{"id":6363,"date":"2017-07-05T16:40:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T20:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2017-07-05T16:40:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T20:40:41","slug":"rama-burshtein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/rama-burshtein\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama Burshtein"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3515\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6363-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/rama.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/rama.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/rama.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a 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powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_6374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6374\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6374\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/RAMA.jpg?resize=300%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/RAMA.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/RAMA.jpg?resize=696%2C608&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/RAMA.jpg?resize=481%2C420&amp;ssl=1 481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/RAMA.jpg?w=704&amp;ssl=1 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rama poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Getty Images Portrait Studio at Village at the Lift on January 21, 2013 in Park City, Utah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rama <span id=\":1u6.2\" class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\">Burshtein<\/span>\u00a0is the first ultra orthodox Jewish woman to write and direct feature films for a general audience.<\/p>\n<p>Born in New York in 1967, she grew up in a secular family and attended film school in Israel.\u00a0 In her 20&#8217;s, <span id=\":1u6.3\" class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\">Burshtein<\/span> became religious.\u00a0 She married and had four children but did not make films for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s best known for her two features, 2012&#8217;s <i>Fill the Void<\/i>, and 2016&#8217;s <i>The Wedding Plan<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Her films have won scores of Israeli Film Academy awards and have shown at prestigious festivals around the world, including the Toronto Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.\u00a0 Israel chose <i>Fill the Void<\/i> as its official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Durchslag interviews\u00a0Rama <span id=\":1u6.2\" class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\">Burshtein.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6375\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6375 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FillTheVoid.jpg?resize=640%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" 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(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from &#8220;Fill the Void&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6376\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6376 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WeddingPlanner.jpg?resize=640%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WeddingPlanner.jpg?resize=1024%2C644&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WeddingPlanner.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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Planner&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/rama.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listRama Burshtein\u00a0is the first ultra orthodox Jewish woman to write and direct feature films for a general audience. 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