I am formulating my idea of doing an ethnographic film on conversion to Judaism. I met with my congregational Rabbi last month to go over semantics. She gave the green light to the project and we mostly just hashed out wording my questions. She helped me to really get what I needed from the meeting, despite being really nervous and flustered by the sheer monumental nature of my previous film and oral history project which is still ongoing. However, I think I have learned much from the "first feature jitters" and I will be better able to really take my film making skills to the next level.
List of things to do:
Draft Questions (Check)
Talk to Rabbi (Check)
Write Final Questions
Put out call for participants
Start interviews
Edit as I go along
Keep backup of all film project data
etc...
B' Sholom
About Me
- Martin
- Martin Rawlings-Fein is one of the principle organizers of the Lou Sullivan Society, a lay leader at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, a Steering Committee Member with the Mamas and Papas LGBT parenting group and a local Bay Area filmmaker and AccesSF producer. Rawlings-Fein has also served as Co-Chair of Female-to-Male International, Co-Chair of San Francisco Transgender Empowerment, Advocacy & Mentorship, is a current appointee to the San Francisco Human Rights Commission LGBT Advisory Committee and is one of the founding producers of the annual Trans March.
