“THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB proves quite unavoidably devastating. The original audio footage carries a brutal emotional wallop in any context, and there’s value in making a cinema audience captive to it, unable to pause or stop or avert our ears. - Guy Lodge, Variety
Opens January 9 | In this gripping movie based on real-life events, Red Crescent volunteers work to rescue a child named Hind Rajab trapped in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. Writer and director, Kaouther Ben Hania, carefully constructs a relentlessly-paced narrative around the archival audio of the distress call. Additional documentary footage from the day is intelligently woven into the world of the film alongside compelling performances by Saja Kilani and Motaz Malhees as the rescue operators who speak to Hind. One of the year's most unforgettable movies, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a breathtaking and complex work of docu-fiction.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival
Winner - Silver Hugo Jury Prize, Chicago International Film Festival
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu