Phoenix, Pitt join film exposing Israeli murder of Gaza child amid Hollywood censorship
Film industry figures, including Hollywood stars Joaquin Phoenix and Brad Pitt, are joining an upcoming film about Israel’s killing of Palestinian child Hind Rajab in Gaza.
The actors will join Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania's upcoming film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, as executive producers.
Premiering at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, the film uses authentic audio recordings of the six-year-old child's harrowing call for rescue.
Hind Rajab was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024 during her family's attempt to escape Gaza City to a safer place after Israeli forces launched deadly raids there.
As they were trying to relocate in their car, an Israeli military unit indiscriminately opened fire at them in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the southern part of the besieged Palestinian strip.
Rajab survived the first round of attacks, in which her immediate relatives died, but was killed before rescuers could reach her.
An investigation conducted by the research agency Forensic Architecture concluded that Israeli forces were aware children were inside the vehicle and fired a minimum of 335 rounds at it.
Speaking about her film, Ben Hania said, "I cannot accept a world where a child calls for help and no one comes. That pain, that failure, belongs to all of us."
The US and Western entertainment industries have faced significant backlash for their weak response to the war in Gaza, with insiders blaming a pervasive culture of censorship within Hollywood.
Despite this, numerous actors and industry professionals have spoken out on Israeli atrocities, with prominent figures like Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, and Susan Sarandon among them.
Since October 2023, Israel has reportedly killed 62,966 Palestinians, predominantly women and children, and injured around 159,000 others as part of its genocidal war against the besieged territory, according to Gaza's health ministry.
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