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Synopsis
In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the epicenter of the Chabad Hasidic movement, Zelda Wigs is the go-to destination for fashionable women who follow Jewish modesty laws by covering their hair. But after owner Zelda Volkov gets divorced, she begins to resent the practice of wig-wearing and sees it less as a beautiful commandment and more as a lie sold to women.
Bio
Lauren Greenhall is an webby nominated producer and director known for her community forward approach, comedy background, and commitment to inclusiveness.
She has directed TV and video for Nat Geo, The New Yorker, The New York Post, CBS Interactive, HuffPost, and Inside Edition as well as branded content for Marvel, Footlocker, and Matador Records. She regularly directs livestreams and video for comedy club Caveat NYC.
Greenhall was a 2021 resident at the Jewish Film Institute for ZELDA - a documentary about an ultra-orthodox Jewish woman and her relationship with her wig - and was recently awarded the FY2024 Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts towards the completion of this film.
Her movie Perfectly Good Moment - an award winning psychological thriller starring Broadway star Stephen Carlile and Amanda Jane Stern - premiered at the 2023 Sarasota Film Festival as a nominee for the Independent Vision Award and has been acquired by Buffalo 8 distribution for a 2024 release. She directed music video "Imouhar" for the band Mdou Moctar which played on a loop in Times Square in April 2024.
Awards History
Jewish Film Institute Residency 2021
Credits
Cinematographer - Matt Braunsdorf
