Holding Liat

Join us for the Baltimore premiere screening of this award-winning documentary, with filmmakers Brandon and Lance Kramer in attendance for a community discussion moderated by Tom Hall, host of WYPR’s Midday.

About the Film
WINNER of the Berlinale Documentary Award at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival
WINNER of the Conflict & Resolutions Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival
WINNER of the Grand Jury Prize at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

On the morning of October 7, 2023, Israeli-American Liat Atzili and her husband Aviv were at home when Hamas attacked their kibbutz. By nightfall, Liat and Aviv are captives in Gaza along with 250 other people – 12 of whom, like Liat, are American citizens.

Caught between international diplomacy and a rapidly escalating war, their family must face their own uncertainty and conflicting perspectives in the pursuit of Liat and Aviv’s release. This agonizing process, and the ultimate fate of their loved ones, challenges how the members of the family understand themselves and their place in the conflict.

Through the intimate lens of a family’s experience, HOLDING LIAT poses complex questions of identity across generations, as the family is thrust into the epicenter of a global conflict rapidly unfolding in real-time. More at holdingliat.com.

About the Speakers

Based in DC, Brandon Kramer and Lance Kramer are award-winning filmmakers and co-founders of Meridian Hill Pictures. Brandon directed and Lance produced THE FIRST STEP (Tribeca, AFI DOCS); CITY OF TREES (Full Frame, PBS, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning documentary series THE MESSY TRUTH. More at meridianhillpictures.com

Tom Hall is the host of Midday, the award-winning, highly rated news and public policy program on WYPR Radio that features interviews with elected officials, community leaders, as well as thought provoking authors, artists, researchers, journalists, and scholars from around the world. More at wypr.org