title: The National Center for Jewish Film: Boston Premiere of Women Unchained start: 2012-04-25 start time: 18:00 end time: 21:00 venue: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston city: Boston (MA) country: US coordinates: 42.3393, -71.0945 tags: JOFA feminism feminismo feminismus intersectional jofaorg womenrights womensvisibilty links: Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/644650759001907/ description: Q & A with Director Beverly Siegel and Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, Director of Beth Din of America. Moderated by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute BOSTON PREMIERE This important documentary explores the experiences of agunot, women whose husbands refuse to grant them a Jewish divorce. Women Unchained exposes "get-o-nomics" extortion schemes and the connection between get abuse and domestic violence. Narrated by actress Mayim Bialik (Blossom, The Big Bang Theory) and featuring an original score by guitarist C Lanzbom, lead singer of Soul Farm, Women Unchained offers strategies for what women can do to protect themselves. - Co-Presented by: HBI (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute) Project on Gender, Culture, Religion, and the Law; Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University; the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA).