Saturday, April 27, 2 Showings - 4:00 PM & 7:00 PM - in person at Firehouse DCTV Cinema - 87 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
4:00 PM Includes Q&A with Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland and Winnie Cheung / 7:00 PM includes extended Q&A with Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland and Arielle Angel
We are proud to co-present LYD at at Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film. LYD premieres in NY on Friday April 26th and will screen through Thursday May 2nd. Get your tickets here.
"A unique artistic and historical journey."
Mohamed Tarek, The International Federation of Film Critics
"A harrowing watch, but a vital one if the goal is gaining greater understanding the history of Israel-Palestine conflict."
A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd – a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948.
As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion; while vivid animations envision an alternate reality where the same characters live free from the trauma of the past and the violence of the present.
LYD dares to ask the question: what would the city be like had the Israeli occupation of Lyd never happened?