09 Dec 2022
Unconventional: Living Life to the Max
Max Ramsey, an advocate for those experiencing poverty, uses what he has gone through to serve the impoverished community of Milwaukee despite internal struggles and disapproval from the city.
Lyd
A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world — what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.
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.
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ميساء عبد الهادي Lyd (the city)
Eissa Fanous Jihad Baba Anan Tarteer Mahassen Tarteer Orwa Switat Maha Nakib Manar Meme Yair Revivo
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