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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And action!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's huge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's mind blowing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to keep reminding myself\Nthat they're not real.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a historical movie, actually,\Nwhat we are doing here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is 90 percent of my filming\Nexperience, here?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is like this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come over here to do a show\Nset in Williamsburg,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do it in Berlin, it kind of, \Nyou know, plays with my head.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A series in Yiddish, for me also,\Npersonally, I think it's a great thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to be dealing with a language\Nthat no one understands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we're dealing with costumes\Nand rituals no one understands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the essence of what's happening,\Nthat's universally understood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This very beautiful and unique story
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shows kind of like, both worlds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it's a story about\Nthe existence of God, or something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more about...the right to\Nhave your voice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people like me never really\Nhad that opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never saw ourselves reflected back\Nin the stories being told
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in popular culture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we didn't really know\Nhow to create our own stories.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is the first show, ever,\Nto accurately portray
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hasidic community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real people, and their\Nexperiences are very universal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very relatable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the community watches it,\Nand there is somebody like me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watches it, and sees, this girl\Nlived exactly like she lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, she was able to muster\Nthe courage to follow her dreams.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe this girl can, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I met Ann and Alexa,\Nand I became friends with them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized, if anybody is ever going to\Nreally be able to grasp
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the story is about,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to really execute it in a way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is going to have a \Npositive cultural impact,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's these women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I met Deborah, \Ni read her book,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought it was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I read it in one sitting.\NI couldn't put it down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, she said:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, why don't you make my book\Ninto a TV show?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anna and I wanted to make a show\Nfor a while,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we could work through\Na lot of the topics
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discuss a lot, especially\Nabout being Jewish in Germany.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, the story is about\Na young woman, who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is searching for herself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is searching for\Nher community in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esther is a 19 year old girl.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was born and raised in\NWilliamsburg, Brooklyn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the community called Satmar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Don't forget, Esty. \NHe speaks first.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She grows up in a very \Nreligious neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, frees herself from an\Nunhappy arranged marriage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flees to Berlin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her story is unique, and romantic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just felt it was so different,\Nthat somebody would leave
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very insular community\Nin Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find their way here,\Nout of choice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a very young age,\Nshe always felt very different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's always been told\Nthat she is very different,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the fact that\Nshe always has questions within her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has that 'chutzpah,'\Nyou can say.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Satmar Jews are a\NHasidic community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originally from the town of\NSate Mar, in Hungary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are mostly descendants\Nof Holocaust survivors, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started by Holocaust survivors,\Nin New York, after the war.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This kind of makes them\Na little bit different
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a lot of other\NHasidic communities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they really developed\Nwhat they were about, after the war.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is founded by people who are\Nstruggling with the most immense trauma.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first generation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say even for the first\Ntwo generations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this trauma was a very driving force
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the ideological structures\Nof this community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Satmar community is also special,\Nin that Yiddish is their native language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they can be credited,\Nto some degree,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with keeping Yiddish alive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- But why Berlin?\N- Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What? \N- Her crazy mama lives in Berlin!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very important to us,\Nto make changes in the present-day story,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Deborah Feldman's real life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because she is a young woman,\Nshe is a public figure,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is a public intellectual,\Nand we wanted Esther's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Berlin life to be very different\Nfrom real Deborah's Berlin life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in a sense, the flasbacks\Nare based on the book,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the present-day story\Nis entirely made up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to go beyond cliché,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond our projection\Ninto what the life might be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a community like this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very important to us\Nto get not just the look and feel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and costumes, and rituals,\Nand everything correct, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inhabit the ideas of\Nthese characters' worlds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that felt authentic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also heightened,\Nbecause it's television.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just, in general, feel like,\Nwhen you're showing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different communities,\Nespecially communities on the margins,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to get the details right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew it was so important\Nto get people on board,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just as actors, but behind\Nand in front of the camera,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are from this community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the first people we hired\Nwas Eli Rosen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is an actor, translator,\Nand kind of specialist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to Yiddish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eli Rosen was like our guide.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was our spirit guide.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He not only translated the scripts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he coached the actors in Yiddish,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he helped us with all the\Ncultural details,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he played the rabbi.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was given the opportunity\Nto help ensure
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was representative,\Nand that it is authentic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um...I, uh...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jumped at it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directing the scenes\Nwhich are set within or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ultra-Orthodox world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have been lost,\Nwithout this advice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had two research trips\Nto New York,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our entire team,\Nto not just watch and look,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch everything we saw,\Nbut we got access
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meeting people who are \Nstill in this community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really tried to offer\Nour heads of department, as much access.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These trips, of course,\Nare like a hunt, for impressions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for feeling atmosphere,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for just watching,\Nfor just taking things in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a kind of\Nimage-based research.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We looked around.\NWe took so many pictures.