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  • 2016
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2016
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 17 m

Summary Lifta 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...

Directed By: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky

Written By: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky

  • 2016
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 17 m
  • 2016
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 17 m

The Ruins of Lifta

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Summary Lifta 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...

Directed By: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky

Written By: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky

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Sep 22, 2016
Grounded in the art of listening, The Ruins of Lifta builds a powerful, personal, political conversation between Palestinians and Israelis looking to live differently.
By Diana Clarke FULL REVIEW
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Oct 27, 2016
Daum acts as a thoughtful onscreen guide to what the picturesque hillsides and its stone remains represent.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
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Sep 22, 2016
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.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
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Sep 22, 2016
An achingly poignant documentary.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Sep 23, 2016
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