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 political 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, this thoughtful documentary poses complex questions of identity across generations, as the family is thrust into the epicenter of a global conflict rapidly unfolding in real-time.

Discussion follows with producer Lance Kramer '06, Judith Hertog (Upper Valley Jewish Center) and Professor Bernard Avishai, teaching this term's Middle Eastern Studies class on "Politics of Israel & Palestine."

D: Brandon Kramer, US, 2025, 1h33m

Co-sponsored by The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. Programmed in collaboration with the New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival, the Upper Valley Jewish Center and the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire

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