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Lyd documents the harrowing events that occurred in Lyd's Dahmash Mosque in 1948, and shows the continuing struggle of the city's Palestinian population
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Lyd made its global premiere at the Amman International Film Festival. All photos: Mad Distribution Films
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The documentary features interviews with Lydian survivors of the Nakba and their descendants
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Lyd delves into science fiction through animation, imagining a Palestine where the Nakba never took place
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Roger Walters of Pink Floyd was executive producer for the film after deciding to support the project when he found its fundraising page online
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Lyd was directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland. It was edited by Eyas Salman, who the directors say played a pivotal part in the documentary's creative direction
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Much of Lyd's history features a process of erasure, because the Israeli government has renamed streets and neighbourhoods
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Lyd documents the harrowing events that occurred in Lyd's Dahmash Mosque in 1948, and shows the continuing struggle of the city's Palestinian population
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Lyd made its global premiere at the Amman International Film Festival. All photos: Mad Distribution Films
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The documentary features interviews with Lydian survivors of the Nakba and their descendants
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Lyd delves into science fiction through animation, imagining a Palestine where the Nakba never took place
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Roger Walters of Pink Floyd was executive producer for the film after deciding to support the project when he found its fundraising page online
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Lyd was directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland. It was edited by Eyas Salman, who the directors say played a pivotal part in the documentary's creative direction
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Much of Lyd's history features a process of erasure, because the Israeli government has renamed streets and neighbourhoods
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Lyd documents the harrowing events that occurred in Lyd's Dahmash Mosque in 1948, and shows the continuing struggle of the city's Palestinian population
Lyd: New sci-fi documentary depicts Palestinian city with and without the Nakba
The film, directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland, envisions an alternate reality untainted by the horrors of 1948
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Razmig Bedirian
29 September, 2023
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