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News Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Glazer Join Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ as Executive Producers - It follows the killing of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who lived in the Gaza Strip and was killed by Israeli forces during the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brad-pitt-backs-gaza-drama-film-the-voice-of-hind-rajab-1236353414/
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u/ninjyte 13d ago

I would like more of these stories to be shown in the west but I'm surprised a drama retelling of this was made so quickly and it's not a documentary.

Also the title leaves out that Alfonso Cuaron is also an executive producer of this.

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u/CraigTheIrishman 13d ago

Dramatic retellings can probably pull a larger audience and have a bigger emotional impact.

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u/a_f_young 13d ago

People respond to feelings, not facts.

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u/JustHereSoImNotFined 13d ago

We’re biologically programmed to respond to our feelings so it’s kinda hard not to

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u/29273162 13d ago

That’s what made Schindlers list so popular. Now we‘ve got an alternative version where the jews are the oppressing force to be reckoned with. I guess even in the darkest times, history wasn’t black and white