93QUEEN
by Paula Eisielt
SYNOPSIS
Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93QUEEN follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented — and insider — access, 93QUEEN offers up a unique portrayal of a group of empowered women who are taking matters into their own hands to change their own community from within.
DETAILS
90 mins
2018
USA
English
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TRAILER
CREDITS
Directed: Paula Eisielt
Produced by: Paula Eiselt, Heidi Reinberg
Executive Producer: Marco Williams
Camera: Paula Eiselt
Editors: Rebecca Laks, Sunita Prasad
Music: Laura Karpman
BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR - PAULA EISELT
Paula Eiselt is an independent filmmaker and graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a double major in Film Production and Cinema Studies. Her work has been supported by the Independent Television Service (ITVS); the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program with support from Open Society Foundations and Just Films | Ford Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA); Fork Films; the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, with support from the Oath Foundation; the International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund; Picture Motion; the Hartley Film Foundation; the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP); and Women Make Movies (WMM).
93QUEEN is Eiselt’s feature directorial debut. 93QUEEN won the top inaugural first look Pitch Fund prize at the 2017 Hot Docs Forum and had its World Premiere at Hot Docs in 2018 followed by a theatrical release and POV broadcast with support by the NYC Mayor's office Made in NY program.
In 2017, Eiselt had the great privilege of being selected as a Creative Producing Fellow for the 2017 Sundance Creative Producing Summit and was also a 2016 IFP Documentary Lab fellow. Most recently, Eiselt was invited to join the prestigious POV/Wyncote Filmmaker Fellows cohort at the PBS Annual Meeting in May 2018. In addition to her feature docs, Eiselt is developing a New York Times Op-Doc on Jewish identity in collaboration with the team behind the “In Conversation on Race” series. Previously, Eiselt served as Director of Programming at The Edit Center where she launched and designed their Documentary Filmmaking program.
Additional credits include researcher for The Undocumented (Independent Lens); and AP for Bronx Princess (POV). Additional directing credits include short films Priscilla (NY New Filmmaker Series at Anthology Film Archive); My Mom the Dead Head (Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner) and The Fitting Room (NY Jewish Student Short Film Festival).
Eiselt currently lives in NJ with her husband, two curious sons and a sassy daughter… although she will always remain a New Yorker.
SELECT FESTIVALS
HOT DOCS 2018〡SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2018〡HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018〡HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2018〡UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2018〡ATLANTA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2019〡ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL 2019〡LUXEMBOURG CITY FILM FESTIVAL 2019〡DOK FEST MUNICH 2019
PRESS
"Forget Supergirl and Wonder Woman. To see a real female superhero in action, check out Paula Eiselt's documentary."
- The Hollywood Reporter
"Both surprising and deeply satisfying. [Eiselt] brings an instinctive yet clear-eyed sympathy for these women's remarkable story"
- Los Angeles Times
"The upshot is heartening, even inspiring."
- The New York Times
"Incredible story"
- The Guardian
"93Queen expertly takes you into trials and tribulations, victories and reversals right out of a narrative film."
- POV Magazine