![]() Even though some details have been changed, the conflicts and themes are still the same. In the sense of the story being told about one woman's experience, which is based on my own, this feels accurate and authentic to me, the person who went through it. "In the sense of narrative, accuracy is about the authenticity of perspective, and this has been achieved. That doesn't work in art, it only works in the sciences," says Feldman. ![]() However, I don't believe that total accuracy is ever possible in representation because to achieve total accuracy, you have to sacrifice the narrative completely. Summary: A memoir of escape from the overbearing, oppressive life of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, but the appalling details are somewhat clouded by doubts raised about the narrative’s veracity. So how accurate is the portrayal of Esty’s community and her life in it? "I think it is an accurate depiction. "I think it has contributed to the cultural dialogue in such a way as to be able to transform it, and that is the highest goal of art for me," she says. ![]() She has no way of knowing how her family or her community reacted to the mini-series, but Feldman is very happy with how it turned out. ![]()
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