Congregation Etz Chaim and Stonewall National Museum & Archives present Ruthie & Connie: Every Room In The House, Updated Edition at The Classic Gateway Theatre, 1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. Tickets are $15. A discussion with film subjects Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz will take place at the Gateway Theatre following the film.
Ruthie & Connie: Every Room In The House, Updated Edition is a film about love, friendship, passion and politics -- and the price two Jewish women pa...
Congregation Etz Chaim and Stonewall National Museum & Archives present Ruthie & Connie: Every Room In The House, Updated Edition at The Classic Gateway Theatre, 1820 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. Tickets are $15. A discussion with film subjects Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz will take place at the Gateway Theatre following the film.
Ruthie & Connie: Every Room In The House, Updated Edition is a film about love, friendship, passion and politics -- and the price two Jewish women paid to be themselves. Directed by Deborah Dickson and produced by Donald Goldmacher, the film was originally released in 2002 as a World Premiere Official Selection of the Berlin Film Festival. This updated 2014 edition includes footage of Ruthie and Connie getting married in New York City in 2011.
They kissed, came out, sued NYC for domestic partner benefits–and won! Now, the great grandmothers of the marriage equality movement FINALLY get married! -- A vérité documentary without talking heads or narration, this unconventional valentine spans five decades of shared pain and laughter —and a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom. Set deep in working class Jewish Brooklyn — the film follows two very funny, if rather traditional housewives. First, like so many young women in the 1950’s, they got married. Then, like so many young women in the 1970s, they got divorced. Unlike most, however, they both left their husbands for another woman: each other. For Connie, it was liberating. For Ruth, it was wrenching. And for the community that loved them so much, it was the scandal of the century. The journey that followed left them changed forever. Learn more at ruthieandconniethemovie.com.