Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940
Transatlantic, inspired by Julie Orringer’s novel The Flight Portfolio and co-created by Daniel Hendler (Margin Call) and Anna Winger (Unorthodox), is a seven-part series on Netflix. It effectively and movingly recreates the activities of the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) as it operated in 1940 from Marseille, after the fall of France. In May 1940, Hitler’s forces invaded France, … [Read more…]