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Genre | Drama |
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Inspired by | Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman |
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Directed by | Maria Schrader |
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No. of episodes | 4 |
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Producer | Alexa Karolinski |
Running time | 52–54 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | March 26, 2020 |
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Unorthodox is a drama television miniseries that debuted on Netflix on March 26, 2020. Inspired by Deborah Feldman's 2012 autobiography, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, it is the first Netflix series to be primarily in Yiddish. The four-part miniseries was created and written by Anna Winger and Alexa Karolinski, and directed by Maria Schrader.
The series received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series (Shira Haas), and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series (Anna Winger), winning for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series (Maria Schrader).