Panorama: The Voice of Hind Rajab
After the screening, join us for a discussion with engineer Amir Qudaih and Michael Maria, Programming Director of The Boston Palestine Film Festival, moderated by author Sayed Kashua.
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
In The Voice of Hind Rajab, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (Four Daughters, The Man Who Sold His Skin) blends the actual phone recordings, which went viral several weeks after this incident, with dramatizations of the emergency workers racing against time, and the situation's emotional impact, to coordinate paramedics who could save her.
About Amir Qudaih
Amir Qudaih is a consultant engineer based in Boston. Originally from the village of Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, Amir moved to the United States to pursue his degree in engineering. Amir has lost over 400 members of his family during the current genocide; his family (Qudaih) is one of the few original families of the Gaza Strip with deep farming roots who remained on their ancestral land through 1948.
About Michael Maria
Michael Maria is a Palestinian-American born and raised in Massachusetts, with ancestral roots hailing from Bethlehem, Palestine. He has served on the executive committee of the Boston Palestine Film Festival since 2011, acting as festival Programming Director, following initial responsibility as the festival Director of Operations. He leverages the powerful media of film and art to center Palestinian creative expression. Michael currently lives in Roslindale, MA with his family.
About Sayed Kashua
Sayed Kashua is a novelist, screenwriter and essayist. He is the author of four novels and one collection of essays, all translated into multiple languages: Dancing Arabs, Let It Be Morning, Second Person Singular, Native, and Track Changes. He is the creator and writer of the TV shows Arab Labor, The Writer, and Madrasa. He wrote the script for the film A Borrowed Identity and served as script consultant and story editor for the second and third seasons of the TV drama Shtisel.
