"This is literally the case in Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, director Sepideh Farsi's profile of the young Palestinian photographer Fatima Hassouna, who appears primarily via WhatsApp video calls with Farsi, as well as in photos, text messages, attachments and voice memos. Farsi simply films her phone-she's visible in the picture-in-picture-and in the movie theatre, at least, Hassouna fills the screen and commands your undivided attention."
"Hassouna has a magnetic presence, with straight white teeth often bared in an anxious smile, even as our perception of her is occluded by the raspy audio and laggy pixels that represent the obstacles between the West and Gaza: a physical blockade, degrading communications infrastructure, selective media narratives. Hassouna calls from home, a friend's house, a shelter, a rooftop-wherever she can get a charge and a signal."
Fatima Hassouna appears primarily through WhatsApp video calls, photos, text messages, attachments and voice memos as a filmmaker films her phone and picture-in-picture frames. She calls from home, friends' houses, shelters and rooftops whenever she can get a charge and a signal. Audio is raspy and video laggy, with glitches, dropped calls and the sudden percussion of Israeli bombs interrupting conversations. Hassouna alternates between defiance and depression, expressing pride in Palestinian identity even amid despair. The film spans April 2024 to April 2025 and traces a year of false ceasefire hopes, blocked aid, destroyed hospitals, the assault on Rafah and rising threats of starvation.
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