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A 'sci-fi documentary' dreaming of peace got banned in Israel. Why?

JL;DR SUMMARY Lyd, a sci-fi documentary directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland, imagines an alternate reality where peace reigns in the Middle East. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityPalestineCensorshipDocumentaryMiddle East ConflictCoexistenceLodCultural ExpressionSci Fi Film

Places mentioned

Lod, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"But in the film, which follows the story of the eponymous Palestinian city now the Israeli city of Lod spends little time explaining the past."
Jaffa, Central District, Israel
"And yet when a theater in Jaffa attempted to screen it in early October, police shut it down."
Jenin, Palestinian Territories
"since its premiere in 2002. And Israelism, a 2023 documentary about how most Jews in the U.S. are taught about Israel, met with extensive controversy when the directors both of whom are Jewish screened the film on American college campuses in the wake of Oct. 7."
Eritrea
"and how they can extend the wealth to new asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan."
Sudan
"and how they can extend the wealth to new asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan."
United States
"where, unlike Israelism, the showings have been taking place without issue."

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