The Voice of Hind Rajab is a call to action, its makers and supporters have told Al Jazeera, and hopes are high for the Oscar-nominated film in the run-up to Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony.The Gaza-set docudrama, which is up for Best International Feature, reconstructs Israel’s killing of the five-year-old girl.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listOn January 24, 2024, at about 7:30pm, Hind died of her injuries while she was trapped in a car, surrounded by the bodies of her relatives, after her family was forcibly displaced hours earlier from Gaza City. They had attempted to follow orders and leave. But on their way, Israel’s army fired more than 300 bullets at the black Kia driven by Hind’s uncle.Hind has become a global symbol for the suffering of Palestinian children, more than 20,000 of whom have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war.“The Oscars are important because it’s one of the biggest platforms in the world for a film,” one of the film’s producers, Odessa Rae, told Al Jazeera by phone from Los Angeles. “The goal of this film is obviously to be seen by the widest audience possible … the Oscars allows it to accomplish more in the world.”Some Palestinians, too, are watching on with anticipation.In Gaza, filmmaker Mohammed al-Sawwaf told Al Jazeera, “The arrival of Hind Rajab’s voice to these platforms, and its ability to break through the indifference that exists there, is in itself something extremely valuable.”He added, “A story of a human being from Gaza has been presented as the story of a person with a life and meaning, rather than the image of a Palestinian appearin …
