"[2] She describes her background as a "twin sister that comes from former-hippie-turned-bourgeois, left-wing, Californian, Jewish educators.

Between the years 2017–2022, she created a trilogy of three short films that explore movement in different contexts, especially how they can become dance, and how they are coded with social and political meaning.

I believe it is our responsibility as filmmakers to use the institutional platforms through which we work to redress Israel's impunity on the global stage.

I stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their struggle for liberation.”[7] Familiar Touch is about an octogenarian woman who suffers from dementia and is making the transition to a care facility.

To make the film, Friedland set up a workshop at a care facility in Pasadena, Villa Gardens.