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Maria Schrader on UNORTHODOX, Directing and Global Influence – Loren King interviews

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Loren King 0 Comments Maria Schrader, netflix, unorthodox

Coming from the art house film world where small indies struggle for attention an audiences, Berlin-based actor/director Maria Schrader marvels at Netflix’s instant global reach. “I realized how in an instant [it creates] buzz in many countries and then suddenly everyone is watching. This is actually the most incredible thing — that women wearing burkas are seeing [Unorthodox] in Arabic countries. It is amazing.”

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UNORTHODOX – Review by Susan Granger

April 16, 2020April 19, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments Deborah Feldman, hasidic community, limited series, Maria Schrader, netflix, Shira Haas, unorthodox

Inspired by Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir, this revelatory four-part mini-series follows the religious rebellion of 19 year-old Esther “Esty” Shapiro (Israeli actress Shira Haas) as she escapes from her strictly traditional husband and family in Brooklyn’s Satmar Hasidic community to fly to Germany with only a passport and some cash.

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UNORTHODOX – Review by Martha K Baker

April 4, 2020September 11, 2021 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments Deborah Feldman, hasidic community, limited series, Maria Schrader, netflix, Shira Haas, unorthodox

Netflix’ four-part series about a young woman seeking liberation fromNew York’s Hasidic community is positively riveting. The series, impressively directed by Maria Schrader, is based on the memoir by Deborah Feldman entitled, significantly, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots.