With Hasan in Gaza

While this undercurrent of death courses through the whole film, by contrasting it with scenes like the one described above, Aljafari crafts a film about resilience and about love. A film that centers on community and family, finding strength in this communion despite all the horrors that must be endured.

To call With Hasan in Gaza a personal work would be an understatement, but its message is as clear as it is universal.

The film is both a document of a precise historical moment and testament to the continuity of Palestinian memory and struggle.

While there is value in any documentary evidence of this time and place, Aljafari’s allusive approach seems ill-matched with the urgency of his subject matter.