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How an intimate and sensitive film about a hostage family's grief triumphed in Berlin

JL;DR SUMMARY Holding Liat, a documentary by filmmaker Brandon Kramer, received the Berlinale Documentary Award for its sensitive portrayal of a family's ordeal during a hostage crisis. 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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HamasDocumentaryResilienceHostage CrisisPolitical EngagementBerlinale Documentary AwardBrandon KramerBeinin FamilyYehuda BeininLiat Beinin

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"BERLIN Sometimes a film can do something that nothing else seems to be able to do, the Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa said."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"A.J. Goldmann is a writer and critic based in Munich, Germany."
Kibbutz Nir Oz, Southern District, Israel
"Shortly after Liat Beinin and her husband Aviv Atzili were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Kramer, a D.C.-based filmmaker who is related to the Beinins, began documenting the aftermath of this personal and national trauma."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Yehuda travels to D.C. with a delegation of other hostage families."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In an epilogue set at Yad Vashem, Liat tours the memorial with her high school class."

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