By Libertad Gills

After nearly two years of a genocide against the people of Palestine, the film With Hasan in Gaza offers an unexpected beacon of hope. It is not because of what happens in the film but rather because the film exists that the film is hopeful. Let me explain. 

Those who have admired Kamal Aljafari’s work for some time will recognize that this is once again a film made with archives. What is surprising, however, is that this time the archives are not material filmed by another. For the first time, Aljafari is working with material that he filmed himself.