A family caught in Oct. 7 Hamas attack documents its journey in ‘Holding Liat’

A family caught in Oct. 7 Hamas attack documents its journey in ‘Holding Liat’

“Holding Liat” won best documentary at the Berlin film festival. Ahead of its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Festival this week, the Monitor spoke with director Brandon Kramer.

Tribeca Review: Holding Liat Tells the Story of One Family Through a Mosaic of Political Views

The first words we hear in Brandon Kramer’s Holding Liat are spoken, over the phone, by a person named in the subtitles as “Israeli Army liaison.” In this short call the male voice tells a perturbed 70-ish man that his daughter, Liat, has been “abducted by terrorists and kept in the Gaza Strip,” alive. From the get-go, Holding Liat seems the kind of film that would tug at your heartstrings, appealing to every ounce of empathy that’s not yet poli…