93Queen

{{Infobox film

| name = 93Queen

| image = 93Queen.jpg

| caption = Film poster in New York City

| director = Paula Eiselt

| released = {{Film date|2018}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

93Queen is a 2018 documentary film on Hasidic women in Borough Park, Brooklyn who form Ezras Nashim, an all-female ambulance corps. The film follows Judge Rachel Freier, a Hasidic lawyer running for public office as a New York Judge, and mother of six who is determined to shake up the “boys club” in her Hasidic community by creating the first all-female ambulance corps in the United States,{{cite web|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/11/20/ezras-nashim-first-all-female-volunteer-emt-team-wants-an-ambulance/|title=Ezras Nashim, First All Female Volunteer EMT Team, Wants An Ambulance|first=Lisa|last=Rozner|date=20 November 2019|access-date=20 November 2019|work=CBS 2 News}} as she negotiates her community initiative within the context of a male-dominated Hasidic community.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jiff.com.au/films/93queen|title=Jewish International Film Festival 93Queen -|website=www.jiff.com.au}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/25/93queen-the-incredible-story-of-the-all-female-hasidic-emergency-service|title=93Queen: the incredible story of the all-female Hasidic emergency service|first=Adam|last=Gabbatt|newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 25, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}

93Queen was filmed in the Hasidic community of Borough Park where EMS corps have long been the province of men. The neighborhood is home to the largest volunteer ambulance corps in the world known as Hatzolah, that organization has steadfastly banned women from its ranks.{{cite news |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/jewish_siren_ladies_Ax71jq2CgYYdWPcFmCzwWN |work=New York Post|first=Reuven |last=Fenton |title=Jewish 'siren' ladies |date=2011-09-26 |access-date=6 June 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2019/10/30/hasidic-all-women-emt-group-faces-backlash-from-hatzaloh-members/ |work=New York Post|first=Reuven |last=Fenton |title=Hasidic all-women EMT group faces backlash from Hatzaloh members |date=2019-10-30 |access-date=30 October 2019}}

The film followed the formation and launch of Ezras Nashim{{Cite web|url=http://www.vosizneias.com/91555/2011/09/18/new-york-hatzalah-to-add-ezras-nashim/|title=Hatzalah to Add Ezras Nashim|first=Sandy|last=Eller|work=Vosizneias|date=September 18, 2011|access-date=September 18, 2011}} through the organization’s first year on the ground.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/jewish-women-brooklyn-launch-ambulance-service-expecting-moms-article-1.1029605|title=Jewish Women in Brooklyn Launch EMT Service|first=Simone|last=Weichselbaum|date=February 27, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=31 October 2016}} Freier and the Hasidic women are taking matters into their own hands to provide dignified emergency medical care to the Hasidic women and girls, The spine of the film observes the highs and the lows of creating an organization against incredible odds, in a society where most women don’t drive and a few minutes can mean the difference between life and death, and how female EMTs transport themselves to the scene of an emergency.{{cite web|url=https://bronx.news12.com/all-female-orthodox-jewish-emt-corps-gets-own-film-38680883|title=All-female orthodox Jewish EMT corps gets own film|first=Melissa Rose|last=Cooper|date=23 December 2016|work=News 12}}

The film run time is 90 minutes, and was produced by American Documentary-POV and ITVS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amdoc.org/watch/93queen/|title=93Queen | American Documentary|website=www.amdoc.org}} The documentary was directed by film-maker Paula Eiselt.{{cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/98599-paula-eiselt-birthing-her-hasidic-ems-documentary-93queen-at-the-ifp-documentary-lab/|title=Paula Eiselt on Birthing Her Hasidic EMS Documentary 93QUEEN at the IFP Documentary Lab|first=Paula|last=Eiselt|date=25 May 2016|work=Filmmaker Magazine}} and Co-Produced by Heidi Reinberg, and Marco Williams.{{cite web|url=http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/review-93-queen|title=Review: '93 Queen' – Point of View Magazine|website=povmagazine.com|date=9 May 2018 }}

The film made its world premiere on May 1, 2018, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.{{cite web|url=https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=73552~6d071c1e-1d5b-4e4e-ab61-2b9caf21a7fd|title=93QUEEN|first=Charlotte|last=Selb|date=23 March 2018|work=Hot Docs}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/documentary-about-female-hasidic-trailblazers-gets-world-premiere-in-canada|title=Documentary about female Hasidic trailblazers gets world premiere in Canada|first=Michael|last=Fraiman|date=30 April 2018|work= Canadian Jewish News}} The film aired on PBS's POV,{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/pov/93queen/video/93queen/|title=93QUEEN on PBS POV|date=18 September 2018|work=PBS|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013015642/http://www.pbs.org/pov/93queen/video/93queen/|url-status=dead}} marking its television debut, on September 17, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://blog.womenandhollywood.com/exclusive-hasidic-women-form-nycs-first-all-female-volunteer-ambulance-corps-in-93queen-trailer-a5a690b02429|title=Hasidic Women Form NYC's First All-Female Volunteer Ambulance Corps in "93Queen" Trailer|first=Laura|last=Berger|date=23 March 2018|work=women and hollywood}}