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Lia Tarachansky is an Israeli-Canadian journalist and filmmaker, born in Soviet Ukraine. Her video journalism covered American politics, the Middle East, and Canadian-indigenous relations. She has made over 200 short, experimental, and four feature-length films that range in style from investigative to experimental for BBC World, The Guardian, TeleSUR, and Naretiv Productions.

Her films won awards and toured globally. Lately she's been making multimedia like Augmented Reality and soundwalks, poetic shorts, and reading barely-comprehensible books for her PhD in Media Studies. She teaches at LIFT, Humber College, and York University.

Press

"Tarachansky's method is not to blame or even to teach.

It is to examine, narrate and let others speak for themselves."

Daily Beast

"Israeli mythmaking and the attendant forced disappearance of history is the subject of a new documentary by Lia Tarachansky, titled On the Side of the Road... a truthful reconfiguring of Israel’s “landscape of denial”... which is why it is indeed “revolutionary.”

Al Jazeera

"A great film and that everyone should see it."

Mondoweiss

Television Interviews

Identity and Collective Denial - Lia Tarachansky on Reality Asserts Itself (3/3)

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Identity and Collective Denial - Lia Tarachansky on Reality Asserts Itself (3/3)

Ms. Tarachansky says Israel is ripping itself apart and fascism is celebrating in the ruins

The Stream - Israel's fractured memory

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The Stream - Israel's fractured memory

Every year while Israelis celebrate their independence day, Palestinians around the world mark the 1948 Nakba – or catastrophe – when more than 750,000 were driven out of their homes in the conflict surrounding the creation of the state. In the 65 years since, Israeli attitudes towards that event have included denial, justification and repentance. So how does today’s Israeli view the Nakba? In this episode of The Stream, we speak to: Adrieh Abou Shehadeh @kadrieh Palestinian Activist Lia Tarachansky @liatarachansky Canadian-Israeli Filmmaker Amos Geva @AmosGeva Israeli Filmmaker Ran Bario Bar-Yoshafat @ranbario Eitan Bronstein Director, De-Colonizer Formerly, Director, Zochrot

Independent Sources: A Collective Denial

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Independent Sources: A Collective Denial

On this edition of Independent Sources hosted Abi Ishola, reporter/producer Lia Taraschansky speaks to Garry Pierre-Pierre about her film, “On the Side of the Road.” The documentary explores the collective denial of the 1948 events that led to Israel’s independence and the Palestinian refugee problem. Then Garry speaks to Professor Jeffrey Gurock about his new book “ The Holocaust Averted.” Then we revisit our profile of artist Judith Henry, whose work about women and identity is currently being displayed at BravinLee programs in Chelsea. Taped 4-13-15 Independent Sources is where viewers meet the ethnic press. IS engages journalists from New York's ethnic and mainstream media in an insightful discussion of stories covered by ethnic newspapers, TV and radio stations and websites. Each show features an in-depth profile of a news organization or a reporter, along with a news roundup. Independent Sources IS an informative, innovative half hour about New York's fastest growing news sector. Watch more Independent Sources at CUNY TV http://www.tv.cuny.edu/show/independentsources

'On the side of the road': a documentary on the Palestinian exodus

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'On the side of the road': a documentary on the Palestinian exodus

Documentary film 'On the side of the road', Lia Tarachansky’s debut feature, addresses the event known by Palestinians as 'Nakba' (Catastrohpe), when Palestinian territory was partitioned and the State of Israel was created. A former Israeli West Bank settler in the West Bank, speaks about Israel's blindness and the need to find solutions to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. teleSUR http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/filme-al-lado-de-la-carretera-muestra-la-realidad-palestina-autora-en/

Israeli Journalist Lia Tarachansky On Israel, Palestine And The Realities Of War

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Israeli Journalist Lia Tarachansky On Israel, Palestine And The Realities Of War

MintPress sits down with an Israeli journalist and documentary filmmaker to hear her insights not just into Israel and Palestine, but the broader impacts of war on a region and the people who call it home.

Identity and Collective Denial - Lia Tarachansky on Reality Asserts Itself (2/3)

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Identity and Collective Denial - Lia Tarachansky on Reality Asserts Itself (2/3)

Ms. Tarachansky talks about her journey from growing up in a settlement to opposition to the Israeli occupation

Identity and Collective Denial - Lia Tarachansky on Reality Asserts Itself (1/3)

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Identity and Collective Denial - Lia Tarachansky on Reality Asserts Itself (1/3)

Ms. Tarachansky, TRNN Israel - Palestine correspondent and former Israeli settler, tells Paul Jay about her new documentary film, On the Side of the Road

"On The Side Of The Road" premieres in Ramallah

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"On The Side Of The Road" premieres in Ramallah

On March 4, 2014 Israeli journalist Lia Tarachansky's film On The Side Of The Road premiered in the Palestinian city of Ramallah. Israel's Channel 9, a TV News station reporting in Russian for an audience of over one million Israelis covered the event.

Radio Interviews

Episode 158Fortress On A Hill (FOH) Podcast Ep 158

00:00 / 41:45

How Israelis justify genocide to themselves The Marc Steiner Show - The Real News NetworkThe Marc Steiner Show

00:00 / 29:53

Print Coverage

The Daily Beast, Lisa Goldman, Nov 23, 2013 - Link

Al Jazeera, Belen Fernandez, Dec 3, 2013 - Link

Ha'aretz, Asaf Shalev, Nov 25, 2013 - Link

Ha'aretz, Gili Izikovitz, Nov 7, 2013 - Link

Al Jazeera, The Stream, May 15, 2013 - Link

Osservatorio Iraq, Stefano Nanni, Dec 1, 2013 - Link

Maan News, Nov 16, 2013 - Link

Yediot Ahronot, Amir Bogen, Nov 28, 2013 (HBR) - Link

Yediot Ahronot, Linda Gradstein, Nov 28, 2013 (ENG) - Link

Channel 7, Shimon Cohen, Nov 18, 2013 - Link

Channel 9, Ksenia Svetlova, Mar 8, 2014 - Link

De Wereld Morgen, Louis De Geest, Apr 1, 2014 - Link

Apt613, Courtney Merchand, Sep 23, 2014 - Link

Comox Valley Record, Oct 22, 2014 - Link

Electronic Intifadah, Sarah Levy, Nov 6, 2014 - Link

Uprising Radio, Sonali Kolahatker, Nov 6, 2014 - Link

Brandeis Hoot, Emma Kahn, Nov 21, 2014 - Link

Jerusalem Post, Shmuley Boteach, Dec 4, 2014 - Link

Talk Nation Radio, David Swanson, Dec 9, 2014 - Link

The Real News Network, Paul Jay, Dec 17, 2014 - Link

Mintpress News, Catherine Shakdam, Jan 7, 2015 - Link

The Marc Steiner Show, Marc Steiner, Mar 27, 2015 - Link

+972 Magazine, Lia Tarachansky, June 6, 2015 - Link

Counterpunch, Douglas Valentine, June 5, 2015 - Link

The Bristol Cable, Alon Aviram, Aug 26, 2015 - Link

Excalibur, Zack Fenech, Nov 9, 2015 - Link

Palestine Docs, Shohini Chadhouri, May 7, 2016 - Link

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