LYD
RAMI YOUNES & SARAH EMA FRIEDLAND, 2023, 78’

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER | 18:20
CURZON HOXTON, 55 Pitfield St, London N1 6BU

 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.

Mixing testimonies of extreme violence with speculations on what the potential of this city could have brought, this documentary follows the rise and fall of the city of Lyd. This 5,000-year-old metropolis was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters create a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.

Trigger warning: The testimonies in Lyd are graphic and extremely violent.