as well as the earlier project below!
Seder-Masochism: Nina Paley began at the end and ended at the beginning
Hollywood Reporter asks why this Passover movie is different from all other Passover movies. I also learned there’s a book to go with the movie:
Celebrating Passover amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
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