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Feature Documentary Films

Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland

Documentary

Released Year: 2023

Duration: 80 minutes

Synopsis

Does a city have the right to express itself? This is what directors Rami Younis and Sarah Emma Ferdinand have granted to the city of Lod through an 80-minute documentary brimming with archival footage and the memories of Nakba survivors, accompanied by animated scenes. The city, which is considered one of the oldest in the world with an age exceeding five thousand years, flips through its history like someone turning the pages of a photo album. Yet, she does not forget to close her eyes and dream of her children, holding firmly to the hope of their safe return, healed from injustice and oppression, looking forward to a future that restores her to her position as a shining pearl in the Levant.

Directors' Biography

Rami Younis

Rami Younis is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and journalist from Lyd. Younis currently hosts a daily news show called ‘On the Other Hand’ where he exposes fake news and counters misinformation about Israeli Palestinian residents, and he was also a 20-2019 Harvard Divinity School Fellow. He worked as a parliamentary consultant and media spokesperson for Palestinian Knesset member Haneen Zoabi and is co-founder and manager of the first-ever Palestine Music Expo, which linked the local Palestinian music community to the global industry

Sarah Ema Friedland

Sarah Ema Friedland is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and media artist. Friedland’s works have screened widely in the US and abroad and have been broadcast nationally on PBS. Her work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, the Paul Newman Foundation, the Ford Foundation, NYSCA, the LABA House of Study, The Palestinian American Research Center, and the MacDowell Colony. She is also a recipient of the 2014 Paul Robeson Award from the Newark Museum and was nominated for a New York Emmy. Friedland is the Director of the MDOCS Storyteller’s Institute at Skidmore College and an active member of the Meerkat Media Collective as well.