Screening times:
Friday, November 21, 6:30 PM
Sunday, November 30, 5:30 PM

Sepideh Farsi | Palestine, Iran, France | 2025 | 113m
English and Arabic with English subtitles

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona.

Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, the film captures daily life during the conflict through the eyes and unwaveringly optimistic presence of Fatma, a talented photographer whose generation is trapped in an endless cycle of war, famine, and resistance. Her conversations with Farsi bring us into the heart of the conflict, even while their physical distance underscores the dire situation inside Gaza.

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is an essential document that now stands as a heartfelt memorial and final testament: Fatma and her family were tragically killed by a targeted Israeli airstrike on April 16, one day after the film was announced as a selection of the Cannes Film Festival.

"It’s certainly a gift to have come to know Fatma, to give face and life and desire to a population overly generalized in the face of terror. But it is also a reminder that so many more like her still exist in this genocide, and that it is still ongoing. It is a call to action. And if we can be prompted to honor Fatma by way of adopting some of her hope, “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” may not be enough to stop the action, but it will always be a record of a history under attack, and this preservation is radical." - Peyton Robinson, RogerEbert.com

Tickets $12 ($11.40 cash at the door if available)