Bye Bye Tiberias

  • Documentary
1/12/2024
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In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives.

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  • Brent_Marchant

    Memorializing ones family history is an exercise that can provide a valuable record of our relatives past and establish the legacy that has carried through the years to the present day. It can also teach us much about what distinguishes ones kindreds in terms of their characteristics, accomplishments and values. The impact of that can be quite revelatory, too, producing a chronicle of inspiring insights and profound achievements of ones relations, especially those that emerged in the face of challenge, adversity and cultural limitations. In her second documentary feature, director Lina Soualem has sought to capture a loving record of those qualities in this highly personal film that charts the lives of four generations of her familys women,...

    October 18, 2023

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