The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold
An achingly poignant documentary.
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Israel, Palestine, United States · 2016
1h 10m
Director Menachem Daum
Starring
Genre Documentary
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This documentary explores the tentative future of Lifta, an Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and never repopulated. Plans to demolish the site for new developments sparks opposition from Israeli-Palestinian coalitions, and becomes a topic of debate that mirrors the larger ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold
An achingly poignant documentary.
Grounded in the art of listening, The Ruins of Lifta builds a powerful, personal, political conversation between Palestinians and Israelis looking to live differently.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
Daum acts as a thoughtful onscreen guide to what the picturesque hillsides and its stone remains represent.
The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
Directors Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky may not solve Israeli-Palestinian animosities, but they find illuminating angles of exploration for one of the world’s most intractable conflicts.