MOURNING IN LOD

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MOURNING IN LOD

TUES, 12/5, 3:00pm, 73 min BAY STREET THEATER

Director Hilla Medalia via Zoom, Executive Producer Sheila Nevins in attedance for Q/A

Director: Hilla Medalia
Producer: Hilla Medalia
Editors: Erez Laufer, Doron Djerassi
Cinematographers: Avner Shahaf, Hanna Abu Saada

In this film, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is retold through three people whose fates become inextricably linked in a vicious cycle of violence. Lod is a “mixed” city inhabited by Arabs and Jews who live side by side in a strained coexistence. The outpouring of love, anger, and forgiveness that unfolds when the two cultures collide following a tragedy offers a glimpse of morning light to offset a collective state of seemingly endless mourning.

Hilla Medalia is a Peabody-winning and Emmy-nominated director/ producer with over 20 years of experience in the documentary field. She is the founder of award- winning Medalia Productions whose films have been aired by the leading broadcasters in the world, including MTV, HBO, Arte, Netflix, Paramount, and BBC and screened at the Venice Biennale, Cannes, Berlinale and Sundance festivals among others.