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It’s OVER!

By ⋅ January 16, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Unorthodox Kickstarter campaign has finally come to a close. It’s been a crazy month! We finally found support for the film that we’ve been pouring our hearts into for the last seven years. Thank you for all your emails, messages, and donations. 309 backers and $22,474! THANKS TO YOU WE’RE GOING TO FINISH THIS [...]

Anna asks her bubbe and zeide (grandparents): Is there a Yiddish word to describe the Unorthodox Kickstarter campaign?

By ⋅ January 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

  Confused? See here.

Ten questions for our new Associate Producer, Shira Katz

By ⋅ January 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The first time I saw Shira Katz, she was having an orgasm. Not just any orgasm–this was a triple orgasm, and she was having it very loudly, in front of nearly a hundred people, at a Tel Aviv performance of the Vagina Monologues back in 2009. In those five minutes, Shira stole the show.  She [...]

Hindsight is 20/20 and in HD

By ⋅ January 11, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The production phase of Unorthodox lasted for almost 7 years, and when we started making the movie in 2004 we had no equipment, no funding and no experience as documentary filmmakers.  To those who ask how we managed to teach ourselves the basic skills necessary to shoot a documentary, we always give the same answer; “We [...]

Unorthodox – “Jake level”

By ⋅ January 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Jake, one of the stars of Unorthodox, talks about the film and shows what you can get by donating at the “Jake level” on Kickstarter! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annawexler/unorthodox/    

Unorthodox – “Chaim level”

By ⋅ January 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Chaim, one of the stars of Unorthodox, shows off the cool hand-painted yamulkes (skullcaps) you can get by donating at the “Chaim level” on Kickstarter! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annawexler/unorthodox/  

Wait, you’re still fundraising? But I thought you hit your goal!

By ⋅ January 7, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When we began the Kickstarter campaign for Unorthodox, we set an end date of January 15 and a goal of $16,000. Thanks to your AMAZING support, we successfully hit our goal on January 2 and will be able to pay for an editor to help us complete the final cut.  But the campaign will still [...]

We did it!

By ⋅ January 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

We made our goal last night! Check out the update we posted to Kickstarter immediately after reaching $16,000. Here’s how it went down: we started off the morning at 93%.  In the evening (Tel Aviv time) we reached 95% and decided to push hard.  Nadja, Shira and I were on a joint Skype call, listening [...]

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