CN: Violence
Filmmaker Miranda Pennell comes across a disturbing image from Gaza, taken in December 2023, which is circulating on social media. In the film, we first encounter the image in a very immediate and material way: zoomed in on individual pixels. “It’s difficult to understand what you’re seeing here,” says the commentary. How can we encounter such images? What conclusions do we draw from them? Pennell’s short essay film examines the image, but also our relationship to it, and questions the role of witnessing and the responsibilities that come with seeing.