By Ahmed Amin
Hollywood is lining up behind The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s searing drama inspired by the real-life tragedy of a six-year-old Palestinian girl caught in Gaza’s genocide.
Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuarón, and The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer have boarded the project as executive producers, alongside Pitt’s Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner. The film will debut on September 3 at the Venice Film Festival, followed by a Toronto screening — now carrying the added weight of major Hollywood backing.
Based on verified recordings between Hind Rajab and Red Crescent volunteers, the film reconstructs the desperate hours before the child was found dead after her family’s car came under Israeli fire. “I cannot accept a world where a child calls for help and no one comes,” Ben Hania remarked, underscoring cinema’s ability to fight collective amnesia.
Ben Hania, already a two-time Oscar nominee for Four Daughters and The Man Who Sold His Skin, uses fiction rooted in real events to give permanence to stories the news cycle discards. The film arrives at a moment when Gaza remains under global scrutiny.
With Hollywood’s most influential names amplifying its reach, The Voice of Hind Rajab is set to become not just a festival highlight but a cultural flashpoint.
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