SummaryLifta is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Discovering that his parents’ Holocaust experiences may have distorted his views of the Israeli-... Read More
Directed By:Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Written By:Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
The Ruins of Lifta
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Sep 22, 2016
80
Grounded in the art of listening, The Ruins of Lifta builds a powerful, personal, political conversation between Palestinians and Israelis looking to live differently.
Oct 27, 2016
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Daum acts as a thoughtful onscreen guide to what the picturesque hillsides and its stone remains represent.
Sep 22, 2016
70
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.
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Release Date:Sep 23, 2016
Duration:1 h 17 m
